I recently had a strange beta-related kernel panic on my Mac Studio. I was having trouble diagnosing the problem until I brought ChatGPT in to help. Here’s how I did it.
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The Lab Report for November 1, 2024
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: The new M4-powered Mac computers are here! You can get on the Apple Intelligence waitlist, Anthropic’s Claude now has a Mac app, and Oliver Burkeman’s latest book, one chapter per day.
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Mail Sorting with Apple Intelligence
With the release of iOS 18.2 Beta 1, we’re getting our first look at Apple Intelligence-based inbox sorting in Mail. In this video I share how it work and my initial impressions.
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Testing NotebookLM
Here are some of my early tests using NotebookLM, Google’s new tool that lets me create an AI-assisted podcast based on the data I feed it. … This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
The Lab Report for October 25, 2024
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Phase 2 of Apple Intelligence, two interesting interviews with Apple executives, Perplexity’s Mac app, and a feel-good music track from Roy Hargrove.
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Set Up Custom Mouse Clicks Using BetterTouchTool
I was recently inspired by Labs member Tim Stringer (founder of Learn OmniFocus) to assign custom actions to the mouse buttons while holding down modifier keys.
Reminders Exporter
Last month I shared an AppleScript to export OmniFocus tasks to Reminders. That triggered a slew of emails saying, “BUT SPARKY, HOW DO I PUT THEM BACK?”… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
The Lab Report for October 18, 2024
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: We finally have a new iPad mini, CleanMyMac gets a nice update (and drops the “X”), Sparky experiences being submerged, thanks to Vision Pro, and Jon Batiste shares his rendition of a Beethoven piano favorite.
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Improved Photographic Styles
With the iPhone 16 models and iOS 18, you can now use Photographic Styles in the Camera and Photos app without baking them into the image.
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Sparky’s Weekly Page
I’ve been experimenting with some of the Plotter stationery products to use for my analog components. I like the ring binder system for a bunch of reasons. In this video, I show my evolving weekly planning page and some examples of how I use it.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?