Chartered Trading Standards Institute, a UK-based consumer safety company tested 400 chargers they purchased online and found that just 3 of them had adequate insulation. This issue is increasingly coming to light as we discover that many devices sold by Amazon and other online…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Todd Peterson
Lately I’ve struck up an email friendship with Todd Peterson, the Director of Project-Based Learning and Professor of English at Southern Utah University. Not surprisingly, Todd is an articulate guy and pretty passionate about his new iPhone 7. Thankfully, he’s agreed to share his…
Continue reading →Aqua and Bondi
My friend Stephen Hackett’s written another book. This one, called Aqua and Bondi, is all about the the original iMac and the transition of NeXT’s technologies to Mac OS X. If you are at all interested in Apple history and how Apple worked in…
Continue reading →Tasks vs. Calendar Events
I get a lot of emails from readers asking me exactly how I distinguish between tasks and calendar items. In a perfect world, a task is an item you need to do and a calendar item represents a place you need to be. However,…
Continue reading →Sponsor: Brain Storm with MindNode
This week MacSparky is sponsored by my favorite mind mapping application, MindNode. MindNode walks that line of providing powerful tools while still keeping a simple (and delightful) interface. Mind mapping is something you really should try if you haven’t recently. I was originally unimpressed…
Continue reading →Apple Spaceship Video
It’s been a lot of fun watching the monthly drone footage of Apples new campus. They’re planting trees now so they must be getting close. When the time comes, I’m going to pester all of my Apple friends to get me in for a visit.
Continue reading →MPU: Workflows with Ian Byrd
Ian Byrd is a former teacher, a professional speaker, and a friend. Ian joined us this week to share his workflows and tips for giving full-day lectures and workshops, writing, video production, and more. Sponsors include: MacPaw: Get a 30% discount on all of…
Listen & read notes →How to Fight Calendar Spam
I wrote a few days ago about the increasing amount of calendar spam. I’m not alone as I received a lot of email asking how to fix this. I woke up to these little beauties this morning and decided it was time to take…
Continue reading →Cyber Monday Deals
It’s that time of year and my email inbox has been burning up with press releases about Cyber Monday sales. Between the App stores and Amazon, I’ve come across several discounts from apps and products that I use and enjoy. iOS Apps Alto’s…
Continue reading →Jazz Friday: Jacob Collier
Last Jazz Friday I wrote about prodigy Joey Alexander and received a lot of feedback from readers that are now Joey Alexander fans. So this time I thought I’d cover another prodigy, Jacob Collier. Jacob’s parents are both musicians with the Royal Academy of…
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