It’s MPU+ time. Katie shares the end of her MacBook Pro saga and AppleCare Experience, and I talk about playing with my widget screen, moving out of Evernote, and finding more uses for Keyboard Maestro. We also discuss upcoming Apple Events, packing apps, our…
Listen & read notes →My Learn OmniFocus Seminar
I’m doing a live seminar over at Learn OmniFocus this week on October 31 (Halloween!) at 10:00 AM PST. It’s an hour long session and I’ll be walking through some of the ways I use OmniFocus in my daily setup. There is still a…
Continue reading →Too Much Email
Cal Newport linked to an Adobe study that concluded average users check email 5.6 hours per weekday. If you look into the study a bit further, it looks like these numbers are inflated but even cutting them in half, 2.3 hours a day on…
Continue reading →BestPhotos 2.0
I wrote awhile back how how I started using BestPhotos for doing the initial photo sort and purge on on my iPhone. The thing is, it is really easy to take a lot of pictures with your iPhone. Ask me to take a picture…
Continue reading →MacVoices Guesting
I recently joined my pal Chuck Joiner on his MacVoices podcast to talk about my recent field guide releases and the big switch to video. In addition to being a staple of Macintosh podcasting, Chuck is a longtime friend and I had a lot…
Listen & read notes →Accent Colors in macOS Mojave
A surprising number of people wrote in to ask how I made UI elements appear orange in the OmniFocus Field Guide. It wasn’t a bit of clever hacking but instead a cool new feature in macOS Mojave. Watch the short video below to see…
Continue reading →Improve Apple Photos with PowerPhotos (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by PowerPhotos. There is a lot to like about Apple Photos on your Mac, but if you use it for any length of time, you’ll also realize the app is missing a lot of the tools you need to…
Continue reading →Pixelmator Pro and Machine Learning
Last week Pixelmator Pro released a new version, 1.2, including full support for macOS Mojave. As a pro app, Pixelmator Pro has always had a dark mode. So with macOS Mojave, they’ve tweaked the dark appearance and released a new light appearance. That way…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 453: 30 Under $30
On this week’s Mac Power Users episode, Katie and I run down 30 of our favorite apps and services that are under $30. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Luna Display: The only hardware solution that turns your iPad into a wireless display…
Listen & read notes →OmniFocus Gets Better and Better – Sponsor
This week MacSparky is sponsored by OmniFocus 3 for Mac. This new version of OmniFocus is a winner. The Omni Group has been hard at work on this new version for some time, and they deliver the goods. The new version features a unique…
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