Jony Ive’s LoveFrom studio redesigned the rostrum at Christie’s, the lectern where auctioneers stand to sell the world’s most expensive things. John Gruber wrote about it last month, and the photos are worth a look. Anything that crosses Apple and furniture making lands on…
Continue reading →April 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: April 2026 2026-04-30 – April in the MacSparky Labs (M,I,P) (Post) 2026-04-30 – April Deep Dive…
Continue reading →When Phishing Stops Looking Like Phishing
Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress, almost got hooked by an Apple ID phishing scam in March. He wrote up the whole thing on his blog, and it’s a story everyone using an Apple ID should read. This wasn’t a sloppy email with broken…
Continue reading →Why the Dedicated Launcher Still Wins
Jason Snell gave the new Spotlight a real shot. When he reviewed macOS Tahoe last September, he stopped using LaunchBar and stuck with Spotlight for months. He liked it. Then the betas got worse. Spotlight got progressively slower for him. It missed entire categories…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 846: Apple Watch
On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I go deep on the Apple Watch. We cover watch faces and share our current favorites, talk bands, dig into the best apps for getting things done from your wrist, and explore how the health…
Listen & read notes →A Product Guy at the Top
Apple announced this week that Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO. John Ternus takes over September 1. I want to tell you why I’m happy about it, and why I’m trying to keep my expectations honest. A few weeks ago I wrote a…
Continue reading →The M5 Mac Studio Crystal Ball
Several Mac mini and Mac Studio configurations are “currently unavailable” from Apple. No delivery estimate. No order option. The affected models include the Mac mini with 32GB or 64GB of RAM and the Mac Studio with 128GB or 256GB. Apple had already removed the…
Continue reading →John Ternus at the Helm
Apple named John Ternus as its next CEO this morning. Tim Cook moves to executive chairman, and Ternus takes over September 1. Johny Srouji picks up an expanded Chief Hardware Officer role, combining Ternus’s hardware engineering job with his own hardware technologies work. I…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 845: Patrick Rhone
On this episode of Mac Power Users, David and Stephen welcome back their old friend Patrick Rhone after far too long. Patrick is a writer, an Apple consultant, the author of Enough, and the guy who taught David how to dress like a grownup.…
Listen & read notes →Small Experiments Over Drastic Changes
I was talking to someone recently who felt paralyzed by too many commitments. Work was consuming her. She knew what roles she wanted to focus on, but there simply wasn’t time. She knew things had to change. But looking at her list, she couldn’t…
Continue reading →