May 08, 2014

191: MPU Live: The Sparks-Floyd Methodology

1 hour 31 minutes

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!

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Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

scrubbs.me
Filing System Complete - Hazel adds Dynamic Mavericks Tagging — scrubbs.me
Paperless — MacSparky
Noodlesoft | Hazel
Mac App Store - Tembo - Find Files
Tembo is an efficient file search tool that is based upon the powerful Spotlight engine built into Mac OS X.Tembo finds files, folders, mail messages, bookmarks, images …

HoudahSpot - Find Mac files. Fast!

Macdrifter

Box | Secure content-sharing that users and IT love and adopt

Backblaze Online Backup

SYNC and SYNC with MyFord Touch | Ford.com

Instacast for iOS 7 - Vemedio

OmniFocus - The Omni Group

OmniFocus + Siri on Vimeo

Dictate + Connect
With Dictate Connect (Dictamus) on your Apple iPhone or iPad or your Android device, you’ll always be with a recorder that can do more than most high-end dictaphones, and that’s easier and more intuitive to use.

Dashboard - IFTTT

Track business miles by juliavdw - IFTTT

Track personal miles by juliavdw - IFTTT

Contrast | Launch Center Pro

Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanners - Mobile & Portable & Desktop & Contactless

PDFpenPro: Mac PDF Editor - Create PDF Forms, PDF Table of Contents

Mac Basics: Automator

Optical character recognition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Keyboard Maestro 6.4.1: Work Faster with Macros for Mac OS X

Welcome to AgileBits

Apple - Apple TV - HD iTunes content and more on your TV.

Apple - Mac - AirPort Express

Apple - Mac - AirPort Extreme

Wireless Speakers | The Wireless HiFi System from Sonos

Beats Music | Online Music Streaming

KatieFloyd.me: Mount a Network Drive via AppleScript

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

Synology - Network Attached Storage (NAS)

AppleScript - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mac App Store - Lingon 3

Thunderbolt™ Express Dock for MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and iMac

WeMo Contest for MPU Listeners | Mac Power Users

nvALT - BrettTerpstra.com

TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time

TextMate — The Missing Editor for Mac OS X

Bare Bones Software | TextWrangler

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 10

Evernote | Remember everything with Evernote, Skitch and our other great apps.

Drafts - Agile Tortoise

Online video tutorials & training | lynda.com

ScreenCastsOnline

YouTube

Vimeo, Your Videos Belong Here

Ulysses III

Literature and Latte - Scrivener Writing Software | Mac OS X | Windows

EverDock | iPhone 5S, 5C, 5, 4 Dock, iPad, iPad mini Dock, Android Dock

Amazon Instant Video on Apple iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch

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