On the latest episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I discuss our work beyond MPU and what workflows and tools we use to keep things running smoothly in our small businesses. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Have you…
Listen & read notes →Automators 72: Quality of Life Automation on the Mac
On this week’s Automators, we explain many little automations that can improve your quality of life on your Mac. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: The Intrazone, by Microsoft SharePoint: Your bi-weekly conversation and interview podcast about SharePoint, OneDrive and related tech within Microsoft 365.…
Listen & read notes →Automate Documents in DEVONthink (Sponsor)
A lot of folks know that DEVONthink, this week’s MacSparky sponsor, excels at bringing artificial intelligence to your documents and research, but did you also know DEVONthink has a killer set of automation tools? Over the last few years, DEVONthink has added some powerful…
Continue reading →Bartender 4 Gets Menu Bar Automation
With Big Sur, we got Bartender 4, the Mac super-utility that lets you take control of the menu bar. I’ve been using Bartender for years, but this latest version is really firing on all cylinders. I even run Bartender on my gigantic monitor just…
Continue reading →App Store Scams Need to End
Last week the FlickType developer sued Apple for, among other reasons, failing to police App Store scams. I think Apple could do a better job at this. I’ve heard from several app developer friends bemoan the existence of copycat apps made to confuse their…
Continue reading →Project Status Board
I recently read Cal Newport’s A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload . One of the things Newport talks about in the book is finding alternatives to email for different kinds of work. He explained that as a college…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 580: Twenty Years of OS X
After several years of development, Apple launched Mac OS X to the world in March 2001. The new operating system was vastly different than what it replaced, and ushered in a new era for Apple. This week on Mac Power Users, Stephen and I…
Listen & read notes →Solar Eufy Charger
I continue to dig my Eufy security cameras. However, one issue I have is the camera that looks down at my driveway and the front of my house. It’s a battery camera, and I have to get out a ladder to pull it down…
Continue reading →The Dharma Initiative Uses Apple
My wife recently saw a display of various Disney film props and, since Disney owns ABC, they also had a bunch of stuff there from Lost. I remember seeing that Dharma computer, and it looked familiar. When you get around the back of it,…
Continue reading →Justin Long as Pitch Man for Intel
Many Apple fans are annoyed by Intel hiring “I’m a Mac”’s Justin Long to help sell Intel Windows machines and take potshots at the Mac. A lot of us have fond memories of that old ad campaign. Stepping back, it would be funny giving…
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