Sayz Lim did an excellent tutorial showing off all of the steps, AppleScripts, and other incantations necessary to remotely control your Mac with a combination of Hazel, Keyboard Maestro, and Launch Center Pro. This tutorial takes you through step-by-step so if it sounds intimidating, click…
Continue reading →MPU 210: Task Management
Katie and I cover task management in 2014 including simple solutions, web-based solutions, and OmniFocus. In this show, I talk about my tricks for keeping my task list short with a willingness to delete items and active defer-date management. Since this show went live,…
Listen & read notes →Filling CSV Forms with TextExpander
Cailean Douglas taught himself Perl so he could automate filling in CSV forms with TextExpander. Cailean includes a downloadable link so you can skip the “learn Pearl” part. Not only did he come up with a really clever TextExpander workflow, he also linked to three great jazz…
Continue reading →Sunday Project: Mac Lovin’ Bundle
Got some downtime this Sunday? Go buy the Stack Social Mac Lovin’ Bundle and dig in on some great new applications. There are some great apps in there that I’ve covered here and on the MacPowerUsers (including Keyboard Maestro, Moom, Hype, and Dropzone) in the…
Continue reading →About iPhone 6 Sizes
The silly season is in full swing and there seems to be a lot of leaks implying we’ll get both 4.7 and 5.5 inch iPhones in a few weeks. Today John Gruber explained his thoughts about screen resolution which, if true, will make the…
Continue reading →TrialPad on Sale Through the Weekend
I use TrialPad in every trial I conduct. I’m friends with the developer, Ian O’Flaherty (who recently shared his home screen) and if you are a trial lawyer, you need this app. Todd Hendrickson at Lawyerist gave the app a proper review in July. I paid…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Casey Liss, part 2
Awhile back, I featured Casey Liss’s (Website) (Twitter) iPhone home screen. Then we had him on the Mac Power Users earlier this week and had so much fun that I asked Casey to come back and show off his iPad home screen. So Casey,…
Continue reading →inShort Review
The last few months I’ve been interested in apps that set new categories. With the ability to share data and have a touch interface, some productivity developers are creating entirely new widgets and that always excites me. inShort (website) (Mac App Store) (iOS App…
Continue reading →MPU 209: Workflows with Casey Liss
Casey Liss joins us this week to talk about baby technology, programing, media management, and Alfred workflows. ∞
Listen & read notes →Solar Battery Review
In a recent episode of the Mac Power Users, I explained how I was interested in solar chargers but needed someone to explain to me what the best solutions are and why. Listener Francine points out that OutdoorGearLab already did this. If you are…
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