Rethinking My Podcast App

I have a confession to make: after years of using Overcast as my podcast player of choice, I’ve made the switch back to Apple’s Podcasts (for the time being). There were two reasons I made this change: The first was the addition of podcast transcriptions in iOS 17.4. That’s a feature that I have long […]

iPhone Pre-order Update

Hey all, it’s been a while since I’ve written here, life’s still crazy but I’m still starting to get back into some kind of swing of things. I’ve been working a part time job with a team that I really enjoy and one day I know I’m going to be back where I was before […]

🔗 macOS Isn’t as Small As You Think

I was scrolling through my RSS feed when I came across an article from Matt Birchler over at Birchtree where he addressed the argument to add touch to macOS. This past week, this has been a topic that’s been on my mind a lot, due to a few videos and articles I’ve seen talking about […]

This Shortcut Makes Using Vinyl Scrobbler a Dream

Last week I wrote about how I’d been getting back into listening to vinyl and shared a few ways to scrobble the records you play to your last.fm profile. At the time, I briefly wrote about a site called Vinyl Scrobbler where I said this: Vinyl Scrobbler has you create an account and adds records […]

🔗 Why does the iPad not show battery health in Settings

Why does the iPad not show battery health in Settings: Battery? Source: John Gruber (@gruber@mastodon.social) I saw this toot from John Gruber on Mastodon the other day and it really got me thinking: all of Apple’s devices do show battery health except for the iPad and that’s the one I want to know the most. […]

The Joy of Vinyl and a Few Ways to Scrobble It

A few days ago, I was scrolling though Mastodon when I happened upon the following toot from Matt Birchler: For those wondering, I lasted a day before I went to our record storage area and pulled out my favorites to listen to on my record player. Just in that first day, I threw on Dark […]

Quickly Get a Room’s Temperature and Humidity Using HomePod and Shortcuts

Yesterday was a wonderful day: Apple pushed out an update to audioOS that finally activated the temperature and humidity sensor that’s laid dormant in HomePod mini since launch. This sensor will also be in the full-sized HomePod (2nd Generation) the releases on February 3rd. I’ve been really excited about this software update, as I have […]

Thinking About Text-to-Speech AI on Mac

Recently in the tech community, there’s been a lot of conversation around OpenAI’s Whisper engine, used to take audio recordings and transcribe them to text with a fairly high level of accuracy. Outside of that, there’s been dialog about AI that’s both good and bad. But Whisper has been fascinating to watch, as people have […]

Using Marvis Pro’s Live Activities for an Even Better Apple Music Experience

I’ve written before about my love of third-party Apple Music client Marvis Pro and I recently found a way to take further advantage of the customizability of the app that I love so much. One of the iOS features that Marvis allows you take advantage of is Live Activities. Currently, the app supports two styles: […]

Weekly Recap (Beta) #01

👋 Hi everyone! I hope you’re having a great weekend. Welcome to the first installment of what will eventually become my weekly newsletter. I’m currently in the process of figuring out hosting (more on that below) but for now, every Sunday I’ll be putting up one of these blog recap posts. To see all of […]

I’m Worried About Comixology’s Future Following Amazon’s Layoffs

This week it was revealed that Amazon laid off 75% of its Comixology staff. This news came during a week where other high profile tech companies, such as Microsoft and Google, also made cuts to their workforces, leaving many seeking jobs. It goes without saying that anytime a company does a large round of layoffs […]

How to Easily Create Lists on Mastodon

As the bird site continues to get worse and worse, I’ve found myself diving into Mastodon more and more. Being a decentralized social network means some of the recent events we’ve seen unfold with Twitter are incredibly unlikely, if not impossible, to happen with the elephant site. Unfortunately, despite being around for a few years, […]

Apple (Finally) Announces HomePod (2nd Generation)

Back in 2018, Apple got into the smart speaker game by releasing the first generation HomePod. In November of 2020, the HomePod mini was released, followed by the discontinuation of the first generation HomePod the following March. Unfortunately for those that picked up the device, came to find that overtime, the device didn’t have the […]

Identify Music in Online Videos With iOS Control Center’s Music Recognition

We’ve all been there before: you’re scrolling on Tik Tok, or through Reels or YouTube Shorts when you hear a song that catches your ear. You look down to the little music identification area of the screen and instead of seeing About Damn Time by Lizzo, you see something to the effect of Original Audio […]

Remind Me Faster | App Spotlight

Name: Remind Me FasterDeveloper: Nick LeithRelease Date: Nov 10, 2015Price: FreeLink: App Store My task manager is one of those things I often find myself rethinking. Your task manager isn’t something that you want to be a dumping ground where tasks go to die, but you also don’t want it to become all consuming of […]

🔗 Can You Trust Your Smartwatch?

I was browsing YouTube the other day when this video came up in my feed. Because I’ve been working out and going to the gym more late, I’ve had this actual question on my mind and had been meaning to see if there were any videos on the subject. This is one of those times […]

State of the Blog and Plans for 2023

I hope you’re all having a great Sunday. I wanted to take a few minutes to check in and give everyone some updates on myself, my content creation, and my hopes for the coming year. This is going to be a lot, but I’m hoping this will answer any questions that may come up alongside […]

🔗 Elon Musk Silent on Twitter API Changes…

Tweetbot, Twitteriffic, and other popular third-party clients for Twitter are still completely broken due to issues with Twitter’s API. Despite growing complaints from Twitter users and developers alike, Elon Musk has remained silent. This is leading some people to speculate that this change is intentional and that Twitter is shutting down third-party clients altogether. Source: […]