It’s time for the Lab Report from the MacSparky Labs, covering this week’s Apple news and rumors. In this episode: Some changes to AppleCare+, one of my favorite games gets an update, my rant around screen recording permissions in macOS Sequoia, and I share a great album from Brad Mehldau.
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AI-generated Memory Movie in Photos
One of my favorite Apple Intelligence features is the AI-generated Memory Movie option available in the Photos app. They look great and are so easy to make. Here’s a demonstration.
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The Contact Photo & Poster Feature
The Contact Photo & Poster is a delightful iOS 17 feature, and one I’ve noticed a lot of people don’t use or even know about.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
Summarize a Webpage using Apple Intelligence
One of the new Apple Intelligence features is the ability to summarize webpages in Safari. In this video, I demonstrate this new feature, part of iOS 18.1 beta.
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Build an AppleScript using ChatGPT
Here’s a tutorial on how you can use ChatGPT to build an AppleScript script that exports a list of tasks in OmniFocus to a Markdown-formatted list.
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The Lab Report for August 9, 2024
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Apple introduces Distraction Control with iOS 18 beta 5, Gatekeeper gets more invasive in macOS Sequoia, Humane’s AI pin challenges, and a poem by Robert Burns.
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Apple Intelligence Text Tools
I’ve done some project planning scripts in the past but folks have been asking about doing it with Reminders. Here you go!… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?
Installing and Using NotePlan
We covered NotePlan on last week’s episode of the Mac Power Users. Here’s a video walkthrough of the NotePlan install I set up over the few months that we prepared for recording the show.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
MOFT iPhone Tripod Stand
Sparky bought a thing. If you’re looking for a useful little magnetic tripod for your iPhone that folds up to the size of a stack of bank cards, I’ve got something for you.
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Reminders & Calendar Integration in macOS Sequoia
One of the new macOS features this year is the integration of Reminders into the Calendar app. I spent some time poking around with it and came back pretty disappointed. In this video, I explain why.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?