Select Macstock speakers have made additional resources available to you for you as a Macstock attendee. Some of these downloads include tools you may want to have installed on your Mac prior to their talk and some will be resources you’ll want to have on hand so you can explore them after the weekend ends!
And some may simply be specials you may want to take advantage of!
As presenters get any special content to me I’ll update this page, so please watch for updates during and after Macstock Weekend!
Note that Speakers, Content & Apps, and Topics are subject to change or may be time-limited trials.
It’s Alive! New Life for Your Old Macs
9:00am, Friday, July 10, 2026
Mike Potter
In his talk, Mike shares a number of resources for repurposing your older Mac including Home Entertainment Servers, Cloud Servers, Gaming, and retro operating system options. Mike also demonstrates Ubuntu Desktop and its many flavors as well as an app to help create bootable flash drives.
Paper to Pixel: Making Art with Your Mac and iPad
11:00am, Friday, July 10, 2026
Jeff Gamet
Jeff put together a collection of sample pencil sketches, outline samples, and finished artwork as well as a complete run down of links to resources to help you make art with your Mac!
How the Cool Kids Really Use Spreadsheets
9:00am, Saturday, July 11, 2026
Allison Sheridan
To play along with Allison during her presentation, she is providing three spreadsheets in Excel, Numbers, and Google Sheets.
Click here to download the Excel spreadsheet
(Allison will be using Excel, if you don’t own Excel a “view only” version can be downloaded via the App Store using this link)
Click here to download the Numbers spreadsheet
The third one is a Google Sheet.
Allison says the only way to give it to people is to share a link with privileges set to “View Only “and then “Anyone With the Link”.
To access the spreadsheet, visit the following link, go to the File menu, select “Make a Copy” and then open the copy to follow along.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a8822BuNmzbCAtlhhffMtlZD2To8-0gfChwBsLrE8Ro/edit?usp=sharing
From Spark To Published with Markdown
11:00am, Saturday, July 11, 2026
Brett Terpstra
Brett is providing a special extended trial of his app, Marked 3 to all Macstock attendees for use during his talk.
Run the app once to register as a Workshop attendee
Once you’ve run the app, the machine you run it on will be registered as a workshop machine, and Marked will be free until Brett’s birthday on July 19th. After that it will revert to the standard trial period, and you’ll have the option to purchase.
A special discount will be available for Macstock attendees.
This build will allow automatic updates once it’s been run once. The workshop key will be stored in preferences, so you can run the Paddle version moving forward. Marked is still receiving regular updates and will definitely have new builds available before the workshop.
Technology Caretaking for Complete Amateurs
11:00am, Saturday, July 12, 2026
Mike T. Rose
Mike has put together a list of shared resources for his Digital Caregiving talk on Sunday with information on Caregiver Checklist & Conversation Curation, Password Tools, Support Tools, and Scam Protection.
When you visit the following link you’ll be automagically taken to his shared resources document on Google Docs:
10% Off at Anime & Things
Mike Potter
Okay, this is more of an “Outside of Macstock” thing, but many of you know that Janet (Mrs. Macstock) runs an awesome shop in downtown Woodstock (aka The Woodstock Square) called Anime & Things and she’s just received a TON of new merch including new plushies, figures, blind boxes, and more!
As part of Macstock weekend, Janet would like to offer any Macstock attendee who stops by an extra 10% off their purchases beginning Wednesday, July 8th through Monday, July 13th. Stop by to say hi and get a little something for yourself or a souvenir to take home to a family member!
Anime & Things is located at 109 E Van Buren St in Woodstock.
Wednesday, July 8th:
Celebrate 10 Years of In Touch with iOS
Dave Ginsburg
You’re invited to join us for a special evening as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of In Touch With iOS with a live podcast recording at Macstock!
Host David Ginsburg will be joined by Jeff Gamet, Marty Jencius, Jill McKinley, Chuck Joiner, Guy Serle, and Eric Bolden for a fun, interactive episode covering the latest Apple news, technology, and everything happening at Macstock.
Be part of the live audience, meet the panel, celebrate a decade of In Touch With iOS, and even join in the conversation—audience questions and participation may be featured during the recording!
📅 Wednesday, July 8
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Holiday Inn Crystal Lake – Lower Level Lakeview Room
Whether you’re a longtime listener or discovering the show for the first time, everyone attending Macstock is welcome.
Come help us celebrate 10 years of podcasting, community, and friendship as we kick off another unforgettable Macstock!