This past week, Macworld ran an excellent series of articles on automation where several nerds (myself included) submitted some of our favorite Mac automation tips. I contributed to the pieces about app management and email management but there are more, and they are all golden.
Continue reading →Home Screen: Mike Schmitz
A few weeks ago I linked to a TextExpander tutorial Mike Schmitz (Twitter) did over at Asian Efficiency. Since then, Mike and I have been corresponding via email and I’ve determined he’s a swell guy. So Mike, show us your home screen. What are…
Continue reading →New OmniFocus Icons
Federico Viticci and Silvia Gatta just released a new set of OmniFocus icons last week at Icons & Coffee. There are some great icons in there that you’ll probably find use for. Some of the icons have even got me thinking about setting up…
Continue reading →Notability for Mac
I have been a longtime fan of Notability on my iPad. It’s a fantastic note taking application that allows me to annotate with a stylus or the onscreen keyboard while at the same time recording. The application then indexes the recording to the notes. For…
Continue reading →Sponsor: Rocket Matter and Free Ebook
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Rocket Matter, makers of the finest cloud-based law practice management service in the galaxy? Most recently they’ve released an update that lets you integrate your RocketMatter account with Microsoft Outlook. Larry and the gang just keep pushing the…
Continue reading →MPU 211: Workflows with Guy English
This week Guy English joins us to talk about his path as a game developer, app developer, podcaster, and all around nice guy. ∞
Continue reading →Home Screen: Michael T. Rose
Michael T. Rose (Twitter) is a longtime editor and contributor at The Unofficial Apple Weblog, AOL Tech’s site for all things Apple and app-related. He’s the co-host (with Kelly Guimont), of The Aftershow a new podcast that picks up where TUAW’s long-running weekly Talkcast left off. When he’s not blogging…
Continue reading →“Wish we could say more.”
Today Apple’s official invitations for the September 9 iPhone event hit the wire. This one is void of information except a white-on-white Apple logo and the words, “Wish we could say more”. There is a lot of excitement brewing about this event. There seems…
Continue reading →Remote Control Your Mac with Keyboard Maestro
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,…
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