Shawn Blanc and his team are re-opening the Focus course. I’m a fan and think this course is a great way to help pull yourself out of the mud. The course is only open until September 23, so if you’re interested now’s your chance.
1Password Advanced Protection
The battle to protect your passwords never ends. Today 1Password announced it’s new Advanced Protection service for businesses that want better password protection.
1Password Advanced Protection adds several security controls:
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Enforce two-factor authentication. Enforce two-factor authentication company-wide, and choose which second factors your team can use when they add 1Password to a new device.
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Restrict access with firewall rules. Create rules to allow, report, or deny sign-in attempts from certain locations, IP addresses, and more.
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View and manage sign-in attempts. Review recent sign-in attempts and take any action required to protect your team.
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Set complex Master Password policies. Define requirements employees must adhere to when they choose their Master Password.
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Require modern app usage. Check which version of 1Password your employees are using to ensure they have the latest security and feature updates.
I can’t help but feel the Internet security situation is going to only get worse before it gets better. Does your company need to protect something like seven secret herbs and spices? If so, get yourself some advanced protection.
MPU 500 Merchandise
We have some great merchandise celebrating episode 500 of the Mac Power Users. There are shirts, challenge coins, patches, and stickers. I really love how it all came out, and it’s available for a limited time only.
Use SaneBox to Upgrade Any Email System (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by SaneBox, the email service I use every day to manage my email. SaneBox acts as your own personal email assistant, sorting your inbox for you so you only see the most important emails with less important email getting relegated to other mailboxes for later.
I’m not the only one that relies on SaneBox. It’s also used by companies like eBay, Coca-Cola, Adidas, and LinkedIn to help their employees stay on top of the most important email.
SaneBox has many additional features, like the ability track and notify you if people don’t respond to your email and defer incoming email until later. It really serves as a set of power tools to make every aspect of using email easier and it works with just about any email platform: including iCloud, IMAP, Google, and Exchange. No matter what system, platform, or app you use to do email, SaneBox can help. It’s like feature upgrading every email application. If you’d like to become the boss of your email, go sign up for free SaneBox trial today and use the links in this post to get a significant discount when you sign up.
Mac Power Users 500: David in the Hot Seat
Stephen marks the 500th episode of Mac Power Users by interviewing me about my career, technology, and choice of light saber color.
This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
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eero: Get your WiFi fixed as soon as tomorrow! Free overnight shipping.
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1Password: Have you ever forgotten a password? You don’t have to worry about that anymore.
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The Omni Group: We’re passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
The U1 Chip at Six Colors
Jason Snell did a great job getting the skinny on the new U1 chip shipping in the iPhone 11. I’m very curious to see exactly what they do with it in the future. It’s too early, but it sure would nice if I could locate a runaway AirPod within 4 inches.
Automators 32 – Shortcuts and iOS 13
The latest episode of Automators is posted. In it Rose and I cover the breakdown of how Shortcuts will fit into iOS 13.0 and 13.1, some of our favorite new shortcuts, and the looming release of the Shortcuts Field Guide next week.
Sponsors include:
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PDFpen, from Smile : The ultimate tool for editing PDFs on the Mac.
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Zapier: The easiest way to automate your work. Start your 14-day free trial today.
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Backblaze: Unlimited cloud backup for Macs and PCs for just $6/month.
A Sneak Peak at the Shortcuts Field Guide
I’m closing in on finishing the new Shortcuts Field Guide. It is coming out great. Here’s one of the over 100 videos that will be included with the course when it gets released next week.
The Terminal with Terpstra
There are a lot of great resources out there if you want to learn about using Terminal on your Mac. One of my favorites is a collection of posts by Brett Terpstra called “Bash Fun”. You could easily spend an afternoon combing through Brett’s posts. Maybe a fun project for this weekend?
Plan Your Next Project with inShort (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by inShort (website) (Mac App Store) (iOS App Store). inShort is a project planning application for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad that lets you plan projects and processes graphically across all of your Apple devices.
One of the more innovative features is the way it allows you to embed processes and drill down to the level of detail you need at the moment. The trick with inShort is to build a detailed diagram, and from there the application creates a Gantt chart to execute your plan. If this has your interest, I recommend checking out the inShort Very Quick Guide.
inShort takes a unique approach to project planning and is worth checking out. The inShort development team has also added a satellite service, workflow.link that gives you a way to work with, edit, and manage your projects from any device with a web browser.
Want to learn more? Check out the website and read the developer’s PDF.
