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Mac Power Users

Mac Power Users

Relay FM

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 Hackett.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Mac Power Users episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Mac Power Users for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Mac Power Users episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Mac Power Users - 710: Apple's Wonderlust Event
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09/13/23 • 94 min

Mere hours after Apple's iPhone 15 event, Stephen and David break down the news surrounding the iPhone 15 line, the Apple Watch Series 9 and the updated Apple Watch Ultra.

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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Relay FM for St. Jude - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Apple Event - September 12 - YouTube Apple commits to be 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030 - Apple Apple debuts iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus - Apple Daring Fireball: Apple’s Two-Pronged Annual iPhone Strategy Apple unveils iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max - Apple "Pick your Pro: silver, natural, blue or black" - Stephen's Instagram iPhone 15 Pro supports 10Gbps USB 3 speeds, and it brings lots of cool features to the table - 9to5Mac iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max hands-on - The Verge Hands-on Impressions from Apple’s Wonderlust Event – 512 Pixels

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Mac Power Users - 713: Photography with Tyler Stalman
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10/08/23 • 90 min

Tyler Stalman joins to share the details on the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro camera systems. Tyler also shares some of his favorite tips for better iPhone photography and videography.

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Tyler Stalman

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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Tyler Stalman - YouTube iPhone 15: A Photographer's Review - YouTube Halide — The best pro camera for iPhone and iPad Orion — HDMI Monitor for iPad 110 Cameras - Cameras – Lomography 110 film - Wikipedia Photo editing and organizing software | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom VSCO Photo & Video Editor - Desktop & Mobile App Glif – Studio Neat Wireless PRO | Compact Wireless Microphone System | RØDE DJI Mic - Elevated Audio On the Go - DJI Blackmagic Camera | Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve 18 | Blackmagic Design Filmic Pro v7 - Filmic Pro Mobile Video - Smartphone Filmmaking

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Mac Power Users - 707: Workflows with Ryan Irelan
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08/27/23 • 106 min

Ryan Irelan joins this week to talk about the current state of web development, digital training tools, and his expanding HomeKit rig.

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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Relay FM 10th Anniversary Extravaganza - Hackney Empire Pine Works Tutorials for Craft CMS | CraftQuest Newsletter - MacSparky Hamilton Watch - Mechanical Watches Downlink Matter Video Editing and Screen Recording Software | ScreenFlow Spaced Repetition SmartCards+ on the App Store Works with Apple HomeKit – Aqara Hub - Aqara Manage Your Team’s Projects From Anywhere | Trello Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking Craft CMS DropDMG: Create Mac Disk Images With Icon Layouts Use HomePod or HomePod mini as an intercom - Apple Support HomeKit Garage Door Opener - Meross Smart Home HomeKit Devices MSG200 Mysa and Apple HomeKit Demonstration | Mysa Minutes | Mysa Blog Presence Sensor FP2 - Aqara Roost V3 - Laptop Stand | Roost Laptop Stand Kevin McCallister | Home Alone Wiki | Fandom Linear – A better way to build products Loom The Google Analytics alternative without compromise - Fathom Analytics

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Mac Power Users - 709: Save Your Shift Key
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09/10/23 • 103 min

On this feedback episode, David and Stephen talk a bit more about window managers and backup utilities, while also answering listener questions and David's modern typewriter, Stephen's new Plex server and a lot more.

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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Relay FM for St. Jude - Donate Today! The Obsidian Field Guide - MacSparky LanguageTool - Online Grammar, Style & Spell Checker Monica | Your ChatGPT Powered AI Assistant MacWhisper Creating legacy bootable copies of macOS (Big Sur and later) | Carbon Copy Cloner | Bombich Software ChronoSync John Siracusa's Apps WhichSpace Spaceman Warp - Automate your macOS Desktop Use hot corners on Mac - Apple Support Introducing the 2022 Automation April Shortcuts Contest Winners - MacStories Writing Tools - Freewrite Store David's "Typewriter" Hanx Writer Drafts iA Writer iaolo/iA-Fonts: Free variable writing fonts from iA Connected #465: "I'm Not a Doctor, I'm an Auditor" - Relay FM The Apple Watch Ultra Needs More Band Choices - MacStories iPhone 15 Pro to Come in Blue and Gray Titanium, No Gold Expected - MacRumors Stephen's M1 Mac mini Media Server OWC Thunderbolt Hub OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini with USB-C Amazon.com: SAMSUNG T7 Portable SSD 500GB Amazon.com: SAMSUNG 870 EVO 4TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD

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Mac Power Users - 711: Getting Some Wisdom with Merlin Mann
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09/24/23 • 132 min

Merlin Mann comes back to the Mac Power Users to talk about task management, iOS 17 improvements, and wisdom.

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Links and Show Notes: More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Merlin's Wisdom Project TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac Task Management Software Built For Pros - OmniFocus - The Omni Group Drafts | Where Text Starts Introducing the Hipster PDA | 43 Folders Analog – Ugmonk Field Notes | Memo Books, Notebooks, Journals & Planners Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking Obsidian Field Guide (Plus Edition) | MacSparky Field Guides iOS 17 - Apple Maruman Mnemosyne Notebooks: Smooth & Sophisticated | JetPens The Book of Lists - Wikipedia Thelonious Monk’s 25 Tips for Musicians Werner Herzog Rules for Filmmaking | Werner Herzog Rules for Filmmaking Relay FM for St. Jude - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Kinkless | 43 Folders The Book of Lists - Wikipedia Sous vide - Wikipedia Is AI Apple’s Siri Moonshot? - MacSparky The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.: 9780143127741 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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Mac Power Users - 712: macOS Sonoma

712: macOS Sonoma

Mac Power Users

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10/01/23 • 98 min

macOS Sonoma brings with it Desktop widgets, a new screen saver and desktop experience, more powerful video conferencing tools and updates to Safari, Messages, Notes, Reminders and more.

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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Donate to the life-saving work of St. Jude 🎈 macOS Sonoma - Apple macOS Sonoma Features (PDF) - Apple macOS Sonoma: The MacStories Review - MacStories macOS Sonoma Review: Small moves – Six Colors macOS 14 Sonoma – 512 Pixels Toggle Sonoma Widgets using AppleScript (MacSparky Labs) - MacSparky Managing the “Click wallpaper to reveal desktop” setting in macOS Sonoma | Der Flounder Mac Power Users #633: Workflows with Nick Milo - Relay FM Apple's Game Porting Toolkit's Support for DirectX 12 is a Big Deal for Gaming on the Mac - MacStories

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Mac Power Users - 704: “The Details Matter,” with Shahid Kamal Ahmad
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08/06/23 • 136 min

Video game industry veteran Shahid Kamal Ahmad rejoins the program to catch David and Stephen up on his work and evolving setup, and then the gang dives into gaming on visionOS, the current state of Android and a lot more.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Shahid Ahmad - About.me Dancing Monkeys - by Shahid Kamal Ahmad Focused #70: Digital Decluttering, with Shahid Kamal Ahmad - Relay FM DeepWell DTx | Video Game Therapeutics Shahid Kamal Ahmad on Twitter: "CODE IS JUST..." Code is Just (@CodeIsJust) / Twitter Remaster - Relay FM Annie Murphy Paul - The Extended Mind Apple announces Mac transition to Apple silicon - Apple Duet - Remote Desktop, Second Display, Drawing Tablet, and More FaceTime's Attention Correction Feature - MacRumors Cam Link 4K – Elgato Neumann KMS 105 MixPre II - Sound Devices A podcast studio for under $100 – Six Colors Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking Obsidian 1.4.0 Desktop (Catalyst) - Obsidian Periodic Notes Obsidian Plugin Obsidian Dataview Plugin Obsidian Tasks Plugin Day One Journal App TickTick iA Presenter iA Writer Superhuman Email Google Pixel 7 Pro Gboard – the Google Keyboard on the App Store Introducing Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer - Apple The Lisa - MacS...
Mac Power Users - 706: Media Management with Casey Liss
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08/20/23 • 100 min

Casey Liss rejoins the program to discuss his new app Callsheet and to give David and Stephen a tour of the apps and services he uses to manage his media.

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Casey Liss

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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Mac Power Users #587: Catching Up with Casey Liss - Relay FM Liss is More Casey Liss on Mastodon Accidental Tech Podcast Analog(ue) - Relay FM 32GB vs 64GB RAM M1 Max MacBook - EXTREME Multitasking RAM Test! - YouTube Mac Pro Log – 512 Pixels Studio Display - Apple LG UltraFine 27 Inch 5K IPS Monitor Amazon.com: CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 Dock Use an iPad as a second display for a Mac - Apple Support iPhone 15 Pro: Everything We Know | MacRumors Apple Watch Ultra changed my life! 8 months later review... - iJustine on YouTube Announcing Callsheet — Liss is More Callsheet: Find Cast & Crew on the App Store Analog(ue) #216: The Fast and the Curious - Relay FM The Movie Database (TMDB) The Movie Database (TMDB) API Apple’s new TipKit will help developers teach people how to use their apps | TechCrunch Stream Movies & TV Shows | Plex The Path to Plex Happiness — Liss is More Channels — Live TV & DVR Purchase | Plex Emby Infuse 7 Sonos Stream AirPlay audio to Sonos Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support NetNewsWire Fastmail
Mac Power Users - 708: The Obsidian Field Guide
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09/03/23 • 81 min

David has launched a new Field Guide, designed to take everyone's Obsidian usage to the next level.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Relay FM for St. Jude 🎈

This September, Relay FM is rallying support for the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Announcing the Obsidian Field Guide - MacSparky Obsidian Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides Obsidian Field Guide (Plus Edition) | MacSparky Field Guides Obsidian Obsidian Sync Obsidian Pricing sparkyOS in Obsidian Obsidian Roadmap Tasks Plugin Dataview Plugin Kanban Plugin Calendar Plugin Daily Notes - Obsidian Help Themes - Obsidian Help Typomagical Theme Minimal Theme Templates - Obsidian Help

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Mac Power Users - 716: Workflows with Chris Upchurch
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10/29/23 • 84 min

Chris Upchurch leads two lives; he is a developer but also a river guide. This week, he joins Stephen and David to discuss the tech he uses both at his desk and on the water.

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More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Focused #165: On the River, with Chris Upchurch - Relay FM Grand Adventure Chris' Desk Setup Ugmonk ZSA Moonlander Keyboard Elgato Cam Link 4K Elgato Key Light Air OWC ThunderBay 6 Defender Series Protective Phone Cases | OtterBox Why Steve Jobs drowned the first iPod prototype | Cult of Mac Obsidian Sync your notes across devices - Obsidian Help Use Low Power Mode to save battery life on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support Customize the Action button on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max - Apple Support iA Writer Use Emergency SOS via satellite on your iPhone - Apple Support Garmin inReach Mini 2 Starlink's satellite cell service is set to launch in 2024 - Engadget Use the Compass app on Apple Watch - Apple Support Use Crash Detection on iPhone or Apple Watch to call for help in an accident - Apple Support The Julia Programming Language Visual Studio Code Panic - Nova Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 14 Tower Git Client Kaleidoscope fish shell Posts Tagged “fish” - BrettTerpstra.com QGIS ...