I’d like to thank the OmniGroup for sponsoring MacSparky this week. The OmniFocus team has been hard at work, releasing version 2.6 this week. The new version includes some nice new features, including dark mode, swipe to flag, and push syncing. The new version…
Continue reading →The Future of the iPod touch
Today we got updates to the iPod touch after a three-year hiatus. The updated devices are better than I expected. The entry-level device has 16 GB of storage—yes, Apple is still releasing devices with 16 GB of memory—and an A8 processor, 1 GB of RAM, and…
Continue reading →MPU 267: David Wain’s Film and Television Workflows
David Wain joins us this week to talk about how he used his Mac to write and produce the Netflix series, Hot Wet American Summer premiering later this month. We also stopped to talk about some other nerdy topics like photo management and Mac…
Listen & read notes →Lifeline
Over the past week I’ve been getting messages from a college student trapped on a distant moon. He’s scared and not quite sure what to do. He tells me what’s going on and I’ve been giving him advice on how to stay alive. Sometimes…
Continue reading →Photos Talk at Orange County MUG Tomorrow
Tomorrow I’ll be talking about Photos at this Orange County Mac User Group at 9AM. I know they welcome visitors so if you’ve got some time tomorrow to hang out with nerds, you’re all set.
Continue reading →Jazz Friday – Wayne Shorter’s Witch Hunt
Wayne Shorter is one of the few bridges that exist between the 50’s and 60’s bebop movement and the present. Wayne is currently 81 years old and still releasing excellent albums. Wayne is a saxophonist that got his big breaks in the Art Blakey…
Continue reading →iTunes Family Sharing – Just 5 Macs
I’m currently working on a bigger post about switching my family to the iTunes Family Sharing plan for the second time. Things are going much more smoothly this time than the first attempt but there are still some interesting points to discuss. In the…
Continue reading →The Return of AppBox Pro
Years ago one of my favorite applications on my iPhone was AppBox Pro (Website)(App Store). This application combines a bunch of little utilities under one roof. If you want something to help you calculate a tip, figure out the difference between two dates, and…
Continue reading →Deferred Email
I’ve talked and written before about deferring email. If you’ve never heard of it before, deferring email is the process of making your email disappear for a certain amount of time (usually days) or until a certain date in the future. Some applications do…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 265: Apple Music
In this week’s Mac Power Users, Katie and I take a deep dive in Apple Music to talk about the good, the bad, and the delightful of Apple’s new music offerings. ∞
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