In this Mac Power Users feedback episode, Stephen and I discuss AI-powered dictation solutions, the safety features built in to many Apple products, and some listener feedback. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. Get one month…
Listen & read notes →Update: How Sparky Uses Notion
In the past year, my use of Notion as a collaboration tool has gone deeper, but I also haven’t fully adopted it for everything I do. Here’s an update video on how Notion fits for me.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
Breathable Is Free
Breathable, my Air Quality app of choice is now free. There is no interface for the app, it’s just a front for a pleasant-looking widget. Today, it’s telling me to stay inside as the smoke from the LA fires is lingering about. Related, I’ve…
Continue reading →Time Tracking Made Easy with Timing (Sponsor)
When it comes to time tracking, it’s only as useful as the data is accurate. Setting manual timers often leads to bad data. As humans, we’re not very good at throwing switches every time we mode shift. We’re in a new year and this…
Continue reading →The Lab Report for January 10, 2025
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Some of what was announced at CES, an increase in memory requirements for Apple Intelligence, still waiting on CarPlay 2.0, and a music recommendation for the stars.
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RadioShack As a Brand
Image: Reuters Back in 2017, RadioShack, unsurprisingly, went bankrupt, but now it looks like we will start seeing RadioShack-branded products. I must admit there’s a warm spot in my heart for RadioShack. When I was 12, I used ride my 10-speed to RadioShack every day,…
Continue reading →Script Debugger’s Retirement
Sad news to hear that Script Debugger is closing up shop. After 30 years, the application was the best for writing and troubleshooting AppleScript, and I’m sorry to see it go. My thanks to Shane and Mark for 30 years of hard work on an excellent app.
Continue reading →Testing superwhisper
Here’s another speech-to-text tool for your Mac and iPhone that just keeps getting additional features and is faster. It has continued to impress me throughout its development, so I’d like to show it to you.
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Sparky‘s Happiness Formula
Over the past several years, I’ve spent a lot of time reading classic Hellenistic philosophy. I find those thinkers’ willingness to take on the big questions interesting. Because when it comes to thinking about philosophy, I’m practical. I couldn’t care less whether or not…
Continue reading →Apple’s Angle for HomeKit Products: Privacy
While Apple has been in the HomeKit game for many years, thus far they have shied away from making HomeKit products like locks and cameras. If the rumors are to be believed, that’s going to change over the next few years. Apple is rumored…
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