In this week’s episode: More beta software for your enjoyment, Black Magic Design has new immersive cameras, let’s hope we get a new Magic Mouse, and Sparky found a collection of daily rituals.
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Practical Use of NotebookLM
In working on the next edition of the Productivity Field Guide, I’ve stumbled into a damn useful implementation of artificial intelligence using NotebookLM. I explain it all in this video.… 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 December 13, 2024
Welcome to The Lab Report! In this week’s episode: Software updates on all platforms with more Apple Intelligence features, Sparky shares how he uses Notion, and a new Star Wars-inspired series got his attention.
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Getting Festivitas
Ever wanted to hang holiday lights on your Mac screen? Well, now you can with Simon Støvring’s [delightful Festivitas](https://www.festivitas.app). I give you a quick tour in this video.
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Testing the BetterTouchTool Floating Menus
[Better Touch Tool](https://folivora.ai) added just one more crazy-awesome feature for us nerds. Time to kick the tires.… 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 December 6, 2024
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?
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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