Rumors are percolating about Apple creating a home command center for launch next year. According to Mark Gurman, it’s roughly a six-inch square iPad that you hang on the wall, allowing you to control your HomeKit devices and other helpful home command center-y type work.…
Continue reading →Apple’s Too Conservative Approach to Text Intelligence
Apple is, understandably, taking a conservative approach to artificial intelligence. Nowhere is this more obvious and product-crippling than its text intelligence features. I am a fan of using AI for an edit pass on my words. Specifically, I’ve come to rely on Grammarly and…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 773: 2024 State of the Platforms (Part 2)
On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I make it through the rest of Apple’s platforms, including a speed round of the company’s entertainment portfolio. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website…
Listen & read notes →The 2025 Focused Wall Calendar
We’re almost to 2025 and it’s not too late to get yourself a Focused wall calendar. Mike and I put a lot of effort into making this calendar special. I love mine, and I bet you would, too.
Listen & read notes →A Look at Magnific As Image Manipulator
I’ve been skeptical of Apple’s image AI tools. In this video I look at one of the more powerful image tools on the market, Magnific, with interesting results.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
The Lab Report for November 29, 2024
The Opal C1 Webcam is meant to be the webcam everybody actually wants to use. It\’s got tons of software features and a better lens system than anything you\’d find in most (all?) other webcams. It\’s time for me to kick the tires…
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving, gang. Let’s hope that next year at this time, Apple Intelligence can actually draw a picture of a turkey on a farm wearing sunglasses.
Continue reading →The Stage Manager Experiment
For the past month I’ve been exclusively using Stage Manager on my Mac and I have newfound respect for this widow management system. In this video I share the good and the bad.
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A New Pro Display
I’m often asked about future Apple displays. Many people are now switching over to the desktop-computer-plus-screen model as the big iMac seems less likely to show up, and the Mac mini got so damn cute. So folks want to know if Apple has any…
Continue reading →Yoink for Improved Drag-and-Drop
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Yoink (Website) (for Mac) (for iOS). Dragging and dropping files from one place to another is a common task, but it’s not that easy. You have to click on the file you want to move, drag it over…
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