In this week’s MPU episode, Katie and I go in-depth on defense against the dark arts with Mac and iOS security for 2013. Topics include disk encryption, email security, wireless security, and more. It’s a dangerous world out there. Constant vigilance! ∞
Listen & read notes →Millenium Falcon Icon
This is the icon you’re looking for. I’m not sure exactly how yet but I will be using Jory’s latest icon.
Continue reading →Home Screens – Ian Byrd
Recently I attended a 5by5 meetup in Santa Monica where I met several Mac Power Users listeners, including Ian Byrd (Website) (Twitter). Ian is an experienced gifted-student teacher that got inspired to try something else. He did just that with his website, Byrdseed.com, where…
Continue reading →Dialing Extensions with iPhone
I never knew the iPhone could dial extensions. Mac Observer’s Melissa Holt shows you how. ∞
Continue reading →Taking Better Meeting Notes with TextExpander
At Macworld I sat on a panel with Jeff Taekman, my spirit brother from the medical profession. Jeff sits in on a lot of meetings and talked about how he uses TextExpander snippets and Drafts to speed up note taking. He even wrote it up…
Continue reading →1 Billion Podcasts
Yesterday afternoon Apple announced 1 billion podcast subscriptions through iTunes. Billion. With a “B”. I take pride in the fact Katie Floyd and I added a little dent to that number with the Mac Power Users. Ten years ago I never thought I could…
Listen & read notes →MPU 147: David Wain Returns
This week on the Mac Power Users actor, writer, director, (and geek) David Wain returns to share his latest workflows for writing and directing motion pictures and television shows. David also weighs in about Final Cut Pro X and talks about his new-found love for…
Listen & read notes →BusyCal 2.5 Beta with Exchange Support
BusyCal, the best Apple Calendar replacement on the Mac, is about to unveil Exchange support. I’ve been using the beta with my Office 365 account and it’s working great. The beta went public this morning so you can too. Go check out BusyCal. ∞…
Continue reading →Piling on the Surface
There is a lot of press the last few days over the Microsoft Surface, including this bit in the New York Times. The Surface hasn’t sold very well and Microsoft reports taking a $900M loss on the product. MacStories has an article today that looks at the…
Continue reading →Leap Motion Lamp
I try not to get sucked into unreleased product hype but when I saw the initial demo of the Leap Motion product, a box that sits in front of your Mac and reads your hand gestures Minority Report style, I bought one. The product…
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