Shaun Usher, at Letters of Note, has been playing with ChatGPT and asked it to come up with unique ways to end a letter. The result is 500 valedictions. The angry ones tickled me the most. From the end of my rope,David
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 691: Workflows with David Rosenthal
David Rosenthal is a world-renowned keyboardist, musical director, synthesizer programmer, and composer. At the heart of his work is the Mac, and on this episode of Mac Power Users, we talk about his background, career, gear, and more. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored…
Listen & read notes →Automators 127: Feedback!
It’s time for some automation feedback. Topics on this Automators episode include task-inbox processing, automated check-ins, dumping automation confirmations with Shortcuts, home automation, and time tracking. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: Network to Code: Your Network Automation Strategy Begins with Data. Explore Nautobot now.…
Listen & read notes →GrammarlyGO Brings in More AI
A recent update to Grammarly adds even more artificial intelligence: it’s called GrammarlyGO. I say “more AI” because Grammarly has always been an AI-based grammar-checking service. (There have never been humans there proofreading your work.) GrammarlyGO brings it up a notch with the ability…
Continue reading →Happy May the Fourth, Everybody
The idea of a Star Wars day probably makes George Lucas cringe, but it sure makes me happy. If I can get my work done, I’ll be heading up to Batuu at Disneyland this evening to celebrate properly. If you’re wondering why a middle-aged…
Continue reading →Drafts Gets Mail Drop (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Drafts, my favorite text tool. Drafts is a text capture app. You open the app, and you’ve got a blinking cursor. Anytime I need to write down something on my phone. I tap the Drafts icon and get…
Continue reading →Addressing Unwanted Tracking
I’ve been playing with Bluetooth trackers since long before the AirTag showed up. There’s always been two schools of thought around these things: 1. Let Me Track Anything A lot of the initial trackers had no limitations attached to them. If someone steals your…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 690: Better Touch Tool with Andreas Hegenberg
BetterTouchTool developer Andreas Hegenberg does his first-ever podcast interview on this episode of Mac Power Users about how he wanted to learn to make iPhone apps and stumbled into making one of our favorite Mac utilities, how the app has grown over the years,…
Listen & read notes →Capture Text Anywhere on Your Mac with TextSniper (Sponsor)
My thanks to TextSniper for sponsoring MacSparky.com this week. This is an app that I use … often. Just a few examples from the last week: I got the serial number from a picture of a tool I pulled text off of a donation receipt for…
Continue reading →Jazz Friday – Yayennings, Vol. 2
There are some remarkable contemporary jazz artists making traditional bebop jazz these days. One of my favorites is the Yayennings Quartet. It’s an interesting instrument composition with trumpet, tenor sax, bass, and drums. There is no traditional comping instrument (like a piano or guitar).…
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