I deleted the YouTube app from my iPhone because I was sick of saying “No” whenever it tried to gain background access to my microphone. Own goal, YouTube.
I enjoyed hearing @miraz talk to @martinfeld on his Lounge Ruminator podcast. I like crosswords but I never seem to be able to settle for simple things. 🤔
Photoblogging Challenge Day 20: change 📷 #mbaug
Very little happening in the NBL this week, but we still managed to talk for an hour about it. That’s true passion! The NBL Pocket Podcast / Brett Brown, John Mooney nicknames and Draymond Green’s tweets 🏀 🎙
Photoblogging Challenge Day 19: Many a ribbon won by my gym trainer in international Ironman Events. 📷 #mbaug
My third visit back to the gym after a lay-off of about 18 months(!). Really happy with the weight training I did today. Improving quicker than I had anticipated! 🏋🏻♂️
This Apple Music radio show with Billie Eilish and her Dad is surprisingly good. music.apple.com
I hope Safari 14 on Big Sur brings better extensions. I’ve been a Safari loyalist but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to justify compared with Firefox/Edge/Chrome.
Photoblogging Challenge Day 18: grid with thanks to Black Ink by @danielpunkass 📷 #mbaug
Photoblogging Challenge Day 17: cuddly 📷 #mbaug
International Mac Nerds
Martin Feld, Jason Burk and I recorded a ‘pilot episode’ of a podcast idea we had been germinating.
Martin has been kind enough to host the episode on his site.
I have not listened to this album for a long time… but it’s still great. 🎶 music.apple.com
Setapp Audit
I’ve been a subscriber to Setapp since it launched. In fact, I participated in a pre-launch user interview to help the MacPaw team develop the offering.
I’ve been a happy customer, and I believe I may be grandfathered into an older plan because I am permitted two seats. This has traditionally been for two Macs, but with Setapp now commencing a formalised iOS offering, I suppose this now makes more sense as a Mac + iPad combination. It’s a shame that the second license doesn’t include unlimited iOS devices, but that’s their business decision to make.
Setapp is a subscription service, and good financial management suggests that one should occasionally audit subscriptions to ensure a good deal is still being attained.
To that end I have completed a quick audit of my Setapp usage.
It pretty clearly indicates that I’m still getting what I would consider reasonable value. Of course, the longer one subscribes, the more you trend towards ‘should have bought it’. But if the major applications release a major paid upgrade, then once again the subscription calculation improves.
All up, I will keep Setapp for another year. And start putting money away for the next years subscription straight away using a YNAB category!
| Software | Mac App Store Price $AU |
|---|---|
| Use Regularly | $414.90 |
| Meeter | $12.99 |
| MarsEdit | $79.99 |
| NotePlan | $46.99 |
| PDFpen | $124.99 |
| CleanMyMac X | $59.99 |
| Using Direct Licensed Versions | |
| BusyCal | |
| BusyContacts | |
| Use but Also Own | |
| iThoughts X | |
| Bartender | |
| Marked | |
| Use Sporadically | $225.98 |
| Meta | $35.00 |
| Path Finder | $36.00 |
| RapidWeaver | $129.99 |
| Dropshare | $24.99 |
| Use but Could Live Without | 89.95 |
| Receipts | $89.95 |
| AdGuard | |
| Default Folder X | |
| iStat Menus | |
| Elmedia Player | |
| Receipts | |
| Diagrams | |
| Capto | |
| Typeface | |
| Installed but Not Using | |
| Taskheat | |
| Screens | |
| Ulysses | |
| Tayasui Sketches | |
| MindNode | |
| Aqualero | |
| CleanShot X | |
| Permute | |
| Gifox | |
| SheetPlanner | |
| PDF Squeezer | |
| GlyphFinder | |
| ForkLift | |
| Sip | |
| World Clock Pro | |
| TextSoap | |
| Be Focused | |
| Photolemur | |
| CloudMounter | |
| Gemini | |
| Noizio | |
| Prizmo | |
| Squash |
14: Promoting my Other Podcast Projects
A quick audio interlude to let you know about my other current podcast projects:
- NBL Pocket Podcast
- A pilot episode with a working title of International Mac Nerds
Photoblogging Challenge Day 16: stationary 📷 #mbaug
Currently reading: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout 📚
I had a blast recording an International Mac Nerds podcast with @martinfeld and @burk. We all met one another through micro.blog, so a big thanks to @manton and @macgenie for creating the rendezvous point.
Photoblogging Challenge Day 15: silhouette 📷 #mbaug
Photoblogging Challenge Day 14: the boy among the play equipment. 📷 #mbaug
Photoblogging Challenge Day 13: I think it’s time to clean the filter of our heater. 📷 #mbaug
