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SearchLink can now look through Zen bookmarks and history the same way it already did with Firefox (and Chrome and Safari). Zen keeps its history and bookmarks in a Mozilla database, so grew a .

Today, on its developer blog, Apple announced plans to "...introduce additional controls to ensure that users who genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of access can only do so with very explicit user action." The company says it's doing so because of the dangers posed by AI agents. According to Apple's post:

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Fantastical and Cardhop: enjoyable calendar and contacts apps for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro. Fantastical is also available on Windows.

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Today we published not one, but three reviews covering four OSes: Federico's iOS and iPadOS 27 review, which is packed with special interactive touches John's macOS 27 and watchOS 27 reviews The reviews cover design, new app features and more, which kicks off a big week here at MacStories that includes extra special perks for

After years of relentless building, it’s good to see Apple sweat the details again.

[pull_quote align="center"]Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos. — Mary Shelley, introduction to Frankenstein (1831)[/pull_quote] Every OS update has a story to tell. With macOS 27 Golden Gate, that story captures a moment when Apple is faced with multiple challenges, many of which are

With our annual OS reviews out of the way, Federico and I will be covering our favorite indie apps that take advantage of Apple's latest OS features. We have hundreds to draw from and instead of one big sweeping roundup, we're going to do a bunch of smaller ones as we work our way through

I haven't been this excited about an Apple Watch in a long time. Last week, Apple introduced the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, which will be available at the end of the week. The new Watches feature the S11 chip, which enables a bunch of new features, some of which won't

Public posts, profiles, and collections on Marked Share now get their own share card. Paste a link into Mastodon, Slack, iMessage, or a blog comment and you should see the title, byline, and date on…

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This is a collection of my own extensions for the Mac app PopClip. It gives you a popup when you select text, a la iOS, and lets you perform various operations on/with it.

An open-source reader for educators, authors, and open publishers. Built on flat-file Grav CMS with the Grav Premium Helios theme – self-hosted, version-controlled, and designed for open textbooks, course readers, and structured educational publications.

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Discover how to use Linkedin’s collaborative posts, Creator Marketplace ads, and new out-of-network metrics to break into new networks.

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Gling’s AI video editing software is designed for YouTube creators. Optimize your workflow by automatically cutting out bad takes, silent moments, filler words, and background noise, ensuring your content is polished and engaging.

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Have you updated OBS to 32.2.1 yet?

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I finally got the Marked 3 Obsidian plugin into the official community directory. It can now be installed from within Obsidian with no manual-install rigamarole.

Over the last month, I moved the MacSparky Labs and Field Guides over to a new home in Circle. I’ve spent a lot of time on that space. Colors, tone, the little details that make a place feel like somewhere instead of just software. Then I’d click back over to macsparky.com and wince a little. The old site was grey, black,... Continue reading →

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