Mike and I read Rapt by Winifred Gallagher and on this episode of Focused, we discuss how to protect your attention and cultivate a focused life. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Harvard Business Review: The leading destination for smart management thinking. Subscriptions start at…
Listen & read notes →Mac Power Users 749: WWDC24: The Year of Apple Intelligence
WWDC24 brought updates across Apple’s platforms and was used to announce the company’s move into the AI era. Stephen and I use this episode of Mac Power Users to highlight what’s new. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Never forget a password…
Listen & read notes →Perplexity Pages
My experiments with Perplexity continue. This alternate search app takes a different approach to getting answers from the Internet. Rather than giving you a list of links to read, it reads the Internet and tries to give you an answer with footnotes going back…
Continue reading →Automators 156: WWDC 2024 Automation News
Rose and I are breaking down all the new automation options from Apple’s WWDC announcements on this episode of Automators. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: Computex: Grow your career, expand your business, and discover the infinite possibilities of technology. Register now or find out…
Listen & read notes →Private Cloud Compute
I watched the Apple WWDC 2024 keynote again, and one of the sections that went by pretty quickly was the reference to Private Cloud Compute, or PCC. For some of Apple’s AI initiative, they will need to send your data to the cloud. The…
Continue reading →Hope Springs Eternal for Apple Intelligence
Yesterday, Apple announced its new name for artificial intelligence tools on its platform: Apple Intelligence. If you watched the keynote carefully, it was almost humorous how they danced around the term “artificial intelligence” throughout. At the beginning, Tim made reference to “intelligence” without the…
Continue reading →Record any audio on your Mac in seconds, with Audio Hijack (Sponsor)
For over 20 years, Audio Hijack has enabled you to record any audio on your Mac. Capture audio from individual applications like Safari or Zoom, hardware audio devices like microphones and mixers, or even the audio output of the entire system. If you can…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 748: On the 13th Day
In this feedback episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I discuss iMessage, Arc, Notes, and more. Then, we chat about OmniFocus 4 and my new Field Guide. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Never forget a password again. NetSuite: The leading…
Listen & read notes →Learn OmniFocus Webinar
I had the opportunity to talk about OmniFocus with Tim Stringer and the Learn OmniFocus community. It was a lot of fun and it allowed me to explain further what I like to think of as softer task management.
Continue reading →OmniFocus 4.3
This week The Omni Group released version 4.3 of OmniFocus with several nice improvements: New Focus Filters: This version introduces device Focus Filters to customize visible app data based on the current Focus mode. Enhanced Automation: A new Favorite Perspective shortcut and automation options for perspective…
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