Mark Gurman and Debbie Wu at Bloomberg now report a new design for the iPhone is in the works that takes cues from the current iPad Pro with flat, stainless steel sides and flat screens. When the new iPad Pro design premiered in 2018,…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 531: Teaching with GoodNotes, with David MacDonald
Dr. David MacDonald is a musician and professor with a unique way of using the iPad, Apple TV, and GoodNotes together to engage and equip his students. Listen to our conversation on this week’s episode of Mac Power Users. This episode of Mac Power Users is…
Listen & read notes →Automators 47: The Daily Brief
On the latest episode of Automators, Rosemary and I dive into how we do a daily brief with Shortcuts on our devices. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs…
Listen & read notes →Jazz Friday: Ellis Marsalis
Among the many tragedies we are experiencing with Covid-19, we recently lost Ellis Marsalis. Ellis was a remarkable jazz pianist that was known for his clever riffs and his passion for teaching. Among his many students that went on to have their own music…
Continue reading →Pixelmator Updates
The team at Pixelmator certainly isn’t sitting around watching Netflix. They have had a few recent updates of note. Pixelmator Pro 1.6 Magenta is now out with a major update. The all-new, color picker makes it easier than ever to choose and manage colors. They…
Continue reading →Take Charge of Your Email with SaneBox (Sponsor)
This week’s sponsor, SaneBox is the solution to so many of my email problems. SaneBox is the email service that adds a pile of productivity features to your email, regardless of what email client you use. For a lot of folks, email is a constant pain…
Continue reading →The Pitiful State of Laptop cameras
Joanna Stern for the Wall Street Journal recently did a piece on the many sins with laptop webcams. We talked about this on a recent episode of the Mac Power Users. I understand that laptop screens are very thin, but with the recent improvements…
Continue reading →Watchsmith: My New Favorite Apple Watch Complication
David “Undercore” Smith has a new app, appropriately called “Watchsmith“. I think about this app as the watch complication to end all watch complications. There are two components to this app. First is the actual complication itself. You can customize it to show a…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 530: Working from Home
Many people have started working from home for the first time. This week on Mac Power Users, Stephen and I tap into our combined decade of experience to share some of what has worked well for us working from home. This episode of Mac Power…
Listen & read notes →The G4 Cube: Favorite Mac?
Really? The SE/30 went down in the first round so the cube could win?
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