This week Ulysses moved to a subscription model. As Dr. Drang has already observed, this will lead to much gnashing of teeth and navel gazing concerning subscription pricing. At this point I feel as if I’m over it. I use Ulysses every day. I’ve…
Continue reading →Thoughts on the CMD-D Conference
Yesterday I spent the day attending the CMD-D: Masters of Automation conference in San Jose. It was a great deal of fun. The content covered both current scripting techniques along with several up-and-coming methods to automate your Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Highlights included: Multiple…
Continue reading →Free Agents 27: Bird in the Bush
One of the truly nice things about being self-employed is the ability to pursue a “passion project” without seeking the approval of others. Passion projects, however, can be a tricky thing. Both Jason and I believe they are important, but we also both believe…
Continue reading →Timeline 3D Updates for iOS
I have always been a fan of the Timeline 3D application. I started using it on my Mac but later switched to iOS as the app went multi-platform. Timeline 3D is an engine to make quick, pretty timelines. I like the way the application…
Continue reading →Get Control of Your Email with SaneBox (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by SaneBox, the email service that can make you the boss of your email. How are you doing with your inbox these days? Are you the boss of it, or is it the boss of you? For a lot…
Continue reading →ScreenFlow Updates to Version 7.0
The best screencasting application for Mac, ScreenFlow, recently released version 7.0. There are several new features in this update including: UI Input The user interface has some updates and a new dark theme. Custom Key Mapping Amen. 30 and 60 FPS You can now…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Sal Soghoian
This week I’ll be up in San Jose speaking at the CMD-D: Masters of Automation conference. The reason this remarkable conference is happening at all is because of the hard work of Sal Soghoian (website), former head of automation at Apple. The conference is…
Continue reading →MPU 390: Tagging with Terpstra
It’s been a long time since we dove deep on tagging on the Mac Power Users. On this week’s episode, we invited our favorite tagger, Brett Terpstra, back to the show to talk about how far tagging has come from macOS and iOS and…
Listen & read notes →The iPad Pro: 10.5 vs. 12.9
View fullsize I’ve spent a lot of time now with both the 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros. I’m hearing from a lot of listeners and readers who want some help choosing which iPad to buy. I have a few thoughts about that. The Good…
Continue reading →Apple Leaks Concerning the New iPhone
While I usually stand clear of rumors around here, there’s a bit of news concerning the new iPhone that would be hard to ignore. If you like surprises on Keynote day, you may want to stop right here. Steve Troughton-Smith is well known for…
Continue reading →