Apple’s Journal app is growing up a bit and is now a much better candidate to be your journaling app of choice than it was when first released on iPhone. In this video, I take a look at Journal on iPadOS.
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The team that brought us Arc is back with Dia, their new browser. It’s a Chromium browser with artificial intelligence baked right in. I’ve been using it for a few weeks and here are my initial impressions.… 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.
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Pixelmator Pro is adding AI features, why an Apple Ring is a good idea, and [two of my favorite musical artists get together](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjM6Jbd__Qc&list=RDPjM6Jbd__Qc&start_radio=1) and awake my soul.
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One of the few new features in Apple Notes with the “26” operating systems is Markdown import and export. Here’s a demonstration of this new feature and how I use it.
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While I’ll admit I’ve been giving Apple a shellacking as of late about their Artificial Intelligence offering, I AM genuinely impressed with Private Cloud Compute, which is an entirely private LLM, owned and operated by Apple, and addressable via Shortcuts.… 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.
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report (recorded in Hawai’i!): The new 26 betas are out, will there ever be an AirPods Max refresh, and I read you a Thoreau quote from his book, Walden.
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The new Spotlight isn’t going to replace Alfred, Raycast, or LaunchBar, but it might very well earn its place back in your workflow with some really impressive new features.… 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.
With macOS Tahoe 26, we’re getting Control Center customization and the ability to create multiple instances of it. I demonstrate how to do this in today’s video.
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Oh Boy! The iPad got some much needed love this year from Apple. In this video I show off some of the impressive new power-ish features in iPadOS 26.
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In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Viticci’s interview with Craig Federighi, my experience with the betas so far, and it’s time to catch up on Foundation before Season 3 arrives.
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