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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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818: "Recreational Math," with Dr. Drang Oct 12, 2025

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Everyone's favorite engineer-turned-blogger returns to the show to discuss the state of iPhone cases, the argument for LLMs, and his go-to automation tools — and why Shortcuts on the Mac isn't one of them.

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Relay for St. Jude 2025: $753,756 Raised - 512 Pixels

And now it’s all this - Dr. Drang

Mac Power Users #599: A Man of the People, with Dr. Drang - Relay

Writers I Read: Dr. Drang - 512 Pixels

Kayaking - All this

Prompt 3

Textastic

Smartish - iPhone Wallet Cases and Stuff

iPhone 17 Pro Clear Case with MagSafe - Apple

iPhone 17 Cases | NOMAD

iPhone 17 Pro TechWoven Case with MagSafe - Sienna - Apple

Notion MCP – Connect Notion to your favorite AI tools

Introduction to Notion APIs

Introducing apps in ChatGPT and the new Apps SDK | OpenAI

OpenAI’s Windows Play – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Python.org

Keyboard Maestro

Typinator

Kagi Search

Mac Power Users #809: Exploring Kagi with CEO Vladimir Prelovac - Relay

About Kagi News

KeyCue

Wolfram Mathematica

Wolfram Language

817: macOS Tahoe, visionOS, & watchOS 26 Oct 05, 2025

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From Liquid Glass to a stronger Spotlight, macOS Tahoe reshapes the Mac. Spotlight now remembers your clipboard and taps into App Intents, while Apple’s apps gain updates to match their mobile counterparts.

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Elsewhere, visionOS and watchOS bring new features to Apple's other platforms.

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Relay for St. Jude 2025: The Final Week - 512 Pixels

My Interview with Coding in Public - 512 Pixels

A Transparent Tale as Old as Time - 512 Pixels

On Liquid Glass – Pixel Envy by Nick Heer

macOS 26 Tahoe review: Power under glass – Six Colors

macOS 26 Tahoe: The MacStories Review - MacStories

Tahoe Added to the 512 Pixels macOS Screenshot Library - 512 Pixels

What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe - Apple Support

Tiger evaluated: Spotlight | Macworld

Mac Power Users #806: Automators Takeover - Relay

visionOS 26: The MacStories Review - MacStories

Logitech Muse for Apple Vision Pro

watchOS 26: The MacStories Review - MacStories

View your sleep score and sleep history on Apple Watch - Apple Support

Sleep++ on the App Store

Use Workout Buddy in Workout on Apple Watch - Apple Support

Fantasy Hike on the App Store

816: iOS & iPadOS 26 Sep 28, 2025

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iOS and iPadOS 26 bring many changes, including Liquid Glass, updated first-party apps, and new multitasking features for iPad users. This week, the guys talk through these changes and share impressions of Apple's latest iPhones, AirPods, and Watches.

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🎗️ Relay for St. Jude

Relay for St. Jude Podcastathon 2025 - YouTube

Use Quick Start to transfer data to a new iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

Use a wired connection to transfer data to a new iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

iPhone 17 Usage in Cross Forward Apps

Apple introduces a delightful and elegant new software design - Apple

Design for Liquid Glass - Apple Developer

Adopting Liquid Glass | Apple Developer Documentation

Transition songs in Music on iPhone - Apple Support

Add, edit, and remove widgets on iPhone - Apple Support

iOS and iPadOS 26: The MacStories Review - MacStories

iOS 26 Review: Through a glass, liquidly – Six Colors

iPadOS 26 review: A computer? – Six Colors

815: Automation Update with Sal Soghoian Sep 21, 2025

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While Stephen is busy with the Podcastathon, Sal Soghoian joins David to talk about the state of automation and the best way to get started with automation in 2025.

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Omni Automation

MPU Forums

Omni Group Slack Channel

814: The iPhone 17 Event Sep 10, 2025

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Subtitle: 500 Billion Selfies

Just hours after Apple's iPhone event, David and Stephen gather their notes and thoughts to discuss the company's latest hardware.

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Relay for St. Jude 2025

By joining us, you can make more cures possible. Together, we can help give families facing childhood cancer more tomorrows.

Apple Event — September 9 - YouTube

Catch up quick | Apple September event highlights - YouTube

Apple's Awe Dropping Event, in a Bunch of Screenshots I Frantically Took During the Stream While Also Taking Notes - 512 Pixels

Introducing AirPods Pro 3, the ultimate audio experience - Apple

Apple debuts iPhone 17 - Apple

Introducing iPhone Air, a powerful new iPhone with a breakthrough design - Apple

Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max - Apple

Tyler Stalman - YouTube

iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max: our initial hands-on impressions | The Verge

iPhone Air hands-on | The Verge

Hands-on with all the new Apple Watches: Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3 | The Verge

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813: Spending All Our Time Saving Things Sep 07, 2025

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On this feedback episode, the guys talk about backing up iCloud data, read-it-later services, automation trigger conflicts, travel tech, converting Markdown, the No List, and a lot more.

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Relay for St. Jude

Together, we can help give families facing childhood cancer more tomorrows.

Parachute Backup creates full local backups of offloaded iCloud content - Software - MPU Talk

Keyboard Maestro

Exporting Links from Safari Reading List via Shortcuts for Mac - MacStories

GoodLinks

Markdown to Word Online

Marked 2

iA Writer

Notion

DEVONthink

Drafts

Introducing ChatGPT search | OpenAI

Google Gemini

Claude

Notion AI

Introduction - Model Context Protocol

The No List: My First App and Why Saying No Matters - MacSparky

AI Couldn’t Build My iPhone Podcast App

Amazon will stop allowing Kindle book downloads to your PC soon | The Verge

Apple Books - Apple

Kobo

BOOX Go 7 Series

Readwise Reader

Introducing Amazon Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (32 GB)

812: AV & Vibe Coding with Tyler McRae Aug 31, 2025

Show notes

Tyler McRae joins the program to talk about the role of AI in coding and his work in the world of church AV and technology.

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Relay for St. Jude 2025

Hazel - Simply Useful Software

Apple Acquires Workflow - MacStories

ProPresenter

Restream

ATEM Mini | Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera | Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Studio Camera | Blackmagic Design

Loupedeck Custom Consoles

Bitfocus - Companion

Mixing Station

OnSong

forScore

Planning Center: Church Management Software

Microsoft Planner

Microsoft OneNote

Actions for PCO - App Store

Hand Crafted: Don’t Count Developers Out - MacStories

The No List - App Store

Introduction - Model Context Protocol

Introducing the Model Context Protocol - Anthropic

Claude Code: Deep coding at terminal velocity - Anthropic

AppleScript - Wikipedia

Microsoft Copilot

Power Automate: Microsoft Power Platform

The Clone Hero Wiki

Nashville FBC

811: Apple in Education with Steve Benner Aug 24, 2025

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Apple has been in the education market for decades, and over that time, Apple's position and offerings have significantly changed. This week, educator Steven Benner joins the show to talk about how his school district is using Apple gear in the classroom.

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11 Years of Relay - The Enthusiast

Departures #14: 2025 Q&A: Relay Turns 11 - Relay

Mac Power Users Joins Relay FM - 512 Pixels

Mineola Union Free School District - Home

K–12 Education - Apple Distinguished Schools - Apple

OWC ThunderBay 4 mini

Introducing Fantastical for Apple Vision Pro | Flexibits

Logitech Crayon for iPad - Apple

K–12 Education - Apple

K–12 Education - Apple Learning Coach - Apple

Classroom User Guide - Apple Support

Jamf Apple Device Management

Learning Tools & Educational Solutions - Google for Education

Mineola Middle School - YouTube

Mineola Creative Content - YouTube

kidOYO - Student Coding

Learning Center - Apple Education Community

WWDC 2013 - Intro Video - Apple's Product Strategy - YouTube

Flexibits | Fantastical

Things - To-Do List for Mac & iOS

Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple

WeVideo

Pixelmator Pro

A new home for Pixelmator - Pixelmator Blog

Logic Pro for Mac - Apple

Automator User Guide for Mac - Apple Support

Flexibits | Cardhop

CARROT Weather for iOS and Android

Steve Benner (@BennerMineola) / X

810: Unlocking PowerPhotos with Brian Webster Aug 17, 2025

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Brian Webster is the developer behind Fat Cat Software, home of PowerPhotos. The Mac app gives users a wide range of extra controls and tools to manage their Photos library. This week, he chats with Stephen and David about the app and its features.

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Fat Cat Software

PowerPhotos - Merge Mac Photos libraries, find duplicate photos, and more

Macintosh Revealed (Hayden Macintosh Library Books) - Amazon

Rhapsody (operating system) - Wikipedia

iPhoto - Wikipedia

Photos (Apple) - Wikipedia

ALSOFT - Makers of DiskWarrior

PlistEdit Pro - Advanced Mac plist and JSON editor

WWDC25: macOS Tahoe Compatibility, Will Be Last to Support Intel Macs - 512 Pixels

FogBugz

Zendesk

GitHub Issues

Sentry

Vibe coding - Wikipedia

Xcode - Apple Developer

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 15

SQLPro - macOS SQLite Management

Transmit 5

Hex Fiend, a fast and clever hex editor for macOS

GraphicConverter

Script Debugger

Script Debugger Retired | Late Night Software

Script Debugger 3.0.9 - Macintosh Repository

A Companion for SwiftUI

Brian on Mastodon

Brian's Blog

809: Exploring Kagi with CEO Vladimir Prelovac Aug 10, 2025

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Kagi is a search engine and browser company offering an alternative to products offered by the tech giants. This week, its CEO Vladimir Prelovac talks with David and Stephen about what Kagi offers its customers.

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Vladimir Prelovac

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The MacSparky Newsletter

Updated 512 Merch Store - 512 Pixels

iMac G4 - Wikipedia

Vladimir Prelovac

Commodore 64 - Wikipedia

Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine

Kagi Blog

Interview with Kagi - by Dmitri Brereton - DKB Blog

The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 416, With Vlad Prelovac

Enough is enough—I dumped Google’s worsening search for Kagi - Ars Technica

Kagi Browser Extensions

Introducing Privacy Pass authentication for Kagi Search | Kagi Blog

Kagi Search Stats - Domain Insights

Kagi Lenses

The Assistant by Kagi

Kagi Assistant is now available to all users! | Kagi Blog

Orion Browser by Kagi

Google AI Summaries Leading to Less Traffic to the Web - 512 Pixels

Apple Knowledge Navigator (1987) - YouTube

Hacker News

Kagi Small Web

Raycast

CleanMyMac

Apple Supercharges Spotlight in macOS Tahoe With Quick Keys and More - MacRumors

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger - 512 Pixels

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