It’s time again for Sparky’s quarterly Q&A. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions. This one has questions including Apple Products, Productivity & Workflows, Content Creation, Businesses & Career, personal questions, and, of course, what’s currently in MacSparky’s shop.
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Apple Workflow Consulting: Bear & Glass
Brett Terpstra has started a new business. “I’ve mentioned before that what I really wanted out of my career was to be a consultant, especially in automation and efficiency on Mac and iOS, for teams and small-to-medium size businesses looking to grow. Well, I’m…
Continue reading →The Annual Field Guide Sale Starts Today
It’s that time of year. I only run a Field Guide sale once a year and now it’s time. The annual Field Guide sale is live. Everything’s 20% off through December 1. Code: PIE25 Get your Field Guides right here. I spent the last 20 years…
Continue reading →The Lab Report for November 21, 2025
The Lab Report is my weekly podcast exclusively for the MacSparky Labs members.
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Deep Dive • Myth-Busting Focus Modes
In this deep dive, we look deeper into Focus Modes and bust some myths holding people back. This truly is one of the most transformative features Apple offers, and I think everybody should take advantage of it.… This is a post for the MacSparky Labs Pathfinder members. Care to join? If you’re already a member, you can log in here.
NotePlan: Your Notes, Tasks, and Calendar in One Place
This week’s sponsor is NotePlan, and if you’ve been looking for an app that brings your notes, tasks, and calendar together without overwhelming you, this one’s worth a look. I spend a lot of time thinking about how different productivity tools connect (or don’t).…
Continue reading →Next Up: Robots
I enjoyed this recent MDBHD video about the Neo Humanoid Robot. It’s a robot that you can buy/rent to put in your house as a robot housekeeper. It seems really rough around the edges, and it will require an actual human at Neo to…
Continue reading →Enabling Hypertension Notifications
Now that your Series 9 or newer Apple Watch can help you detect hypertension, why haven’t you turned it on yet? In this video, I explain the new feature and how to set it up.… 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.
Focused 243: The Single Source of Truth is On the Fridge, with Thom Gibson
Social media content specialist Thom Gibson joins Mike and me on this episode of Focused to talk about Sunday meetings, journaling in broad strokes, and the struggles that come with working from home. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Indeed: Join more than 3.5 million…
Listen & read notes →1Password Auto-Unlock
1Password can now unlock automatically when unlocking your Mac. The feature is now available to 1Password 8 users. You’ll need to enable it in settings. You can set the “reset” timer between 10 minutes and never. Of course, this all depends on your own…
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