View fullsize Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! I was sitting around with my amazing family this morning, listening to Ella Fitzgerald and unwrapping my Star Wars toys (yes … mine) and it occurred to me that if 12-year-old me could see how 48-year-old…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Rishabh Dassani
Rishabh R. Dassani (Twitter) is a creative nonfiction writer and a management consultant at Dazné. He writes short essays on personal effectiveness for design and business leaders. You can find them at right here and also sign up for his weekly Newsflash. So Rishabh,…
Continue reading →Default Folder X: Still Awesome (and Updated)
It has been years since I’ve mentioned it but I still use the heck out of Default Folder X. This is an application for your Mac that updates the open/save dialog boxes. It gives you an easy way to navigate to recent folders and…
Continue reading →Yahoo Hacked Again for Another 1,000,000,000 Accounts
I’m a little late with this story but thought it worth sharing anyway. Yahoo announced last week that they had another security breach (in addition to the 500 million hacked accounts earlier this year). This newly disclosed breach, which happened in 2013, involved 1…
Continue reading →25 Million Marios
According to Sensor Report, the new Mario game for iOS has already had 25 million downloads. That’s a lot of Marios. Super Mario Run is an interesting angle for Nintendo. The game isn’t a traditional Nintendo game but instead a taste of one. If…
Continue reading →Sponsor: Straighten Out Your Email with SaneBox
This week MacSparky is sponsored by SaneBox, the email service that can start saving your bacon today. As the end of the year approaches, it’s a good time to look at your workflows that work … and those that don’t. For a lot of…
Continue reading →The Apple AirPods After a Day of Use
View fullsize My Apple AirPods arrived. Hurray! I don’t think you can call this a “review” after just a day of use. Instead, it’s a list of observations from a new user. Before getting started, I should say a little bit about me and…
Continue reading →MPU 356: A Fresh Look at DEVONthink
DEVONthink has made some significant strides in the last few years. Most impressive to me, is the way they’ve implemented iOS syncing. You now can have your entire DEVON library on your iPad and iPhone. This week we’re joined by Stuart Ingram, a busy…
Listen & read notes →1Password for iOS 6.5 Gets an Improved Watch App
This week 1Password released version 6.5 of the iOS app. There are several big improvements including a better onboarding experience and better group management. What really struck me, however, is the new Apple Watch app. It’s what I would refer to in my 80’s…
Continue reading →Building Custom Apple Watch Faces
I mentioned in yesterday’s OmniGraffle sponsorship post that I made some cool new Star Wars Apple watch faces. That resulted in several emails from readers asking exactly how I did that. So here goes. Custom Apple Watch Faces Apple’s not big on custom watch…
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