Merry Christmas everybody. I hope you and your family are enjoying a great holiday. This year I shared my Yule jazz playlist, and its got lots of subscribers. I’ve heard from listeners that are using it for everything from cooking Christmas dinner to playing…
Continue reading →Great Mac Software Deals at WinterFest (Sponsor)
The new year is just around the corner, and maybe you’re thinking about a big project or two you want to get off the ground. That may take some quality Mac software and this week’s sponsor, the Winter Festival of Artisanal Software will get…
Continue reading →MPU 409 – Holiday Tech
“Deck the Halls with Ones and Zeroes.” In this episode, we break down all the ways to use your technology for the holidays including smart decorations, streaming audio (and David’s Yule playlist), managing parties with tech, recommended family-friendly Apple TV games, David’s holiday card…
Listen & read notes →Better macOS Spaces
When working on a laptop, especially the tiny MacBook, I use a lot of full-screen apps and then the macOS Spaces feature is a big help. You just three-finger swipe up on the trackpad, and you get something that looks like this. (Click to…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Daman Rangoola
One of the great things about living in Southern California is all the local nerds I get to hang out with. One such new friend I made this year is Daman Rangoola (Twitter). Daman is a clever guy and put a lot of time…
Continue reading →Tinderbox Gets Even Smarter (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Tinderbox, the tool for notes. Tinderbox is a Mac App that lets you collect your thoughts and slice and dice them any way your brain prefers. With Tinderbox you can make a mind map, a check list, make…
Continue reading →Rubbish Passwords
Every year, Splash Data reveals its list of the year’s most commonly used passwords. This year the usual suspects, like “123456” and “password”, are, again at the top of the list. I had to grin that “starwars” has made its way to the list…
Continue reading →Technology and the California Wildfires
Speaking of disaster preparedness, my friend, and fellow geek, Rogier Willems, had the latest wildfires show up on his doorstep. He had to evacuate in a hurry and reports in with some excellent advice. One mistake he reports is taking his networking gear when…
Continue reading →MPU 408: Disaster Preparedness
This week’s MPU episode, which we recorded just days before the latest California wildfires, is all about emergencies and your technology. In additiona to disaster preparedness, this episode also covers personal emergencies, accident or illness, technology failures and even happy emergencies. Sponsors include: Eero:…
Listen & read notes →Episode VIII
Today marks general release of the latest Star Wars Movie. This will be episode VIII and, for me, continuation of a journey started when I was nine years old. I’ve got my Star Wars shirt on and wearing my Star Wars shoes (the same…
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