In this very first MacSparky Labs Jam Session, several Labs members and I got together to discuss running a local AI model and how it’s going. There were lots of interesting takes and tips on how that is working in 2025.
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How to Fix Bad Transcriptions on Your Clipboard
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The Lab Report for May 9, 2025
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Get ready to become and Alfred ninja (new Field Guide is out!), NotebookLM now on iPhone, and I come to the rumored iPhone Air’s defense.
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Reminders Helpers
There’s a lot to like about Apple’s Reminders. However “quick capture” is not one of those things.
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The Lab Report for May 2, 2025
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Apple didn’t have a good week, Google’s Gemini gets iOS widgets, iPhone 17 rumors continue, and I can’t get over Dearly Blossom’s scatting chops.
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Labs Book Club – 4,000 Weeks
The audio from two book club sessions on Oliver Burkeman’s 4,000 Weeks is now in the MacSparky Labs podcast feed. This pick was a hit…
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ChatGPT o3 Explorations
ChatGPT released the o3 Reasoning model and I’ve been impressed. In this video, I show you why.…
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Sparky’s New Wireless Mic
I’ve been unhappy using my Mac’s Studio mic for general computer work and the Mac Studio’s internal mic is audio cardboard. So…I went shopping!…
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The Lab Report for April 25, 2025
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Perplexity’s new Voice Assistant, AirPods as universal translators, and Sparky shares practical uses for NotebookLM.
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Sparky’s Magic Button Masher
The Opal C1 Webcam is meant to be the webcam everybody actually wants to use. It\’s got tons of software features and a better lens system than anything you\’d find in most (all?) other webcams. It\’s time for me to kick the tires…
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