I’ve been using Stream Deck for years, and like many of you, I’ve cobbled together various plugins to make it work with my Mac automation setup. KMLink for Keyboard Maestro and separate plugins for shortcuts. It was messy. My friend Stephen Millard fixed all of that… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Pathfinder and Insider Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?
Apple’s Big Hardware Week
Apple kicked things off today with the iPhone 17e and a refreshed iPad Air powered by M4. Both look like solid updates. The iPhone 17e brings the A19 chip and doubles the base storage to 256GB while keeping the same $599 starting price. The…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 838: iPhone Setup Showdown
On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I break down our entire iPhone setups including Home Screens, widgets, Focus Modes, Control Center, Action Button, and more! Stephen may have inspired me on this one. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: SaneBox: Take back…
Listen & read notes →Nobody Can Make Fun of Phone Cameras Anymore
I was sitting in the dark of my backyard last night, admiring the planets, as you do, when I noticed a blob of something in the tree looking down at me. My distance vision is 20/20, yet I still could not make it out.…
Continue reading →February in the MacSparky Labs
MacSparky Labs members get to participate in member events and receive a number of exclusive videos and podcasts each month. Here’s a summary of offerings this past month: February 2026 2026-02-27 – February in the MacSparky Labs (M,I,P) (Post) 2026-02-27 – The Lab Report…
Continue reading →The Feedback Loop Between Teaching and Learning
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about teaching. I’ve taught the Productivity Field Guide workshop three times now. Each year it gets better. Not because I’m a better teacher, though hopefully I am. The workshop gets better because my students make it better. The…
Continue reading →The Lab Report for February 27, 2026
The Lab Report is my weekly podcast exclusively for the MacSparky Labs members.
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Drafts Just Got a Lot Smarter (Sponsor)
This post is sponsored by Drafts. Sponsorship doesn’t influence what I write. Here’s my take. I’ve been a Drafts user since its release. It’s the first place text goes on every device I own. Grocery lists, blog post ideas, meeting notes, quick reminders. Anything…
Continue reading →AI Agents Need Guardrails
We are roaring into useful, agentic AI. I’ve been saying for a while now that we’re heading into it faster than the security models can keep up. So I wasn’t surprised to see Tailscale announce Aperture, a governance layer for AI agents. The trouble…
Continue reading →Exploring iPhone Capture Techniques
I’ve been experimenting recently on the best ways to easily capture information using my iPhone. In this video I report back on several of those experiments, along with my eventual conclusion.
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