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…
Continue reading →A Few Notes about OS X El Capitan
It’s update day! Hooray! My usual sickness for installing beta operating systems long before any sane person would carried over to this year’s OS X update, 10.11 El Capitan. After several months, here is my collected list of notes, tips, and observations: The new…
Continue reading →Billings Pro 2 for iOS
Marketcircle has updated Billings Pro for iOS (Website) (App Store). The new version adds iPad multitasking. When I saw the screenshot, I was immediately taken with the update. This is exactly the kind of implementation I was hoping for with iPad multitasking. Adding billing entries…
Continue reading →5 Quick Tips to Make Sure Your Presentation Doesn’t Suck
I recently was asked to give a presentation on how to make a presentation. I tried to keep it simple and came down to these five points: 1. Never Turn Your Back to the Audience It can be scary standing up in front of…
Continue reading →Bartender 2
There once was a dark time for all Mac users where the menubar threatened to take over our computers. The march of applications with handy menubar icons seemed unstoppable while at the same time Apple started making laptop screens smaller and smaller. I remember…
Continue reading →Sponsor: inShort Project Diagramming and Planning
This week MacSparky is sponsored by inShort. inShort is a project diagramming and planning tool that wears big-boy pants. Using inShort, available for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, you can build a diagram of processes and resources and then see that diagram with as much…
Continue reading →Pixelmator for iOS 2.1
There are a lot of updates hitting the wire this week. One of my favorites is Pixelmator for iOS 2.1. Pixelmator now fully supports iOS 9 and multitasking on the iPad. Having the Photos app and Pixelmator open simultaneously is pretty nice. The application…
Continue reading →24 Hours with the iPhone 6s Plus
I have now been officially using my new iPhone for 24 hours. I spent a lot of time peeking, poking and otherwise kicking the tires. Here are some initial thoughts: 6s vs. 6s Plus There was much gnashing of teeth last year over whether…
Continue reading →Home Screen: Jazz Pianist Bob Karty
This week’s home screen features geek and jazz pianist Bob Karty (Website). I’ve been corresponding with Bob via email for some time. For years, Bob has been a sideman, playing with some of the best jazz acts in the San Francisco Bay area. Bob…
Continue reading →Fantastical 2.1
I spent most of today with my head down on a calendar intensive project. That gave me a good opportunity to kick the tires on the newest version of Fantastical for Mac. Version 2.1 released yesterday and it’s the biggest update since they launched…
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