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…
Continue reading →This Week in the Labs — July 10, 2026
It’s been another onboarding week in the MacSparky Labs community. This week we’ve crossed over the line to 6,000 members! 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.…
Continue reading →The DAK Catalog
At a recent Labs meetup, the conversation wandered into 1980s mail-order catalogs, and I lit right up. If you were a nerdy kid back then, you know what I’m talking about. The DAK catalog was the best of the bunch. When one landed in…
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