This week on Mac Power Users, David and I round up some Mac apps for their “20 Under $20” saloon!
Category: Podcasts
Connected #441: You, John and My Wife⇢
Spotify is getting weird, Apple is getting wise to long thighs and The Quizzies are back!
Mac Power Users #682: Full of Surprises⇢
This week on Mac Power Users, we sort through some follow-up before sharing their origin stories and reacting to a surprise or two.
Connected #439: People Like You are Killing Blogs⇢
Federico has launched Apple Frames 3.1, Myke is worried about a secret plan set in motion by Stephen and Bing has thoughts on Apple’s Books app.
On Connected Pro, two very embarrassing stories from my life.
Mac Power Users #681: Cloudy with a Chance of Beachballs⇢
In the 12 years since its debut, iCloud has grown from a relatively simple service to one that is the glue holding the Apple ecosystem together. This week, David and I talk about the various components of iCloud, how they work, and what to do when they don’t.
Connected #438: The Jeremies (February 2023)⇢
New emoji are coming with iOS 16.4, so it’s time for Federico to guess their names.
Mac Power Users #680: Workflows with Marco Arment⇢
This week on Mac Power Users, developer and podcaster Marco Arment joins the show to talk about his desktop-laptop setup, the current state of development on Apple’s platforms and what the company may do in 2023.
It is always a treat to record with Marco, and I love how this episode came out. Don’t miss the More Power Users segment, where he shared his experience with Family Setup on the Apple Watch.
Connected #437: Mr. Nice Wrist Guy⇢
This episode of Connected is very good:
This week, the guys roast each other’s Apple Watches and things get weird.
On Connected Pro, Myke announces his newfound interest in golf.
Mac Power Users #679: Our Menu Bars, Docks & Startup Apps⇢
On this week’s episode of Mac Power Users, David and I take each other on a tour of their Mac setups, stopping at the Dock, menu bar and startup items.
Connected #436: Satya Nadella, He’s a Stone-Cold Killa⇢
While Federico is off wrangling Ethernet cables, Stephen and Myke explain their usage of Mastodon before talking about AI, firmware and Apple’s 2022.
Mac Power Users #678: Sales and Studies, with Kerry Provenzano⇢
Relay FM’s VP of Sales drops by the show to talk about her Apple gear, keeping multiple projects going at once and why she has built much of her workflow around Airtable.
Kerry is an integral part of Relay FM, and I’m glad we finally got her onto a show.
PodSearch⇢
Back in 2017 I had created a site which took the the audio of some of my favorite podcasts and tried to make them searchable by passing them through an automated speech-to-text engine.
In the original version of this the transcription was done with very rough, slow, low accuracy system which resulted in transcripts that were fit for keyword searching but not much else.
Thankfully since then OpenAI has released Whisper a powerful speech-to-text engine that I can run right on my Mac and results in transcripts that are shockingly good. They aren’t quite at the level of a human transcriber but they get darn close in many instances. Getting close to the level where you could use them to grab a pull quote with only a little bit of tidying up to do.