We just published this week’s MPU live. Mark Metzger joined us to chat about File Maker. We also talked about cleaning up iOS, follow-up on Office 365 accounts and Google Docs, discuss Mac/PC hybrid setups, hear from a virtual assistant, share listener tips and tricks…
Listen & read notes →Jazz Friday: Phil Woods at the Village Vanguard
Alto Saxophonist Phil Woods was an animal. I saw him for the first time in the late 70’s and it changed the way I thought about the saxophone forever. Phil played so fast and hard that it reminded me of a running out of…
Continue reading →My Home Screen: iOS 9 Edition
While I’m usually featuring someone else’s home screen, with the release of iOS 9 and a few other developments, I thought I’d share my own home screen today. So, here goes. My home screen is always in motion. For example, the Notes app is…
Continue reading →Fantastical for iOS 2.5
This week the other penny dropped for Fantastical. On the heals of their Mac update comes Fantastical for iOS 2.5. There’s a long list of updates and new features including things like 3D Touch on the new iPhones and multitasking. For me, the big…
Continue reading →MPU 281: Dictation and Siri
Dictation and Siri have evolved a lot over the last few years. Katie and I spent some time on the latest Mac Power Users looking at available tools for dicatation. We also unloaded with all our latest Siri tips. ∞
Listen & read notes →Apple Maps in 2015
Poor Apple Maps. It has been the whipping boy of the Internet for several years. Here is my favorite shot at Apple Maps from last season’s Silicon Valley. For the first year after Apple Maps released, I kept Google maps on my home screen.…
Continue reading →Self Driving Cars
Matt Honan, who’s at Buzzfeed these days, got to go for a ride in a Google car. “A future without human drivers is a long, long way off. But we’ll get there. No matter what you think. No matter what you hope. No matter…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Brian Sutich
Brian Sutich (Twitter) is a huge Apple guy who writes over at TheAppFactor.com and Sutich.org. Brian’s a man of many hats as a dad, musician, and audio engineer. So Brian, show us your home screen. My homescreen is a little crazy, but it has a method…
Continue reading →The Mother of All iPhone Camera Comparisons
Last Friday I thought I was really special running off to Disneyland with the new iPhone and doing a bunch of tests comparing the new and old cameras. Silly me. I should have remembered that Lisa Bethany does this every year much better than…
Continue reading →Carrot: Weather with Attitude
Growing up in southern California, I never thought much about weather. It’s always kind of nice and occasionally too hot but never too humid. But these days things are getting weird here and it has stopped raining. Not only do I care more about…
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