Mac Power Users 619: Home Studio Updates

I had to move my home office, and Stephen built a cabin. On this week’s episode of Mac Power Users, we compare notes on how our studios have evolved over the last couple of years.

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Mac Power Users 618: Making Movies at Pixar, with John Soliman

This episode of Mac Power Users has Stephen and I chatting with John Soliman, a second assistant editor at Pixar, about his workflows and how collaboration works at the studio.

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Mac Power Users 617: Back in Whack

Stephen and I are joined by Apple’s Jeremy Butcher on the latest episode of Mac Power Users to discuss the company’s new Business Essentials program. Then, we revisit iCloud storage management, clipboard apps, and email providers. USB-C hubs and migrating to an Apple silicon Mac are also discussed.

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Mac Power Users 616: The Quality Will Be Ensured, with Daniel Jalkut – Draft

Stephen and I are joined by Daniel Jalkut on this episode of Mac Power Users. After his absence is blamed on an innocent co-host, Daniel chats with us about his indie development career, the new MacBook Pro, and the many options developers face when picking a method for writing a macOS application.

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Mac Power Users 615: The Clipboard Manager Roundup

There is a range of applications to supercharge your copy-and-paste game. This week’s Mac Power Users has Stephen and me exploring some of the best options for macOS and even the iPad and iPhone.

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Mac Power Users 613: The Future of Work, with Sean McCabe

Stephen and I talk with Sean McCabe on this episode of Mac Power Users about how he runs his businesses from what can only be described as a Mac battle station while stitching together macOS apps and several cloud services to be more productive.

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Mac Power Users 612: macOS Monterey & MacBook Pro Impressions

On the latest episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I review macOS Monterey and cover the features and changes it brings to the Mac. Then, we give our impressions of the new M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pros.

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Mac Power Users 608: DEVONthink & New Apple Hardware

My newest Field Guide covers DEVONthink, and on this week’s Mac Power Users, Stephen and I discuss the application, some example uses, and the basics anyone looking at it should know. After that, we review the new iPhone and iPad mini.

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Mac Power Users 607: iOS & iPadOS 15

iOS and iPadOS 15 have arrived, bringing new features to Apple’s mobile devices, including Focus modes, Live Text, new Home Screen widgets, Safari extensions and a lot more. Stephen and I discuss our experiences with the beta and outline what’s best in this year’s upgrade on the latest episode fo Mac Power Users.

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Mac Power Users 605: File Management in the Cloud Era

Files and folders have been with the Mac user since the very beginning, but today, file management has gotten a lot more complicated. On this week’s Mac Power Users, Stephen and I tackle the topics of tags, search, backups, cloud services, and more, all in the hope of untangling the mess that storage has become for so many.

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