I’m out at the pointy end of the stick again. This time, I’ve used a third-party MCP (Model Context Protocol) to connect Claude AI with OmniFocus. It’s actually quite useful for doing what I lovingly call “donkey work.”… This is a post for the MacSparky Labs Pathfinder and Insider members. Care to join? If you’re already a member, you can log in here.
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Mac Power Users 828: Revisiting Keyboard Maestro
Join Stephen and me on this episode of Mac Power Users as we talk through our uses of Keyboard Maestro, diving deep into automation, text expansion, and more. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a…
Listen & read notes →The Shop Time Experiment
For several years now, I’ve been getting back into woodworking. It’s a hobby I love, but through 2024, I kept running into the same problem: I never felt like I was getting enough time in the shop to actually make things. During my regular…
Continue reading →Deep Dive – Year-End Tech Stack Audits
For the last Deep Dive of 2025 in the MacSparky Labs, several Pathfinder members and I got together to talk about our tech stack and the changes we’re thinking about for 2026.… This is a post for the MacSparky Labs Pathfinder members. Care to join? If you’re already a member, you can log in here.
Festivitas Returns
Screenshot Simon Støvring (a recent MPU guest) is at it again with an update to his cute holiday app, Festivitas, which puts holiday lights in the menu bar and a snowstorm on your desktop. My favorite feature is how the lights delicately move out of the…
Continue reading →The Mastermind Box Cover
McSweeney’s got to the bottom of that strange board game cover from my childhood. The funny thing is, back before the internet, even before Coleco Football, Mastermind was my game of choice. And even as an eight-year-old, I remember thinking, “What the hell is…
Continue reading →Email Linking Script Update (and Keyboard Maestro Script Execution)
I’ve been iterating on my script to grab a link from any email message from Mail and embed it somewhere else in your Mac. In this video, I share the latest version of the script along with a tutorial on how to connect it to Keyboard Maestro.
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The Lab Report for December 19, 2025
The Lab Report is my weekly podcast exclusively for the MacSparky Labs members.
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DEVONthink To Go 4
The DEVONthink team has been hard at work this year. Earlier this year, they released DEVONthink 4.0 Copernicus for the Mac, and now they have released DEVONthink To Go 4.0 Kepler for iPhone and iPad. This is a major update, including features like Generative AI, custom metadata, versioning,…
Continue reading →Getting Links to Apple Notes Using Keyboard Maestro
Here’s a great Keyboard Maestro Macro written by Jim Sauer and posted in the Keyboard Maestro forums. It lets you easily get deep links to notes in Apple Notes (provided they are stored on iCloud). Thanks to Jim for creating this excellent workflow… This is a post for the MacSparky Labs Pathfinder and Insider members. Care to join? If you’re already a member, you can log in here.