I often receive emails asking how I can remember so many keyboard shortcuts. It really isn’t that hard. The trick is to just learn one at a time. Figure out something you do repeatedly and commit the keyboard shortcut to memory. For instance, sending…
Continue reading →$329 Coda
As a follow up to my piece this morning about the iPad mini price, Amazon today reports a $274M quarter loss. Jim Dalrymple sums it up nicely.
Continue reading →ScreenFlow 4
I often get asked about how I go about creating my screencasts. It really isn’t that difficult. I use ScreenFlow. ScreenFlow is a soup to nuts screencasting application for the Mac that works splendidly. Over the years I’ve tried some of the competitors but…
Continue reading →Sponsor: Mutual Mobile
My thanks to Mutual Mobile for sponsoring MacSparky this week. Why work for Mutual Mobile? We’ve grown from a core 5 people in 2009 to just over 200 at the turn of 2012, and we’re poised to double that figure over the next year.…
Continue reading →$329
I’ve been thinking about all the hullabaloo over the price of the new iPad mini. Everybody feels that Apple blew it by not getting the price down to something competitive with Google and Amazon. Upon reflection, this really doesn’t surprise me. Both Google and…
Continue reading →Date:Yesterday
Ever wake up in a Hangover like haze and need help figuring out what you did the day before? If you were sitting at your Mac, open Spotlight and type Date:Yesterday. This gives you a listing of all the apps, docs, and other related…
Continue reading →Mac Roundtable Podcast
Want to hear me and some of my favorite podcasters yack about this week’s Apple announcements? Now’s your chance. ∞
Continue reading →Switching Screen Resolutions in Mountain Lion
Recently I bemoaned the ponderous way in which Mountain Lion switches screen resolutions. I often shoot screencasts in less than optimal resolution and the multiple clicks and keypresses required are vexing. David Kreindel heard my call and answered. David pointed me to this Display…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →MPU 108: Mac Tips and Tricks
Brett Terpstra joins this week’s Mac Power Users episode as we talk about collaborating on the 60 tips book and some of our favorite Mac tips and tricks.
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