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On this episode of Mac Power Users , Stephen and I go deep on launchers: Alfred, Raycast, and Spotlight, and which one actually earns a spot on your keyboard shortcut. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Ecamm : Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. Backblaze : Unlimited, easy data protection. Try it for free today and get 20% off with code mpu20. 1Password : Never forget a…
I ve mentioned a few times in the MacSparky Labs that I pay for web search. That always raises eyebrows. So I thought I d explain. Even Google now injects AI slop before giving you search results, and there s a good argument that search is going the way of the dodo. I use AI often, and yet I still find use for search. When researching, I often don t want an AI synthesis (or I just don t want to…
It was another fun week in the MacSparky Labs community. Here s the week s new videos and podcasts, a few of the conversations happening in the member community, and what s coming next week. Most of those links lead straight into the Labs community on Circle, so they ll only open if you re a member. If you re a Labs member who hasn t set up your Circle access yet, send me a note and I ll get you…
This post is sponsored by Hoban Cards . Sponsorship doesn t influence what I write. Here s my take. Every time I hand someone a Hoban card, the same thing happens. They stop mid-conversation, run a thumb across the letters, turn it over. That doesn t happen with a card that came off a laser printer, and it happens almost every time with a card from Hoban. Hoban Cards runs a small letterpress shop…
On this episode of Intentional AI , Chris and I get into my email odyssey, the months I spent trying to hand my email over to a robot. First came the Big Swing, where I would never open email again and the robot read everything and handed me a table, which burned tokens and did not survive two weeks. What actually works is a lot less glamorous, where I do the triage myself in Superhuman and the…
I ve heard from readers looking for a way to track health without wearing an Apple Watch. Since Apple doesn t make its own fitness ring or band, you are going to have to look at the third-party options. Google s Fitbit Air is actually a pretty good one. The problem was it didn t share data over to the Apple Health app, at least until recently. Now it does , so you can get pretty accurate fitness…
On this episode of Focused , Mike and I try to build a personal philosophy for when AI writing help makes you sharper and when it just makes you soft. In Deep Focus, Mike walks through hiring his first full-time virtual assistant. Episode Links How I Write (David Perell) Ezra Klein: The Case Against Writing With AI Tyler Cowen: The Most Practical Conversation on AI Writing Jimmy Soni: Writers Who…
During its earnings call, Apple advised that it is bracing for growing supply pressure on its products. I know some of this stems from Ramageddon and the massive build-out of AI server farms, but it feels like it runs deeper than that. As Apple customers, we ve always been accustomed to them just figuring it out and having a way to deliver their hardware despite market conditions. It sounds like…
Jeff Richardson, at iPhone J.D ., explores the thorny issue of data privacy and border crossing. I find it kind of shocking that a border agent can ask you to just hand over your phone and your password on a whim. Maybe it s legal now. I don t know. I m out of that racket, but the thought of it feels incredibly intrusive. The post 1Password Travel Mode and Federal Law appeared first on MacSparky .
In this week s episode of the Mac Power Users , Stephen and I share the state of our task manager software stacks. To take it further, Stephen built himself a Kanban app, Kan Do . He shares the story of how he built it and why he decided to put it on the App Store. The post Mac Power Users 861: Stephen’s Kanban App appeared first on MacSparky .