Widgets and Wallpapers on macOS Sonoma (MacSparky Labs)

Now that I’ve installed the Sonoma beta on my production machine, it’s time to share some Sonoma tricks with you. In this video, I explain how to add and customize Widgets on the desktop, and I show you some of the new wallpapers and how they look on the Lock Screen, and reveal my favorite so far.

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This Month in the MacSparky Labs

Here’s what I sent out to Labs Members in August 2023:

  • 2023-08-31 – Labs Focus Session (Labs 2-3)
  • 2023-08-29 – My Transcription Workflow for the Obsidian Field Guide (Labs 2-3)
  • 2023-08-29 – Q3 Midpoint Planning Call Video Release (Labs 3)
  • 2023-08-29 – Q3 Midpoint Call Audio Release (Labs 3)
  • 2023-08-28 – August Meetup Video Release (Labs 2-3)
  • 2023-08-28 – August Meetup Audio Release (Labs 2-3)
  • 2023-08-28 – Monday Newsletter – Happy Monday and OBFG Code (Labs 1-3)
  • 2023-08-25 – The Lab Report – 18 August 2023 (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-08-24 – Ideal Week Deep Dive (Level 3)
  • 2023-08-22 – Using PopClip (Levels 2-3)
  • 2023-08-22 – Q3 Midpoint Meeting (Level 3)
  • 2023-08-18 – August Labs Meetup (Levels 2-3)
  • 2023-08-18 – The Lab Report – 18 August 2023 (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-08-16 – Voice Control with macOS Sonoma (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-08-14 – Watch Poll Results (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-08-11 – Labs Focus Session (Levels 2-3)
  • 2023-08-11 – The Lab Report – 11 August 2023 (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-08-10 – Exploring iOS 17 StandBy Mode (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-08-08 – Testing iA Presenter (Levels 2-3)
  • 2023-08-08 – The Notifications Webinar (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-08-07 – The Second Screen Experiment (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-08-04 – The Lab Report – 4 August 2023 (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-08-05 – Mastering Notifications Webinar (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-08-02 – Notification Strategies (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-08-01 – Notifications Audit (Levels 2-3)

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My Transcription Workflow for the Obsidian Field Guide (MacSparky Labs)

In this video I demonstrate how I used two AI tools, MacWhisper and ChatGPT, to generate transcripts and SubRip text (SRT) files for the Obsidian Field Guide videos.…

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