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…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 869: It Was Basically a Wash
David and Stephen compare the Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Series 12, discuss David’s move to an M6 Mac mini for local AI and server work, and test Siri AI on everyday tasks. In the Bonus segment, the hosts look ahead to Apple’s rumored…
Listen & read notes →Why Quarterly Reviews Matter More Than Annual Goals
I recently did a quarterly planning session with some of the MacSparky Labs members. I do that every quarter and find it really rewarding. It gives us a bit of a personal accountability circle. During the session, I started talking about the importance of…
Continue reading →This Week in the Labs — October 2, 2026
It was another fun week in the MacSparky Labs. A highlight for me was the Q4 Planning session where we talked about our plans for the final quarter of the year. Below you’ll find the week’s new videos and podcasts, a few of the…
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