This week MacSparky is sponsored by Timing for Mac. Once installed, Timing watches how you use your Mac and gives you colorful, detailed reports on how you’re spending your time. You know that new feature Apple is adding to iOS 12 called Screen Time?…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 434: PDF Workflows
On this week’s MPU+ episode, Katie and I talk about the state of PDFs in 2018, how the PDF format has evolved, and best practices for creating, naming, managing, and working with PDFs. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: eero: Never think…
Listen & read notes →How Siri Shortcuts Can Revolutionize iOS Automation
One of the nice things about returning home from the excitement of WWDC is a chance to reflect on what Apple announced and begin thinking about how it will change things, if at all. At the top of my mind is Siri Shortcuts. First,…
Continue reading →Get Your Life Back with SaneBox – 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…
Continue reading →Yahoo Messenger is Shutting Down.
Yahoo is pulling the plug on Messenger. I didn’t even know that was still a thing.
Continue reading →A Few Thoughts on WWDC 2018
What a week! Having taken in the keynote and spent the last few days slumming it with developer friends, Apple engineers, and other folks plugged into Apple, I thought it time to share some reflections on WWDC 2018. The VibeThis year people seem a…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 433: WWDC 2018
Katie and I are at the WWDC and this week on MPU+, we share our thoughts on WWDC 2018, including thoughts on iOS 12, macOS 10.14, tvOS, and watchOS 5. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Timing: The automatic time-tracking app for…
Listen & read notes →WWDC Hopes and Dreams
I’m in San Jose this week attending some of the WWDC festivities and catching up with many friends in the Apple Community. Tonight I spent some time talking to friends about expectations and hopes for tomorrow’s keynote. There is a distinctly different feeling this…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Mike Schmitz
This week’s home screen features Mike Schmitz (blog)(twitter). Mike’s a geek that writes and talks a lot about productivity. In addition to his own work, Mike also writes at Asian Efficiency and makes several good podcasts, including Bookworm and the Productivity Show. Mike was a…
Continue reading →OmniFocus 3 for iPhone and iPad
This week the Omni Group released version 3 of OmniFocus for iPhone and iPad (with version 3 for Mac coming later this summer). There are few applications I use more than OmniFocus. I started with the beta before OmniFocus version 1, and I’ve used…
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