For people who are active or have special needs, Road ID is a great product and service. Road ID is a wearable doodad that lets emergency responders know who you are and who they should call. There is even an option that allows you…
Continue reading →MultiMarkdown Converter Pro
Fletcher Penney, who has put years of work into MultiMarkdown, has a new app: MultiMarkdown Converter Pro. If you write in Markdown or MultiMarkdown, this one is worth checking out. With MultiMarkdown Converter Pro, you can drag and drop text files from anywhere and…
Continue reading →The New Glif
I backed the new Glif iPhone tripod mount and mine showed up a few weeks ago. Studio Neat has come a long way with this product. The newest Glif is spring loaded and pulls back easily around your phone (any size, in a case…
Continue reading →Free Agents 23 — Hard to Get on a Different Train
The latest episode of Free Agents is available for download. In this episode, we talk about what business forms make sense for your new venture. Topics include sole proprietorships, corporations, LLCs, and what seems like an episode-long disclosure that you really need a local…
Continue reading →Hazel 4.1 Update
I’m a little late on this story but Hazel got a very nice update over the last few months. The new version 4.1 adds several useful features including: Better date matching The ability to make a match based on file attributes of another file…
Continue reading →Subscription Database
Several months ago we did an episode on Mac Power Users about managing subscriptions. During the show I explained that I have an Apple Numbers spreadsheet where I keep track of all of that information. I’ve finally gotten around to posting it. Below is…
Listen & read notes →10.5 Inch iPad Pro Reviews
Several of the early reviews are out and they are generally positive. My favorites are: Federico Viticci at MacStories Rene Ritchie at iMore I particularly like the sample of the improved pencil scanning at iMore. The new iPad pros combined with iOS 11 improvements…
Continue reading →The Omni Group (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by the Omni Group. One of the most interesting things I saw last week at WWDC was Sal Soghoian’s presentation about JavaScript integration with the Omni applications. The Omni Group has been hard at work adding JavaScript integration. They…
Continue reading →WWDC Reflections and Future Hopes
Now having returned from WWDC, I can’t help but take a few minutes to reflect upon the general mood in San Jose this past week. Developers were a lot less surly this year and I spoke with several developers inspired by Apple’s work to…
Continue reading →MPU 381 – WWDC Special
The latest episode of Mac Power Users is live. I spent a lot of time this week speaking with developers at Apple’s WWDC. In this week’s episode, Katie and I break down Apple’s latest announcements along with what I’ve been hearing in San Jose…
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