I have always been pretty good about not letting social media get in the way of being productive. For whatever reason, I don’t easily fall into the Twitter infinity pool. I discovered in 2020, however, that this super-power does not apply when it comes…
Continue reading →Backup 2021
Backups! The thing that us nerds love to talk about, right? Not really. I talk about backup so much because I often hear the horror stories from listeners and readers that compel me to remind everyone to keep backing up. The good news is…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 570: Mac Security
From the beginning, Mac OS X was designed with security and privacy in mind. But over the years, Apple has worked to make both the Mac’s software and hardware even more so. In this week’s episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I cover…
Listen & read notes →Guest on The Way I Work
This week I was a guest on the podcast The Way I Work. I talked about my path to becoming an attorney, starting my own legal practice, task management, my advice for people getting started in their career, and more.
Continue reading →Automate Time Tracking with Timing (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Sponsored by Timing. A great habit to pick up as we head into the new year is time tracking. Figuring out what you are doing while you sit at your Mac can give you a lot of insight…
Continue reading →OmSave — OmniFocus Plugin for Safari
Recently, I discovered a clever Safari plugin for OmniFocus users called OmSave. You’ve always been able to create links to Safari pages in OmniFocus, but this plugin takes it a step further to a customizable template. I wasn’t sure at first whether it was…
Continue reading →Last Call for Paperless Launch Discount
It’s just a few days until the introductory discount goes away on the Paperless Field Guide. If you’d like to up your Paperless game, now’s the time.
Continue reading →Focused 116: The Big Reset
Mike and I take on the new year in our own focused ways as we talk through a workflow for change on the latest episode of Focused. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Timing: The automatic time tracking app for macOS. Use this link to…
Listen & read notes →ScreenFlow for Apple Silicon
Telestream released a ScreenFlow update for Apple silicon and I have a few observations: First, good on Telestream for not making us wait for version 10 or charging an upgrade for the Apple silicon version. I could see software like ScreenFlow turning Apple silicon…
Continue reading →Finding the Active Window in Big Sur
View fullsize I have received more email about confusion over the active app in the few months since Big Sur was released. Big Sur is brighter, and figuring out which window is active is more difficult than it ever has been before. The differences…
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