It’s a sad commentary on my AppleScripting lately that I just realized ScriptDebugger released version 8 several months ago. Script Debugger is the AppleScript tool that Apple should have released. It’s been in development for 26 years, and it continues to impress.The most significant change…
Continue reading →Daylite: A Mac-to-Mac CRM Solution (Sponsor)
If you’re a smallish business (up to 100 people), operating in a macOS or iOS environment, there’s a less-clunky, native Mac option that will certainly “check” all the usual CRM boxes while providing those uniquely intuitive and stress-relieving features that have become the exclusive…
Continue reading →The Perils of a Services Business
Yesterday Apple announced its Q3 earnings. There is no surprise that the company continues to seemingly print money with $81 Billion (with a B) in revenue. The iPhone now represents 49% of Apple’s revenue compared to the Mac at 10% and the iPad at…
Continue reading →New Design at MacSparky.com
For some time now, I’ve felt that MacSparky.com was getting too noisy. When I first did my prior design, I didn’t have Learn.MacSparky and I only published one podcast. I’ve expanded since then, and the website just kept getting bits bolted on willy-nilly, and…
Continue reading →Amazon Affiliate Links via TextExpander
I’ve been using a few different apps over the years to apply Amazon affiliate codes to products I link here and sometimes on the podcasts. The thing about those apps, however, particularly the Mac apps, is that they are all different flavors of horrible.…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 598: Home Networking
Our homes and businesses have become more technology-dependent, and having a solid network is more important than ever. On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I talk about what goes into designing and maintaining reliable wired and wireless networks, and give some…
Listen & read notes →Jazz Lettering
Graphic artist Reagan Ray isolated Jazz artists’ names from their album covers and laid them all out next to each other. It’s remarkable how much the typography is reflective of the artist. John Coltrane’s improvisational style can seem a bit frantic but nevertheless always…
Continue reading →The Plan vs. The Day
One of my big takeaways from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work was the concept of tracking time blocks. I’ve written (and talked) a lot about how to use hyper-scheduling to get your most crucial work moving forward. It’s pretty easy to visualize how hyper-scheduling…
Continue reading →Intel Now or Apple Silicon Later?
I’ve had several emails from readers and listeners asking this question. If you are planning on upgrading your Mac in a few years, the answer to this is obvious. Indeed, in a few years, I think you will be hard-pressed to find Apple selling…
Continue reading →Delight > Clean
With the release of the third Monterey beta, Apple added an accessibility setting that lets you bring back the Proxy icon, which they removed in Big Sur. (John Gruber writes about this in more detail.) While I think it is silly to put the proxy…
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