Jason Snell made a chart of the 15” MacBook Pro ports over the years. Looks like 2003-2005 was the period of peak ports. I actually like the USB-C concept of “one port to rule them all” but I can’t help but feel it is,…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 526: I Don’t Aspire to Anything Else
It’s feedback time on the latest episode of Mac Power Users! I celebrate my fifth year of being independent, while Stephen has settled on an application to manage his tech history research. Then, more on Do Not Disturb and a whole bunch of listener…
Listen & read notes →Home Screens — Stephen Hackett
This week’s home screen features Stephen Hackett (Twitter) (Website). I was sad to see Katie leave the Mac Power Users but I could have found no better replacement in Stephen. He’s wicked smart about Apple, full of great ideas, and he’s a good friend. So,…
Continue reading →Six Months with Apple Arcade
The Apple Arcade service is now six months old, and it is, from my perspective, the most successful Apple subscription service to come out of 2019 by far. For my $5 a month, I’m constantly finding fun games that entertain me without hassling me…
Continue reading →Focused 94: Journaling with Matt Ragland
On the latest episode of Focused, Matt Ragland explains how he uses his paper bullet journal to stay focused. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site…
Listen & read notes →Mailbrew: News Aggregated and Delivered to Your Mailbox
I’ve been trying out the new Mailbrew service for a few weeks now. The service launched today and is now available for all. It’s an automated newsletter that pulls data from sources like Reddit, Hacker News, YouTube, RSS feeds, and Twitter and combines them…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 525: Workflows with David Wain
Writer and director David Wain returns to Mac Power Users to share how his creative process has changed over the years. He also walks us through the steps of making the show Medical Police. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Boll & Branch: The…
Continue reading →Automators 44: Automating with Doug Adams from Doug’s AppleScripts
Doug Adams from Doug’s AppleScripts joins Rosemary and me on the latest episode of Automators to explain how he got started with AppleScripts, some of his favorites, and scripting areas of interest outside of AppleScript. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: PDFpen, from Smile: The…
Listen & read notes →HoudahGeo 6
Today marks the release of HoudahGeo 6. While Apple has geo-location support in Photos, it often feels more like an after-thought. HoudahGeo 6 is an entire app dedicated to simplifying adding geo-location data to your photos. There are a lot of nice features with…
Continue reading →Five Years
It was five years ago today that I started my adventure as an independent lawyer. It’s hard to believe this milestone is already here because, in so many ways, it feels like I was packing up my old office was just yesterday. Nevertheless, here…
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