This week MacSparky is sponsored by Hoban Cards and Stationery, where you can get quality letterpress calling cards and stationery that stand so far above the competition. There’s something special about the paper goods that roll off Hoban’s 1902 letterpress machine. Recently, Hoban added…
Continue reading →MPU 329 – Special Event Planning
This week on the Mac Power Users Katie and I talk through the tech required to plan and put on a special event. Topics include project planning, audio and photo slideshow workflows, and websites and social media.
Continue reading →Charity Opportunity – Sending iPads to India
My friend Fraser Speirs is currently coordinating a fundraising effort to send iPads to a women’s school in India. It’s a great cause and I’ve already donated. If you’re feeling generous, this is an excellent place to spend a few dollars.
Continue reading →Techtonic Podcast Appearance
A few weeks ago I guested on the Techtonic podcast with Joshua Peiffer where we talked about the state of automation on macOS and iOS. Good times.
Continue reading →Home Screens – Christopher Hannah
This week’s home screen features Christopher Hannah (Website) (Twitter). Christopher developed my favorite Wikipedia app for the Mac, Qwiki. Qwiki puts Wikipedia in my search bar and I use it all the time. You should check it out. So Christopher, show us your home…
Continue reading →Screencast and Workflow for Automating PDFs on iPhone and iPad
I mentioned on a recent episode of Mac Power Users how much I like the workflow I created for automatically creating, dating, naming, and saving PDF files from third party iOS mail clients. Here is is. You can create this workflow yourself from the…
Continue reading →Evernote Changes
Evernote is making some changes. Basic users are going to be limited to two devices and pricing for a Premium subscription just went from $45 to $70 per year. Katie Floyd sums it up nicely. “… as a long-time Premium user the problem for…
Continue reading →Sponsor: Interact
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Interact from Agile Tortoise. Interact is a replacement for the iOS contacts application and it is so much better. The native iPad and iPhone contacts application is feature limited and, as a result, difficult to use for any…
Continue reading →MPU 328: iOS Email
I’ve spent the last several months running six different email clients on my iPad and iPhone. This week’s MPU episode is my full debrief on what works (and doesn’t work) in the most popular iOS email applications. Sponsors include: Casper: Because everyone deserves a…
Listen & read notes →Sponsor: SaneBox – Tame Your Email
This week MacSparky.com is sponsored by SaneBox. I’ve been using SaneBox for years and at this point I can’t imagine email without it. There are so many great benefits to Sanebox. It filters my mail so I don’t wake up to an inbox bursting…
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