It has been a busy few days for all of us Apple nerds. With all the news about the Apple Watch and the new MacBook, you may have missed that we had an operating system update that included the public release of the new Photos…
Continue reading →MPU 250 Live: We’re Just Getting Started …
It was fitting that our 250th episode took place with a live audience. You’d think that after this long Katie and I are running out of things to say. We’re not and there is lots of great content planned for the coming months. In…
Listen & read notes →Random Trek: “A Time to Stand”
Recently I joined Scott McNulty on the Random Trek podcast to talk about the DS9 episode, “A Time to Stand”. In it we talked Star Trek, Star Wars, my Julian Bashir man-crush, and how Captain Picard got me through law school. ∞
Continue reading →Initial Apple Watch Reviews and a Few Thoughts
Today a bevy of Apple Watch reviews showed up on the Internet. They are all mostly positive. If you would like to burn a couple hours, head over to this Mashable linkwhere they have got a summary of the key reviews and links. There seems…
Continue reading →The iPhone Extension Trick
Have you got any contacts that have extensions in their phone numbers? If you do, you’ll know that adding extension information to your contacts can give your iPhone fits when placing calls. There is, however a trick. When creating a contact, instead of this:…
Continue reading →Mac Voices Interview
Today I appeared on the Mac Voices podcast with Chuck Joiner. I say appeared because I did it on video, which was a new thing for me. Chuck and I talked about the OmniFocus and Workflow Video Field Guides. ∞
Continue reading →MPU 249: Tech and Families
Dan Moren, who recently co-authored a book on The Connected Apple Family joined us this week to discuss common problems and solutions using Apple technology with your family. ∞
Listen & read notes →Sponsor: OmniFocus 2.1 for iOS. Now Universal!
This week MacSparky.com is sponsored by OmniFocus. The Omni Group has been hard at work since last year taking all of the their iPad applications universal, so they work on both the iPad and iPhone. Version 2.1 of OmniFocus for the iPad is now officially universal and…
Continue reading →Apple Watch Guided Tours
When the original iPhone was getting released, it was a big investment and I wasn’t sure whether I’d get one or not. Then just a few days before launch Apple released this video and I was hooked. Showing us exactly how the revolutionary phone worked was…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Mike Williams
This week’s home screen features Mike Williams (Twitter). Mike is the President and CEO of the David Allen Company and a geek just like the rest of us. Okay Mike, show us your home screen. Notes about my home screen My home screen is intentionally very…
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