This week I’m welcoming back Dropzone as a sponsor at MacSparky. Dropzone is a productivity tool that enhances drag-and-drop on your Mac. Drag files onto the menu item and a beautifully designed and animated grid of all your actions opens. Share with services such as AirDrop,…
Continue reading →My Apple Vision Pro Order
Today, I woke up at 4:30 AM so I could give Apple $4,000 for a product I’ve never tried before. Crazy. The order process went smoothly (at first). I was able to get through the checkboxes fast enough. There are upgrades for additional memory.…
Continue reading →The Growing Tide Against Social Media
Have you noticed folks are increasingly skeptical about social media lately? Lawmakers are starting to regulate it. Scientists are increasingly vocal about its dangers. I also see this skepticism in friends and family. One of my daughters is a high school teacher, and it only took…
Continue reading →Focused 195: The Productivity Field Guide
After several years in production, the Productivity Field Guide is here! Check out this episode of Focused where Mike interviews me about what’s in it, how much went into it, and why it’s so important to me. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Factor: Healthy,…
Listen & read notes →The Vision Pro: Popularity, Availability, and Iteration
I’ll join the digital queue this Friday morning to purchase my Vision Pro. This is an interesting product as we head towards its launch because it appears that while it won’t be a big seller (on an Apple scale), it may still be hard…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 727: The Productivity Field Guide
After years of thought and work, I have launched the Productivity Field Guide. In this episode of Mac Power Users, I speak with Stephen about some of the elements of the guide, what went into it, and what comes next. This episode of Mac Power…
Listen & read notes →Automators 145: The 2024 State of Automation
Join Rose and I on this episode of Automators as we get out our scorecards for the existing automation platforms. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: LinkedIn Jobs: Find the qualified candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free…
Listen & read notes →BBEdit 15 is Here
The folks at Bare Bones Software just announced a big upgrade to their ubiquitous text editor, BBEdit. It’s got too many features to mention, but here are a few that jumped at me: A new AI-driven document type called ChatGPT Worksheets, which lets you interact with ChatGPT…
Continue reading →Fantastical: The Superhero of Calendar Apps (Sponsor)
I’m thrilled to once again have Flexibits’ fantastic calendar app as a MacSparky sponsor. 2023 was a busy year for the Fantastical team and that meant users got a ton of great improvements. I use Fantastical every day at MacSparky HQ and I keep…
Continue reading →The Vision Pro Software Question
One of the bigger questions around the looming release of the Vision Pro is software. Specifically, will there be any, and will it be any good? We don’t know yet. We’ve seen some offerings from Apple and some limited offerings from third parties, but…
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