On this week’s episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I talk about our home offices: how they are setup, what equipment and furnishings are used, and, of course, what nerdy toys are around. Then, we discuss the pros and cons of working from…
Listen & read notes →MacSparky Studios
I’ve posted a better look at my home studio and gear. It now has a permanent place on the site.
Continue reading →Automators 29: The Dark Dungeon with Adam Tow
On the latest episode of Automators, Rose and I talk to Adam Tow, creator of MsgFiler and writer of a few amazing Shortcuts automations. From having photos taken on his DLSR automatically shared to him via iMessage, to playing text adventure games with Shortcuts,…
Listen & read notes →Good Times at Macstock 2019
I spent the weekend in Illinois attending the Macstock conference. Macstock started out as a group of friends getting together following the demise of Macworld, and over the years it has grown into a conference and social event that includes about 200 people having…
Continue reading →Stop Hating Email with SaneBox (Sponsor)
This week’s MacSparky sponsor is SaneBox, the email tool that everybody could use. You may have heard about some of the innovative new email features like inbox auto-sorting, deferred email, and reply tracking. The trouble is that early implementations of those features were all app-specific.…
Continue reading →Pixelmator Pro Update Works with Photos on Mac
The new update to Pixelmator Pro acts as a massive upgrade to the Apple Photos app. With the updated Photos extension, you can can access all of the tools and features from the full application, including layers and machine-learning tools. You can also save…
Continue reading →GoodNotes Journaling Files
I wrote up my GoodNotes journal pages a few months ago. Since then, I have found myself increasingly using a paper journal for much of this data, but I know a bunch of readers wanted to modify my forms. Links are below in OmniGraffle,…
Continue reading →Finding Margin with Shawn Blanc
Shawn Blanc’s productivity courses are some of my favorites because Shawn speaks to you instead of speaking at you. Today he is releasing his newest course. This one on Margin. This course is particularly dear to me since it has been this quest for…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 493: My Life is an Edge Case, with TJ Luoma
On the latest episode of Mac Power Users, pastor and Apple nerd TJ Luoma returns to the show to catch us up on his journey with Apple’s notebooks and the iPad. He also shares some of the apps that he uses every day to…
Listen & read notes →Unlock Your Productivity With TextExpander
This week MacSparky is sponsored by TextExpander, the application that saves me time every day. TextExpander works everywhere you type, improving your productivity and accuracy no matter what apps you use. You may think of TextExpander as a way to quickly type your address…
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