This week on Mac Power Users we dive deep into calendars and discuss the various cloud calendar services, sharing, calendar apps, best practices, and scheduling services.
Listen & read notes →Sponsor – OmniGraffle
This week MacSparky is sponsored by the app that I use as my own personal graphics toolbox, OmniGraffle. OmniGraffle was created as a diagramming tool but it is so much more. Using OmniGraffle’s powerful, but easily understandable tools, I am able to not only…
Continue reading →Apple’s Portrait Mode Ads
Apple has a few new ads spots showing off iPhone 7 Plus Portrait Mode. Now that the shiny newness has worn off Portrait Mode, I’m curious how much it has stuck with users. I’m still using it, but deliberately. I need to plan taking a portrait…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Robert Black
This week’s home screen post features Robert Black (Website)(Twitter). Robert is a strategic cartoonist (bringing a bit of humor to corporate communications). Robert is also a geek and loves his iPhone. So Robert, show us your home screen. What are some of your favorite…
Continue reading →Sponsor: SaneBox with Sane Attachments
This week MacSparky is sponsored by SaneBox, the email service that adds power features to any email system. With SaneBox at your back, you add a powerful set of email tools that can work in just about any email client. SaneBox will automatically sort…
Continue reading →Free Agents #14 – Putting Numbers in Boxes with Andrew Carroll
In the latest episode of Free Agents, CPA (and fellow free agent) Andrew Carroll guests to explain accounting and tax challenges for independent workers. This is a great episode – especially with April 15 around the corner.
Continue reading →Still Using It – Trip Mode
A few years ago I wrote about a then-new application, Trip Mode, that allows you to turn off the Internet pipes for particular apps on your MacBook. It’s a great idea, particularly if you tether your MacBook to your iPhone or iPad. Using Trip…
Continue reading →The OmniFocus Video Field Guide Gets Streaming and Closed Captions
When I first started distributing the video field guides, I wanted to make it as simple as possible. Customers pay and then download a video. It worked great originally but lately I’ve been getting emails from customers that just work on iPad and iPhone. For…
Continue reading →More on the iPad and Software
Dr. Drang wrote over the weekend: “The biggest problem for the iPad is Apple’s unwillingness to let it become its own thing. Development of iOS is driven by the iPhone, which probably shouldn’t have the tools of a regular computer. But the iPad needs…
Continue reading →MPU 363 – Workflows with IT Specialist Ivan Hemmans
We spend a lot of time on the Mac Power Users talking about how, as Mac users, to deal with a hostile IT staff. This week we decided to have a friendly IT specialist on the show in Ivan Hemmans. Ivan talks about how…
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