This week MacSparky is sponsored by Agenda Minder. We all spend time complaining about meetings but not enough of us do anything to make them better. Agenda Minder is a Mac app that lets you pull meetings in from your calendar and organize them. You…
Continue reading →Where’s iPod?
Do you remember when the iPod was the most important Apple product? Not anymore. I spent a little time at the Apple Store recently and just for giggles started looking for the iPods. It turns out the entire iPod line gets one-half of one…
Continue reading →Finding a Missing AirPod
A listener sent me a link to a new iPhone application, Finder for AirPods. It’s an interesting idea. It measures the signal strength to the AirPod as a sort of homing beacon to help you find a lost AirPod. I decided to take one for…
Continue reading →Thinking About Touch Screen Macs
I’ve been thinking more lately about touch screen Macs. There’s lots of talk in the community about how Microsoft has added touch screen to Windows and it’s now time for Apple to follow suit. Just a few days ago, I was sent a link…
Continue reading →Rogue One Soundtrack Analysis
I was very interested in the Rogue One soundtrack in that it is the first Star Wars film music not written by John Williams. Michael Giacchino did a great job. I didn’t realize exactly how great of a job he did until I listened…
Continue reading →Apple TV Party Game Pick: Fibbage
I spent New Years Eve with a pile of family members and we decided to spend some of that time lying to one another with Fibbage on the Apple TV. Fibbage is an Apple TV gameshow-type app. Participants play along using their iPhones or…
Continue reading →iOS 10.3 Rumors
The rumor sites are starting to show evidence of an increasing iOS 10.3 beta size inside Apple. The only feature we’ve had any whisper of so far is “Theatre Mode” which is maybe a dark mode? There were a lot of rumors of a…
Continue reading →MPU 358 – Gabe Weatherhead Returns
Gabe Weatherhead is one of my favorite nerds. He’s smart and always has a few good ideas about getting the most out of his Mac. He joined us this week on the Mac Power Users to discuss OmniFocus Automation, follow-up on DEVONThink, address privacy…
Listen & read notes →Sponsor: PowerPhotos – The Ultimate Toolbox for Photos on the Mac
I’m pleased to welcome a new sponsor to MacSparky, PowerPhotos. There has been a lot of action in photo management on the Mac in the past few years and PowerPhotos is that powerful utility we’ve all been waiting for. If you have photos scattered…
Continue reading →ComicBookFonts Annual Sale Today
If you’ve ever wanted to add some whimsical fonts to your library, there probably isn’t any better place than ComicBookFonts.com. This is a resource for professional comic artists and there is a dizzying array of fonts available. I purchased their Hedge Backwards years ago…
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