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199: Video Workflows with Wally Cherwinski Jun 22, 2014

Show notes

Wally Cherwinski joins us to talk about creating videos, setting up multi-camera shots and how anyone can become a videographer.

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

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

The Omni GroupWe're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Squarespace Everything you need to create an amazing website.

Hover Domains and email management made simple.

StackSocial: The Name Your Own Price Summer Blockbuster Mac Bundle Pay what you want for 10 epic and award-winning apps to make you and your Mac better, faster, more awesome!

Guest Starring:

Wally Cherwinski

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198: Evernote Power Tips Jun 16, 2014

Show notes

David and Katie discuss their use of Evernote, how their use has evolved over time and power tips.

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

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

1PasswordHave you ever forgotten a password? Now you don't have to worry about that anymore.

SmileTyping more with less effort using TextExpander on OS X and iOS makes you a Mac Power User.

Hover Domains and email management made simple.

lynda.com Learn software, business and creative skills.

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

Evernote | Remember everything with Evernote, Skitch and our other great apps.
- Evernote iTunes Link
- Skitch
- Penultimate
- Evernote Web Clipper
Bare Bones Software | Yojimbo
Macworld/iWorld: Visiting Apple and Evernote — KatieFloyd.me
Learning To Love Evernote — Chambers Daily
Mac Power Users 171: Photo Management | Mac Power Users
Drafts - Agile Tortoise
Drafts iTunes Link
How I went paperless with Hazel and Evernote | Macworld
"Evernote has become my paperless filing cabinet for everything from receipts to tax documents. One of the things I use it for most frequently is to file the monthly statements for my phone, cable, and other accounts." - Katie Floyd
Why a plain-text nerd uses Evernote - BrettTerpstra.com
"People always seem surprised to find out I use Evernote, despite all of the plain-text tools at my fingertips. I thought I’d offer some explanation as to why and how I use Evernote."
Drink!
MPU 060: The Case for Evernote | Mac Power Users
nvALT - BrettTerpstra.com
The best just got better: Evernote Essentials 4.0 is available now
Mohiomap - Visualize Your Cloud
Visualize and navigate your Evernote, Google Drive, and Dropbox content. Mohiomap allows you to explore relationships in a dynamic Mind Map, get valuable insights, and visually organize your Cloud data!
IFTTT Evernote Channel
Contrast | Launch Center Pro
Evernote Market
Moleskine Business Notebook
Buy Portfolio and Folio Accessories at Levenger™
ScanSnap – Evernote Edition Scanner
Going Paperless With Evernote Webinar Replay
Evernote Archives - Tips To Learn How To Go Paperless | DocumentSnap Paperless Blog
Mac Power Users 172: Workflows with Paperless Guru Brooks Duncan | Mac Power Users

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197: MPU Live: Wargames Jun 12, 2014

Show notes

David and Katie answer listener questions and share tips. In this episode we discuss thoughts on WWDC, OmniFocus tips, migrating to an SSD, managing storage space, IFTTT, Evernote, Milage tracking, and much more!

Thanks to MPU listener Hay Oborn for assistance with the shownotes this week! Please consider supporting Hay as she raises money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

1PasswordHave you ever forgotten a password? Now you don't have to worry about that anymore.

Hover Domains and email management made simple.

lynda.com Learn software, business and creative skills.

The Omni GroupWe're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

BOS Organization
How to Sell Quickly & Safely on Craig’s List: A Craig’s List Selling Template
Mokriya Craigslist app for iPhone
Internet Garage Sale Group
Facebook Trading Post Group
1Password Emergency Kit
Paperless — MacSparky
Burner - Disposable phone numbers. | Temporary phone numbers for Craiglist, online dating, multiple business lines and more. | Cell phone numbers with any area code you want.
Burner is a privacy layer for your iPhone or Android. Get phone numbers you control at the push of a button.
Recycle Cell Phones and Electronics for Cash | Gazelle
Other World Computing (OWC) - Performance Upgrades For Your Mac
SuperDuper!
SuperDuper is the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless
Mac Backup Software - Carbon Copy Cloner
Synchronize and Backup your Mac with ChronoSync | Econ Technologies
ScreenCastsOnline
Get The Most From Your MacLearn all about your Mac and OSX, as well as the latest Mac software and applications.
Drobo Data Storage Solutions, Network Attached Storage, Drobo Inc.
Apple - iTunes - iTunes Match
Put the internet to work for you. - IFTTT
Automatic: An Auto Accessory to Make You a Smarter Driver
Automate Mileage Tracking with Automatic and IFTTT
automatic's Shared Recipes - IFTTT
Automate the Web - Zapier
Pocket
Smart information management and web research for Mac - DEVONtechnologies
If favorite in Pocket convert to pdf and save to Dropbox by mcmlxxx8 - IFTTT
Instapaper
Welcome to AgileBits
OmniFocus - The Omni Group
Email Rule to Send to OmniFocus
Instead of giving them your OmniFocus email address, tell them to send you an email containing a predefined word or phrase that you can set a mail rule to screen for, then set the action to be the following applescript:
Microsoft Office for Mac | Office For Mac
AppleScript Overview: Introduction to AppleScript Overview
Inside OmniFocus
Grocerytrip - iPhone - English - Evernote App Center
Paprika Recipe Manager for iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Android.
PDFpen Scan+: Scanning and OCR for iPad and iPhone
Unlimited Online Backup - Easy, Secure Online Backup Services | Backblaze
Plex - Plex Media Server: Your Media on all of Your Devices - Plex.tv
Online Data Backup - Offsite, Onsite, & Cloud - CrashPlan Backup Software
iOS: Using international keyboards
Touch ID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thoughts on the WWDC Keynote — MacSparky
WWDC on the App Store on iTunes
Apple - OS X Yosemite - Overview
Apple - iOS 8 - Family Sharing
Apple - iOS 8 - iCloud Drive
Swift Programming Language - Apple Developer

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196: Holistic Productivity Workflows with Tim Stringer Jun 09, 2014

Show notes

David and Katie talk with Tim Stringer of Technically Simple about his approach to Holistic Productivity. We also discuss Tim's extensive use of apps like OmniFocus, Evernote, Daylight and more.

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

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

Fujitsu ScanSnap ScanSnap Helps You Live a More Productive, Efficient, Paperless Life

Transporter A new way to share, access and protect files.

lynda.com Learn software, business and creative skills.

Harrys.com Quality men's Shaving Products. Fair Prices. Simple. Save $5 off your first purchase using promo code MACPOWER.

Guest Starring:

Tim Stringer

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

Apple - WWDC 2014 - YouTube
iTunes Link
Tim Stringer | Productivity Coaching & Consultant • Yoga Teacher
Technically Simple | Productivity Consulting
Tim Stringer | Productivity Consulting/Training Vancouver | Technically Simple
- Twitter
Tim Stringer (timstringer) on Twitter
SCSI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Small Computer System Interface is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices.
KIDS REACT TO OLD COMPUTERS - YouTube
Motorola 68000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yoga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santosha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Getting Things Done®, GTD® and David Allen & CO | Home
MPU 013: Task Management Smackdown | Mac Power Users
My Customer Story Video on the Omni Group Blog | Tim Stringer
MindNode
iTunes Link
Mac App Store Link
OmniFocus - The Omni Group
Drafts - Agile Tortoise
iTunes Link
Learn OmniFocus | Use OmniFocus EffectivelyLearn OmniFocus | Use OmniFocus Effectively
Evernote | Remember everything with Evernote, Skitch and our other great apps.
How To Scan Business Cards With Evernote iPhone And Add To Your Contacts
Did You Know: Note Links, and How to Use Them - Evernote Blog
Marketcircle | Daylite | Overview
Daylite Partner | Productivity Consulting/Training Vancouver | Technically Simple
MPU 068: Workflows with Rod Roddenberry | Mac Power Users
CardDAV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CardDAV is an address book client/server protocol designed to allow users to access and share contact data on a server.
Cobook Contacts - the unfied address book for Mac
Mac App Store Link
ScheduleOnce | Online meeting and appointment scheduling software
Doodle | Easy scheduling
GoToMeeting | Easy Online Meetings With HD Video Conferencing
Fuze (formerly FuzeBox) | Free Online Meeting Services
Zoom | The Cloud Meeting Company
iGlasses for Mac - Effects and Adjustments for your Webcam, iSight, FaceTime Camera - Ecamm Network
iSight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
iSight is a webcam, both external and internal, developed and marketed by Apple Inc.
Asana · Teamwork without email
Skitch | Evernote
Fluid - Turn Your Favorite Web Apps into Real Mac Apps.
Basecamp is everyone’s favorite project management app.
BreakTime – You need a break
Mac App Store Link
Alfred App - Productivity App for Mac OS X
OmniOutliner - The Omni Group
iDraw - Illustration and Graphic Design Software for iPad and Mac OS X
Mac App Store Link
iTunes Link
Pixelmator
Mac App Store Link
Moom · Many Tricks

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195: Syncing and Cloud Services Jun 02, 2014

Show notes

David and Katie revisit cloud and local services and syncing and storing data.

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

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

Our exclusive sponsor for this episode: Smile:
With productivity boosters like the PDFpen Family and TextExpander, Smile makes you a Mac Power User.

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

Cloud computing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cloud computing involves computing over a network, where a program or application may run on many connected computers at the same time.
Mac Power Users 98: Mac from Scratch | Mac Power Users
MobileMe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MobileMe (formerly .Mac and iTools) was a subscription-based collection of online services and software offered by Apple Inc. All services were being gradually transitioned and replaced by iCloud and the service ceased as of June 30, 2012, with transfers to iCloud available until July 31, 2012.
Apple - iCloud - Your content. On all your devices.
Mac Power Users 171: Photo Management | Mac Power Users
Apple - iTunes - iTunes Match
MindNode
Mac App Store Link
iTunes Link
Apple buys Beats Electronics for $3 billion, Iovine and Dr. Dre to join company
Mizage - Shush
Mac App Store Link
1Password
Automatically OCR Documents with Hazel and PDFpen — KatieFloyd.me
PDFpen OCR Folder Action Script — MacSparky
Dropbox
SugarSync | File Sharing, Online Backup & Cloud Storage from Any Device
Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup | Forbes
"Jobs smiled warmly as he told them he was going after their market. “He said we were a feature, not a product,” says Houston"
Carousel
iTunes Link
The Dropbox Blog » Blog Archive » Introducing Carousel: A new gallery from Dropbox
MPU 004: Staying in Sync | Mac Power Users
Dropbox Buys Mailbox, All 13 Employees Joining And App Will Remain Separate | TechCrunch
Box | Free Cloud Storage, Secure Content & Online File Sharing
Microsoft OneDrive
Google Drive
Amazon Cloud Drive: Learn More
Mac Power Users 194: Workflows with Tom Merritt | Mac Power Users
Two-step verification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two-step verification (also known as Two-factor authentication, abbreviated to TFA) is a process involving two stages to verify the identity of an entity trying to access services in a computer or in a network.
PDFpen: Mac PDF Editor - Edit, Sign, and Correct PDFs - Video Tutorials
Transporter Sync: Hard disk drive requirements | Transporter
App Developer | Transporter
Transporter and PDFpen like Chocolate and Peanut Butter — MacSparky
Chunky Comic Reader for iPad
iTunes Link
Pogoplug - Online backup and cloud storage for iPhone, Android, PC, Mac and tablet
ChronoSync: Synchronize | Backup | Remote Bootable Backup | Econ Technologies
DSM 5.0 - Cloud Services - Synology - Network Attached Storage (NAS)
SynoBox
Mac Power Users 138: Syncing and Sharing | Mac Power Users

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194: Workflows with Tom Merritt May 26, 2014

Show notes

David and Katie chat with Tom Merritt about going independent, working from home, podcasting and more.

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

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

Transporter A new way to share, access and protect files.

lynda.com Learn software, business and creative skills.

Sanebox Stop drowning in email!

Squarespace Everything you need to create an amazing website.

Guest Starring:

Tom Merritt

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

Tom Merritt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom Merritt .com | Curious about what Tom Merritt's up to? Well here ya go.
Collected from: Tom Merritt .com
- Guest Appearances
- Quotes
- AutoPilot
- Cordkillers
- Current Geek
- Daily Tech News Show
- East Meets West
- FSL Tonight
- It's A Thing
- Sword and Laser
- YouTube
- Writing
Tom on Twitter
Tom Merritt on Twitter is @acedtect
Buzz Out Loud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simplenote
iTunes Link
Mac App Store Link
feedly
iTunes Link
reeder
iTunes Link
Mr. Reader - RSS News Reader for your iPad
iTunes Link
Techmeme
Daily Tech News Show | On your side.
Daily Tech News Show | Reddit
DuckDuckGo
Next DuckDuckGo
Disconnect | Online Privacy & Security
PR 40 | Heil Sound Pro
Mackie - ProFX 8
Behringer: U-CONTROL UCA202
Blackmagic Design: UltraStudio Thunderbolt™
Alesis - Innovative tools and instruments for today’s musician
Home | TWiT.TV
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
Linux Mint
Timex Sinclair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rdio
iTunes Link
nvALT - BrettTerpstra.com
Drink!
Duolingo | Learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and English for free
iTunes Link
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, Book 2): Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive sequence began in 2010 with the New York Times bestseller The Way of Kings. Now, the eagerly anticipated Words of Radiance continues the epic story and answers many of your questions.
Amazon.com: The Martian: A Novel: Andy Weir
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.
Influx: Daniel Suarez: Amazon.com: Books
What if our civilization is more advanced than we know?
Amazon.com: N. K. Jemisin: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle
N. K. Jemisin is an author living and writing in Brooklyn, NY. This is fortunate as she enjoys subways, tiny apartments, and long walks through city parks.
Amazon.com: Into Thin Air eBook: Jon Krakauer
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong.
Patreon: Support the creators you love
The Weather Channel for iPad on the App Store on iTunes
BBC News on the App Store on iTunes
The Hacker News | Biggest Information Security Channel
reddit: the front page of the internet
The Economist - World News, Politics, Economics, Business & Finance
iTunes Link
Babbage | The Economist
Downcast
iTunes Link
Mac App Store Link
RunKeeper - Track your runs, walks more with your iPhone
Nike+
"Buy Me a Pie!" - Grocery Shopping List
iTunes Link
TripIt - Travel Itinerary - Trip Planner
iTunes Link
LIFX - the smart wifi light bulb
Waze: Free Community-based Mapping, Traffic & Navigation App
iTunes Link

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193: Workflows with Geek Dad James Floyd Kelly May 19, 2014

Show notes

David and Katie sit down with James Floyd Kelly of GeekDad.com to talk about being a geeky dad, iPad productivity, gaming and more.

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

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

1PasswordHave you ever forgotten a password? Now you don't have to worry about that anymore.%end%1

SmileTyping more with less effort using TextExpander on OS X and iOS makes you a Mac Power User.

The Omni GroupWe're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Backblaze Backblaze Online Backup: $5/month. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Available Anywhere.

Guest Starring:

James Floyd Kelly

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

GeekDad | Raising Geek Generation 2.0
- [About](http://geekdad.com/about-geekdad/) - [Podcast](http://geekdad.com/podcast/) - [Books by GeekDads](http://geekdad.com/books/) - [Projects Forum](http://geekdad.com/forums/projects/) - [email](mailto:contact@geekdad.com) - [Twitter](http://www.twitter.com/geekdads) - [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/geekdad) - [Google+](http://plus.google.com/109756091596998868747) - [RSS](http://www.geekdad.com/feed/)
James Floyd Kelly
James Floyd Kelly (jamesfloydkelly) on Twitter
THE AGENTS - A Double-edged Cards Game by Saar Shai — Kickstarter
King of Tokyo | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
Forbidden Desert | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
Forbidden Island | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
Meteor Math on the App Store on iTunes
Stella: "A Multi-Platform Atari 2600 VCS Emulator"
AtariAge - Atari 2600 ROMs
Overview | Bluetooth Arcade Stick | Adafruit Learning System
A Great Weekend Project -- DIY Arcade Controller | GeekDad
Atari's Greatest Hits on the App Store on iTunes
Wiley: Project Arcade: Build Your Own Arcade Machine, 2nd Edition
Ultimate iPad, The: Your Digital Life at Your Fingertips | Que
Due out in July 2014
3D Modeling and Printing with Tinkercad: Create and Print Your Own 3D Models | Que
Due out Summer 2014
Wireless Drives
Pogoplug - Online backup and cloud storage for iPhone, Android, PC, Mac and tablet
Fujitsu ScanSnap SV600 - Contactless Scanner
1DollarScan - Book Scanning Service
Chunky Comic Reader for iPad
[iTunes Link](http://itunes.apple.com/app/id663567628)
DIY Projects: Do it Yourself Home Improvement: Home Repair: The Family Handyman
The Myth of Sisyphus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
S.: J. J. Abrams, Doug Dorst: Amazon.com: Books
One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace, and desire.
Manilla | Free Online Account and Bill Organizer
Manilla will be closing on July 1, 2014
Mint
Personal Finance, Budgeting, Money Management, Financial Management, Money Manager, Budget Planner, Free Budget Software, Online Banking
Put the internet to work for you. - IFTTT
Put the internet to work for you.
Text Expander Touch

Text Expander Touch 25 from David Sparks on Vimeo.
Evernote | Remember everything with Evernote, Skitch and our other great apps.
Literature and Latte - Scrivener Writing Software | Mac OS X | Windows
Pocket
iTunes Link
Simplify your life with Clear — the revolutionary to-do app for Mac, iPad & iPhone
iTunes Link
goodreader.com :: products :: GoodReader
iTunes Link
Kindle – Read Books, eBooks, Magazines, Newspapers & Textbooks on the App Store on iTunes
iBooks on the App Store on iTunes
Frotz on the App Store on iTunes
Infocom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Infocom was a software company, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that produced numerous works of interactive fiction.
Zork - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zork is one of the earliest interactive fiction computer games, with roots drawn from the original genre game, Colossal Cave Adventure.
Starcross (video game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Starcross is a 1982 interactive fiction game designed and implemented by Dave Lebling and published by Infocom
PDFpen: Mac PDF Editor - Edit, Sign, and Correct PDFs
Box | Free Cloud Storage, Secure Content & Online File Sharing
Bartender | Mac Menu Bar Item Control
iDisplay on the App Store on iTunes
Tinkercad - Mind to design in minutes
With Tinkercad you can quickly turn your idea into a CAD model for a 3D printer.
Printrbot
3D Printed Cars Becoming Reality - YouTube
Repetier Software | The software driving your 3d printer
Dilithium (Star Trek) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dilithium is depicted as an extremely hard crystalline mineral that occurs naturally on some planets.

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192: iOS Picks (Spring 2014 Edition) May 12, 2014

Show notes

It's been a while since we did an iOS picks show, David and Katie each run down a dozen or so Apps they've been using. The only requirement was that we couldn't have picked the App on one of our previous "picks" shows.

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

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

The Omni GroupWe're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Backblaze Backblaze Online Backup: $5/month. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Available Anywhere.

BusyCal The ultimate calendar app for OS X.

BelkinMac and iOS Accessories for Power Users.

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

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191: MPU Live: The Sparks-Floyd Methodology May 08, 2014

Show notes

It's a grab bag of goodies in this MPU Live. We discuss tips for automating the tagging and organizing of files, how to make your commute more productive, paperless workflows, keeping network drives mounted, quickly processing notes and lots of listener tips.

Thanks to MPU listener Hay Oborn for assistance with the shownotes this week!