I’ve updated the membership level names for MacSparky Labs to better reflect what the community has become over time. The new names are: Member (formerly Supporter) – Being part of MacSparky Labs isn’t just about supporting the work; it’s about joining a community of people…
Continue reading →Focused 231: Overwhelm, AI, and Life’s Balancing Acts
In this Focused feedback episode, Mike and I tackle listener questions about their use of AI, reset rituals, quitting books, and a variety of other focus-related topics. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain…
Listen & read notes →Easy and Powerful Audio Recording, with Piezo and Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba (Sponsor)
This week, my friends at Rogue Amoeba are back to sponsor MacSparky, and I want to spotlight two of their most popular apps: Piezo and Audio Hijack. Piezo is the simplest way to record audio on your Mac. With its one-click interface, you can capture audio from any app or…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 799: The State of Apple, with Jason Snell
Jason Snell has been covering Apple since all the Macs it shipped were beige boxes. On this episode of Mac Power Users, he joins Stephen and me to discuss the company’s range of legal and technological issues that seem to be adding up rapidly.…
Listen & read notes →Now Page Update
I’m still enjoying making my Now Page. It eases my guilt at completely ignoring social media. I just updated it this morning.
Continue reading →Why the iPhone Air Might Actually Make Sense
It’s easy, as someone who writes about this stuff, to project our own preferences onto new products. And I’ll admit, I feel that pull strongly with the rumored iPhone Air. As rumors continue to circulate about iPhone Air, a much thinner version of the…
Continue reading →Bambu Makes a Combination 3D Printer, Laser Cutter, Pen Plotter, and Circuit Competitor
If I had money to burn…
Continue reading →Some Notable Fantastical Updates: AI Event Creation and Multiple Windows
Fantastical’s initial selling point was the frictionless creation of new events. Although they’ve added many new features since then, Fantastical hasn’t lost touch with its roots. You can now forward an email containing an event to Fantastical (email@fantastical.app) from your Flexibits account email and…
Continue reading →The Original Workflow Team is Back with Sky
Two years ago, the original Workflow team left Apple to announce they were working on a secret project to use AI to control your Mac. Today, they revealed that product: Sky, an AI assistant you can invoke anywhere on your Mac to pull off some…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 798: The Email Overwhelm Problem
I have been on a journey with my email setup, and as Stephen offers me a shoulder to cry on, I drop a bombshell on this episode of Mac Power Users. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Never forget a…
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