Yesterday Apple announced the launch of CarPlay, a new protocol where your iOS device will power your car’s in-dash system. Because I’m a nerd, I’ve always had a fascination with in-car technology. My current car, a Ford, has the Microsoft Sync system which is nice…
Continue reading →WiFi Explorer
Lately I’ve been spending time troubleshooting the Sparks family WiFi. Specifically, I’ve been trying to tweak the placement of our various Wi-Fi paraphernalia so as to get a better signal in my daughter’s room in a far corner of the house. I needed a…
Continue reading →Sponsor: Rocket Matter Turns 6
Rocket Matter, the premier web-based law practice management application, just turned 6. Rather than sitting around and eating cake, the Rocket Matter engineers have been hard at work. Rocket Matter has just announced a seriously upgraded search, called “Galactic Interdimensional Search”, which is a…
Continue reading →MPU 179: Calendar Management
This week’s episode of the Mac Power Users is a deep dive on calendar applications and how we use them. Towards the end I explained some of the specific tricks I use to keep my calendar in check that (I think at least) are…
Listen & read notes →MPU Live on March 1 at 10am PST
I’m spending my Friday night prepping for the MPU live show on March 1 at 10am PST. If you want to join in the live chat room, here’s a link.
Listen & read notes →Flappy Hell
It looks like one of every three new game submittals is a Flappy Bird clone. Can you imagine what the app reviewers are going through right now?
Continue reading →Home Screens – Chase Reeves
This week’s home screen features Chase Reeves (website) (Twitter). Chase is a designer and educator. Chase has a great sense of humor that helps get his message across. So Chase, show us your home screen. What are some of favorite apps? Drafts Everyday I…
Continue reading →Jokey-Jokey Bang-Bang
I recently was a guest on the Giant Size podcast, about comics. I waited until I was in my 40s to start reading comics because that is how I roll. This is also the show where I finally got to admit I totally get Kate…
Continue reading →Save 100 Bucks on a Macworld/iWorld Pass
Macworld/iWorld is just a month away and I am speaking this year. As a result, I’ve been given this handy link that will get you $100 off the conference pass. That means you can get three full days of excellent speakers and content for…
Continue reading →Unclutter To the Rescue
Unclutter (App Store)(Website) is a handy little utility from the same developers that brought us DaisyDisk. A few days ago Macworld posted a generally favorable review of the app. I’ve been using Unclutter for some time. (Disclosure: DaisyDisk is a sometimes-sponsor of MPU). Unclutter installs a drawer…
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