Join Katie and I on this week’s episode of Mac Power Users as we revisit music management and discuss the state of the two major streaming services, how things have changed iTunes Match, managing our music, and audio at home and in the car.…
Listen & read notes →Get Automated with TextExpander – Sponsor
This week’s MacSparky sponsor, TextExpander, is one of my favorite tools to recommend to folks interested in working smarter, not harder. TextExpander is a text expansion tool that changes your game. Text expansion tools have always been useful. Type “ccell” and the app automatically…
Continue reading →Free Agents 53: The Value of Your Time
Mike and I talk about protecting your most valuable resource and how to figure out what you shouldn’t be doing anymore on this week’s episode of Free Agents. Mike gets inspired during his personal retreat and learns how to say “no.” I learn the…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 442: Workflows with Joe Buhlig
Joe Buhlig joins Katie and me on this week’s episode to talk about his iPadless life, analog tools for productivity, live streaming, managing a business, Discourse, and more. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: TextExpander from Smile: Type more with less effort! Expand short…
Listen & read notes →Save Email Attachments to the Cloud with SaneBox
This week MacSparky is sponsored by SaneBox, the email service that adds power features to any email system. With SaneBox at your back, you add a powerful set of email tools that can work in just about any email client. SaneBox will automatically sort…
Continue reading →Two Screens
View fullsize First, a Little History A long time ago, I used two screens on my computer. Back then, screens were a lot smaller and having a second 15-inch monitor could make a real difference. However, with the arrival of massive-sized iMac screens, I…
Continue reading →Apple Killing the Mac and iOS App Affiliate Programs
Today sent an email out to affiliate program members (myself included) explaining they will no longer be paying affiliate fees for Mac and iOS applications. There are a lot of podcasters and bloggers, myself included, that receive small bits of income through affiliate linking…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 441: MPU+: The Grass Is Always Greener
Join us for this week’s episode to hear Katie and I talk about how it’s easier now than ever before to cut the cable, Katie’s moves away from Evernote, my experimentation with iOS Mail clients, getting burned when selling online, choosing an email provider,…
Listen & read notes →Free Agents 52: You Can’t Be What You Can’t See with Ann Shen
Ann Shen started her career as a grant writer and realized that the ladder she was climbing was leaning against the wrong wall. She then took the courageous step of going to art school and starting over again. Since then, with a combination of…
Continue reading →Macstock 2018
Over the weekend I took a short trip to Woodstock, Illinois, where I attended, for the first time, the Macstock conference. Macstock has been going on for several years. The conference grew out of a lot of friends who used to attend Macworld looking…
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