I recently guested on composer Michael Whalen’s Podcast, the Artist Expansion Podcast, where he coaches musicians and composers through the business side of a creative life. Michael’s own credentials are no joke. He’s a two-time Emmy winning composer with something like 900 TV and…
Listen & read notes →Omni Group Building Toward MCP Support
Ken Case posted the Omni Group’s Post-WWDC Roadmap Update a few weeks ago, and one line jumped out at me. The Omni Group is now planning “first-class MCP support,” likely built through Omni Automation or App Intents. Case explained the team had been watching…
Continue reading →The Old Site Didn’t Look Like Me Anymore
Over the last month, I moved the MacSparky Labs and Field Guides over to a new home in Circle. I’ve spent a lot of time on that space. Colors, tone, the little details that make a place feel like somewhere instead of just software. Then I’d click back…
Continue reading →This Week in the Labs — July 17, 2026
It was a fun week in the Labs with a lot of meetups. We started with the Saturday meetup, which was wide-ranging, and then we had a deep dive with the Pathfinders on Thursday that dug into the new beta software. On top of…
Continue reading →Apple History Calendar Update
Stephen Hackett has an update to his Apple History Calendar. He’s combined the dates from his three Kickstarter calendars into a single subscribable calendar that he’ll keep updating each month, so Apple anniversaries and milestones flow right into your calendar app. It’s a one-time…
Continue reading →Drafts Adds Encryption and a Command Line
This post is sponsored by Drafts for iPhone and iPad. Drafts is where text starts for me, and has been for years. Any time I have a thought, a task, a phone number, or the first messy paragraph of a blog post, it lands…
Continue reading →Maestral Mac Dropbox Client Retired
Maestral, the open-source, splendidly simple Mac Dropbox client, has been retired. Sam Schott, its sole developer, has moved away from Dropbox himself, so the project is now archived. It still runs for now, but the updates have stopped. (John Gruber has a fond sendoff.)…
Continue reading →A Productivity Tool Draft for Relay Members
If you’re a Relay Member, I recorded a bonus episode you might enjoy. It’s called “Intentional MPU, with Focus: A Productivity Tool Draft,” and it’s exactly what it sounds like. The hosts from Mac Power Users, Focused, and Intentional AI got in a room…
Listen & read notes →Mac Power Users 857: Sparmerica
Stephen showed up wearing Meta glasses this week, and before he said a word I wanted to know if I was being indexed somewhere. That’s roughly the energy of this whole feedback episode. We work through iOS 27 beta 3’s Siri indexing (every device…
Listen & read notes →Toy Story 5 and Our Kids’ Devices
I recently saw the new Toy Story 5 movie, and I want to suggest you consider seeing it with any kids in your life. Let me explain. I’ll keep the spoilers light, because you should see it. The setup is that a kid gets…
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