Bill Evans is one of the best pianists ever to play jazz. He was the moving force behind Miles Davis’ outstanding Kind of Blue album. I once heard that Miles would sometimes call Bill and ask him to lay the telephone receiver on the piano and…
Continue reading →DEVONthink Your Documents and Files (Sponsor)
There are a lot of great apps in the Apple ecosystem, but when it comes to doing research, the clear leader is this week’s sponsor, DEVONthink. DEVONthink is the most professional document and information management application for the Mac. It’s the one place for…
Continue reading →New iOS Accessibility Features
Apple is pre-announcing features again as we head toward WWDC. This time it is several new accessibility features: Assistive Access This feature addresses users with cognitive disabilities, combining and simplifying the communication features into a single app and adding other features, like an emoji-only…
Continue reading →The Dell 6K Monitor
Dell first promised this monitor (dubbed the Dell UltraSharp 32 6K Monitor (U3224KB)) at CES. Now we’re getting more details with a promised release in the first half of this year. Priced at $3,199 ($2,559 at launch), it comes in at about half the…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 692: State of the Platforms (Spring 2023)
With WWDC just three weeks away, Stephen and I are using this episode of Mac Power Users to take a look at Apple’s various platforms and take stock of where things are in the spring of 2023. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:…
Listen & read notes →Raycast Pro
This week popular extensible app launcher and the new kid on the block, Raycast, released its pro version. Historically the application has been free for individual users, with a paid version for teams. That’s now changed. For $8/month (paid annually), you get a Pro version…
Continue reading →SaneBox: Reduce the Noise (Sponsor)
All of the emails in your inbox want your attention. But do they all need it? And do they need it right now? No, and you can cut down on the noise with SaneBox, MacSparky’s sponsor this week. With SaneBox, you can reduce the…
Continue reading →Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for the iPad
For many years we’ve been asking for them. Now we are getting them. Apple explains these apps are designed for a “touch-first” interface. Interestingly, while we’ve been waiting for these apps on the iPad, very credible pro-level video and audio apps have already established…
Continue reading →The TextExpander Work Smarter Virtual Summit
If you are a TextExpander user, you’ll want to check out their virtual summit on June 14. They’ll have two tracks, individual and business, and it will be full of tricks for getting better at using TextExpander. I’ll be speaking in the individual track.
Continue reading →Focused 177: The Care and Feeding of Technology, with Mike Rohde
Mike Rohde is back on Focused to talk about the role of analog and digital tools in maintaining creative focus. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Indeed: Join more than three million businesses worldwide using Indeed to hire great talent fast. Zocdoc: Find the right…
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