Last year Apple added the ability to extract text from an image via Shortcut action. So that got me thinking, “Why not make a Shortcut that automates this?” Well, here you go…
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I’m behind on my email, which made me rethink my email practices and how I can improve them. This is no less than my quest for email serenity. I’ve decided to do this as a series for the MacSparky Labs. Here’s the first entry talking about the problem, potential solutions, and some trouble areas where a specific email can gum up the works. I also share diagrams of some of my email workflows…
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Following up on today’s public post on how I do mid-year reflection and planning, I’ve released an extended audio session in the Labs podcast going deeper…
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Can you believe that we are halfway through 2022? With the move into the second half of the year, I’ll be doing some reflection and planning this week. I will share the process with the Early Access members, and I will do a Zoom call this Wednesday at 16:00 Pacific with anyone doing the same to talk about the process and implementation of mid-year reflections and planning. I’d love to see you there…
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It’s time for the latest Lab Report from MacSparky, covering this week’s Apple news and updates…
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I think Focus Modes are underrated and underused. I’m going to be covering this more in the Labs as we lead up to the release of macOS Ventura and iOS 16. As a starting point, I’m running a new experiment where I’m triggering Focus Modes from Calendar events. It’s early days, but I’ve got it working…
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I’m continuing to experiment on my iPad Status Board. Here’s the latest version with some new ideas and custom widgets…
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I’ve had several Labs members ask me about an easy way to duplicate existing calendar events to a second “Busy” calendar so they share their availability without sharing event details. Here you go…
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Every year, after the WWDC Keynote, Apple does a separate “State of the Platform” address where it breaks down the upcoming changes as they impact software developers. Where the WWDC Keynote is mostly for the public, the State of the Platform is mostly for developers. Nevertheless, there are a lot of good nuggets of information there that are useful to power users. In this audio, Sparky summarizes a few hours of video into 13 minutes…
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Here’s the video from the June 16, 2022 Deep Dive session on iPadOS 16 features including Stage Manager, Apple Mail, Dictation, and more. It was a fun session with plenty of questions…
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