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Continue reading →The CHIPS Act
The CHIPS Act is now law, injecting $52B into domestic chip production. Increasing US-based chip production is a swell idea. I wonder, however, if this act will actually accomplish that. I don’t write that trying to be clever. Building a domestic chip ecosystem is…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 52: Where Does the iPad Fit?
Apple refers to the iPad as a magical pane of glass that becomes whatever you need of it. On this week’s Mac Power Users, Stephen and I discuss some apps and accessories that help the iPad reach that potential. This episode of Mac Power Users is…
Listen & read notes →To Help A Teacher
I haven’t said much lately about my oldest daughter, Samantha, but I’m immensely proud of her. In the last few months she completed her Masters in Education program and now is now about to launch her career as a high school teacher. She’ll be…
Continue reading →Rumored iPadOS 16 Delay
Mark Gurman is reporting that we should expect to see iPadOS 16 get a delayed release until October. I’ve been using this beta (a lot) and it feels stable to me. Regardless, never forget that Apple makes half of its revenue from iPhone sales,…
Continue reading →Unleash Your Creativity with DEVONthink (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by DEVONthink, the app that organizes and tracks your data for you. I use DEVONthink for all of my research and record-keeping workflows. DEVONthink has all the tools: auto-sort, artificial intelligence-based search, automatic OCR, the works. Since releasing the…
Continue reading →Focused 157: Non-Traditional Measures of Productivity, with Mike Vardy
Mike Vardy is back on this episode of Focused to talk about the rhythm of work and why some people feel “productivity” is becoming a dirty word. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: NetSuite: The leading integrated cloud business software suite. Get a special one-of-a-kind…
Listen & read notes →The Voice of Baseball
We lost Vin Scully tonight. At 94 years old, he had a good run. But we sure will miss him. Growing up in the greater Los Angeles area in the 70s and 80s, there was one constant in our lives, Vin Scully. His soothing,…
Continue reading →YouTube Picture-in-Picture in Safari on the Mac
Chance Miller shared this trick at 9to5 Mac today to get picture-in-picture with YouTube on your Mac. We’ve mentioned this before on the Mac Power Users, and I use it all the time, but I don’t think many people know about it. The trick…
Continue reading →The New Anker 65W Portable Charger
I am so in the bag for Anker. I’ve been buying their stuff for years, and they’ve always been reliable. In the MacSparky Labs meetup last week, I was asked a question about portable batteries for the new M2 MacBook Air. It got me…
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