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…
Continue reading →Home Screen: Matt Teresi
This week’s home screen feature Matt Teresi (Twitter), the entrepreneur behind The Easel iPad stand. I had the privilege of meeting Matt recently and he’s a stand up guy. So Matt, show us your home screen. HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DO YOU USE…
Continue reading →watchOS 3 Brings Apple Watch 2
Last week while at WWDC, I loaded the iOS 10 beta onto one of my iPads. It’s been a lot more stable than I expected it to be and this experience led me to do something a little crazy. I loaded the iOS beta…
Continue reading →Hitting the Ground Running
I spent the morning going through my notes following meetings with software developers last week at WWDC. Of note, I did this on an iPad with iOS 10 installed with relatively no problem. Usually, when I install an early beta of an Apple operating…
Continue reading →watchOS 3: Reality is Matching Hype
On Monday’s Keynote Apple showed off a much improved watchOS 3 operating system. When I saw the increased speed on the stage, I had my doubts. As you may recall, when Apple originally announced the watch, we saw a lot of similar demos about…
Continue reading →Cashing the Check
I wrote yesterday about how Apple is responding to the question of how they provide interesting and useful services while preserving user privacy. My conclusion was that I like their explanation but in order to make this work, Apple has to not only write…
Continue reading →The Services Versus Privacy Question
For some time now there has been an open question about Apple’s future. Specifically, with Apple’s interest in protecting user privacy, can they compete with companies like Google and its cloud-based user data whiz-bang features made possible by their storage of and access to…
Continue reading →WWDC Keynote on TalkShow
Jason Snell’s Six Colors website is hosting a Talkshow channel for the Keynote. It’s going to be fun. Tune in here.
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