This week on the Mac Power Users, Fraser Speirs joined us to talk about his school’s one to one iPad program after five years, how he ditched his Mac for his iPad Pro, and comparing the various iPadsand iPad Pros on sale today. This…
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Jeff Richardson over at iPhone JD bought one of those fancy 29W USB-C Chargers and Apple’s USB-C to Lightning cable to speed up charging his 12.9″ iPad Pro and he likes it. There have been several posts on this and the short version of…
Continue reading →Fantastical Version 2.2 Ships
Today Flexibits released version 2.2 of Fantastical for the Mac. They could’ve easily named this update version 3.0. There are a lot of new features in this update including: Microsoft Exchange support Attendee availability support Dual timezones – Your timezone on the left and…
Continue reading →Which 9.7 Inch iPad?
Since my post last week about the big iPad, I’ve received quite a few emails from people asking which 9.7 inch iPad they should buy. Apple has now taken the iPad more in the direction of the Macs where there is a standard model…
Continue reading →My MacBook MenuBar
I’m starting a new post series here at MacSparky where I feature some nerd’s Mac MenuBar with a discussion of some of their favorite cool little MenuBar apps. I’m starting with the MenuBar on my MacBook. So here it is. Fantastical While Fantastical has…
Continue reading →Google is Giving Away Nik Photo Effects
A few years ago I paid a lot of money for the Silver Efex Pro series of filters from Nik Software. Since then, Google acquired the company and now they’re giving away the whole enchilada for free. If you’re into digital photography, this is…
Continue reading →FBI vs. Apple: Where is this Going?
Several times over the course of my legal career, I’ve either had cause to delay a hearing on motion or had opposing counsel do the same. While nothing I have ever worked on has the sex appeal of the FBI vs. Apple, I can…
Continue reading →“We Messed Up”
There are a lot of reasons why I love supporting small software companies. I was reminded of this today reading this post from the Hours team about their recent botched launch. It’s refreshing seeing a company take responsibility for mistakes and setting it right…
Continue reading →Which iPad Pro?
Since Apple’s big announcement earlier this week, I’ve received a lot of emails from people asking me whether or not I would keep my jumbo iPad Pro or, if I had the choice, trade it in for the newer, smaller, 9.7 inch iPad Pro. In…
Continue reading →Password Protecting Apple Notes
I had a post started on this how to password protect Apple Notes but Mac Rumors beat me to it with this helpful tutorial.
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