This week in The Lab Report: News – Tim Cook Wired Interview; Microsoft Recall Back in Beta (Michael Kan – PC Mag); Google search on decline (Christopher Mims – WSJ) … This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?
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Sparky’s Holiday HomeKit Special
Here’s a breakdown of how I use some the Home app and automation as well as some hardware to manage the holiday lights in the Sparks house.
And like all holiday specials, make sure to stick around until the end for the musical finale!
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A Look at Magnific As Image Manipulator
I’ve been skeptical of Apple’s image AI tools. In this video I look at one of the more powerful image tools on the market, Magnific, with interesting results.… 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 November 29, 2024
The Opal C1 Webcam is meant to be the webcam everybody actually wants to use. It\’s got tons of software features and a better lens system than anything you\’d find in most (all?) other webcams. It\’s time for me to kick the tires…
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The Stage Manager Experiment
For the past month I’ve been exclusively using Stage Manager on my Mac and I have newfound respect for this widow management system. In this video I share the good and the bad.
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The Lab Report for November 22, 2024
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Should there be an Apple television set? More on the iOS .2 beta software features, rumor of a refreshed Pro Display XDR, and Sparky has a recommendation to up your Shortcuts game.
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The New CleanMyMac
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?
visionOS 2.2: Ultrawide Mac Display Option Tested
With the latest visonOS 2.2 beta 2, Apple has enabled the Wide and Ultrawide Mac virtual display. It’s impressive. Here are my initial tests on the Ultrawide display.… 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 November 15, 2024
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: A new Vision Pro-focused immersive video is out, big updates to two of Apple’s Pro Apps, the top 100 Apple Music albums collected in a coffee table book, and Sparky shares his Apple Watch band purchase story.
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A First Look at Image Playground
In this video I kick the tires on Apple’s Image Playground feature (from 18.2 beta) and I get some strange results in the process.
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