Mac Power Users

#248: Revisting Cutting the Cord

March 30th, 2015 · 100 minutes

It's been more than three years since Katie ditched her pay TV service. This week Katie and David are joined by Bradley Chambers to discuss life as a "cord cutter", advantages and disadvantages, entertainment devices and services and the future.

#247: The Onslaught Revisited

March 23rd, 2015 · 89 minutes

David and Katie revisit the current state of RSS and Read it Later services

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

#246: Workflows with Eddie Smith

March 16th, 2015 · 115 minutes

Eddie Smith drops by to talk about life as an Actuary and the tools he uses to help students prepare for Actuary exams. Including culling through thousands of pages of reference material using DevonThink, creating equation-rich study guides with LaTeX and

#245: MPU Live: My Neighbors Think I'm Completely Insane

March 11th, 2015 · 100 minutes

David and Katie 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, debate smart l

#244: When Bad Things Happen

March 9th, 2015 · 96 minutes

David and Katie discuss what to do when the worst things happen to your tech. We'll discuss malware, compromised passwords, stolen devices and more and what what you can do to prepare now to be ready when disaster strikes.

#243: Workflow.app

March 2nd, 2015 · 61 minutes

David and Katie dive deep into the new Workflow.app and discuss how it's a game changer for iOS Automation and provide sample workflows.

#242: Troubleshooting with Joe Caiati

February 23rd, 2015 · 90 minutes

David and Katie talk with former Apple Genius Joe Ciati about troubleshooting your Mac. 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

#241: iCloud in 2015

February 16th, 2015 · 99 minutes

David and Katie discuss the state of iCloud in 2015, where you should trust it, where you should take a pass, how it integrates with other services and peek at the new Photos.app.

#240: MPU Live: Auto-Magically, with Kenny G

February 11th, 2015 · 99 minutes

David and Katie talk with Bonni Stachowiak, a professor at Vanguard University about providing better feedback, they also follow-up with listener comments about financial management apps, clarify FileVault, share their thoughts on antivirus, discuss upgra

#239: Workflows with Adam Christianson

February 9th, 2015 · 94 minutes

Katie and David sit down with Adam Christianson of the Maccast podcast, one of the first Mac podcasts, to talk about his history with Apple, life as a programer, experiences through the years podcasting and Mac User Groups.