October in the MacSparky Labs

We had a lot of fun in October in the MacSparky Labs. October 2025 highlights include various posts such as Building a Handwritten Text Converter with AI, the weekly Lab Report updates, a book club selection, and events focused on iPad Workflows after iPadOS 26 and Labs Jam Session – Mac mini Server. Key activities also feature video releases and member-exclusive content.

Here’s what took place in the Labs for the month of October 2025:

2025-10-29 – Labs Jam Session – Mac mini Server (Event) (M,I,P)
2025-10-28 – Deep Dive – iPad Workflows after iPadOS 26 (Media Release) (P)
2025-10-27 – iPad Experiment and iPad Home Screen (M,I,P)
2025-10-24 – Labs Momentum Club (Event) (I,P)
2025-10-24 – The Lab Report for October 24, 2025 (Podcast) (M,I,P)
2025-10-23 – De-Liquify Your Liquid Glass (Video) (M,I,P)
2025-10-22 – Deep Dive – iPad Workflows after iPadOS 26 (Event) (P)
2025-10-21 – Deep Dive – Digital Minimalism in 2025 (Media Release) (P)
2025-10-20 – Meeting Summarizer with Shortcuts and Apple Intelligence (Video) (I,P)
2025-10-17 – The Lab Report for October 17, 2025 (M,I,P)
2025-10-16 – First Impressions of the Logitech MX Master 4 Mouse (Video) (M,I,P)
2025-10-15 – Book Club Winner : Apple in China (M,I,P)
2025-10-15 – Q4 Planning Podcast Release (P)
2025-10-15 – Labs October Meetup (Media Release) (I,P)
2025-10-14 – Experimenting with KeyCue (Video) (I,P)
2025-10-10 – The Lab Report for October 10, 2025 (Podcast) (M,I,P)
2025-10-09 – Automating Project Creation using MCP with OmniFocus (Video) (M,I,P)
2025-10-09 – Labs Momentum Club (Event) (
2025-10-08 – Labs October Meetup (Event) (I,P)
2025-10-06 – Simple But Useful Window Management Trick (with special guest Moom) (M,I,P)
2025-10-03 – The Lab Report for October 3, 2025 (M,I,P)
2025-10-03 – Building a Handwritten Text Converter with AI (I,P)

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The Lab Report for October 31, 2025

In this week’s episode: Happy Halloween, Y’all!
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Deep Dive – iPad Workflows after iPadOS 26

In this Deep Dive session for October, I demo my current setup on iPad since we now have iPadOS 26. Thanks for everyone who joined me for this event and shared what their iPad experience has been.… This is a post for the MacSparky Labs Pathfinder members. Care to join? If you’re already a member, you can log in here.

iPad Experiment and iPad Home Screen

I’m trying an experiment for the rest of the year where I’ll be using my Mac Studio and my 11” iPad Pro. No MacBook Air. In this video I explain the how and the why of the experiment along with a tour of my iPad Home Screen.
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The Lab Report for October 24, 2025

In this week’s episode: My new Field Guide is out (with a 37-minute sample video!), we now have a Liquid Glass toggle option, and a new album from one of my favorite musician. I also point you to my recent CarPlay article on macsparky.com.
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De-Liquify Liquid Glass

I know some of you are not buying what liquid glass is selling. So here’s a short video explaining how to easily de-liquify your liquid glass…

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Deep Dive – Digital Minimalism in 2025

The concept of social media and where it should really fit in 2025 was the topic for this Deep Dive. The discussion and later questions gave some real insight.… This is a post for the MacSparky Labs Pathfinder members. Care to join? If you’re already a member, you can log in here.

Meeting Summarizer with Shortcuts and Apple Intelligence

While Apple Intelligence isn’t on par with the frontier LLMs, it can still be useful…

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The Lab Report for October 17, 2025

In this week’s episode: The M5 chip is here, and Apple announces the first products that welcome it. I’ve got a ton of other news, share my video on the Dia browser, and I recommend an uplifting book from Victor E. Frankl.
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Initial Impressions of the Logitech MX Master 4 Mouse

Logitech released a new MX Master mouse, and I jumped in…

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