@bowline The philosopher Jagger suggests that trying can help you get what you need. Sadly this doesn’t seem to apply to AirPods—Apple’s customer service has denied my desperate begging.
@r2d2 I don’t want to tangent this thread too much—you can see more discussion about my deliberations over here: Comparing Mac hardware—amortized cost and approx. performance gains. (I just edited the original post to add the specs I’m looking at.)
HomePod for $200 at Best Buy today:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-homepod-space-gray/5902410.p?skuId=5902410
Cleanshot X, a Mac screenshot & screen-recording app, is 20% off with the https://cleanshot.com/?ref=family friends-&-family link. (Pricing for one Mac drops to $23).
The app includes access to sharing via Cleanshot Cloud, GIF trimming, scrolling capture, pin/float screenshots, crop/drawing/highlighting, and a lot more. App seems to do a lot more than the screenshot utility I’ve been using, Snapz Pro X.
“Get 50% off custom photo books, cards, and more with code APPLEPAY when you check out in the Snapfish app through July 15.”
(You must also use Apple Pay at checkout.)
https://www.captureone.com/en/products-plans/single-user
Through September 30th Capture One (probably the main competitor to Adobe Lightroom) offers a 25% discount on perpetual licenses and subscriptions (but not upgrades or Styles packs) with coupon code TAKE25OFF.
Sergey at MacPlus just announced a Flash Sale for the next 24 hours - all apps 40% off at this link. Best known apps are MultiDock, DeskCover, ActiveDock and Command-Tab, though I own his Google_Keep Mac app/wrapper.
Site:
Silicio 3 for Mac currently free in the Mac App Store where it has a 4.8 rating.
Silicio is a mini player and a today widget that allows you to see and control your music. Alongside iTunes with Apple Music and Beats 1, a wide range of music players is supported.
Four free months of Apple News+, to new subscribers only - and possibly only to US users - courtesy of this link at BestBuy.
For anyone with a serious interest in photography one of the best extant photo magazines, The British Journal Of Photography, has a Covid-19 special of £1 for three months of online access, including seven years of digital back-issues. (That’s a discount of about US $49.) Offer expires next Monday.
RX Elements is on sale again for $29.
I used this offer then subsequent offers on RX to get some great tools for a good price.
https://www.izotope.com/en/shop/rx-elements.html
That’s a big discount
Lenovo L24q-30 is on sale for $149.99 from $200. It’s a 23.8” monitor that does QHD 2560x1440. This resolution is a sweet spot for me because 1920x1080 is just too small.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/lenovo-l24q-30-238-inch-qhd-monitor/93b7c4x018qj
Amazon has the new MacBook Air for $899. With kids going virtual school this fall we needed an extra computer - perfect time for me to upgrade.