So here I am in line for a movie that’s not going to start for another 6 hours and I’m giddy like a schoolboy. Tonight I’m going to see a new Star Wars movie. I get to hear a new John Williams score. I…
Continue reading →The Yamaha AG06
A few months ago I decided to up my game a bit with my audio recording rig. I’d tried to use an XLR microphone in years past but never got it working quite right. My hang up was getting a sufficiently powerful pre-amp to…
Continue reading →Checking in with the iPad Pro
I’ve now been using the iPad Pro for several weeks. There are lots of great reviews already out there so instead I’m going to share a random collection of thoughts: The iPad Pro is A LOT bigger than my iPad Air. On paper it…
Continue reading →Double Dose of Mac Power Users
This week I’ve got two episodes of MPU to share: 1. MPU 293 – It Kinda is Rocket SciencePhD Physics Student Chelsea Cook (yes .. that one) joins us to talk about the state of accessibility on iOS. We also discuss Family Sharing and…
Listen & read notes →Sponsor: OmniFocus and New Screencast
This week MacSparky is sponsored by OmniFocus. The gang at the Omni Group has been hard at work at work and recently released an update that adds custom columns. This new feature gives you tons of control over what you see in your perspectives.…
Continue reading →Jazz Friday: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Here is a short one for you. At some point, Gerry Mulligan and Dave Brubeck got together to record Santa Claus is coming to Town (iTunes). I’ve been unable to figure out exactly when they did the session but it shows up on several…
Continue reading →Dragon Anywhere Initial Impressions
Nuance has made some big changes in the last few months to its Dragon Dictate applications. They released a new version for the Mac, which I’ve been using and will be publishing a review about shortly. They’ve also changed their iOS strategy and released…
Continue reading →Pixelmator Gets iPhone and iPad Pro Love
Today Pixelmator (website) (App Store) released an update supporting the iPad Pro including 16K image support and a new palm rejection feature. There are over 50 brushes that work with the Apple pencil. I’ve been working on the family Christmas card in Pixelmator on…
Continue reading →DJay Pro for iPad
There are some applications for which the iPad is simply better than a traditional computer. One of those is disc jockeying. Today Algoriddim, developer of the popular DJ app, released DJay Pro (website)(App Store). The new application takes advantage of the iPad Pro to…
Continue reading →Ulysses for iPhone
Ulysses is an interesting long form tool for Mac and the iPad. For me, it falls somewhere between a traditional text editor and Scrivener. I’m currently using it to write one of the two field guides I’ve got in development (Yes. Two.) and I’ve been…
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