This week for Jazz Friday, I’m featuring the Bill Evans’ cover of Santa Claus is Coming to Town from 1964. This is a weird track. It’s the only Christmas tune buried on Evans’ Trio 64 album released in January 1964. I’m guessing it is…
Continue reading →Pixelmator Pro
Many years ago, I spent something like $30 to purchase Pixelmator for my Mac. For years now, that application has served as that little bit extra for me when Photos isn’t up to the task. This week Pixelmator released Pixelmator Pro, I significant upgrade…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Dan Catlin
Dan Catlin (Twitter)(Website) is an interesting guy. He had a fancy pants job that required him to do lots of traveling but one day realized his kids were growing up and he was never around. So he gave up the fancy job and opened…
Continue reading →Free Agents 35: I Guess I’m Felix Unger
The latest episode of Free Agents is up. In it, Jason and I discuss the importance of prep time, resetting your balance, gauging the value of your work, time tracking, managing ongoing commitments, keeping clients happy when you get sick, and the value of…
Continue reading →MindNode 5 Releases and Screencasts
This week MindNode version 5 released (App Store). This is a great update to an already useful application. MindNode is the application where I finally “got it” concerning mind mapping. I particularly like using it on my iPad. Using mind mapping, I’m able to…
Continue reading →Root Problems and Black Eyes
Yesterday we got news that there was a serious flaw in macOS security that allowed villains to get full access to your Mac without a password with he ability to change personal files without needing any admin credentials. There are security holes and then…
Continue reading →Apple and Animoji
Apple has a new ad out capitalizing on the success of Animoji. I think Apple is smart to put the pedal down on Animoji. It is way more popular than anyone expected and gives Apple a chance to distinguish the iPhone X from anything…
Continue reading →Scrivener 3 for Mac
Scrivener, the remarkably good long-form writing tool, just got updated to version 3 for Mac. The update is a big one. New features include a complete interface overhaul. The new interface is cleaner and feels more modern than the older one did. The text…
Continue reading →inShort for Project Planning and Diagramming (Sponsor)
View fullsize This week MacSparky is sponsored by inShort. inShort is a project planning application for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad that lets you plan projects and processes graphically across all of your Apple devices. I really can’t underestimate that part about graphical project design.…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 406 – It’s Okay to Enjoy Both
The latest episode of Mac Power Users is live. Gabe Weatherhead joins us to talk about his months-long experiment with the iPad Pro. We also tackle listener questions on dealing with spam, scheduling appointments, hard drive best practices, finding deals, traveling with a Mac,…
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