A few weeks ago, I came very close to buying a MacBook Pro. Not just any MacBook Pro. The big one, the maxed-out M4 Max with enough RAM to make a server blush. My plan was to simplify: one computer, everywhere, always. No desktop,…
Continue reading →Make Your Mac Sound Better with Boom 3D
This post is sponsored by Global Delight, makers of Boom 3D. Boom 3D is a system-wide audio enhancer for Mac. It works across every app without any per-app setup. Spotify, Safari, Zoom, Logic, QuickTime. Whatever you’re listening to, Boom 3D improves it in the…
Continue reading →Lab Report — April 10, 2026
This week the Studio Display XDR became the first Apple display cleared by the FDA for diagnostic radiology — a genuinely big deal in the medical world.
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Testing Day One’s New AI Feature
Day One just launched an AI journaling feature. The privacy story is solid….
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A Look at Dropzone 5
Dropzone, one of my favorite Mac utilities, just got a big update to version 5. If you’re not familiar with it, Dropzone lives in your menu bar and gives you a spot to temporarily park files, folders, and media while you work…
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Bonsai and the Slow Work
The Juniper in Question I spend most of my days trying to get things done faster. Better systems, better tools, better workflows. That’s kind of my whole deal. So it’s a little funny that one of the things I look forward to most each…
Continue reading →Lab Report — April 3, 2026
Apple turned 50 this week, and there’s a lot to talk about. Tim Cook rang the NASDAQ bell, shared rare prototypes with the Wall Street Journal, and Paul McCartney played Apple Park…
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The Studio Display XDR’s Quiet $400 Haircut
Apple just dropped the price of the VESA-mount Studio Display XDR by $400. The standless version is now $2,899, down from $3,299. The stand version stays at $3,299. That’s a big correction for a product that’s only been on the market for a few…
Continue reading →Apple Maps Tricks
Apple Maps has been quietly accumulating useful features over the last few years and most people are only using a fraction of what’s there…
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Fantastical Urgent Alarms
Fantastical now supports Apple’s AlarmKit, the persistent alarm feature that arrived with iOS 26. You can set urgent alarms on individual calendar events, and they’ll ring through even when your iPhone is silenced or in a Focus mode…
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