Stephen and I are joined by Sigmund Judge to discuss Apple TV hardware, tvOS, Apple TV+ content, and more on this episode of Mac Power Users.
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In this week’s episode: More information on Apple Intelligence, OpenAI adds Phil Schiller to their Board, some rumors (or course), and a great book by Matthew Crawford.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
It’s time for the latest Lab Report. In this week’s episode: Perplexity’s big fumble, the new iPhone Mirroring app working great out of the gate, and an interesting AI-focused book by Ethan Mollick.… This is a post for the Early Access MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
In this Focused feedback episode, Mike and I revisit scheduling, journaling, delegation, and lots of listener thoughts on slow productivity.
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I’ve had some questions about generating direct links to Apple Notes — can it be done? The good news is that you can do it. … This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I discuss Apple’s youngest platform and where it stands a few months after launch. We share some of our favorite apps and how spatial computing fits into our personal and professional lives.
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For years now I’ve had a secret struggle with flag count in Apple Mail. Every year we get a new set of betas and every year I try again, hoping that I can reliably use flags in Apple Mail. However, before long, the count always gets off.
What I mean is I may show 17 flagged emails on iPhone, 6 on my Mac, and 22 on iPad. For whatever reason it has been very difficult for Apple to keep that flag count reliable and in sync. I hesitate to make this post so early but so far, throughout beta 1 and now beta 2 of this year’s operating system updates, Apple Mail’s flag count has remained consistent.
Assigning flags is a lot easier than moving emails to separate folders. Moreover, since I have a few different email accounts, flags can work across all of them very easily. So my idea is to use flags as a sort of triage mechanism — but only if I can rely upon the flag count to work.
This year, for the first time, so far so good.
In this episode of Automators, Rosemary and I are joined by Paul Kafasis from Rogue Amoeba to talk about automating audio, as well as his personal magic.
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It’s time for the latest Lab Report. In this week’s episode: Perplexity’s big fumble, the new iPhone Mirroring app working great out of the gate, and an interesting AI-focused book by Ethan Mollick.… This is a post for the Early Access MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
Mark Gurman reports that Apple is looking at some interesting ideas for a more affordable visionOS headset, including tethering the device to an iPhone or a Mac. Tethering to an iPhone doesn’t seem much different from being connected to a battery, as it currently does. Tethering to a Mac, however, feels like an entirely different kettle of fish.
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If Apple is rethinking its Vision strategy, my two cents would be to make the currently shipping hardware more attractive:
There is a lot of blue sky left for Vision and visionOS, but a more compelling software and content story needs to come first.