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Mac Power Users

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.

776: Tech That Worked in 2024

22 December 2024
01:23:39

776: Tech That Worked in 2024

22 December 2024
01:23:39

771: Beauty & Friction

17 November 2024
01:21:29

770: The 2024 MPU Gift Guide

10 November 2024
01:17:19

762: It’s Glowtime

10 September 2024
01:32:38

760: Production Workflow Check-In

01 September 2024
01:24:55

757: Four Great Mac Utilities

11 August 2024
01:02:15

755: 700 MB of GIFs

28 July 2024
01:12:21

751: Vision Pro Check-in

30 June 2024
01:16:22

748: On the 13th Day

09 June 2024
01:17:24

746: All About iMessage

26 May 2024
01:23:50

738: Apple Collecting 101

31 March 2024
01:10:54

734: I Got to Be the Hero

03 March 2024
01:24:08

733: Our Favorite iPhone Apps

25 February 2024
01:20:15

732: Catching up with Mike Vardy

18 February 2024
01:25:04

728: All About AppleCare

21 January 2024
01:16:49

722: Bringing Devices Together

10 December 2023
01:46:27

719: The 2023 MPU Gift Guide

19 November 2023
01:48:39

718: Workflows with Dan Provost

12 November 2023
01:39:34

717: The Apple Notes Deep Dive

05 November 2023
01:39:36

715: To Gridfinity and Beyond

22 October 2023
01:42:19

712: macOS Sonoma

01 October 2023
01:38:02

710: Apple's Wonderlust Event

13 September 2023
01:34:30

709: Save Your Shift Key

10 September 2023
01:43:24

708: The Obsidian Field Guide

03 September 2023
01:21:41

705: macOS Window Management

13 August 2023
01:29:03

700: Our Workflows

09 July 2023
01:38:30

697: A Niche of a Niche

18 June 2023
01:55:44

695: Live from WWDC23

07 June 2023
01:07:28

689: Apple-sized Asteroids

23 April 2023
01:26:36

684: 20 Mac Apps Under $20

19 March 2023
01:23:34

682: Full of Surprises

05 March 2023
01:49:17

680: Workflows with Marco Arment

19 February 2023
01:40:57

675: Cruisin' with CarPlay

15 January 2023
01:40:14

673: Apple's New Freeform App

01 January 2023
01:20:52

672: Tech That Worked in 2022

25 December 2022
01:46:36

671: Out of the Water

18 December 2022
01:33:39

668: Workflows with Tim Stringer

27 November 2022
01:42:03

666: The 2022 MPU Gift Guide

13 November 2022
01:49:53

665: Covered in Paper Cuts

06 November 2022
01:23:51

664: macOS Ventura & iPadOS 16

30 October 2022
01:44:51

663: HomeKit Check-In

23 October 2022
01:57:25

662: Navigating Apple Maps

16 October 2022
01:40:46

661: Our Desks & Bags

09 October 2022
01:35:03

659: Workflows with Alex Cox

25 September 2022
01:48:55

658: Every Letter is Precious

18 September 2022
01:30:46

657: New Hardware & iOS 16

08 September 2022
01:51:54

654: Data Storage in 2022

21 August 2022
01:35:36

652: Where Does the iPad Fit?

07 August 2022
01:40:22

651: 3,041 Press Releases

31 July 2022
01:50:12

650: Craft Deep Drive

24 July 2022
01:40:00

643: WWDC 2022

07 June 2022
01:19:37

642: Shortcuts for Mac

29 May 2022
01:28:54

632: Be the Most Mac Pro

20 March 2022
01:37:08

630: Preview Deep Dive

06 March 2022
01:33:07

628: Stream Deck Power Users

20 February 2022
01:51:32

627: Workflows with Adam Lisagor

13 February 2022
01:27:49

621: Sparky Freedom

03 January 2022
01:21:38

620: The State of Apple in 2021

26 December 2021
02:19:20

619: Home Studio Updates

19 December 2021
01:52:40

617: Back in Whack

05 December 2021
02:00:47

614: The 2021 MPU Gift Guide

14 November 2021
01:34:23

611: Unleashed, Indeed

20 October 2021
01:48:15

610: iPad Workflows

14 October 2021
01:44:21

607: iOS & iPadOS 15

26 September 2021
01:48:30

606: California Streaming

19 September 2021
01:36:03

604: Workflows with Jay Miller

05 September 2021
01:38:24

603: Workin' with iWork

29 August 2021
01:32:30

602: Was that a Rabbit Hole?

22 August 2021
01:18:44

600: Mac Migration & Settings

08 August 2021
01:37:50

598: Home Networking

25 July 2021
01:44:02

595: The Poetic Mike Vardy

04 July 2021
01:29:11

594: A Third Alternative

27 June 2021
01:28:17

590: Our Video Workflows

30 May 2021
01:24:21

586: iPhone Productivity

02 May 2021
01:44:42

585: Spring Loaded

25 April 2021
01:29:27

583: The Obsidian Deep Dive

11 April 2021
01:41:17

580: Twenty Years of OS X

21 March 2021
01:36:41

576: No Judgement Here

21 February 2021
01:41:28

573: Rosemary Orchard Returns

31 January 2021
01:38:25

572: iPhone & iPad Tips

24 January 2021
01:33:10

570: Mac Security

10 January 2021
01:36:38

569: Contextual Computing

03 January 2021
01:26:34

568: Looking Toward 2021

27 December 2020
01:28:43

567: The M1 Honeymoon Continues

20 December 2020
01:35:02

566: Paperless Strikes Back

13 December 2020
01:17:46

565: The 2020 Holiday Gift Guide

06 December 2020
01:34:36

563: macOS Big Sur

22 November 2020
02:07:31

560: Workflows with Luc Beaudoin

01 November 2020
01:57:29

559: Research Apps

25 October 2020
01:40:57

557: Grading the Intel Era

11 October 2020
01:27:52

555: iOS 14 Extravaganza

27 September 2020
01:35:14

554: Read-it-later Services

20 September 2020
01:39:57

553: Sparky's Wrong ... Again

13 September 2020
01:25:25

550: The World of RSS

23 August 2020
01:22:21

548: Jumping Into Markdown

09 August 2020
01:13:22

546: The Best Listeners

26 July 2020
01:39:06

544: The Notes Roundup

12 July 2020
01:30:34

542: Beta Tales

28 June 2020
01:16:00

541: WWDC 2020

23 June 2020
01:36:38

539: Back to Email

07 June 2020
01:53:07

536: Our Bags

17 May 2020
01:10:47

532: BetterTouchTool

19 April 2020
01:19:56

530: Working From Home

05 April 2020
01:17:04

529: State of the Mac

29 March 2020
01:38:50

528: The Merlin Awakens

22 March 2020
01:55:04

523: State of the iPad

16 February 2020
01:42:46

522: iCloud Family Sharing

09 February 2020
01:21:26

521: Taming Notifications

02 February 2020
01:26:12

520: Weather Apps & Gear

26 January 2020
01:22:26

517: State of the iPhone

05 January 2020
01:22:39

516: Looking Toward 2020

29 December 2019
01:35:12

512: Ask the Genius

01 December 2019
01:41:24

511: 2019 Developer Roundtable

24 November 2019
01:25:06

510: The 2019 Holiday Gift Guide

17 November 2019
01:31:33

506: iOS Accessories

20 October 2019
01:37:26

500: David in the Hot Seat

15 September 2019
01:09:09

499: Backups and Updates

08 September 2019
01:36:52

494: Our Home Offices

04 August 2019
01:41:29

492: All of the Ks

21 July 2019
01:31:06

490: Surfin' with Safari

07 July 2019
01:22:35

488: How We Communicate

23 June 2019
01:28:26

486: Essential iOS Apps

09 June 2019
01:31:59

482: Color Me Interested

12 May 2019
01:31:20

475: Something Smells Funny

24 March 2019
01:36:45

467: Fitness Apps & Tech

27 January 2019
01:37:16

466: John Gruber Returns

20 January 2019
02:03:06

465: The Mighty Mac mini

14 January 2019
01:43:48

464: Stephen... Who?

07 January 2019
01:25:16

463: All Good Things...

31 December 2018
01:32:17

462: Return to the Snell Zone

24 December 2018
01:44:49

461: Little Known iOS Tips

17 December 2018
01:26:12

460: Casey Liss Returns

10 December 2018
01:43:24

459: My Life is a Subscription

03 December 2018
01:29:20

457: 2018 Geek Gift Guide

19 November 2018
01:34:15

455: Apple October 2018 Event

05 November 2018
01:25:47

453: 30 Under $30

22 October 2018
01:32:20

452: 2018 Developer Roundtable

15 October 2018
01:27:03

450: MPU+:I'm a Big Phone Guy

01 October 2018
01:35:00

449: macOS Mojave

24 September 2018
01:31:52

447: Workflows with Zac Hall

10 September 2018
01:40:26

445: HomeKit Intensive

27 August 2018
01:31:08

439: On Our Desks …

16 July 2018
01:29:41

434: PDF Workflows

11 June 2018
01:26:37

433: WWDC 2018

05 June 2018
01:29:27

431: Mac Maintenance

21 May 2018
01:36:21

429: iWork Deep Dive

07 May 2018
01:36:32

425: Web Browsers

09 April 2018
01:33:22

421: Business Workflows

12 March 2018
01:37:46

420: Presentation Workflows

05 March 2018
01:39:56

419: iOS Settings

26 February 2018
01:38:52

418: Workflows with Rose Orchard

19 February 2018
01:31:09

417: Workflows with Manton Reece

12 February 2018
01:31:44

416: Consuming Content

05 February 2018
01:31:41

414: MPU+: This is What I Got

22 January 2018
01:35:11

413: iPad Productivity

14 January 2018
01:38:07

412: Stephen Hackett Returns

07 January 2018
01:48:52

411: 2017: A Pretty Good Year

31 December 2017
01:32:38

410: Workflows with Alex Cox

24 December 2017
01:44:22

409: Holiday Tech

17 December 2017
01:32:14

405: 2017 Geek Gift Guide

20 November 2017
01:36:55

403: Workflows with _David Smith

05 November 2017
01:38:14

401: More Big Questions

23 October 2017
01:43:37

400: Four Things

16 October 2017
01:50:10

398: Creating 60 More Mac Tips

02 October 2017
01:32:17

395: MPU+: It's Called Hermes

10 September 2017
01:45:45

392: Must-Have iOS Utilities

20 August 2017
01:38:19

390: Tagging with Terpstra

07 August 2017
01:24:25

386: Must Have Utilities

17 July 2017
01:40:32

381: WWDC 2017

09 June 2017
01:50:52

376: Notifications!

08 May 2017
01:43:50

375: More Big Questions

01 May 2017
01:36:31

373: Home Tech Support

16 April 2017
01:35:17

365: Maps and More

19 February 2017
01:30:15

364: The Calendar Show

13 February 2017
01:40:03

362: MPU+: No Other Tea

30 January 2017
01:37:14

359: Big Questions

08 January 2017
01:38:32

358: Gabe Weatherhead Returns

02 January 2017
01:50:54

356: A Fresh Look at DEVONthink

19 December 2016
01:21:38

354: MPU+: A Christmas Wish

08 December 2016
01:17:46

353: Setting Up a New Mac

04 December 2016
01:57:00

352: Workflows with Ian Byrd

28 November 2016
01:19:32

348: Managing Subscriptions

07 November 2016
01:26:49

347: New MacBooks!

28 October 2016
01:34:06

344: MPU+: Hello, Computer

10 October 2016
01:35:03

342: macOS Sierra

26 September 2016
01:33:45

341: iOS 10

18 September 2016
01:38:18

338: Scrivener and Ulysses

05 September 2016
01:29:42

336: iPhone Productivity

21 August 2016
01:25:25

333: The Amazon Lifestyle

31 July 2016
01:37:35

329: Special Event Tech

03 July 2016
01:35:49

328: iOS Email

27 June 2016
01:36:35

327: Family Tech Support

19 June 2016
01:26:32

326: WWDC 2016 Special

14 June 2016
02:03:37

325: The Third Rail

09 June 2016
01:42:11

320: Always Good Advice

12 May 2016
01:34:37

318: Backing Up

02 May 2016
01:40:50

315: Best of the Menu Bar

11 April 2016
01:33:13

312: Notes Shootout

27 March 2016
01:35:09

307: 20 under $20

29 February 2016
01:32:53

306: Tackling Contacts

22 February 2016
01:34:59

303: Email Clients and Workflows

08 February 2016
01:42:56

302: Our Gear - 2016 Edition

31 January 2016
01:28:57

301: Fitness for Geeks

25 January 2016
01:41:47

300: #MPU300

18 January 2016
01:27:52

299: Plex

11 January 2016
01:22:07

297: iPad Productivity Apps

04 January 2016
01:36:59

296: 2015: Year in Review

28 December 2015
01:30:46

295: Workflows with Shawn Blanc

20 December 2015
01:29:20

294: Workflows with Mike Vardy

14 December 2015
01:41:01

293: It Kinda Is Rocket Science

10 December 2015
01:30:41

291: Focusing on iPad

30 November 2015
01:40:22

290: 2015 MPU Geek Gift Guide

23 November 2015
01:39:50

289: The New Apple TV

16 November 2015
01:34:16

286: Launcher Smackdown

02 November 2015
01:17:35

284: Optimize Your Mac

19 October 2015
01:29:04

280: El Capitan

28 September 2015
01:28:48

279: Word Processor Smack Down

21 September 2015
01:21:20

278: iOS 9 and New Apple Hardware

14 September 2015
01:37:39

274: When To Upgrade

24 August 2015
01:24:00

272: Mac Based Small Business

10 August 2015
01:32:54

266: MPU Live: #askmpu

09 July 2015
01:38:32

265: Apple Music

06 July 2015
01:21:24

253: Life on Mars

27 April 2015
01:26:27

251: DEVONthink

13 April 2015
01:33:41

249: Tech and the Family

05 April 2015
01:34:40

244: When Bad Things Happen

09 March 2015
01:36:39

243: Workflow.app

02 March 2015
01:01:10

241: iCloud in 2015

16 February 2015
01:39:50

236: Managing Digital Finances

19 January 2015
01:35:02

233: Family Tech Support

05 January 2015
01:17:17

230: The Power of PDFs

15 December 2014
01:42:13

227: Our iPhone Home Screens

01 December 2014
01:27:45

226: Workflows with Manton Reece

23 November 2014
01:38:36

224: The Email Problem

09 November 2014
01:41:55

223: MPU Live: It's So Choice...

06 November 2014
01:35:42

222: Workflows with Myke Hurley

03 November 2014
01:32:38

220: Yosemite

20 October 2014
01:37:56

216: iOS 8 Developer Roundtable

29 September 2014
01:16:38

215: iOS 8

22 September 2014
01:42:12

214: Tech in Education

14 September 2014
01:32:34

212: Networking

07 September 2014
01:49:10

210: Task Management

25 August 2014
01:40:52

206: Brett Terpstra *drink*

04 August 2014
01:30:39

205: Vacations for Geeks

28 July 2014
01:30:33

203: TextExpander

14 July 2014
01:32:39

200: The Story So Far...

30 June 2014
01:30:52

198: Evernote Power Tips

16 June 2014
01:41:04

197: MPU Live: Wargames

12 June 2014
01:38:30

187: Word Processors

13 April 2014
01:24:58

179: Calendar Management

03 March 2014
01:35:18

178: The Contacts Show

24 February 2014
01:39:29

176: Everyday Automation

10 February 2014
01:37:14

173: 1Password Revisited

19 January 2014
01:39:11

171: Photo Management

06 January 2014
01:32:16

170: 2014 Tech Resolutions

24 December 2013
01:18:28

168: Listener Feedback

15 December 2013
01:41:51

166: Using Siri and Dictation

02 December 2013
01:36:19

165: 2013 Geek Gift Guide

25 November 2013
01:39:47

164: Tackling Email

17 November 2013
01:32:23

163: Fraser Speirs Returns

11 November 2013
01:32:37

162: Using Mavericks

04 November 2013
01:49:15

158: iOS 7 Apps and Gems

07 October 2013
01:20:44

155: Jason Snell Returns

15 September 2013
01:30:38

154: Apple TV

09 September 2013
01:27:56

152: Back to School

26 August 2013
01:21:01

150: Listener Workflows

11 August 2013
01:40:17

149: Reading It Later

04 August 2013
01:26:30

148: Security Audit

29 July 2013
01:19:37

147: David Wain Returns

21 July 2013
01:42:55

146: Our Gear

14 July 2013
01:35:31

142: WWDC 2013

12 June 2013
01:58:00

138: Syncing and Sharing

19 May 2013
01:50:41

136: iOS Automation

05 May 2013
01:32:11

134: Mac Utilities

21 April 2013
01:34:05

133: Alfred 2

15 April 2013
01:31:28

132: Merlin Returns

07 April 2013
02:13:18

131: Markdown Revisited

31 March 2013
01:23:42

130: Computing with Kids

24 March 2013
01:33:31

126: The Mac Home Server

21 February 2013
01:33:30

125: Essential iPad

17 February 2013
01:35:00

124: Live at Macworld/iWorld

10 February 2013
01:22:01

122: Another look at iTunes

27 January 2013
01:42:24

121: The Website Show

20 January 2013
01:19:39

119: Geek Fitness

06 January 2013
01:33:14

118: Resolutions

31 December 2012
01:15:36

117: The Feedback Show

23 December 2012
01:24:31

115: Geek Gift Guide

09 December 2012
01:30:41

110: Sharing A Mac

05 November 2012
01:33:35

109: Speeding Up Your Mac

30 October 2012
01:33:35

108: Mac Tips and Tricks

22 October 2012
01:10:52

106: Finder Alternatives

08 October 2012
01:19:46

104: Using iOS 6

24 September 2012
01:22:28

103: Five Bucks or Less on iOS

17 September 2012
01:39:20

102: Workflows with Jim Dalrymple

10 September 2012
01:35:50

101: Working with the New Cat

03 September 2012
01:40:50

100: Awesome MPU Listeners

26 August 2012
02:26:39

98: Mac from Scratch

13 August 2012
01:31:37

96: Web Automation Tools

30 July 2012
01:11:43

94: iPad Productivity Kit

16 July 2012
01:29:42

92: Five Bucks

02 July 2012
01:14:19

88: MobileMe Transition

04 June 2012
01:17:03

85: Paperless

14 May 2012
01:16:14

84: The Setup Show

07 May 2012
01:34:23

82: Cooking Ideas

23 April 2012
01:15:45

79: Hazel 3.0

02 April 2012
01:25:12

77: Dumping Google

19 March 2012
01:31:35

75: Remote Access

05 March 2012
01:34:05

71: Harry McCracken's iPad

30 January 2012
01:19:30

69: Browser Wars

17 January 2012
01:37:08

66: iTunes Match

12 December 2011
01:36:53

65: Workflows with Horace Dediu

05 December 2011
01:22:43

64: Keyboard Maestro

28 November 2011
01:17:19

63: Workflows with Alex Lindsay

21 November 2011
01:36:03

62: Cutting The Cable

14 November 2011
56:35

60: Evernote

24 October 2011
01:12:22

59: iPad at Work

10 October 2011
01:11:57

58: The Google Lifestyle

26 September 2011
01:35:13

57: Power Text Editing

12 September 2011
01:26:41

56: Mail

29 August 2011
01:51:31

52: Getting Ready for Lion

26 June 2011
01:07:56

49: Mac Maintenance

07 May 2011
01:09:26

48: GoodReader

24 April 2011
59:44

47: Dropbox Awesomeness

10 April 2011
01:28:35

42: Contacts and Calendars

22 January 2011
01:18:16

41: Writing “Mac at Work”

09 January 2011
01:00:54

40: Choosing The Right Mac

26 December 2010
01:24:17

38: iTunes Intensive

28 November 2010
01:27:16

37: Markdown and MultiMarkdown

14 November 2010
01:07:58

36: Traveling with the iPad

24 October 2010
01:19:02

34: Keynote

20 September 2010
01:22:27

32: Pictures and Your Mac

08 August 2010
01:16:06

31: Speaking to Your Mac

25 July 2010
01:02:47

30: Mac Gadgetier

12 July 2010
01:32:01

27: iPad Power Session

31 May 2010
01:37:36

25: Geeking Out With Hazel

24 April 2010
01:15:15

24: Home Networking

03 April 2010
01:27:58

22: Traveling With Your Mac

05 March 2010
01:13:54

20: Live from Macworld 2010

15 February 2010
01:01:44

19: 1Password

08 February 2010
55:42

18: Managing The Onslaught

30 January 2010
58:55

17: DNS and Macworld 2010

17 January 2010
01:18:51

16: Information Managers

01 January 2010
01:07:27

15: Scrivener

12 December 2009
01:09:03

14: Buying and Selling Macs

21 November 2009
01:30:38

13: Task Management Smackdown

03 November 2009
01:23:14

12: Troubleshooting Your Mac

15 October 2009
01:30:13

11: Services and Macworld 2010

29 September 2009
01:10:48

10: Mac Security

14 September 2009
01:25:05

8: Backup!

09 August 2009
36:48

7: LaunchBar Blackbelt

26 July 2009
01:09:30

4: Staying in Sync

04 June 2009
31:29

3: Going Paperless

23 May 2009
01:33:41

1: All About E-Mail

05 May 2009
01:17:57