Mac Power Users

Chris Breen joins David and Katie to talk about all the things musicians and non-musicians can love about GarageBand. We also sit down with Paul Kent to talk about what's happening at Macworld/iWorld in March.

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

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

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

Squarespace Everything you need to create an amazing website.

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Christopher Breen

Links for this episode:

• Apple - GarageBand for Mac
  The new GarageBand is a whole music creation studio right inside your Mac
  

Katie and David revisit the password manager 1Password, why it's important, what it does, how they use it and alternatives.

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

Squarespace Everything you need to create an amazing website.

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Links for this episode:

• 1Password
  
• MPU 019: 1Password
  
• Alleged Dropbox Hack Is A Hoax, Website Is Back Up | TechCrunch
  
• Mac Power Users 157: Security Problems and Solutions
  
• Mac Power Users 148: Security Audit
  
• MPU 010: Mac Security
  
• Toward Better Master Passwords | Agile Blog
  Your 1Password master password is extremely important. Although we take steps to thwart automated password crackers you should still use a strong, memorable master password.
  

David and Katie talk with Brooks Duncan of DocumentSnap.com about his online business, the state of paperless and creating custom workflows for businesses and individuals.

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.

Squarespace Everything you need to create an amazing website.

Pixelmator

Brooks Duncan

Links for this episode:

• Tips To Learn How To Go Paperless | DocumentSnap Paperless Blog - Learn How To Go Paperless With Easy Document Tips
  Collected from: DocumentSnap Paperless Blog

Joined by guest Bradley Chambers, David and Katie tackle photo management.

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.

Bradley Chambers

Links for this episode:

• Chambers Daily
  
• Bradley Chambers (bradleychambers) on Twitter
  
• Out of School | At the intersection of technology and education.
  Podcast hosted by Fraser Speirs & Bradley Chambers
  

David and Katie discuss some of their tech resolutions for 2014 including better utilizing network attached storage, less "fiddley" writing and more.

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

Please support our sponsors for this episode:

SaneboxEmail management for any inbox. Save $10 and get a 2 week free trial using this link.

Fujitsu ScanSnap

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Links for this episode:

• Email Field Guide — MacSparky
  
• Network-attached storage - Wikipedia
  
• Drobo - Safe, Expandable Data Storage
  
• Synology - Network Attached Storage (NAS)
  
• Apple – iTunes
  
• Plex
  One window into all your personal media. No matter where you are.
  

David and Katie talk to Dr. Jeffery Taekman, a physician, researcher and educator at Duke. Jeff takes us through his various workflows for getting work done in his profession including using his iPad in his medical practice.

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

Please support our sponsors for this episode:

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

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Jeffery Taekman

Links for this episode:

• Jeff Taekman- About.me
  
• Max Barky (MaxBarky) on Twitter
  

  Rascal of the Internet

Collected from: Jeff Taekman's WiPPP - Workflows in Personal and Professional Productivity

For show 100, Katie and David are joined by several amazing listeners (including academics, authors, pilots, and more) as they talk through their own Mac and iOS workflows.

A simulation game attempts to copy various activities from "real life" in the form of a game for various purposes such as training, analysis, or prediction.

-David Teare's Çingleton video

Sometimes called “checklists”, we think of cognitive aids in medicine as structured pieces of information designed to enhance cognition and adherence to medical best practices.

Simple and efficient text editing for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Editorial is a plain text editor for the iPad with powerful automation tools and a beautiful inline preview for writing Markdown.

Papers is an Apple Design Award and Ars Design Award winning solution for managing research literature.

Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file.

Drink!

Jeff Taekman, M.D. Macworld Article on making meeting notes.

Bowtie is a desktop accessory that allows you to see and control your music (iTunes, Spotify, Sonora, or Rdio) with customizable shortcuts, advanced Last.fm support, and hundreds of beautiful themes available to download for free.

David and Katie sort through recent listener feedback and discuss a variety of topics including iPad stylus, cable cutting, offsite backup, home sound systems, tea brewing and more.

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.

Squarespace Everything you need to create an amazing website.

Drobo

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Adonit Jot Script Evernote Edition

A True Precision Stylus

Studio Neat — Cosmonaut

Wide-Grip Stylus for Touchscreens

Studio Neat — Glif

Lit Software - TrialPad iPad App

The award winning iPad app, that’s the easiest and most effective way to organize and present evidence

Penultimate | Evernote

Penultimate is the original and easiest-to-use handwriting app for iPad...

Notability

Note everything, everywhere.

Jot Touch 4 Pressure Sensitive Stylus - Best Stylus for iPad Drawing

You deserve the freedom to write and draw like you’re used to.

Mac Power Users 120: Taking Notes with Mike Rohde

David and Katie are joined by Mike Rohde, author of the Sketchnote Handbook, to talk about analog and digital forms of note taking.

iSketchnote: from pen and paper to your iPad! by ISKN Team

Kickstarter for iSketchnote is a smart iPad cover that integrates a new digitizing technology with the convenience of a notebook.

Mac Power Users 100: Awesome MPU Listeners

For show 100, Katie and David are joined by several amazing listeners (including academics, authors, pilots, and more) as they talk through their own Mac and iOS workflows.

About Jeff | Jeff Gamet’s jeff-o-rama

What really goes on in Jeff's head?

MindNode

iThoughts HD

Drafts - Agile Tortoise

Notebooks | The only notebook you need

Evernote | Remember everything with Evernote, Skitch and our other great apps.

MPU 062: Cutting The Cable | Mac Power Users

Katie and David discuss strategies and methods for disconnecting a cable or satellite television service and using alternate sources for media content. Topics include setting up an antenna, streaming media services, Internet television and alternative sources of content.

OmniFocus - Video - The Omni Group

OmniFocus — MacSparky

David's OmniFocus screencasts.

Obihai Technology - Home

Ooma – Ranked # 1 Internet Home Phone Service

Netflix - Watch TV Shows Online, Watch Movies Online

Sherlock (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sherlock is a British television crime drama that presents a contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories.

Mac Power Users 165: 2013 Geek Gift Guide

Sonos - Wireless Speakers

VIZIO Home Audio Sound Bars - Hear the Difference

My Kitchen Audio Setup — KatieFloyd.me

JAMBOX by Jawbone | Wireless Bluetooth Speaker

Mac Power Users 153: Hardware Development with Geoff Barrall

Katie and David talk hardware development, conceptualization, design and production with the CEO of Drobo, Geoff Barrall.

Plex - A Complete Media Solution

Copy | Drobo

ElephantDrive | Beyond Backup. Your files – Everywhere.

MPU 067 Web Security and your Apple Devices

Katie and David are joined by security professional George Starcher for a comprehensive talk about web security and your Apple devices.

Mac Power Users 165: 2013 Geek Gift Guide

Lockitron - Keyless entry using your phone

Keyless entry using your phone.

Indigo - Macintosh Home Automation Server

Dropcam - Wi-Fi Video Monitoring with Cloud Recording. Setup in Minutes.

Mac Power Users 166: Using Siri and Dictation

Dragon for Mac - Dragon Speech Recognition Software for the Mac

Siri - The Big Bang Theory Wiki

MPU 082: Cooking Ideas

Crashplan - Online Data Backup - Offsite, Onsite, & Cloud

Backblaze - Online Backup & Data Backup Software

Backing up and Drobo — KatieFloyd.me

Art of Tea

Use Evernote and QR Codes to Help You Go Paperless | Tech for Organizers

OmniFocus Task Creation via QR Code — MacSparky

OpenDNS

Little Snitch

Nosillacast #448 WeMo Switch, Nest Protect, Auria LE, Data Hogs

Apple - Logic Pro X - Music production. Cranked up to X.

Long overdue, David and Katie sit down with the mad scientist himself, Brett Terpstra to talk about his setup, tagging and music. Drink

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

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

Brett Terpstra

Links for this episode:

• BrettTerpstra.com
  Collected from: Contact - BrettTerpstra.com

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Slogger related posts on Brett's website

Slogger download

David and Katie talk about how to maximize productivity using Siri on iOS and dictation on iOS and Mac.

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

The Omni Group

Drobo

Hostgator

Sanebox

Links for this episode:

• Mac Power Users 031: Speaking to Your Mac
  David and Katie talk about speech recognition software for the Mac, focusing on the powerful dictation applications MacSpeech Dictate and MacSpeech Scribe.
  

David and Katie run down their 2013 Geek Gift Guide. This show is full of items the hosts either have on their personal wish lists or plan to buy as gifts for others this holiday season.

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

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Links for this episode:

• Mac Power Users 115: Geek Gift Guide
  December 2012 Mac Power Users Geek Gift Guide
  

INCREDIBLY SHARP BAT'LETH LETTER OPENER. NOT A TOY.