TextExpander has a new feature called Public Groups. With it, anyone can offer to share a TextExpander group publicly. There are already several interesting public groups. I have shared my “foreign thanks” group that automatically expands to say thank you in the language of…
Continue reading →Touch Bar on an External Keyboard
Daniel Jalkut recently wrote this piece about the Touch Bar coming to an Apple external keyboard. That would allow for the Touch Bar to be used with desktop Macs and MacBooks used in clamshell mode. Daniel thinks they’ll eventually get there. “I find it…
Continue reading →Mac Observer Podcast Guest
I recently joined Jeff Gamet on the Mac Observer Daily Observations podcast to talk about the book business.
Continue reading →LumeCube’s Life Lite
The LumeCube team has a new photo/video-friendly light that fits in your pocket, the Life Lite. I own a LumeCube and love it. Being able to light my subject from the back or side with a little bit of tech I can keep in…
Continue reading →A Mac Nerd Spends 30 Minutes with the Microsoft Surface Studio
A few days ago my wife needed to go to the mall and to her surprise I asked to go with her. My destination was, for the very first time in my life, the Microsoft Store. Specifically, I wanted to check out the Surface…
Continue reading →MPU 248 – Managing Subscriptions
There’s been a lot of talk lately about subscriptions. How do you manage them? Are they even a good idea? This week’s Mac Power Users episode tackles subscriptions in truly nerd fashion. Sponsors Include: Squarespace: Enter offer code MPU at checkout to get 10%…
Continue reading →Sponsor: MailButler for Apple Mail Productivity
This week MacSparky is sponsored by MailButler. While Apple Mail has a lot going for it, Apple Mail is hardly a productivity power tool. That’s where MailButler comes in. MailButler adds new features to Apple Mail to make processing, respond to, and acting on…
Continue reading →Podcast Digest Appearance
This week I guested on the Podcast Digest where I talked a little inside-baseball about how I got into podcasting and what it means to me these days.
Continue reading →The Great Dongle Sale of 2016
Yesterday Apple cut the prices on most of its USB-C dongles. I suspect this is partly a result of the complaints that the new MacBook Pros are USB-C only and that most buyers are required to buy a pile of new dongles to go…
Continue reading →Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C
There’s a bit of confusion out there about ports on the new MacBook Pro. They are all USB-C, a smaller version of USB-C that lets you plug in with either side of the plug “up” and no problems. It’s both smaller and better than…
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