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.…
Continue reading →Turn Your Long Form Reading into a Podcast with Listen Later (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Listen Later, one of my personal favorite uses for artificial intelligence. Listen Later is a service that converts stories and articles you send them to a personalized podcast feed using their AI-based (and very believable) reader. You can…
Continue reading →Beta 2 Updates and iPhone Mirroring
Yesterday, Apple released the second beta of the new operating systems, as announced at WWDC. There are still no signs of Apple Intelligence. The most interesting addition is the ability to mirror your iPhone to your Mac via Continuity. I’ve just started testing it,…
Continue reading →Convert Articles to a Custom Podcast with Listen Later (Sponsor)
This week, I’m welcoming a new sponsor to MacSparky, Listen Later. It’s always nice when a new sponsor arrives for which I’m already a paying customer, and that’s the case with this one. Listen Later is a service that converts stories and articles you send…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 750: Our Betas Era (Summer 2024)
Stephen and I have been running iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and watchOS 11, so you don’t have to. This week on Mac Power Users, we discuss some of the new features coming to Apple’s platforms later this year. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored…
Listen & read notes →Focused 206: Rapt
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…
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