Hooray! The new M4 MacBook Pro is here. The case design is the same in both 14- and 16-inch variants, with support for the M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips with increased CPU/GPU performance. It’s nice to see Apple improving on the built-in camera,…
Continue reading →The New Mac mini & iMac Lineup
This week, Apple introduced a wave of M4 Macs, bringing some exciting updates. New iMacs The M4-powered iMacs come in refreshed colors: orange, blue, green, yellow, pink, purple, and silver, each with matching accessories. Apple’s design flexibility shows, though it makes the grayscale of other…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 768: Getting Intentional with Chris Bailey
Author Chris Bailey joins Mac Power Users to discuss his simple tech stack and interesting automation to tie it all together. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: NetSuite: The leading integrated cloud business software suite. 1Password: So much more than a…
Listen & read notes →iA Writer Improvements
For reasons unknown, I took about a year off from using iA Writer and recently rediscovered it. They’ve made a lot of improvements. For example, you can import text into your document, and iA Writer will track that as imported text. This works well…
Continue reading →New Macs Coming Next Week
Apple is teasing an “exciting week of announcements” starting Monday. If you’ve been holding off on buying a new Mac, next week might be an expensive one. We’re expecting the M4 iterations of the MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, and iMac, which have been anticipated…
Continue reading →I’m Still Digging Kagi
I just paid my monthly Kagi subscription and I’m reminded of how much I like this web search service. If you’re unfamiliar with it, Kagi is a search engine with no advertising. I’ve used it in place of Google search for most of this year, and…
Continue reading →Focused 215: The Sparkly Language Model
Mike and I revisit the topic of AI on this episode of Focused to consider what’s changed in the last year and discuss how it can be helpful for those of us who strive to live a focused life. This episode of Focused is sponsored by:…
Listen & read notes →NotePlan Auto-Templates
Recently, NotePlan released version 3.14, which includes the ability to auto-generate templates based on the calendar item. I note this because I requested this specific feature when we discussed NotePlan recently on the Mac Power Users. NotePlan continues to impress me. Since we aired that episode, I’ve heard…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 767: Apple in Education with Barrett Mosbacker
Educator and Apple enthusiast Barrett Mossbacker joins me on this episode of Mac Power Users to share his favorite apps and workflows and discuss how Apple is doing in education. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your…
Listen & read notes →Lessons from An Ancient Craftsman
Here’s a recent post from the MacSparky Newsletter. If you haven’t already signed up, I’d appreciate it. Earlier this year, I had a chance to spend time in London, and I made a point to return to the British Museum. Specifically I was interested in…
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