Mac Power Users

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Mac Power Users episodes

February 23, 2020524: Photographing the Stars, with Andrew Burwell
The stars and planets are within sight, given the right hardware and software. Andrew Burwell has been honing his astrophotography skills, using Apple products to produce some amazing images of our universe.
This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:
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Stephen's new podcast with Quinn Nelson about failed tech products and services.
Mac Observatory Mac Observatory (@macobservatory) • Instagram photos and videos Andrew Burwell (@mac_observatory) / Twitter Liftoff - Relay FM Hubble Space Telescope | NASA Light Pollution Map The 2017 iMac Pro Astrophotography Processing Workstation — Mac Observatory Getting Started with Astrophotography on the Mac — Mac Observatory iMac Pro - Apple 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 | LaCie US Observatory - Your personal astronomical image library iPhone & iPad Astronomy Software — MAC OBSERVATORY ‎Observer Pro - Astronomy Planner on the App Store Celestron EdgeHD 11 — MAC OBSERVATORY Star Walk 2 Mac Astronomy Software — Mac Observatory Astro Pixel Processor PixInsight — Pleiades Astrophoto CosmoQuest Citizen Scientists Help Map Asteroid Bennu Downloading Hubble Data | The Planetary Society JunoCam | Mission Juno Detect exoplanets by yourself with the cheapest equipment - CCD/CMOS Astro Camera Imaging & Processing - Cloudy Nights SkySafari 6 | Professional Astronomy Telescope Control Software for Mac OS X The KDE Education Project - KStars CloudMakers - AstroDSLR CloudMakers - AstroGuider Cloudy Nights Home AstroBin
1 hr 24 min
February 16, 2020523: State of the iPad
In the last decade, the iPad has gone from a brand-new device into a wide-reaching line of products that meet the needs of a range of users. This week, Stephen and David talk about the current state of the platform.
This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
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Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Keyboard Maestro Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson — Amazon Daring Fireball: The Tablet Daring Fireball: Tablet Musings Rewatching the Original iPad Keynote - 512 Pixels on YouTube Keynote - Apple Scrivener | Literature & Latte iPad at Work: David Sparks, Merlin Mann: Amazon.com Live from Apple's 'Back to the Mac' event | Engadget iPad - Compare Models - Apple Apple Pencil - Apple Smart Keyboard - Apple Cases for iPad — iOgrapher Brydge - Award Winning Wireless Keyboards Review: Logitech Base - Six Colors A Fix for iPad Multitasking - MacStories Use Multitasking on your iPad - Apple Support ‎LiquidText on the App Store Drafts | Where Text Starts GoodNotes ‎Linea Sketch on the App Store Concepts App • Infinite, Flexible Sketching ‎Logic Remote on the App Store Pixelmator Photo Affinity Photo for iPad ‎LumaFusion on the App Store Filmic Pro Mobile Video ‎Procreate on the App Store Ferrite Recording Studio Microsoft Office for iOS ‎TrialPad on the App Store Hero's journey - Wikipedia MPU Talk
1 hr 43 min
February 09, 2020522: iCloud Family Sharing
Family Sharing means that up to six people can share purchases, media and other Apple services. This week, David and Stephen walk through the features, how to set it up and the possible pitfalls of this Apple service.
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Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Family Sharing - Apple Family Sharing - Apple Support Buy more iCloud storage - Apple Support Share App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Books purchases with Family Sharing - Apple Support Get an Apple Music family subscription - Apple Support Change your subscription plan - Apple Support Spotify Family Use Shared Albums in Photos - Apple Support Share your location with your family - Apple Support What types of content can I share with my family using purchase sharing? - Apple Support Set up Family Sharing - Apple Support Use your own Apple ID for Family Sharing - Apple Support Leave Family Sharing - Apple Support Use parental controls on your child's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support Family Sharing and Apple ID for your child - Apple Support Request and make purchases with Ask to Buy - Apple Support Use Screen Time on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
1 hr 22 min
February 02, 2020521: Taming Notifications
From messages and emails to sports scores and social media, our devices generate all sorts of notifications. This week, we discuss how to weed the garden and tame the madness.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Use notifications on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support Use mailboxes to organize email on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support Keep track of events in Calendar on iPhone - Apple Support Notifications on your Apple Watch - Apple Support Use Notifications on your Mac - Apple Support Use Do Not Disturb on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support Notifications Thread - MPU Talk Pushcut - Smart notifications that trigger your automation Automators #38: Simon Leeb and Pushcut - Relay FM Focused #91: Information Overload - Relay FM Rewatching the Original iPad Keynote - 512 Pixels on YouTube Fantastical Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides
1 hr 27 min
January 26, 2020520: Weather Apps & Gear
Gone are the days of waiting for the evening news to find out the weather for the next day. Now, weather data is accessible anywhere. This week, David and Stephen compare a bunch of different weather apps and services before picking their favorite.
This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
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Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Stephen's Screen of Weather Apps NWS SKYWARN Storm Spotter Program Daring Fireball: AccuWeather Caught Sending User Location Data, Even When Location Sharing Is Off About the Weather app and icons on your iPhone and iPod touch - Apple Support ‎Dark Sky Weather on the App Store ‎Hello Weather on the App Store ‎Weather Up on the App Store ‎Snowflake Weather on the App Store ‎Weather Line on the App Store ‎NOAA Weather Radar Live on the App Store ‎Weather Underground on the App Store ‎Weather - The Weather Channel on the App Store ‎Storm - Weather radar & maps on the App Store ‎WeatherBug – Weather Forecast on the App Store ‎WeatherBug Elite on the App Store ‎MyShake on the App Store ‎CARROT Weather on the App Store ‎CARROT Weather on the Mac App Store CARROT Weather Support Smart Weather Station Indoor Outdoor | Netatmo Netatmo Weathermap My weather station - Six Colors Use the Dock on your Apple Watch - Apple Support MPU Talk
1 hr 23 min
January 19, 2020519: Workflows with Greg Pierce
Drafts developer Greg Pierce joins Stephen and David to talk about his move to an iMac, his development career and when it is time not to upgrade to a new device.
This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:
Greg Pierce
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Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Greg Pierce (@agiletortoise) | Twitter Drafts | Where Text Starts iMac Pro - Apple WWDC '99 Keynote Notes Zendesk QuickBooks UserLand Software - Wikipedia OmniOutliner for Mac Fantastical 2 for Mac x-callback-url Use x-callback-url with Shortcuts - Apple Support Fantastically Good Event Parser for Drafts 5 - Peter Davison-Reiber Things Parser 2.0 - Actions - Drafts Community TIP: Working with task/shopping lists in Drafts - Drafts Community Discourse - Civilized Discussion Drafts Community Forums Atlas Obscura Roadside America
1 hr 34 min
January 12, 2020518: Technology in a War Zone, with Mark Hackett
Mark Hackett runs a small non-profit working in Sudan, named Operation Broken Silence. This week, he joins David and some other Hackett guy to talk about data management so far from home, the power of Apple's apps like Pages and his move to the iPad Pro.
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Guest Starring:
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Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Mark Hackett (@MCHackett) | Twitter Operation Broken Silence Why Sudan? - Operation Broken Silence obsilence.org (@OBSilence) | Twitter Operation Broken Silence - Facebook Operation Broken Silence (@obsilence) • Instagram The Black MacBook: Apple's Coolest Notebook - YouTube Backblaze Pages - Apple Example Annual Report (PDF) Google for Nonprofits Sony α7 III Project Loon Starlink Classy Slack
1 hr 25 min
January 05, 2020517: State of the iPhone
The iPhone has become many people's primary device for many different types of tasks. On this episode, Stephen and David look at the current state of the hardware, software and services that make up Apple's most popular product.
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Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback A decade of podcasts: Top 10 best shows of the 2010s - 9to5Mac MPU on Apple Podcasts Original iPhone Website Apple Buys Chipmaker P.A. Semi For $278 Million - Business Insider Apple A13 - Wikipedia Apple A13 Benchmarked in Geekbench 5 Performance & battery life : Apple iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro review iPhone Repair - Official Apple Support iPhone Battery Replacement - Official Apple Support Apple Platform Security Website David's Homescreen Helping Improve Apple Maps, One Demolished Baseball Stadium at a Time – 512 Pixels Reminders Isn’t for Me … Yet – 512 Pixels AppleScript to Link to Apple Mail Message — MacSparky Mac Power Users #511: 2019 Developer Roundtable - Relay FM MobileMe’s Legacy – 512 Pixels iCloud - Apple
1 hr 23 min
December 29, 2019516: Looking Toward 2020
David and Stephen review 2019, and the changes it brought to the Apple ecosystem before talking about their hopes for 2020.
This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
1Password: Have you ever forgotten a password? You don't have to worry about that anymore.
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Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR Unboxing! - YouTube Stephen's Desk Stephen's Running Log of Mac Pro Changes Presonus Eris 4.5 Speakers Promise Pegasus J2i 8TB Internal Storage Enclosure for Mac Pro - Apple OWC Accelsior 4M2 SSD The Case of the Late-2012 iMacs - MacStories Automators #39: Automating iBeacons - Relay FM Shortcuts Field Guide, iOS13 Edition Mac Power Users #513: Catalyst Apps on the Mac, with John Voorhees - Relay FM HomeKit Secure Video is a privacy win, but expect some missing features for now - 9to5Mac Call for 2020 Wishes - MPU Talk Our Watch Faces TripMode 512 Pixels - YouTube MacSparky Video - YouTube MPU Forums
1 hr 36 min
December 22, 2019515: Stephen Takes One for the Team
It's feedback time! David and Stephen revisit media management and external drives, then talk about David's 16-inch MacBook Pro, meditation apps and USB-C hubs. Then Stephen makes a confession, which David takes rather well.
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Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Watch Free Movies & TV | Stream Smarter with Plex Mac Power Users #299: Plex - Relay FM Plex Subreddit Synology Inc.- Plus Series Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support Mac Power Users #465: The Mighty Mac mini - Relay FM Subscribe to iTunes Match - Apple Support OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini with USB-C Amazon.com: Samsung SSD 860 EVO Amazon.com: Samsung T5 Portable SSD - 1TB TJ's Laptop Expansion Keyboard Maestro Field Guide - YouTube Notion for Research? - Software - MPU Talk BetterTouchTool Logitech Craft Wireless Keyboard for Advanced Creativity & Productivity Apple History Library – 512 Pixels Bear Scrivener DEVONthink Notion Evernote ‎Headspace Due: The Superfast Reminder App for iPhone & iPad iPhone 11 Pro Smart Battery Case StayGo USB-C Hub: First Impressions - MacStories StayGo USB-C Hub – Twelve South Amazon.com: Anker USB C Hub Adapter Promise Pegasus R4i 32TB RAID MPX Module for Mac Pro - Apple Promise Pegasus J2i 8TB Internal Storage Enclosure for Mac Pro - Apple MPU Talk Departures #1: Relay FM Family Feud - Relay FM
1 hr 39 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…