Mac Power Users

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November 29, 2020564: Taking Pictures and Enriching Lives with Austin Mann
David and Stephen talk with photographer Austin Mann about his work and his annual iPhone camera reviews, including what sets the iPhone 12 Pro Max apart from Apple's other new phones.
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Guest Starring:
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular a bonus segment. Submit Feedback Projects — Austin Mann— Travel Photographer Austin Mann (@austinmann) • Instagram photos and videos Austin Mann (@austinmann) / Twitter The Traveler's Guide to iPhone Photography iPhone 12 Pro Camera Review: Glacier — Austin Mann iPhone 12 Pro Max Camera Review Zion — Austin Mann iPhone 5: Iceland — Austin Mann The Narrows - Zion National Park What is Semantic Rendering, and How it Improves the iPhone 11's Camera | Digital Trends How to lock focus and exposure separately in the Camera app on iPhone - iDownloadBlog About the Camera features on your iPhone - Apple Support Halide How to use iPhone Back Tap custom controls in iOS 14 - 9to5Mac Use Camera Remote and timer on Apple Watch - Apple Support Dark Site Finder – Light Pollution Maps Amazon.com: Pedco UltraPod II Lightweight Camera Tripod Glif – Studio Neat Travel Tripod | Peak Design Phone Lenses - Moment What is Apple ProRaw? | TechRadar MacBook Pro 16-inch - Apple Pro Display XDR - Apple LaCie Portable SSD with USB-C PhotoPills Dark Sky for iOS Photo editing and organizing software | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
1 hr 35 min
November 22, 2020563: macOS Big Sur
macOS Big Sur brings with it a new design and updated features. This week, Stephen and David wade in to macOS 11, before giving their impressions of the M1-powered MacBook Air.
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular a bonus segment. Submit Feedback macOS Big Sur - Apple macOS Big Sur - Features - Apple macOS - How to Upgrade - Apple Some Thoughts on Big Sur — MacSparky macOS Big Sur Review: Third age of Mac – Six Colors macOS Big Sur: The MacStories Review - MacStories Carbon Copy Cloner | Bombich Software SuperDuper! macOS Screenshot Library – 512 Pixels macOS 11.0 Big Sur in the macOS Screenshot Collection – 512 Pixels What’s New in macOS - Human Interface Guidelines Big Sur: Accent and Highlight Colors – 512 Pixels Michael Tsai - Blog - Big Sur’s Hidden Document Proxy Icon Apple executives on new MacBook, M1 chip and the future of its products | The Independent Boring Old Menu Bar HazeOver See who was blocked from tracking you in Safari on Mac - Apple Support Apple adds APFS encrypted drive support to iOS 14 and APFS Time Machine backups to macOS Big Sur - 9to5Mac Mac Catalyst 2.0: Doubling Down on the Alignment of the Mac and iPad - MacStories Instapaper now available on macOS Notes Following Three Hours with an M1 macBook Air — MacSparky Apple's M1 MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro: Goodbye, Fan Noise! | WSJ - YouTube M1 Macs review: The Next Generation – Six Colors
2 hr 8 min
November 15, 2020562: The First Apple Silicon Macs
This week, David and Stephen are joined by Kurt Knight, Senior Director, Platform Product Marketing at Apple to talk about the M1 chip and macOS Big Sur. After that, the guys talk about this first wave of new Macs.
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Guest Starring:
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular a bonus segment. Submit Feedback Introducing the next generation of Mac - Apple Apple unleashes M1 - Apple Apple's November 2020 Event: By the Numbers - MacStories Apple M1 Chip - Apple Apple Silicon M1 Chip in MacBook Air Outperforms High-End 16-Inch MacBook Pro - MacRumors On Running Virtual Machines on M1-Powered Macs – 512 Pixels MacBook Air - Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch - Apple Mac Power Users #532: BetterTouchTool - Relay FM Craig Federighi says touchscreen Macs not the goal of Big Sur’s design – Six Colors Mac mini - Apple Apple Developer Documentation on Rosetta Tweet About Rosetta Speed Omni Productivity Suite Now Available for M1 and macOS Big Sur - The Omni Group Microsoft Office for Mac beta gains Apple Silicon support - 9to5Mac Instapaper now available on macOS
1 hr 48 min
November 08, 2020561: iPad Check-In with Federico Viticci
MacStories Founder Federico Viticci joins David to talk about the iPad and its ecosystem of apps for power users. As the iPad itself becomes more capable, what users can do with it continues to expand, but as the guys discuss, there are still pain points.
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Guest Starring:
Federico Viticci
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular a bonus segment. Submit Feedback MacStories iOS and iPadOS 14: The MacStories Review - MacStories Design for the iPadOS pointer - WWDC 2020 shiftscreen: Second screen for your iPad iA Writer: The Benchmark of Markdown Writing Apps Scriptable Data Jar Working Copy, Git on iOS Secure ShellFish - SSH Terminal and Storage on iOS
1 hr 50 min
November 01, 2020560: Workflows with Luc Beaudoin
Stephen and David are joined by Luc Beaudoin, a cognitive scientist, author and developer of the Mac app Hook. He explains how we typically gather, process and use data, and how our computing devices can assist — and detract — in that work.
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Guest Starring:
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular a bonus segment. Submit Feedback Luc P. Beaudoin (@LucCogZest) / Twitter Founder – CogZest About Us – Luc Beaudoin – Hook Cognitive Science (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) POP-11 Programming Language - Wikipedia The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet Cognitive Productivity Cognitive Productivity with macOS Getting Things Done: Amazon Books The Shallows: Amazon Books Deep Work: Amazon Books Smarter Than You Think: Amazon Books Anki - powerful, intelligent flashcards Hook – Find without searching Bookends Better Note-taking – Hook Openness – Hook TextExpander – Productivity App | Text Expander The Value of TextExpander Snippet Conventions: Web Addresses, Citations, Bibliographical References, Markdown and More – CogZest Timing App for Mac mySelfQuantifier – CogZest nvUltra 1Writer Drafts Obsidian My iPhone 12 Pro Impressions – 512 Pixels iPad Air Review: Forward-Looking - MacStories
1 hr 58 min
October 25, 2020559: Research Apps
A few new research applications have popped over the last year, joining some true Mac legends. To see what is what, David went on a quest, and has returned to share with Stephen the wisdom he gained while exploring.
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular a bonus segment. Submit Feedback How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers - Kindle Store Focused - Relay FM Anne-Laure Le Cunff on Twitter
🏠 @NotionHQ is for architects
🌱 @RoamResearch is for gardeners
📚 @evernote is for librarians
DEVONthink, DEVONagent, and other Mac and iOS apps for document and information management and web research Zettelkasten - Wikipedia Zettelkasten Method DEVONtechnologies | New Book: Taking Smart Notes Tinderbox: The Tool For Notes The Archive (macOS) • Zettelkasten Method Mac Power Users #548: Jumping Into Markdown - Relay FM Roam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought. Readwise David’s Twitter Exchange with Conor White-Sullivan (Roam’s founder) Obsidian David's Obsidian Screenshot Cortex #105: Atomic Notes - Relay FM Drafts MindNode Notion foambubble/foam: A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode RemNote Hook
1 hr 41 min
October 18, 2020558: Apple Hardware Season, with Zac Hall
Zac Hall from 9to5Mac and Space Explored joins David and Stephen to talk about the state of the Apple Watch's software and hardware, as well as Apple's new iPhones.
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Guest Starring:
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular a bonus segment. Submit Feedback Zac Hall (@apollozac) / Twitter 9to5Mac - Apple News & Mac Rumors Breaking All Day MacBook Pro 16-inch - Apple LG UltraFine 4K Display - Apple iPad Air - Apple Watch - Apple Apple extends the Apple Watch experience to the entire family - Apple Apple Fitness+ - Apple Use gym equipment with Apple Watch - Apple Support Peloton® | Workouts Streamed Live & On-Demand Bloomberg: Apple looks to energize HomeKit ecosystem, may develop its own smart home accessories - 9to5Mac Fitbod Space Explored - Space News and Launch Coverage Liftoff - Relay FM NASA Socials | NASA The sky calls to us – 512 Pixels SpaceX CRS-7 breaks up post-launch – 512 Pixels My Day at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center – 512 Pixels ‎Rapid Unscheduled Discussions on Apple Podcasts Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover - NASA Mars Dispatches from NASA: Countdown to Mars kicks off a decade of science and discovery - Space Explored Supercluster ‎XLaunch on the App Store ‎Pocket Rocket on the App Store MIOPS Smart+ | World's First Smart Camera Trigger Check out this SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch remotely captured with an iPhone 8 Plus - Space Explored GoPro – Action Cameras, 360 Camera + Accessories Insta360 | Action Cameras | 360 Cameras | VR Cameras A Few Thoughts Following Today’s Apple Event — MacSparky HomePod mini - Apple Apple’s new ‘Intercom’ feature will let you shout across your Apple devices | TechCrunch Apple announces iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini: A new era for iPhone with 5G - Apple iPhone 12 Pro vs iPhone SE (2nd generation) vs iPhone 12 mini - Apple Apple introduces iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max with 5G - Apple MagSafe Returns – 512 Pixels Big Phone / Small Phone - Hardware - MPU Talk
2 hr 4 min
October 11, 2020557: Grading the Intel Era
With Apple Silicon Macs coming soon, Stephen plays a montage for David that recaps the Intel era, featuring its highs and lows.
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular a bonus segment. Submit Feedback Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006 - Apple The Switch to Intel | iMore WWDC 2005 - YouTube Apple - Rosetta Apple - Universal "This Is Not a Product": The Apple Developer Transition Kit - MacStories Apple Unveils New iMac with Intel Core Duo Processor - Apple Macworld SF 2006 - YouTube Future Classics: iMac G5 (iSight) – 512 Pixels Apple Introduces MacBook Pro - Apple Apple Unveils New MacBook Featuring Intel Core Duo Processors - Apple Apple Unveils New Mac Pro Featuring Quad 64-bit Xeon Processors - Apple Apple Introduces MacBook Air—The World’s Thinnest Notebook - Apple Steve Jobs introduces original MacBook Air - Macworld SF (2008) DVD - Why? Apple Reinvents Notebooks With New MacBook Air - Apple Apple Special Event - 2nd Generation MacBook Air Introduction - YouTube Apple Introduces All New MacBook Pro with Retina Display - Apple Apple WWDC 2012 - MacBook Pro with Retina Display Introduction - YouTube How the Haswell Chip Makes the New MacBook Air Last 12 Hours | WIRED Review: Apple's Thunderbolt Display a compelling device for 2011 MacBook Air | Macworld Apple Unveils All-New MacBook - Apple A14 Bionic FAQ: What you need to know about Apple’s 5nm processor | Macworld P.A. Semi - Wikipedia
1 hr 28 min
October 04, 2020556: Video Conferencing Deep Dive, with Liana Lehua
Liana Lehua joins in this week to share the best workflows and gear for improving video conferencing and home audio and video. Liana and David also discuss business apps, widgets, and revisit the iPad vs. MacBook question.
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Guest Starring:
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1 hr 34 min
September 27, 2020555: iOS 14 Extravaganza
iOS 14 is here, bringing new features like widgets, the App Library, increased privacy and a lot more. This week, David and Stephen review the release and talk about how Apple could take some of these features farther in the future.
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus news segments. Submit Feedback Relay FM for St. Jude 2020 Relay FM Podcastathon for St Jude 2020 - YouTube Shortcuts Field Guide - MacSparky Field Guides iOS 14 - Apple iOS 14 - Features - Apple ‎Widgetsmith on the App Store How to use Widgetsmith for iOS 14 home screen widgets - 9to5Mac Creating Your Own Widgets: A New Category of Apps Emerges - MacStories Stephen's iOS 14 iPhone Home screen David's iOS 14 iPhone Home screen iOS 14: Apple's Built-In Translate App That Works With 11 Languages - MacRumors Mac Power Users #552: HomeKit in 2020, with Mikah Sargent - Relay FM YouTube’s website now blocks iOS 14’s picture-in-picture mode unless you pay for Premium - The Verge iOS 14 Back Tap for Camera and Flashlight — MacSparky Automators - Relay FM Switch AirPods automatically between iPhone and other devices - Apple Support Connected #301: We Should Be Developers - Relay FM
1 hr 36 min

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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…