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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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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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.
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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Announcing the MacSparky Labs Sessions
When I was first learning to play jazz, I found the best way to improve wasn’t reading a book or even practicing alone. It was showing up to jam sessions with other musicians. That’s where the real learning happened — by listening, experimenting, and playing off one another.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about that experience in relation to the Labs and all the knowledge we collectively share as members. There’s so much insight, experience, and curiosity here — and I’d like to create more space for it to come to life.
So I’m adding something new to the Labs.
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Custom Window Controls on the Mac
There are some nice features for window controls on macOS but what if you don’t use the Apple’s Magic Keyboard? I have a solution.
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