Bloomberg, which normally does a pretty good job covering Apple plans since they hired Mark Gurman, is reporting several new products in the future including AR and VR glasses in several years. The more immediate prediction, however, is new iPads Pro in early 2020…
Continue reading →The 2020 Focused Wall Calendar
As the end of the year approaches, the Focused podcast partnered with the NeuYear calendar company to create a custom 2020 Focused wall calendar. I’m thrilled with the way this came out, and I can’t wait to hang it on my wall. We intentionally…
Listen & read notes →Mac Power Users 509: Brent Simmons, Man of Many Hats
Stephen and I are joined by Brent Simmons on episode 509 of Mac Power Users. Brent works in marketing at The Omni Group and we talk about the tools of the trade, including social media and content creation, before shifting gears to discuss Brent’s…
Listen & read notes →Automators 36: Sal SOghoian’s Control Panel
The latest Automators episode is up. While in San Francisco for the Relay event a few months ago, I spent some time with Sal Soghoian. He showed me a really clever new automation trick he is doing that combines an iPad, a Luna Display…
Continue reading →OmniFocus To the Rescue (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by the Omni Group and their latest version of OmniFocus for the iPhone and iPad, OmniFocus 3. It’s so appropriate that OmniFocus is sponsoring this week because I have been running around like a crazy man between the two jobs…
Continue reading →Hazel is Catalina Ready and Discount on Hazel Field Guide
When Catalina first released, there were a few tricky problems for Hazel. Those are all resolved now and version 4.4 is out fully and updated for Catalina. I’ve been running it for a while and have no problems. I have heard from several listeners that…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 508: One for Me and One for You, with Sara Dietschy
YouTuber and podcaster Sara Dietschy joins us on this week’s episode of Mac Power Users to share about her video work, from cameras to editing. We also discuss managing large amounts of data across multiple locations, the role of the iPad and turning creative…
Listen & read notes →The Imminent MacBook Pro
Since Apple didn’t do an October event, they’ve been releasing new products on their website. We got the new AirPods Pro last week. In this coming week, I’m expecting a new MacBook Pro. I don’t have any inside information on this. Still, the rumor sites…
Continue reading →From David to Goliath
A strange thing happened this week. Apple announced its quarterly results and the iPhone is down 10%, yet Wall Street didn’t entirely lose its mind. It appears Apple is no longer is just the iPhone company. Thank God. It seems that just about everything…
Continue reading →Ulysses: Ready for iOS 13 and iPadOS (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Ulysses, the powerful, yet simple-to-use, writing app for all of the Apple platforms. With the release of iOS 13 and the new iPadOS, Ulysses was there on day one. The latest version 18 includes all the great new…
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