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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Adjust your options for things like account recovery, ad personalization, and which parts of your Google profile are shared publicly.

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In the past I have employed numerous solutions to capture a link to a web page into another app. I think that in every case I was focused on working in that other app and pulling in a link to the current page, or perhaps a set of links for all open pages. This works fine for most of my use cases, but recently I encountered one where what I actually wanted was to stay in the browser and send the links to the other app rather than pulling links in from that app. That avoids constantly switching back and forth and pulling them in or leaving lots of browser tabs open. To that end I quickly put together something to let me quickly send a link to a web page into my favourite capture app, Drafts.

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

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Apple’s crack marketing team has once again put their heads together and come up with another California landmark to use as the namesake for the latest version of macOS. During the WWDC keynote, we were introduced to macOS 27 Golden Gate. As with all of Apple’s platforms this year, the main features of Golden Gate

During yesterday’s WWDC keynote, Apple introduced the latest software for the Apple Watch, watchOS 27. As with the other Apple platforms, much of the focus this year was on Siri AI, but there are plenty of quality-of-life improvements to look forward to as well. Let’s dive in. [aside pre_title="Supported By" title="Gentler Streak" align="center" width="narrow"] Gentler

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On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I dig into the wide and messy world of Apple photo management. We talk about pruning enormous libraries, what’s worth keeping, and the cleanup apps we trust to help. We also get into iCloud Shared Photo Library trade-offs and the fact that Apple’s 5 GB free... Continue reading →

As the LiaEx funding sprint draws to a close, here is an overview of what was built: a new desktop app, a web UI, xAPI support, ePub/DOCX export, a GitHub Action, and much more.

This month in digital cleanup is taking a broom to a pile of domains that have accumulated a not so tidy pile. I can’t full explain why i needed a cogdog.casa domain some ____ years ago? I ha…

I think it's probably a good idea for us all to reflect on how tools shape our lives.

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A satirical survival game about digital sovereignty.

Oh, yes, I keep forgetting that the open web is dead or is ended or all the web is swirling down an AI slop river of grey sludge. Just don’t tell the frisky dogs, who still know how to romp f…