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Using Obsidian for Task Management (MacSparky Labs)

I spent three weeks running Obsidian as my primary task manager. I learned that task management in Obsidian is a lot better than I expected, but probably still not the answer for me. In this video, I walk through plugins and workflows to manage your tasks in Obsidian…

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The Lab Report – May 20, 2022

One of the benefits of being a member of The MacSparky Labs is access to the weekly Lab Report podcast, where I summarize Apple news and other items I find interesting in about 10 minutes. If you are a labs member, you should have already received this week’s Lab Report in your podcast feed.

This week I’m also making the Lab Report available to non-members. You can download the audio file right here. If you dig it, you may want to check out The MacSparky Labs.

Also, here are links from the episode:

Bloomberg on the Apple Headset
Open Letter to Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro Response
Jane Hovarth on Apple and Privacy
Apple’s New Privacy Ad Campaign
John Prosser on the Square Apple Watch
Macworld M1 Max vs. M1 Ultra Tests
9to5 Mac on Folding iPhones and E-Ink
Mac Power Users 640: The iPhone App Roundup
Automators 102: Automating DEVONthink
Keyboard Maestro 10.1
New Outline App: Bike
Creating OmniFocus Templates with Keyboard Maestro (MacSparky Labs)
Using Your iPhone as a Webcam (MacSparky Labs)
New Book: After Steve

Creating OmniFocus Templates with Keyboard Maestro (MacSparky Labs)

For a long time I’ve been adding OmniFocus template projects using Shortcuts. I have a few other automations that involve project creation with Keyboard Maestro, which got me thinking about adding templated OmniFocus projects via Keyboard Maestro…

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Taking Screenshots with the Mac’s Built-in Tools (MacSparky Labs)

As part of my ongoing task manager survey, there’s a new simple task list / focus app called Bento and I’m trying it out. The app is pretty and functional so long as your task list isn’t too big or complex. Still, I dig the way they got the little details right and can see a lot of people using Bento. Here’s an app walkthrough and discussion… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Level 3 (Early Access) and Level 2 (Backstage) Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?

The May Virtual Meetup (MacSparky Labs)

Over the weekend we had the MacSparky Labs Virtual Meetup. This one took place on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Topics include:

0:00 Warming Up and New Mac Studios
7:19 Docks and Cables
18:14 Spending Bruce’s Money
33:31 WWDC Hopes and Dreams
46:46 Protecting Doc’s Whiskey
50:07 Developer Wishes for WWDC
51:20 The New Mac Pro
56:42 WWDC Surprises …

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