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Too often, media tracking apps feel like work. There’s too much effort involved in adding and browsing items, which makes them feel more like task managers than an inviting place that helps you decide how you want to spend your precious free time. Apps in this category seem to take one of a couple of

If you haven’t tried Sequel to track your media queues, you’re missing out and have some catching up to do. There’s a reason we gave Sequel 2.0 the MacStories Selects Best App Update award last year. The app, which is available on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro, is one of the very best

For years, Bartender has remained one of the best ways to manage the Mac’s menu bar, especially on newer MacBook models with a notch where menu bar real estate is even more valuable. I reviewed the great Bartender 5 last year and came away impressed. Unfortunately, though, my relationship with Bartender is not in a

Apple is focusing on what it can do that no one else can on Apple devices, and not really even trying to compete against ChatGPT *et al* for world-knowledge context. They’re focusing on unique differentiation, and eschewing commoditization.

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Dan Moren has an excellent guide on Six Colors that explains how to exclude your website from the web crawlers used by Apple, OpenAI, and others to train large language models for their AI products. For many sites, the process simply requires a few edits to the robots.txt file on your server: If you’re not

Devon has updated his excellent Watch History Journal shortcut to support the new Shortcuts actions that just came to Sequel.

Create ten Shortcuts using ChatGPT-4o that work across all your Apple devices with the new ChatGPT Mac app! Map the Action Button to ChatGPT voice, summarize articles, solve math problems, and see my massive Shortcut for podcast show notes! 📲 Get the Shortcuts Start ChatGPT Voice Conversation https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e1c28305f0f844479ee3183e518d0bc3 ChatGPT Text Prompt https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/6cb3c4cd8c2c4e689e5b9e64adc9e9db Summarize Article GPT https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/396db16e98e745a7a1c571d05431dd71 Math GPT https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f81aee900a8e4954aa4f5360523d6aec Brainstorm Ideas GPT https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/5583dc13f7dc44b9906621b158ac816e Write an Email GPT https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/5618832c314a4913b24767c4eebef581 Social Post from Article GPT https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/19d1f2dc173246dcace9cb560c4b84e1 Word of the Day GPT https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/65bb84a9e4d949fea23afe73307ea78b RSS Feed Article Summaries https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/65790997d3304617b47a990c176de9d9 🎙️ Listen to Primary Technology, my tech podcast with Jason Aten: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/primary-technology/id1723943281 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vWb9Q9BHHRCREwYnOl46W YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PrimaryTechShow Support the show and get bonus content every week: https://primarytech.memberful.com/join 🏠 Full List of Current Apple Home Devices https://beard.fm/homekit 🎧 My Podcasts: Primary Technology: https://primarytech.fm Movies on the Side: https://mots.fm 📲 Follow me on: Threads: https://threads.net/@stephenrobles Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@stephenrobles Instagram: https://instagram.com/stephenrobles Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephenrobles Join my newsletter: https://beard.fm/blog Website: https://beard.fm Chapters ➡ 00:00 Introduction 00:37 Voice Conversation 01:14 ChatGPT Text Prompt 02:04 Summarize Article GPT 03:27 MathGPT by Photo 05:07 Brainstorm GPT 06:39 Write Email GPT 07:49 Social Post GPT 09:02 Word of the Day GPT 09:56 Summarize RSS Feed Items 11:38 Massive Podcast Shortcut My Gear: 🛒 Earthworks Ethos Microphone: https://amzn.to/35hIh2h 🛒 Sony A7 IV Camera: https://amzn.to/3fZcp4S 🛒 Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 for Sony E-Mount: https://amzn.to/3qWe0yt 🛒 Earthworks Icon Microphone: https://amzn.to/3KLYLjq 🛒 Shure SM7B Vocal Microphone: https://amzn.to/3DzZe3n 🛒 Elgato Key Light Air: https://amzn.to/3EvNb8T 🛒 Sony a6400 Camera: https://amzn.to/3GlVqog 🛒 Sigma 16mm 1.4 Lens for Sony E Mount: https://amzn.to/3DxqyiK 🛒 ATEM Mini Pro: https://amzn.to/3dHfcyx 🛒 Rodecaster PRO II: https://amzn.to/46mK2WK 🛒 Sound Devices MixPre-3: https://amzn.to/3doT3EO

I m not going to lie, Obsidian is really cool. It s a Markdown-based note system that has a ton of cool features, and even more with its healthy plugin community.

Most of the time when I use the Remarkable in public people don't realize, or don't care, that it isn't just a pad of paper. Those who are familiar with and curious about e-ink tablets, however, have questions: How do you like it? What do you use it for? Can it completely replace something like an iPad?

One of the most under-appreciated Mac features is the services menu, which you can find by right-clicking just about anything—highlighted text, say, or any image. Hover over the Services section and you'll see a bunch of quick actions. Where things get really fun is when you look into the custom services you can download.

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I’ve written about media-tracking apps a lot in the past, and they tend to fall into one of two categories: there are ‘generalist apps’ that cover multiple types of media, and there are ‘specialist apps’ that go much deeper into one particular kind. The benefit of the former is having a one-stop destination for all

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Whether you're looking to use Focus Timer as a pomodoro timer to incorporate time boxing, the pomodoro technique, and deep work into your daily routine... or planning on using it as a meditation timer, to help combat ADHD, Focus Timer can support your goals. Great for time blocking as outlined by Cal Newport!

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A couple of weeks ago, in a members-only special episode of the Accidental Tech Podcast, John Siracusa went in-depth on his window management techniques on the Mac. This was absolutely fascinating to me. I strongly recommend checking the episode out if you can. One of the many reasons it captivated me is the fact that

A Labs member wrote in about combining Mac-based automation (in his case setting a Focus mode) with a Stream Deck profile change. You can do this! There are a few tricks though, and in this video I show you the ropes.