With Apple’s security restrictions, new Apple Mail plugins are pretty rare these days. In this video, I kick the tires on ReplyCube and share what works, and what doesn’t…
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Happy Monday! I had a great weekend. I took Saturday off for some family time, and yesterday I worked on my project management workflow. That may sound boring, but that’s the kind of thing that I love…
Here’s a video explaining how I solved a problem of independently setting and managing the volume in Apple Music only using AppleScript. It’s a nice walkthrough of a simple-ish AppleScript…
The iFixit Teardown is up for the HomePod 2, and it contains some good news. The original HomePod was full of glue and other bits, making it difficult to repair, but the new one is much better. “The most significant change is that the HomePod 2 can be opened without destroying it.”
We all wonder why Apple pulled the original HomePod before the second-generation HomePod was ready. I can’t help but think their tendency to fail and near-impossibility to repair played a role. Apple has made significant improvements in repairability with the new one. Hopefully, they will be more reliable as well.
1Password announced on their blog that they’ll be incorporating passkeys into their app by summer. Passkey is a great technology and will help many folks be more secure on the Internet. I love that 1Password is early to the game. My question is about the app name. If you start using it, will you call it “NoPassword” instead of “1Password”?
For those of you working on quarterly planning with me, next week is the halfway point for 2023 Q1. Hard to believe, right? I’m doing a check-in call with any Early Access members that want to join in next week… … This is a post for MacSparky Labs Level 3 (Early Access) Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?