David and Katie revisit the topic of syncing and discuss how to sync information between your various devices and share with others.

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Synology Network Attached Storage

Synology Network Attached Storage – Cloud Services

Simperium

Simperium is a service for developers to move dataeverywhere it’s needed, instantly and automatically.

Apple – iCloud

iCloud does more than store your content — it lets you access your music, photos, calendars, contacts, documents, and more, from whatever device you’re on. And it’s built into every new iOS device and every new Mac.

Dropbox

SugarSync

Box.com (formerly box.net)

Google Drive

Downcast

Instacast 3

Instacast for Mac – Public Beta Available

30 Minutes To Sync

1Password 4.2 for iOS gets huge update

Black Pixel – The Return of NetNewsWire

Together for Mac

iCloud – Photo Sharing

MPU 047: Dropbox Awesomeness

MPU 004: Staying in Sync

Dropbox

Photostream

DropDAV

iTunes – Match

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

MacSparky Screencast – Email Sorcery on Vimeo

Klingon Weapon Guide

The lands stretching from the western slopes of Kri’staK to the waters of Lursor have been the home of the House of Toragh since the formation of the Empire. At the foot of Kri’stak lies the Heart of Kri’stak – the Forge of the House of Toragh. The sons of Toragh have supplied Klingon warriors with the finest blades in the Empire – ‘etlhmey vaQqu’ – for over 1500 years. These are but a few examples.

Finding the best app for lists | Macworld

Many great apps for the Mac, iPad, and iPhone will keep track of your to-do list. But what about other lists—ones that aren’t composed of things you have to do but instead are just lists of things?

Bat’leth

OmniPresence

iCloud: Share a calendar with others

How to create shared Reminders with iCloud in Mac OS X 10.8.2 | Macworld

by John Chandler

Google Drive App

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David and Katie talk about their favorite apps and tools for automating tasks on iOS

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TextExpander Touch

TextExpander Touch Video

TextExpander touch SDK

URL Scheme Basics – iPhone Development 101

ScreenCastsOnline – SCOI0097 1Password & URL Schemes

5by5 | Mac Power Users #48: GoodReader

GoodReader is the iOS App that adds a file management system, open virtually any type of file and read and annotate PDF documents. David and Katie share how they use this app in their workflows and how it adds functionality to iOS devices. Links of Interest: GoodReader for iPad GoodReader for iPhone Good.iware  

Drafts – Agile Tortoise

Drafts is a different kind of note taking app. In Drafts, text comes first – open the app and get a new, blank draft. Don’t get bogged down in a timeline to tweet or post to Facebook and App.net. Don’t tap through multiple screens to compose an email or SMS. Don’t navigate folders, create files and name them just to jot down a note or create a todo. Drafts is available for both iPhone and iPad.

Agile Tortoise – Greg Pierce's Apps

Launch Center Pro – App Cubby

It’s like speed dial, but for more than just phone calls! Launch Center Pro creates lightning quick shortcuts to specific features buried deep within apps.

ScreenCastsOnline – SCOI0066 Launch Center Pro

Launch Center • Supported Apps and Actions

MacStories: How Pythonista Changed My Workflow

A couple of months ago, I decided to start learning Python.

Serioustiger: Alfred 2 and bookmakers

The most useful workflows I’ve created so far combine Alfred’s ability to load a URL from a hotkey, with 1Password’s 1Click Bookmark functionality. Very easy to set up, it goes like this:

History of "Workflow" — MacSparky

In MPU 133 (about Alfred 2), I speculated about this word “workflow” and how we now here it everywhere. The first time I heard the word was in relation to professional photographers but it turns out I was way off. Listener Mark, a confessed word geek, dug deeper and shows it in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1950:

The OmniFocus Mail Drop — MacSparky

Publishing a Tutorial With Clarify — KatieFloyd.me

I’ve received a few tweets and questions about Clarify since I published my AirPlay mirroring Tutorial a few weeks ago and since Clarify was featured in a recent MacHeist bundle. (Full disclosure, they’re also a new sponsor on the Mac Power Users podcast.) As you can see from my AirPlay post, it was really simple to integrate my tutorial into my SquareSpace site and have the tutorial appear as though it was integrated into my post. Clarify offers several publishing options, including publishing to their site, publishing a PDF or embedding the HTML in your site. Here’s how it’s done.

Pythonista – omz:software

Pythonista brings the Zen of Python™ to your iPad or iPhone.Create interactive experiments and prototypes using multi-touch, animations, and sound – or just use the interactive prompt as a powerful calculator.

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David and Katie sit down with Serenity Caldwell to talk about working from home, her favorite Apps, standing desks, authoring ebooks, and a whole lot more.

Links for this episode:

Serenity at Macworld

Serenity on Twitter

Serenity’s Site – I Wear Many Hats

Serenity’s About.me Page

HipChat

Campfire

Google Hangout

Dropbox

Dropbox – Selective Sync

Selective Sync is a feature of the Dropbox desktop application that allows you to select only the folders you want to be synced to your computer. Selective Sync gives you the control to ensure you have only the files you need on any computer. It’s especially handy if you want to save space on netbooks and other computers with small hard drives.

Ninja Standing Desk

OWC Mercury SSD

Cloud (Web Service)

Cloud.App

Screens

Alfred

MPU – Alfred 2 Show

David and Katie take a deep dive into Alfred 2.0, an application launcher and productivity application for Mac.

Breaktime

Fantastical

Reflector.app

Screenflow 4

MacSparky – Task Management When the Bullets are Flying

You Tube: Alternative Publishing Panel from Macworld

Liz Castro – Pigs, Gourds, and Wikis

Wikipedia – Comparison of eBook Formats

Macworld Superguides

Wikipedia – The Wheel of Time

The Wheel of Time is a series of epic fantasy novels written by American author James Oliver Rigney, Jr., under the pen name Robert Jordan. Originally planned as a six-book series, The Wheel of Time now spans fourteen volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and a companion book.

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David and Katie review their favorite utilities for the Mac.

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Onyx

Maintenance

Moom

Yoink

PopClip

PopClip Extensions

Palua

Bartender

Quiet

Trickster

Better Touch Tool

Screenfloat

ClamXav

CleanMyMac 2

MacHeist nanoBundle

Cocktail

Drive Genius

Carbon Copy Cloner

SuperDuper!

Calendar Cleaner

CrashPlan

Contacts Cleaner

Cheat Sheet

DaisyDisk

Desktop Curtain

Flux

iCleanMemory

iStatMenus

Mac Tracker

Secrets

Katie's Airplay Post (Made with Clarify)

Clarify

Fantastical

BusyCal

Unclutter

Piezo

AudioBook Builder

Jettison

GrowlVoice

Caffeine

Display Menu

Time Machine Editor

Reflector

Printopia

Alfred

LaunchBar

LogMeIn

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