As a no-longer-practicing attorney and someone who generally digs Apple, I reviewed the DOJ complaint filed today and have a few takeaways. A taxpayer-funded lawsuit against a trillion-dollar company is not going away anytime soon. It will take on a life of its own. Trust me…
Continue reading →The Problem with Vision Pro App Store
Lately, I’ve been challenged when using App Store for Vision Pro. Specifically, there’s no easy way to find the most recently released visionOS applications. While Apple does have a “new” category, a lot of apps in it were available on launch day. As somebody…
Continue reading →Transcripts Feature in Apple Podcasts
Apple recently added transcripts to its Podcasts app. Several of you asked me to demonstrate how this feature works.
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On Apple Getting AI Help
Bloomberg reports that Apple is in talks with Google (and possibly OpenAI) about a deal to run iPhone AI features through these third-party providers. It’s all sketchy at this point but it doesn’t seem out of the realm of possibility. Capacity is one of…
Continue reading →Watch to Drafts Dictation Workflow
Here’s a useful new workflow that lets me press the Action button on my Apple Watch Ultra, speak a bit of text, and have a reliable transcription of that text… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
Meetup Summary – March 2024
In your podcast feed today, you’ll find a short summary of the MacSparky Labs Meetup for March 2024… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
Mac Power Users 736: Maintaining & Caring For Your Apple Hardware
Join Stephen and me on this episode of Mac Power Users as we offer advice on how to best care for Macs, iPhones, iPads, and more, from cleaning to battery management and beyond. Then, we reflect on recent news, including the new MacBook Air…
Listen & read notes →The Lab Report for March 15, 2024
It’s time for the Lab Report, covering this week’s Apple news, rumors, and more… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
M3 MacBook Air has Faster SSD Speeds
A bit of good news from iFixit on the teardown of the new M3 MacBook Air: they have now switched to two 128 GB storage modules. You may know that in the first two iterations of the Apple silicon MacBook Air, the base storage models…
Continue reading →Focused 199: Repotting and Retirement, with Jim Eagar
Jim Eagar joins Mike and me on this episode of Focused to talk about how to navigate the four phases of retirement with meaning and purpose. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of…
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