Remember when the Apple Airport was the best home WiFi solution? I sure do. I had a series of terrible routers and finally spent the money on an Airport. The system tools were easy to use and the WiFi was substantially better in my…
Continue reading →Getting Your Act Together with OmniFocus – Sponsor
This week MacSparky is sponsored by OmniFocus. A lot of people, myself included, use the new year to rethink what worked in the past year and where we could improve in the future. If you are feeling a little out of control, one of…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Jeff Perry
This week’s home screen features Jeff Perry (Twitter), proprietor of TabletHabit.com where Jeff talk about how he uses his iPad as his exclusive computer. Jeff’s a busy guy, also producing his podcast, Getting Caught Up. So Jeff, show us your home screen. What are…
Continue reading →Free Agents 38 – Knit Your Parachute on the Way Down, with Thom Zahler
Speaking of Jason Snell, this week on the Free Agents we talk to artist and writer Thom Zahler, an independent creator for 15 years in indie comics (Love and Capes, Warning Label), licensed comics (My Little Pony), and animated television (Spider Man: Web Warriors,…
Continue reading →Jason Snell on the New T2
I enjoyed Jason Snell’s explanation of the new T2 chip in the iMac Pro. The T2 increases security and takes over for a lot of tasks traditionally covered by a suite of separate controllers. I agree with Jason that we should fully expect the…
Continue reading →MPU 412 – Stephen Hacket Returns
This week on the Mac Power Users, Stephen Hackett returns to talk about his transition into video production, Internet automation, his home studio, audio and video gear, a new iMac and more. Sponsors Include: PDFpen from Smile With powerful PDF editing tools, available for Mac,…
Listen & read notes →The Demise of Transmit and the Future of Pro Level iOS Apps
A few days ago Panic announced their decision to stop development of their popular file sharing app for iOS, Transmit. This news is not surprising. For a few years now Panic has made public statements about how little income they’re making off their pro-level…
Continue reading →Bad Chips and the Future of Mac Silicon
Yesterday we received news of a flaw with Intel chips that is, overall, terrible news. Early estimates are that repairing the vulnerability will require fixes in software and could slow down chip performance. For years now, people have been talking about Apple moving its…
Continue reading →The iFixit iMac Pro Teardown
While I have no intention of buying an iMac Pro, I could not tear myself away from iFixit’s recently published iMac Pro teardown. The thing I didn’t realize until looking through these videos is that this truly is a “Pro” computer. It’s not a…
Continue reading →Photo Sorting and Pruning on iPhone
I’ve been taking a lot of pictures lately, and if you looked at my iPhone, you’d see a lot of photo bloat. You know what I mean, right? You take five pictures of people in one pose when you just need one. There is…
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