Yesterday Apple announced Jony Ive is leaving to form his own company. John Gruber’s take is excellent. This is the kind of subject that John just nails. The only thing I’d add is the same advice I tell everyone when a perceived “irreplaceable” person…
Continue reading →Focused 76: A Failure Across the Board
Join us for the latest episode of Focused. Mike and I dispel a myth about our feelings toward time tracking, and I out myself about exactly how unproductive I was on my last trip. Mike is getting serious about bullet journaling and also has…
Listen & read notes →Public Betas
I was surprised how early Apple released the public betas of iOS13, iPadOS, and Catalina. I have installed the developer betas on several of my own devices, but none of my key devices. While I’m genuinely enthusiastic with many of the changes and upgrades…
Continue reading →Make Email Easier with SaneBox
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 →A Survey of Voice-to-Text Options on the Mac, iPad, and iPhone
A lot of folks have been asking me what I’m doing about voice-to-text dictation now that Nuance has officially pulled out of the Mac and appears to have relatively abandoned iOS. If this is news to you, Nuance, the makers of Dragon Professional Individual…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 488: How We Communicate
Our digital devices make communicating with others easier than ever, but with that flexibility comes complexity. On this week’s episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I discuss what solutions we use for certain types of communication. We also talk about Notifications and Do…
Listen & read notes →Automators 26: Getting Started with HomeKit
Check out the latest episode of Automators to learn more about how to get started with HomeKit, from building your system to real automations that actually make your life easier! And you don’t want to miss out on Rose versus the Leaf: Chapter Two.…
Listen & read notes →My Mac App Store Feature
Today Apple published an article about me in the Mac App Store where I explained some of the apps I use to get my work done. What an honor. Day made.
Continue reading →Guesting on Connected 248
This week I guested on the Connected podcast where Federico and I had an extended discussion of the new iPadOS Files and Siri Shortcuts applications and I tried to understand the Connected contest rules.
Listen & read notes →Manage PDFs with PDFpen (Sponsor)
This week, MacSparky is sponsored by PDFpen for Mac. Preview does a good job at very basic PDF edits but if you need more powerful tools for PDFs, look no further than PDFpen and PDFpen Pro. I use PDFpen Pro nearly daily to manage…
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