In this week’s episode: Find My-compatible Tracking Card from Nomad, Apple Design Awards finalists are announced, more iOS and macOS rumors ahead of WWDC, some additional thoughts on Apple and AI, and I recommend an excellent book by John Buck.
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This Month in the MacSparky Labs: May 2024
Here’s what took place in the Labs for the month of May 2024: 2024-05-31 – The Lab Report for May 31, 2024 (Levels 1-3) 2024-05-29 – Conversational AI using GPT-4o (Levels 1-3) 2024-05-28 – Testing the Not Boring Apps (Levels 2-3) 2024-05-24 – The…
Continue reading →Convert Articles to a Custom Podcast with Listen Later (Sponsor)
This week, I’m welcoming a new sponsor to MacSparky, Listen Later. It’s always nice when a new sponsor arrives for which I’m already a paying customer, and that’s the case with this one. Listen Later is a service that converts stories and articles you send…
Continue reading →Conversational AI using GPT-4o
Join me as I take OpenAI’s new GPT-4o engine for a spin. I did not edit the conversation or the pauses between answers for this one.
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The State of visionOS Content
We’ve had some nice Vision Pro content announcements over the last few weeks. There is a new adventure experience, Parkour in Paris. I watched it and realized halfway through that I must be developing a fear of heights because many shots terrified me. We also…
Continue reading →About this Folding Mac Rumor
There is a new rumor that Apple is working on a foldable, keyboard-less Mac for release in a few years, which will get a 20-inch display in something resembling a 13-inch MacBook Air footprint. That would be impressive, but it would also raise many…
Continue reading →Testing the Not Boring Apps
The Not Boring Apps are some of the most visually distinctive applications available on the App Store with opinionated, but delightful design. … This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
Mac Power Users 746: All About iMessage
iMessage is one of the stickiest parts of the Apple ecosystem, and on this week’s episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I discuss some of its features, explore its security credentials, and share some tips for making it run smoothly. This episode of…
Listen & read notes →Brett Terpstra’s Conductor
I’m a little late with this one, but I wanted to congratulate my friend Brett Terpstra on the release of Conductor. This new command line utility is an add-on for Brett’s successful Marked app. As the name implies, this utility acts as a train conductor…
Continue reading →The Lab Report for May 24, 2024
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Some new Vision Pro experiences, Copilot+ Windows PCs are here, I tell you about searching your notes using Alfred, … This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?