When looking at yourself and how you get through your day, it’s easy to get hung up on big things, but so often the big things don’t happen overnight. They take time, planning, and money. And that is assuming you have any control over…
Continue reading →Focused 107: The Bullet Journal Method, with Ryder Carroll
Bullet journal method founder Ryder Carroll joins Mike and me on this episode of Focused to talk about taking time offline, asking the right questions, and finding the balance between style and substance in getting the right things done. This episode of Focused is sponsored by:…
Listen & read notes →Mac Power Users 551: Writing Music for the Picture Business, with David Metzger
On this week’s Mac Power Users, Stephen and I are joined by orchestrator and composer David Metzger, whose resume includes Frozen, Muppets Most Wanted, The Avengers, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and more. He shares his setup, which includes multiple Macs networked together,…
Listen & read notes →Stephen Touches All the Laptops
Would you like to smile this weekend? Then watch this.
Continue reading →Automators 57: Automating Meetings
In the latest episode of Automators, Rosemary and I talk about how you can automate various aspects of meetings, from invitations to notes, and more! This episode of Automators is sponsored by: The Uptake, from Microsoft: A new show on all things tech and community from…
Listen & read notes →Apple’s Troubles and MacSparky Coverage
Lately, Apple has been dealing with several percolating problems. Governments, at home and abroad, are interested in their business practices. Troubles between the United States and China are now threatening Apple’s business in one of its biggest markets. Big and small developers are now…
Continue reading →TextExpander for Teams FTW (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by TextExpander. TextExpander is my text replacement weapon of choice for so many reasons. It’s fast, it’s powerful, and it can run scripts. But did you also know you can run TextExpander with your team? With TextExpander for Teams,…
Continue reading →Last Call for Tomorrow’s Keyboard Maestro Webinar
I’ve been hard at work this week preparing for tomorrow’s Keyboard Maestro webinar. If you’d like to join in at 10AM pacific (or later get a link to the recording), sign up now.
Continue reading →BitBar
This week I discovered BitBar (courtesy of Jason Snell at Six Colors). What a great app! BitBar lets you load up your Menu bar with useful data customizable with a rich assortment of BitBar plugins ranging from AirPods battery power to weather to cryptocurrency monitors. Now if only my…
Continue reading →GoodNotes Releases Collaboration Update
I’ve been noodling a lot lately with digital journaling tools. In doing so GoodNotes quickly rose to the top for me in the “draw words on an iPad” category. The app is reliable, has an excellent ink engine, and, most of all, the developer…
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