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#272: Mac Based Small Business
August 10th, 2015 · 92 minutes
It's been several months since David went solo. He shares how he created a home-based Mac small business and his workflows for staying productive while wearing many hats.
#271: MPU Live: What's the Worst Thing That Could Happen?
August 6th, 2015 · 100 minutes
We talk with Kent Newsome about working in a "locked down" office; we also discuss Amazon's Echo, listener travel tips, two-factor authentication apps, OmniFocus workflows, sharing tasks, referenced photo libraries and more.
#270: Workflows with Christina Warren
August 2nd, 2015 · 52 minutes
Special Guest Christina Warren joins David and Katie to talk about her work as an Apple journalist. We use the backdrop of the Apple Earnings Call to discuss her workflows as well as her thoughts on Apple Music.
#269: Emergency Preparedness for Geeks
July 27th, 2015 · 83 minutes
We all face emergencies from natural disasters, personal emergencies, accident or illness and even death. David and Katie share their tips for getting your tech prepared and how technology can help you weather the storm.
#268: Travel Hacks with Liana Lehua
July 20th, 2015 · 106 minutes
Liana Lehua joins us to talk about how her job as a producer for media events takes her around the world and the travel hacks she's picked up along the way.
#267: David Wain's Film and Television Workflows
July 13th, 2015 · 91 minutes
Writer, Director, Actor, and Producer David Wain joins us to talk about how he uses Apple technology to produce films and television including his new Netflix series, Wet Hot American Summer. We also talk about David's challenges with the Photos applicati
#266: MPU Live: #askmpu
July 9th, 2015 · 98 minutes
We cover a wide range of listener questions this week from backup to travel tips. We also discuss strategies for keeping machines in sync, Mac CRMs, task management, the Photos.app and share tips for home automation, getting around bandwidth limits and mo
#265: Apple Music
July 6th, 2015 · 81 minutes
David and Katie take a look at the recently released Apple Music service
#264: Workflows with John Gruber
June 29th, 2015 · 112 minutes
Katie and David sit down with John Gruber of Daring Fireball to discuss the origins of his site, how he finds and publishes the news and how he uses his Mac and iOS.
#263: Rethinking Task Management with Kourosh Dini
June 22nd, 2015 · 93 minutes
Psychiatrist, musician, geek, and author Kourosh Dini guests to explain why managing tasks is so hard and, with that knowledge, how to use technology to get work done.