I thought this interactive animation explaining how WiFi works was pretty instructive.
Continue reading →The New Transmit
Transmit is the undisputed king of file transfer applications on the Mac. It’s been around for 20 years, and if you need to send files to servers, there’s nothing better. I was frankly surprised yesterday when they released Transmit 5. It seems like just…
Continue reading →Entering the US with Technology
Jeff Richardson did a nice job summarizing the latest from US Customs and Border Protection concerning what it can and can’t do with your digital devices upon entering the country. Even if you are a US citizen, If you refuse to unlock your device…
Continue reading →Timing — the Automatic Mac Time Tracking App
Time is your most precious resource. You need to know how you are spending it. But time tracking is hard. Having to throw a switch somewhere every time you change tasks or projects never works and is super-distracting. As a result, you end up with bad…
Continue reading →MPU 386 – Favorite Mac Utilities
There has been a lot of talk lately in the Mac Power Users Facebook group about favorite utilities so Katie and I decided to do a show on it. We ended up with with over 30 of our favorite Mac utilities. There’s some great…
Listen & read notes →The Disneyland Star Wars Experience
I spent part of today at the Disney D23 convention where they’ve got an entire section devoted to the Star Wars Experience at Disneyland. I spoke with lots of Imagineers and learned a lot of information. The Saturday sessions will disclose a lot more…
Continue reading →The Next iPhone Hardware
I don’t write much about Apple rumors because generally, I don’t see the point. We’re going to get to see the new iPhone in September, and there is no reason to get all bent out of shape about rumors about the new phone when…
Continue reading →Free Agents #25: Breadcrumbs of My Life, with Stephen Hackett
This week we posted a great episode of Free Agents where we interviewed Stephen Hackett about his origin story and his winding path to independence.
Continue reading →Dr. Drang’s Toothbrush
Occasionally, Apple geek and scientist Dr. Drang has some bit of household paraphernalia fail on him. While most folks might just throw the broken pieces in the trash, Dr. Drang photographs, documents, and explains the finer points of what exactly went wrong. Most recently,…
Continue reading →Nilay Patel on Net Neutrality
Nilay Patel at the Verge brings us up to date on the Net Neutrality issue. I’ve tried to understand how removing Net Neutrality helps consumers and I honestly just can’t see it. Net Neutrality has served us well and allowed many great ideas grow…
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