Between news apps, delivery services, task managers, emails and communication tools, our devices receive an untold number of notifications daily. On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I talk about how to push back against the wave of interruptions that threaten our…
Listen & read notes →Automators 124: Image Automation
Fixing images and screenshots is boring and tedious. Why not hand that off to automation? Check out this episode of Automators to learn more. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: Issuu: Get started with Issuu today for FREE or sign up for an annual premium…
Listen & read notes →TextExpander Best Practices
I have often said that one of the easiest on-ramps to automation is text expansion. That’s one of the reasons why I’m such a fan of TextExpander. They’ve gone the extra mile with giving you automation tools in addition to text expansion. But it…
Continue reading →Time Track with Timing (Sponsor)
I’ve talked and written extensively over the years about the utility of time tracking. Yet, many of us don’t track our time. And the reason is usually simple: it’s cumbersome and way too easy to forget. This week’s sponsor, Timing, gives you the benefit…
Continue reading →The Looming Threat of AI-Generated Voice
I read this post by John Gruber, and I couldn’t agree more about the shenanigans that will come from AI-generated deepfakes. The computers are so good at duplicating your voice at this point that a determined jackass could “produce” a tape of you saying…
Continue reading →Microsoft 365 Copilot
Last week Microsoft gave an impressive presentation demonstrating the incorporation of artificial intelligence into their productivity apps. You can have it summarize and analyze data in Excel, write better documents in Word, and even summarize email in Outlook. Moreover, it had less of that…
Continue reading →Malicious Email is Getting Smarter
Malicious email is not comically dumb any more. One malicious strain, called Emotet, appears to come from a known contact and looks as if it is replying to an existing thread. If you click on the links or attachments, you are done for. Dan…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 684: 20 Mac Apps Under $20
It’s that time again on Mac Power Users: Stephen and I round up some Mac apps for our “20 Under $20” saloon! This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Never forget a password again. TextExpander: Get 20% off with this link and type…
Listen & read notes →Home Screens: Daniel Schwartzberg
This is Daniel Schwartzberg. He is a teacher, he host of the podcast Creative Consumption, and he’s a swell guy. So, Daniel, show us your Home Screens. Primary Home Screens Walkthrough Right off the bat, when making this post, I realized that the way…
Continue reading →Shooting the Moon, AI Style
There’s an interesting story right now about the latest Galaxy S23 and the moon. A person on Reddit made a blurry picture of the moon and then took a picture of that blurry image with his Galaxy S23, which used its particular, highly trained…
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