Jason Snell’s editorial voice is one of the best in the Mac community and I’m really enjoying his Six Colors website. Today he published a piece on why removing the “suits” from the recording industry is a good thing. I’d add that to the publishing industry as…
Continue reading →Bluetooth Battery Revisited
A few weeks ago I wrote about my quest for a menubar app to give me the status of my Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad. Turns out I already had the app I needed. I use iStat Menus for several items but never bothered with it…
Continue reading →MPU 230: Getting More from PDF
Katie and I have been talking about doing a PDF show since … well … the beginning of Mac Power Users. This week, we’re joined by Ernie Svenson and we go deep on using the PDF format for fun and profit. ∞
Listen & read notes →The Song
I love Apple’s holiday ads. When is the rest of the industry going to figure it out? Talking about gigabytes and clock-cycles doesn’t mean anything to 99% of the world. Showing how you can take a few pieces of technology and rock your grandmother,…
Continue reading →Sponsor: Dropzone 3
This week I’m welcoming a new sponsor to MacSparky.com, Dropzone 3. Dropzone is a productivity tool that enhances drag and drop on your Mac. Drag files onto the menu item and a beautifully designed and animated grid of all your actions opens. Share with services such…
Continue reading →Jazz Friday: Dexter Gordon, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
The last six months or so, I’ve been going through a serious Dexter Gordon phase. I’ve got a big Dexter Gordon post inside me but for today, I’d just like to share this great holiday cut of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. There are…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Mark Pouley
One of the first friends I ever made at Macworld Expo many years ago was Mark Pouley (Twitter). Mark is a photographer that lives and works in the Pacific Northwest, one of my favorite parts of the United States. Mark is a wonderful guy…
Continue reading →MPU 229: I Don’t Do the Costanza Thing
The latest Mac Power Users Live episode is up. In it, we touch base with Todd Olthoff to talk about OS X Server under Yosemite, follow-up on iOS Apps, Email and answer listener questions about NAS, home media center, preserving family memories and more. ∞
Listen & read notes →Workflow: iOS Automation
I’ve been teasing the Workflow app on Mac Power Users for too long. Now you can buy it (iTunes). Given the way Apple’s been so wibbly-wobbly about iOS lately, I’d recommend buying it right now. Imagine OS X’s Automator on your iPhone and iPad and you…
Continue reading →Wibbly-Wobbly Apple
There has been a lot of news lately about Apple reversing course with various apps using extensions and widgets in iOS 8. At WWDC a few months ago Apple (or more precisely the engineering branch of Apple) announced a lot of new toys they’d…
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