We’re having a MPU meet up in London on July 9th, at 6PM London time at the Wetherspoons just outside of Victoria station 5. Weatherspoons is a basic pub where we can walk around and converse. There’s no dress code – MPU attire is…
Listen & read notes →Apple Extends Repair Period for MacBook Keyboards
There are so many stories about keyboards going bad on MacBooks and MacBook Pros over the last few years. My 2015 12-inch MacBook is now on its third keyboard. Apple’s now announced they’ll continue to fix keyboards on several of these machines. This doesn’t…
Continue reading →Talking iPhone on the Law Entrepreneur Podcast
Neil Tyra was kind enough to have me on his podcast recently where we talked about how lawyers should be better at using their iPhones and gave a few tips (for lawyers and non-lawyers alike) to help out.
Continue reading →The New MPU and Free Agents Forums
Today we released the brand-new Discourse-based forums for Mac Power Users and Free Agents found at talk.macpowerusers.com. I’m really excited to share this news. A lot of work went on behind the scenes to make this happen. The new forum is based on the open…
Listen & read notes →More Drafts Screencasts
I’ve been busy in the Screencast studio lately making some new screencasts for Drafts. Here are my latest on creating your own Drafts action and using tags and workspaces. You can see them all here.
Continue reading →Smile Software Celebrating 15 Years – Sponsor
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Smile Software, makers of TextExpander and PDFpen. This month Smile is celebrating 15 years of bringing its productivity software to the world. They’ve had several products over the years and there is an excellent series of blog posts…
Continue reading →Availability-Based Scheduling with When Works
John Chaffee has been making calendar related apps for Apple hardware for a long time with is involvement with Now Up-To-Date several years ago and, more recently, BusyCal. So when John launches a new product, I’m always interested. His latest venture is WhenWorks, an availability…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 435: Catching Up with Don McAllister
Don McAllister returns on this week’s MPU+ episode to talk about building a business around ScreenCastsOnline, building his team, delegation, project management, and more. We also talk chat travel and electric cars. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: TextExpander from Smile: Type more with…
Listen & read notes →Talking iPhone on the Productivity Show
I recently guested on The Productivity Show with Mike Schmitz where we talked in depth about how to get your work done with the iPhone. Mike’s a great host and we covered a lot of ground.
Continue reading →Free Agents 49: Panting to the Finish Line
Family members with employment issues remind Jason about just how far he has come. I grapple with letting go of control and working with an assistant. And Jason hands in his resignation and participates in an “exit interview” with me. Join us for the latest…
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