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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.

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419: iOS Settings Feb 26, 2018

Show notes

There are hundreds of settings buried within iOS David and Katie talk through some of their favorite options and settings for tweaking iOS.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MPU at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
Grove Technologies: Helping people and businesses unlock the hidden potential of Macs. Use this link for 25% off.
1Password Have you ever forgotten a password? Now you don't have to worry about that anymore. Save up to 20% using this link.
Fracture Bring your photos to life.

Links and Show Notes:

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for help with the shownotes this week!

Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership

2018 Mac Power Users Chicago Meet-up Tickets

Setapp | Your shortcut to get the best apps for Mac

ABA TECHSHOW 2018

The MacSparky Newsletter

Facebook Group - iOS Settings Discussion

iMazing | iPhone, iPad & iPod Manager for Mac & PC

Use parental controls on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Parental Controls: The Ultimate Guide | iMore

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

eero Plus: Worry Free Wifi Security | eero

Family Sharing - Apple Support

How to use the Do Not Disturb while driving feature - Apple Support

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

What does iCloud back up? - Apple Support

If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen - Apple Support

My Photo Stream FAQ - Apple Support

How to set up and start using Photo Stream on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and PC | iMore

How to find your custom ringtones after iTunes dumped them | Cult of Mac

Cleartones

Let Folks Through 'Do Not Disturb' With Emergency Bypass - The Mac Observer

Screencast: Wrangling Notifications — MacSparky

ViewExif on the App Store

Remove Location Data From Your Photos Before Sharing Them

The Super Simple VPN You Can Trust | Encrypt.me

Mac Power Users #244: When Bad Things Happen - Relay FM

Use Emergency SOS on your iPhone - Apple Support

Use and customize Control Center on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

418: Workflows with Rose Orchard Feb 19, 2018

Show notes

Rose Orchard joins us to discuss her transition from teacher to automator including creating workflows, maximizing efficiency on Mac and iOS, we discuss the Sonos One and the Apple HomePod, travel tips and more.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

PDFpen from Smile With powerful PDF editing tools, available for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, PDFpen from Smile makes you a Mac Power User.
The Omni Group We're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Sanebox Stop drowning in email!
Fracture Bring your photos to life.

Guest Starring:

Rosemary Orchard

Links and Show Notes:

Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership

2018 Mac Power Users Chicago Meet-up Tickets

Home | Rosemary Orchard

Tweets by Rosemary (@rosemaryorchard) – Twitter

Rosemary Orchard (@rosemary_orchard) • Instagram photos and videos

Mac Power Users - Home | Facebook

Workflow — Powerful automation made simple.

Pythonista for iOS

Amazon.com: HooToo Wireless Travel Router

Amazon.com: HooToo USB C Hub With Ethernet, HDMI, 100W Power Delivery, 3 USB ports

Amazon WorkSpaces - Virtual Desktops in the Cloud

Oracle VM VirtualBox

Run Windows Software on Mac with CrossOver | CodeWeavers

Parallels: Mac & Windows Virtualization, Manage Mac, VDI & RDS Solutions

Sonos | Wireless Speakers and Home Sound Systems

Overcast

HomePod - Apple

Amazon.com: Anker USB Type-C Premium 5-Port 60W USB Wall Charger

Keyboard Maestro 8.0.5: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

PDFpenPro - Mac PDF Editor - PDF Tools | Smile Software

OmniFocus - task management for Mac, iPad, and iPhone - The Omni Group

Drafts | Agile Tortoise

TextExpander | Communicate Smarter

Pomodoro Technique - Wikipedia

PhpStorm: Lightning-Smart IDE for PHP Programming by JetBrains

Flexibits | Fantastical 2 for Mac | Meet your Mac's new calendar.

Calendar Paste - Schedule and organize recurring events, painlessly

Contrast | Launch Center Pro

Day One

Tweetbot for iOS

DraftCode - PHP for iPhone and iPad

Launcher for iOS from Cromulent Labs

TripIt - Travel Itinerary - Trip Planner

FlightView Flight Tracker

Mapstr - Your Places, Your World

417: Workflows with Manton Reece Feb 12, 2018

Show notes

Programmer and entrepreneur Manton Reece is here this week to share how he's using Apple gear to program and run his own business.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

The Omni Group We're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Fujitsu ScanSnap ScanSnap Helps You Live a More Productive, Efficient, Paperless Life.
1Password Have you ever forgotten a password? Now you don't have to worry about that anymore.
Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MPU at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.

Guest Starring:

Links and Show Notes:

Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership

Manton Reece

Micro.blog

Manton Reece (@manton2) | Twitter

Mac Power Users #226: Workflows with Manton Reece

Six Colors: Apple, technology, and other stuff from Jason Snell and Friends

Drafts | Agile Tortoise

Dropbox

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 12

Ulysses

Review: Clipstart for Mac organizes video sans flashy features | Ars Technica

Stripe.com - Payment processing for internet businesses

Marketing Automation - Sell More Stuff | MailChimp

Baremetrics: Subscription Analytics & Insights for Stripe, Braintree, Recurly and more!

Acorn 6 | Full Featured Photo Editor for the Mac

Transmit 5

Get organized. Work smarter. Remember everything. | Evernote

OmniFocus - task management for Mac, iPad, and iPhone - The Omni Group

Paw – The most advanced API tool for Mac

Rocket – the best emoji app for Mac

Omni Roadmap 2018 - The Omni Group

★reeder

Feedbin

FastScripts

Get secure, reliable email hosting – FastMail

416: Consuming Content Feb 05, 2018

Show notes

David and Katie revisit our workflows for consuming digital (and some analog) content. We discuss keeping up with blogs, magazines, books, spoken word, movies, television, news, and more.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

TextExpander from Smile Type more with less effort! Expand short abbreviations into longer bits of text, even fill-ins, with TextExpander from Smile.
1Password Have you ever forgotten a password? Now you don't have to worry about that anymore. Save up to 20% using this link.
Timing: The automatic time tracking app for macOS. Use this link to save 10% on your purchase.
Simple Contacts: Contact lens prescriptions from home: Use offer code MPU for $30 off your contact lenses

Links and Show Notes:

Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership

2018 Mac Power Users Chicago Meet-up Tickets, Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite

Facebook Overhauls News Feed to Focus on What Friends and Family Share - The New York Times

How to use Twitter lists

The Case for RSS — MacSparky

Reeder 3 on the App Store

Unread: RSS Reader on the App Store

Feedly

Instapaper

Keep a reading list in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

Texture - Unlimited Access To 200+ Digital Magazines

Amazon.com: Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500

Amazon.com: Instant Pot DUO60 6 Qt 7-in-1 Multi-Use Cooker

Which Kindle should you buy? - Six Colors

Kindle Paperwhite E-reader

All-New Kindle Oasis

Audible.com

Movies Anywhere

MoviePass | Watch New Movies in Theaters

VUDU - In Mobile Disc to Digital

Battlestar Galactica - Portlandia on IFC - YouTube

TiVo Roamio OTA DVR | Antenna DVR and Streaming | 1TB Storage

AntennaWeb.org - Antenna Signal Prediction

Apple TV 4K - Apple

Amazon Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote

News - Apple

Overcast

Amazon.com Help: Listen to Your Flash Briefing

415: John Siracusa Workflows and the Future of the Mac Jan 28, 2018

Show notes

John Siracusa returns to the Mac Power Users to talk about his favorite workflows and apps. We also spend some time getting John's opinion about where the Mac is and where it is heading.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MPU at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
1Password Have you ever forgotten a password? Now you don't have to worry about that anymore.
The Omni Group We're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Fracture Bring your photos to life.

Guest Starring:

Links and Show Notes:

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for help with the shownotes this week!

Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership

Mac Power Users #237: Catching Up with John Siracusa - Relay FM

Tweets by John Siracusa (@siracusa) – Twitter

Hypercritical

Accidental Tech Podcast

Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM

John Siracusa | Ars Technica

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 12

Google Photos - All your photos organized and easy to find

Online Data Backup | Offsite, Onsite & Cloud | Crashplan

Peter principle - Wikipedia

Google Docs

ARM architecture - Wikipedia

Power Mac G5 - Wikipedia

Campo Santo - Firewatch

Edith Finch

The Legend of Zelda™: Breath of the Wild for the Nintendo Switch™ home gaming system and Wii U™ console – Official Site

414: MPU+: This is What I Got Jan 22, 2018

Show notes

Katie shares her struggles with APFS and High Sierra, David shares his workflow changes related to OmniFocus defer dates and his hyper-scheduling experiment. We answer listener questions relating to photo albums on the Apple TV, how we're using Evernote today, and tech organization. We follow-up new developments in home automation, scheduling, Qi Charging and more.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

PDFpen from Smile With powerful PDF editing tools, available for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, PDFpen from Smile makes you a Mac Power User.
1Password Have you ever forgotten a password? Now you don't have to worry about that anymore. Save up to 20% using this link.
The Omni Group We're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Sanebox Stop drowning in email!

Links and Show Notes:

Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership

Facebook: Mac Power Users Podcast Group

Cloud Backup: Easy, Secure Online Backup - Backblaze

Mac Backup Software | Carbon Copy Cloner | Bombich Software

Amazon.com: Seagate Expansion 1TB Portable External Hard Drive

Backing Off Defer Dates: An OmniFocus Experiment — MacSparky

OmniFocusField Guide — MacSparky

OmniFocus - task management for Mac, iPad, and iPhone - The Omni Group

Crucial MX500 250GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD

iCloud: Use iCloud Photo Library on your Apple TV

How to Use iCloud Photos as a Screensaver on Apple TV

Magic Fireplace on the App Store

Get organized. Work smarter. Remember everything. | Evernote

Amazon.com: Skooba R750-300 Cable Stable

Amazon.com: DYMO LabelManager 160 Handheld Label Maker

Amazon.com:Clear Over the Door Hanging Shoe Organizer

Amazon.com: IKEA - SIGNUM Cable management

Amazon Echo

Lutron Caseta Wireless Smart Lighting

Elgato Eve Light Switch, Connected Wall Switch for iOS

Amazon.com: Wemo Bridge - Works with Apple HomeKit

Amazon.com: Wemo Mini Smart Plug

openHAB

Laundroid robot folds clothes... and undies - YouTube

Amazon.com: Anker Universal Magnetic Car Mount

Amazon.com: RAVPower Fast Wireless QI Wireless Charging

Calendly - Scheduling appointments and meetings is super easy with Calendly.

Doodle

WOOLNUT | We make Leather Covers & Sleeves for MacBooks

Amazon.com: Shure BETA 87A Supercardioid Condenser Microphone

Amazon.com: R2-D2 App-Enabled Droid by Sphero: Cell Phones & Accessories

413: iPad Productivity Jan 14, 2018

Show notes

In this episode, David and Katie share some of their favorite apps and workflows for getting work done on the iPad.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MPU at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
Casper: Start sleeping ahead of the curve. Get $50 off with the code ‘MPU’.
1Password Have you ever forgotten a password? Now you don't have to worry about that anymore.
Fujitsu ScanSnap ScanSnap Helps You Live a More Productive, Efficient, Paperless Life.

Links and Show Notes:

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for help with the shownotes this week!

Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership

Dropbox

iCloud - iCloud Drive - Apple

Eternal Storms Software - Yoink for Mac and iPad

Yoink and Gladys, two great new iOS 11 shelf apps | Cult of Mac

Gladys — BRU.BUILD

The best email app for iPhone iPad and Mac | Spark

Dispatch: TextExpander-enabled Email App for iPhone

Scheduled sending and email reminders | Boomerang for Gmail

Email Management for Any Inbox | SaneBox

Workflow — Powerful automation made simple.

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Dragon NaturallySpeaking - world's best-selling speech recognition software | Nuance

Meet the Grammarly Mobile Keyboard for iOS | Grammarly

Airmail - Lightning Fast Mail Client for Mac and iPhone

To do list and task manager. Free, easy, online and mobile: Todoist

Remember The Milk: Online to-do list and task management

The all-new Things. Your to-do list for Mac & iOS

OmniFocus - task management for Mac, iPad, and iPhone - The Omni Group

DraftTable - Professional iPad Pro Stand | ElevationLab

OmniPlan - project management for Mac, iPhone, and iPad - The Omni Group

Trello

Where work happens | Slack

Home - MindNode

OmniOutliner - outlining & writing for Mac, iPhone, and iPad - The Omni Group

Flexibits | Fantastical 2 for Mac | Meet your Mac's new calendar.

BusyCal - The Best Calendar App for Mac

Ulysses

Scrivener | Literature & Latte

Byword - Markdown text editor app for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

iCab - Downloads

iBooks Author - Apple

412: Stephen Hackett Returns Jan 07, 2018

Show notes

Stephen Hackett returns to Mac Power Users to talk about his transition into video production, Internet automation, his home studio, audio and video gear, a new iMac and more.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

PDFpen from Smile With powerful PDF editing tools, available for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, PDFpen from Smile makes you a Mac Power User.
Fracture Bring your photos to life.
Postbox: The Power Email App
Timing: The automatic time tracking app for macOS. Use this link to save 10% on your purchase.

Guest Starring:

Stephen Hackett

Links and Show Notes:

Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership

512 Pixels

Stephen Hackett (@ismh) | Twitter

Stephen Hackett - Relay FM

Mac Power Users #235: Workflows with Stephen Hackett - Relay FM

Mac Power Users #331: Stephen Hackett: Collector of Macs - Relay FM

Free Agents #25: Breadcrumb of My Life, with Stephen Hackett - Relay FM

512 Pixels - YouTube

Sales CRM & Pipeline Management Software | Pipedrive

Trello

Where work happens | Slack

Zapier | The easiest way to automate your work

Google Sheets - create and edit spreadsheets online, for free.

Remember The Milk: Online to-do list and task management

To do list and task manager. Free, easy, online and mobile: Todoist

OmniFocus - task management for Mac, iPad, and iPhone - The Omni Group

OmniFocus — MacSparky

eero Plus: Worry Free Wifi Security | eero

Use parental controls on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Video: Q&A/Studio Tour – 512 Pixels

Nest Secure alarm system. | Nest

The Gear I Use – 512 Pixels

Sound Devices USBPre 2 - Microphone Interface USBPRE 2

Amazon.com: Tascam US-2x2 USB Audio Interface

Amazon.com : Sony a7R II Full-Frame Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera, Body Only (Black) (ILCE7RM2/B) : Musical Instruments

Amazon.com : Canon EOS 70D Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm

Why I'm considering the iMac Pro | iMore

Forecast: Podcast MP3 Chapter Encoder — Overcast

MilGraCom — High Sierra Media Key Enabler

411: 2017: A Pretty Good Year Dec 31, 2017

Show notes

As we wrap up 2017 we take a look back at the workflows that worked for us in 2017 including paperless practice, writing workflows, cloud storage, hiring help and more. We also discuss the practices we intend to change in 2018, and gaze into the crystal ball and look at what we may expect from Apple in the year to come.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy.
1Password Have you ever forgotten a password? Now you don't have to worry about that anymore. Save up to 20% using this link.
The Omni Group We're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Sanebox Stop drowning in email!

Links and Show Notes:

Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership

Amazon.com: Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 Color Duplex Scanner for Mac and PC

DocumentSnap: Going Paperless And The Paperless Office

Paperless — MacSparky

Automatically OCR PDFs with Hazel and PDFPen (2017 Edition) — Katie Floyd

Ulysses

Grammarly

Setapp | Your shortcut to get the best apps for Mac

Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software

Hazel — MacSparky

Dropbox

The State of Cloud Syncing and Collaboration — MacSparky

How to add a family member to a shared iCloud storage plan in iOS 11 | iMore

Harvest

iPad Pro - Smart Keyboard - Apple

Lutron Caseta Wireless Smart Lighting Starter Kit

Amazon.com: Ring Video Doorbell Pro

Amazon.com : Canary - All-in-One Home Security Device

Amazon.com : Canary - Flex

iOS - CarPlay - Apple

Amazon.com: Pioneer AppRadio 4 SPH-DA120 (Katie's CarPlay System)

Keyboard Maestro 8.0.4: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Star Wars: The Last Jedi on iTunes (Available for Pre-Order)

410: Workflows with Alex Cox Dec 24, 2017

Show notes

This week Alex Cox from Cards Against Humanity shares her favorite hardware, software, and workflows for getting work done ranging from high-end video production to entertaining cats.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

MDM Deals - Find great apps at great prices with a free daily curation of fantastic deals on fantastic apps & movies!
The Omni Group We're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
Fujitsu ScanSnap ScanSnap Helps You Live a More Productive, Efficient, Paperless Life.
PDFpen from Smile With powerful PDF editing tools, available for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, PDFpen from Smile makes you a Mac Power User.

Guest Starring:

Links and Show Notes:

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for help with the shownotes this week!

Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership

Do By Friday

Tweets by Alexandra Coxmas 🎄 (@AlexCox) – Twitter

Tweets by Do By Friday (@dobyfriday) – Twitter

Top Scallops

Pop Culture Collectible Figures | Sideshow Collectibles

Cards Against Humanity

Tabletop Deathmatch

Steve Jobs Legendary Inventor Sixth Scale Figure by Damtoys | Sideshow Collectibles

Home - PodCon

Cards Against Humanity Saves America

Cards Against Humanity - Chicago Offices - Office Snapshots

Final Cut Pro X - Apple

iZotope | Audio Plug-in Software for Music & Post Production

Ferrite Recording Studio: Ferrite Recording Studio — Wooji Juice

The best email app for iPhone iPad and Mac | Spark

Flexibits | Fantastical 2 for Mac | Meet your Mac's new calendar.

Best productivity apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac | Readdle

The Omni Group

To do list and task manager. Free, easy, online and mobile: Todoist

Meet Google Keep – Save your thoughts, wherever you are – Keep – Google

Trello

Anker | Home

Credit Card Processing - Accept Credit Cards Anywhere | Square

Bear - Notes for iPhone, iPad and Mac

nvALT - BrettTerpstra.com

Welcome to AgileBits

Instapaper

Overcast

Contrast | Launch Center Pro

TextExpander | Communicate Smarter

Drobo Data Storage Solutions, Network Attached Storage, Drobo Inc.

Raspberry Pi - Teach, Learn, and Make with Raspberry Pi

Roboism - Relay FM

TWO HEADED GIRL

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