It’s been about a month since I switched from Google to DuckDuckGo for my search engine. This far in, I’ve found the search results to be slightly slower (not enough to matter) and sometimes different from Google’s. In some case different means worse. In…
Continue reading →iCal 2 Week View
It always made me crazy how iCal can’t show a two-week view. With a one line terminal command, you can fix that.
Continue reading →Sponsor: TinyLetter
TinyLetter is the simplest way to send email newsletters. Creating signup forms is a breeze, and TinyLetter even makes it easy to reply to your readers individually. It’s also free. TinyLetter doesn’t have all the features most email services offer. It’s built for people,…
Continue reading →MPU Screencasts and OpenDNS
There is no Mac Power Users episode this week but I am pleased to announce we have an official MPU Vimeo page. As the year moves forward, Katie and I intend to add small screencasts to the page that naturally arise from show topics…
Continue reading →2012 and Big iPad Developers
I was reading MacStories’ coverage of Photoshop for the iPad and it got me thinking. I’m guessing 2012 will be the year that Adobe, Microsoft, and the other “big” developers get serious about the iPad. I hope they don’t blow it.
Continue reading →Thumbtack Pinboard Utility
While I’ve never met Don Southard, I’m a fan of his nerdery at DirtDon.com and writing at MacStories. Don just released an app, Thumbtack, a menu bar utility that gives quick access to your Pinboard account. Slick. via Macdrifter
Continue reading →1Password Stores E-Mails
Did you know that you can drag an e-mail from Apple Mail to 1Password? The fun begins later when you need that e-mail again. Just click the mail message in 1Password and it opens the mail message, even after you’ve buried the mail message…
Continue reading →The Air Force and GoodReader
Apparently the Air Force cancelled a big iPad order because someone realized GoodReader’s developer is a Russian company. The whole thing is nutty. The Air Force could have used a home-grown PDF reader, like iPad PDFpen or baked their own.
Continue reading →Home Screens – Chris Foresman
Every year I yammer on about the Macworld friends that I only get to see once a year. One of those people is Chris Foresman. Chris is a really smart guy that covers the Apple beat for Ars Technica (Twitter). So Chris, show us…
Continue reading →Mark as Read Script
Because I often process e-mail on the iPhone and iPad, I tend to accumulate lots of messages that appear unread throughout my accounts when, in reality, they ware processed very quickly. I wrote Ben Waldie about this and a few hours later he sent…
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