The iPhone 12 reviews are coming in today. It seems there are a few points most reviews have in common: They dig the new industrial design. (Me too!) Matt Panzarino calls it, “the most premium feeling piece of consumer electronics I’ve ever touched.” The…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 558: Apple Hardware Season, with Zac Hall
Zac Hall from 9to5Mac and Space Explored joins Stephen and me on this episode of Mac Power Users to talk about the state of the Apple Watch’s software and hardware, as well as Apple’s new iPhones. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored…
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Today MacStories released Federico Viticci’s annual iOS/iPad OS review. I’ve not read it yet but looking forward to doing that later this week. Federico spends a lot of time on these reviews and I always get some bit of new insight from them.
Continue reading →Easy Data Recovery with Mac Data Recovery Wizard from EaseUS (Sponsor)
This week’s MacSparky sponsor is EaseUS’s Mac Data Recovery Wizard. As Apple further locks down the security on the Mac (as it should), dealing with data recovery these days is harder than it has ever been before. This week’s sponsor, Mac Data Recovery Wizard,…
Continue reading →Focused 110: Focus with Michael Hyatt
Michael Hyatt joins Mike and me on this episode of Focused to talk about staying focused, drift, and scaling back on social media. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code FOCUSED at checkout to get 10% off your…
Continue reading →A Few Thoughts Following Today’s Apple Event
Every year Apple shows off its latest processor on a chip, and every year I’m impressed. What will it take for the competition to get closer to Apple? It seems like they have this massive lead, and they just keep running at full tilt.…
Continue reading →BBEdit 13.5
Yesterday Bare Bones released BBEdit, version 13.5. There is plenty to like in this new version: Ready for Apple Silicon — If you get it from their website, it will be a universal build. If you are getting it from the Mac App Store, it…
Continue reading →Watching the Apple iPhone 12 Announcement
Apple’s big iPhone announcement is tomorrow at 10 AM Pacific. The event will stream at Apple’s website and YouTube. If you’d rather take it all in while in couch potato mode, it will also stream on the Apple TV app. Just get your popcorn…
Continue reading →Ulysses Mobile Grammar Tools
I’m currently working on a future secret Field Guide project that involves a lot of writing. So, before digging in I took another look at all the writing tools, as you do, and settled on Ulysses(https://ulysses.app). That was in January. The Ulysses updates this…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 557: Grading the Intel Era
Join us for the latest episode of Mac Power Users. With Apple silicon Macs coming soon, Stephen plays a montage for me that recaps the Intel era, featuring its highs and lows. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Have you ever forgotten…
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