I think I’ve featured Joey Alexander, the now fourteen-year-old jazz piano prodigy, too often but this week I discovered he’s now released an album, Eclipse (Apple Music) (iTunes) featuring Joshua Redman, one of my favorite saxophonists. Want some great jazz this weekend? Download this album.
Continue reading →Learn AppleScript at CMD-D
Last year I was able to attend (and even speak at) the first CMD D Masters of Automation course. CMD-D is back this year, and this time it’s a three-day event and all about AppleScript. Sal Soghoian and Ray Robertson, two of the smartest…
Continue reading →Gemini Photos for iPhone
For a long time, Gemini has been one of the best Mac apps for finding and removing duplicate photos on your Mac. Version two added the ability to analyze photos in your Apple Photos library and not only find duplicates but also similar photos…
Continue reading →Tinderbox, The Tool for Notes – Sponsor
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Tinderbox, the tool for notes. Tinderbox is a Mac App that lets you collect, organize, and consider your thoughts in so many ways. With Tinderbox you can make a mind map, a check list, make timelines, charts, outlines, and…
Continue reading →1Password 7 for Mac
Yesterday, Agile Bits released 1Password for Mac, version 7. Having used the application since version one, it’s hard to believe they’ve already got to version 7. Moreover, it’s hard to believe that a password manager can get to version 7 and continue to add new…
Continue reading →The Sweet Setup Day One Course
I’ve written so often that I don’t have a single unpublished thought that now it’s become a bit. Well, that sentiment isn’t actually true. For some time I’ve kept a journal and this year I’ve really tried to ratchet it up. In January I…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 431: Mac Maintenance
Join us this week as Katie and I discuss best practices for keeping your Mac healthy, including Mac maintenance tips, diagnosing common problems, getting rid of unnecessary files, maintenance utilities, and care tips. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: PDFpen from Smile: With powerful…
Listen & read notes →Guesting on Chit Chat Lite with Allison Sheridan
This week I joined Allison Sheridan on her Chit Chat Lite podcast. In it, we talked about the iPhone Field Guide and how to create an eBook with the current Apple tools.
Continue reading →Free Agents 47: Personal Floating Holiday
There’s a lot to think about on this week’s Free Agents. I need to deal with some clients who aren’t paying me. Jason thinks about “taking a personal day” and how that’s different from going on vacation or taking a few hours off. I…
Continue reading →Sponsor – OmniPlan
Project planning is the stuff of legend. Go to any big company and you will find somebody in a room somewhere responsible for project planning that spends weeks at a time in seminars trying to learn to use their Byzantine project planning software. It…
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