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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The Lab Report for April 18, 2025
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Meta’s lawyers are not Mac power users, Intel Macs go vintage. and some controversy over Siri’s AI investment cuts. I also share my Freeform calendar video and urge you to update to iOS 18.4.1 right now.
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Building A Focus Mode Workflow in Alfred
Something I learned while working on the Alfred Field Guide is that building your own workflows is not that difficult. In this video, I show you how to set up your own to quickly switch between your different Focus modes. You learn quite a bit about Alfred Workflows in the process! … This is a post for MacSparky Labs members only. Care to join? If you’re already a member, you can log in here.
ChatGPT Multi-Modal Image Generation
ChatGPT recently introduced multi-modal image generation and the Internet freaked out a bit, again. I can see why. In this demo I give a few very simple prompts for some extraordinary results
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The Lab Report for April 11, 2025
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Planes filled with iPhones, CalDigit has a new Thunderbolt 5 dock, and new Mac and Vision Pro apps for immersive content management. I also share a recent AI-focused Labs video on checking my work.
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Deep Dive – AI Update (Video)
Apologies for this Deep Dive video coming out so late after the original meeting back in January…!
There were lots of good exchanges and good participation from Early Access Labs members in these 50-or-so minutes, as AI remains a fast-evolving topic right up to this day. … This is a post for the MacSparky Labs Early Access members. Care to join? If you’re already a member, you can log in here.