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…
Continue reading →A Tale of Two Tech Giants
Today we got news of Microsoft adding Split View, Do Not Disturb, smart folders, and more to the most recent version of Microsoft Outlook for iPhone and iPad. Meanwhile, Google Docs lingers. I continue to be amazed at the impressive attention Microsoft gives to…
Continue reading →Focused 85: The Depth of Our Madness
Mike and I reveal our obsession with calendars on the latest episode of Focused. We discuss time and tasks, maintaining motivation, and our own calendaring workflows for how we plan our day. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: FreshBooks: Online invoicing made easy. Bottomless: Re-ordering…
Listen & read notes →The New AirPods
Apple has now released a second set of AirPods. These include several additional features: Rubber tips so you can make them fit your ears better. More water resistant. (Really … sweat and light rain resistant) Noise cancellation I think all three features are important…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 507: Ian Elsner and His Stick of Gum PC
Ian Elsner joins us on this week’s episode of Mac Power Users. Elsner is a museum exhibit creator who is using the iPhone SE, iPad Pro, and an Intel Compute Stick together in some very interesting and unusual ways to help develop educational exhibits…
Listen & read notes →Automators 35: Automating Business with Don McAllister
On the latest episode of Automators, Rosemary and I are joined by Don McAllister, founder of ScreenCastsOnline, to talk about the automations he has set up to make running a small business easier for everyone. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: ExpressVPN: High-speed, secure, and…
Listen & read notes →This week MacSparky is sponsored by TextExpander. Copy and paste is an inefficient way to keep track of the things you type again and again. TextExpander makes you more productive by taking care of all those words and phrases for you. TextExpander works in…
Continue reading →The Sad (But Improving) State of HomeKit Cameras
While HomeKit, as a platform, has made a lot of progress over the last few years, the Achilles’ heel remains cameras. There are very few options, and all of them are expensive. In June, Apple announced new support for cameras in HomeKit, including a…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 506: iOS Accessories
Our iOS devices go with us just about everywhere and pairing them with some select accessories can make them more useful in more situations. On this week’s episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I talk about some of the products that we rely…
Listen & read notes →