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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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Latest Episodes:

798: The Email Overwhelm Problem May 25, 2025

Show notes

Subtitle: 'It Moved Five Million Messages'

David has been on a journey with his email setup, and as Stephen offers him a shoulder to cry on, Sparks drops a bombshell.

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How Gmail ads work - Gmail Help

Create rules to filter your emails - Gmail Help

SaneBox

Mimestream

Mac Power Users #742: All About Mimestream, with Neil Jhaveri - Relay

Use categories in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

Mac Power Users Feedback - Relay

Subscribe to Email Newsletters in Feedbin

Fastmail

Hey

Basecamp

Spark Mail

Superhuman

Get a Free Month with Sparky’s SuperHuman Affiliate Link

Migrate email with the data migration service - Google Workspace Admin Help

Why I Am Switching to Interleaved Email Replies and Why You Should Too – The Brooks Review

797: "A Power User in Life," with Jaimee Finney May 18, 2025

Show notes

Jaimee Finney joins the guys to discuss her career, which has been full of twists and turns, but has always been defined by making great products infused with creativity and passion.

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Alfred Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

Mac Power Users #796: The Alfred Field Guide - Relay

Coffee with Jaimee

Picture This Clothing

PlayStudios

Hollyland Lark M2S Combo - Amazon

Microsoft Outlook for Mac

Microsoft OneNote

Asana

Miro

FigJam

Use tags in Notes on Mac - Apple Support

Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support

WidgetWall - Amico Apps

Dashboard - 512 Pixels

Trello

WidgetWall on Setapp

CleanShot X for Mac

Alfred Gallery • Workflows • CleanShot X

QuitAll - Amico Apps

Bartender 5

Mac Power Users #787: Revisiting Our Mac Menu Bars - Relay

Coffee With Jaimee (@coffeewithjaimee) • Instagram

796: The Alfred Field Guide May 11, 2025

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Known as an app launcher and Spotlight replacement, Alfred can supercharge a wide range of tasks across macOS. This week, the guys discuss David's new Field Guide covering Alfred and their use of the application.

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The Alfred Field Guide

Alfred - Productivity App for macOS

Search for anything with Spotlight on Mac - Apple Support

Alfred Powerpack

Default Results - Alfred Help and Support

Web Search, Custom Search & URLs/History - Alfred Help and Support

Snippets and Text Expansion - Alfred Help and Support

Music Mini Player - Alfred Help and Support

Terminal / Shell Action - Alfred Help and Support

Appearance & Theming - Alfred Help and Support

Alfred Workflows Gallery

Alfred Gallery • Workflows • Resolution Changer

Alfred Gallery • Workflows • Link Clean

Alfred Gallery • Workflows • One Thing

sballin/alfred-search-notes-app: Use Alfred to quickly open notes in iCloud/Apple Notes. Written in Go and designed for speed.

Alfred Gallery • Workflows • Date Arithmetic

Alfred Gallery • Workflows • Tot

Mac Power Users #766: Automation Golden Age with Stephen Millard - Relay

Alfred Gallery • Workflows • CleanShot X

Alfred Gallery • Workflows • 1Password

Alfred Gallery • Workflows • Menu Bar Search

LaunchBar

Raycast

Quicksilver

Raycast for iOS

Alfred Remote for iOS

Notion

Screen Studio

DaVinci Resolve

Pixelmator Pro

A new home for Pixelmator - Pixelmator Blog

795: Our iPad Usage May 04, 2025

Show notes

With rumors — and complaints — swirling about the state of the iPad and iPadOS, David and Stephen take some time to talk about their usage of the platform and share where they think Apple should take its tablet next.

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David's Newsletter

iPad - Apple

Widgetsmith

Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad - Apple Support

Use an iPad as a second display for a Mac - Apple Support

Goodnotes

The Mac Pro Is Coming in 2019, Shaped by Apple's New Pro Workflow Team - MacStories

iPad Keyboards - Apple

794: Back to the Mac, with Chris Lawley Apr 27, 2025

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YouTuber and podcaster Chris Lawley joins the show to talk to Stephen and David about how the Mac has replaced the iPad as his primary computer.

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Christopher Lawley - YouTube

Comfort Zone - MacStories

The Untitled Site by Christopher Lawley

Christopher Lawley (@ChrisLawley@mastodon.social) - Mastodon

Christopher Lawley (@chrislawley.me) — Bluesky

Final Cut Pro for iPad - Apple

Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple

Changing My Relationship with the iPad - Christopher Lawley on YouTube

Riverside: HD Podcast & Video Software

VIA Keyboard Tools

The iPad's "Sweet" Solution - MacStories

iPad Pro Review: A New Canvas - MacStories (2015)

iOS 9: The MacStories Review: Slide Over - MacStories

iOS 9: The MacStories Review: Split View - MacStories

Stage Manager in iPadOS 16: At the Intersection of Bugs, Missing Features, and Flawed Design - MacStories

Use Mac Virtual Display on Apple Vision Pro - Apple Support

Keyboard Maestro

Change clip speed in Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple Support

Todoist

Introduction to Deadlines - Todoist

Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking

Google NotebookLM

Raycast

Hush

MacWhisper

Hyperkey

Karabiner Elements

793: Accurate, Not Boring Apr 20, 2025

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On this feedback episode, the guys revisit iCloud.com access and Advanced Data Protection, both make confessions about recent setup changes, and answer a bunch of listener questions.

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Mac Power Users #791: Exploring iCloud.com - Relay

Manage web access to your iCloud data - Apple Support

iCloud data security overview - Apple Support

How to turn on Advanced Data Protection for iCloud - Apple Support

Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay on iPhone - Apple Support

MPU Forums

UNAS Pro - Ubiquiti

Arq

Backblaze B2

Screen Studio

Charles Mingus - Wikipedia

Dizzy Gillespie - Wikipedia

Charlie Parker - Wikipedia

Siri Seems Like a Real Mess – 512 Pixels

NYT: Budget Constraints Blamed for Apple's AI Woes – 512 Pixels

Foodnoms Nutrition Tracker

Yuka

Stelo Wearable Glucose Biosensor

Sleep++

How Not to Diet - Amazon.com

Fantasy Hike

Bend

Pedometer++

Go cycling with Apple Watch - Apple Support

Out Front Bike Mount V2 | Peak Design Official Site

Fitbod

Camera G5 Flex - Ubiquiti

Network Video Recorder - Ubiquiti

792: Where Automation Meets Intention, with Kim Caloca-Madden Apr 13, 2025

Show notes

Kim Caloca-Madden joins the show to talk with the guys about her online business supporting other entrepreneurs and companies, and how automation and AI make her more efficient at her tasks.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

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Kim Caloca-Madden

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David's Newsletter

Mac Power Users iCloud.com Survey

Automators #160: Kim Caloca-Madden, Automation Mom - Relay

Kim Caloca – Systems & Automation

Jump Desktop

Goodnotes

IFTTT

Zapier

Make

Loom

Airtable

ChatGPT

Asana

Notion

Foodnoms Nutrition Tracker

Happy Scale

AutoSleep

StressWatch

n8n Automation

Setapp

Downie

Moom

ScreenPal

Claude

791: Exploring iCloud.com Apr 06, 2025

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iCloud is the glue that holds much of the Apple ecosystem together, syncing data and content between devices. This week, the guys walk through what is possible by using the iCloud website, including data recovery tools, account settings, and more.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

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A Fresh Coat of Paint - 512 Pixels

MobileMe's Legacy – 512 Pixels

iCloud.com

iCloud+ - Apple

How to turn on Advanced Data Protection for iCloud - Apple Support

Manage your Apple Account

Apple - Support - System Status

Use Find Devices on iCloud.com - Apple Support

Use iCloud Settings on iCloud.com - Apple Support

Recover deleted files on iCloud.com - Apple Support

Use iCloud.com to restore and recover iCloud information - Apple Support

Receive notifications for iCloud apps on your PC - Apple Support

Add an email domain you already own to iCloud Mail on iCloud.com - Apple Support

iCloud+ Plans - Apple

Apple One - Apple

Sequoia introduces pinning to iCloud Drive – The Eclectic Light Company

The Labels Stephen Hates

Set up HomeKit Secure Video on all your devices - Apple Support

About iCloud Private Relay - Apple Support

Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support

MPU iCloud.com Survey

790: Wandering Around The Verge, with David Pierce Mar 30, 2025

Show notes

David Pierce is Editor-at-Large at The Verge. This week, he talks with Stephen and David about the hardware and software he relies on for work, the overall state of Apple in 2025, and his complicated feelings about his new SodaStream.

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David Pierce | The Verge

David Pierce (@davidpierce.xyz) — Bluesky

David Pierce (@imdavidpierce) • Threads

The Vergecast Podcast | The Verge

MacWhisper 12: Now with Automatic Speaker Recognition - MacSparky

Pebble

Casio Watches with Step Tracking

Mac Power Users #789: Back to the Mac, with Matt Gemmell - Relay

NotePlan - Tasks, Notes, and Calendar

Mac Power Users #756: Exploring NotePlan with David Roth - Relay

Remind Me Faster

InstaRemind

Notion Calendar

Mimestream

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference returns the week of June 9 - Apple

Installer Newsletter | The Verge

How Google Reader died — and why the web misses it more than ever | The Verge

Daring Fireball: Apple Is Delaying the ‘More Personalized Siri’ Apple Intelligence Features

Daring Fireball: Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino

Daring Fireball: Gurman: Tim Cook Has Put Mike Rockwell in Charge of Siri, Reporting to Craig Federighi

Apple's Hidden AI Prompts Discovered in macOS Beta - MacRumors

Search for photos and videos on iPhone - Apple Support

On Apple Offering an Abstraction Layer for AI on Its Platforms - MacStories

Bend

Fantasy Hike

The Day of the Jackal (TV series) - Wikipedia

Instant Notion App

SodaStream

789: Back to the Mac, with Matt Gemmell Mar 23, 2025

Show notes

Author Matt Gemmell joins Stephen and David to talk about using an iPad as his only computer for eight and a half years and why he recently switched back to the Mac.

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Matt Gemmell

Books — Matt Gemmell

Matt Gemmell (@mattgemmell@mastodon.scot)

Matt Gemmell (@mattgemmell.bsky.social)

Matt Gemmell - YouTube

Element 5 Hub – CalDigit

Thunderbolt 4 Dock – CalDigit

Three Tiny Laptops - MacStories

Back to Mac — Matt Gemmell

Rediscovering the iPad — Matt Gemmell

Matt's 2016 post about switching to the iPad.

Moom

Alfred 5 for Mac

A picture is worth a thousand permissions requests – Six Colors

Ulysses

OmniOutliner - The Omni Group

Outlining in MindNode - MindNode

Ratta Supernote E-ink Tablets

reMarkable E-ink Tablets

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit

SteerMouse

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