Here’s what took place in the Labs for the month of April 2024: 2024-04-30 – Building Virtual Seneca (Levels 2-3) 2024-04-26 – The Lab Report for April 26, 2024 (Levels 1-3) 2024-04-24 – Relative Dates with OmniFocus 4.2 (Levels 1-3) 2024-04-23 – Podcast –…
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Hypothetical M4 iPads
Mark Gurman is now reporting that the new iPad Pro we’ll get next week may include the M4 chip. Because that particular chip is expected to have new AI features, the argument is that adding it to the new iPad Pro would help boost…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 742: All About Mimestream, with Neil Jhaveri
Neil Jhaveri founded Mimestream, a macOS email app for Gmail users. On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I talk to Neil about his time at Apple, Mimestream’s roadmap (including an iOS version and supporting non-Google services), and email’s place in today’s…
Listen & read notes →Fixkey.ai: Make Your Writing Better Today (Sponsor)
This week’s sponsor, Fixkey.ai, is an excellent implementation of AI that you can start using today. Fixkey is an app on your Mac that, with a single keystroke, will grab your text and check it against an artificial intelligence grammar checker. It can then…
Continue reading →The Lab Report for April 26, 2024
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: there is another Apple event right around the corner, John Gruber writes about dumb phones, and I share my Reminders video from last year.
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Relative Dates with OmniFocus 4.2
OmniFocus added a new custom perspective filter that builds on relative dates…
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Focused 202: Slow Productivity
Mike and I use this episode of Focused to consider Cal Newport’s philosophy on organizing knowledge work in a sustainable and meaningful manner. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now with Zocdoc. Sign up for free. Indeed: Join more…
Listen & read notes →Apple’s “Let Loose” Event Set for May 7
We’ve been talking about new iPads for months. It looks like it’s nearly time for release with Apple’s announcement of the “Let Loose” event, scheduled for May 7. The event, confirmed to be an all-digital affair, sure looks to be iPad-focused with the prominent…
Continue reading →FOD • Visit-Based Productivity with Kourosh Dini
I recently got together with my friend Kourosh Dini for a Friends of Dave conversation. I wanted to ask him about his Visit-Based method of productivity.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
OmniFocus 4.2 Brings Relative Dates to Perspectives
OmniFocus continues to evolve, and with the release of version 4.2 it brings a slew of enhancements that promise to improve your productivity whether you’re on a Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch (or even using the new Apple Vision Pro). A few features…
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