On this episode of Intentional AI, Chris and I look at how dictation went from a nine-thousand-dollar tool that needed hours of training to something you can whisper into your watch. We compare cloud and local options, including Wispr Flow, MacWhisper, Superwhisper, and Whisper Memos, along with the privacy tradeoffs that come with each.

We also talk about using your voice to give robots better context, then wrap up with Claude’s new browser and background computer use.

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On this episode of Focused, Mike and I work through practical questions about capacity, chronotypes, delegation, accountability, and what to do when a careful plan collapses. We also talk about task overload and the difference between getting human help and handing work to a robot.

In Deep Focus, we look at systems for bad days and why my automated daily note lost to the paper cards sitting on my desk.

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A possible replacement for Mac OS arrives in the form of a company founded by a charismatic former Apple executive—but not the one you’re thinking of.

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Teddy Svoronos returns to the Mac Power Users. Teddy explains how he uses tech to teach at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and the challenges of teaching in the age of A.I.

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This week on the Cult of Mac podcast: New Apple CEO John Ternus steps into his role just in time for the Surprise and Shine event.

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Designed in California, the Apple history podcast from Myke Hurley and Jason Snell, is now live on Relay with two new free episodes, plus more for Kickstarter backers and Relay subscribers.

Over the summer, Myke and Jason ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for the new show, which will be released as topical series. The first series about the Apple II was released over the summer as part of a preview for the Kickstarter campaign.

Now, the first two episodes of Apple’s Mac OS Crisis are out and available to listen to for free. Those episodes will be followed by five more weekly installments. However, if you backed the Kickstarter or if sign up to support the show via Relay’s website, you get all seven episodes of the series immediately.

The latest series is about:

Apple’s Mac OS crisis in the ’90s, leading to the company acquiring NeXT and bringing Steve Jobs back.

Apple’s Mac OS Crisis also features special guest John Siracusa, who knows a thing or two about ’90s Apple. In addition to the audio-only version of Designed in California, the show is available on YouTube.

It’s been great to see this show come together over the summer. I know it’s been a lot of work, which is clear from the depth and quality of the episodes. I fully expect Designed in California to become the definitive podcast for Apple history nerds.

Our thoughts on the Dyson CameraJet toothbrush, features or products we’d like to see return in the Ternus era, travel devices we brought but never used, and whether we’ve encountered AI-generated food menus.

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It’s the year of Lex on the desktop, mobile and everywhere else.

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Apple’s homegrown next-generating operating system fails to launch, leaving the company in dire straits and searching for a lifeline from outside the company.

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In the August 2026 MacVoices Update, Chuck outlines how a little time off slowed down some projects, reviews new episode artwork designed to better communicate each show’s subject, discusses why feedback is so important to what you hear and see, and delivers the Support Report form the month.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/maclevelten/MV26245.mp3 Show Notes: Support: Become a MacVoices […]

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It’s time for another Apple event draft! But before we predict what Apple will introduce next week, we need to send off the Tim Cook Era and discuss a somewhat surprising announcement of new chips and new Macs!

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In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Jeff Janicik, founder and chairman of Innoflight. They discuss Golden Dome, Artemis and working with big numbers for the Space Development Agency. Sponsored […]

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Our Mac upgrade plans in the light of price hikes, YouTube view metric changes, our home internet speeds, and how many apps we have our phone.

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In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews FrontGrade CTO Lorne Graves. They discuss how processing power on spacecraft is adapting to the rise of megaconstellations, what benefits satellite processing power […]

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In this episode, SpaceNews Mike Gruss interviews Kevin Lausten, CEO of Morpheus Space, at the 2026 Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. They discuss why propulsion is critical […]

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Lex and Moltz talk new Macs, old games, Lex’s apps and Apple community drama before getting interrupted by some heartbreaking news.

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The EU gives up and settles with Apple, John Ternus’s new home strategy starts to come into focus, and people at Apple just love the folding iPhone.

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Tech bag or brand recommendations, Apple’s most overlooked feature, the app we’d vibe code for ourselves, and our thoughts on the leaked AirPods with cameras for Visual Intelligence.

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Oops! All segments! This week we’ve got Snell Talk (tea), Upstream (Apple TV), Lawyer Up (regulations), Rumor Roundup (new iPhones), The Betails (final betas?), and Ask Upgrade!

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Guy English joins us. We talk, of course, about John Gruber’s essay on Anthropic’s watermarking, Dan’s Six Colors response, and Gruber’s follow-up. We also talk about AirPods with cameras. 🎉 Lex had Eero troubles.

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