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Mac Power Users

Learn about getting the most from your Apple technology with focused topics and workflow guests. Creating Mac Power Users since 2009, one conversation at a time. Hosted by David Sparks and Stephen Robles.

Copyright: Copyright © 2024 Relay FM

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589: Zoom Jiu Jitsu with Teddy Svoronos May 23, 2021

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David and Stephen are joined by Teddy Svoronos to discuss the tech that he has implemented for distance teaching and learning in his role at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

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Teddy Svoronos (@tedsvo) / Twitter

Teddy Svoronos (@tedsvo_tech) / Twitter

Teddy Svoronos – Teaching, Technology, t-tests.

Teddy Svoronos | Harvard Kennedy School

Teaching Effectively with Zoom: A practical guide to engage your students and help them learn — Dan Levy

Using dual monitors with the Zoom desktop client – Zoom Help Center

Use your iPad as a second display for your Mac with Sidecar - Apple Support

Duet Display

KMlink: Streamdeck plugin to drive Keyboard Maestro

The Promise and Peril of Virtual Cameras on Zoom – Teddy Svoronos

Open Broadcaster Software | OBS

Clear, compelling communication for everyone | mmhmm

Stream Deck Plugin for Zoom - Lostdomain

ATEM Mini | Blackmagic Design

LUMIX GX85 4K Mirrorless DSLM Camera Kit - 12-32mm Lens - Panasonic US

H2R Graphics

Companion - Bitfocus AS

‎HomeControl Menu for HomeKit on the Mac App Store

Polling for meetings – Zoom Help Center

Outlining in MindNode - MindNode

Hook – Links beat searching

Mac Power Users #560: Workflows with Luc Beaudoin - Relay FM

Mac Power Users #569: Contextual Computing - Relay FM

AppleScript to Link to Apple Mail Message — MacSparky

Use Keynote for Mac in a video conference - Apple Support

Use Keynote Remote to control your Keynote presentation - Apple Support

About collaboration for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - Apple Support

588: macOS Services, with Sal Soghoian May 16, 2021

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Stephen and David talk with Sal Soghoian on the history of Automator and Services on the Mac, both of which are cornerstones of automation on macOS today. The trio discusses how these tools came to be, and how Apple has evolved them over the years.

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Mac OS X Automation: Automator Quick Actions

OS X Hidden Treasures: Services - TidBITS

How to Add Useful Options to the macOS Services Menu

Automator - Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Review - AnandTech

Services - Extensions - macOS - Human Interface Guidelines - Apple Developer

‎WordService on the Mac App Store

‎Text Case on the Mac App Store

Use Quick Action workflows on Mac - Apple Support

Customize the Touch Bar on Mac - Apple Support

How to Watermark PDFs on the Mac

Automators - Relay FM

Service Station – Customize your Right-Click Menu

Service Station brings control to Finder menus – Six Colors

How to Change App Icons on iOS 14 Home Screen - MacRumors

Sal's Book: AppleScript 1-2-3 - Amazon.com

587: Catching Up with Casey Liss May 09, 2021

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Casey Liss drops by to chat with Stephen and David about waiting on the next Apple silicon announcement, his iPhone development work, home automation and how not to deal with digital photos.

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The Disneyland Resort Field Guide

Casey Liss (@caseyliss) / Twitter

Casey Liss (@caseyliss) • Instagram photos and videos

Analog(ue) - Relay FM

Accidental Tech Podcast

Liss is More

Mac Power Users #460: Casey Liss Returns - Relay FM

The MacBook Adorable — Liss is More

The 12-inch MacBook is dead, and it will be missed - Macworld

iMac 24-inch - Apple

The iPad Pro is a killer machine but its software is killing me - Macworld

iPhone Repair - Official Apple Support

Synology Inc. - Home and Small Business NAS Products

Plex

Plex Primer — Liss is More

How I Rip Movies — Liss is More

Docker

Homebridge

Network Attached N00bs — Liss is More

My Photo Management Workflow — Liss is More

Google Photos

Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support

Announcing Peek-a-View — Liss is More

Use Guided Access with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Teach, Learn, and Make with Raspberry Pi

Pi-hole – Network-wide protection

RetroPie - Retro-gaming on the Raspberry Pi

tinyToslink - Raspberry Pi Optical Audio from Beni_Skate on Tindie

Raspberry Pi Kits

Due: The Superfast Reminder App for iPhone & iPad

SwiftBar

HomePaper: A Handy Utility for Creating Beautiful Home App Wallpapers - MacStories

Caseta by Lutron | Smart Light Switches, Controls & Dimmers

This Smart Home Isn’t Stupid - Quinn Nelson on YouTube

Flic 2 Buttons

MPU Merch! — 586: iPhone Productivity May 02, 2021
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As the computer that's almost always in our pockets, the iPhone can become a surprisingly useful tool for getting things done.

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Really Enjoy My New MPU Yeti Tumbler - Hardware - MPU Talk

HEY - Email at its best, new from Basecamp.

Mac Power Users #539: Back to Email - Relay FM

Drafts | Where Text Starts

GroupMe

iMessage in iOS 14: Mentions, Pinned Conversations, Inline Replies, and More - MacRumors

Slack

Basecamp

Discord

How to scan documents on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

‎Scanner Pro: PDF Scanner App on the App Store

Mac Power Users #583: The Obsidian Deep Dive - Relay FM

Field Notes | Memo Books, Notebooks, Journals & Planners

Tot

Use the Voice Memos app - Apple Support

GoodLinks

Instapaper

mymind

Timery for Toggl

MindNode

Mac Power Users #82: Cooking Ideas - Relay FM

Mac Power Users #574: Calendars, Contacts and Tasks - Relay FM

Things

Flexibits | Fantastical

PCalc for iPhone

‎PCalc on the App Store

‎PowerOne calculator on the App Store

How to Enable Type to Siri – The Sweet Setup

Pomodoro Technique - Wikipedia

Amazon.com: iClever BK06 Bluetooth Keyboard

Flashback #17: The Palm Foleo - Relay FM

MPU Merch! — 585: Spring Loaded Apr 25, 2021
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In the wake of Apple's spring event, Stephen and David cover the new iMac and iPad Pro, and also discuss changes to the Apple TV and some of Apple's services. In short, everything should be more colorful and some things more powerful.

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April 2021 Apple Event - YouTube

April 2021 Event - MacStories

A Few Thoughts on Today's Spring Loaded Apple Event — MacSparky

iMac 24-inch - Apple

Apple Announced M1-Powered 24-inch iMac… in Seven Colors – 512 Pixels

An Apple Fan Took Six Months to Cross-Stitch the Original Mac's Control Panel | Digital Trends

The Chin – 512 Pixels

Buy iMac with Built-in VESA Mount Adapter - Apple

iPad Pro - Apple

The iPad Pro is a killer machine but its software is killing me - Macworld

Big iPad, Mini LED: why Apple’s new iPad Pro display is better and brighter - The Verge

AirTag - Apple

AirTag and Accessories - Apple

Apple TV 4K - Apple

Siri Remote - Apple

Apple Card - Apple

Apple Podcasts launches in-app subscriptions - The Verge

MPU Merch! — 584: Everything Fades to Black Apr 18, 2021
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It's feedback time, so David and Stephen answer listener email, talk about iOS apps running on Apple silicon Macs and preparing your tech for the afterlife. There's also new MPU merch for sale!

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Mac Power Users #578: Getting to Know Notion, with August Bradley - Relay FM

Is Notion Encrypted? What You Need to Know

What Is End-to-End Encryption, and Why Does It Matter?

iCloud security overview - Apple Support

How to Check if Your Email and Password Were Leaked in the Facebook Hack - MacRumors

Mac Power Users #583: The Obsidian Deep Dive - Relay FM

Obsidian

Digital Journaling, Digital Up-Keep and the After-Life - Software - MPU Talk

What to Do Before You Die: A Tech Checklist - WSJ

Get to know your Emergency Kit | 1Password

Your Journal for Life | Day One

Mac mini - Apple

Hazel Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

Home | Dark Noise

FoodNoms | Food Tracker App for iPhone

FoodNoms: Customized Nutrition Goals Made Easy — MacSparky

Apple One - Apple

Project Status Board — MacSparky

More Status Board Details — MacSparky

Useful Complexity — MacSparky

TickTick

Sorted³

Mac Power Users #497: Spotlight, Alfred & LaunchBar - Relay FM

Search Omnifocus in Alfred | Packal

HoverBar Duo – Twelve South

HoverBar Duo: The MacStories Review - MacStories

Keychron K8 Tenkeyless Wireless Mechanical Keyboard

Insta360 | Action Cameras | 360 Cameras | VR Cameras

Stephen's "Art"

583: The Obsidian Deep Dive Apr 11, 2021

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With the recent explosion in personal knowledge management tools, it is hard to know which one fits your needs the best. This week, David and Stephen talk through Obsidian, which builds on top of plain, old-fashioned Markdown documents.

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Obsidian

Pricing - Obsidian

Mac Power Users #578: Getting to Know Notion, with August Bradley - Relay FM

Mac Power Users #548: Jumping Into Markdown - Relay FM

"You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy!"

Community - Obsidian

Panic - Nova

Obsidian Roadmap | Trello

Backlinks - Obsidian Help

Graph view - Obsidian Help

Linking Your Thinking - YouTube

Drafts | Where Text Starts

DEVONthink

Mac Power Users #569: Contextual Computing - Relay FM

Craft

Roam Research

582: Radio and Podcasts and Books, Oh My... with Shelly Brisbin Apr 04, 2021

Show notes

Shelly Brisbin returns to the show to explain how she applies power user workflows to working across multiple mediums throughout a normal work week.

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Shelly Brisbin (@shelly) / Twitter

Shelly's Web of Wonder

iOS Access for All Book

Parallel - Relay FM

Lions, Towers & Shields - a podcast from The Incomparable

36 Seconds That Changed Everything – How the iPhone Learned to Talk

Texas Standard

Rundown Creator

BBEdit 13

‎Teleprompter Premium on the App Store

Innovative TBLK-DC Tablik - Tablet and iPad Arm Desk Mount

Clockwise - Relay FM

Amazon.com: Zoom H6

Trint Transcription Software

Adobe Audition

Amadeus Pro

Trello

Project Status Board — MacSparky

GoogleDoc2Html

GraphicConverter

Adobe Spark

Hazel

‎Ferrite Recording Studio on the App Store

Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support

Carbon Copy Cloner

iOS Access for All

Textastic for iPad

Marked 2

Shortcuts Corner: Apple Frames for iPhone 12 and SE, Get Image Resolution, Encode Images to Base64, and Search Articles in Reeder - MacStories

Voice Dream Reader

‎Seeing AI on the App Store

‎Microsoft Outlook on the App Store

Paprika Recipe Manager for iOS, Mac, Android, and Windows

581: “Work” Flows with Stephen and David Mar 28, 2021

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On this episode, David and Stephen discuss their work beyond MPU and what workflows and tools they use to keep things running smoothly in their small businesses.

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Google Workspace

The former G Suite, which was the former Google Apps.

Spark Email Client

A World Without Email, by Cal Newport - Amazon

HEY - Email at its best, new from Basecamp

Basecamp: Project Management & Team Communication Software

Tone Detector - Grammarly

Mac Power Users #569: Contextual Computing - Relay FM

DEVONthink

Hook – Find without searching

Mac Power Users #560: Workflows with Luc Beaudoin - Relay FM

My Backup Strategy (2021 Update) – 512 Pixels

Backup 2021 — MacSparky

Why I'm Leaning Obsidian — MacSparky

Obsidian

Trello

GitHub

Airtable

Project Status Board — MacSparky

OmniGraffle - The Omni Group

OmniGraffle's Presentation Mode

Mac Power Users #82: Cooking Ideas - Relay FM

MindNode

Drafts

Tot

Byword

1Writer

Harvest

FreshBooks

Mac Power Users #574: Calendars, Contacts and Tasks - Relay FM

580: Twenty Years of OS X Mar 21, 2021

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After several years of development, Apple launched Mac OS X to the world in March 2001. The new operating system was vastly different from what it replaced, and ushered in a new era for Apple.

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‎Download Aqua and Bondi

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Folklore.org: The Original Macintosh

Flashback #6: The Be Computer Company - Relay FM

Monday Note

Apple Computer, Inc. Agrees to Acquire NeXT Software Inc.

Amazon.com: Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

Rhapsody System Architecture

Mac OS X System Architecture

Mac OS X DP3: Trial by Water | Ars Technica

Twenty Years Ago Today, Apple Shipped Mac OS X – 512 Pixels

Macworld 2000: Steve Jobs drops the "i" in iCEO - YouTube

Mac OS X Public Beta – 512 Pixels

Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah – 512 Pixels

Mac OS X 10.0 | Ars Technica

Original Mac OS X Website

Mac OS X 10.1 | Ars Technica

XPostFacto - Wikipedia

Finder in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther – 512 Pixels

Mail in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger – 512 Pixels

Mac Power Users #557: Grading the Intel Era - Relay FM

The Switch to Intel | iMore

Dashboard – 512 Pixels

Apple delays Leopard until October because of iPhone | Macworld

Stacks in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard – 512 Pixels

64-bit support in Leopard: no Carbon love | Ars Technica

Daring Fireball: The $64,000 Question

The Snow Leopard Moment – 512 Pixels

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica review | Ars Technica

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Screenshots – 512 Pixels

Sal Soghoian - Wikipedia

Daring Fireball: Mountain Lion

Hypercritical: OS X Reviewed

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