Jesse J. Anderson is back on Focused to talk about troubleshooting productivity systems and his new book for helping adults with ADHD find focus. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro…
Listen & read notes →Apple’s Successful Beta Season
Hooray! It’s macOS Sonoma release day. This new operating system has some great features, including better dictation, small (but nice) improvements to the Apple productivity apps (Kanban in Reminders!), a bunch of messaging and video conferencing updates, PDF tools, and desktop widgets. Stephen and…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 711: Getting Some Wisdom with Merlin Mann
Merlin Mann comes back to the Mac Power Users to talk about task management, iOS 17 improvements, and wisdom. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: MacPaw: Introducing Moonlock, the new cybersecurity division at MacPaw, and the upgraded CleanMyMac Malware removal module. Squarespace: Save…
Listen & read notes →Automators 137: iOS 17 and New Devices
In this episode of Automators, Rosemary and I recap what’s new in iOS 17 and iPadOS17, as well as on the new iPhones. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when…
Listen & read notes →New iPhone 15 Pro and Action Button Poll
Happy Friday! It’s shipping week! This week, we got the release of all of Apple’s operating systems, and today, I’m guessing a bunch of you are taking delivery of new iPhones and Apple Watches. The new iPhone Pro is the one that has me…
Continue reading →The MacStories iOS 17 Review
Today Federico Viticci published his now legendary annual iOS and iPadOS review. Something that a lot of folks don’t realize is that over the years, Federico has gotten a lot better at this. Specifically, in the early years, Federico’s opus felt like it was written…
Continue reading →Don’t Forget About the watchOS Update
Today, Apple publicly released iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. I’ve got plenty of content coming about the new releases, but if there is one thing you should check out that you may have missed, it’s watchOS 10. This year, Apple made some significant changes…
Continue reading →Grab Any Text Anywhere with TextSniper (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by a killer Mac utility, TextSniper. TextSniper is a Mac OCR app that can extract text anywhere on your Mac’s screen and automatically save it to your clipboard, so you can paste it anywhere you need it. It can…
Continue reading →Merlin’s Wisdom Project
I have always been a Merlin Mann fan. We’ve become friends over the years, but first, I was a fan. I think of Merlin in the way that I imagine contemporaries thought of Mark Twain. He’s observant, good-hearted, and can do amazing things with a pen…
Continue reading →SaneBox: Do Not Disturb (Sponsor)
Do Not Disturb was nifty little sign you could hang on the doorknob of a hotel room to let other people know they weren’t supposed to knock on your door or enter your room. You can also stick out a Do Not Disturb sign…
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