Jeremy Burge has a fun post on Emojipedia showing all the new emojis Apple is adding/changing with the upcoming iOS 14.5 update. One note he makes is the way Apple continues to brand its emoji with Apple products. For instance, the headphone emoji now…
Continue reading →DEVONthink for Superior Metadata (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by DEVONthink. DEVONthink has been offering AI-based research tools for years on the Mac, but it has hardly stood still. DEVONthink most recently released version 3 for the Mac and, just last week, version 3 of DEVONthink to Go…
Continue reading →StreamDeck + Keyboard Maestro with KMLink
The Stream Deck already has a built-in plug-in for running Keyboard Maestro. It’s great and lets me run Keyboard Maestro scripts from my Stream Deck. However, it can also be tedious in that it requires me to hard link specific buttons to the Stream…
Continue reading →Focused 119: Productivity & Meditation, with Chris Bailey
Author Chris Bailey joins Mike and me on this episode of Focused to talk about the productivity benefits of meditation, conquering resistance, and the path of least regret. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code FOCUSED at checkout…
Listen & read notes →Additional Considerations for Home Security Cameras
Over the past few years, home security cameras have got better and cheaper. That’s good. Now anyone can set up a home security camera and keep an eye on the front door or the dog. The problem, however, is that all of these cameras…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 575: Talking Parity with John Siracusa
John Siracusa joins Stephen and me on the latest episode of Mac Power Users to talk about the 2019 Mac Pro and what Apple silicon may mean for pro users. Then, John talks about his pair of Mac apps and what he wants out…
Listen & read notes →RIP Chick Corea
This week we lost jazz pianist Chick Corea (Wikipedia). I’ve been a Chick Corea fan my entire life. He got his start with several jazz greats (including Miles Davis) but really arrived as an early pioneer of jazz fusion with his band, Return to…
Continue reading →Automators 69: Joe Buhlig and Automating OmniFocus
The Omni Group has released a remarkable automation platform for their apps, including OmniFocus. In this episode of Automators, automator Joe Buhlig joins us to talk about his automation journey and working with the Omni Group’s new platform. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: Sync…
Listen & read notes →Hyper Key Via BetterTouchTool
I’m a big advocate for the hyper key. This idea was first introduced to me by Brett Terpstra and involves mapping Shift-Control-Option-Command to the caps lock key. Using the hyper key opens your keyboard up to a ton of new easily triggered shortcuts. Historically,…
Continue reading →Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2020
Every year, Backblaze, the online backup service I use, publishes its failure rate for the hard drives it uses in its backup servers. The latest report is up and this is useful data. In 2020, they added nearly 40,000 drives and monitored 162,530 drives.…
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