Ken Case of the Omni Group, Greg Scown of Smile, and Dave Teare of AgileBits join Katie and me on this week’s episode of Mac Power Users to talk about the state of development for Mac and iOS and life as an Apple developer.…
Listen & read notes →Automators 8: File Automation
The latest episode of the Automators is up and it’s all about file automation. Okay. Admittedly file automation is not the sexiest topic we could cover on Automators but we all file documents every day and a little automation here could go a long…
Continue reading →Some Speculation on iOS 12’s Faster Adoption
Apple is tooting its horn today about iOS 12 adoption. Specifically, 53% of iOS devices sold in the last four years are running iOS 12. That’s faster than in the past and, from my informal research, at least part of the reason for that…
Continue reading →I’m Trying Bear
I have a thing about text applications. I love the idea of an app that can hold little buckets of text. I look at these as reference libraries, and I’ve gone through a string of apps for this purpose over the years. For the…
Continue reading →Blast Through Your Email Inbox with TextExpander – Sponsor
This week MacSparky is sponsored by TextExpander. I feel like this is particularly appropriate because TextExpander has been helping me keep up with what can only be described as an email deluge over the last few weeks. Last month I released two field guides,…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 451: Task Management Strategies
On this week’s episode of Mac Power Users, Katie and I revisit the topic of task management. We talk about digital task managers, our history managing tasks, various tiers of task management from simplified to advanced, systems for digitally managing our tasks, and how…
Listen & read notes →The Siri Shortcuts Home Screen
I was listening to Cortex this week and heard CGP Grey talking about replacing applications on his home screen with Siri Shortcuts links. It was some really clever insight and led me down a rabbit hole of experiments resulting in this, the all Siri…
Continue reading →Free Agents 57: Chef = Boss
This episode of Free Agents is all about space. Mike and I discuss the role of mise en place (French for “set up” or “putting in place”) for a successful free agency. Also, I talk about the effect of dedicated spaces on production, Mike…
Continue reading →Get Three Free Months of Ulysses – Sponsor
This week, MacSparky is sponsored by Ulysses, the writing application I use every day. Ulysses gives me a focused writing environment, eliminating distractions and encouraging me to do the hard work of moving the cursor across the line. While there are plenty of minimalist…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 450: MPU+: I’m a Big Phone Guy
Join us this week for MPU+. Katie and I chat about my new phone, Katie’s broken Mac, iOS 12 follow-up, Siri Shortcuts, transitioning from Dropbox to iCloud, my laptop replacement, and more. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: The Omni Group: We’re passionate about…
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