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October 2026

  1. Jeff Richardson Cancels His iPhone Duo Order
  2. Timing Lets Your AI Agent Sort Out Your Time
  3. You Can’t Buy Your Way Out of the Local AI Problem
  4. The iPad mini and the iPhone Duo
  5. My 512GB Mac Studio Bet
  6. Stephen’s iPhone Duo App Directory
  7. Mac Power Users 872: The Mighty Mac mini
  8. What a Million Views Did Not Do for My Business
  9. This Week in the Labs — October 23, 2026
  10. Ethan Mollick Releases Co-Existence
  11. Curio 34 Opens Up to AI Assistants
  12. The 2027 Focused Calendar
  13. Intentional AI 11: AI Task Management
  14. MindNode Comes to the iPhone Duo
  15. Focused 267: A Menu of Opportunity
  16. RSS Feed Update for macsparky.com
  17. TextExpander Adds Conditional Sections and Spelling
  18. Let AI Do the Work, Not the Thinking
  19. Mac Power Users 871: AI Can’t Fake Taste with Emmy-Winning Composer Michael Whalen
  20. Apple’s Second Chance in the Home
  21. This Week in the Labs — October 16, 2026
  22. UniFi Takes Its Travel Router Long-Range
  23. Drafts Adds a Chat Console and Better Dictation
  24. Apple’s New Home Lineup
  25. Mac Power Users 870: The Full Sparky
  26. Siri’s Everyday Superpower
  27. This Week in the Labs — October 9, 2026
  28. Cotypist 2026.4 Syncs Your Writing Between Macs
  29. Intentional AI 10: Cal Newport: Automate Tedium, Protect Thought
  30. Hookmark 7.3 Improves Link Cleanup and App Integrations
  31. Focused 266: AI as a Distraction
  32. The Alfred 6 Preview
  33. On the Rumored M8 Ultra AI Servers
  34. Mac Power Users 869: It Was Basically a Wash
  35. Why Quarterly Reviews Matter More Than Annual Goals
  36. This Week in the Labs — October 2, 2026
  37. Apps Adding Siri AI Support for iOS 27

September 2026

  1. Mike Vardy’s New Book, Productiveness
  2. Daylite Now Syncs With Google Calendar
  3. Rogue Amoeba Turns 24 (and 24% Off)
  4. Mac Power Users 868: Tyler Stalman Reviews iPhone 18 Pro Camera
  5. Don’t Ask the Robot What to Do
  6. This Week in the Labs — September 25, 2026
  7. From Apple Watch to AI Assistant with Whisper Memos
  8. Intentional AI 9: Dissecting the Extinction Headlines
  9. Fantastical, Siri AI, and Keeping Every Calendar Honest (Sponsor)
  10. Mac Power Users 867: Deep Dive on macOS 27 and Siri AI
  11. 600,000 People Watched Me Make a Decision
  12. This Week in the Labs — September 18, 2026
  13. Tyler Stalman Reviews the iPhone 18 Pro Camera
  14. Strategery Returns to iPhone and iPad
  15. Why I’m Buying the iPhone Duo Instead of the iPhone 18 Pro Max
  16. Mac Power Users 866: The Ternus Doctrine
  17. The Ternus Doctrine
  18. Two Apple Event Videos Worth Watching
  19. This Week in the Labs — September 11, 2026
  20. A Few Thoughts Following Apple’s September 2026 iPhone Event
  21. Intentional AI 8: Whisper to Write
  22. Focused 264: The Accountability Shaped Hole
  23. A 7″ Reading Device
  24. Record Any Audio on Your Mac, with Audio Hijack
  25. Help Relay Reach $5 Million for St. Jude
  26. Hazel Turns 20
  27. Mac Power Users 865: Harvard Professor Teddy Svoronos on AI in the Classroom
  28. The Approaching Star Trek moment
  29. This Week in the Labs — September 4, 2026
  30. For Those of Us Particular About the Things on Our Desks…
  31. How Far Are We from “Her”?
  32. MindNode Ships MCP Support

August 2026

  1. Mac Power Users 864: Marked Safe from Buying M5 Ultra
  2. Materiam Superabat Opus
  3. This Week in the Labs — August 28, 2026
  4. Things 3’s Repeating Task Feature Restructured
  5. A Truce on App Store Fees, Still No Siri AI in Europe
  6. Intentional AI 7: We’re All Developers Now
  7. Focused 263: Removing the Roadblocks, with Cat Mulvihill
  8. The Vision Pro’s Uncertain Future
  9. New M5 Mac Studio and M6 Mac mini
  10. Bitrig, An AI Development Assistant from SwiftUl Team Members
  11. Daylite Puts the Whole Client Relationship in One Place
  12. Chris Bailey’s New TEDx Talk
  13. Mac Power Users 863: 20 Years of Things with Werner Jainek
  14. The Case for a Personal Apple Developer Tier
  15. Susan Kare Revisits the Original Mac Icons
  16. This Week in the Labs — August 21, 2026
  17. TerminalWidget by Brett Terpstra
  18. MailMaven Adds AppleScript and AI
  19. Mac Power Users 862: Alfred vs Spotlight vs Raycast
  20. Why I Pay for Search
  21. This Week in the Labs — August 14, 2026
  22. A Business Card Worth Keeping
  23. Intentional AI 6: Sparky’s Email Odyssey
  24. Google Health Two-Way Sync with Apple Health
  25. Focused 262: The Strategic Deployment of Friction
  26. Looming Supply Shortages
  27. 1Password Travel Mode and Federal Law
  28. Mac Power Users 861: Stephen’s Kanban App
  29. Why I Killed My Daybook
  30. Daylite Is Getting a Local MCP Server
  31. Stop Optimizing, Start Choosing

July 2026

  1. This Week in the Labs — July 31, 2026
  2. Focused 261: Metrics of Success
  3. MacWhisper 14 Adds a New Editor View
  4. Intentional AI 5: Dragons in Execution
  5. Mac Power Users 859: Tangential Gadgets
  6. Apple Should Just Do One Big Thing a Year
  7. This Week in the Labs — July 24, 2026
  8. Claude Cowork Made My Quarterly Review Better
  9. A New Home for the Field Guides
  10. Aerial Photographer of the Year 2026
  11. Turn Any iPhone Into a Dumb Phone
  12. Talking AI Agents With Michael Whalen
  13. Omni Group Building Toward MCP Support
  14. The Old Site Didn’t Look Like Me Anymore
  15. This Week in the Labs — July 17, 2026
  16. Apple History Calendar Update
  17. Drafts Adds Encryption and a Command Line
  18. Maestral Mac Dropbox Client Retired
  19. A Productivity Tool Draft for Relay Members
  20. Mac Power Users 857: Sparmerica
  21. Toy Story 5 and Our Kids’ Devices
  22. This Week in the Labs — July 10, 2026
  23. The DAK Catalog
  24. A Golden Age for Fraudsters
  25. A Hopeful Word on the New Siri
  26. A Ritual for Switching Gears
  27. This Week in the Labs — July 3, 2026
  28. On Pain and Happiness
  29. Intentional AI 3: Context is King

June 2026

  1. Mac Power Users 855: Shortcuts with Viticci
  2. Why Local AI Is Apple’s Play
  3. Fantastical Tackles the Double-Booking Problem
  4. This Week in the Labs — June 26, 2026
  5. Where Apple’s Price Increases Landed
  6. Lettera, A New Markdown Editor for Mac from Bear Developers
  7. The Model Holds the Shovel. You Hold the Map.
  8. Cotypist Puts Smart Autocomplete Wherever You Type
  9. Where Apple’s Price Increases Will Land
  10. This Week in the Labs — June 19, 2026
  11. Soldering My Way to 1MB
  12. 100 New Reasons BBEdit Doesn’t Suck
  13. Intentional AI 2: The Useful Architecture
  14. The Virtual OS Museum Is a Time Machine for Mac Nerds
  15. Focused 258: Defaults
  16. Paste Meets MCP
  17. Ethan Mollick’s Next Book
  18. Mac Power Users 853: WWDC Reactions
  19. The New Siri Doesn’t Suck
  20. This Week in the Labs — June 12, 2026
  21. Apple’s Hardware Is Waiting on Siri
  22. Apple Finally Owns Age Verification
  23. HomeKit Secure Video Hits 4K. You’re Welcome.
  24. Turn Your Web Apps Into Real Mac Apps with Unite Pro
  25. Apple Intelligence Table Stakes
  26. This Week in the Labs — June 5, 2026
  27. Designed in California
  28. My New Podcast: Intentional AI with Chris Bailey
  29. Focused 257: Stephen Robles
  30. Record Any Audio on Your Mac, with Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba
  31. Marked 3 Is Officially Out

May 2026

  1. Mac Power Users 851: Feedback
  2. May in the MacSparky Labs
  3. The Escape-Valve System
  4. DEVONthink 4.3 and a Privacy-First MCP
  5. Cotypist Brings Smart Autocomplete to Every Mac App
  6. Bartender 6
  7. Mac Power Users 850: Overcast Transcripts and 48 Mac minis with Marco Arment
  8. The Silent Film Era of AI
  9. FotoMagico, Revisited
  10. The Lab Report for May 22, 2026
  11. The Productivity Apps That Don’t Speak Agent Will Lose
  12. Still on Kagi, Still Happy
  13. Mike Schmitz’s New Ideal Week Builder
  14. Focused 256: Time Architecture
  15. PowerPhotos: The Apple Photos Power Tools You’re Missing (Sponsor)
  16. Apple Recognizes 50 Developer Community Leaders
  17. Asteroid City – My Obsidian Theme
  18. Mac Power Users 849: Managing Photos
  19. What Apple Still Gets Wrong About Watch Faces
  20. Coyote vs. ACME Lives
  21. The Lab Report for May 15, 2026
  22. David Smith’s Six-Year Watch Map Project
  23. Carrot Weather Adds Multi-Model Forecasts
  24. TRMNL X for Status Dashboards
  25. Mac Power Users 848: Jason Snell on E-Readers
  26. Wispr Flow Is the New TextExpander
  27. Testing Typer
  28. The Lab Report for May 8, 2026
  29. Reading in the Cracks of My Day
  30. Focused 255: Feedback
  31. Mac Power Users 847: Actually Useful A.I.
  32. Why Stretch Goals Are a Trap
  33. April in the MacSparky Labs
  34. A Rostrum from LoveFrom
  35. Lab Report — May 1, 2026

April 2026

  1. Deep Dive – Robot Assistant + NotePlan
  2. When Phishing Stops Looking Like Phishing
  3. Sparky’s Automated Blinds
  4. Why the Dedicated Launcher Still Wins
  5. Q2 2026 Quarter Planning Meetup
  6. Mac Power Users 846: Apple Watch
  7. A Product Guy at the Top
  8. Lab Report — April 24, 2026
  9. The M5 Mac Studio Crystal Ball
  10. Playlist Generation with Apple Intelligence
  11. John Ternus at the Helm
  12. Hubble USB Doctor
  13. Mac Power Users 845: Patrick Rhone
  14. Small Experiments Over Drastic Changes
  15. Capto: One App to Record, Edit, and Share Your Screen
  16. Lab Report — April 17, 2026
  17. My Episode of First, Last, Everything
  18. Mac Power Users 844: Apple Home
  19. In Defense of the Desktop / Laptop Setup
  20. Make Your Mac Sound Better with Boom 3D
  21. Lab Report — April 10, 2026
  22. Testing Day One’s New AI Feature
  23. A Look at Dropzone 5
  24. Bonsai and the Slow Work
  25. Lab Report — April 3, 2026
  26. The Studio Display XDR’s Quiet $400 Haircut
  27. Apple Maps Tricks
  28. Fantastical Urgent Alarms
  29. A Birthday, Not a Victory Lap

March 2026

  1. March in the MacSparky Labs
  2. The Supportive Podcast Appearance
  3. Mac Power Users 842: Feedback
  4. The Paint at 7AM
  5. The Demise of the Mac Pro
  6. The MacBook Neo’s Unfair Advantage
  7. The Lab Report for March 27, 2026
  8. Focused 252: Donkey Work
  9. Sparky’s Robot Sample
  10. MailMaven: The Email Client for Mac Power Users (Sponsor)
  11. The J-K-L Window Trick: Keyboard Maestro on Two Displays
  12. Mac Power Users 841: Robot Assistant Field Guide
  13. The Case for an Ultralight Mac
  14. Using Cowork Dispatch
  15. Pixelmator Pro FTW
  16. The Lab Report for March 20, 2026
  17. MacSparky Q&A – March 2026
  18. Deep Dive – Sparky’s Robot Assistant
  19. The Robot Assistant Field Guide is Here
  20. Fantastical Meets AI: Your Calendar Just Got Smarter (Sponsor)
  21. Exploring Bloom, An Interesting Finder Alternative
  22. David Pogue’s Book on Apple’s First 50 Years
  23. The Now Page Update
  24. Mac Power Users 840: Finder and File Mgmt
  25. Half Your Day Isn’t Your Job
  26. Apple Should Buy Anthropic (But Likely Won’t)
  27. The Lab Report for March 13, 2026
  28. Setapp Single App Subscriptions
  29. Going Deeper with SuperWhisper
  30. Widgetsmith Wallpaper Shine Through
  31. Focused 251: Joe Casabona
  32. Apple Drops 512GB RAM Option on M3 Ultra Mac Studio
  33. Testing Acme Weather
  34. MindNode: Mind Mapping Meets Apple Watch (Sponsor)
  35. Unite Pro Complete SwiftUI Rebuild
  36. Mac Power Users 839: David Pogue
  37. Don’t Let the Robot Drive Alone
  38. Home Screens: Dave Myhre
  39. The Lab Report for March 6, 2026
  40. The Rivian Apple Watch App
  41. Labs Book Club: Intentional with Chris Bailey
  42. MacBook Neo First Impressions
  43. SoundSource: Complete Audio Control for Your Mac (Sponsor)
  44. M5 MacBook Pros: Fine Computers With an Asterisk
  45. “Don’t Call it Art” from Austin Kleon
  46. Stephen Millard’s Stream Deck Plugin
  47. Apple’s Big Hardware Week
  48. Mac Power Users 838: iPhone Setup Showdown
  49. Nobody Can Make Fun of Phone Cameras Anymore

February 2026

  1. February in the MacSparky Labs
  2. The Feedback Loop Between Teaching and Learning
  3. The Lab Report for February 27, 2026
  4. Drafts Just Got a Lot Smarter (Sponsor)
  5. AI Agents Need Guardrails
  6. Exploring iPhone Capture Techniques
  7. Focused 250: Planning Your Week
  8. On Going Wallet-Free
  9. Do Everything on Your Mac with the Keyboard, Easily
  10. The Six Colors 2025 Annual Report Card
  11. Mac Power Users 837: Menu Bar Mayhem
  12. Misguided Optimization – Seth Godin
  13. Memory is King, Again
  14. Why I Still Use Shortform After Three Years (Sponsor)
  15. The Lab Report for February 20, 2026
  16. Deep Dive – Home Screen Lab
  17. The Red Badge Won
  18. The M5 vs. M6 MacBook Pro Buyer’s Dilemma
  19. DEVONthink AI-Assisted Naming and Filing
  20. Donkey Work – What I Actually Want AI to Do
  21. The Apple March 4 Experience
  22. Mac Power Users 836: Welcome, Stephen
  23. Supercharge Updates
  24. Why the M5 Matters If You Run AI Locally
  25. The Lab Report for February 13, 2026
  26. A (Retired) Lawyer’s Take on Claude’s Legal Plugin
  27. Good Grief!, Siri.
  28. Letterpress in a Digital World (Sponsor: Hoban Press)
  29. Focused 249: What if This Were Easy? with Ernie Svenson
  30. Deep Dive – Using Claude Cowork
  31. The Creator Studio Bundle Has a Bundling Problem
  32. Mac Power Users 835: Farewell, Stephen
  33. I Built the Perfect AI Robot. Then I Pulled the Plug.
  34. The Lab Report for February 6, 2026
  35. Claude’s Constitution
  36. Fixing Text with Keyboard Maestro
  37. Apple’s Delightful Lunar New Year Film
  38. Claude Is My (Current) AI of Choice
  39. Mac Power Users 834: I Am the Tardis
  40. A New Chapter for Mac Power Users
  41. January in the MacSparky Labs
  42. The Lab Report for January 30, 2026

January 2026

  1. Sparky’s Tech Stack for 2026
  2. Whisper Memos: Now Import Your Own Audio Files (Sponsor)
  3. The Corsair Galleon 100 SD: Stream Deck Meets Keyboard
  4. Stephen Robles on Apple Creator Studio
  5. Focused 248: Seriously, a Heroic Journey
  6. The Endor Studio Lighting Project
  7. Make List of Calendar Events with Shortcuts
  8. Mac Power Users 833: Chris Bailey and His Battle-Scarred M1
  9. This Is the Year Apple Has to Deliver on Siri
  10. The Lab Report for January 23, 2026
  11. The M5 Pro and Max Are Going to Be Monsters for Local AI
  12. File Renaming with Claude Cowork
  13. Three Weeks with Apple Wallet Car Key
  14. Left – A Clever Time Left Widget
  15. Brian Moore Shows Us Just How Screwed We All Are
  16. OmniOutliner 6 Is Here
  17. Mac Power Users 832: All About Apple Weather
  18. MacSparky’s 2026 Home Screen and Automation
  19. Easy Tool Storage with ToolTrace.ai (and my Bambu 3D printer)
  20. Apple Creator Studio’s Awkward Bundle
  21. Timing: See Your Work, Not Just Your Schedule (Sponsor)
  22. The Lab Report for January 16, 2026
  23. Announcing the 2026 Productivity Field Guide
  24. 2026 Q1 Planning Session
  25. Focused 247: Getting Intentional, with Chris Bailey
  26. BusyCal’s Linear Calendar Feature
  27. Gemini and Siri
  28. Mac Power Users 831: Revisiting Our Writing Workflows
  29. Timing: Time Tracking That Does the Work for You (Sponsor)
  30. Five New Apple Products in 2026? Yes, Please.
  31. The Lab Report for January 9, 2026
  32. Testing Apple’s Digital Car Key
  33. Mac Power Users 830: iOS 26: Focus Modes & Notifications
  34. Solving for Meaningfulness
  35. The 2026 Focused Calendar

2025 472

December 2025

  1. PowerPhotos 3.0: The Power Tools Apple Photos Needs (Sponsor)
  2. Focused 246: A Cleansing Palette of Joy
  3. December in the MacSparky Labs
  4. Mac Power Users 829: Tech That Worked in 2025
  5. MacSparky’s Life Update 2025
  6. The Lab Report for December 26, 2025
  7. Apple Music and ChatGPT
  8. WinterFest 2025: Artisanal Intelligence for the New Year (Sponsor)
  9. Using MCP with Third-Party Software on the Mac
  10. Mac Power Users 828: Revisiting Keyboard Maestro
  11. The Shop Time Experiment
  12. Deep Dive – Year-End Tech Stack Audits
  13. The Mastermind Box Cover
  14. Festivitas Returns
  15. Email Linking Script Update (and Keyboard Maestro Script Execution)
  16. The Lab Report for December 19, 2025
  17. DEVONthink To Go 4
  18. Getting Links to Apple Notes Using Keyboard Maestro
  19. Focused 245: Fashionable & Functional, with Patrick Rhone
  20. Mac Power Users 827: Every Two Months or So
  21. Book Club 005 – Apple in China
  22. Jam Session 005 – Career Transitions and Retirement
  23. On Recent Apple Management Changes
  24. New Link For the Yule Playlist
  25. The Lab Report for December 12, 2025
  26. The Hypothetical iPhone Fold and Its Impact on the iPhone Line
  27. Big Update for SoundSource
  28. Using PCC for Adding Tasks to Reminders
  29. Updated Apple Mail Link AppleScript
  30. Whisper Memos: Record a Voice Memo, Receive It as Email (Sponsor)
  31. Mac Power Users 826: 2025 State of the Platforms (Part 2)
  32. Taming YouTube (Without Missing the Good Stuff)
  33. The Lab Report for December 5, 2025
  34. Dictation Series 02 – Wispr Flow
  35. Focused 244: You’re Holding It Wrong
  36. Record Any Audio With Audio Hijack, From Rogue Amoeba (Sponsor)
  37. Mac Power Users 825: 2025 State of the Platforms (Part 1)
  38. “Last Call” for the 2025 Field Guide Sale
  39. The 2026 Focused Calendar

November 2025

  1. November in the MacSparky Labs
  2. My Social Media Superpower (And Why It Stopped Working)
  3. Field Guides Still 20% Off
  4. The Lab Report for November 28, 2025
  5. Sparky’s Updated Setup Workflow
  6. A Brief Note on Polarization and Turkey
  7. Ulysses Liquid Glass Update
  8. Daylite’s New Mail Feature Connects Email to Everything That Matters (Sponsor)
  9. Mac Power Users 824: Life After iPadOS 26
  10. 2025 Q4 Q&A with Sparky
  11. The Annual Field Guide Sale Starts Today
  12. Apple Workflow Consulting: Bear & Glass
  13. The Lab Report for November 21, 2025
  14. Deep Dive • Myth-Busting Focus Modes
  15. NotePlan: Your Notes, Tasks, and Calendar in One Place
  16. Next Up: Robots
  17. Enabling Hypertension Notifications
  18. Focused 243: The Single Source of Truth is On the Fridge, with Thom Gibson
  19. 1Password Auto-Unlock
  20. Mac Power Users 823: The 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
  21. Celebrating the M1 Chip
  22. Speed Should Not Always Be the Metric
  23. Dictation Series – Apple Solutions
  24. Retirement Reinvented by Jim Eagar
  25. The Lab Report for November 14, 2025
  26. Where Can We Use Digital IDs?
  27. “Did I Do?” Task Tracker
  28. MailMaven: A New Mail App From a Longtime Mail Plugin Developer
  29. Quip: The Clipboard Manager That Actually Stays Organized (Sponsor)
  30. Mac Power Users 822: iPhone 17 Photography with Tyler Stalman
  31. Hookmark Pal
  32. Why Dictation is Easier and More Relevant
  33. Direct Mail: Email Marketing Without the Browser Bloat (Sponsor)
  34. This Is What Happens When You Listen to Too Much Jazz (McSweeney’s)
  35. The Lab Report for November 7, 2025
  36. Ternus as Next Apple CEO?
  37. A Better Way to Add a Notes Links to a Reminder
  38. Focused 242: The Case for Analog
  39. The 2026 Focused Calendar
  40. Jam Session 004 – Mac mini Server
  41. OmniOutliner 6 Now Available on TestFlight
  42. Slideover Returns to iPadOS 26 (Sort Of)
  43. Mac Power Users 821: Developer Roundtable 2025

October 2025

  1. OpenCase, A Clever Solution for Your iPhone (Sponsor)
  2. October in the MacSparky Labs
  3. The Lab Report for October 31, 2025
  4. Deep Dive – iPad Workflows after iPadOS 26
  5. Mac Power Users 820: The Apple Productivity Suite Field Guide
  6. iPad Experiment and iPad Home Screen
  7. Apple reveals seven new Immersive Videos coming soon to Vision Pro – 9to5Mac
  8. The Lab Report for October 24, 2025
  9. Announcing the Apple Productivity Suite Field Guide
  10. De-Liquify Liquid Glass
  11. Focused 241: Less but Better, with Austin L. Church
  12. Deep Dive – Digital Minimalism in 2025
  13. Meeting Summarizer with Shortcuts and Apple Intelligence
  14. Mac Power Users 819: The User Interface at 60 MPH
  15. The Inherent Value of the Creative Act
  16. The Lab Report for October 17, 2025
  17. Initial Impressions of the Logitech MX Master 4 Mouse
  18. Rivian and CarPlay
  19. Experimenting with KeyCue
  20. Mac Power Users 818: “Recreational Math,” with Dr. Drang
  21. Kagi News: A News Site That Respects Your Time
  22. The Lab Report for October 10, 2025
  23. OmniFocus Updates
  24. Automating Project Creation using MCP with OmniFocus
  25. The Looming M6 MacBook Pro
  26. Focused 240: Q4 Planning
  27. Direct Mail: Email Marketing That Feels at Home on Your Mac (Sponsor)
  28. Simple But Useful Window Management Trick (with special guest Moom)
  29. Mac Power Users 817: macOS Tahoe, visionOS, & watchOS 26
  30. The iPhone Air Decision
  31. Building a Handwritten Text Converter with AI
  32. The Lab Report for October 3, 2025
  33. September in the MacSparky Labs
  34. Now Page Update
  35. Hopes for Apple MCP Support

September 2025

  1. Editing Photos with Google Gemini
  2. Listen Later: Get Your Articles as Podcasts (Sponsor)
  3. Mac Power Users 816: iOS & iPadOS 26
  4. The Reason for the iPhone Air
  5. The Lab Report for September 26, 2025
  6. A Few Notes on iPhone Teardowns
  7. Fantastical: The Calendar That Actually Thinks Like You Do (Sponsor)
  8. Focused 239: How to Focus Like a Roman Emperor, with Donald J. Robertson
  9. Mac Power Users 815: Automation Update with Sal Soghoian
  10. The Rumored $599 MacBook
  11. The Lab Report for September 19, 2025
  12. MacPaw Adds Cloud Storage Cleanup to CleanMyMac
  13. Using Karabiner-Elements with Your Magic Keyboard
  14. Timing: Stay on Top of Your Time Without Timers (Sponsor)
  15. iPhone 17 Camera Review
  16. Dictation Shoot-out 2025
  17. Why The iPhone is Getting Interesting
  18. The Lab Report for September 12, 2025
  19. Dallas Taylor on the AirPods Pro 3
  20. DEVONthink – Your Research Command Center (Sponsor)
  21. Tyler Stalman on Photography with iPhone 17
  22. Focused 238: Knitting Our Parachutes
  23. Mac Power Users 814: The iPhone 17 Event
  24. Keyboard Maestro Text Cleaner Macro (And a Surprise Ending)
  25. Tot 2.0 is Here
  26. About that Rumored Orange iPhone Pro
  27. Mac Power Users 813: Spending All Our Time Saving Things
  28. Democratizing CarPlay Ultra
  29. Going Deep on Disneyland
  30. Baptism By Fire in the App Store
  31. The Lab Report for September 5, 2025
  32. August in the MacSparky Labs
  33. Soft Block Scheduling (Special Deep Dive Release)
  34. Deep Dive – Using Freeform
  35. Direct Mail: Email Marketing That Feels at Home on Your Mac (Sponsor)
  36. Friends of Dave – Thomas Vander Wal
  37. Mac Power Users 812: AV & Vibe Coding with Tyler McRae

August 2025

  1. The No List: My First App and Why Saying No Matters
  2. Lego iMac G3
  3. Cassette by Devin Davies
  4. The Lab Report for August 29, 2025
  5. The Relay St. Jude Fundraiser
  6. Back to School Audio Excellence with Rogue Amoeba (Sponsor)
  7. Focused 237: Everything is Figureoutable, with Max Roberts
  8. Sparky Made an App
  9. Mac Power Users 811: Apple in Education with Steve Benner
  10. MacSparky Labs Q&A
  11. Apple, the Blood Oxygen Sensor, and a Bit of Clever Lawyering
  12. The Lab Report for August 22, 2025
  13. The Alleged TechWoven Case
  14. The World’s Greatest USB-C Cable Tester
  15. Mac Power Users 810: Unlocking PowerPhotos with Brian Webster
  16. Lisa Browser-Based Simulator
  17. Ernest Hemingway’s Shark Week
  18. The Lab Report for August 15, 2025
  19. A Look at ChatGPT 5
  20. Daylite Mail Now Available in Open Beta
  21. Focused 236: Focus Traps
  22. Screenshot Visual Search with iOS 26
  23. DEVONthink – Your Research Command Center (Sponsor)
  24. Mac Power Users 809: Exploring Kagi with CEO Vladimir Prelovac
  25. Deep Dive – Using Apple Reminders
  26. Camera App in iOS 26
  27. The Lab Report for August 8, 2025
  28. Mac Power Users 808: “The Momentum Is Building,” with Simon Støvring
  29. Chase Set to Take Over Apple Card
  30. Open a Folder From Anywhere
  31. I Don’t Own a Mac mini …
  32. In Praise of Pencils
  33. Apple’s AI Team Continues to Jump Ship for Meta
  34. The Lab Report for August 1 , 2025

July 2025

  1. July in the MacSparky Labs
  2. Sparky’s New Luggage
  3. Focused 235: Practical Wisdom for Mindful Living, with John Chandler
  4. Quip, Your Clipboard, Supercharged (Sponsor)
  5. Testing the Comet Browser
  6. Mac Power Users 807: A Sign of Maturity, with Federico Viticci
  7. Quarterly Planning – Q3 2025
  8. Just When You Thought Air Travel Couldn’t Get Worse …
  9. The Lab Report for July 25, 2025
  10. A Prompt To See How Much Your Favorite LLM Knows About You
  11. Capsule Medication Tracking
  12. Using Voice Memos for Transcription
  13. DEVONthink 4.0 Copernicus Now Available (Sponsor)
  14. Quip: AI + Clipboard Manager
  15. Reminders Quick Capture in iOS 26
  16. Mac Power Users 806: Automators Takeover
  17. Book Club 003 – tiny experiments
  18. Sal’s Music Channel
  19. The Lab Report for July 18, 2025
  20. Jam Session 003 – Talking Careers
  21. Focused 234: Intentional Friction
  22. Labs Deep Dive – Early Beta Experiences
  23. The Hypothetical Siri Brain Transplant
  24. Mac Power Users 805: The Most MPU Possible
  25. The New Browser Wars
  26. ChatGPT and Image Playground
  27. A Remarkable, Unremarkable Thing
  28. A Voice-Based Future?
  29. The Lab Report for July 11, 2025
  30. Liquid Glass in Beta 3
  31. Jam Pack Nostalgia
  32. Apple’s Journal on iPadOS
  33. Guesting on Paper Places
  34. Testing the Dia Browser
  35. The Omni Road Map
  36. Mac Power Users 804: From NeXT to Liquid Glass, with Ken Case
  37. The Lab Report for July 4, 2025
  38. Grammarly’s Superhuman Acquisition
  39. Focused 233: I Wanna Be Me When I Grow Up, with Kara Monroe
  40. Upgrade Your Software Stack with SummerFest (Sponsor)
  41. Import and Export Markdown in Notes
  42. Moom’s Big Update

June 2025

  1. Mac Power Users 803: Checking in on the Betas
  2. Testing Private Cloud Compute with a Journal Entry
  3. AI Tools Accelerate the Demise of News Sites
  4. The Lab Report for June 27, 2025
  5. The New Spotlight in macOS Tahoe 26
  6. Control Center Improvements in macOS Tahoe 26
  7. Turn Your Reading Backlog Into Your Next Favorite Podcast with Listen Later (Sponsor)
  8. Mac Power Users 802: The Ubiquiti Universe
  9. The Irrelevance of Hari Seldon
  10. First Impressions of iPadOS 26
  11. Why Keyboard Maestro Is the Mac Power User’s Secret Weapon
  12. The Lab Report for June 20, 2025
  13. More on the New iPadOS
  14. Fantastical’s New Email Event Capture (Sponsor)
  15. Focused 232: Useful Not True, with Derek Sivers
  16. First Impressions of macOS Tahoe 26
  17. Clicky Keyboards and Complicated Feelings
  18. Whisper Memos Now Summarizes
  19. WWDC25 Meetup • MacSparky Labs
  20. WWDC 2025: A Return to Form … and a Wake-Up Call
  21. The Lab Report for June 13, 2025
  22. Joanna Stern’s Tough Questions
  23. DEVONthink 4 Beta: AI That Makes Sense for Power Users (Sponsor)
  24. Mac Power Users 801: WWDC 2025: A Return to Form
  25. iOS 26 First Look
  26. A Few Quick Thoughts on WWDC 2025
  27. Mac Power Users 800: Three Weeks Too Late
  28. Reminder: Productivity Academy Summer Program Applications Close June 11!
  29. Jam Session 002 – Talking Retirement with Jim Eagar
  30. Some Thoughts Going into WWDC 2025
  31. Why I Don’t Think This Will Be Like iOS 7
  32. The Lab Report for June 6, 2025
  33. Glass OS
  34. New Names for MacSparky Labs Membership Levels
  35. FOD – Talking Photography with Bud James
  36. Focused 231: Overwhelm, AI, and Life’s Balancing Acts
  37. Which ChatGPT Model?
  38. Easy and Powerful Audio Recording, with Piezo and Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba (Sponsor)
  39. Using ChatGPT for a Decision Assistance Tool
  40. Mac Power Users 799: The State of Apple, with Jason Snell
  41. Now Page Update

May 2025

  1. Why the iPhone Air Might Actually Make Sense
  2. Bambu Makes a Combination 3D Printer, Laser Cutter, Pen Plotter, and Circuit Competitor
  3. The Lab Report for May 30, 2025
  4. Some Notable Fantastical Updates: AI Event Creation and Multiple Windows
  5. The Original Workflow Team is Back with Sky
  6. You Need a Manifesto
  7. Mac Power Users 798: The Email Overwhelm Problem
  8. Supercharge Shortcuts Actions
  9. On Teachers and the 2025 Productivity Academy
  10. Home Screens: Kourosh Dini
  11. The Lab Report for May 23, 2025
  12. Fantasy Hike: Save the World One Step at a Time
  13. Direct Mail: Email Marketing That Feels at Home on Your Mac (Sponsor)
  14. Focused 230: Journaling and Intention, with Joe Moyer
  15. While Google Leaps, Apple Lingers
  16. Listen Later: Get Your Articles as Podcasts (Sponsor)
  17. Initial Impressions of SuperHuman Email
  18. Apple and AI: Time for Action, Not Excuses
  19. Book Club Pick: Tiny Experiments
  20. Mac Power Users 797: “A Power User in Life,” with Jaimee Finney
  21. Some Initial Impressions and Workflows for NotePlan
  22. “How to Avoid a Scam” From the FTC
  23. Alfred Field Guide Launch Discount
  24. Memberful Search
  25. Lab Report Podcast for May 16, 2025
  26. OmniFocus Kanban Views
  27. Cotypist: AI Autocompletion Everywhere on Your Mac (Sponsor)
  28. Testing Hidden Bar
  29. Has Apple Lost Its North Star?
  30. Mac Power Users 796: The Alfred Field Guide
  31. Deep Dive – AI-Based Presentation Graphics
  32. Jam Session 001 – Local AI
  33. How to Fix Bad Transcriptions on Your Clipboard
  34. The Lab Report for May 9, 2025
  35. Reminders Helpers
  36. Phishing in the Age of AI: Why Seniors Are at Risk
  37. Focused 229: Workflow Check-In
  38. Focus Without Fuss: Focus Firewall for macOS (Sponsor)
  39. Mac Power Users 795: Our iPad Usage
  40. April in the MacSparky Labs
  41. The Lab Report for May 2, 2025
  42. Why Apple Watch Faces Still Fall Short After 10 Years
  43. Labs Book Club – 4,000 Weeks
  44. “Cook chose poorly”

April 2025

  1. ChatGPT o3 Explorations
  2. The Eternal Storms Bundle: Four Handy Mac Utilities, One Great Deal (Sponsor)
  3. Mac Power Users 794: Back to the Mac, with Chris Lawley
  4. Sparky’s New Wireless Mic
  5. The Seven-Year Rule
  6. A Brand-New Frank Lloyd Wright Home (Sort Of)
  7. The Lab Report for April 25, 2025
  8. Perplexity Voice Assistant Embarrasses Siri
  9. PowerPhotos 3.0 is Here
  10. When the Machines Remember
  11. Focused 228: Time Surfing, with Paul Loomans
  12. Black Boxes and Bad Habits
  13. Perplexity Moves into Mobile
  14. Sparky’s Magic Button Masher
  15. Mac Power Users 793: Accurate, Not Boring
  16. Don’t Underestimate Apple’s Shot at On-Device Medical AI
  17. The Lab Report for April 18, 2025
  18. The Mac’s Gaming Moment Still Isn’t Here
  19. Framous: The Ultimate Screenshot Framing App for Apple Devices
  20. Building A Focus Mode Workflow in Alfred
  21. Talking Tech with Two Teachers
  22. Direct Mail: Email Marketing That Feels at Home on Your Mac (Sponsor)
  23. Mac Power Users 792: Where Automation Meets Intention, with Kim Caloca-Madden
  24. Apple Dodges Another Bullet
  25. ChatGPT Multi-Modal Image Generation
  26. My Super Boring (and Super Useful) iPhone Home Screen
  27. The Lab Report for April 11, 2025
  28. AI Job Displacement Is Already Here
  29. Deep Dive – AI Update (Video)
  30. Announcing the MacSparky Labs Sessions
  31. Focused 227: Quarterly Planning
  32. Claude Adds Web Search
  33. Custom Window Controls on the Mac
  34. MacSparky Sponsorship Availability
  35. Testing WhisperType
  36. DEVONthink 4 Brings Thoughtful AI Integration (Sponsor)
  37. Mac Power Users 791: Exploring iCloud.com
  38. A Student’s Guide to Writing with AI
  39. This Was It
  40. Chat GPT Studio Ghibli Art
  41. The Lab Report for April 4, 2025
  42. On the Hypothetical “Thinner” M6 MacBook Pro
  43. Sparky’s Home Screen Tricks
  44. Daylite: The All-in-One Business Tool for Apple Users (Sponsor)

March 2025

  1. This Month in the MacSparky Labs
  2. TRMNL to Show Status Information
  3. Mac Power Users 790: Wandering Around The Verge, with David Pierce
  4. Nano-texture Normalcy
  5. Sticking with My M2 Mac Studio: A Surprising Decision
  6. The Lab Report for March 28, 2025
  7. CrossOver 25 for Painless Mac Gaming
  8. MacSparky.com Moves to a Dedicated Server
  9. Focused 226: The Importance of Review
  10. The Big Terminology Update
  11. New Medication Tracking App: Capsule
  12. Mac Power Users 789: Back to the Mac, with Matt Gemmell
  13. Sparky’s Case for Focus Modes (And a Short Poll)
  14. MacWhisper 12: Now with Automatic Speaker Recognition
  15. The Lab Report for March 21, 2025
  16. Rogue Amoeba: Fine Audio Software for Your Mac (Sponsor)
  17. FOD Conversation – Vision Pro Check-In (Podcast)
  18. Mac Power Users 788: Travel Tech
  19. Using ChatGPT with Timing Data
  20. MacSparky Book Report: Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari
  21. Apple’s AI Woes
  22. Google’s AI Search Mode: What It Means for Users and Creators
  23. The Lab Report for March 14, 2025
  24. Timing is Your Silent Partner in Productivity (Sponsor)
  25. Focused 225: Tiny Experiments, with Anne-Laure Le Cunff
  26. Apple’s New Child Safety Update: A Step in the Right Direction
  27. Using Supercharge
  28. OpenAI Announces GPT-4.5: A Stepping Stone to GPT-5
  29. Mac Power Users 787: Revisiting Our Mac Menu Bars
  30. The Pragmatic Explanation of Apple’s AI-Free iPad
  31. Choosing “Send From” Email Account in Apple Mail
  32. New Apple Hardware
  33. Fantastical: The Premier Calendar App (Sponsor)
  34. The Lab Report for March 7, 2025
  35. Sparky’s Tech Travel Gear 2025
  36. Apple Mail’s New Sorting Features
  37. Unite 6: Web Apps Done Right
  38. February 2025 Deep Dive – iPad + Mac (Video)
  39. Mac Power Users 786: Catching up with John Soliman
  40. Testing Cotypist
  41. Cotypist: AI Autocompletion Everywhere on Your Mac
  42. The Gen3 AI Revolution

February 2025

  1. The Lab Report for February 28, 2025
  2. DEVONthink – Your Research Command Center (Sponsor)
  3. Focused 224: Chasing Valuable Rabbits, with Chenell Basilio
  4. iOS 18.4 Beta New Features
  5. Why the C1 Chip Matters More Than You Think
  6. Mac Power Users 785: First of All, I’m David Sparks
  7. Apple Disables Advanced Data Protection in the UK
  8. Exploring WikiTok
  9. Knitting Your Parachute
  10. Streamline Your Business with Daylite: The All-in-One CRM Built for Apple Users
  11. The Lab Report for February 21, 2025
  12. Read Like an Artist
  13. Stephen Hackett’s Now Page
  14. Testing QSpace
  15. NotebookLM Plus
  16. Apple’s Luxo
  17. Amazon is Tightening the Screws on Kindle Books
  18. Mac Power Users 784: Exploring AI & Productivity, with Michael Hyatt
  19. Failed Migration
  20. The UK’s Encryption Backdoor and Apple’s Privacy Crossroads
  21. The Lab Report for February 14, 2025
  22. History of the Screen Saver
  23. Focused 223: Solving the Actual Problem, with Ian Byrd
  24. Simple Scan: From Documents to PDFs in Seconds (Sponsor)
  25. A First Look at Apple Invites
  26. Thunderbolt 5 Devices
  27. Local Mail Sorting with Apple Mail
  28. Mac Power Users 783: Managing Notification Frustration
  29. The Six Colors Report Card
  30. The Lab Report for February 7, 2025
  31. Sparky’s Email Machine
  32. Mac Power Users 782: Apple Intelligence Review
  33. Testing DeepSeek

January 2025

  1. The Lab Report for January 31, 2025
  2. Focused 222: The 2025 Productivity Field Guide
  3. Will Siri Ever Get Smart?
  4. The March of the Agents
  5. Mac Power Users 781: The 2025 Productivity Field Guide
  6. Announcing the 2025 Productivity Field Guide
  7. Testing Cleft
  8. Back with CARROT Weather
  9. The Initial Response to the iPhone
  10. What If All Cars Were Trackable?
  11. My 2025 Input Devices Line-up
  12. Apple Mail Update Coming to the Mac and iPad
  13. Mac Power Users 780: Our Home Screens & Focus Modes
  14. Freeform-Based Collaborative Calendar
  15. A Gentle Approach to Block Scheduling
  16. My New iPhone Stand
  17. The Lab Report for January 17, 2025
  18. Google’s Search Market Share Now Below 90%
  19. ChatGPT as Task Manager?
  20. 221: A Focus on Creativity
  21. The Case for Apple Mail Filtering
  22. Everything is Still Remix
  23. Listen Later: Get Your Articles as Podcasts (Sponsor)
  24. Mac Power Users 779: An AirPods Launcher
  25. Update: How Sparky Uses Notion
  26. Breathable Is Free
  27. Time Tracking Made Easy with Timing (Sponsor)
  28. The Lab Report for January 10, 2025
  29. RadioShack As a Brand
  30. Script Debugger’s Retirement
  31. Testing superwhisper
  32. Sparky‘s Happiness Formula
  33. Apple’s Angle for HomeKit Products: Privacy
  34. Upgrade Photos with PowerPhotos (Sponsor)
  35. Mac Power Users 778: Exploring the Task Management Environment
  36. It’s Not Too Late For the 2025 Focused Wall Calendar
  37. The Lab Report for January 3, 2025
  38. Focused 220: 2024 Retrospective

2024 474

December 2024

  1. Another New Year’s Eve, Another Opportunity to Celebrate a Simple Farm Boy Blowing Up an Intergalactic Space Station of Death
  2. Mac Power Users 777: Setup Nostalgia
  3. Sparky’s 2024 Life Update
  4. WinterFest 2024: Great Tools for a Productive New Year (Sponsor)
  5. Google and AI Search
  6. Using ChatGPT on Your iPhone
  7. A 10-Year AirTag
  8. Mac Power Users 776: Tech That Worked in 2024
  9. Secret Word
  10. A Great Day in Harlem
  11. The Lab Report for December 20, 2024
  12. OmniFocus 4.5
  13. Focused 219: A Focused Smorgasbord
  14. Drafts 46
  15. The Case For Having “Recall” on the Mac
  16. Practical Use of NotebookLM
  17. WinterFest 2024: Great Tools for a Productive New Year (Sponsor)
  18. Mac Power Users 775: File Automation with Hazel and DEVONthink
  19. Now Page Update
  20. The Upcoming Productivity Field Guide Update
  21. Timing – A Smarter Way to Track Your Time (Sponsor)
  22. The Lab Report for December 13, 2024
  23. Automators Podcast Obsidian Vault
  24. Getting Festivitas
  25. About That Yule Playlist Artwork
  26. Kids and Social Media
  27. Sparky’s 2024 Apple Watch Buyer’s Guide
  28. Mac Power Users 774: Answering Common Tech Support Questions
  29. Testing the BetterTouchTool Floating Menus
  30. Is a Cellular MacBook Air With M4 Chip On the Horizon?
  31. The Yule Playlist
  32. The Lab Report for December 6, 2024
  33. Sparky’s Holiday HomeKit Special
  34. Get Organized with DEVONthink (Sponsor)
  35. Focused 218: Turning Down the Volume, with Stephen Hackett
  36. About that Rumored Apple Command Center
  37. Apple’s Too Conservative Approach to Text Intelligence
  38. Mac Power Users 773: 2024 State of the Platforms (Part 2)
  39. The 2025 Focused Wall Calendar
  40. A Look at Magnific As Image Manipulator

November 2024

  1. The Lab Report for November 29, 2024
  2. Happy Thanksgiving
  3. The Stage Manager Experiment
  4. A New Pro Display
  5. Yoink for Improved Drag-and-Drop
  6. Passkey Adoption is Too Slow
  7. Mac Power Users 72: 2024 State of the Platforms (Part 1)
  8. Another Siri?
  9. The Lab Report for November 22, 2024
  10. Apple’s Image Playground: Safety at the Cost of Utility?
  11. Focused 217: The Anxious Generation
  12. Those Terrible Passwords Aren’t Getting Any Better
  13. The New CleanMyMac
  14. Beyond HomeKit: Will Apple Make a Smart Home Camera?
  15. Mac Power Users 771: Beauty and Friction
  16. The Flexible Mac mini
  17. visionOS 2.2: Ultrawide Mac Display Option Tested
  18. Automators 168: Final Feedback
  19. Gemini’s iPhone Launch Shows Google’s AI Ambitions
  20. Home Screen: John Chandler
  21. The Lab Report for November 15, 2024
  22. Fantastical for Windows Released
  23. A First Look at Image Playground
  24. Get Organized with DEVONthink (Sponsor)
  25. Mac Power Users 770: The 2024 MPU Gift Guide
  26. Fastmail Rules How-To
  27. The Lab Report for November 8, 2024
  28. Focused 216: Wholehearted Transformation, with Amy Wicks
  29. Trying Out ChatGPT Search
  30. Election Day Live Activity
  31. Mac Power Users 769: Alex Cox, Vision Pro Champion
  32. Solving a Kernel Panic with the Help of ChatGPT
  33. Automators 167: Personal Knowledge Management
  34. The Lab Report for November 1, 2024
  35. An Automation Golden Age

October 2024

  1. The 16GB MacBook Air
  2. The M4 MacBook Pro
  3. The New Mac mini & iMac Lineup
  4. Mail Sorting with Apple Intelligence
  5. Testing NotebookLM
  6. Mac Power Users 768: Getting Intentional with Chris Bailey
  7. iA Writer Improvements
  8. New Macs Coming Next Week
  9. The Lab Report for October 25, 2024
  10. I’m Still Digging Kagi
  11. Focused 215: The Sparkly Language Model
  12. NotePlan Auto-Templates
  13. Set Up Custom Mouse Clicks Using BetterTouchTool
  14. Reminders Exporter
  15. Mac Power Users 767: Apple in Education with Barrett Mosbacker
  16. Lessons from An Ancient Craftsman
  17. Automators 166: Foundations of Automations with Tim Stringer
  18. Ending the Automators Podcast
  19. The Lab Report for October 18, 2024
  20. Dumbing Down The Camera Control on iPhone 16
  21. The 2025 Focused Calendar
  22. Timing Gets AI Support
  23. Improved Photographic Styles
  24. SoundSource: Superior Sound Control for Your Mac (Sponsor)
  25. Sparky’s Weekly Page
  26. Widgetsmith 7
  27. Mac Power Users 766: Automation Golden Age with Stephen Millard
  28. Where is the iPad mini Pro?
  29. The Lab Report for October 11, 2024
  30. Get Organized with DEVONthink (Sponsor)
  31. The Instagram Changes Are Not Enough
  32. Focused 214: Solving Gnarly Problems, with Clarke Ching
  33. A Tour of Endor Studios 2.0
  34. Walt’s Flywheel
  35. YouTube and Vision Pro
  36. Checking My Work With AI
  37. Mac Power Users 765: Inventing the Internet, with Glenn Fleishman
  38. Automators 165: Moom and Window Management
  39. The Lab Report for October 4, 2024
  40. Dark Noise Update
  41. The More Repairable iPhone 16
  42. Customizing Your Lock Screen in iOS 18
  43. iPhone Mirroring Now With Drag and Drop
  44. Looking Forward to iOS 18.2

September 2024

  1. Mac Power Users 764: New iPhones and Software Releases
  2. The Hypothetical Cellular Mac
  3. The Lab Report for September 27, 2024
  4. Austin Mann’s iPhone 16 Pro Review
  5. The New Stream Deck Studio
  6. Performing OCR using ChatGPT
  7. Unite 5 – Turn Web Apps into Supercharged macOS apps (Sponsor)
  8. Sparky’s Custom Control Center
  9. Mac Power Users 763: Workflows with William Gallagher
  10. Automators 164: Automating with Charlie Chapman
  11. The Lab Report for September 20, 2024
  12. The New iPad Tab Bar
  13. iOS Security Features
  14. The Lab Report for September 13, 2024
  15. Focused 212: Living the Llama Life, with Marie Ng
  16. The Waterfield Shield Case for Vision Pro
  17. The Clean Up Photos Feature in 18.1 Beta
  18. Mac Power Users 762: It’s Glowtime
  19. FOD Conversation with Dave Myhre
  20. A Few Thoughts Following Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” Event
  21. Mac Power Users 761: Mr. Automation: Matt Cassinelli
  22. Automators 163: Text Automation Workflows 2024
  23. Home Screen: Stephen Millard
  24. The Lab Report for September 6, 2024
  25. Apple Intelligence Summarization
  26. Get Organized with DEVONthink (Sponsor)
  27. Pondering the iPhone 16 Capture Button
  28. Get Organized with DEVONthink (Sponsor)
  29. A Look at Moom 4
  30. St. Jude Fundraiser 2024
  31. Mac Power Users 760: Production Workflow Check-In
  32. Siri Concerns

August 2024

  1. The Lab Report for August 30, 2024
  2. Sparky’s New Notebook Wallet
  3. Focused 211: The Focus MOB
  4. The Rumored AirPods Max 2
  5. Apple’s September 9 “It’s Glowtime” Event
  6. The Chipolo Location Card
  7. Things Organized Neatly
  8. Mac Power Users 759: The New Overcast, with Marco Arment
  9. Moom 4
  10. Automators 162: Smart Home Feedback
  11. Starship SE Corps
  12. The Lab Report for August 23, 2024
  13. The Lab Report for August 23, 2024 (Early Access)
  14. AI-generated Memory Movie in Photos
  15. The Contact Photo & Poster Feature
  16. Mac Power Users 758: Apple Intelligence’s Early Days
  17. “Distraction Control” in iOS 18
  18. What I’m Doing Now
  19. Vision Pro Check-In
  20. Focused 210: Media Strategies for a Focused Life
  21. Summarize a Webpage using Apple Intelligence
  22. Get Organized with DEVONthink (Sponsor)
  23. Build an AppleScript using ChatGPT
  24. The Future of Search
  25. Mac Power Users 757: Four Great Mac Utilities
  26. Automators 161: Setup App Showdown
  27. Farewell, Apple SuperDrive
  28. The Lab Report for August 9, 2024
  29. The Lab Report for August 9, 2024 (Early Access)
  30. More Vision Pro Environments, Please
  31. On the Plastic Apple Watch SE
  32. Apple Intelligence Text Tools
  33. Installing and Using NotePlan
  34. Fantastical RSVP Feature
  35. Mac Power Users 756: Exploring NotePlan with David Roth
  36. Digital Journal Entry 5,000
  37. Whither Apple Calendar?

July 2024

  1. Focused 209: A System for Writing, with Bob Doto
  2. MOFT i Phone Tripod Stand
  3. The Apple Ring and Health Tracking
  4. Reminders & Calendar Integration in mac OS Sequoia
  5. The Sparky Language Model (SLM)
  6. Mac Power Users 755: 700 MB of GIFs
  7. Unread for Mac
  8. Automators 160: Kim Caloca-Madden, Automation Mom
  9. Tinderbox 10 Is Here
  10. The New Overcast
  11. The Lab Report for July 26, 2024
  12. The Lab Report for July 26, 2024
  13. Steve Jobs in 1983
  14. July 2024 Deep Dive – Uses for ChatGPT (Video)
  15. The Neo Network Utility
  16. Breaking Down Passkeys
  17. The Productivity Summer Camp
  18. Window Management and New Wallpaper in mac OS Sequoia
  19. Mac Power Users 754: Passwords, Passkeys, & Beyond, with Damien Schreurs
  20. ScreenFloat 2: Power Up Your Screenshots (Sponsor)
  21. When the Antivirus Software Is the Virus
  22. The Lab Report for July 19, 2024
  23. Bern Shanfield on His iPhone Home Screen Simplification Journey and Favorite Mac Apps
  24. The Lab Report for July 19, 2024 (Early Access)
  25. The Big Question About Apple Intelligence
  26. Focused 208: Moving the Needle Revisited
  27. Building and Using Planning Wallpaper
  28. Launching Shortcuts with Alfred
  29. Mac Power Users 753: Apple Gear & Accessories
  30. Stream Deck iPad Support
  31. Automators 159: Stream Deck Update
  32. Happening today: Labs Meetup – July 2024
  33. Zombie TUAW
  34. Get Organized with DEVONthink (Sponsor)
  35. The Lab Report for July 12, 2024
  36. The Lab Report for July 12, 2024 (Early Access)
  37. Apple’s iPhone Testing Lab
  38. iPhone Mirroring in macOS Sequoia
  39. AirPods Pro Beta Firmware Update Brings Improved Audio on Calls
  40. Apple Mail and Flags Technique
  41. If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them
  42. Mac Power Users 752: Exploring Apple TV’s Efforts, with Sigmund Judge
  43. The Lab Report for July 5, 2024
  44. The Lab Report for July 5, 2024 (Early Access)
  45. Focused 207: What Would Sparky Say?
  46. Hyperlinking to Apple Notes
  47. Mac Power Users 751: Vision Pro Check-in

June 2024

  1. Apple Mail and Flags
  2. Automators 158: Hijacking Audio Automation with Paul Kafasis
  3. The Lab Report for June 28, 2024 (Early Access)
  4. Vision’s Future
  5. Turn Your Long Form Reading into a Podcast with Listen Later (Sponsor)
  6. Adjusting Widget Sizes in iOS 18
  7. Beta 2 Updates and iPhone Mirroring
  8. First Look at Smart Script and Math Notes in Calculator
  9. Convert Articles to a Custom Podcast with Listen Later (Sponsor)
  10. Mac Power Users 750: Our Betas Era (Summer 2024)
  11. June 2024 Deep Dive – WWDC Betas (Video)
  12. The Lab Report for June 21, 2024
  13. Early Access: The Lab Report for June 21, 2024
  14. May 2024 Deep Dive – Technology Stack Q&A (Video)
  15. Focused 206: Rapt
  16. Changes to Settings in iOS 18
  17. First Look at Apple’s Passwords App
  18. Mac Power Users 749: WWDC24: The Year of Apple Intelligence
  19. Perplexity Pages
  20. Automators 156: WWDC 2024 Automation News
  21. The Lab Report for June 14, 2024
  22. Early Access: The Lab Report for June 14, 2024
  23. Private Cloud Compute
  24. iOS 18 Early Impressions
  25. Sequoia Early Impressions
  26. Hope Springs Eternal for Apple Intelligence
  27. Record any audio on your Mac in seconds, with Audio Hijack (Sponsor)
  28. Mac Power Users 748: On the 13th Day
  29. Learn OmniFocus Webinar
  30. The Lab Report for June 7, 2024
  31. OmniFocus 4.3
  32. Upcoming Events for Early Access Labs Members
  33. Upcoming Events in the MacSparky Labs
  34. The Bartender Fumble
  35. Focused 205: Tasks and Calendars
  36. Unite 5 – Turn Web Apps into Supercharged macOS apps (Sponsor)
  37. A Look at the New Little Snitch
  38. Turning Off the App Review Nag Dialog
  39. The OmniFocus 4 Field Guide Release
  40. Mac Power Users 747: Exploring the Arc Browser
  41. Automators 155: Stephen Millard Returns

May 2024

  1. The Lab Report for May 31, 2024
  2. This Month in the MacSparky Labs: May 2024
  3. Convert Articles to a Custom Podcast with Listen Later (Sponsor)
  4. Conversational AI using GPT-4o
  5. The State of visionOS Content
  6. About this Folding Mac Rumor
  7. Testing the Not Boring Apps
  8. Mac Power Users 746: All About iMessage
  9. Brett Terpstra’s Conductor
  10. The Lab Report for May 24, 2024
  11. Fix Your Photos with PowerPhotos 2.0 (Sponsor)
  12. MacWhisper 8 Improvements
  13. Focused 204: Analog Productivity, with Jeff Sheldon
  14. Microsoft’s M1 Moment
  15. Setting Up SteerMouse
  16. The iPad Pro Teardown
  17. Mac Power Users 745: “Inventing the Future” with John Buck
  18. ScreenFloat 2: Power Up Your Screenshots
  19. Automators 154: Automating on the iPad
  20. The Lab Report for May 17, 2024
  21. Ideal Weeks – MacSparky Labs Deep Dive (Video)
  22. Using Soulver
  23. Block Scheduling Tricks in Calendar and Fantastical
  24. The iPad’s Sins
  25. Mac Power Users 744: Apple’s “Let Loose” iPad Event
  26. Calendars Revisited – MacSparky Labs Deep Dive (Video)
  27. The Lab Report for May 10, 2024
  28. Happening Today: Q2 Planning Midpoint Call
  29. Focused 203: The Little Lies You Tell Yourself, with Jason Snell
  30. The “Let Loose” Event Meetup is later today
  31. Fantastical: The Superhero of Calendar Apps (Sponsor)
  32. Focus Tricks on the Mac
  33. Testing Perplexity
  34. Mac Power Users 743: The Current AI Moment
  35. Our Q2 Planning Midpoint Call is This Week
  36. Automators 153: Shortcuts Update with Matthew Cassinelli
  37. Apple Made an Ad With Me in Mind
  38. “Let Loose” Event Meetup on Wednesday
  39. The Lab Report for May 3, 2024
  40. Apple’s Looming International Struggles
  41. Fixkey: Grammar Correction Anywhere with One Keystroke (Sponsor)
  42. New Ringtones and Building Your Own

April 2024

  1. Tasks are Stored Intentions
  2. Building Virtual Seneca
  3. This Month in the MacSparky Labs
  4. Hypothetical M4 iPads
  5. Mac Power Users 742: All About Mimestream, with Neil Jhaveri
  6. Fixkey.ai: Make Your Writing Better Today (Sponsor)
  7. The Lab Report for April 26, 2024
  8. Relative Dates with OmniFocus 4.2
  9. Focused 202: Slow Productivity
  10. Apple’s “Let Loose” Event Set for May 7
  11. FOD • Visit-Based Productivity with Kourosh Dini
  12. OmniFocus 4.2 Brings Relative Dates to Perspectives
  13. Mac Power Users 741: In the Apple Trust Zone
  14. Automators 152: Action Buttons, Revisited
  15. The Lab Report for April 19, 2024
  16. Using TimeZone in Alfred
  17. Testing Godspeed Task Manager
  18. Mac Power Users 740: “From The Beatles to The Libertines,” with Lee Garrett
  19. The Lab Report for April 12, 2024
  20. On Avoiding Email: Second, Consider the Tool
  21. Stream Deck Profiles and Focus Modes
  22. Focused 201: What to Do When Things Don’t Go Your Way, with Haemin Sunim
  23. Rumination on the Action Button
  24. Should I Ditch My ScanSnap?
  25. Book Report: Slow Productivity
  26. My Current Infatuation with Whisper-based Transcription
  27. Mac Power Users 739: Checking in on Freeform
  28. Upcoming Events in the MacSparky Labs
  29. Upcoming Events in the MacSparky Labs
  30. Automators 151: OmniVision with Ken Case
  31. The Apple Jonathan
  32. The Lab Report for April 5, 2024
  33. Clockwise Podcast Guest Appearance
  34. Avoiding Email: Do the Hard Stuff Instead
  35. Hoban Cards and Stationery (Sponsor)
  36. Launching Shortcuts with Alfred
  37. On the New Mac Power Users Branding
  38. Using Shapr3D to Design for 3D Printing

March 2024

  1. This Month in the MacSparky Labs
  2. The Lab Report for March 29, 2024
  3. Focused 200: Favorite Productivity Hacks
  4. WWDC 2024
  5. Sparky’s Safari Extensions
  6. Exploring SoundSource
  7. Mac Power Users 737: Scoring a Movie, with David Metzger
  8. Automators 150: File Management Automation
  9. The Lab Report for March 22, 2024
  10. DOJ v. Apple
  11. The Problem with Vision Pro App Store
  12. Transcripts Feature in Apple Podcasts
  13. On Apple Getting AI Help
  14. Watch to Drafts Dictation Workflow
  15. Meetup Summary – March 2024
  16. Mac Power Users 736: Maintaining & Caring For Your Apple Hardware
  17. The Lab Report for March 15, 2024
  18. M3 MacBook Air has Faster SSD Speeds
  19. Focused 199: Repotting and Retirement, with Jim Eagar
  20. Who’s Responsible For Age Verification?
  21. Local vs. Cloud Transcription Experiment
  22. The New M3 MacBook Air
  23. Apple Takes a Patent on a Tiltable iMac Similar to the Microsoft Surface Studio
  24. Sparky’s New Travel Charger
  25. Do You Want to Sponsor MacSparky.com?
  26. Mac Power Users 735: Catching up with Ryan J. A. Murphy
  27. Automators 149: Simon Says Automate
  28. Transcripts in Apple Podcasts
  29. The Lab Report for March 8, 2024
  30. February 2024 Deep Dive – The Case for Time Tracking (Video)
  31. Fantastical: My Favorite Calendar App(Sponsor)
  32. Exploring Paletro
  33. The Lisa Documentary
  34. Simple Scan from Greg Pierce
  35. Mac Power Users 734: I Got to Be the Hero
  36. The End of Project Titan
  37. Firehouse Five and the Cinderella Surprise
  38. Announcing the Keyboard Maestro Field Guide 2024 Update and Discount
  39. The Lab Report for March 1, 2024

February 2024

  1. February 2024 in the MacSparky Labs
  2. Simple Scan
  3. ScreenFloat 2: Power Up Your Screenshots
  4. Focused 198: Revisiting Journaling
  5. Sparky’s Desktop Widgets Tour
  6. Automating OmniFocus 4 with Shortcuts Actions
  7. Mac Power Users 733: Our Favorite iPhone Apps
  8. Automators 148: Vision Pro Automation
  9. The Lab Report for February 23, 2024
  10. The Task Management Deep Dive Video
  11. Unite 5 – Turn Web Apps into Supercharged macOS Apps (Sponsor)
  12. Cleaning Up iMessage Apps
  13. The Six Colors Report Card
  14. The Marqui Cross Body Pouch and Hip Sling Bags from Waterfield
  15. Getting More From the Mac’s Globe Key
  16. Mac Power Users 732: Catching up with Mike Vardy
  17. The Lab Report for February 16, 2024
  18. SoundSource: Sound Control So Good, It Should Be Built Into macOS (Sponsor)
  19. Vision Pro Notes: Media Consumption
  20. Focused 197: Feel Good Productivity
  21. Vision Pro Notes: Productivity
  22. Vision Pro Walk-through
  23. Vision Pro Notes: The Hardware and Interface
  24. Tips for Repeating Tasks in OmniFocus
  25. Vision Pro “Lifeline” Call
  26. Mac Power Users 731: “Tears Rolled Down My Light Seal”
  27. Automators 147: Smart Home Automation with Robert Spivack
  28. The Lab Report for February 9, 2024
  29. FOD Conversation: Damien Schreurs on Local AI
  30. Contextual Computing with Vision Pro: My Writing Cabin
  31. Vision Pro: Initial Impressions and Questions
  32. Record and Edit Your Audio with AudiOn (Sponsor)
  33. How Sparky Uses Notion
  34. Mac Power Users 730: “Treat It as an Intern,” with Jeff Richardson
  35. The Lab Report for February 2, 2024
  36. Apple’s Lunar New Year Video
  37. The JLPGAA PowerBook 170

January 2024

  1. This Month in the MacSparky Labs
  2. Vision Pro Video Reviews Are In
  3. Focused 196: Focus and the Reading Life, with Maryanne Wolf
  4. Q&A with MacSparky (January 2024)
  5. Capture Your Ideas Easily with Whisper Memos
  6. Collaborating on Email with Spark Mail
  7. Mac Power Users 729: Don’t Hear What We Aren’t Saying
  8. Automators 146: OmniFocus 4: Automation Update
  9. The Lab Report for Friday January 26, 2024
  10. Day One Shared Journals
  11. Testing PodHighlighter.io
  12. The Mac Turns 40
  13. What’s New in iOS 17.3
  14. Monday Brief and Vision Pro Thoughts
  15. Mac Power Users 728: All About AppleCare
  16. Repeating Task Strategy in Reminders
  17. Dropzone: One of My Favorite Mac Utilities
  18. My Apple Vision Pro Order
  19. The Lab Report for Friday January 19, 2024
  20. The Growing Tide Against Social Media
  21. Q1 2024 Planning Summary
  22. Focused 195: The Productivity Field Guide
  23. The Vision Pro: Popularity, Availability, and Iteration
  24. Apple Vision Pro Thoughts
  25. Mac Power Users 727: The Productivity Field Guide
  26. Automators 145: The 2024 State of Automation
  27. The Lab Report for Friday January 12, 2024
  28. BBEdit 15 is Here
  29. Silence Mac Audio Notifications with Serenity
  30. Fantastical: The Superhero of Calendar Apps (Sponsor)
  31. The Vision Pro Software Question
  32. Announcing The Productivity Field Guide
  33. Vision Pro Launches on February 2
  34. Monday Thanks From Sparky
  35. Mac Power Users 726: Journaling Update: Apple’s New App, Day One Updates, and More
  36. Time Tracking Made Easy with Timing (Sponsor)
  37. The Lab Report for Friday January 5, 2024
  38. The Case for Journaling (in Less Than Five Minutes)
  39. Focused 194: I’d Like to Take a Mulligan
  40. Happy New Year Video
  41. Mac Power Users 725: Tech That Worked in 2023
  42. Deep Dive on Productivity Field Guide

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