Over the years of publishing MacSparky, I’ve got to know the team from MacPaw. MacPaw makes several Mac Apps that I use including CleanMyMac and, increasingly, their SetApp (Netflix for Mac Apps) service. I’ve been genuinely impressed with everyone I’ve met from MacPaw. They…
Continue reading →Sponsor: MailButler
This week MacSparky is sponsored by MailButler. MailButler is a collection of powerful add-ons that make Apple Mail exponentially better. One such feature is email signatures. Email signatures are important. If your email signature tool is tacky, it makes you look bad. If your…
Continue reading →Automating PDF Creation from Image Files on the Mac
Recently a client sent me a contract electronically by taking a series of photos of a document. This happens to me once in a while, and usually I open the individual images in Preview, combine them, and save them as PDF. I received another…
Continue reading →Sponsor: OmniFocus and the Review Feature
This week the blog is sponsored by my friends over at the Omni Group and their best-in-breed task manager application, OmniFocus. There is so much to love about OmniFocus. It’s a powerful task application that works with you to not only check off your…
Continue reading →Timing 2 for Mac
Today Daniel Alm released Timing 2 for Mac, version 2.0 of his popular Mac productivity app. Over the last several months, I have definitely climbed on the timers’ bandwagon. I’m in the process of hiring people to help me out, and the first thing I…
Continue reading →Hacking the iPad Smart Keyboard Viewing Angle with an Apple Pencil
I’m generally pretty happy with the iPad Smart Keyboard cover. It takes little space and the keyboard is good enough to get work done when I need to type on the road. My biggest gripe is the viewing angle. It’s engineered to be angled…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 376 – Notifications with Myke Hurley
The latest episode of Mac Power Users is live. This show is all about Notifications. Most people hate notifications because they are annoying. I like them but I’ve figured them out. I like this show because all three of us have found peace with…
Listen & read notes →Free Agents #20 – Jason’s Origin Story
The latest Free Agents episode is up. In it, Jason shares his origin story telling us where he came from, the background of his career, and what the circumstances were that led him to become an independent worker. Jason’s got some great feedback on…
Continue reading →Apple Watch Success and Jim Hanks
Yesterday Strategy Analytics announced that it believes Apple shipped 3.5 million Apple Watches in Q1 2017, making it the global leader in wearables and displacing Fitbit. If true (Apple doesn’t publish its numbers for Apple Watch), it’s pretty remarkable. The Apple Watch is at…
Continue reading →Happy May the 4th
I know these days that it seems like every day is a holiday of one sort of another but how could I let May the 4th go by without acknowledging it. Why do I love Star Wars? One reason is because of the fans.…
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