TJ Luoma went in to the Apple Store to buy a new MacBook Pro and ended up walking out with a 12″ Retina MacBook. He loves it. One of the most interesting parts is that he prefers the MacBook’s low-travel keyboard. I think keyboards are a…
Continue reading →Game Recommendation: Prune
I’ve got somewhat quirky tastes when it comes to iOS games. My favorites games aren’t too stressful or necessarily too fast. Maybe it’s because I’ll play a game to unwind, but Alto’s Adventure, Zen Bound, and Monument Valley are right up my alley. I…
Continue reading →Add an Hour to Your Mac’s Battery Life with Safari
Battery Box ran the numbers comparing Chrome to Safari on their MacBooks and found using Safari adds over an hour to your battery life. We had the same experience in my house when my wife was having trouble with her 13″ MacBook Pro’s battery. I switched…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Jaco Muller
This week’s home screen post features Jaco Muller (Twitter). Jaco is a MacSparky reader and Mac Power Users listener. Jaco is also the guy that wrote this script to use my TextExpander script in Outlook. So Jaco, show us your home screen. What are some of…
Continue reading →TextExpander Script for Recipient’s Name in Outlook
Awhile back, I wrote this post about how to automatically add a recipient’s name to an email. Reader Jaco Muller (Twitter) liked the idea but uses Outlook. Jaco re-wrote the script to work with Outlook. Okay Outlook users, here you go. Thanks Jaco. tell…
Continue reading →Apple Music Early Report Card
Every time Apple releases a new cloud-based service, technology journalists and early adopters sit around with bated breath. Apple seriously damaged its reputation a few years back with the MobileMe rollout and it still is accepted wisdom that Apple is lousy at cloud services.…
Continue reading →Ultimate Raiders of the Lost Ark Commentary
Nobody can change my mind that Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the greatest movies ever made. I was having this conversation recently with geek-authority, Jason Snell, who told me to watch the movie again and pay attention to the shadows. Mind blown.…
Continue reading →Fantastical 2.4 – Draft Events
Today Flexibits released Fantastical version 2.4 for iPhone and iPad. The big new feature is draft events. You can now save an event as a draft in the middle of event creation and then come back to it later to finish it off. I…
Continue reading →Inatech Felt Sleeve Review
View fullsize I’m several months in now with the new MacBook and my affection has only grown stronger for this ultralight in the meantime. I’ve been traveling a lot lately and having a Mac with me anywhere has been awesome. In fact, I like…
Continue reading →Sponsor: Device Management with Bushel
I’m pleased to welcome a new sponsor to MacSparky, Bushel. Apple is no longer a technology fringe case. People use Macs, iPads, and iPhones at work every day. While these devices are great for getting work done, Apple has never been particularly aggressive about helping…
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