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…
Listen & read notes →Sponsor: Automatic
This week I’m pleased to welcome back Automatic as a MacSparky sponsor. Automatic is a device that plugs into your car’s OBD-II port. (Just about every car made since 1996 has one.) The Automatic then has access to your vehicle’s data and connects via BlueTooth…
Continue reading →Disney’s Star Wars Themed Expansion
One of the advantages of having a Disney blogger wife is that I get the inside scoop on goings-ons with the company that owns Star Wars, Marvel, and a few successful theme parks. This past weekend I attended the D23 convention in Anaheim and woke up…
Continue reading →Apple Watch Check In
I was putting on my Apple Watch this morning and thinking about how I’m using it now that I’m three months in. I’ve got several observations: I still wear it every day. When I forget to put it on (rarely) I miss it. The…
Continue reading →Microsoft Translator
Despite having grown up in Southern California, my command of the Spanish language is pitiful. I try. My Mexican friends laugh at me. Then I try again. Given the fact that so many of my fellow Southern Californians speak Spanish exclusively, I really have…
Continue reading →Force Touch on the iPhone
I have not said much about a force touch for iPhone. However, recent news leaks make it seem inevitable. It looks very much like the next iPhone will have a force touch screen. I enjoyed this 9 to 5 Mac coverage about force touch on…
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