Mac Power Users

In our monthly feedback show David and Katie talk about auditing your accounts with guest Bradley Chambers, quitting Family Sharing, follow-up on PDFs, discuss applications for money management, and share tips for managing RSS feeds on the go, sharing an iTunes library, managing photos and videos, preserving two-factor authentication codes, discuss the Evernote Stylus, family journaling options and more.

Thanks to MPU listener Hay Oborn for assistance with the shownotes this week!

The Omni GroupWe're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

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Bradley Chambers

Links for this episode:

• Chambers Daily
  
• Bradley Chambers (@bradleychambers) | Twitter
  
• Technology resolutions for 2015 - The Sweet Setup
  
• Quitting Family Sharing — MacSparky
  
• 230: The Power of PDFs | Mac Power Users
  
• Adobe Acrobat
  
• PDFpen: Mac PDF Editor
  
• Optical Character Recognition in Google Drive
  
• OmniFocus Video Field Guide — MacSparky
  
• Dispatch: TextExpander-enabled Email App for iPhone
  
• Workflow | Powerful automation made simple.
  
• PDF Converter by Readdle
  
• You Need A Budget Personal Finance App for iPhone
  
• You Need a Budget (YNAB) on the App Store on iTunes
  
• iBank 5 | Mac personal finance software
  
• Slow Feeds | Zozi Apps
  
• Mr. Reader - RSS News Reader for your iPad
  
• Drobo Data Storage Solutions, Network Attached Storage, Drobo Inc.
  
• Synology - Network Attached Storage (NAS)
  
• Two-Factor Authentication | Authy
  
• Google Authenticator on the App Store on iTunes
  
• Notability
  
• Jot Script Evernote Edition Stylus | Evernote Market
  
• Tuxera | Tuxera NTFS for Mac
  
• Omni Sync Server
  
• Transporter Your Own Unlimited Private Cloud
  
• Day One | A simple and elegant journal
  
• Noodlesoft | Hazel
  
• B2 Bluetooth Speaker (Zebrawood)
  
• Paprika Recipe Manager
  
• TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time
  
• The workspace for your life’s work | Evernote
  

Katie and David discuss tools and techniques to help you provide tech support to your friends and family and encourage tech independence.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

Our exclusive sponsor for this episode: Smile:
With productivity boosters like the PDFpen Family and TextExpander, Smile makes you a Mac Power User.

Links for this episode:

• Katie on Twitter
  

  Putting an SSD in my dad's 2008 MacBook Pro. I've counted 27 screws so far. pic.twitter.com/8TWuocU8vr

  — Katie (@KatieFloyd) December 25, 2014
  

Katie and David look back on the tech related events in the year that was and what they're most looking forward to in the year to come.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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MindNode

Links for this episode:

• OmniFocus Video Field Guide — MacSparky
  
• OmniFocus - The Omni Group
  
• Screenflow | Screencasting and Video Editing Software
  
• Ulysses
  
• Byword • Simple and efficient text editor
  
• Literature and Latte - Scrivener Writing Software
  
• Evernote | The workspace for your life’s work
  
• Workflow | Powerful automation made simple.
  Workflow iTunes Link

Excel for iPad iTunes Link

David and Katie sit down with Jason Snell, now an independent technology writer and podcaster, to talk about how his workflows have changed.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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The Omni Group We're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

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Jason Snell

Links for this episode:

• Jason Snell
  
• Jason Snell (@jsnell) | Twitter
  
• Six Colors: Apple, technology, and other stuff from Jason Snell and Friends
  
• Relay.fm - Upgrade
  
• MPU 029: Workflows with Jason Snell
  
• Mac Power Users 155: Jason Snell Returns
  
• Macworld - News, tips, and reviews from the Apple experts
  
• Macworld Just Laid Off Most Of Its Staff After Covering The iPhone 6 Launch - Business Insider
  
• 222: Workflows with Myke Hurley | Mac Power Users
  
• Movable Type - Content Management System, Blog Software & Publishing Platform
  
• The Incomparable - Smart, funny pop culture podcasts
  
• TeeVee.org - Former home of The Vidiots
  
• Marco.org
  
• Overcast
  
• MacStories
  
• 217: iOS Automation with Federico Viticci | Mac Power Users
  
• MPU 007: LaunchBar Blackbelt | Mac Power Users
  
• Synchronize and Backup your Mac with ChronoSync
  
• Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 11
  
• Six Colors: Review: 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K Display
  
• Transporter Your Own Unlimited Private Cloud
  
• Noodlesoft | Simply useful Mac software
  
• Clockwise - Relay FM
  
• Articles by David Sparks | Macworld
  
• Daring Fireball: Markdown
  
• Literature and Latte - Scrivener Writing Software
  
• Byword • Simple and efficient text editor for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
  
• Editorial for iOS
  
• Slack: Be less busy
  
• Private group chat, video chat, instant messaging for teams – HipChat
  
• Business group chat, file sharing, group decision making: Campfire
  
• Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
  
• Station Eleven: A novel: Emily St. John Mandel
  
• Fire TV Stick
  
• Harmony Remotes - Logitech
  
• TiVo Roamio
  
• Kindle Voyage Touch Screen E-Reader with Light
  
• Amazon: 1776 by David McCullough
  
• Amazon.com: The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters
  
• The Incomparable | A Very Different Idea of Fun (Episode 225)
  
• Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited | Comics | Marvel.com
  
• Six Colors Gift Guide
  
• Mac App Store - BreakTime
  
• Apple - Print Products for Mac
  
• Photo Books, Holiday Cards, Photo Cards, Birth Announcements, Photo Printing | Shutterfly
  
• Flexibits | Fantastical for Mac | Meet your Mac's new calendar.
  

David and Katie discuss the power of PDFs with Ernie Svenson (aka "Ernie the attorney).

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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Gazelle

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Ernie Svenson

Links for this episode:

• Ernie the Attorney - Seeking Efficient Enlightenment
  
• Ernest Svenson (@ernieattorney) | Twitter
  
• PaperlessChase
  
• Portable Document Format - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• TRON (1982) - IMDb
  
• Tagged Image File Format - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• PDF/A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  PDF/A is an ISO-standardized version of the Portable Document Format (PDF) specialized for the digital preservation of electronic documents.
  

David and Katie touch base with Todd Olthoff to talk about OS X Server under Yosemite, we follow-up on iOS Apps, Email and answer listener questions about NAS, home media center, preserving family memories and more

Squarespace Everything you need to create an amazing website.

Sanebox

SmileTyping more with less effort using TextExpander on OS X and iOS makes you a Mac Power User.

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Todd Olthoff

Links for this episode:

• Todd Olthoff - YouTube
  
• Todd Olthoff (@tolthoff) | Twitter
  
• Mac Power Users 189: OS X Server with Todd Olthoff
  
• The Incomparable | Forcegiving (Episode 222)
  
• George's Exploding Wallet - YouTube
  
• Urban Dictionary: george costanza's wallet
  
• Wally Wallet | Distil Union
  
• Creating My Own Digital Wallet — KatieFloyd.me
  
• Two-Factor Authentication | Authy
  
• Google Authenticator on the App Store on iTunes
  
• Mail Act-On 3
  
• MailTags 4
  
• SaneBox - Email Management for Any Inbox
  
• FollowUpThen | Email Reminders via Email Itself
  
• ChungwaSoft - EverMail - From Emails to Notes.
  
• Productive Academia
  
• Klear Screen -Safely clean iPhone, iPad,with Klear Screen products.
  
• ScreenCastsOnline
  
• lynda.com
  
• Blue Microphones | Yeti – All-In-One Professional Recording System for Vocals
  
• Amazon.com: Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone
  
• Create great slideshows on your Mac with FotoMagico
  
• Evernote
  
• DEVONthink — Smart document management for Mac - DEVONtechnologies
  
• Dispatch: TextExpander-enabled Email App for iPhone
  
• Literature and Latte - Scrivener Writing Software | Mac OS X | Windows
  
• MPU 015: Scrivener | Mac Power Users
  
• Things - task management for Mac & iOS | Cultured Code
  
• Plex Media Server: Your Media on all of Your Devices - Plex.tv
  
• Drobo 5n, Drobo 5n Review, Drobo Storage Products, Drobo Inc.
  
• Amazon.com: Drobo 5N 5-Bay NAS Storage Array
  
• Synology - Network Attached Storage (NAS)
  
• BackPack for iMac - Twelve South
  
• Amazon.com: Twelve South BackPack for Mac
  
• Star Wars Folded Flyers: Make 30 Paper Starfighters
  

David and Katie chat with NASA Scientist Skip Owens about how he uses his Mac to put rovers on Mars.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

1PasswordHave you ever forgotten a password? Now you don't have to worry about that anymore.

The Omni GroupWe're passionate about productivity for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

lynda.com Learn software, business and creative skills.

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Skip Owens

Links for this episode:

• Skip Owens (@skipowens) | Twitter
  
• 1WaySwim
  
• NASA
  
• NASA - Launch Services
  
• NASA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Slide rule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  The slide rule, also known colloquially in the United States as a slipstick, is a mechanical analog computer.
  

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David and Katie share the apps they currently have on their iPhone home screens and why.

Our exclusive sponsor for this episode: Smile:
With productivity boosters like the PDFpen Family and TextExpander, Smile makes you a Mac Power User.

Links for this episode:

• MacSparky Home Screen Posts
  
• Connected #11: Ruining Lives With Perspective - Relay FM
  
• SurfacePad for iPhone 6 - Twelve South
  
• Creating My Own Digital Wallet — KatieFloyd.me
  
• Clips for iOS — MacSparky
  
• 1Password for iOS
  
• Unread – An RSS Reader
  
• Pocket
  
• Dispatch: TextExpander-enabled Email App for iPhone
  
• Overcast
  
• Beats Music | Experience Music Like Never Before
  
• Sonos | Wireless HiFi
  
• MindNode
  
• Write - A Beautiful Writing & Note Taking App for iPhone, iPad and Mac with Dropbox and iCloud Sync
  
• Byword • Simple and efficient text editor for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
  
• Soulver | Acqualia
  
• Workflow — Powerful Automation Made Simple
  
• OmniFocus - The Omni Group
  
• Flexibits | Fantastical 2 for iPhone | The fast and friendly calendar and reminder app.
  
• Contrast | Launch Center Pro
  
• Drafts - Agile Tortoise
  
• Free Calorie Counter, Diet & Exercise Journal | MyFitnessPal.com
  
• Google Drive - free online storage from Google on the App Store on iTunes
  
• Two-Factor Authentication | Authy
  
• PDFpen Scan+: Scanning and OCR for iPad and iPhone
  
• Instapaper
  
• Paper | Stories from Facebook
  
• Getting Started with Evernote for iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch | Evernote
  
• Contrast | Contact Center
  
• Delivery Status 6.1.2 Dashboard Widget for Mac ~ Mac OS X ~ Junecloud
  
• XVision - We Invent Apps
  

David and Katie list down with developer Manton Reece to talk about creating Mac and iOS apps, Twitter and App.net, collaborating with others and more.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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The Omni Group

Automatic

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Manton Reece

Links for this episode:

• Manton Reece
  
• Riverfold Software
  
• Core Intuition
  
• Manton Reece (manton) on App.net
  
• MPU 076: Workflows with Daniel Jalkut | Mac Power Users
  
• Making Money | Small Business Advice from Jason Fried of Inc.com | Inc.com
  "Like I said at the outset, it's all about practice. Whether you're playing drums or building a business, you're going to be pretty bad at something the first time you try it. The second time isn't much better. Over time, and after a lot of practice, you begin to get there."

David and Katie share the items on their wish lists as well as thoughts for gifts for the geek in your life in their Annual Holiday Geek Gift Guide.

SmileTyping more with less effort using TextExpander on OS X and iOS makes you a Mac Power User.

lynda.com Learn software, business and creative skills.

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Backblaze

Links for this episode:

• Powerbeats2 Wireless In-Ear Headphones
  
• Jabra REVO Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headphones
  
• JayBird BlueBuds X Sport Bluetooth Headphones
  
• Edimax N150 Wireless Personal Hotspot and Travel Router
  
• TP-LINK TL-WR702N Wireless N150 Travel Router
  
• 5by5 | Systematic #121: Fighting Cancer with Anthony Waller
  
• HooToo TripMate Elite Versatile 6000mAh Battery Charger
  
• The Best USB 3.0 Hubs | The Wirecutter
  
• HooToo HT-UH010 7-Port USB 3.0 HUB with 2 Smart Charging Ports
  
• Anker AH221 USB 3.0 7-Port Hub with 1.2 Charging Port
  
• Anker 40W 5-Port High Speed Desktop USB Charger
  
• The Sweethome
  
• Philips Hue Tap
  
• Anker 2nd Gen Astro E5 16000mAh External Battery Pack
  
• Anker 2nd Gen Astro Mini 3200mAh Lipstick-Sized Portable External Battery
  
• Nikon 7576 MONARCH5 8 x 42 Binocular
  
• Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation
  
• Ancillary Justice: Ann Leckie
  
• Ancillary Sword: Ann Leckie
  
• The Making of The Empire Strikes Back by J. W. Rinzler & Ridley Scott
  
• ThinkGeek :: Join In. Geek Out.
  
• ThinkGeek :: Star Trek The Original Series Uniform Hoodie
  
• ThinkGeek :: Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise D Pizza Cutter
  
• ThinkGeek :: Star Trek The Next Generation Uniform Hoodie
  
• 209: Workflows with Casey Liss | Mac Power Users
  
• Chamberlain MYQ-G0201 MyQ-Garage Control
  
• Skiva USBLink Lightning Duo 2-in-1 Sync and Charge Cable
  
• RAM Mounting Systems, Inc.
  
• Kenu Airframe
  
• The Best USB 3.0 Thumb Drive | The Wirecutter
  
• SanDisk Extreme 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
  
• Verbatim Store 'n' Go Micro Plus USB 2.0 Flash Drive
  
• DisneyDaze
  
• Lightning Digital AV Adapter
  
• AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable
  
• AmazonBasics Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter
  
• Monoprice.com
  
• Lenspen Sidekick Cleaner for iPad
  
• TravelCard is a credit-card sized travel battery
  
• Crucial MX100 256GB Internal Solid State Drive
  
• Amazon.com: King of Tokyo: Toys & Games
  
• Bluelounge CableBox
  
• SIGNUM Cable management, horizontal - IKEA
  
• Ollie - Connected Toy | Sphero
  
• Blade Board Game
  
• Saddleback Leather Co.
  
• Lighted Loupe Magnifier
  
• Leather Briefcase Thin | Saddleback Leather Co.
  
• App Camp For Girls - Contribute
  
• Alzheimer's Association
  
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Ways to Help
  
• Kiva - Loans that change lives.