Apple Maps has been quietly accumulating useful features over the last few years and most people are only using a fraction of what’s there…
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Fantastical Urgent Alarms
Fantastical now supports Apple’s AlarmKit, the persistent alarm feature that arrived with iOS 26. You can set urgent alarms on individual calendar events, and they’ll ring through even when your iPhone is silenced or in a Focus mode…
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The Lab Report for March 27, 2026
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Sparky’s Robot Sample
A lot of Labs members who aren’t interested in the Robot Assistant Field Guide are still curious about exactly what I’m doing with it…
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The J-K-L Window Trick: Keyboard Maestro on Two Displays
When I added a second display for my robot assistant, I needed a fast way to throw windows between screens. Keyboard Maestro’s conflict palettes made it surprisingly simple…
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The Lab Report for March 20, 2026
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MacSparky Q&A – March 2026
Sparky’s quarterly Q&A is back, this time filmed outside in the yard with a puppy cameo and a bonsai tour to close it out…
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Deep Dive – Sparky’s Robot Assistant
David demonstrates his Claude Cowork robot assistant system to Labs members, showing how skills, methods, and MCP connectors work together with Obsidian and Chrome to automate content publishing, email processing, task management, and more…
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Exploring Bloom, An Interesting Finder Alternative
Bloom is a new Finder alternative that’s been getting a lot of attention in the Labs community. It offers flexible multi-pane layouts, fast search, panel syncing that works like an advanced column view, and more settings than Apple’s Finder could dream of. At $16 for a lifetime license with a free trial, it’s easy to kick the tires.
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The Lab Report for March 13, 2026
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