BusyCal 2

Today marks the release of BusyCal 2, the premier third-party calendar app on the Mac. This new version takes all that was good about version 1 and builds upon it. The new UI is more customizable. Do you want to show 12 days in weekview and reflect your week starting on Wednesday? BusyCal 2 has got you covered.

This new version also ups its game with respect to filtering and viewing calendar data with smart filters. Overall, the application got polish, Mountain Lion compatibility (including Notification Center), and several new features. Did I mention there is no torn paper?

You can download a demo from the developer and the app is available for a limited time at $29.99 from the Mac App Store.

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IFTTT ♥ Withings Scale


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IFTTT continues to automate my life. Now when I hit specific target weights, fun things happen. If you haven’t played with IFTTT yet, you should. The service is no more than a set of pipes hooked to increasingly useful web services. Spend 15 minutes setting up some recipes and you’ll be hooked.

Tweetbot for Mac


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There is something about Tapbots’ apps that I can’t resist. They weild little sound effects and whimsey the same way Dr. Jones does that whip. Despite Tweetbot’s nightmare-inspiring icon, I use this app as my weapon of choice throughout iOS and am happy to be doing so now on my Mac as well.

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Sponsor: Sifter


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Sifter is a simple project management tool for small teams. It frees you up to focus on shipping better software instead of checking in on team members.

It’s perfect for serving as your team’s central location for capturing and managing all of a project’s issues, questions, bugs and new features. No more swimming through emails or multiple applications to check on the status of an issue. Sifter’s powerful search and filtering make sure you can easily find what you need.

Also, by keeping things obsessively simple, Sifter helps ensure that even the least technical team members feel welcome and comfortable participating so that they can be actively involved in both development and testing without any training.

The result is increased participation working hand-in-hand with a focus on accountability to ensure projects get delivered on time and that nothing slips through the cracks.

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Sponsorship by The Syndicate.

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MPU 107: Workflows with Jean MacDonald

A recurring question we receive on the Mac Power Users is, “how do I get started programming?” We have tried to address this in past episodes when interviewing veteran programmers. I think we finally cracked this nut last week when we interviewed Jean MacDonald and she explained her journey on becoming an iOS programmer. Jean is just starting this journey and from that unique perspective she has a lot of good advice. She also talks about how she uses her marketing savvy to help Smile Software and scolds me about my lack of Facebook participation. Good times.

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Scapple Beta

Literature and Latte (The Scrivener Developers) are about to release a new application, Scapple, which looks to be a sort of brainstorming tool (that will work with Scriviner). I’m just starting to play with the beta and you can too.

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Music Concierge – Songza

I recommended Songza on the Mac Power Users a month ago and I’ve received several emails thanking me for it. It is a free music service that will select music for you based on the time of day. I prefer their music selections over Pandora and I use it all the time.

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