My thanks to TextSniper for sponsoring MacSparky.com this week. I’m a fan of this app. TextSniper is a Mac OCR app that can extract text anywhere on your Mac’s screen and automatically save it to your clipboard so that you can paste it anywhere you need…
Continue reading →Apple Event: Peek Performance
As predicted by the Apple rumor oracles, we are getting an Apple event next week, March 8, 10:00 a.m. Pacific. Announcements went out this morning and the event is called “Peek Performance”. It is really easy to read the titles of these events and…
Continue reading →Focused 146: The Extended Mind, with Annie Murphy Paul
Author Annie Murphy Paul joins Mike and me on this episode of Focused to talk about playing with ideas, working in groups, and other ways to extend the mind. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Indeed: Get a free $75 credit to upgrade your job…
Listen & read notes →The Last Month in The MacSparky Labs
We just wrapped up February in the MacSparky Labs. There was a lot of good content in February (listed below) and more planned in March. If you haven’t already checked out The MacSparky Labs, I’d love to have you on board. 2022-03-01 – Convert…
Continue reading →Jim Dalrymple’s Retirement
Jim announced that he is retiring from the Apple-reporting business and moving to Texas. I couldn’t be happier for him. As someone who has a little recent experience with transitions, I know he must have a mix of emotions right now. I’ll miss Jim’s…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 629: Workflows with Craig Hockenberry
Craig Hockenberry is back on this episode of Mac Power Users to weigh in on Apple silicon, why he’s an Apple Watch power user, and life as a Mac developer. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Have you ever forgotten…
Listen & read notes →Automators 96: Automating Mikah Sargent
Mikah Sargent is using all the automations and joins Rosemary and me on this week’s episode of Automators to share some of his favorite Mac, iOS, and home workflows. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: LinkedIn Jobs: Post a job for free by visiting this…
Listen & read notes →Thoughts on a Big MacBook Air
Yesterday Chance Miller published an opinion piece at 9to5 Mac on the need for a 16-inch MacBook Air. Stephen Hackett has been talking about the same idea on the Mac Power Users for months now. The idea would be that Apple has two laptop models (consumer…
Continue reading →Yoink Adds Clipboard History and Widget
A few years ago we had an explosion of “shelf” apps, that let you hold on to a file or a bit of text for use elsewhere. One of my favorites is Yoink and it just continues to get updates. This week, we got…
Continue reading →Never Forget to Follow Up with SaneBox (Sponsor)
Do you ever feel like you forgot to do something, but you can’t remember what? Oh, yeah, that email you meant to respond to but just didn’t because … life. SaneBox, this week’s sponsor at MacSparky, has got you covered. SaneNoReplies tracks emails that…
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