Apple announced three new home products this morning: HomeView, a fourth-generation Apple TV 4K, and HomePod mini 2. They're available to preorder today, with the speaker arriving first and the other two following in November. Apple HomeView Apple's new HomeView is the most interesting,…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 870: The Full Sparky
David and Stephen revisit app launchers, capture tools, and Siri AI, then explore the new Shortcuts actions in iOS 27. David also shares his latest experiments with remote KVM hardware and a foldable keyboard. Episode Links Raycast 2 Sent Me Back to Spotlight adil…
Listen & read notes →Siri’s Everyday Superpower
Last night I had an interesting experience. I was watching a baseball game with my wife, and she looked at me and said, “Didn’t that guy pitch last night?” I told her no. She looked at me the way wives sometimes look at husbands,…
Continue reading →This Week in the Labs — October 9, 2026
It was a busy week in the MacSparky Labs. Below you’ll find the week’s new videos and podcasts, a few of the conversations happening in the member community, and what’s coming next week. Most of those links lead straight into the Labs community on…
Continue reading →Cotypist 2026.4 Syncs Your Writing Between Macs
Daniel Gräfe shipped Cotypist 2026.4, and the headline feature is sync between Macs. If you let Cotypist record your writing, it can now sync that history to your other Macs through your iCloud account. The writing is encrypted on your Mac before it is…
Continue reading →Intentional AI 10: Cal Newport: Automate Tedium, Protect Thought
Cal Newport joins us on Intentional AI to talk about automating tedious work, protecting judgment, and keeping room for deep thinking. We also discuss digital minimalism and why a robot’s convincing answer can still be wrong. Episode Links Focused Podcast YouTube Channel Cal Newport’s…
Listen & read notes →Hookmark 7.3 Improves Link Cleanup and App Integrations
Hookmark 7.3 is out, and Luc Beaudoin and his team keep adding to what was already one of the cleverer utilities on the Mac. If you haven’t run into it, Hookmark links your stuff together across apps. Hook a PDF in DEVONthink to the…
Continue reading →Focused 266: AI as a Distraction
On this episode of Focused, Mike and I look at how AI becomes a distraction precisely because it feels like work. We cover tool tourism, infinite collaboration, system procrastination, cognitive debt, and authority drift, then set a few boundaries that keep the robot useful…
Listen & read notes →The Alfred 6 Preview
Team Alfred has posted a first look at Alfred 6, and it looks like they’re working on a pretty big redesign. I’ll be watching this one closely.
Continue reading →On the Rumored M8 Ultra AI Servers
The Information reports that Apple is considering a return to the server business with machines built for artificial intelligence. The proposed hardware would come in two versions, one clustering two M8 Ultra chips and another with four. Apple has also reportedly discussed using Nvidia’s…
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