This post is sponsored by Global Delight, makers of Capto. If you’ve ever tried to put together a screen recording to explain a workflow, a feature, or a concept, you know how quickly it turns into a multi-app job. One app to record, another…
Continue reading →Lab Report — April 17, 2026
The Artemis II crew returned from humanity’s farthest journey since 1972, with iPhone 17 Pro Max selfies taken 270,000 miles from Earth. Apple Business Platform launched in 200+ countries, iOS 26.5 public beta 2 landed, and high-RAM Mac mini and Mac Studio configs went completely out of stock.
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My Episode of First, Last, Everything
Jonathan Reed runs a show called First, Last, Everything over at MacStories. The format is simple: he asks guests about the first piece of tech they remember, the last thing they bought, and works through a conversation about everything in between. I was the…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 844: Apple Home
On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and David compare notes on their Apple smart home setups and cover what you need to know to build one yourself. They get into the weeds on Matter, Thread, HomeKit Secure Video, smart locks, and which…
Listen & read notes →In Defense of the Desktop / Laptop Setup
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…
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