One of the few new features in Apple Notes with the “26” operating systems is Markdown import and export. Here’s a demonstration of this new feature and how I use it.
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I cannot understate the value of setups for your Mac. By that, I mean creating custom setups for different modes of work. For example, what if every time you went to answer your email, you had your email application on the left side of the screen, your calendar on the top right, and your task manager on the bottom right? Suddenly, managing email, making appointments, and capturing tasks has a lot less friction.
The problem, of course, is that setting that up is tedious. It doesn’t have to be, though, because automation makes it dead simple. You could pull that automation off in many ways, and I’ve covered a lot of them over the years, from custom keyboard Maestro scripts to AppleScripts to Shortcuts.
There’s a new contender, however, for easily making setups with the latest update to the Moom window manager. Moom is my favorite window manager. It is a power-user tool for power-user window management.*
With Moom, you can set windows exactly as you wish, down to the pixel. It is an ideal app for creating setups. Except the apps must first be open before Moom can arrange them.
The latest Moom release fixes that. Now Moom not only arranges your apps, but opens them as well, making it a credible window setup app from soup to nuts.
In hindsight, this is a no-brainer addition, but I’ve never seen a window manager do it before. If, despite all of my preaching about the religion of window setups, you still haven’t tried it, check out the latest version of Moom. It may give you the tools you need to simply put it together.
Stephen and I are running early betas of the next version of macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and more. On this episode of Mac Power Users, we compare notes and share our experiences with Liquid Glass and new features coming to Apple devices this fall.
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While I’ll admit I’ve been giving Apple a shellacking as of late about their Artificial Intelligence offering, I AM genuinely impressed with Private Cloud Compute, which is an entirely private LLM, owned and operated by Apple, and addressable via Shortcuts.… This is a post for the MacSparky Labs Pathfinder and Insider members. Care to join? If you’re already a member, you can log in here.
The Wall Street Journal ran an article covering how News Sites are seeing a dramatic decrease in traffic in response to Google’s new AI tools. This shouldn’t be a surprise. AI search delivers answers without requiring the you to click on the blue links. So there’s less traffic for all Internet sources and, subsequently, less revenue.
That said, AI is only going to become more of a force in search. The answer is not to put the toothpaste back in the tube, but instead rethinking how we monetize content on the Internet.
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report (recorded in Hawai’i!): The new 26 betas are out, will there ever be an AirPods Max refresh, and I read you a Thoreau quote from his book, Walden.
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The new Spotlight isn’t going to replace Alfred, Raycast, or LaunchBar, but it might very well earn its place back in your workflow with some really impressive new features.… This is a post for the MacSparky Labs Pathfinder and Insider members. Care to join? If you’re already a member, you can log in here.
With macOS Tahoe 26, we’re getting Control Center customization and the ability to create multiple instances of it. I demonstrate how to do this in today’s video.
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Listen Later is back as a MacSparky sponsor, and I’ve got to share how this service has genuinely changed my relationship with long-form content.
You know that feeling—you’ve got a dozen thoughtful articles bookmarked, a stack of PDFs waiting to be read, and newsletters piling up in your inbox. The content is valuable, but finding uninterrupted reading time? That’s the real challenge. Listen Later turns this frustration into opportunity by converting your saved reading into personalized podcast episodes with remarkably natural AI narration.
What impresses me most is how seamlessly the service fits into existing workflows. Email an article URL directly to Listen Later, and within minutes you’ve got a custom podcast episode waiting for you. Those research PDFs gathering digital dust? Now they’re perfect companions for your morning hike.
For productivity nerds like us, Listen Later solves a fundamental time management problem: it lets you consume quality content during otherwise “dead” time—commuting, exercising, or doing household tasks. Your saved articles finally get the attention they deserve, and your downtime becomes more productive.
The service handles everything from Google Docs to email newsletters, even extracting text from images to create audio. It’s thorough without being complicated.
Ready to tackle that reading backlog? New users get $2 in free credit to explore what Listen Later can do. Head over to their site and start turning your to-read pile into your next favorite podcast.
Check out Listen Later and discover how much more you can actually “read.”
Stephen leads me through the maze of Ubiquiti’s Unifi networking offerings on this episode of Mac Power Users. The company offers a wide range of equipment for home and business users, including routers, switches, access points, cameras, and more, but it can be confusing to navigate.
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