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December 2023

  1. Another Year, Another Death Star Bites the Dust
  2. Automators 144: Some Favorite Automations
  3. Fix Your Photos with PowerPhotos 2.0 (Sponsor)
  4. Apple Licensing Data for its AI Training
  5. The Lab Report for Thursday December 28, 2023
  6. Srouji and Ternus on Apple Chips, AI And Innovation
  7. Setting up Advanced Data Protection
  8. A Different Take on Apple and AI
  9. Mac Power Users 724: Catching up with Mikah Sargent
  10. The Lab Report for Friday December 22, 2023
  11. Get Your 2024 Focused Wall Calendar (There’s Still Time)
  12. Apple Notes Markdown Text Export in Minutes
  13. Winterfest: Great Mac Software, All 25% Off (Sponsor)
  14. Next-Generation CarPlay Heading to Porsche and Aston Martin
  15. Focused 193: The Problem with Mise en Place, with Justin Khanna
  16. Mac Power Users 723: State of the Platforms (December 2023)
  17. Automators 143: Moving Automators to Notion
  18. Testing In Your Face
  19. The OmniFocus 4 Launch
  20. DEVONthink: The Place for Documents and Files (Sponsor)
  21. Stolen Device Protection
  22. Exploring Apple’s Journal App
  23. Mac Power Users 722: Bringing Devices Together
  24. The Lab Report for Friday December 8, 2023
  25. Did You Order Your 2024 Focused Wall Calendar?
  26. Focused 192: Flow State
  27. MacSparky’s Focus Modes
  28. The Workflow Founder’s Next Thing
  29. Making Light, Candles that Create Focus (Sponsor)
  30. Testing Goodnotes 6
  31. Field Guide Status and Software Applications Incorporated
  32. 721: “Technological Empathy,” with Kourosh Dini
  33. Automators 142: Automation Elf on the Shelf
  34. TextSniper Lets You Extract Text from Anywhere (Sponsor)
  35. The Lab Report for Friday December 1, 2023

November 2023

  1. Instagram, Children, and the Rest of Us
  2. This Month in the MacSparky Labs
  3. Testing Kagi Search
  4. Searching Apple Notes with Alfred
  5. The Problem with Fakes
  6. Monday Brief: Email, Smart Locks, and a Wobbly Christmas Tree
  7. Mac Power Users 720: The 2023 Developer Roundtable
  8. The MacSparky Yule Playlist
  9. Thanks, and a Field Guide Discount
  10. The Lab Report for Friday November 24, 2023
  11. Sam Altman’s Return to OpenAI
  12. DEVONthink, The Best Database Solution (Sponsor)
  13. Exploring Dropzone
  14. Focused 191: Multi-Scale Planning
  15. FOD Conversation: Jean MacDonald
  16. Monday Brief – Keyboard Maestro and an Obsidian Experiment
  17. Mac Power Users 719: The 2023 MPU Gift Guide
  18. Automators 141: Keyboard Maestro Goes to 11
  19. The Lab Report for Friday November 17, 2023
  20. 2024 Sponsorships Opportunities
  21. Upgrade Your Calendar with Fantastical (Sponsor)
  22. Does iPad (and Mac) Reliability Explain Slowing Upgrade Cycles?
  23. Printing Storage
  24. Spatial Video Demonstrations
  25. Exploring Bartender 5
  26. 718: Workflows with Dan Provost
  27. Monday Brief – Dual Monitors and More
  28. The Focused 2024 Wall Calendar is Here
  29. The MacSparky Wall of Love
  30. The Lab Report for November 10, 2023
  31. Guesting on the iPad Pros Podcast
  32. Deep Dive for October 2023: Maker and Manager (video)
  33. Farewell, Big iMac
  34. Focused 190: Overdosing on Gratitude, with Karl Staib
  35. Deep Dive for October 2023: Maker and Manager (audio podcast)
  36. The Short-Lived Apple Music Voice Plan
  37. More on Apple and AI
  38. Audio Hijack Is the Mac’s Best Audio Recorder, and So Much More (Sponsor)
  39. A Look at the Elgato Prompter
  40. Field Guides and Broken 3D Printers
  41. Mac Power Users 717: The Apple Notes Deep Dive
  42. About the M3 Performance
  43. Automators 140: LimitLiss Automations with Casey
  44. FOD Interview – Stream Deck with Tim Stringer
  45. The Lab Report for November 3, 2023
  46. Find and Delete Duplicates on Your Mac with Gemini
  47. “Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max”
  48. Bookworm Podcast: On Quality

October 2023

  1. This Month in the MacSparky Labs
  2. A Few Thoughts on Apple’s “Scary Fast” Event and Announcements
  3. Mac Power Users 716: Workflows with Chris Upchurch
  4. Keyboard Maestro 11 and a Field Guide Update
  5. Time Tracking Made Easy with Timing (Sponsor)
  6. The Lab Report – 27 October 2023
  7. MacSparky Labs “Scary Fast” Meetup
  8. “Scary Fast” Apple Event on October 30
  9. Focused 189: Focus and AI
  10. My Endor Studios Recording Setup (October 2023)
  11. Building Interactive Keynote Presentations
  12. Mac Power Users 715: To Gridfinity and Beyond
  13. Automators 139: Action Button Time
  14. AppleScript to Toggle Desktop Widgets
  15. DEVONthink, The Best Database Solution on Apple Platforms (Sponsor)
  16. The Lab Report – 20 October 2023
  17. The New Apple Pencil
  18. Portable Zoom Station
  19. Testing Lex, an AI-driven Word Processor
  20. Mac Power Users 714: Catching up with John Siracusa
  21. The Lab Report – 13 October 2023
  22. Contextual Email
  23. Focused 188: Q4 Planning and the PKM Stack
  24. Exploring Default Folder X 6
  25. Mac Power Users 713: Photography with Tyler Stalman
  26. Automators 138: Shortcuts Utility Apps
  27. Hoban Cards and Stationery (Sponsor)
  28. The Lab Report – 6 October 2023
  29. MacSparky Labs Deep Dive • September 2023
  30. MurmurType for Simple Dictation
  31. Sparky’s Super Action Button (MacSparky Labs)
  32. Mac Power Users 712: macOS Sonoma

September 2023

  1. This Month in the MacSparky Labs
  2. The Lab Report – 29 September 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  3. Unite 5 – Turn Web Apps into Supercharged macOS apps (Sponsor)
  4. Focused 187: Drop Zones & Launch Pads, with Jesse J. Anderson
  5. Toggle Sonoma Widgets using AppleScript
  6. Automating VPN Access using Shortcuts (MacSparky Labs)
  7. Apple’s Successful Beta Season
  8. iPhone 15 Pro Max First Impressions (MacSparky Labs)
  9. Mac Power Users 711: Getting Some Wisdom with Merlin Mann
  10. Automators 137: iOS 17 and New Devices
  11. New iPhone 15 Pro and Action Button Poll
  12. The Lab Report – 22 September 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  13. Discover the New PDF Fill-in Feature in macOS Sonoma (MacSparky Labs)
  14. September 2023 Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  15. The MacStories iOS 17 Review
  16. Don’t Forget About the watchOS Update
  17. FineWoven Case First Impressions (MacSparky Labs)
  18. Grab Any Text Anywhere with TextSniper (Sponsor)
  19. The Lab Report – 15 September 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  20. Merlin’s Wisdom Project
  21. SaneBox: Do Not Disturb (Sponsor)
  22. Mac Power Users 710: Apple’s Wonderlust Event
  23. Focused 186: The Burden of Opportunity, with Shawn Blanc
  24. The Lab Report – Apple Announcement Special Episode (MacSparky Labs)
  25. Mac Power Users 709: Save Your Shift Key
  26. Automators 136: Automating Alex Cox
  27. Is AI Apple’s Siri Moonshot?
  28. The Lab Report – 8 September 2023
  29. Apple’s Wonderlust Event in the MacSparky Labs
  30. Testing the All-in-One AI Assistant “Monica” (MacSparky Labs)
  31. Widgets and Wallpapers on macOS Sonoma (MacSparky Labs)
  32. August 2023 Deep Dive – Ideal Week (MacSparky Labs)
  33. Mac Power Users 708: The Obsidian Field Guide
  34. Home Screens: Andrew Hall
  35. Relay FM for St. Jude
  36. The Lab Report – 1 September 2023 (MacSparky Labs)

August 2023

  1. Focused 185: How to Be Miserable
  2. Record Anything with Audio Hijack
  3. This Month in the MacSparky Labs
  4. The Rumored Gray iPhone Pro
  5. Announcing the Obsidian Field Guide
  6. My Transcription Workflow for the Obsidian Field Guide (MacSparky Labs)
  7. My Current Relationship With the iPad
  8. Midpoint Planning, Q3 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  9. MacSparky Labs Meetup • August 2023
  10. Mac Power Users 707: Workflows with Ryan Irelan
  11. Automators 135: Vanilla HomeKit
  12. The Lab Report – 25 August 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  13. Using PopClip (MacSparky Labs)
  14. Vision Pro in the Wild
  15. Mac Power Users 706: Media Management with Casey Liss
  16. Build. That. Wall. (Sponsor)
  17. All the Gory Details of The Apple Watch Survey
  18. The Lab Report – 18 August 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  19. Focused 184: Solving Problems, with Jay Clouse
  20. Voice Control in macOS Sonoma (MacSparky Labs)
  21. Apple Watch Survey Results (MacSparky Labs)
  22. Mac Power Users 705: macOS Window Management
  23. Automators 134: Looking through the Window of Automation
  24. The Lab Report – 11 August 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  25. Exploring iOS 17 StandBy Mode (MacSparky Labs)
  26. The Notifications Webinar (MacSparky Labs)
  27. 15 Years of OmniFocus
  28. Testing iA Presenter (MacSparky Labs)
  29. Mac Power Users 704: “The Details Matter,” with Shahid Kamal Ahmad
  30. The Second Screen Experiment (MacSparky Labs)
  31. August Live Events in the MacSparky Labs
  32. Apple Watch Survey and the MacSparky Newsletter
  33. The Lab Report – 4 August 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  34. This Month in the MacSparky Labs
  35. Notification Strategies (MacSparky Labs)
  36. Focused 183: Practicing Focus
  37. A Cellular MacBook
  38. Notifications Audit (MacSparky Labs)

July 2023

  1. Notification Week Announcement (MacSparky Labs)
  2. Mac Power Users 703: The Portable HomePod Mini Lifestyle
  3. Automators 133: Personal Automation Fun
  4. Increasing iPhone US Market Share
  5. The Lab Report – 28 July 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  6. Testing AudioPen (MacSparky Labs)
  7. The July Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  8. Mac Power Users 702: Unbridled Enthusiasm, with Chuck Joiner
  9. SaneBox For a Fit and Trim Inbox (Sponsor)
  10. The Lab Report – 21 July 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  11. Apple’s New Autocorrect and Predictive Text (MacSparky Labs)
  12. Focused 182: Building Focused Flywheels, with Nathan Barry
  13. Renaming Files with Name Mangler
  14. Specific vs. General Artificial Intelligence
  15. Addressing AI with Friends (MacSparky Labs)
  16. Mac Power Users 701: The Safari Extension Roundup
  17. Automators 132: Automating and Time Tracking with Joe Hribar
  18. Evernote and Getting Too Big for Your Britches
  19. The Lab Report – 14 July 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  20. Changes to Apple Notes in the 2023 Betas (MacSparky Labs)
  21. Sparky’s Prime Day Purchases and a Few Recommendations (MacSparky Labs)
  22. Apple Watch and Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease
  23. iRecord Player
  24. Mac Power Users 700: Our Workflows
  25. Focus Session This Thursday (MacSparky Labs)
  26. July Meetup Details (MacSparky Labs)
  27. The 15-inch MacBook Air, Apple Silicon, and What It Means for Future Macs
  28. Turn Any Website into an App with Unite 4 (Sponsor)
  29. The Lab Report – 7 July 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  30. The Apple Game Porting Toolkit
  31. Q3 Planning with Sparky (MacSparky Labs)
  32. Focused 181: Walking Your Own Path, with Justin Moore
  33. Setting Up and Using Downie (MacSparky Labs)
  34. The OS Betas Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  35. June 2023 in the MacSparky Labs
  36. Mac Power Users 699: Catching Up with TJ Luoma
  37. A Stream Deck Intervention (MacSparky Labs)
  38. Automators 31: Recharging the Beta Batteries

June 2023

  1. The Lab Report – 30 June 2023 (MacSparky Labs)
  2. Sparky’s New Mac (MacSparky Labs)
  3. Paste 4.0
  4. Looking at Stage Manager (Again) (MacSparky Labs)
  5. The Lab Report for June 28, 2024
  6. The Rumor Mill Winds Up Again
  7. Q3 Planning Meeting (MacSparky Labs)
  8. The New Social Media Strategy (MacSparky Labs)
  9. visionOS Experiments and Thoughts
  10. DEVONthink: The Best Solution for Documents and Files (Sponsor)
  11. The Lab Report (MacSparky Labs)
  12. What’s New in Reminders (MacSparky Labs)
  13. Using CleanShot X (MacSparky Labs)
  14. MacWhisper 3.0
  15. Apple Software Beta Day
  16. June Deep Dive on the Apple Betas Announcement (MacSparky Labs)
  17. Focused 180: A Focused Hodgepodge
  18. Let’s Build a Shortcut – Project Planning with Reminders (MacSparky Labs)
  19. Sparky Did a Thing
  20. Mac Power Users 697: A Niche of a Niche
  21. Automators 130: WWDC Reactions
  22. The Lab Report (MacSparky Labs)
  23. Deep Dive on Shortcuts-based Setups (MacSparky Labs)
  24. Stephen Hackett’s 2024 Apple Wall Calendar
  25. SaneBox: Email Deep Clean (Sponsor)
  26. Voice to Text Update – 2023 Edition (MacSparky Labs)
  27. Post WWDC Notes and Spatial Computing (MacSparky Labs)
  28. Mac Power Users 696: App Subscription Check-In
  29. The Lab Report (MacSparky Labs)
  30. Trying Out Portal (MacSparky Labs)
  31. Paul Mayne on Day One and Apple’s Journal App
  32. Mac Power Users 695: Live from WWDC23
  33. Record Anything With Audio Hijack (Sponsor)
  34. Early Vision Pro Feedback
  35. My Last Day in Cupertino (MacSparky Labs)
  36. Focused 179: Ideal Weeks
  37. Some Quick, Random Thoughts Following the Apple WWDC Keynote
  38. A Few Questions Before Watching Today’s Apple Keynote
  39. Reporting in on WWDC-Eve
  40. Automators 129: WWDC 2023 Wishes
  41. An Update to the MacSparky Labs WWDC Coverage (MacSparky Labs)
  42. The Lab Report (MacSparky Labs)
  43. When Will Apple Release Its Headset?
  44. Mike Schmitz Opens Obsidian University
  45. Some Hard Truths About My Keyboard(s)(MacSparky Labs)

May 2023

  1. This Month in the MacSparky Labs
  2. Is ChatGPT Really Artificial Intelligence?
  3. Getting the Most from Button Creator (MacSparky Labs)
  4. How I Use Day One (MacSparky Labs)
  5. Mac Power Users 694: Workflows with Chance Miller
  6. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  7. Photomator for Mac
  8. Fix Your Photos with PowerPhotos 2.0 (Sponsor)
  9. The Productivity Diet
  10. Focused 178: Mike’s Big Adventure
  11. Setting Up Your Hyper Key with BetterTouchTool (MacSparky Labs)
  12. Combining Time Tracking and Focus Modes (MacSparky Labs)
  13. Mac Power Users 693: Workflows with Mark Bramhill
  14. Sparky’s Thoughts in Advance of Apple Goggles (MacSparky Labs)
  15. Automators 128: Airtable Automation
  16. Jazz Friday: Bill Evans Treasures
  17. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  18. DEVONthink Your Documents and Files (Sponsor)
  19. New iOS Accessibility Features
  20. Text Navigation with the Keyboard (MacSparky Labs)
  21. The MacSparky Labs May 2023 Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  22. Peak Design Everyday iPhone Case (MacSparky Labs)
  23. Deep Dive on Shortcuts-Based Setups (MacSparky Labs)
  24. The Dell 6K Monitor
  25. Mac Power Users 692: State of the Platforms (Spring 2023)
  26. Apple and AI (MacSparky Labs)
  27. Raycast Pro
  28. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  29. SaneBox: Reduce the Noise (Sponsor)
  30. Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for the iPad
  31. Siri Tricks, Part 1 (MacSparky Labs)
  32. The TextExpander Work Smarter Virtual Summit
  33. Focused 177: The Care and Feeding of Technology, with Mike Rohde
  34. TextExpander Intervention (MacSparky Labs)
  35. 2023 Q2 Midpoint Planning Call (MacSparky Labs)
  36. The Camera Cart Completed (MacSparky Labs)
  37. 500 Ways to End a Letter
  38. Is Apple About to Release a Day One Killer?
  39. Mac Power Users 691: Workflows with David Rosenthal
  40. Automators 127: Feedback!
  41. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  42. The May Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  43. GrammarlyGO Brings in More AI
  44. Happy May the Fourth, Everybody
  45. Sharing Slideshows using Memories on the iPhone (MacSparky Labs)
  46. Drafts Gets Mail Drop (Sponsor)
  47. Addressing Unwanted Tracking
  48. Using the Stream Deck with Apple Mail (MacSparky Labs)
  49. TextExpander Intervention Webinar Announcement (MacSparky Labs)
  50. Mac Power Users 690: Better Touch Tool with Andreas Hegenberg
  51. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)

April 2023

  1. Capture Text Anywhere on Your Mac with TextSniper (Sponsor)
  2. Jazz Friday – Yayennings, Vol. 2
  3. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  4. The Perils of Shoulder Surfing (MacSparky Labs)
  5. Screencasting Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  6. Focused 176: Doing Less
  7. The Air vs. The Pro (MacSparky Labs)
  8. Mac Power Users 689: Apple-sized Asteroids
  9. Automators 126: Safari Automation
  10. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  11. DEVONthink: The Best Place for Your Files (Sponsor)
  12. The 15-inch MacBook Air Chip
  13. Apple Mail Rule to Auto-archive Informational Email (MacSparky Labs)
  14. April 2023 Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  15. Phone Addiction World Rankings
  16. Journaling with GoodNotes (MacSparky Labs)
  17. Thinking About Masterminds…
  18. Mac Power Users 688: Workflows with Adam Tow
  19. A Better Email Life After SaneBox
  20. Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  21. Experimenting with Google Bard (MacSparky Labs)
  22. Focused 175: The To-Don’t List
  23. When Choosing Subscription Apps… (MacSparky Labs)
  24. Mac Power Users 687: Revisiting Contacts and Calendars
  25. April Deep Dive on ScreenFlow (MacSparky Labs)
  26. Automators 125: AppleScript Events and more with James Thomson
  27. Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  28. Dark Noise 3.0
  29. April Labs Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  30. The New Webcam (MacSparky Labs)
  31. My OmniFocus Stream Deck Setup
  32. The New Yorker Problem (MacSparky Labs)
  33. Mac Power Users 686: Consuming Content in 2023

March 2023

  1. 2023 Q2 Planning Call (MacSparky Labs)
  2. The Shortcuts Intercom Action (MacSparky Labs)
  3. Jazz Friday: Wayne Shorter’s Jazz Impressionism
  4. Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  5. Let’s Build a Diagram: Sparky I/O (MacSparky Labs)
  6. Focused 174: Deep Work, with Cal Newport
  7. The Perils of Streaks
  8. Mac Power Users 685: Fighting Digital Distractions
  9. Automators 124: Image Automation
  10. Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  11. TextExpander Best Practices
  12. Automating Reading Focus (MacSparky Labs)
  13. Time Track with Timing (Sponsor)
  14. 2023 Q2 Planning Call (MacSparky Labs)
  15. The Looming Threat of AI-Generated Voice
  16. Using HazeOver (MacSparky Labs)
  17. Microsoft 365 Copilot
  18. The Importance of Reading (MacSparky Labs)
  19. Malicious Email is Getting Smarter
  20. Mac Power Users 684: 20 Mac Apps Under $20
  21. Focus Session This Week (MacSparky Labs)
  22. Sparky’s Vestaboard (MacSparky Labs)
  23. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  24. Home Screens: Daniel Schwartzberg
  25. The March Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  26. Shooting the Moon, AI Style
  27. AI-Generated AppleScript
  28. Focused 173: Life Has Lifed You, with Mark Metzger
  29. Avoid Email Overwhelm with SaneBox (Sponsor)
  30. Testing Whisper Transcription (MacSparky Labs)
  31. Basic Apple Guy Wallpapers
  32. OmniFocus Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  33. The iPhone Camera vs. Big Fancy Cameras
  34. On Apple’s Spring … (MacSparky Labs)
  35. Mac Power Users 683: Workflows with Ian Byrd
  36. Automators 123: HomeKit from Scratch with Myke Hurley
  37. Scripting Moom for Windows Setups (MacSparky Labs)
  38. The Screencasting Setup Script
  39. Hoban Cards and Stationery (Sponsor)
  40. Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  41. AI As a Feature
  42. Grammarly Automation, Improved (MacSparky Labs)
  43. Time Travel with Infinite Macintosh
  44. March Meetup Details (MacSparky Labs)
  45. OmniFocus Deep Dive (MacSpark Labs)
  46. Shortcuts-Based Project Setup Automation (MacSparky Labs)
  47. How I’m Using CleanMyMac
  48. Mac Power Users 682: Full of Surprises
  49. Creative Consumption Podcast Guesting
  50. Apple Irvine Spectrum Feature
  51. Last Call for MacSparky Tees and Sweatshirts
  52. Jazz Friday: Wayne Shorter
  53. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  54. Drafts (Sponsor)
  55. Let’s Build a Shortcut: Meeting Setup (MacSparky Labs)
  56. Focused 172: Journaling & Focus

February 2023

  1. Apple and R&D (MacSparky Labs)
  2. Mac Power Users 681: Cloudy with a Chance of Beachballs
  3. Automators 122: Nerding Out with Allison Sheridan
  4. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  5. Home Screens: Brett Burney
  6. TextSniper: The Ultimate Mac Text Capture Tool (Sponsor)
  7. More App Store Troubles
  8. Using Craft for Team Documents and Management (MacSparky Labs)
  9. The February Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  10. Mac Power Users 680: Workflows with Marco Arment
  11. MacSparky Tees and Sweatshirts
  12. How To Think About Apple’s AR/VR Glasses (MacSparky Labs)
  13. Tidy Your Inbox with SaneBox (Sponsor)
  14. Q1 2023 Planning Session Video (MacSparky Labs)
  15. Labs Focus Session Next Week (MacSparky Labs)
  16. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  17. Controlling Stream Deck with BetterTouchTool (MacSparky Labs)
  18. Initial Impressions of ReplyCube (MacSparky Labs)
  19. Focused 171: Communication & Focus
  20. Mac Power Users 679: Our Menu Bars, Docks & Startup Apps
  21. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  22. Automators 121: Hardware Launchers
  23. Using AppleScript to Set Apple Music Volume
  24. HomePod 2 Repairability
  25. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  26. 1Password and Passkeys
  27. 2023 Q1 Planning Check-in (MacSparky Labs)
  28. Turn Any Website into an App with Unite 4 (Sponsor)
  29. February Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  30. February Deep Dive on Meditation (MacSparky Labs)
  31. Dipping Your Toes in Conversational Artificial Intelligence
  32. The Six Colors Report Card
  33. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  34. Mac Power Users 678: Sales and Studies, with Kerry Provenzano
  35. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  36. Timing: Track Your Time Without Timers; Now Even on iOS! (Sponsor)
  37. Creating an AppleScript to Automate Timing Entries (MacSparky Labs)
  38. The Omni Group Roadmap and A Few Thoughts on OmniFocus
  39. February Deep Dive on Meditation (MacSparky Labs)
  40. Focused 170: Holistic Productivity, with Tim Stringer

January 2023

  1. This Month in the MacSparky Labs
  2. OmniFocus Checklists (MacSparky Labs)
  3. The Hypothetical Folding iPad
  4. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  5. Mac Power Users 677: Software Club: Fantastical
  6. Desktop & Dock Settings (MacSparky Labs)
  7. Automators 120: Looking at Launchers
  8. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  9. Setting up iCloud Shared Photo Library (MacSparky Labs)
  10. Things Update Brings the Shortcuts
  11. My False Urgency Webinar Video (MacSparky Labs)
  12. This Morning Someone Tried to Phish Me …
  13. The Rumored iPad Pro 2024 Revamp
  14. Drafts Is the Tool for Text (Sponsor)
  15. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  16. Mac Power Users 676: Workflows with Kaitlin Salzke
  17. Replacing a 5K iMac with Apple Silicon (MacSparky Labs)
  18. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  19. The January Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  20. Leaning Into the Notch
  21. Automating Calendar Views (MacSparky Labs)
  22. One Last Link to the 2023 Focused Calendar
  23. Focused 169: How to Calm Your Mind, with Chris Bailey
  24. The New M2 MacBook Pro and Mac mini
  25. Timing App Updates to Use Screen Time Data
  26. Curio: The Mac’s Most Advanced Notebook App (Sponsor)
  27. The Next Focus Session (MacSparky Labs)
  28. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  29. Mac Power Users 675: Cruisin’ with CarPlay
  30. Automators 119: Moving Houses and to the Mac with Chris Lawley
  31. Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  32. Why I Love Kaizen Foam
  33. False Urgency Webinar Next Week (MacSparky Labs)
  34. Turn Your Out-of-Control Box into a SaneBox(Sponsor)
  35. Mac Launcher Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  36. About Those Touch-screen Macs
  37. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  38. Mac Power Users 674: Workflows with Shawn Blanc
  39. Competition Is On the Horizon for Apple Displays
  40. The Lab Report (MacSparky Labs)
  41. Home Screens – Kathy Campbell
  42. Finding Love for Safari Tab Groups (MacSparky Labs)
  43. Fix Your Photos with PowerPhotos 2.0 (Sponsor)
  44. AI Narrated Books
  45. Focused 168: 2023 Focus Resolutions
  46. Digital + Analog Tasks (MacSparky Labs)
  47. WinterFest 2023
  48. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  49. Mac Power Users 673: Apple’s Freeform App
  50. 2023 Q1 Planning Video (MacSparky Labs)

2022 544

December 2022

  1. Thank You MacSparky Labs Members
  2. Automators 118: Ask the Automators
  3. This Month in The MacSparky Labs
  4. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  5. Home Screens – Author Chris Bailey
  6. Blowing Up the Death Star at Midnight, Again
  7. MarsEdit 5
  8. DEVONthink, The Best Database Solution (Sponsor)
  9. How to Cook Ideas with MindNode
  10. Limited Edition AirTag
  11. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  12. Mac Power Users 672: Tech That Worked in 2022
  13. Happy Birthday PCalc
  14. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  15. Jazz Friday – Joey Alexander’s “What a Wonderful World”
  16. Triggering Shortcuts with Stream Deck Buttons (MacSparky Labs)
  17. Pixelmator Pro’s Debanding Update
  18. Tinderbox: Notes and So Much More (Sponsor)
  19. Focused 167: 2022 Year in ReviewFocused
  20. The Algorithm and You
  21. Tab Navigation in the Dialog Box (MacSparky Labs)
  22. Using Priorities in Reminders (MacSparky Labs)
  23. Apple’s Increasingly Diversified Manufacturing
  24. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  25. Mac Power Users 671: Out of the Water
  26. The Next Labs Focus Session (MacSparky Labs)
  27. Contextual Spaces and Window Management Tricks (MacSparky Labs)
  28. Automators 117: Magic Online Automations with Make
  29. Home Screens – Ian Byrd
  30. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  31. Sparky’s Dock Launcher Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  32. Eating Crow on CleanShot X 4.5
  33. Setting Up an Aqara TVOC Sensor (MacSparky Labs)
  34. The Q1 2023 Planning Session (MacSparky Labs)
  35. Automating OmniFocus Tabs (MacSparky Labs)
  36. December Virtual Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  37. Mac Power Users 670: Workflows with Francesco D’Alessio
  38. More on Using AI (MacSparky Labs)
  39. December Planning Session (MacSparky Labs)
  40. A Brief Review of the Orange Nomad Sport Band
  41. The Lab Report (MacSparky Labs)
  42. Keep Your Team on Track with Daylite’s Opportunities Board (Sponsor)
  43. The Extended Keyboard Wins
  44. Sharing a Holiday Gift List with Apple Notes (MacSparky Labs)
  45. iCloud Gets a Security Upgrade
  46. Focused 166: The Social Dilemma
  47. Experimenting with the Kindle Scribe (MacSparky Labs)
  48. AirTag Battery Replacements and Remotes
  49. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  50. Mac Power USers 669: Drowning Out the Noise with Charlie Chapman
  51. The Nonprofit Productivity Summit
  52. December Deep Dive Signups (MacSparky Labs)
  53. December Virtual Meetup Signups (MacSparky Labs)
  54. November Virtual Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  55. Automators 116: Brett Terpstra’s Automation Tricks
  56. DEVONthink: Powerful Tools for Documents and Files (Sponsor)
  57. The Lab Report (MacSparky Labs)
  58. Stream Deck + Initial Impressions (MacSparky Labs)
  59. Craft Adds Artificial Intelligence

November 2022

  1. Friends of Dave with Kaitlin Salzke (MacSparky Labs)
  2. Where are the Passkeys?
  3. The Monday Brief – November 28, 2022
  4. Mac Power Users 668: Workflows with Tim Stringer
  5. Introducing MacSparky Labs Focus Sessions (MacSparky Labs)
  6. Planning with Sparky
  7. The Lab Report (MacSparky Labs)
  8. Let’s Build a Shortcut – Craft to Notes Importer (MacSparky Labs)
  9. The Yule Apple Music Playlist
  10. Fantastical Black Friday Sale
  11. Avoid the Flood with SaneBox(Sponsor)
  12. Window Management Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  13. Focused 165: On the River, with Chris Upchurch
  14. The Monday Brief – November 21, 2022
  15. Mac Power Users 667: Revisiting Apple Reminders and Notes
  16. Automators 115: Automating the Future, with Simon Støvring
  17. The Lab Report (MacSparky Labs)
  18. Daylite and the New Opportunities Board (Sponsor)
  19. Stream Deck +
  20. The Field Guides and Labs Thanksgiving Sale
  21. Home Assistant with Rosemary Orchard (MacSparky Labs
  22. Next Week’s Virtual Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  23. Elon to Twitter Employees: Go Hardcore or Quit
  24. iOS 16.2 Beta Brings Hide Wallpaper Option for Always On Display
  25. Exploring Raycast (MacSparky Labs)
  26. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  27. Just 8 Hours Left on MPU Apparel
  28. Mac Power Users 666: The 2022 MPU Gift Guide
  29. DEVONthink for All of Your Research (Sponsor)
  30. The Lab Report (MacSparky Labs)
  31. Relative Dates in Shortcuts (MacSparky Labs)
  32. The Focused 2023 Calendar
  33. Window Management Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  34. Backblaze Q3 Drive Stats
  35. Focused 164: Mind Mapping
  36. FOD Interview with William Gallagher (MacSparky Labs)
  37. Apple Frames Shortcut
  38. MPU Apparel
  39. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  40. Mac Power Users 665: Covered in Paper Cuts
  41. Window Management Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  42. Automators 114: macOS Ventura: The Automated AppDate
  43. Save as PDF… (Revisited)
  44. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  45. To Day One and Back Again
  46. OmniFocus 4 for Mac Tour (MacSparky Labs)
  47. Timing for Stress-Free Time Tracking (Sponsor)
  48. Hazel 5.2
  49. October Virtual Meetup (MacSparky Labs)

October 2022

  1. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  2. Mac Power Users 664: macOS Ventura & iPadOS 16
  3. Make an Impression with Hoban Cards (Sponsor)
  4. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  5. Endor Studios Tour (MacSparky Labs)
  6. BBEdit 14.6
  7. I Didn’t Know We Couldn’t Do It, So We Did It
  8. Focused 163: The Laws of Creativity, with Joey Cofone
  9. The Steve Jobs Archive
  10. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  11. Mac Power Users 663: HomeKit Check-In
  12. Experimenting with DiffusionBee
  13. Automators 113: FocusCuts and Asynchronous Automation Awesomeness
  14. The Monthly Archive Backup Routine (MacSparky Labs)
  15. So Much Email? Try SaneBox (Sponsor)
  16. Sal Soghoian and OmniFocus Voice Commands Video Interview
  17. OmniFocus 4 Beta for Mac
  18. Obsidian 1.0
  19. Considering Reminders (MacSparky Labs)
  20. The Trouble with Apple Watch Faces
  21. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  22. Mac Power Users 662: Navigating Apple Maps
  23. Daylite and the New Opportunities Board (Sponsor)
  24. And Now the AR/VR Goggles Silly Season Begins
  25. Today’s Virtual Meetup Moved to 12:00 Pacific
  26. Quarterly Planning Video (MacSparky Labs)
  27. Focused 162: Perfectionism
  28. Airline Luggage and AirTags
  29. Mac Power Users 661: Our Desks & Bags
  30. Sparky’s Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  31. Capture Any Text on Your Mac with TextSniper (Sponsor)
  32. Automators 112: iOS 16 Focus Modes
  33. Quarterly Review Preparation (MacSparky Labs)
  34. Sharing My Bag on YouTube
  35. The iOS 16 Focus Modes Webinar Video (MacSparky Labs)
  36. Quarterly Planning with Sparky (MacSparky Labs)
  37. Pixelmator Pro 3.0
  38. Mac Power Users 660: App Updates for iOS 16 & the Apple Watch Ultra

September 2022

  1. Focused 161: Stolen Focus, with Jean MacDonald
  2. Endor Studios Update (MacSparky Labs)
  3. Celebrating 20 years of Great Software from Rogue Amoeba (Sponsor)
  4. The Old “Pad of Paper Under the Laptop” Trick
  5. Mac Power Users 659: Workflows with Alex Cox
  6. Automators 111: Automating Endor Studios
  7. DEVONthink: The Unparalleled Data Tool (Sponsor)
  8. Apple Watch Ultra Reviews and Trade-Offs
  9. iPhone 14 Pro Max Unboxing and Initial Impressions (MacSparky Labs)
  10. Mac Power Users 658: Every Letter Is Precious
  11. Endor Studios Update (MacSparky Labs)
  12. Focus Mode Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  13. Daylite and the New Opportunities Board
  14. Austin Mann on the iPhone 14 Pro
  15. The Initial iPhone 14 Pro Reviews
  16. Focused 160: Balancing Calendars and Tasks
  17. Automating Loading Remote Content in Apple Mail with Keyboard Maestro (MacSparky Labs)
  18. Federico’s iOS 16 Review
  19. The Morning Routine Journal Template
  20. It’s Time to Give to St. Jude
  21. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  22. The Six Colors Membership Program
  23. Mac Power Users 657: New Hardware & iOS 16
  24. Automators 110: iOS 16 Automation
  25. MindNode for Superior Mind Maps (Sponsor)
  26. A Few Thoughts on the Apple Watch Ultra
  27. The “Far Out” Apple Event Virtual Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  28. The Keynote Story
  29. macOS Ventura Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  30. Apple Watch Pro Rumors Multiply
  31. The Monday Brief (MacSparky Labs)
  32. Mac Power Users 656: The Fundamentals Are Timeless, with Stephen Millard
  33. Endor Studios Has Drywall (MacSparky Labs)
  34. The Apple Event in the MacSparky Labs
  35. Notch Evolution
  36. Endor Studios Update: Ready for Drywall (MacSparky Labs)
  37. DEVONthink: The Place for Documents and Files (Sponsor)

August 2022

  1. Friends of Dave Interview with Jim Eagar (MacSparky)
  2. Focused 159: The Art of Note-Taking
  3. Mac Power Users 655: Streaming Check-in with Julia Alexander
  4. Endor Studios Update (MacSparky Labs)
  5. Automators 109: Automating Obsidian
  6. Shortcuts for iPhone and iPad Field Guide Free Update
  7. Become the Boss of Your Email With SaneBox (Sponsor)
  8. Apple AR/VR Goggles on September 7? I Don’t Think So.
  9. The MacSparky Labs Discord Server (MacSparky Labs)
  10. “Far Out” Apple Event
  11. Craft Import Automation (MacSparky Labs)
  12. iPadOS 16 Delay
  13. Sparky’s Hypothetical Video Cart (MacSparky Labs)
  14. Shortcuts for Mac Webinar Series
  15. Mac Power Users 654: Data Storage in 2022
  16. Endor Studios Build Update (MacSparky Labs)
  17. SaneBox (Sponsor)
  18. Early Access Check-In from Endor Studios (MacSparky Labs)
  19. My Mac App Store Feature
  20. The Ventura System Settings Video (MacSparky Labs)
  21. Focused 158: Humans First, with Rob Krecak
  22. The Utility of Lock Screen Widgets
  23. iOS 16 Beta 6
  24. Mac Power Users 653: Workflows with Chris Christensen
  25. Lab Report and Endor Studios Update (MacSparky Labs)
  26. Automators 108: Small Automation Tools
  27. Take Your Business Out Of The Dark With Daylite (Sponsor)
  28. Testing Voice-to-Text Dictation with iPadOS 16 Beta (MacSparky Labs)
  29. The CHIPS Act
  30. Mac Power Users 52: Where Does the iPad Fit?
  31. To Help A Teacher
  32. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  33. Rumored iPadOS 16 Delay
  34. OmniFocus Voice Control Tutorial with Sal Soghoian (MacSparky Labs)
  35. Unleash Your Creativity with DEVONthink (Sponsor)
  36. Focused 157: Non-Traditional Measures of Productivity, with Mike Vardy
  37. The Voice of Baseball
  38. YouTube Picture-in-Picture in Safari on the Mac
  39. The New Anker 65W Portable Charger
  40. Automating Dates in OmniFocus (MacSparky Labs)
  41. Mac Power Users 651: 3,041 Press Releases

July 2022

  1. Automators 107: Control with your Voice, with Sal Soghoian
  2. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  3. $83 Billion
  4. Hoban Cards and Stationery (Sponsor)
  5. My Packing List Using Shortcuts (MacSparky Labs)
  6. The Focus Timer
  7. The M2 MacBook Air Virtual Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  8. Wither iPhone Mini
  9. The M2 MacBook Air Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  10. Using the Aqara Leak Detector (MacSparky Labs)
  11. Mac Power Users 650: Craft Deep Drive
  12. M2 MacBook Air Chat on Tuesday (MacSparky Labs)
  13. Manage Email Distractions with SaneBox (Sponsor)
  14. Endor Studios Update – The Rebar (MacSparky Labs)
  15. The Lab Report – July 22, 2022 (MacSparky Labs)
  16. iOS 16 Lock Screens and Focus Modes (MacSparky Labs)
  17. Comparing Webcams (MacSparky Labs)
  18. Using the M2 MacBook Air
  19. Focused 156: The State of GTD
  20. MailMate Keybindings Video and KeyBindings File (MacSparky Labs)
  21. Mac Power Users 649: Workflows with William Gallagher
  22. Endor Studios Construction Update (MacSparky Labs)
  23. Automators 106: Automation Interoperation
  24. Hook Turns Three
  25. Today’s Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  26. Setting Up MailMate (MacSparky Labs)
  27. M2 MacBook Air Reviews
  28. Start Linking with Daylite (Sponsor)
  29. Testing the Opal C1 Webcam (MacSparky Labs)
  30. M2 MacBook Air Ship Dates
  31. Mac Power Users 648: Software Club: Apollo for Reddit
  32. The Lab Report Podcast – July 8, 2022 (MacSparky Labs)
  33. SummerFest 2022: The Festival Of Artisanal Software (Sponsor)
  34. The M2 MacBook Air Goes on Sale Tomorrow
  35. The Shortcuts for Mac Field Guide Plus Edition Webinar Series
  36. The 2023 Apple History Calendar
  37. Sparky’s M2 MacBook Air Buying Guide
  38. Focused 155: 12 Favorite Problems
  39. Mac Power Users 647: Workflows with Zac Hall
  40. Mid-Year Planning Video Session (MacSparky Labs)
  41. Automators 105: Podcast Automation and Focus Modes with Scotty Jackson
  42. The Lab Report Podcast (MacSparky Labs)

June 2022

  1. SummerFest 2022: The Festival Of Artisanal Software (Sponsor)
  2. Four Months with the Nimalist AirTag Wallet
  3. This Month in The MacSparky Labs
  4. Text Capture via Shortcut (MacSparky Labs)
  5. The Worst Default Setting on the Mac
  6. Shortcuts for Mac Webinar Series
  7. Rethinking Email – Inbox Serenity (MacSparky Labs)
  8. MacSparky RSS Feeds
  9. M2 Macs
  10. Mid-Year Planning and Reflection – Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  11. Mac Power Users 646: Vibing with Tony Miceli
  12. Mid-Year Reflection and Planning
  13. Mid-Year Planning and reflection with MacSparky (MacSparky Labs)
  14. The Newton and What Could Have Been
  15. The Lab Report – June 24, 2022 (MacSparky Labs)
  16. Automating Focus Mode via Calendar Events (MacSparky Labs)
  17. iWork Updates
  18. iPad Status Board, Part 2 (MacSparky Labs)
  19. SaneBox (Sponsor)
  20. Focused 154: Building a Second Brain, with Tiago Forte
  21. Sabbaticals, Long and Short
  22. Duplicate an Event to “Busy” Calendar with Shortcuts (MacSparky Labs)
  23. Sparky Summarizes the Platforms State of the Union (MacSparky Labs)
  24. Mac Power Users 645: Live Q&A with Stephen and David
  25. Automators 104: WWDC 2022 Awesomeness
  26. iPadOS 16 Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  27. The Controversial 13″ MacBook Pro
  28. Using AppleScript to Open a Specific Mailbox in Apple Mail (MacSparky Labs)
  29. Mac-Savvy Businesses Love Daylite (Sponsor)
  30. Initial Thoughts on Stage Manager
  31. Mac Power Users 644: Some Cool Mac Utilities
  32. WWDC Virtual Meetup Video (MacSparky Labs)
  33. DEVONthink Gets You All the Metadata (Sponsor)
  34. Project Setup with Craft, OmniFocus, and Shortcuts (MacSparky Labs)
  35. Reflections on WWDC 2022
  36. Focused 153: A Wandering Mind, with Kourosh Dini
  37. WWDC Day One Podcast and Photos (MacSparky Labs)
  38. Mac Power Users 643: WWDC 2022
  39. A Few Thoughts on Apple’s WWDC Announcements
  40. Automators 103: Dan, the Automating Author, Moren
  41. The Lab Report Podcast for June 3, 2022 (MacSparky Labs)
  42. May in the MacSparky Labs
  43. Creating Animated Hand-Drawn Slides in Keynote (MacSparky Labs)
  44. SaneBox (Sponsor)
  45. Slow Horses Gets More Seasons

May 2022

  1. Mac Power Users 642: Shortcuts for Mac
  2. Announcing the Shortcuts for Mac Field Guide
  3. Guest on The Restless Midlifer
  4. Lab Report Podcast – May 27, 2022
  5. Jeff Richardson’s Home Screen
  6. Using Your iPad as a Mac Dashboard (MacSparky Labs)
  7. Capture Text Anywhere on Your Mac with TextSniper (Sponsor)
  8. Using Obsidian for Task Management (MacSparky Labs)
  9. Focused 152: Mental Models
  10. Eleven Years of 5 GB
  11. Linking Your Thinking Presentation (MacSparky Labs)
  12. Fastmail Improvements
  13. Mac Power Users 641: Catching up with Federico Viticci
  14. Automators 102: Automating DEVONThink
  15. Home Screens — Joe Moyer
  16. DEVONthink, the Ultimate Database Tool (Sponsor)
  17. The Lab Report – May 20, 2022
  18. Keyboard Maestro 10.1
  19. Using Your iPhone as a Webcam with Camo (MacSparky Labs)
  20. Creating OmniFocus Templates with Keyboard Maestro (MacSparky Labs)
  21. The Flat Apple Watch Rumors Return
  22. New Outliner App: Bike
  23. Linking Your Thinking Conference
  24. Friends of Dave Interview with Ian Byrd (MacSparky Labs)
  25. Mac Power Users 640: The iPhone App Roundup
  26. The Lab Report Podcast for May 13 (MacSparky Labs)
  27. Taking Screenshots with the Mac’s Built-in Tools (MacSparky Labs)
  28. Some Speculation on the Future Mac Pro
  29. Still locked in your email all day? There is a better solution for that! (Sponsor)
  30. Focused 151: The Bento Method, with Francesco D’Alessio
  31. Early Access for the Shortcuts for Mac Field Guide (MacSparky Labs)
  32. The May Virtual Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  33. Mac Power Users 639: Software Club: Greg Pierce and Drafts
  34. Automators 101: Red Sweaters and AppleScript Fun with Daniel Jalkut
  35. The MacSparky Labs Report (MacSparky Labs)
  36. Get It Together with Timing (Sponsor)
  37. May 2022 Questions and Answers (MacSparky Labs)
  38. Why Apple’s Productivity Apps Should be Separated from macOS
  39. MacSparky Labs Virtual Meetup this Saturday
  40. Endor Studios Poster
  41. Why I Love Star Wars
  42. Book Purchasing and Consuming Choices
  43. Task Manager Survey: Using the Bento App (MacSparky Labs)
  44. Testing a Card System for Monthly Goals
  45. On Jony Ive’s Influence
  46. Mac Power Users 638: A Mac Setup Consulting Company
  47. The Video in Which Apple Pushes Every Single One of Sparky’s Buttons
  48. The MacSparky Labs Content Update

April 2022

  1. Make a Hoban Card Your Ambassador (Sponsor)
  2. Jim Eagar’s Home Screen
  3. The New MacSparky Labs Report (MacSparky Labs)
  4. Time Tracking with the Timing App (MacSparky Labs)
  5. My Calendar Tricks Webinar
  6. Apple’s Self Service Repair Store
  7. Focused 150: Optimize for Intentionality
  8. iPad Keyboard Shortcuts
  9. Week Planning and Setting Time Blocks (MacSparky Labs)
  10. Time Tracking Categories
  11. Mac Power Users 637: Digging Deep on Tracking Time
  12. Improve Your Email Workflows with SaneBox (Sponsor)
  13. Automators 100: Celebrating 100 Automations, and More
  14. The MacSparky Labs Weekly Update Podcast (MacSparky Labs)
  15. Project Management with Obsidian (MacSparky Labs)
  16. The MacBook Pro Check-In
  17. Tomorrow’s Free Calendar Tricks Webinar
  18. Startup and Shutdown Routines Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  19. Why I Like the Shortform Book Summary Service
  20. Shortcut for Device Info on Your iPhone
  21. Friends of Dave Interview with John Siracusa (MacSparky Labs)
  22. MacSparky Labs Podcasts
  23. The Looming Demise of the iPhone mini
  24. Power User Tips for Managing Spaces (MacSparky Labs)
  25. Mac Power Users 636: Workflows with Ryan J. A. Murphy
  26. M2 Mac Rumors
  27. Apple and Privacy
  28. Make Progress on Your Most Important Projects with Your Calendars and Tasks Lists (Sponsored by Daylite)
  29. Focused 149: Asking Questions, with Marc Champagne
  30. Creating a Digital Burn Bag (MacSparky Labs
  31. Pixelmator Pro 2.4 – Odesa
  32. Automating OmniFocus (MacSparky Labs)
  33. Mac Power Users 635: Workflows with Allison Sheridan
  34. The April 2022 Virtual Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  35. Automators 99: Automation April
  36. Stephen Hackett’s Mac Pro
  37. Early Access Update (MacSparky Labs
  38. Unleash Your Creativity with DEVONthink (Sponsor)
  39. Setting Up and Using Universal Control (MacSparky Labs)
  40. Drafts 10-Year Anniversary
  41. WWDC 2022
  42. iPad Air vs. iPad Pro
  43. Apple Business Essentials is Now Live Nationwide
  44. New Calendar Tricks Webinar
  45. This Friday’s Virtual Meetup (MacSparky Labs)
  46. Audio Hijack 4
  47. Creating a Quick Action to Convert Images
  48. Mac Power Users 634: Getting the Most Out of Your iPhone Camera
  49. Trying a New AirTag Wallet (MacSparky Labs)
  50. CleanMyMac X Can Now Remove Suspicious Apps

March 2022

  1. This Month in the MacSparky Labs
  2. SaneBox (Sponsor)
  3. Congratulations John
  4. CARROT Weather 5.6
  5. Focused 148: Savoring the Moment, with Chris Bailey
  6. Looking Back at the Tight Rope (MacSparky Labs)
  7. Fast Windows Navigation with Moom
  8. Task Manager Survey – The OmniFocus Baseline
  9. Hands-On with the Mac Studio and Studio Display
  10. Mac Power Users 633: Workflows with Nick Milo
  11. Studio Build Update – The Plans (MacSparky Labs)
  12. Automators 98: Automation Potpourri
  13. Tinderbox – The Tool for Notes (Sponsor)
  14. Home Screens — Eric Welander
  15. Dictation Deep Dive (MacSparky Labs)
  16. iFixit’s Mac Studio Tear Down
  17. More 15″ MacBook Air Rumors
  18. OWC’s Thunderbolt 4 Cable
  19. Touring My Menu Bar (MacSparky Labs)
  20. In Support of Ukraine
  21. Checking Out MaskerAid
  22. Mac Power Users 632: Be the Most Mac Pro
  23. Week Planning with Sparky, Part 2 (MacSparky Labs)
  24. The Mike Schmitz Newsletter
  25. Take Your Business Out Of The Dark With Daylite (Sponsor)
  26. Friends of Dave Interview with Dan McCann (MacSparky Labs)
  27. Mac Studio and Studio Display Review Day
  28. The MacSparky Field Guide Referral Program
  29. March 17: Driving Out the Snakes
  30. ChronoSync 10
  31. Focused 147: Task Management & Focus
  32. Make Fantastical Dance (MacSparky Labs)
  33. The Geek Meter (MacSparky Labs)
  34. Some Friendly Advice if You Were Waiting for a 27-inch iMac
  35. Mac Power Users 631: Back to the Mac, with Myke Hurley
  36. Weekly Planning with Sparky (MacSparky Labs)
  37. DEVONthink for All of Your Research (Sponsor)
  38. More Thoughts on the Peek Performance Event (MacSparky Labs)
  39. Automators 97: Automating Rosemary Orchard
  40. Shortcuts for Mac Status Update (MacSparky Labs)
  41. A Few Thoughts on the Apple Peek Performance Event
  42. Rumors and Tomorrow’s Peek Performance
  43. Mac Power Users 630: Preview Deep Dive
  44. Automation to Move Text into a Web Page with Keyboard Maestro (MacSparky Labs)
  45. The MacSparky Labs March Meetup
  46. Running a Shortcut from a Keyboard Maestro Script
  47. Use TextSniper for Easy OCR on Your Mac (Sponsor)
  48. Installing and Testing the Stream Deck Pedal (MacSparky Labs)
  49. Apple Event: Peek Performance
  50. Focused 146: The Extended Mind, with Annie Murphy Paul
  51. The Last Month in The MacSparky Labs
  52. Convert HEIC to JPG with a Mac Shortcut (MacSparky Labs)
  53. Jim Dalrymple’s Retirement
  54. MacSparky Labs Virtual Meetup this Friday

February 2022

  1. Mac Power Users 629: Workflows with Craig Hockenberry
  2. Studio Expansion: The Plan (MacSparky Labs)
  3. Automators 96: Automating Mikah Sargent
  4. Roles-Based Productivity Webinar
  5. Thoughts on a Big MacBook Air
  6. Initial Impressions of the Rocketbook
  7. Yoink Adds Clipboard History and Widget
  8. Never Forget to Follow Up with SaneBox (Sponsor)
  9. Tomorrow’s Roles-Based Productivity Seminar (MacSparky Labs)
  10. Working in Batuu
  11. Checking in on the MagSafe Battery
  12. Customizing Folder Search with Alfred (MacSparky Labs)
  13. Mac Power Users 628: Stream Deck Power Users
  14. HyperScheduling Block Sizes (Sponsor)
  15. Drang’s Keyboard Maestro Date Calculator
  16. The ElevationLab AirTags Wallet Insert
  17. Friends of Dave Interview with Gabe Weatherhead (MacSparky Labs)
  18. BBEdit and Shortcuts Adoption on the Mac
  19. Focused 145: Focus & Your Environment
  20. Random One Thing (MacSparky Labs)
  21. Mac Power Users 627: Workflows with Adam Lisagor
  22. Automators 95: Keyboard Maestro Takes It Up to 10
  23. Contemplating a Second Monitor (MacSparky Labs)
  24. The Age of Mass Surveillance
  25. February Labs Meet-Up (MacSparky Labs)
  26. Make an Impression with Hoban Cards (Sponsor)
  27. Considering the Folding Phone
  28. Fantastical 3.6: Openings, Proposals, and Quarterly View Plus Demonstration Videos
  29. The Six Colors 2021 Apple Report Card
  30. Birthday Journaling with Sparky (MacSparky Labs)
  31. Mac Power Users: 626: It’s Like Two Dozen Calendars
  32. Friends of Dave Interview with Jason Snell (MacSparky Labs)
  33. Jason Snell on the Rumored Apple Headset
  34. SaneBox (Sponsor)
  35. Focused 144: Enough, with Patrick Rhone
  36. MacSparky Labs Video: Disneyland vs. Disney World with Casey Liss
  37. AirTags and Kids
  38. Video: The Blurry Wallpaper Trick (MacSparky Labs)

January 2022

  1. Mac Power Users 625: Apple as the Measuring Stick, with Austin Evans
  2. January in the MacSparky Labs
  3. Wizards No Longer United
  4. MacSparky Labs: Calendar Workflows Video
  5. Automators 94: Legal Nerd-ness with Jeff Richardson
  6. Journaling Webinar Now on YouTube
  7. Sparky’s Travel Technology (MacSparky Labs)
  8. Audio Hijack is Getting Scripting Support
  9. Apple and Support for Old Hardware
  10. Use TextSniper for Easy OCR on Your Mac (Sponsor)
  11. New Labs Video: Idea Capture on the iPhone with Shortcuts
  12. Dashboard 2.0
  13. The Supply Chain and the Apple Silicon Release Schedule
  14. iPhone Video vs. Dedicated Camera Video
  15. Mac Power Users 624: Apple Apps That Need Some Polishing
  16. The Calendar Deep Dive Questions
  17. Accessing Your Labs Content (MacSparky Labs)
  18. My Comms Board
  19. The Apple Headset Possibilities
  20. Focused 143: Thinking Annually
  21. My Free Journaling Webinar This Friday
  22. Automating Idea Capture with Keyboard Maestro and Obsidian (MacSparky Labs)
  23. The Difference Between Keyboard Maestro and Shortcuts for Mac
  24. Mac Power Users 623: Collaboration and Project Planning
  25. Automators 93: Automating MacSparky
  26. It’s Not Too Late
  27. Dropbox is Getting Support for Apple Silicon
  28. Track Your Time with Timing (Sponsor)
  29. Personal Retreat Video and Planning PDF
  30. 622: Exploring HomeKit with Shane Whately
  31. MacSparky Labs Video
  32. 15 Years Since the iPhone Announcement
  33. The iMac G4 Turns 20
  34. Time is Nearly Up for WinterFest 2021 Software Discounts (Sponsor)
  35. The Focus Academy
  36. Using Keyboard Maestro and AppleScript to Eject External Drives
  37. Note to Self: I Still Can’t Multitask
  38. MacSparky Labs Question and Answer Video
  39. MacSparky Labs Blog Posts
  40. Focused 142: Sparky Gets Focused
  41. Thank You and a Few Updates
  42. Mac Power Users #621: Sparky Freedom
  43. Why I’m No Longer Practicing Law

2021 396

December 2021

  1. Automators 92: If This, Then Dave Hamilton
  2. Get a Jump on 2022 with WinterFest (Sponsor)
  3. Blowing Up the Death Star at Midnight
  4. Year-End Reflection Prompts
  5. Untangling USB-C
  6. An Upgradie for MPU
  7. Mac Power Users 620: The State of Apple in 2021
  8. Get Some Great Software at a Discount with WinterFest (Sponsor)
  9. Gift Wrap Field Guide
  10. Relay FM Fusion Guesting
  11. The Inside Story on Apple Maps
  12. Focused 141: You Never Arrive
  13. Mac Power Users 619: Home Studio Updates
  14. Even More Holiday Music
  15. Apple Display Rumors
  16. Automators 91: Focus Modes, the Showdown
  17. MacSparky Studios Update (Holiday 2021 Edition)
  18. A Few Notes on the iOS 15.2 Release
  19. Setting Up Your Legacy Contact Screencast
  20. Daylite: The Only CRM App Made For Your Mac (Sponsor)
  21. It Lives!
  22. Website Transition and New RSS Link
  23. The Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking
  24. Last Call for 2022 Focused Calendars
  25. Mac Power Users 618: Making Movies at Pixar, with John Soliman
  26. The Wallpaper* Feature on the Apple Design Team and a Missed Opportunity
  27. Silly Season is Ramping Up for an Apple Headset
  28. Outlines vs. Mindmaps
  29. Focused 140: Your Brain Is Not a Computer With Cory Hixson
  30. Become the Boss of Your Email With SaneBox (Sponsor)
  31. Sensemaking Obsidian Seminar
  32. Mac Power Users 617: Back in Whack
  33. Shortcuts in Limbo
  34. Automators 90: Holiday Automation 2021
  35. The Peak Design Everyday iPhone Case
  36. Get More Done with Textexpander (Sponsor)

November 2021

  1. Mac Power Users 616: The Quality Will Be Ensured, with Daniel Jalkut – Draft
  2. Chronosync Update
  3. The HomePod Mini Experiment
  4. Focused 139: Soundtracks and Self-Talk
  5. MacSparky Field Guides Thanksgiving Sale
  6. SaneBox (Sponsor)
  7. PIxelmator 2.3, Uses AI to Remove Backgrounds
  8. Mac Power Users 615: The Clipboard Manager Roundup
  9. Automators 89: Kelly Guimont, iPhone Automator
  10. Time Track with Timing (Sponsor)
  11. Hazel 5.1
  12. Nonprofit Productivity Summit
  13. FastScripts 3
  14. The First Year of Craft
  15. Mac Power User 614: The 2021 MPU Gift Guide
  16. Ambient Video of the Millennium Falcon
  17. Obsidian Live Preview
  18. Daylite: A Superior CRM for the Mac (Sponsor)
  19. Timing App Update
  20. Focused 138: Hyper-Scheduling Revisited
  21. The Focus Mode Webinar
  22. Mac Power Users 613: The Future of Work, with Sean McCabe
  23. Automators 88: Automating with Ryan J. A. Murphy
  24. Fantastical Version 3.5
  25. Guest on iPad Pros
  26. TextExpander (Sponsor)
  27. My Productive Mac’s Todoist Course
  28. Keyboard Maestro 10 Releases
  29. Mac Power Users 612: macOS Monterey & MacBook Pro Impressions

October 2021

  1. Satechi USB-C Hybrid Multiport Adapter
  2. Daylite Is Monterey ready! (Sponsor)
  3. MacBook Pro M1 Max Initial Impressions
  4. My Free Focus Mode Webinar
  5. Focused 137: Managing Busy
  6. Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
  7. Shortcuts for Mac Field Guide Update
  8. Some Monterey Features of Note
  9. Details on MacBook Pro SD Card Transfer Speeds
  10. Automators 87: Email Rules Automation
  11. Eating Max Crow
  12. The Future of Mac Reliability
  13. Mac Power Users 611: Unleashed, Indeed
  14. Fix Your Email. Use SaneBox (Sponsor)
  15. The New MacBook Pro
  16. The New MacBook Pros Screen Resolution
  17. A Few Thoughts Following Apple’s “Unleashed” Event Today
  18. Mac Power Users 610: iPad Workflows
  19. The Post Where I Whine About Apple’s 2021 Leather Colors
  20. Apple Watch 7 Initial Reviews and Thoughts
  21. The Focused 2022 Calendar
  22. Focused 136: Social Focus, with Taylor Jacobson
  23. Unleashed
  24. The Fastmail Switcheroo
  25. Mac Power Users 609: Sir, Get Out of My E-Waste
  26. The Imminent TextExpander 7 (Sponsor)
  27. Automators 86: Micro-Automations
  28. The Relay St. Jude Fund Raiser
  29. Celebrating Steve
  30. DEVONthink Field Guide Early Bird Pricing Ends Tomorrow
  31. Mac Power Users 608: DEVONthink & New Apple Hardware
  32. Daylite Pushes Your Productivity and Your Profits to the Macs (Sponsor)

September 2021

  1. Focused 135: Don’t Eat the Frog, with Jesse J. Anderson
  2. Testing the iPhone 13 Pro Cameras at Disneyland
  3. Mac Power Users 607: iOS & iPadOS 15
  4. Automators 85: iOS 15 Update & Shortcuts on macOS
  5. Your Calendar as Both Planning and Archive Tool
  6. Readwise Reading App
  7. Guest on Linking Your Thinking
  8. Announcing the DEVONthink Field Guide
  9. Mac Power Users 606: California Streaming
  10. Some Experience with Windows 365
  11. Focused 134: Finding Space, with Sean McCabe
  12. Some Thoughts Following the Apple “California Streaming” Event
  13. Breathable App for Air Quality Data
  14. Mac Power Users 605: File Management in the Cloud Era
  15. Automators 84: Chris Lawley, the iPad Man
  16. Documents X from Readdle
  17. Add TextExpander toYour Team (Sponsor)
  18. Using AppleScript to Announce Glanceable Information
  19. 10 year anniversary of yoink on the mac app store
  20. Mac Power Users 604: Workflows with Jay Miller
  21. TextExpander — Fuhgeddaboudit (Sponsor)
  22. The New DraftTable
  23. Focused 133: Success & Failure

August 2021

  1. Focused on Timing
  2. Mac Power Users 603: Workin’ with iWork
  3. Automators 83: Home Automation 2.0
  4. Daylite pushes your productivity and profits to the Macs (Sponsor)
  5. GarageBand Updates and Utility
  6. Club MacStories Premier
  7. My Free Apple Mail Seminar
  8. Mac Power Users 602: Was That a Rabbit Hole?
  9. Acorn 7
  10. Ikigai — Book Notes
  11. SaneBox: To Unsubscribe without Unsubscribing (Sponsor)
  12. Tinderbox 9
  13. Satechi’s Clamp Hub Pro
  14. Focused 132: Willpower and Your Environment
  15. MindNode’s Outlining Feature Now on iPhone and iPad
  16. Free eBook – What’s Slowing Down Your Mac
  17. MacTrack Legal Conference
  18. Mac Power Users 601: Soup Blasphemy with Kathy Campbell
  19. Automators #82: Bad AppleScript with Jason Snell
  20. Home Screens — Jonathan Buys
  21. WaterField AirTags
  22. The Rumored Portrait Mode for Video
  23. TextExpander: Type Less, Say More (Sponsor)
  24. The Apple MagSafe Battery Pack
  25. Field Guide Price Increase Starts Next Week
  26. Mac Power Users 600: Mac Migration & Settings
  27. Apple Needs to Get More Aggressive with Scam Apps
  28. Work Faster on Your Mac with Better Touch Tool (Sponsor)
  29. Private Relay Data Slow-Down
  30. New External Magic Keyboards with Touch ID
  31. Focused 131: Liminal Thinking
  32. Mac Pro Updates
  33. Mac Power Users 599: A Man of the People, with Dr. Drang

July 2021

  1. Automators 81: Shortcuts for Mac, with Developer Zachary Lineman
  2. Script Debugger 8
  3. Daylite: A Mac-to-Mac CRM Solution (Sponsor)
  4. The Perils of a Services Business
  5. New Design at MacSparky.com
  6. Amazon Affiliate Links via TextExpander
  7. Mac Power Users 598: Home Networking
  8. Jazz Lettering
  9. The Plan vs. The Day
  10. Intel Now or Apple Silicon Later?
  11. Delight > Clean
  12. Focused 130: Toxic Productivity
  13. Back to Normal
  14. Tesla’s Self Driving Subscription
  15. Mac Power Users 597: A Ray of Sunshine, with Brett Burney
  16. That Car Project
  17. Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City
  18. Automators 80: Automated Calendaring
  19. Home Screens — Jarrod Blundy
  20. Talking to the Internet Podcast Guest
  21. Windows 365 for Windows on the Mac and iPad?
  22. The New MagSafe Battery Pack
  23. Backblaze Price Increase
  24. Mac Power Users 596: 30 iPhone Apps Under $10
  25. Apple’s New Spatial Audio
  26. Important and Urgent
  27. Backblaze Version 8 for Mac
  28. TextExpander — Say More with Less Work (Sponsor)
  29. Focused 129: No One Wants to Work with a Jerk, with Colleen Wainwright
  30. Will MailKit Save Mail.app?
  31. Mac Power Users 595: The Poetic Mike Vardy
  32. Windows 11 and Test Drivers
  33. Apple TV: Foundation
  34. Automators 79: Brett Terpstra
  35. Jazz Friday: Steven Feifke with Veronica Swift “On the Street Where You Live”
  36. Mr. Hackett’s Mac Calendar
  37. Menuwhere
  38. The EERO Pro V6 – A Significant WiFi Upgrade
  39. Meet Daylite: The CRM with Apple Fans in Mind (Sponsor)

June 2021

  1. Contour Design’s RollerMouse
  2. Mac Power Users 594: A Third Alternative
  3. Evolution After COVID
  4. The Sparky Status Board 2.0
  5. Focused 128: Communication
  6. Band-in-a-Box 2021 for Mac Is Here
  7. Turning Off the Tracking Pixel on the MacSparky Newsletter
  8. Mac Power Users 593: It’s All Based on Stickies, with Paul Kafasis
  9. Automators 78: WWDC 2021: Shortcuts Comes to macOS
  10. DEVONthink, the Ultimate Database Tool (Sponsor)
  11. 25 Basic Mac Keyboard Shortcuts to Be More Productive
  12. Coherence X4 for macOS
  13. MPU 592: WWDC 2021 and the Future of Mac Automation
  14. iOS 15 Voice-to-Text Dictation
  15. Focused 127: Focusing a Team, with Ken Case
  16. Focus Mode and Contextual Computing
  17. Mac Power Users 591: HyperCard All the Way Down, with Adam Engst
  18. Automators 77: Unicorn Automation, with Kathy Campbell
  19. Jazz Friday: Larry McKenna: The Nearness of You
  20. “Software is eating the world, and cars are next on the menu.”
  21. Big Timery Update and New Version for Mac
  22. In the News Podcast
  23. Creepy TV
  24. Do Big Things With Your Small Business With Daylite (Sponsor)

May 2021

  1. M1 Macs May Now Boot from External Drives
  2. Mac Power Users 590: Our Video Workflows
  3. Sweet Setup’s Zero to Obsidian Workshop
  4. Charty 1.4
  5. Give Yourself an Edge with Hoban Cards (Sponsor)
  6. Focused 126: Productivity vs. Grinding
  7. The New Orange iMac vs. the Orange G3
  8. Dark Noise on the Mac
  9. Cardhop 2.0, Flexibits Premium, and New Videos
  10. Austin Mann on the new M1 iPad
  11. Mac Power Users 589: Zoom Jiu Jitsu, with Teddy Svoronos
  12. Automators 76: Automating with Alfred
  13. The New Apple TV Remote
  14. Rocket for Quick Emoji on Your Mac
  15. What is Apple’s Take on the iPad?
  16. Remap Your Mac with BetterTouchTool (Sponsor)
  17. The 24” iMac Reviews
  18. Additional Mac Symbols
  19. PDFpen and PDFpenPro 13
  20. Mac Power Users #588: macOS Services, with Sal Soghoian
  21. DEVONthink for Superior File Management (Sponsor)
  22. Obsidian vs. Roam
  23. Focused 125: Professional Nerd, with Rosemary Orchard
  24. OmniFocus 4.0 for iPad and iPhone Now in Beta
  25. Mac Power Users 587: Catching Up with Casey Liss
  26. Automators 75: Bunches of Automation, with Jay Miller
  27. Home Screens — John Gerard
  28. More Drafts Videos
  29. Pixelmator Pro update adds support for LUTs
  30. Mac Power Users 586: iPhone Productivity
  31. Last Day for MPU Merchandise

April 2021

  1. Manage Your Business with Daylite (Sponsor)
  2. Announcing the Disneyland Field Guide
  3. Focused #124: Reading and Learning
  4. Naming the Next Mac Apple Silicon
  5. iOS 14.5 Improvements and Tips
  6. Mac Power Users 585: Spring Loaded
  7. Automators #74: Stream Deck: Going Large
  8. Home Screens — Tim Nahumck
  9. HoudahSpot 6.1
  10. Superior Document Management with DEVONthink (Sponsor)
  11. Unifying Home Automation with CHIP
  12. A Few Thoughts on Today’s Spring Loaded Apple Event
  13. The Sad Demise of the Harmony Remote
  14. The Mac Chimes of Death
  15. Mac Power Users 584: Everything Fades to Black
  16. Rumors Growing for Colorful iMacs
  17. Jazz Friday: Chick Corea Trilogy 2
  18. FoodNoms: Customized Nutrition Goals Made Easy
  19. The Hazel Field Guide 2021 Update and Discount
  20. Focused 123: A Focus on Time
  21. Email Gets a Lot Easier with SaneBox
  22. Apple’s Spring Loaded Event
  23. Personalize Your Apple Watch with the Watchsmith Update
  24. Mac Power Users 583: The Obsidian Deep Dive
  25. Automators 73: Custom Drafts Themes, Syntax, and More with Tim Nahumck
  26. WDR and the Yellowjackets
  27. Useful Complexity
  28. Day One 6.0 Adds Text-Based Journaling
  29. TextExpander for Teams For the Win (Sponsor)
  30. Kara Swisher’s Tim Cook Interview
  31. More Status Board Details
  32. Mac Power Users 582: Radio and Podcasts and Books, Oh My … with Shelly Brisbin
  33. 553 Million Facebook Users Compromised
  34. The Idea of Shortcuts on the Mac
  35. Daylite (sponsor)
  36. Coaching for Leaders Guest

March 2021

  1. Safari vs. Chrome – RAM Usage
  2. Focused 122: Linking Your Thinking with Nick Milo
  3. WWDC 2021: June 7-11
  4. Time-Tracking and Hacking My Brain
  5. Five Years of the Apple Watch
  6. Mac Power Users 581: “Work” Flows with Stephen and David
  7. Automators 72: Quality of Life Automation on the Mac
  8. Automate Documents in DEVONthink (Sponsor)
  9. Bartender 4 Gets Menu Bar Automation
  10. App Store Scams Need to End
  11. Project Status Board
  12. Mac Power Users 580: Twenty Years of OS X
  13. Solar Eufy Charger
  14. The Dharma Initiative Uses Apple
  15. Justin Long as Pitch Man for Intel
  16. Why I’m Switching to Reeder 5
  17. Focused 121: Analog Focus, with Jeff Sheldon
  18. Track Your Time with Timing (Sponsor)
  19. Guesting on the Tech Savvy Lawyer Podcast
  20. HomeKit Secure Video Wish List
  21. 1Password Gets Apple Silicon Support
  22. Mac Power Users 579: 30 Mac Apps for Under $30
  23. Apple Stops Selling the Big HomePod
  24. Automators 71: Automated Capture
  25. Jazz Friday: The Blue Note Tokyo All-Star Jazz Orchestra
  26. Home Screens — Jake Kahana
  27. AirPods 3 Rumors
  28. Make Yoink Your Shelf (Sponsor)
  29. Appointments in the Menu Bar
  30. The Never-Ending Inertia of Habits
  31. Why I’m Leaning Obsidian
  32. Packal Alfred OmniFocus Scripts
  33. Mac Power Users 578: Notion, with August Bradley
  34. In Praise of the Soon-To-Be Retired iMac Pro
  35. TextExpander for Text Automation (Sponsor)
  36. Lit Suite Subscriptions Now Available
  37. HiFi Streaming
  38. Leveraging COVID Constraints
  39. Focused 120: Caveday with Jake Kahana
  40. Face Mask Unlock in iOS 14.5
  41. USPS Star Wars Stamps
  42. Mac Power Users 577: Workflows with Shahid Kamal Ahmad

February 2021

  1. McSweeney’s – The UX on this Small Child is Terrible
  2. Comfort Food TV
  3. Daylite – The Native CRM for Mac, iPad, and iPhone (Sponsor)
  4. Automators 70: Matthew Cassinelli and Changing Your Shortcuts Usage
  5. Scott Forstall’s Phone Number
  6. CleanMyMac X 4.8.0
  7. Apple as a Remote Company
  8. Mac Malware is Getting Smarter
  9. Mac Power Users 576: No Judgment Here
  10. Software Update via Emoji
  11. DEVONthink for Superior Metadata (Sponsor)
  12. StreamDeck + Keyboard Maestro with KMLink
  13. Focused 119: Productivity & Meditation, with Chris Bailey
  14. Additional Considerations for Home Security Cameras
  15. Mac Power Users 575: Talking Parity with John Siracusa
  16. RIP Chick Corea
  17. Automators 69: Joe Buhlig and Automating OmniFocus
  18. Hyper Key Via BetterTouchTool
  19. Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2020
  20. The Growing Movement for Hyperlinking and Contextual Computing
  21. Get Quality Calling Cards from Hoban (Sponsor)
  22. DEVONthink Updates
  23. Inside Details of Steve Jobs Keynotes
  24. Mac Power Users 574: Calendars, Contacts, and Tasks
  25. Podcast Recording Software in Motion
  26. The Vestaboard Smart Flipboard
  27. SaneReminders For the Win (Sponsor)
  28. Hey Email Gets Multi-Account Support and Hey for Work Released
  29. macOS Big Sur 11.2
  30. Focused 118: Tasks and Habits
  31. The Text Case Gets Flows
  32. Mac Power Users 573: Rosemary Orchard Returns

January 2021

  1. The BIG Ready Conference
  2. Automators 68: Stephen Millard and ThoughtAsylum
  3. The Annual Six Colors Apple Report Card
  4. SaneBox – A.I. For Your Email (Sponsor)
  5. Innovating when You’re Big
  6. Retaining Knowledge with Readwise.io
  7. TextSniper — Screenshot to OCR Tool
  8. $20 MagSafe Charging Stand
  9. Mac Power Users 572: iPhone & iPad Tips
  10. Guest on Decision Vision, with Mike Blake
  11. The Omni Group 2021 Roadmap
  12. ThoughtAsylum Icon Generator
  13. Rumored New MacBook Air
  14. The Essential Weekly Review
  15. MindNode Adds Editable Outlining
  16. Get More Done with Daylite (Sponsor)
  17. Focused 117: Roles & Goals
  18. Path Finder 10 Released
  19. Cleaning AirPods and Memory Foam Replacements
  20. Apple Silicon in 2021
  21. Mac Power Users 571: Catching up with Jeff Richardson
  22. Rethinking Mac Hardware
  23. Automators 67: Automated Communications
  24. Get Powerful Document Management Tools with DEVONthink 3 (Sponsor)
  25. Boxing in the News
  26. Backup 2021
  27. Mac Power Users 570: Mac Security
  28. Guest on The Way I Work
  29. Automate Time Tracking with Timing (Sponsor)
  30. OmSave — OmniFocus Plugin for Safari
  31. Last Call for Paperless Launch Discount
  32. Focused 116: The Big Reset
  33. ScreenFlow for Apple Silicon
  34. Finding the Active Window in Big Sur
  35. WinterFest 2020
  36. Mac Power Users 569: Contextual Computing
  37. PowerPhotos for Apple Photos Power Tools (Sponsor)
  38. Automators 66: MFC Deck with Adam Tow
  39. The Focused 2021 Wall Calendar

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