Here’s a nice holiday gift, 35 minutes of Johny Srouji and John Ternus talking about Apple chips and more. I love the energy and enthusiasm that they both share. It also makes me feel like they’ve got a few more tricks up their sleeves.
Continue reading →A Different Take on Apple and AI
William Gallagher is a pretty clever guy, and I enjoyed his take on Apple and AI over at AppleInsider. Based on Apple’s latest paper, they seem (unsurprisingly) interested in looking for ways to run Large Language Models (LLMs) on memory-constrained local devices. In other words,…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 724: Catching up with Mikah Sargent
Mikah Sargent returns to Mac Power Users to update us on his Apple hardware, talk about how he prepares for his various audio and video podcasts, and help explain what’s going on with the Matter smart home standard. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored…
Listen & read notes →Get Your 2024 Focused Wall Calendar (There’s Still Time)
Focused 2024 Wall Calendar There are a few days left in 2023, so why not get your Focused 2024 wall calendar today? I’ve had mine for a while now and it looks great. This calendar puts your entire year on the wall so you can…
Listen & read notes →Winterfest: Great Mac Software, All 25% Off (Sponsor)
This week’s sponsor, Winterfest 2023, is something you need to check out. It is the annual sale of artisanal software for the Mac. All apps come from small, highly skilled developers making some of the best software on the Mac. And all of them…
Continue reading →Next-Generation CarPlay Heading to Porsche and Aston Martin
Apple first teased the next-generation CarPlay a year and a half ago. Now Aston Martin and Porsche have both officially signed on, and it looks pretty nice. My guess is it will be years before this becomes more common, but it can’t come soon…
Continue reading →Focused 193: The Problem with Mise en Place, with Justin Khanna
Chef, creator, and entrepreneur Justin Khanna joins Mike and me on this episode of Focused to share focus lessons from the culinary world. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months free. Indeed: Join more…
Listen & read notes →Mac Power Users 723: State of the Platforms (December 2023)
2023 proved to be very busy for Apple, with updated hardware and software shipping, as well as a look at an entirely new platform coming early next year in the form of visionOS. This week on Mac Power Users, Stephen and I take a…
Listen & read notes →Automators 143: Moving Automators to Notion
On this episode of Automators, Rosemary and I explore the how and why of moving Automators to Notion and the automation possibilities this brings to the show. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months…
Listen & read notes →The OmniFocus 4 Launch
I’ve been using OmniFocus since the first beta. That’s over 15 years in one app. If you know me, you know that’s not usually the thing I do. When it comes to apps, a part of me always feels like I’m missing something just…
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