This week on Mac Power Users we dive deep into calendars and discuss the various cloud calendar services, sharing, calendar apps, best practices, and scheduling services.

We spend a lot of time on the Mac Power Users talking about how, as Mac users, to deal with a hostile IT staff. This week we decided to have a friendly IT specialist on the show in Ivan Hemmans. Ivan talks about how to manage your network and devices, whether you are a big company or a family. Ivan also has some great ideas for teaching tech to employees and giving better presentations.

In the latest episode of Mac Power Users, we answer questions on a variety of topics including sending email later, managing a 16GB iPhone, RSS workflows, and more. We follow-up on DevonThink, the iPad as a Mac replacement, task management, personal cloud and share listener workflows, tips and tricks.

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This week Clayton Morris joined us to talk about some of our favorite hidden and unused features in iOS. Topics include Messages, Safari, Apple Mail, 3D Touch, and gestures. I bet you’ll get something good out of this one.

This week Charles Perry, one of the organizers of the Release Notes conference, joins us to talk about turning his passion into a business, then a podcast, then a successful conference and the tools and logistics behind all of it.

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The Mac Power Users has a pretty big audience. As a result, Katie and I get a lot of email asking questions. We thought it’d be fun to do a show answering some of the most common questions. So we did. This episode covers backing up photos, task overload, Apple IDs, cold storage backup, moving your iTunes library, the differences between tasks and calendar items, and more.

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Gabe Weatherhead is one of my favorite nerds. He’s smart and always has a few good ideas about getting the most out of his Mac. He joined us this week on the Mac Power Users to discuss OmniFocus Automation, follow-up on DEVONThink, address privacy and cloud services, the iPad as a computer for a child, and more.

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It’s the end of the year so Katie and I did a show focussing on our favorite new workflows from 2016. I thought this show came out great with a little something for everybody. Enjoy.

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DEVONthink has made some significant strides in the last few years. Most impressive to me, is the way they’ve implemented iOS syncing. You now can have your entire DEVON library on your iPad and iPhone. This week we’re joined by Stuart Ingram, a busy guy that is getting the most from DEVONthink to hold it all together. We talk about the app basics, how to set it up and get started, and some interesting advanced features.

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For several months I kept a running list of everything I love (and hate) about the iPad as a Mac replacement. This show is the debrief.

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