This week MacSparky is sponsored by inShort (website) (Mac App Store) (iOS App Store). inShort is an iPhone/iPad/Mac application that lets you plan projects and processes graphically across all of your Apple devices. This brings a new paradigm to process and project planning and…
Continue reading →Two Days With the Apple Watch
My wife’s Apple Watch showed up on Friday. My own space gray 42mm aluminum watch (ordered just a few minutes after the Apple Watch went on sale) didn’t make the launch day shipment but is now in a truck somewhere between China and my…
Continue reading →Star Wars Trailer: Spoiler Free
I’ve received several emails complaining about the gallery of Star Wars: The Force Awakens props and concept art I posted last week. I don’t understand why people are complaining since I explained in the post there’d be spoilers. Nevertheless, I do feel a little bad so…
Continue reading →Apple Watch User Guide Online
Dan Moren over at Six Colors points out that Apple has now published the Apple Watch online user guide. I’m very interested in force touch as a new way to interact with touch screens. The magic term of art in the Apple Watch is “firmly…
Continue reading →Apple Watch Guided Tour Videos
If you are like me and checking to see if your watch has shipped yet, you may want to spend some time watching the guided tour videos at the Apple Watch website, which are now complete.This is the first “new category” Apple product I’ve…
Continue reading →The TV Problem
As WWDC approaches, there is a lot of speculation about Apple releasing some sort of new Apple TV product. Most interesting, we’ve heard rumors that they are negotiating with some of the major networks so they can offer a television package where you pay…
Continue reading →MPU 252 – Five Essential Web Services
This week Katie and I run down our top five web services to boost productivity and some of our best tips to for using them. ∞
Continue reading →Force Awakens Costumes, Models, and Props
While attending the Star Wars Celebration yesterday, I got the opportunity to tour an exhibit of costumes, Models, and Props from the upcoming Star Wars, The Force Awakens movie. This pushed all my nerdy Star Wars buttons and it will probably press yours too.…
Continue reading →Office 2016 for Mac Preview 2
About a month ago I wrote a snarky post about Microsoft updating Word. In my defense, Word for the Mac has not had the best track record over the past several years. Nevertheless, I do frequently need to use Word in the law gig…
Continue reading →The USB-C Parade Begins
There’s an interesting Kickstarter project built around expanding the new MacBook’s one USB-C port. I think USB-C is going to be an interesting contrast to Thunderbolt in third party adoption. I’m really not going out on much of a limb here since it is “USB” but when…
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