This week MacSparky.com is sponsored by TextExpander, the easiest way to start automating your work on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. TextExpander is a text replacement tool. With it, you can type a phrase like “ccell” and it will automatically fill in your cell phone number.…

This week MacSparky is sponsored by one of my favorite Mac utilities, BetterTouchTool. Your Mac has a lot of input devices: trackpads, mice, Touch Bars, and more. BetterTouchTool makes all of them better. Anyone can set it up and become more productive in just…

Everything these days is about artificial intelligence. Often people are using AI in apps where I have to wonder if it is worth the trouble. However, this week’s sponsor, SaneBox, is artificial intelligence at its best, helping you with your email. Imagine for a moment…

We’re all feeling overwhelmed lately. One way to take your time back is with this week’s sponsor, TextExpander. Take your time back with the power of TextExpander. Repetitive typing, little mistakes, searching for answers – they’re all taking precious time away from you and…

Magic Lasso Adblock is an efficient and high-performance ad blocker for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It allows you to experience a cleaner, faster web—without ads. As a native Safari content-blocking extension, Magic Lasso blocks intrusive ads, pop-ups, and trackers when browsing the web.…

This week MacSparky is sponsored by Timing  a Mac app that keeps granular track of your time without relying on you to keep pressing buttons like those guys on Lost. Instead, Timing automatically tracks which apps, documents and websites you use — without start/stop timers. It then intelligently…

This week MacSparky is sponsored by SaneBox, the email service I use every day to manage my email. SaneBox acts as your email assistant, sorting your inbox for you, so you only see the most important emails with less important email getting relegated to other…

Let’s talk for a minute about your calling cards. What are you handing out? Something silly you got from a big box store or something you made on your printer? Your calling card represents you. Why not bring some intentionality to your game? This…

Spam folders are great—until they are not. If your email client/service decides to start throwing important email into the spam folder, then you’ve got trouble. I had that happen with some customer support emails a few months ago. So I went looking for way…