As part of Apple’s announcements on Tuesday, they spent considerable time talking about the silicon in the new iPhone 8 and iPhone X. It’s called the A11 Bionic. While there have been lots of chips in the A series from Apple, I’m not aware…
Continue reading →A Few Thoughts on the September 12 Apple Event
Like so many other nerds, I spent several hours today on the couch watching the Apple event. Several observations came to mind: The new campus looks amazing. I’m going to call in every favor I have from friends at Apple to try and get…
Continue reading →The September 12 Apple Event
We’re just hours away from Apple’s big iPhone (and other things) announcement. This event has had a lot of leaks leading up to it but I suspect Apple will still have a few surprises in store of us. Moreover, one of the most important…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 395: Feedback Show
In this feedback episode, we cover listener questions, must-have iOS utilities, tagging, automation, and more feedback. Finally, we discuss the Apple iPhone event scheduled for September 12. Sponsors include: Gazelle: Sell your iPhone for cash at Gazelle! The Omni Group: Celebrating 25 years of making outstanding…
Listen & read notes →Faviconographer Provides Favicons in Safari Tabs
Developer Daniel Alm (maker of Timing) had an itch to scratch over the way Safari doesn’t display Favicons in tabs. Today he released a free little Mac utility, Faviconographer that overlays a website’s Favicon over its Safari tab. Clever.
Continue reading →Agenda Minder for Better Meetings (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Agenda Minder, the application that makes it easy to capture information so that you can run killer meetings. Agenda Minder is a personal productivity tool that is designed to help people prepare for meetings and develop productive agendas. …
Continue reading →Leaky Apple
On top of the HomePod firmware release a few months ago, which appeared to be accidental, someone in Cupertino leaked the gold masters of iOS 11 a few days ago, which appears to be intentional. The gold master is usually the final version of…
Continue reading →Quality Developers
I have always felt that perhaps the biggest advantage to using Apple hardware is the rich market of quality independently developed software. There are so many apps on the Mac that simply don’t exist for Windows. These independent developers are dedicated to making quality…
Continue reading →Siri Today and in the Future
Yesterday Wired magazine published an article about the most recent improvements to Siri. Several prominent Apple executives participated including Alex Acero, the Siri lead, and Greg Joswiak. The focus of the article was the improvement to Siri’s voice with IOS 11. Having used the…
Continue reading →Free Agents: The “Spreadsheet”
So you’re thinking about going out on your own. It’s time to build The Spreadsheet, a tool to let you gauge your potential income and expenses and give you a realistic view of what it will take to succeed.
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