Charles Hammons amped up Mike Vardy’s 1Password Emergency Kit and now Mike has the new version available for download. If you are a 1Password user, consider using this. Mine is a PDF file saved in … of course … my wife’s 1Password vault. (I also…
Continue reading →Jazz Friday: Buddy Rich’s Channel One Suite
Buddy Rich (Wikipedia) got started playing drums on Vaudeville when he was 18 months old. They called him “Traps the Drum Wonder”. Buddy Rich was an amazing drummer. To this day many drummers of all genres cite to Buddy as one of their primary influences. Buddy…
Continue reading →In Defense of iWork
The general consensus since the 2013 update to the iWork suite for Mac (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote) is that it’s useless, or nearly so. I’ve heard this from a lot of geek friends. Nevertheless, I keep using the suite to get work done. As…
Continue reading →Lume Cube
A few years ago I made a rule that I don’t back anything on Kickstarter that includes electronics of any form. However, I’ve thought a lot lately about getting some simple lighting I can use with my phone and camera. This Lume Cube might…
Continue reading →Boss Radar
I spent some time today searching through the Mac App Store for an app that would monitor the battery status of my keyboard, mouse, and trackpad and put them in my notification center. I was unsuccessful (development opportunity!) but while searching, I did stumble…
Continue reading →The Mac’s Success
Walt Mossberg has an interesting piece explaining what he calls the Mac’s second act. He makes a lot of good points about why Mac market share continues to rise. I agree with most of his points but I also think he left a few out.…
Continue reading →MPU 225: The 2014 Gift Guide
Looking to find a gift for that special nerd in your life or perhaps create your own list? Look no further. ∞
Continue reading →MacSparky Ad Space for 2015
I’m opening up 2015 ad space. If you’d like to advertise on this site to the best readers in the world, let me know.
Continue reading →TextExpander Signature Line Snippet
This is probably a lawyer thing but I often find myself adding signature lines to the bottoms of documents, particularly contracts. Something like this. Dated: November __, 2014 ________________ …
Continue reading →iCloud Drive Syncing Improvements
A few weeks ago I wrote about my problems getting documents to sync with iCloud Drive. In response, I heard from several developer friends telling me that things were about to get better and to install the 8.1.1 developer preview. So I did. After…
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