For Mac Eyes Only

Season 19, Episode 7 (#447)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike, Eric, and Darren share some of their favorite ways of getting the most from your Mac with tips on Finder navigation, Reminders, better Mail organization, working with multiple displays, PDFs in Notes, file templates in the Finder, plus little bonus tips sprinkled throughout! Darren closes the episode with this week’s Essential App pick: Pearcleaner!

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Running Time: 1:38:05

Season 19, Episode 6 (#446)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Darren discuss the revelations of a recent switcher and examine what stops people from moving to a Mac including fear of the unknown, software requirements, discoverability, perceived cost, and general misconceptions of what a Mac is and what it can do. Mike closes the episode with this week’s Essential App pick: Loop!

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Running Time: 1:25:42

Season 19, Episode 5 (#445)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Darren some of their top reasons to switch to a mail client like Apple Mail including Mail specific features such as Focus-based email, sending large attachments with Mail Drop, Rules, and even some unique mail sending features not found in the typical webmail service! Mike and Darren answer listener questions from Andy and Alex on Finder’s Recents and legacy System Extensions. Then Darren closes the episode with this week’s Essential App pick: Ghostery!

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Running Time: 1:50:13

Season 19, Episode 4 (#444)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Darren dig into the Mac’s Applications folder and discuss some of the more overlooked and misunderstood apps that ship with every new Mac including some you may know about…and some you may not! Mike shares listener feedback and questions from Lisa, Scott, and Cindy. Then Mike closes the episode with this week’s Essential App pick: Biscuit!

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Running Time: 2:17:23

Season 19, Episode 3 (#443)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: What tweaks do you make when setting up a new Mac? Mike and Darren kick off the New Year by sharing some of the tweaks they make to the Finder, Settings, the Dock, and even the apps they install…whenever they set up a new Mac. And Mike closes the episode with his Essential App pick: LinearMouse!

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Running Time: 2:01:35

Season 19, Episode 2 (#442)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike, Eric and Darren kick off the holiday season by digging into their treasure trove of holiday gift ideas to share some favorite last minute gift picks for the Apple user in your life.

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Running Time: 2:04:15

Season 19, Episode 1 (#441)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric provide their Retro Reactions to Apple’s debut of three new M4-based Macs including an updated iMac, two new MacBook Pros, plus the newly redesigned Mac mini. Mike asks if Apple buying Pixelmator could be the beginnings of a new pro photo management app from Apple. Final Cut Pro 11 debuts with its amazing new Magnetic Mask feature. Mike and Eric cover a Mac migration question from Listener Michael who wants to avoid a lot of Intel garbage. And they wrap the episode with Mike’s Essential App pick: DeskPad

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Running Time: 1:34:40

Season 18, Episode 20 (#440)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric share more on Sequoia’s Screen Recording Permission issue and how to work around it using the Terminal or with an awesome new app, Amnesia! Tackling Mac migration questions from Listener Lisa, Mike and Eric cover how long you can safely keep using that old Mac, Photo library management including migration, moving, and merging your libraries, as well as keeping large libraries on external drives. Mike shares a tip to help you keep mousing when your Magic Mouse needs a charge, and they wrap the episode with Eric’s Essential App pick: DisplayBuddy

> Michael Tsai: Sequoia Screen Recording Prompts and the Persistent Content Capture Entitlement

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Running Time: 1:45:20

Season 18, Episode 19 (#439)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric dig into macOS Sequoia and discover a few surprises including the usefulness of iPhone mirroring, some Passwords app confusion, Window Tiling vs Exposé, a fantastic new Extensions Management tool, Messages newfound parity with the iPhone, and a new Dynamic Wallpaper celebrating the Mac’s history. We wrap the episode with Mike’s Essential App pick: FuzzyTime!

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Running Time: 1:25:28

Season 18, Episode 18 (#438)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Darren, Dave, and Chuck to provide their first-hand reactions* to Apple’s It’s Glowtime event where Apple announced the Apple Watch 10, the updated AirPods 4, the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Pro and a software update for the AirPods Pro 2 that enables a new Hearing Aid feature!

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Running Time: 1:40:42

* Though this episode was recorded live as the keynote progressed, some portions of the recording have been edited for time and/or content.