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…
Continue reading →Free Agents 8: Email is Not Your Job
Free Agents episode 8 is now available. When you’re on your own, its easy to go broke while being “productive” with email. This episode has some great advice about how independent workers should tackle email. ∞
Continue reading →Sponsor – MailButler, Your Personal Assistant for Apple Mail
This week MacSparky is sponsored by MailButler. MailButler is like an “awesome” button for Apple Mail. It adds a pile of useful features to Mail including a snooze button for email, tracking so you can see if the recipient actually opened your email, and…
Continue reading →Happy Halloween
We got our pumpkin so right this year.
Continue reading →Background Mode Podcast Appearance
I recently appeared on the MacObserver’s Background Mode podcast with John Martellaro where I got to talk a little about my origin story as a lawyer and as a nerd. ∞
Continue reading →Apple and the Display Business
We’ve all been wondering if Apple is out of the display business. Sounds like they are.
Continue reading →1Password and the Touch Bar
For those of you buying a shiny new Touch Bar enabled MacBook Pro, 1Password has already got you covered. ∞
Continue reading →MPU 347 – The New MacBooks
Katie and I recorded one of our rare news-related shows today with MPU 347 concerning the Apple “Hello Again” event and our thoughts about the new MacBooks. Katie ordered one and I’m sitting this one out while I bask in my iPad Pro bliss. There’s…
Listen & read notes →The Touch Bar and the MIcrosoft Surface Studio
It is interesting to compare and contrast Microsoft and Apple with their announcements this week. Specifically, I’d argue that the Apple Touch Bar and the Microsoft Surface Studio are both appropriate manifestations of the companies’ differing touch computing philosophies. When Apple started with the…
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