MPU 592: WWDC 2021 and the Future of Mac Automation


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This week on Mac Power Users, we were fortunate to interview Apple executive Vivek Bhardwaj about the new Shortcuts for the Mac and what it means for traditional and future Mac Automation. Stephen and I also dive deep into the rest of the WWDC announcements and what they mean for the Apple platforms in general. The interview came out great and there is tons of insight in this show about WWDC. (Also, if you’d like to read the interview, Stephen got it transcribed and posted it over at 512 Pixels.)

Mac Power Users 589: Zoom Jiu Jitsu, with Teddy Svoronos

On this week’s episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I are joined by Teddy Svoronos to discuss the tech that he has implemented for distance teaching and learning in his role at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

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Mac Power Users 583: The Obsidian Deep Dive

With the recent explosion in personal knowledge management tools, it is hard to know which one fits your needs the best. On this week’s Mac Power Users, Stephen and I talk through Obsidian, which builds on top of plain, old-fashioned Markdown documents. 

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MPU 514: Apple is Listening — The 2019 Mac Pro, with Thomas Grove Carter

Speaking of the new Mac Pro, we are releasing this week’s episode of Mac Power Users early. We were fortunate to interview Thomas Grove Carter, a video editor who has been using Final Cut Pro X on the 2019 Mac Pro with the Pro Display XDR. Thomas pushes the new hardware to its limits and we talk about the power of the new machine, it’s flexibility and how it unlocks new types of workflows for video editors.

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GoodNotes and Planner Forms


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During Mac Power Users episode 472 (releasing later today), I talked through my spirit quest to figure out analog versus digital planner tools. I’ve been building digital planner sheets in OmniGraffle for use in GoodNotes. When exported from OmniGraffle as PDF’s these forms import into GoodNotes easily. I initially went a little nuts with this projet and made several more forms than I actually ended up using. I’m sharing them all anyway. Here are links to the PDF files.

Once you fill out the forms in GoodNotes, it is easy to export them to Apple Notes, Day One, or anywhere else. This is definitely a work in progress but give them a try, listen to me talk about them on MPU 472 (with a secret guest), and feel free to make adjustments to make them work for you.