This week MacSparky is sponsored by OmniOutliner. For many years OmniOutliner has been my go-to outlining application. The Omni Group has been hard at work on OmniOutliner and they just announced version 5, which will be shipping soon. In the meantime, you can try…
Continue reading →Sal Soghoian Leaves Apple
Today the news broke that Sal Soghoian has left Apple. For those of you that may not know Sal, he was the longtime Product Manager of Automation Technologies at Apple, but in my mind his unofficial title has always been “Automation Tsar”. If it…
Continue reading →Free Agents #9 – The Feedback Episode
One of the nice things about the Free Agents podcast is the excellent feedback and questions we’ve been receiving since the show launched. Episode 9 tackles feedback with a wide-ranging list of questions an ideas. ∞
Continue reading →Pixelmator Now Touch Bar Friendly
Of course Pixelmator was one of the first to release a Touch Bar update for its Mac image editor. Indeed I think apps like Pixelmator are perfect for the Touch Bar. It gives users quick access to its more powerful features and speeds things…
Continue reading →MPU 350: Accessibility Workflows with Shelly Brisbin
This week the Mac Power Users hit a small milestone (350 episodes) and we celebrated by inviting Shelly Brisbin to bring us up to date on accessibility for Mac and iOS. Shelly is super-informed on this subject and this is worth listening to even…
Listen & read notes →The New Nomad Apple Watch Bands
With watchOS 3 and the new Apple Watch hardware, I’m using my Apple Watch more than ever. I have also slowly been assembling a collection of watch bands. While Apple has some pretty impressive watch straps, they are also a bit pricey. Alternatively, there…
Continue reading →Six Colors MacBook with Touch Bar Review
Jason Snell just published his review of the new MacBook with Touch Bar. The review focuses on the Touch Bar. Overall, he’s a fan. “When you think about that top row of function keys, they really were a peculiar remnant of a past age.…
Continue reading →The New MacBook Pro Keyboard
I spent some time typing on the new MacBook Pro keyboard. This keyboard may turn out to be the most controversial decision in this new MacBook Pro design. Apple explains the new keyboard is the “second generation” of the butterfly mechanism that first appeared…
Continue reading →Jazz Friday – Joey Alexander, Countdown
I wrote up Joey Alexander, the 13-year-old Indonesian jazz prodigy pianist earlier this year. Joey just released a new album, Countdown (Apple Music)(iTunes), The last time I wrote about Joey, I explained that he is more than just technically proficient. He also plays with…
Continue reading →The Retina Tax
Jason Snell wrote an interesting piece about Mac pricing and retina screens. He posits that the increased cost of retina Macs may be partly due to Apple creating an artificial divide between retina and non-retina Macs. This allows them to charge a premium price.…
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