In this week’s show, Katie and I dive deep on the new Photos app and photo management. I’m really impressed with the new Photos app and have been using it a lot. I explain my Photos workflows in this show.

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Gabe Weatherhead from MacDrifter joins us this week to talk about how you can manage big data on your Mac with DEVONthink and how it compares to Evernote and other data management options.

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It was fitting that our 250th episode took place with a live audience. You’d think that after this long Katie and I are running out of things to say. We’re not and there is lots of great content planned for the coming months. 

In this episode we’re joined by Brett Bruney to discuss scanning on the go, we follow-up on LaTex, RSS and cord-cutting. We also address listener questions about splitting iTunes accounts, merging contacts, scheduling time to complete tasks and share listener tips about automating a home webcam, using Keyboard maestro, and automated RSS feeds.

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Dan Moren, who recently co-authored a book on The Connected Apple Family joined us this week to discuss common problems and solutions using Apple technology with your family.

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This week, Katie and I are joined by Bradley Chambers as he and Katie explain their differing strategies for canceling cable TV. There are some good tips in this show about consuming entertainment in general for 2015.

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Episode 247 goes back to the current state of read it later and RSS services. I think mastering this stuff is more important now than ever with all those shiny things being thrown at us and a lot has changed since the last time we covered these subjects.

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In episode 245 of Mac Power Users, Katie and I discuss Smart Folders with guest Joel Anderson. We also follow up on texting workflows, managing large scans and OCR quality, journaling, compare Launch Center Pro and Workflow, talk about monitoring your home network usage, help a listener assemble media for a family legacy project, and discuss the Apple Watch. Also, Katie judges me on my colored Hue lights.

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This week, former Apple Genius Joe Caiati joined us to talk about about troubleshooting your Mac and iOS devices. We discuss removing adware, explain Activity Monitor and Console, how to diagnose hardware and software problems and when you can attempt to fix something yourself and when its time to call a pro.

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Episode 241 is available for download. In this episode talk for a few minutes about my big life changes and then Katie and I tackle all things iCloud in 2015.

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This week we released two episodes of the Mac Power Users.

MPU 239 includes a workflow interview with Adam Christianson from the Maccast podcast about his history with Apple, life as a programer, and experiences through the years podcasting and Mac User Groups.

MPU 240 is the February live feedback show. Topics include financial management apps, more on FileVault, antivirus, upgrading your Mac, and we are joined by professor Bonni Stachowiak, who uses screen casting software for student feedback. Katie and I also reveal easy ways to push our buttons.