Files and folders have been with the Mac user since the very beginning, but today, file management has gotten a lot more complicated. On this week’s Mac Power Users, Stephen and I tackle the topics of tags, search, backups, cloud services, and more, all…
Listen & read notes →Automators 84: Chris Lawley, the iPad Man
iPad expert Chris Lawly joins Rosemary and me on this episode of Automators to talk about iPad-based automation and where a Mac fits in his workflow. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this link. TextExpander, from…
Continue reading →Documents X from Readdle
One of my common complaints on iPad is the inadequacies of file management. Readdle’s Documents is a mobile file manager app that lets you do things like download videos, read ePUBs, open ZIP files, watch movies, and edit PDFs. And now, with an update…
Continue reading →Add TextExpander toYour Team (Sponsor)
My thanks to this week’s sponsor, TextExpander. TextExpander allows me and my team to work faster and smarter. I’ve got a team of people I work with and one of those people is an assistant. By using TextExpander, we can use shared snippets to…
Continue reading →Using AppleScript to Announce Glanceable Information
Ernest Rudak (Twitter)(website), a blind Mac power user, wrote a really informative piece on using AppleScript to announce glanceable information. Of course, as someone who’s not visually impaired, there are a lot of things I take for granted or never really thought about, like…
Continue reading →Yoink
You may have heard before how I don’t like to drag-and-drop. I think there’s too much room for error when you’re moving around important files and you have to get it just right. That’s one of the reasons I really dig Yoink. Yoink has…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 604: Workflows with Jay Miller
Jay Miller, from Relay’s new Conduit podcast, joins Stephen and me on the latest episode of Mac Power Users to share some knowledge about the best workflows for video meetings, getting more out of the emerging Craft app, and even more uses for a…
Listen & read notes →TextExpander — Fuhgeddaboudit (Sponsor)
This week’s sponsor at MacSparky is TextExpander. With TextExpander, you create snippets, whether it’s a word, a phrase, a sentence or longer. Once you save that snippet with a short abbreviation, you can, with few keystrokes rather than typing your snippet out, quickly insert…
Continue reading →The New DraftTable
ElevationLab has put out a new and improved DraftTable for iPad Pro. I think a lot of iPad stands just aren’t sturdy and adjustable enough for an iPad Pro, and ElevationLab has thoughtfully engineered a stand for some of the different ways we use…
Continue reading →Focused 133: Success & Failure
This week’s Focused has Mike and me doing an audit of our productivity workflows and share what’s working (and what isn’t). This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Timing: The automatic time-tracking app for macOS. Use this link to save 10% on your purchase. Gabi: Get…
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