In this episode of Automators, I ask all the questions and we get into the nitty gritty details of how Rosemary’s workflows and systems are being automated. From Hazel to Home Assistant, with a sprinkling of Airtable, there’s variety and magic. This episode of Automators is…
Listen & read notes →A Few Thoughts on the Apple Peek Performance Event
Wow. Quite a day for Apple. Here are a few initial thoughts: The Mac Studio For ages people have wanted a desktop Mac “between the Mac mini and the Mac Pro”. You could make the argument that this is that. Although with it eclipsing…
Continue reading →Rumors and Tomorrow’s Peek Performance
With Apple’s Peek Performance event tomorrow, we’ll all know soon enough if we’ll see anything noteworthy. That said, it seems the rumors are now flying fast and furious with the emergence of a hypothetical “Mac Studio”, which is something between a Mac mini and…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 630: Preview Deep Dive
Preview has been in every Mac’s Application folder since 2001 when OS X launched. Join Stephen and me on this episode of Mac Power Users as we dive into the program, exploring its wide range of features for editing both images and PDFs. This…
Listen & read notes →Running a Shortcut from a Keyboard Maestro Script
Recently, I’ve had several nerd friends ask me about kicking off a Shortcut from a Keyboard Maestro script. You can do that using the Execute AppleScript action with the following text inside: tell application "Shortcuts Events" run the shortcut "Shortcut Name" end tell You’d…
Continue reading →Use TextSniper for Easy OCR on Your Mac (Sponsor)
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…
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