It’s time for the latest Lab Report from MacSparky, covering this week’s Apple news and updates… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?
SaneBox: Reduce the Noise (Sponsor)
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Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for the iPad
For many years we’ve been asking for them. Now we are getting them. Apple explains these apps are designed for a “touch-first” interface. Interestingly, while we’ve been waiting for these apps on the iPad, very credible pro-level video and audio apps have already established themselves. Both apps will release on May 23. I’m looking forward to seeing how they work.
Separately, it is curious that Apple will release these apps before WWDC. Could that mean Apple’s dance card is already full for the WWDC Keynote? If so, we may get more interesting announcements in the weeks leading up to WWDC.
Siri Tricks, Part 1 (MacSparky Labs)
I’ve spent too much time complaining about Siri lately. That’s not because Siri doesn’t deserve criticism (it does!) but because my job is to help you get the most out of this stuff, even when the underlying tech could be better…This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
The TextExpander Work Smarter Virtual Summit
If you are a TextExpander user, you’ll want to check out their virtual summit on June 14. They’ll have two tracks, individual and business, and it will be full of tricks for getting better at using TextExpander. I’ll be speaking in the individual track.
Focused 177: The Care and Feeding of Technology, with Mike Rohde
Mike Rohde is back on Focused to talk about the role of analog and digital tools in maintaining creative focus.
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TextExpander Intervention (MacSparky Labs)
In this 90-minute webinar, TextExpander’s Josh Centers joins us to discuss power tips for using TextExpander, snippet maintenance and optimization, and using TextExpander when forming ChapGPT prompts… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
2023 Q2 Midpoint Planning Call (MacSparky Labs)
We’re halfway through Q2 2023. That means it’s time for an Early Access planning call. It’s all set for Monday the 15th at 9:00 AM Pacific. I hope to see you there…
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The Camera Cart Completed (MacSparky Labs)
The Opal C1 Webcam is meant to be the webcam everybody actually wants to use. It\’s got tons of software features and a better lens system than anything you\’d find in most (all?) other webcams. It\’s time for me to kick the tires…
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500 Ways to End a Letter
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