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…
Continue reading →Upgrade Photos with PowerPhotos (Sponsor)
The Photos app is great until it’s not. If you want to add power-user features to Photos, check out this week’s sponsor, PowerPhotos. It’s the ultimate toolbox for managing your photo libraries on Mac. There are some true power features here that really improve…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 778: Exploring the Task Management Environment
With the new year here, on Mac Power Users, Stephen and I discuss the task managers we tried in 2024, and what we are currently using to get things done at work and beyond. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10%…
Listen & read notes →It’s Not Too Late For the 2025 Focused Wall Calendar
Hello 2025! 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.
Listen & read notes →The Lab Report for January 3, 2025
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: More rumors of a folding iPhone, the Magic Mouse redesign, and a how-to Labs video on the Contact Photo and Poster feature. Sparky also shares a book he’s enjoying around thinking on paper.
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Focused 220: 2024 Retrospective
On this episode of Focused, Mike and I reflect on the things that worked—and the things that didn’t—in 2024 and set our intentions for 2025. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now with Zocdoc. Sign up for free.
Listen & read notes →Another New Year’s Eve, Another Opportunity to Celebrate a Simple Farm Boy Blowing Up an Intergalactic Space Station of Death
For years now, I’ve been ringing in the new year by watching Star Wars: A New Hope. If you start the movie (Disney+ Edition) at precisely 10:02:43 PM, you get a new year at the moment the Death Star blows up. During these years,…
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