This week the Lab Report opens with a tour of the new MacSparky Circle Community. Labs members are already inside, the Discord is winding down, and a public Field Notes space is where I’ll be cross-posting everything plus the works in progress…
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David Smith shipped Pedometer++ 8.0 at the end of April, and the headline is mapping on the Apple Watch. Smith has been chipping away at watchOS maps for six years. And now we get detailed maps on the wrist. Dark mode. Offline support. An…
Continue reading →Carrot Weather added two features in its March update. Multi-model forecasts, and Storm Prediction Center analysis for severe storms and wildfires in the US. The multi-model piece is the more interesting of the two. Most weather apps show you a single forecast. Carrot now…
Continue reading →A while back I showed you my little TRMNL e-ink display in the kitchen. The bigger sibling, the TRMNL X, just arrived…
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On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I welcome back Jason Snell to talk about e-readers in 2026. Jason’s our resident e-reader guy at Six Colors, and he reads about a book a week, so he’s earned the chair. We get into…
Listen & read notes →The first time I installed TextExpander, it changed how I used my Mac. Snippets I typed twenty times a day became three keystrokes. It wasn’t the most powerful text utility on the Mac. There were heavier options out there. But TextExpander hit the spot:…
Continue reading →I’ve heard from a lot of you who are curious about AI but don’t want to deal with the cloud. You’ve been asking for a recommendation for a good local model app for the Mac…
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Apple posted its best March quarter ever this week. Revenue hit $111.2 billion, up 17% year over year, with iPhone 17 demand Tim Cook called “off the charts.”…
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Shortform sponsored this post, but they didn’t tell me what to write. Here’s an honest take from someone who’s been using their service for years. On most days, I am not the person who curls up with a book for two hours. I’d like…
Continue reading →On this episode of Focused, Mike and I work through a batch of listener questions on burnout. Can a hobby burn out the same way work can? What do you do with the guilt of slowing down? We also get into Joan Westenberg’s essay…
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