DxO, known primarily for its image processing software has got into the hardware business. For years we’ve been seeing a variety of bolt-on/clip-on/glue-on lenses for the iPhone. The DxO One instead plugs into the iPhone and iPad through the lightening port. The lens housing…
Continue reading →MPU 275: Optimize your iPhone and iPad
Over the past several years, we’ve received lots of emails requesting assistance optimizing iPhones and iPads. In this episode we unloaded, explaining all the ways you can optimize your iOS experience, from wrangling notifications to extending battery life we run through a number of…
Continue reading →The New Apple TV
Rumor sites are reporting that at the iPhone announcement later this month, Apple will announce a new iteration of the Apple TV. The rumor comes from Mark Gurman, who is the undisputed scoop-master of new Apple gadgets as of late. According to Mark, the…
Continue reading →MPU 274 – When to Upgrade
One of the most frequent questions we get in the Mac Power Users mail bag is about upgrades. This week’s episode covers every kind of upgrade you may contemplate between your Macs, iOS devices, and software. Enjoy. ∞
Listen & read notes →The State of Dictation on the Mac and iOS
As we are moving toward the release of iOS 9, OS X 10.11, and Dragon Dictate is about to get an upgrade, I’ve been looking lately a lot at how far along we’ve come with the ability to dictate to our devices. I’ve long…
Continue reading →Pay Once & Play
I was pleased to see Apple featuring games that don’t harass me for extra money after I start playing them. This “Pay Once & Play” has some great games in it including two of my favorites, Prune and Alto’s Adventure. ∞
Continue reading →Home Screens: Maury Hill
This week’s home screen features Maury Hill (Twitter). Maury spends most of his time developing CRM tools for Windows at MetaStock but also happens to be a big Mac nerd. As Maury explained to me, he does Windows development from his retina MacBook and iOS…
Continue reading →The Waterfield Vitesse Messenger Bag
I bought my first Waterfield laptop bag seven years ago. Since then, I’ve been a regular customer. Waterfield is based in San Francisco and makes excellent, rugged cases for your Apple goodies. They’re attractive and they hold up overtime. (That seven year old bag…
Continue reading →Connected 53: Down the Pole and Run to the Fire
This week I had the pleasure of guesting on the Connected podcast. We talked about Relay’s anniversary, my new MacBook, and the Apple Music festival. ∞
Continue reading →MPU 273: Workflows with Jonathan Mann
This week’s Mac Power Users features Song-A-Day’s Jonathan Mann. Jonathan is a talented musician that can write a song in about the same time it takes me to get my keyboard turned on and find my sheet music. Jonathan does all of this with…
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