For the last week, I’ve been using the new Rivian Apple Watch app, and it’s pretty great. There are separate screens for security, climate control, and charge level, in addition to a mini dashboard that has everything you need. Rivian Phone App Dashboard Rivian…
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Labs Book Club: Intentional with Chris Bailey
We had a lot of fun at the book club meetup for Chris Bailey’s new book, Intentional…
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MacBook Neo First Impressions
Apple announced the MacBook Neo today, and I think it’s a bigger deal than most people realize. The headline is the price. $599. That’s it. And if you’re a student, $499. Yesterday, the cheapest way to get a Mac laptop was north of a…
Continue reading →SoundSource: Complete Audio Control for Your Mac (Sponsor)
My friends at Rogue Amoeba are back to sponsor MacSparky, and this time I want to spotlight SoundSource, their essential audio control app for Mac. SoundSource provides audio control so useful, it ought to be built in to MacOS. Get instant access to your…
Continue reading →M5 MacBook Pros: Fine Computers With an Asterisk
Apple announced the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros today, and they look like fine computers. The new chips bring an 18-core CPU with six “super cores”, GPU-level neural accelerators, and memory bandwidth topping out at 614 GB/s on the M5 Max. If…
Continue reading →“Don’t Call it Art” from Austin Kleon
When it comes to Austin Kleon, I definitely fall in camp “fan boy”. I like the way he thinks and, more importantly, I like the way he makes me think. And he has a new book on the way.
Continue reading →Stephen Millard’s Stream Deck Plugin
I’ve been using Stream Deck for years, and like many of you, I’ve cobbled together various plugins to make it work with my Mac automation setup. KMLink for Keyboard Maestro and separate plugins for shortcuts. It was messy. My friend Stephen Millard fixed all of that… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Pathfinder and Insider Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?
Apple’s Big Hardware Week
Apple kicked things off today with the iPhone 17e and a refreshed iPad Air powered by M4. Both look like solid updates. The iPhone 17e brings the A19 chip and doubles the base storage to 256GB while keeping the same $599 starting price. The…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 838: iPhone Setup Showdown
On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I break down our entire iPhone setups including Home Screens, widgets, Focus Modes, Control Center, Action Button, and more! Stephen may have inspired me on this one. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: SaneBox: Take back…
Listen & read notes →Nobody Can Make Fun of Phone Cameras Anymore
I was sitting in the dark of my backyard last night, admiring the planets, as you do, when I noticed a blob of something in the tree looking down at me. My distance vision is 20/20, yet I still could not make it out.…
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