This week, MacSparky is sponsored by the Omni Group and their new release OmniFocus 3 for iOS. I love the new version of OmniFocus for my iPad and iPhone. One of my favorite new features is the improved Forecast view. With the new version,…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 440: Workflows with Thom Zahler
Artist, illustrator, and cartooner Thom Zahler talks about his life as a comic book artist and writer and the digital and analog tools he uses on this week’s MPU episode. He shares how he makes a living and his experience on Who Wants to…
Listen & read notes →Automators Ep. 2 – Email Automation
The latest episode of the Automators is up. This episode focusses on automating email. Should all of your emails be special snowflakes? No. You should automate that email so you can spend your time making things you love instead of answering email. So what…
Listen & read notes →iOS Customer Preferences
9to5 Mac linked to this Creative Strategies report concerning App Store user preferences. There are a few points of note. Many Users Rely on Google to Find Apps Only 16% of the surveyed iOS users exclusively rely on the App Store to find new…
Continue reading →Lego Aston Martin
It has been a long time since I’ve been tempted to buy a new Lego set, but this one really pushes my buttons. This famous James Bond car includes a working ejector seat, revolving number plates, rear-window bulletproof screen, front wing machine guns and…
Continue reading →Fantastical 2.5 for Mac and New Video
Today Flexibits released Fantastical 2.5 for the Mac. There are several notable new features with the new version including Meetup.com integration and support for sending and receiving time proposals for meetings via Exchange, Google, and iCloud. I run Fantastical on my 27″ iMac in its…
Continue reading →Tame Winmail.dat Files with Letter Opener – Sponsor
Do you ever receive emails with winmail.dat files on your Mac? Windows users send them to me all the time. These files are windows formatted Microsoft Outlook email attachments and one of the rare file formats that your Mac has no idea how to…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 439: On Our Desks …
Katie and I share our home office setups on this week’s MPU+ episode. We discuss all the gadgets in, on, and under our desks; what’s connected to our Macs; and how we get work done. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: TextExpander from…
Listen & read notes →Good Times in London
I had a lot of fun this week meeting with about 50 readers and listeners in London. As usual, I found most of the people in attendance are smarter than I am with Ph.D’s, Scientists, Attorneys, Doctors, and generally smart people of all ages.…
Continue reading →Get Automating with TextExpander
I’ve heard a lot about automation this week as the Automators podcast gets launched. One of the easiest ways to get started with automation is by getting TextExpander installed on your Mac, iPad, and iPhone. TextExpander is a text replacement tool and so much…
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