Learning and Using GitHub As a Non-Developer with Tower

Tower For years I assumed GitHub was only useful if you were a developer. Turns out it's actually one of the best tools I've found for managing text-heavy Mac workflows. I now use Git repositories to version and back up things like: my 13K-file Obsidian vault (private) ~700 Keyboard Maestro macros (public) Hazel and BetterTouchTool configs (public) writing projects and scripts (private) ~500 Markdown documents with my quotes collection (public) No coding required. I recently switched from GitHub Desktop to Tower, which exposes a lot more of Git's capabilities without forcing you into the command line. If you're a Mac power user managing large folders of Markdown, scripts, or automation configs, Git is basically Time Machine for specific folders — and Tower makes it easy to use. Why This Matters for Mac Power Users If you work with text-heavy workflows on macOS — Markdown notes, scripts, automation configs, or documentation — Git gives you something Time Machine doesn’t: • version…