Mac Power Users

Security and data privacy is a growing concern in our society. David and Katie put on our tin foil hats for this episode and discuss some of the best practices that can be implemented today for protecting your data from prying eyes.

New York Times best-selling author Michael Hyatt joins in this week to share some ideas about technology and productivity.

Brett Terpstra is back to that about his gear, his newfound love of the Apple TV and Apple Watch, the state of Automation, Apps for Nerds, and going independent.

Katie and David break down what's good and what's bad about the leading map, navigation, and location apps.

David and Katie dive deep into calendars and discuss the various cloud calendar services, sharing, calendar apps, best practices, and scheduling services.

Ivan Hemmans manages Macs, PCs, and a lot of iOS devices. He joins us this week to share some advice for manageing your home and work networks and devices. Ivan also frequently presents and has some great tips for speakers.

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.

This week Clayton Morris joins us to talk about some of our favorite unused and hidden iOS features. Good stuff.

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.

Katie and David cover some of the most common listener questions from the Mac Power Users email archive including backing up photos, task overload, Apple IDs, cold storage backup, moving your iTunes library, the differences between tasks and calendar items, and more.

Gabe Weatherhead returns to the show. We discuss OmniFocus Automation, follow-up on DEVONThink, discuss privacy in the wake of cloud services, the iPad as a computer for a child and more.

Katie and David share some of their favorite new workflows from 2016.

Stuart Ingram joins Katie and David to take a fresh look at DEVONthink. We discuss what's new with the service, workflows and organization, machine learning, setup, sync and more. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week!

David gave up his laptop and went iPad only for several months and now shares both the joy and the agony. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week!

Katie and David follow-up on listener questions and feedback. Topics include direct attached storage, auto-mounting volumes, iPad mini vs. Pro, recording Keynote presentations, using WeMo and MyQ with HomeKit and feedback on managing subscriptions, gift ideas and the new MacBook Pro.

Katie (and David!) dive deep on setting up a new Mac and share their thoughts on the new MacBook Pro. #Katieisnotimpressed

Ian Byrd is a former teacher and professional speaker who shares his workflows and tips for giving full-day lectures and workshops, writing, video production and more. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week!

Katie and David share some of their favorite geek gift ideas for that special person in your life this holiday season … or maybe even yourself.

Shelly Brisbin stops by to talk about Accessibility and gives us a run down of the various Accessibility features and options available on Mac and iOS, how they can be used, what developers can do to make their Apps more accessible and how we can help friends and family use these features.

Katie and David have a lot of feedback this month on the iCloud vs. Dropbox debate, macOS Sierra, more on the new MacBook Pro, and Katie is super-excited about her VESA mount.

In this new App economy it seems more and more apps and services are going to a subscription pricing model. We talk about subscription pricing generally, tips for taming your subscriptions and the subscription services we use.

Katie and David weigh in on Apple's "Hello Again" event and the new MacBooks.

Casey Liss returns to MPU to talk about his new gig, how his Mac and iOS workflows have changed, gear for geek parents and how he uses his Synology NAS. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week!

Katie and David are joined by David Chartier to discuss whether or not Dropbox and iCloud are up to the task of cloud-based file storage. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week!

The "Live" show has been renamed MPU+. We discuss what to do with Macs that Sierra has left behind, the problem with "free" software, Network vs. Direct Attached storage, listeners share their feedback on Amazon and tips for using Ulysses and Scrivener. We also learn how to print to PDF from Apple Mail and much more. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week!

iMore writer and artist Serenity Caldwell joins the Mac Power Users to talk about the iPad, Mac, the new iPhone, and artist workflows. Thanks to MPU listener [Jigar Talati](https://twitter.com/thescarbro) for help with the shownotes this week!

Katie and David dive deep into the new features of macOS Sierra and discuss best practices for upgrading and some major incompatibilities. We also discuss the new watchOS. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week!

Katie and David break down the new iOS 10 update for iPhone and iPad. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week!

Mike Williams, President and CEO of the David Allen Company joins Katie and David to talk about the GTD methodology, the tech he uses to get things done, implementing the 5 steps and common pitfalls and solutions. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week!

Katie and David break down Apple's announcements at its September 7 Keynote including iPhone 7, Apple Watch Series 2, and all of Katie's favorite games.

David and Katie dive deep on fiddly writing apps Scrivener and Ulysses. We talk about how these apps work, their features, the good, the bad and the best use cases. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week!

Catholic priest and geek, Gabriel Mosher, joins us to explain how he uses technology to get his work done. Topics include time and attention, research and writing, presentations, and project management.

David and Katie share some of the most efficient productivity tasks and apps appropriate for the iPhone. Topics include calendars and contacts, email, task management, scanning, writing, and additional utilities for productivity.

David and Katie chat with John Voorhees about software development and writing for MacStories all while juggling a busy day job.

Victor Cajiao discusses all the steps of producing a modern music album, we help troubleshoot an accidentally reformatted hard drive, discuss password schemes, using a ScanSnap for photos, share listener feedback on our Special Event and Keynote shows, discuss options for Evernote and share listener tips.

Katie and David dive deep in this one on the Amazon lifestyle. There are so many different services and features available from Amazon. Who can make sense of them all? Katie and David do in this episode. Thanks to MPU listener [Jigar Talati](https://twitter.com/thescarbro) for help with the shownotes this week!

Keynote is a great app for giving presentations but it can do so much more. This episode explores many uses for Keynote beyond presentation day. Thanks to MPU listener [Jigar Talati](https://twitter.com/thescarbro) for help with the shownotes this week!

Mac user, collector, and … yes … YouTuber Stephen Hackett joins in to explain essential cloud-based services used to run the Relay Network, his growing collection of Macs, and his photo and video workflows. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week.

David and Katie catch up on listener feedback. Ruben shares how he uses his MPU workflows on his work PC, we discuss merging Apple IDs, cleaning up after being scammed, follow-up on iOS photography, family tech support and listeners share their tips and tricks.

Katie and David talk through the tech required to plan and put on a special event. Topics including project planning, audio and photo slideshow workflows, and websites and social media.

David and Katie go back to email specifically to discuss the state of iOS email clients, the various email apps they've used, what they like, what works, what doesn't and how they're managing email on iOS.

Mac Power Users are often the family tech guru. In this episode, Katie and David walk you through helping family members buy, setup, and maintain their Apple hardware. They also include their lists of 10 things you should do for family member's Macs, iPads, and iPhones.

In this special edition of Mac Power Users, David and Katie discuss the announcements from Apple's World Wide Developer Conference including watchOS 3, tvOS, macOS and iOS 10.

David and Katie chat with Jerrod Maruyama about using his Mac for digital illustration, we follow-up on Hazel workflows and Apple Notes, discuss uses for the Apple Pencil, give an update on personal finance software and listeners share their tips, tricks and reviews.

Jeff Carlson returns to discuss iPhone photography and why so many people are ditching their cameras to go iPhone only. We discuss tips for taking the best shots with your iPhone and third party apps and gear to enhance your photos.

This week Fox broadcaster Clayton Morris returns to the Mac Power Users to talk about the technology he's most excited about. Topics include using Apple Notes for research, the utility of Clayton's Apple Watch, the emergence of iOS, and how to save your WiFi and your marriage all at once. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week!

David and Katie dive deep on Mac automation assistant Hazel, discuss how to get started and ideas for file and document based automation and give ideas of how they're using the program. David also announces a new MacSparky Video Field Guide. Thanks to MPU listener <a href="https://twitter.com/thescarbro">Jigar Talati</a> for help with the shownotes this week!

Geek, preacher, and all-around-nice-guy TJ Luoma joins us to talk about using an off-site Mac mini, rolling your own backup, workflows for preachers, and TJ's new secret project that will update your Mac software for you.

David and Katie share listener tips and feedback on a variety of topics including backup workflows, securing your technology and menu bar applications. We also answer listener questions and follow-up on the 9.7" iPad Pro.

Harvard PhD candidate, lecturer, and geek of the first order Teddy Svoronos joins us to talk about the innovative ways he's using Keynote and video to teach statistics to Harvard graduate students and his workflows for tracking research and big writing projects on the Mac and iPad. Teddy also makes the case for iCloud storage over Dropbox.