David and Stephen explore always-on Mac jobs, including backups, automation, transcription, local AI, and Docker services, and compare the alternatives to a second Mac.
Episode Links
- Some iPhone Duo orders getting moved up to earlier dates
- Crackling/distorted sound from MacBook Pro
- Apple's October 28 'Pro and Tell' Launch: What's Coming
- Stephen's iPhone Duo First Look
- iPhone Duo Day 2: IRL
- Parachute Backup
- Orion — HDMI Monitor for iPad
- Guermok Video Capture Card
- A launchd Tutorial
- Transcriber
- Instinct
- Plex Pass
- MakeMKV
- HandBrake
- LM Studio
- Mac mini M6, 32GB, 1TB
- Apple and Meta team up to run Meta’s Muse Spark Open model on Macs
- Docker Desktop
- HomeBox
- Paperless-ngx
- Audiobookshelf
- changedetection.io
- Mealie
- Uptime Kuma
- Stirling-PDF
- Karakeep
- Calibre-Web
- Aqara Camera Hub G5 Pro PoE
- Airversa QliQ AC1 HomeKit Button Controller
- Raspberry Pi 5
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Written by David Sparks
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