Sparky Summarizes the Platforms State of the Union (MacSparky Labs)

Every year, after the WWDC Keynote, Apple does a separate “State of the Platform” address where it breaks down the upcoming changes as they impact software developers. Where the WWDC Keynote is mostly for the public, the State of the Platform is mostly for developers. Nevertheless, there are a lot of good nuggets of information there that are useful to power users. In this audio, Sparky summarizes a few hours of video into 13 minutes…

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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

The New MacSparky Labs Report (MacSparky Labs)

Today I released a new episode of the MacSparky Labs podcast, now called the MacSparky Labs Report. This episode includes Apple’s earnings, growing services revenue, the iPhone 14 Pro, growing Mac sales, calendar tricks, task managers, and time tracking…

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The MacSparky Labs Weekly Update Podcast (MacSparky Labs)

This morning I dropped my first weekly update in the MacSparky Labs podcast feed. If you are a labs member, you should be able to download it now. This short episode includes some additional commentary on the Mac Studio vs. MacBook Air debate, uses for Obsidian, and some interesting Apple news from the week… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?