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…
Continue reading →Focused 121: Analog Focus, with Jeff Sheldon
Jeff Sheldon from Ugmonk joins Mike and me on the latest episode of Focused to talk about his Analog productivity system, connecting dots, intentional constraints, and being a geek for the details. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: TextExpander, from Smile: Work smarter, not harder.…
Listen & read notes →Track Your Time with Timing (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Timing. Timing is an automatic time- tracking app. It lets you see where your time spent without having to lift a finger. So why should you track your time? One reason may be for your job. Maybe you…
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