The Sparks family uses Find Friends all the time. With my kids off at events, jobs, and school, we often check up on each other. I like to think of it as a nerdy version of the Weasley family clock. We’re not creepy. Really. The one piece…
Continue reading →BusyContacts Ships and Interview
Yesterday BusyMac released BusyContacts. This is one I’ve been waiting for. In the same way that BusyCal improves upon the built-in Apple calendar, BusyContacts improves upon the Contacts application. There is so much to like about this application. Multiple view – You can display…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Kourosh Dini
In addition to other super powers, Kourosh rocks a fedora. This week’s home screen features Kourosh Dini (website)(Twitter). Kourosh is the classic triple threat: psychiatrist, musician, geek. Most recently Kourosh released a second edition of his fantastic book, Creating Flow with OmniFocus. To me, a…
Continue reading →iOS 9 and Snow Leopard Moments
Mark Gurman, who is known for landing Apple scoops, is reporting at 9 to 5 Mac that iOS 9 is going to be light on new features and heavy on bug fixes. “For 2015, iOS 9, which is codenamed Monarch, is going to include…
Continue reading →Appleworld.Today
Out of the ashes of The Unofficial Apple Weblog, which shut down last week, a group of former TUAW writers have formed Appleworld.today. I’m so glad to see Dave, Kelly, and Steve start their own thing. ∞
Continue reading →MPU Two-Pack
This week we released two episodes of the Mac Power Users. MPU 239 includes a workflow interview with Adam Christianson from the Maccast podcast about his history with Apple, life as a programer, and experiences through the years podcasting and Mac User Groups. MPU 240…
Listen & read notes →WesterosCraft
I’ve heard the stories about MineCraft and I’ve witnessed nephews and nieces obsessing over videos of people playing MineCraft but I’ve never really got it. Part of this is the fact that I am a geek and grew up in an era when all we…
Continue reading →Sponsor: The Omni Group
This week MacSparky.com is sponsored by The Omni Group, one of the premiere productivity software companies for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad. If you are looking for serious solutions for serious problems, look no further. The Omni Group’s applications include: OmniFocus My beloved task…
Continue reading →Photo Management and the Mac
For so long, photo management between our Macs and iOS devices has felt like the mythical white whale. We are all taking more pictures than ever and at the same time using multiple devices, making photo management a nightmare. It didn’t help that iPhoto and…
Continue reading →Yosemi-fied Tweetbot
Today Tapbots teased the pending release of Tweetbot 2 for Mac, which will be a free upgrade for existing users. For a long time, Tweetbot was my Twitter app of choice but I spend a significant amount of my Twitter time on the iPad…
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