I’ve been wondering the past several days about whether or not we’ll see a headphone jack in tomorrow’s new MacBook Pros. There’s been lots of talk about the leaked Magic Toolbar and folks are assuming that it will have a bundle of USB-C ports…
Continue reading →AirPod Delay
Today an Apple representative told Tech Crunch that the AirPods aren’t done cooking. “The early response to AirPods has been incredible. We don’t believe in shipping a product before it’s ready, and we need a little more time before AirPods are ready for our…
Continue reading →Google Gets Creepier
ProPublica published an article (that I found via Daring Fireball) about recent changes in Google’s terms of service. Traditionally, Google has kept web-browsing information segregated from your personally identifiable information. Not anymore. As ProPublica explains, “… Google could now, if it wished to, build…
Continue reading →Sponsor: SaneBox
This week MacSparky is sponsored by SaneBox. Email is hard and if you’re going to have any chance against it, you need some powerful tools at your back. That’s where SaneBox comes in. The SaneBox robots are like having my own email personal assistant.…
Continue reading →MPU 346 – Workflows with Casey Liss
Casey Liss is a podcaster and app developer. He’s also a class act. This week he joins us on Mac Power Users to discuss his best tools and workflows to get things done. Casey, as a fairly recent dad, also explains the current state…
Listen & read notes →The Wirecutter – an Internet Success Story
Five years ago Brian Lam left Gizmodo to start up The Wirecutter where they research the crap out of tech products and make recommendations. I’ve had such good success with their recommendations that it’s now become the default place I go when I’m getting…
Continue reading →Relay FM Sticker Pack
In case you missed it, downloading the Relay FM app now puts a set of Relay FM stickers on your iPhone and iPad. In addition to all the other Relay shows and memes, there are stickers for both Mac Power Users and Free Agents.…
Continue reading →Table Flip
A few weeks ago indie developer Christian Tietze released a new app called Table Flip that simplifies the process of making tables in Markdown. A few days ago I was working on a project where I had an excuse to use the app and…
Continue reading →Siri vs. Google Assistant
The below MKBHD video compares Siri and Google Assistant. It’s interesting to see how Apple and Google are approaching several common-type questions to their digital assistants. My overall impression is that they are pretty close except Google is better at follow-up questions. Apple needs…
Continue reading →Star Wars Rebels Declassified Appearance
One of my guilty pleasures is watching a new episode of Star Wars Rebels every week. I know this show is hypothetically made for kids but I love it. This week my friends on the Rebel Force Radio podcast invited me on to talk about…
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