I’ve been looking for an ultra-portable Lightening cable. This Indiegogo project looks like the one. I just backed it. ∞
Continue reading →Home Screen: Ben Carter
This Sunday, the Mac Power Users will publish a workflow show with Ben Carter (website) (Twitter). Ben started a law firm and is now doing a short run podcast on it called, “Let’s Start a Law Firm”. It’s a great little show and useful…
Continue reading →iPad mini or iPad Air?
It has only been a few days since the new iPad event and I’m already getting questions from listeners and readers about which iPad I think they should buy. Not having laid hands on either of the new ones yet, it seems to me…
Continue reading →AppleScript and the New iWork
Early reports on the new iWork are not good. The general consensus seems to be that in order to make everything compatible, they dumbed down the Mac versions. I’m trying to finish a book right now and preparing for a closing statement on Friday…
Continue reading →Transporter 2.0 on iOS
In the midst of all the hubbub of the last few days, Transporter released version 2.0 of their iOS app now with the ability to upload pictures from your phone or iPad to your Transporter storage. (Katie Floyd writes it up and takes credit…
Continue reading →Print to PDF, Revisited
** Note ** the below video is out of date. You’ll want this updated one. My Print as PDF post still gets tons and tons and tons of views. Apple changed things up a tiny bit with Apple Mail in Mavericks so I thought…
Continue reading →All Fields Guides on Sale to Celebrate Mavericks iBooks
A lot of people are installing Mavericks today. In case you didn’t notice, iBooks is now on the Mac and my Field Guides will look fantastic on your Mac. To celebrate this new platform for media rich iBooks, I’ve put the entire MacSparky Field…
Continue reading →iWork Collaboration? Yes Thank You
Today Apple released a whole pile of new products (including a Retina iPad mini). We finally got a substantive update to the iWork applications. The last major update was January 2009 so I’m really looking forward to digging in with these new applications. Most…
Continue reading →New iPads Today and The Silly Season
Later today we’re going to get new iPads and hopefully some other new iThingies. The rumor mill seems to be converging on the idea that we are going to get a retina iPad mini. I sure hope they are right. I’ve been using the…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Katie Floyd
This week I’m featuring my kind and patient podcast partner Katie Floyd (website) (Twitter). Katie and I have been partners on the Mac Power Users podcast for four years now and she still (usually) answers her phone when I call. That makes Katie special.…
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