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…
Continue reading →Why I’m Switching to Reeder 5
RSS and read-it-later services are near and dear to my heart. We gave coverage to both of these topics last year on the Mac Power Users (MPU 550: The World of RSS) (MPU 554: Read-it-later Services). I remain a believer in the RSS format…
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