Mac Power Users

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Mac Power Users episodes

September 10, 2025814: The iPhone 17 Event
Subtitle: 500 Billion Selfies
Just hours after Apple's iPhone event, David and Stephen gather their notes and thoughts to discuss the company's latest hardware.
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Apple Event — September 9 - YouTube Catch up quick | Apple September event highlights - YouTube Apple's Awe Dropping Event, in a Bunch of Screenshots I Frantically Took During the Stream While Also Taking Notes - 512 Pixels Introducing AirPods Pro 3, the ultimate audio experience - Apple Apple debuts iPhone 17 - Apple Introducing iPhone Air, a powerful new iPhone with a breakthrough design - Apple Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max - Apple Tyler Stalman - YouTube iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max: our initial hands-on impressions | The Verge iPhone Air hands-on | The Verge Hands-on with all the new Apple Watches: Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3 | The Verge More Power Users - Relay
1 hr 29 min
September 07, 2025813: Spending All Our Time Saving Things
On this feedback episode, the guys talk about backing up iCloud data, read-it-later services, automation trigger conflicts, travel tech, converting Markdown, the No List, and a lot more.
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Parachute Backup creates full local backups of offloaded iCloud content - Software - MPU Talk Keyboard Maestro Exporting Links from Safari Reading List via Shortcuts for Mac - MacStories GoodLinks Markdown to Word Online Marked 2 iA Writer Notion DEVONthink Drafts Introducing ChatGPT search | OpenAI Google Gemini Claude Notion AI Introduction - Model Context Protocol The No List: My First App and Why Saying No Matters - MacSparky AI Couldn’t Build My iPhone Podcast App Amazon will stop allowing Kindle book downloads to your PC soon | The Verge Apple Books - Apple Kobo BOOX Go 7 Series Readwise Reader Introducing Amazon Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (32 GB)
1 hr 17 min
August 31, 2025812: AV & Vibe Coding with Tyler McRae
Tyler McRae joins the program to talk about the role of AI in coding and his work in the world of church AV and technology.
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Guest Starring:
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Relay for St. Jude 2025 Hazel - Simply Useful Software Apple Acquires Workflow - MacStories ProPresenter Restream ATEM Mini | Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera | Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Studio Camera | Blackmagic Design Loupedeck Custom Consoles Bitfocus - Companion Mixing Station OnSong forScore Planning Center: Church Management Software Microsoft Planner Microsoft OneNote Actions for PCO - App Store Hand Crafted: Don’t Count Developers Out - MacStories The No List - App Store Introduction - Model Context Protocol Introducing the Model Context Protocol - Anthropic Claude Code: Deep coding at terminal velocity - Anthropic AppleScript - Wikipedia Microsoft Copilot Power Automate: Microsoft Power Platform The Clone Hero Wiki Nashville FBC
1 hr 25 min
August 24, 2025811: Apple in Education with Steve Benner
Apple has been in the education market for decades, and over that time, Apple's position and offerings have significantly changed. This week, educator Steven Benner joins the show to talk about how his school district is using Apple gear in the classroom.
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Guest Starring:
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback 11 Years of Relay - The Enthusiast Departures #14: 2025 Q&A: Relay Turns 11 - Relay Mac Power Users Joins Relay FM - 512 Pixels Mineola Union Free School District - Home K–12 Education - Apple Distinguished Schools - Apple OWC ThunderBay 4 mini Introducing Fantastical for Apple Vision Pro | Flexibits Logitech Crayon for iPad - Apple K–12 Education - Apple K–12 Education - Apple Learning Coach - Apple Classroom User Guide - Apple Support Jamf Apple Device Management Learning Tools & Educational Solutions - Google for Education Mineola Middle School - YouTube Mineola Creative Content - YouTube kidOYO - Student Coding Learning Center - Apple Education Community WWDC 2013 - Intro Video - Apple's Product Strategy - YouTube Flexibits | Fantastical Things - To-Do List for Mac & iOS Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple WeVideo Pixelmator Pro A new home for Pixelmator - Pixelmator Blog Logic Pro for Mac - Apple Automator User Guide for Mac - Apple Support Flexibits | Cardhop CARROT Weather for iOS and Android Steve Benner (@BennerMineola) / X
1 hr 18 min
August 17, 2025810: Unlocking PowerPhotos with Brian Webster
Brian Webster is the developer behind Fat Cat Software, home of PowerPhotos. The Mac app gives users a wide range of extra controls and tools to manage their Photos library. This week, he chats with Stephen and David about the app and its features.
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Guest Starring:
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Fat Cat Software PowerPhotos - Merge Mac Photos libraries, find duplicate photos, and more Macintosh Revealed (Hayden Macintosh Library Books) - Amazon Rhapsody (operating system) - Wikipedia iPhoto - Wikipedia Photos (Apple) - Wikipedia ALSOFT - Makers of DiskWarrior PlistEdit Pro - Advanced Mac plist and JSON editor WWDC25: macOS Tahoe Compatibility, Will Be Last to Support Intel Macs - 512 Pixels FogBugz Zendesk GitHub Issues Sentry Vibe coding - Wikipedia Xcode - Apple Developer Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 15 SQLPro - macOS SQLite Management Transmit 5 Hex Fiend, a fast and clever hex editor for macOS GraphicConverter Script Debugger Script Debugger Retired | Late Night Software Script Debugger 3.0.9 - Macintosh Repository A Companion for SwiftUI Brian on Mastodon Brian's Blog
1 hr 11 min
August 10, 2025809: Exploring Kagi with CEO Vladimir Prelovac
Kagi is a search engine and browser company offering an alternative to products offered by the tech giants. This week, its CEO Vladimir Prelovac talks with David and Stephen about what Kagi offers its customers.
This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:
Vladimir Prelovac
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback The MacSparky Newsletter Updated 512 Merch Store - 512 Pixels iMac G4 - Wikipedia Vladimir Prelovac Commodore 64 - Wikipedia Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine Kagi Blog Interview with Kagi - by Dmitri Brereton - DKB Blog The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 416, With Vlad Prelovac Enough is enough—I dumped Google’s worsening search for Kagi - Ars Technica Kagi Browser Extensions Introducing Privacy Pass authentication for Kagi Search | Kagi Blog Kagi Search Stats - Domain Insights Kagi Lenses The Assistant by Kagi Kagi Assistant is now available to all users! | Kagi Blog Orion Browser by Kagi Google AI Summaries Leading to Less Traffic to the Web - 512 Pixels Apple Knowledge Navigator (1987) - YouTube Hacker News Kagi Small Web Raycast CleanMyMac Apple Supercharges Spotlight in macOS Tahoe With Quick Keys and More - MacRumors Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger - 512 Pixels
1 hr 11 min
August 03, 2025808: "The Momentum is Building," with Simon Støvring
Simon Støvring is the developer behind some fantastic apps, including Runestone, Scriptable, Jayson, and Data Jar. This week, he joins the guys to talk about how he works on these apps, his use of Apple's default apps, and how he's thinking about iOS 26.
This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:
Simon Støvring
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Simon B. Støvring Runestone Scriptable Jayson Data Jar Festivitas Smash Smash Microsoft FrontPage - Wikipedia Automators - Relay Mac Catalyst | Apple Developer Documentation Apple introduces a delightful and elegant new software design - Apple Updating widgets with WidgetKit push notifications | Apple Developer Documentation App Intents | Apple Developer Documentation Apple’s rumored six-inch ‘AI wall tablet’ could control your smart home by March 2025 | The Verge First Look: macOS Tahoe Public Beta – Six Colors Upgrade #574: The Shame Box - Relay
On this episode, Jason Snell and Myke Hurley spoke in depth about macOS Tahoe and Spotlight.
Elsewhen: time zones, translated Tot Lire RSS Reader Inoreader – Build your own newsfeed Velja — Sindre Sorhus Sindre Sorhus Claude Code Simon B. Støvring (@[email protected]) - Mastodon Simon B. Støvring (@simonbs.dev) — Bluesky
1 hr 19 min
July 27, 2025807: A Sign of Maturity, with Federico Viticci
Federico joins the show to talk to David and Stephen about his Apple gear, iPadOS 26, running MacStories, and how AI is changing automation tools.
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Guest Starring:
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback MacStories - Apple news, app reviews, and stories by Federico Viticci and friends. Podcasts - MacStories Connected - Relay Club MacStories iPhone (1st generation) - Wikipedia Our Setups - MacStories The iPad's "Sweet" Solution - MacStories The M3 Ultra Mac Studio for Local LLMs - MacStories Notes on Early Mac Studio AI Benchmarks with Qwen3-235B-A22B and Qwen2.5-VL-72B - MacStories Claude Zapier: Automate AI Workflows, Agents, and Apps Google Gemini Model Context Protocol - Wikipedia Nautomate Jump Desktop Superhuman Mimestream Notion Mail Federico Viticci (@[email protected]) on Mastodon Federico Viticci (@viticci.macstories.net) on Bluesky
1 hr 36 min
July 20, 2025806: Automators Takeover
Stephen's unavailable this week, so Rosemary Orchard returns to the show to check in on the new Shortcuts Updates and Rose's new medication tracking app, Capsule.
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Guest Starring:
Rosemary Orchard
Links and Show Notes: More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Snailed It Development Capsule Medication Tracker
Rose's New App!
FocusCuts Pushcut Toolbox Pro The Automators Podcast Knots 3D Micro Bluetooth Game Controller Retro Game Kit
1 hr 6 min
July 13, 2025805: The Most MPU Possible
On this feedback episode, Stephen and David answer listener questions about Apple's current betas, then revisit networking, dictation, email, going paperless, and more. This one really hits all the classic MPU topics.
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Ten Years Indie - 512 Pixels Thoughts on a Possible Low-End MacBook Powered by the A18 Pro - 512 Pixels About that A18 Pro MacBook rumor… – Six Colors 12-inch MacBook - Wikipedia Mac Power Users #802: The Ubiquiti Universe - Relay Mac Power Users #518: Technology in a War Zone, with Mark Hackett - Relay Introducing UniFi Drive 3.0 Cloud backup software for Mac and Windows: Arq 802: The Ubiquiti Universe - Episodes - MPU Talk Paperless Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides Liquid glass, now with frosted tips - Matt Birchler Liquid Glass Differences Between the Second and Third Betas – Pixel Envy David Smith on Mastodon: Beta 2 Stephen Hackett on Mastodon: Beta 3 In macOS Tahoe, Things Are Indeed Dire for FireWire - 512 Pixels Apple Should Bring Back Dashboard - 512 Pixels Widgetsmith - One app; endless home screens Drafts Whisper Memos WhisperType superwhisper Voice Memos on the App Store Voice Memos update brings Layered Recording to iPhone 16 Pro lineup - Apple Mac Power Users #798: The Email Overwhelm Problem - Relay Grammarly to Acquire Superhuman | Grammarly Blog Superhuman is being acquired by Grammarly to build the future of work | Superhuman Blog Mac Power Users #804: From NeXT to Liquid Glass, with Ken Case - Relay Gather Large Monitor Stand (Black/Walnut) – Ugmonk David's Desk
1 hr 13 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…