The Contact Photo & Poster is a delightful iOS 17 feature, and one I’ve noticed a lot of people don’t use or even know about.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
Mac Power Users 758: Apple Intelligence’s Early Days
Apple Intelligence recently entered beta. Stephen and I have spent time with the features currently available on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac and share what we think on this episode of Mac Power Users. We look at writing tools, summarization Mail and Messages, and…
Listen & read notes →“Distraction Control” in iOS 18
We recently received beta 5 of iOS 18, which includes a new distraction feature called “Distraction Control.” This feature lets you hide distracting elements on web pages, like sign-in pop-ups and content overlays. It is not an ad blocker and does not permanently remove…
Continue reading →What I’m Doing Now
Months ago, I stumbled into Derek Sivers’ What Am I Doing Now page. The idea was to have a regularly updated page on his website explaining what you’re doing now and writing it as you would when catching up with an old friend. It’s a great…
Continue reading →Vision Pro Check-In
At a recent MacSparky Labs event, the topic of Vision Pro came up. Several members are now getting access to the device as Apple expands the release to more countries. Image: Apple Some Vision Pro owners regularly use the hardware, particularly those who travel…
Continue reading →Focused 210: Media Strategies for a Focused Life
Mike and I share the different ways we apply intentionality to our media consumption on this episode Focused. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code FOCUSED. Vitally: A new era for customer…
Listen & read notes →Summarize a Webpage using Apple Intelligence
One of the new Apple Intelligence features is the ability to summarize webpages in Safari. In this video, I demonstrate this new feature, part of iOS 18.1 beta.
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Get Organized with DEVONthink (Sponsor)
There are a lot of ways to organize digital assets, but there is one that can do the job with panache for everyone, whether you are dealing with utility bills or doctoral thesis resources, and that’s this week’s sponsor, DEVONthink. DEVONthink is the most…
Continue reading →Build an AppleScript using ChatGPT
Here’s a tutorial on how you can use ChatGPT to build an AppleScript script that exports a list of tasks in OmniFocus to a Markdown-formatted list.
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The Future of Search
OpenAI recently announced they’re working on a new product called SearchGPT. It’s currently in prototype, and there is a waitlist to get into an eventual beta. This looks very similar to what Perplexity is doing: using artificial intelligence tools to conduct web searches in…
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