I am receiving a lot of email lately from readers encountering PDF problems on the Mac. If that’s you, you’re not alone. Apparently with the release of macOS Sierra, Apple rewrote many of the PDFKit frameworks used in Preview and several other third party…
Continue reading →Chris Lattner on Accidental Tech Podcast
This week Chris Lattner, the recently departed Apple employee that pioneered the Swift programming language, guested on the Accidental Tech Podcast. The interview, overall, is very comforting for people worried about the future of Swift and other things Apple. The ATP gang handled the…
Continue reading →Incomparable – The Extra Terrestrial
There something about E.T. that goes straight to my heart every time I watch it. Years ago, I told Jason Snell that if The Incomparable podcast ever covers E.T., I would be happy to join in as resident fanboy. This week I obliged.
Continue reading →Apple News – Worth a Second Look
Without thinking too much about it, I’ve switched over to Apple News as nearly my exclusive source for news over the past six months. The iOS 10 Apple News re-design works for me. As a frequent user of the iPad and iPhone I like…
Continue reading →MPU 360: Workflows with Charles Perry
This week Charles Perry, one of the organizers of the Release Notes conference, joins us to talk about turning his passion into a business, then a podcast, then a successful conference and the tools and logistics behind all of it. Sponsors include: Ministry of…
Listen & read notes →Terminology 4.0 – A Word Tool
I spend a lot of time working with words so I am always looking for apps that can help me out. Terminology (Website) (App Store) is one of those apps. Terminology’s been in active development since 2010 and this week Agile Tortoise, the developer,…
Continue reading →Sponsor: CardioBot Heart Rate and Activity Monitor
Something you may not realize if you are wearing an Apple Watch is that it is checking your heart rate every 4 minutes during the day. (It’s much more frequent when you are working out.) Your heart rate data is really useful to understanding…
Continue reading →Free Agents 12 with Katie Floyd
The latest Free Agents episode is available for download. Very recently my pal Katie Floyd, left her law firm and went out on her own. We ask Katie about making the move, her workspace and work habits, and the issues of adding support staff and…
Continue reading →Discounted Productivity Apps and Services
SaneBox has partnered up with several productivity apps and services to offer some nice discounts. There’s no purchase required. It’s just a group of services offering a discount. For example, you can get six months of free 1Password or 30% off TextExpander and Rescue…
Continue reading →iOS Automation and Evolution
Sal Soghoian leaving Apple was bad news for those of us interested in automation. If that cloud has a silver lining, however, it’s that we get to hear more of Sal’s thoughts about automation on Apple platforms. Recently, Sal published this piece on MacStories…
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