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- Drafts Adds a Chat Console and Better Dictation - MacSparky
- On the Rumored M8 Ultra AI Servers
I keep thinking about the strategic advantage that Apple finds itself in with the M-series chips and AI. If an M8 Ultra server carries forward the unified-memory architecture and…
- The Productivity Apps That Don’t Speak Agent Will Lose
This is spot on. I'm looking at you OmniFocus! I also notice that apps are creating MCP bridges using AppleScript interfaces. Drafts recently did this . Unfortunately these are…
- Automating Project Creation using MCP with OmniFocus - MacSparky
Loved to see Sparks playing with this and I’m still hopeful that OmniFocus adds MCP server support. This test shows why it is so powerful and what you could do. There are certain…
- The No List: My First App and Why Saying No Matters - MacSparky
- Moom’s Big Update - MacSparky
- Contextual Computing with Vision Pro: My Writing Cabin - MacSparky
I pay close attention to the tools and workflows of MacSparky. I like how he is digging into productivity use cases for the Vision Pro.
- 15 Years of OmniFocus - MacSparky
- Why I'm No Longer Practicing Law - MacSparky
- Some Monterey Features of Note — MacSparky
Short list of macOS Monterey features from David Sparks.
- Your Calendar as Both Planning and Archive Tool — MacSparky
I do this type of thing with my calendar as well. However, as part of my overall effort to track my time and attention, I'll adjust my calendar to match what happened as the day…
- Charty 1.4 — MacSparky
I have Charty but I never considered combining it with OmniFocus. This could be fun!
- Why I'm Leaning Obsidian — MacSparky
I’m not learning Roam or Obsidian. The last thing I need is more places to put text, I've got enough. I should probably blog about that. I will call out that I have been very…
- The Essential Weekly Review — MacSparky
I am a GTD practitioner and the Weekly Review is a core concept of Getting Things Done. However, it is also the thing that I think many don't put enough time into, including…
- The Hustle Is Dead to Me — MacSparky
I have always disliked the use of this word "hustle", particularly in startups. It is a bit of a short hand for "work harder", but I can’t help but inferring a bit of the subtext…
- Announcing the Shortcuts Field Guide, iOS 13 Edition — MacSparky
If you want to learn how to use Shortcuts, MacSparky's field guide is probably the best $29 you can spend.
- Time Tracking with Timeular — MacSparky
I use my calendar along with some custom Shortcut scripts and Toggl to track my time, and I don't attempt to track non-scheduled time. Capturing your time is a very useful tool…
- Home Screens — Hugo Castellanos — MacSparky
I like these articles for discovering new apps.
- Intentionality — MacSparky
I like this annual review that David Sparks walks through. 🤔
- Fujitsu ScanSnap 64-bit Software Update — macsparky
I have a ScanSnap scanner and was worried they were not going to make a 64-but release! Whew.
- New Podcast: Automators —macsparky
I've learned a lot from listening to Mac Power Users and David Sparks . I was excited to hear that he and Rosemary Orchard are launching a new podcast Automators . 🎧 The focus of…
- How Siri Shortcuts Can Revolutionize iOS Automation — macsparky
A lot of what I do with automation I've learned from macsparky and his enthusiasm for Siri Shortcuts is good to see. I use Workflow a lot. I have entire projects that run on…
- OmniFocus 3 for iPhone and iPad — MacSparky
David Sparks authored the OmniFocus Video Field Guide which transformed in fabulous ways how I use OmniFocus. Sparks is my "guru" when it comes to OmniFocus so of course his…
- The Hyper-Scheduling Experiment — MacSparky
For the last month, I have been conducting an experiment with more deliberate scheduling of my time. For lack of a better word, I have been calling it hyper-scheduling. I've tried…
- The Case for RSS — MacSparky
I've always been a big user of RSS. Nearly all of the content I discover on the web every week come from RSS. I like that Sparks is highlighting his use and advocating for it.…
- A Few Random Thoughts After 24 Hours of iPhone X — MacSparky
Some more initial reactions on iPhone X, this time from David Sparks. Curious to see his highlights. Notable that he doesn't like the notch, and also that Face ID seems to work…
- Game Pick: Flower —macsparky
Based on David Spark's recommendation I purchased Flower this morning and it is a treat. Fun and relaxing game with very nice animations and gameplay. It takes a bit to figure out…
- iOS Text Transformations with TextTool 2 — MacSparky
I have TextTool 2 in my automation stack on iOS. It has super powerful features. Unfortunately the day after this great writeup the developer announced he is ceasing development…
- Home Screens – Gabe Weatherhead —macsparky
I subscribe to Gabe's MacDrifter blog so when I saw he did a Home Screen article I was eager to dig in. I think I’m going to buy the David Lanham wallpapers . Someday I need to…
- Home Screens - Sal Saghoian —macsparky
I really enjoy MacSparky 's home screen series . I tend to always find some new app or new way of thinking about things. Sal Soghoian is notable as the author of AppleScript so I…
- Initial Thoughts on iOS 11 iPad Improvements —macsparky
A lot here for people that do more intensive work on their iPad.
- Timing 2 for Mac — MacSparky
- Killing the Email Action Folder
Anyway, as of a few weeks ago I removed all of the action folders from all of my email accounts. For the MacSparky email account, I’ve now got the following.
- Art Channel for Apple TV
Several years ago we bought the Art Authority application for the iPad which has an exhaustive collection of artwork sorted by period. As an interesting bit of trivia, the man…
- Task Management Pain Points – The Overachiever
If you are facing a task list that has hundreds of entries every day, you’re doing it wrong. I think the most common cause of this overload is our technology. Back when I used to…
- Interact: Better iOS Contact Management
For a 1.0 version application, Interact has a lot of nice touches. Scrolling up and down with your finger on the right edge and searching are both wicked-fast. On the surface,…
- Thumbs Up for Duet Display
There is a wonderful little application called Duet, made by some former Apple engineers, that lets you connect your iPad to your Mac and turn the iPad into a second screen. I’m…
- Siri Commands on Apple TV
We are about to release a new episode of Mac Power Users all about the new Apple TV. One thing I've noticed in my first week of usage is that I rarely use Siri.
- Text Expander Snippets: Date and Time — MacSparky
Here is another group of my TextExpander snippets. My date snippets fall in a few categories:ShortcutsWhy type August when "xm8" is faster?Date MathI don't remember when…
- Customizing OmniFocus in Version 2.3
When the Omni group released OmniFocus version 2, the most frequent complaint I heard was concerning the data layout. With the prior version all test data was on a single line…
- 5 Quick Tips to Make Sure Your Presentation Doesn’t Suck
I recently was asked to give a presentation on how to make a presentation. I tried to keep it simple and came down to these five points:1. Never Turn Your Back to the AudienceIt…
- OmniFocus Task Creation via QR Code — MacSparky
I recently received an email from reader Jonas Bergenudd with a really clever workflow. Jonas has things in his life that occasionally require replenishment, like batteries. So…
- Deferred Email
I made fun of deferring email when I first heard of it. It seemed dishonest and gimmicky. However when I tried it out, I quickly became a believer. There’s a lot of email that can…
- Tunnel Bear VPN — MacSparky
I've been on the road a lot the last few weeks and, as happens when you travel, spent a lot of time around tempting, yet unknown, public WiFi. . So I decided to get more serious…
- MindNode for Mac 2.0 — MacSparky
The gang over at MindNode has been busy re-writing MindNode for Mac and today we get to see the final product with the release of MindNode 2.0
- Home Screens: MacSparky in 2015 — MacSparky
- Creating Flow with OmniFocus 2 — MacSparky
- OmniFocus Video Field Guide — MacSparky
- My OmniFocus Perspectives MacSparky
- WiFi Explorer MacSparky
WiFi Explorer provides the mother lode of WiFi data. The app sports a top pane that lists every available wireless network. The second pane presents a graphical representation of…
- MacSparky - Blog - OmniOutliner for iPadReview
- Tweaking OmniFocus: Project Template Applescript