I recently took a flight and following touchdown, a crew member made a surprise announcement: this landing marked our captain’s final flight after 30 years piloting aircraft. We all applauded. As we disembarked, the captain stood in the aisle, offering each passenger a farewell.…
Continue reading →Chat GPT Studio Ghibli Art
If you’ve been paying any attention to social media lately, you’ve probably noticed how much better AI multi-modal art has gotten. The zeitgeist has definitely latched onto this — mainly to generate Studio Ghibli-style art of themselves. It’s impressive and once again raises the big questions about…
Continue reading →On the Hypothetical “Thinner” M6 MacBook Pro
Rumors are swirling about a redesigned MacBook Pro slated for release next year, featuring the M6 chip, a thinner chassis — and most notably — an OLED display. A recent 9to5Mac article summarizes the rumors. I’m particularly excited about the prospect of an OLED screen. This…
Continue reading →Daylite: The All-in-One Business Tool for Apple Users (Sponsor)
Running a small business or working as a solo professional often means juggling a dozen roles at once — client meetings, project deadlines, follow-ups, invoicing — you name it. I’ve learned the hard way that when your tools aren’t helping you stay on top…
Continue reading →This Month in the MacSparky Labs
We had a lot of fun this month in the MacSparky Labs. Notable events was a meetup of Vision Pro users to reflect on the first year with Apple’s new device and a deep dive on e-books in light of Amazon tightening the screws on…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 790: Wandering Around The Verge, with David Pierce
David Pierce is editor-at-large at The Verge. This week, he joins Stephen and me on Mac Power Users to talk about the hardware and software he relies on for work, the overall state of Apple in 2025, and his complicated feelings about his new…
Listen & read notes →Nano-texture Normalcy
It’s been a while since Apple introduced Nano-texture glass on iPad, and in that time, they’ve expanded the option to the MacBook Pro. What’s interesting to me is that we haven’t seen any major controversies or “gates” surrounding this technology. The Nano-texture glass seems…
Continue reading →Sticking with My M2 Mac Studio: A Surprising Decision
If you listened to the most recent episode of Mac Power Users, you heard me struggling with a decision: should I upgrade my Mac? As you may know, I’ve been happily using an M2 Mac Studio with 8TB of internal storage. It’s a powerhouse,…
Continue reading →CrossOver 25 for Painless Mac Gaming
Many Mac gamers are fans of CrossOver, a Mac application that enables you to run native Windows software on macOS. When compatible, it’s an easy way to play PC games on your Mac. I once used it to play a PC-only Star Wars online…
Continue reading →MacSparky.com Moves to a Dedicated Server
After all my recent whining about Artificial Intelligence kneecapping traffic to small publishers, I got a little surprise from WordPress… Turns out, traffic to macSparky.com is way up — so much so that it’s been exceeding the limits of my previous hosting plan. As of today, MacSparky is running…
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