August Live Events in the MacSparky Labs

We’ve got a lot on deck in the MacSparky Labs for August

  • The Notifications Webinar a few days ago went great. I’ll be releasing a video for members in the next few days
  • August 11 – Focus Session (Levels 2-3)
  • August 17 – Q3 Midpoint Planning Call (Level 3)
  • August 19 – Monthly Meetup (Levels 2-3)
  • August 24 – Deep Dive on Planning Your Ideal Week (Level 3)
  • August 31 – Focus Session (Levels 2-3)

If you are an Early Access or Backstage member, you should have received an email with all the details and links. If you’d like to get access to these live events, why not join the MacSparky Labs?

This Month in the MacSparky Labs

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

  • 2023-07-31 – Notification Week Announcement (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-07-28 – The Lab Report – 28 July 2023 (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-07-28 – Obsidian Field Guide Status Update (Level 3)
  • 2023-07-26 – Using CleanShot X (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-07-25 – Testing AudioPen (Levels 2-3)
  • 2023-07-24 – The July MacSparky Labs Meetup (Levels 2-3)
  • 2023-07-21 – The Lab Report – 21 July 2023 (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-07-19 – Apple’s New Autocorrect and Predictive Text (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-07-18 – Renaming Files with Name Mangler (Levels 2-3)
  • 2023-07-17 – Addressing AI with Friends (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-07-14 – The Lab Report – 14 July 2023 (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-07-12 – Changes to Apple Notes in the 2023 Betas (Levels 2-3)
  • 2023-07-11 – Sparky’s Prime Day Purchases and a Few Recommendations (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-07-10 – Setting Up and Using Downie (Levels 2-3)
  • 2023-07-07 – July Meetup Details (Levels 2-3)
  • 2023-07-07 – The Lab Report – 7 July 2023 (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-07-06 – Q3 Planning with Sparky (Level 3)
  • 2023-07-04 – The OS Betas Deep Dive (Level 3)
  • 2023-07-03 – A Stream Deck Intervention (Levels 1-3)
  • 2023-07-01 – Q3 Planning with Sparky (Level 3)

If you’d like to be a part of the MacSparky Labs, you can join right here.

Focused 183: Practicing Focus

Join Mike and me on this episode of Focused as we discuss how we inject focus into our workdays, and Mike shares about his tiny house retreat experience.

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A Cellular MacBook

I don’t usually comment on Apple patents because there are so many of them, and they typically don’t mean what you think they mean.

However, this one about improved cellular technologies in MacBooks has me taking the bait. The case for a cellular MacBook in the Intel days was good. The case for a cellular MacBook in the age of Apple silicon is infinitely better. Apple already makes devices with Apple chips that have cellular radios. Indeed, quite a lot of them. In my opinion, at this point, every MacBook purchase should have a “Would you like a cellular radio with this?” checkbox on it, just like the iPads do. 

If I had to guess, Apple is waiting to release its own long-awaited cellular radio chip before taking the plunge. However, if Apple still doesn’t have a cellular radio option for the MacBook when that day arrives, I’ll be out of ideas as to why not.