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545: Initially, I Was Happy

 

00:00:00   Hello and welcome to Connected episode 545 for March 26th, 2025. Sometimes we say the date, sometimes we don't. It's kind of confusing. My name is Stephen Hackett and I'm joined by my friend and yours, our annual chairman, Mr. Federico Patigi.

00:00:27   Oh, thank you. Thank you. Hello. Hi, Stephen. How are you?

00:00:30   I am good. You doing all right?

00:00:32   I am doing fantastic today.

00:00:36   Good.

00:00:36   I'm really, really happy to do the show with you. I'm bringing a fun topic that we'll talk about. Actually, two fun topics that we'll talk about later. So yeah, I'm good.

00:00:44   Yeah, you got some great stuff in here, but we're going to start with follow-up because that's what you do at the beginning of a tech podcast in our universe.

00:00:53   Talking about the rumored design of the next generation of iPhones with that camera bar across the top of the Pro phones.

00:01:01   Evan and many others, I'm giving Evan credit because Evan was first.

00:01:05   Okay.

00:01:06   Evan said, I've always assumed, but haven't heard podcasts mentioned, that the extra space will be filled with camera improvements.

00:01:14   The telephoto lens in particular would benefit from a deeper area to run its tetraprism design across.

00:01:21   I don't see Apple adding extra weight and dimension to the phone needlessly.

00:01:26   And this does, this is me, not Evan.

00:01:30   There is a rumor that the telephoto camera on the Pros will go to 48 megapickles up from the 12 that it is now, which would be awesome.

00:01:41   And so maybe they need that extra space for like the 48 megapickle.

00:01:48   I know I said it wrong, so I'm just staying with it now.

00:01:50   That sensor will be physically bigger than the 12, I think.

00:01:55   And so maybe they've got to shift it over or maybe they want to have even further zoom.

00:02:01   But in addition to the area, like it gives them depth, right?

00:02:05   Like the depth of the phone is really what limits the cameras.

00:02:08   That's why we have the camera bumps to begin with.

00:02:11   And so maybe this gives them more space in there.

00:02:15   But I do agree with Evan.

00:02:16   I don't think they would do this just as a design feature.

00:02:22   Like if these phones come out and iFixit cracks it open on day two and there's like nothing in there or like there's no clear reason that that camera bar exists on the Pro phones, I would be surprised.

00:02:34   So but help me understand something.

00:02:37   So are we thinking that the Tetra Prism design will like, when Evan mentioned, runs across the area, like are we saying that Apple is going to extend that camera system like horizontal?

00:02:52   Actually, across the surface of the camera bump?

00:02:55   Like, is that the idea?

00:02:56   I think so.

00:02:57   I think so.

00:02:58   Like a periscope lens.

00:02:59   Huh.

00:03:00   Well, that's something I was not thinking about.

00:03:04   Yeah.

00:03:05   That's interesting.

00:03:05   You can do that?

00:03:06   Maybe.

00:03:07   I mean, I think some of the other phones that have the periscope lens, like it's more, you know, sort of long and skinny.

00:03:15   The Tetra Prism that Apple designed, you know, the light bounces around a few times.

00:03:20   And it may be that if they stretch that design now and it has fewer bounces or turns of the light, maybe the quality is better.

00:03:27   Maybe it's the layout just has to change if they go up in density on the sensor.

00:03:32   But it's definitely interesting to consider that what Apple could do with that that extra volume in the phone.

00:03:41   Hmm.

00:03:43   Interesting.

00:03:44   Well, I was not I was not considering this option.

00:03:47   Hmm.

00:03:47   OK.

00:03:48   Yeah.

00:03:48   And then we have to talk about the iPhone Mesa.

00:03:52   I'm sorry.

00:03:53   An anonymous.

00:03:56   Anonymous listener wrote in and said, I worked on some Apple commercials a few years back, a few years back.

00:04:05   At that time, Apple internally referred to the physical camera area of the phone as the, quote, camera plateau.

00:04:13   And discussing on how they wanted the product to appear.

00:04:16   This name, of course, never appears in public facing documentation, but it was their, quote, official name inside the company.

00:04:24   So my question to you, Federico, Plateau or Mesa?

00:04:28   Plateau, because more people understand it, because it's also the name of the great plateau in The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild.

00:04:36   So I think Mesa is just a name that, you know, people want to use because they think they sound fancy.

00:04:42   You know, you know, a lot of people, a lot of people in the Apple community have Apple marketing syndrome in which they think they work at Apple marketing and they can come up with nicknames because they have been imbued with the culture of Apple marketing.

00:04:58   Plateau is a name that more people understand.

00:05:01   And I think it's a more reasonable name.

00:05:02   Okay.

00:05:04   I love the feedback.

00:05:06   That's awesome.

00:05:08   We got some follow out.

00:05:11   That's where we tell you to go listen to other shows when you're done with this one.

00:05:15   Episode 428 of App Stories was a special one.

00:05:22   Will you tell us about it?

00:05:24   Yeah, we had, you know, this guy, Mark Gurman.

00:05:29   I don't know if you've heard of him.

00:05:31   I have.

00:05:31   We're going to talk about him again in a minute.

00:05:33   The sheriff has been, you know, on App Stories.

00:05:38   We talked to Mark about his Apple reporting career, how he got started.

00:05:44   You may not know that Mark actually started making dashboard widgets.

00:05:47   That's really cool.

00:05:49   When he was in high school.

00:05:50   And then, obviously, you know, when he started reporting rumors for 9to5Mac and the move to Bloomberg in 2016 and sort of like what the Apple rumor industry looks like today.

00:06:01   You know, all those things.

00:06:02   And I think it's been an interesting conversation with Mark, especially, you know, sort of talking to the person instead of the byline that you see on Bloomberg necessarily, like actually getting to ask Mark, you know, how do you actually get your work done?

00:06:18   What is, you know, how do you make a decision as to whether you want to report on something that you heard or not?

00:06:24   And those were like, you know, I asked Mark, hey, what do you think of this new generation of leakers that you see this?

00:06:32   Like, it was a fun conversation.

00:06:34   And so, yeah, I'm really happy that we were able to have that episode with Mark.

00:06:37   Yeah, I thought it was great.

00:06:39   I really enjoyed the interview.

00:06:43   I think what was most interesting to me is that he writes in the CMS.

00:06:48   Like, Mark, don't do that.

00:06:50   That's a terrible idea.

00:06:51   Like, don't write in the CMS.

00:06:54   I was also surprised that he's been at Bloomberg for nine years.

00:06:57   Like, that feels new to me.

00:06:59   You know?

00:07:00   I know, right?

00:07:02   It feels like, I don't know, three years, but no, it's one.

00:07:05   But no, it was great.

00:07:06   We're going to talk about some more German stuff in a second.

00:07:09   But congratulations on the interview.

00:07:10   Got a great job with it.

00:07:12   I was on Upgrade episode 556 that came out on Monday.

00:07:18   Mike, of course, is still on paternity leave.

00:07:21   And so, Jason has had people filling in.

00:07:24   I've got to say, I love being on Upgrade.

00:07:26   Like, Jason and I don't get to talk about tech very often in public.

00:07:30   I mean, we talk about it privately.

00:07:31   And Upgrade is just such a great show.

00:07:33   And so, we talked about a bunch of stuff.

00:07:35   He's been on a bit of a journey with some TV streaming stuff.

00:07:39   We talked about that.

00:07:40   We talked about some rumors and some legal stuff.

00:07:43   It was a lot of fun.

00:07:44   So, Upgrade 556 and App Stories 428 both get the seal of approval this week.

00:07:52   Yeah.

00:07:53   Thank you.

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00:10:04   It is the end of March, and that means WWDC dates are here.

00:10:08   Apple Newsroom yesterday announced that WWDC 25 will be the week of June 9th.

00:10:18   So the second full week of June running through the 13th.

00:10:22   And it is going to follow the template set kind of in this post-COVID era, right?

00:10:28   So the keynote and a few specific things on campus are a small number of people, but the rest of the conference will be online.

00:10:38   And there was some talk.

00:10:41   I don't think we got to it on the show.

00:10:43   It was like one of those things that was like in my notes and just never made it.

00:10:46   But a feeling of like if Apple was going to return to the in-person conference, like this year may be a really good year for it, like vibe-wise, like to kind of bolster the community.

00:10:57   They did not take advantage of that, but it's going to be the way it's been.

00:11:04   And don't get me wrong, there are lots of positives, I think, to the current sort of version of WWDC.

00:11:10   The main one being is it's accessible to everyone and the content's out there basically immediately for everybody, right?

00:11:16   Like they drop a bunch of videos at a set time each morning.

00:11:20   And then if you're a developer, I think they've used Slack in the past for like one-on-ones and you can, you know, meet with Apple experts.

00:11:29   So, so yeah, June 9th through 13th, we're going to talk in a minute about some of the things we expect to be there.

00:11:36   But of course, we'll be doing our Rickies episode on June 4th.

00:11:40   So be sure to take off work in preparation for that.

00:11:42   Prepare yourselves for the Rickies.

00:11:46   So the, the question for me is, what are our plans?

00:11:51   Are you, are you going to go?

00:11:53   I don't know.

00:11:59   I, I don't know because like, I would love to go and see people, right?

00:12:06   See people like you or John or developers or folks that I know at Apple.

00:12:13   My, honestly, like my main issue right now is the idea of traveling to the United States as a European.

00:12:20   Yeah.

00:12:21   It's complicated.

00:12:22   And the idea of potentially someone, you know, at the border, you know, looking at my social media history and determining, oh, we think this guy is not a friend of the U.S. government.

00:12:37   And potentially something happening to me because of that, like, it doesn't sound great, you know, it, uh, I don't, I don't want to be arrested for doing nothing.

00:12:48   My tweets.

00:12:49   Do you know, I, it goes without saying, uh, uh, like I, I, I love traveling to the United States.

00:12:57   I, I love what I've seen in the United States.

00:12:59   I have my closest friend, my business partner, they're all in the United States.

00:13:03   I have a, uh, uh, yeah, we run an American company.

00:13:06   We pay taxes in America.

00:13:07   And yet here we are.

00:13:09   It, it, it doesn't sound like a great prospect right now to just say blindly, yeah, I'm going to America.

00:13:17   Yeah.

00:13:17   You know, sight unseen.

00:13:19   Yeah.

00:13:19   I don't know.

00:13:20   I don't know.

00:13:21   No, I, I totally get it.

00:13:24   And if you are part of the population that our current government doesn't like, uh, it's, it's genuinely scary.

00:13:34   So I totally get that.

00:13:35   I've had that conversation with several people, uh, that, that don't feel comfortable coming in right now.

00:13:40   For me, I'm already here and my plan is to go if I have a press invitation, which I had for years, I did not get one last year, which was disappointing.

00:13:51   Um, so I have a refundable hotel room, but no flights.

00:13:55   And if a, if, uh, Apple PR smiles upon me, uh, my plan is to be there, but if not, I will cover it from home.

00:14:02   And that's, uh, that's the plan.

00:14:05   And Mike's busy.

00:14:06   Mike's got a baby.

00:14:07   He's not going.

00:14:08   But, uh, that all, that all said, it's kind of dumb to read too much into Apple invite art, but let's do it.

00:14:19   I think we should do it.

00:14:20   Yes, we are dumb.

00:14:22   It's a, yes.

00:14:23   Okay.

00:14:23   Um, we can, we can just say it.

00:14:25   So you look at the WWDC 2025 logo, right?

00:14:28   There is a colorful element, right?

00:14:34   And there is a 25, uh, the number two and the number five, uh, with a sort of frosted glass

00:14:44   light appearance going on.

00:14:49   Basically almost looks, and it's got a bit of depth.

00:14:51   It's got a bit of shadows.

00:14:52   It looks like the light mode equivalent of the vision OS UI.

00:14:58   And I'll give you one more, Steven.

00:15:00   I'll give you one more.

00:15:01   If you zoom in on the WWDC 2025 logo and you zoom in on the numbers.

00:15:06   Okay.

00:15:07   Oh, those are actually zooming on the numbers.

00:15:10   Those are actually 3D.

00:15:12   Okay.

00:15:13   You see, there's actually 3D objects.

00:15:15   Yeah.

00:15:15   There's like a, there's like a lip on the left side.

00:15:17   Yes.

00:15:18   And pay especially close attention to the number two.

00:15:22   It reflects the colors of the WWDC logo next to it.

00:15:28   Yes, it does.

00:15:29   Yeah.

00:15:30   And you know, what's the other operating system that sort of has windows that reflect and

00:15:35   cast off light and shadows?

00:15:39   Wait, not Vista.

00:15:40   No, absolutely correct.

00:15:42   You got it.

00:15:42   It's Windows Vista.

00:15:43   Yeah.

00:15:45   Yeah.

00:15:46   So, I mean, it's dumb to, to try and predict to where Apple is going design wise by looking

00:15:52   at a logo for WWDC.

00:15:55   But then again, but then again, but then again, why not?

00:16:01   It's right there.

00:16:01   It's right there.

00:16:03   I got a couple of things to add.

00:16:04   I hate how they squished the two W's together.

00:16:08   Like it doesn't even look like a letter.

00:16:09   It's like three V's.

00:16:11   V, V, V, V, D, C.

00:16:12   You know?

00:16:14   Let's go.

00:16:15   V, V, V, oh wait, is V, V, V, V?

00:16:18   That's like an, um, V, V, V is an old like Roman history thing from, is there another thing

00:16:30   that Caesar said

00:16:31   like Veni,

00:16:33   Vidi,

00:16:33   Vinci,

00:16:34   which means

00:16:35   I came,

00:16:36   I saw,

00:16:36   I conquered?

00:16:37   I think so,

00:16:38   yeah.

00:16:38   Yeah.

00:16:39   So,

00:16:40   I came,

00:16:42   I saw,

00:16:42   I conquered

00:16:43   the developer conference.

00:16:45   Is that what,

00:16:45   is that the message

00:16:46   Apple wants to send

00:16:47   to the community

00:16:47   right now?

00:16:48   I'm just asking.

00:16:52   Also,

00:16:54   we're just going

00:16:55   to talk over it,

00:16:56   but like my generator

00:16:57   is running.

00:16:57   So if you can hear it,

00:16:58   that's why we recorded

00:16:59   late the other day.

00:17:00   There's a guy

00:17:01   here working on it.

00:17:02   So,

00:17:02   I'm sorry.

00:17:02   I can't,

00:17:03   I can't do anything

00:17:04   about that.

00:17:04   The,

00:17:06   yeah,

00:17:07   the reflection stuff

00:17:08   is super interesting

00:17:09   and I wouldn't normally

00:17:10   read into it

00:17:11   except that we have

00:17:12   all these rumors

00:17:13   that macOS and iOS

00:17:15   is going to have

00:17:16   some Vision OS

00:17:17   sort of mixed into it

00:17:19   and I think

00:17:21   that's really interesting

00:17:22   and that brings us

00:17:23   to the dueling rumors.

00:17:25   There are few things

00:17:27   I love more

00:17:28   than covering Apple

00:17:29   than having

00:17:30   people who

00:17:33   report rumors

00:17:34   disagree with each other.

00:17:35   It's just so much fun

00:17:36   because you get to pick sides

00:17:37   and, you know,

00:17:38   see who's going to win.

00:17:39   Yeah, I love it.

00:17:39   I love it, yeah.

00:17:40   So let me walk you

00:17:41   through the timeline.

00:17:43   Months ago,

00:17:45   John Pross,

00:17:45   remember him?

00:17:46   He shaved his eyebrows

00:17:47   when he was wrong

00:17:47   about something

00:17:48   and I think he was the one

00:17:49   who said there were

00:17:50   going to be Steve Jobs

00:17:51   limited edition

00:17:52   vision glasses

00:17:53   or something.

00:17:54   Sorry, I think you mean

00:17:55   Heritage Edition?

00:17:56   Yes, I'm sorry.

00:17:57   Yes.

00:17:57   Yeah, that'll be in the show notes

00:18:01   because we've got to be thorough.

00:18:02   So Prosser for a while

00:18:04   has said that this is going

00:18:05   to be in the works

00:18:07   and he had some mock-ups

00:18:08   early on that honestly

00:18:09   I liked the way they looked

00:18:10   and he then

00:18:15   on his podcast

00:18:16   had some screenshots

00:18:18   or like it looked like

00:18:19   it was actually running

00:18:19   on a phone

00:18:20   potentially

00:18:21   it's kind of unclear

00:18:22   of particularly

00:18:24   the messages app

00:18:26   and there's sort of like

00:18:27   this round racked

00:18:28   around the keyboard

00:18:29   and the buttons

00:18:30   have circles around them

00:18:31   so buttons look like

00:18:32   buttons again

00:18:33   but honestly

00:18:34   when I saw it

00:18:35   I was like

00:18:35   that's honestly

00:18:36   a little disappointing

00:18:37   like that's not

00:18:37   sort of the big

00:18:39   sweeping change

00:18:40   that Gurman said

00:18:41   was going to be coming

00:18:43   and then Gurman comes out

00:18:46   and was like

00:18:46   hey those designs

00:18:48   that are quote

00:18:48   floating around

00:18:49   are very old builds

00:18:53   or based on like

00:18:54   descriptions

00:18:54   someone heard

00:18:55   and aren't really

00:18:57   what Apple is

00:18:58   is going to do

00:18:59   and on his Discord

00:19:02   he said

00:19:02   he, referring to Prosser

00:19:04   either has very old screenshots

00:19:06   or hasn't seen

00:19:08   the real thing

00:19:09   so you know

00:19:10   shots fired

00:19:11   but I think

00:19:13   you put all this together

00:19:14   like

00:19:15   I mean

00:19:16   I don't think

00:19:16   you would lose points

00:19:17   in the

00:19:19   in the rickies

00:19:20   to say that

00:19:20   hey

00:19:20   there's going to be

00:19:22   a redesign coming

00:19:23   yeah

00:19:24   I mean

00:19:25   that seems pretty

00:19:26   pretty obvious

00:19:27   at this point

00:19:27   also

00:19:28   Gurman didn't

00:19:29   exactly say

00:19:30   like

00:19:31   he didn't

00:19:32   say

00:19:33   oh those screenshots

00:19:34   are completely wrong

00:19:35   right

00:19:36   so

00:19:37   I mean

00:19:39   to me

00:19:39   this looks like

00:19:40   a mock-up

00:19:40   and you know

00:19:41   the video

00:19:41   that Prosser did

00:19:42   like he was talking

00:19:43   to his co-host

00:19:44   be like

00:19:44   hey do you want

00:19:45   to see a screenshot

00:19:46   of iOS 90

00:19:46   like

00:19:47   that's not

00:19:47   a screenshot

00:19:48   I

00:19:49   you know

00:19:50   I'm willing to bet

00:19:51   that it's not like

00:19:51   an actual screenshot

00:19:52   you can obviously tell

00:19:54   that it's a mock-up

00:19:54   the quick type

00:19:56   corrections above

00:19:57   the keyboard

00:19:57   say

00:19:58   front page tech

00:19:59   which is the name

00:20:00   of Prosser's channel

00:20:01   so

00:20:01   it is a mock-up

00:20:03   it's not a screenshot

00:20:04   but Gurman

00:20:05   is not saying

00:20:06   no no

00:20:06   this is completely

00:20:07   bonkers

00:20:07   this is totally wrong

00:20:08   it's not what

00:20:09   it's going to look like

00:20:10   so

00:20:11   I think the next few months

00:20:13   are going to be interesting

00:20:13   I want to see

00:20:15   if

00:20:16   Apple in 2025

00:20:17   especially when it comes

00:20:18   to software

00:20:19   is a company

00:20:20   that

00:20:20   that leaks

00:20:21   more

00:20:22   than

00:20:22   before

00:20:23   that's

00:20:25   something that I want

00:20:26   to keep an eye on

00:20:26   a company

00:20:27   under pressure

00:20:28   like it or not

00:20:29   do they have more people

00:20:31   talking

00:20:32   to

00:20:32   external

00:20:33   folks

00:20:34   than in the past

00:20:35   we'll see

00:20:35   I mean

00:20:37   do you

00:20:37   do you remember

00:20:38   back

00:20:39   with iOS 7

00:20:40   like the photos

00:20:41   icon leaked

00:20:42   like right before

00:20:43   maybe even

00:20:45   by Gurman

00:20:45   I'm trying to

00:20:48   Google as I talk

00:20:49   but

00:20:50   I think

00:20:51   we're going to see

00:20:52   more of this

00:20:52   before it's

00:20:54   before it's over

00:20:55   yeah

00:20:56   excuse me

00:20:56   it was

00:20:57   I download blog

00:20:58   so Sonny Dixon

00:20:59   had it

00:20:59   okay

00:20:59   got it

00:21:00   huh

00:21:02   so I

00:21:03   I think

00:21:03   I think

00:21:03   we will

00:21:04   probably

00:21:04   see

00:21:04   more

00:21:05   of this

00:21:05   before

00:21:05   the time

00:21:06   comes

00:21:06   but I'm

00:21:07   I'm excited

00:21:08   about it

00:21:08   I mean

00:21:09   there's lots

00:21:10   of things

00:21:10   to kind of

00:21:11   be anxious

00:21:12   about right now

00:21:13   in the Apple

00:21:13   world

00:21:14   but

00:21:15   assuming they

00:21:16   don't blow it

00:21:17   on the Mac

00:21:17   in particular

00:21:18   like I like

00:21:19   the way this

00:21:19   looks

00:21:20   I think

00:21:20   adding some

00:21:21   depth

00:21:21   and honestly

00:21:22   making buttons

00:21:23   look like buttons

00:21:24   like some of

00:21:24   that could be

00:21:25   really good

00:21:25   on the iPhone

00:21:26   and iPad

00:21:26   in particular

00:21:27   so like

00:21:28   I'm excited

00:21:29   yeah

00:21:30   yeah

00:21:30   me too

00:21:31   all right

00:21:32   Steven

00:21:32   I have

00:21:34   a couple

00:21:34   of topics

00:21:35   that are

00:21:36   part of

00:21:38   sort of

00:21:38   me changing

00:21:39   as a

00:21:40   as a

00:21:40   as a computer

00:21:41   user

00:21:41   which is

00:21:43   a broader

00:21:44   thing

00:21:44   that

00:21:45   you will hear

00:21:47   more and more

00:21:48   on this show

00:21:49   and on Mac

00:21:49   stories

00:21:50   between now

00:21:51   and before

00:21:52   Mike comes

00:21:53   back

00:21:53   yeah

00:21:54   this is gonna

00:21:54   be a thing

00:21:55   this is gonna

00:21:55   be a thing

00:21:55   all right

00:21:56   and there's

00:21:57   gonna be

00:21:57   multiple things

00:21:58   and today

00:21:58   I'm bringing

00:21:59   two of them

00:21:59   so the first

00:22:01   one is that

00:22:02   for the past

00:22:03   month or so

00:22:03   I've been using

00:22:04   a Mac mini

00:22:05   server

00:22:05   this is not

00:22:07   mine

00:22:07   I don't

00:22:08   own this

00:22:09   computer

00:22:09   it's a Mac

00:22:10   mini server

00:22:10   hosted at

00:22:11   Mac Stadium

00:22:12   used to be

00:22:12   called Mac

00:22:13   mini colon

00:22:13   it's Mac

00:22:14   Stadium

00:22:14   okay

00:22:15   and I

00:22:15   started using

00:22:16   this Mac

00:22:16   mini server

00:22:17   it's a Mac

00:22:17   mini with

00:22:17   the M4

00:22:18   M4

00:22:20   just plain

00:22:20   M4

00:22:21   just the base

00:22:21   M4

00:22:22   okay

00:22:22   base

00:22:22   yeah

00:22:23   it's a Mac

00:22:23   mini that I

00:22:24   set up about

00:22:25   a month ago

00:22:25   and that I've

00:22:27   been using

00:22:27   for a

00:22:28   variety of

00:22:29   tasks

00:22:30   most of

00:22:32   them related

00:22:32   to automation

00:22:33   different kinds

00:22:35   of automation

00:22:35   and I kind of

00:22:36   wanted to talk

00:22:37   about some

00:22:37   of these

00:22:37   the first

00:22:39   one

00:22:39   which I

00:22:40   think is

00:22:40   obviously gonna

00:22:41   deserve a

00:22:42   proper article

00:22:43   on Mac

00:22:43   stories at

00:22:44   some point

00:22:44   in the near

00:22:45   future

00:22:45   is I

00:22:47   figured out

00:22:48   a way

00:22:48   to trigger

00:22:50   shortcuts

00:22:51   running on

00:22:52   my Mac

00:22:52   mini

00:22:53   from

00:22:54   Android

00:22:54   so I've

00:22:58   been using

00:22:58   this Android

00:22:59   tablet

00:22:59   right

00:23:00   that I

00:23:01   mentioned on

00:23:01   the show

00:23:01   before I

00:23:02   mentioned on

00:23:03   app stories

00:23:03   on MPC

00:23:04   it's this

00:23:05   sort of

00:23:05   iPad mini

00:23:06   but it's

00:23:06   on Android

00:23:07   but it's

00:23:07   Android

00:23:07   it's made

00:23:08   by Lenovo

00:23:08   it's the

00:23:09   Lenovo

00:23:09   Legion tab

00:23:10   really

00:23:10   really good

00:23:11   small tablet

00:23:11   but obviously

00:23:13   when I do

00:23:13   my reading

00:23:14   at night

00:23:14   or I'm

00:23:15   watching some

00:23:15   YouTube

00:23:15   videos

00:23:16   like

00:23:16   there's

00:23:17   multiple

00:23:18   times

00:23:18   where I'm

00:23:19   like I'm

00:23:19   reading an

00:23:19   article

00:23:19   or I'm

00:23:20   watching a

00:23:20   video

00:23:20   like I

00:23:21   actually

00:23:21   want to

00:23:22   save this

00:23:22   for the

00:23:24   newsletter

00:23:24   or I

00:23:25   want to

00:23:25   save it

00:23:25   for Mac

00:23:26   stories

00:23:26   and typically

00:23:27   if I were

00:23:29   to do this

00:23:29   on my

00:23:30   computer

00:23:30   or if I

00:23:30   were to

00:23:31   do this

00:23:31   on my

00:23:31   iPhone

00:23:32   I would

00:23:33   just run

00:23:33   shortcuts

00:23:33   right

00:23:34   because I

00:23:34   have

00:23:34   shortcuts

00:23:35   that save

00:23:35   those links

00:23:36   or like

00:23:37   even just

00:23:38   if I have

00:23:38   an idea

00:23:39   for example

00:23:39   I have

00:23:41   shortcuts

00:23:41   that do

00:23:41   all this

00:23:42   that take

00:23:43   a link

00:23:43   and do

00:23:44   a bunch

00:23:44   of things

00:23:44   and save

00:23:45   it in

00:23:45   Obsidian

00:23:46   save it

00:23:46   in Todoist

00:23:47   like I

00:23:47   have my

00:23:48   shortcuts

00:23:48   I have

00:23:49   hundreds of

00:23:49   shortcuts

00:23:50   but I

00:23:50   have my

00:23:51   like 10

00:23:51   shortcuts

00:23:52   that I

00:23:52   use on

00:23:52   a daily

00:23:53   basis

00:23:53   and you

00:23:55   know if

00:23:55   I'm using

00:23:56   Android

00:23:56   it's like

00:23:57   okay what

00:23:57   am I doing

00:23:58   now

00:23:58   am I just

00:23:59   do I need

00:23:59   to save

00:24:00   them somewhere

00:24:00   else

00:24:01   because obviously

00:24:01   there's no

00:24:02   shortcuts on

00:24:03   Android

00:24:03   but I

00:24:04   figured out a

00:24:04   system that

00:24:05   involves

00:24:05   Tasker

00:24:06   so Tasker

00:24:08   is an

00:24:08   Android

00:24:09   application

00:24:09   that is

00:24:09   often

00:24:10   mentioned

00:24:10   as like

00:24:11   oh this

00:24:11   is much

00:24:12   better and

00:24:13   more powerful

00:24:13   than shortcuts

00:24:14   yeah

00:24:14   now let

00:24:15   me tell

00:24:15   let me tell

00:24:15   you Steven

00:24:16   I don't

00:24:17   know if

00:24:17   you've ever

00:24:17   played around

00:24:18   with Tasker

00:24:18   shortcuts

00:24:20   users have

00:24:21   no idea

00:24:21   how good

00:24:22   they have

00:24:23   it until

00:24:24   they play

00:24:24   around with

00:24:25   Tasker

00:24:25   with all due

00:24:27   respect to

00:24:28   Tasker

00:24:28   but it is

00:24:29   the quintessential

00:24:31   Android app

00:24:32   in terms of

00:24:33   user friendliness

00:24:34   and design

00:24:35   and just how

00:24:36   things are

00:24:37   laid out

00:24:38   and how you're

00:24:40   supposed to set

00:24:40   up commands

00:24:42   and workflows

00:24:43   it's very

00:24:44   confusing

00:24:44   it's very

00:24:45   powerful

00:24:45   mind you

00:24:46   it's very

00:24:47   very

00:24:47   powerful

00:24:47   but it's

00:24:48   also very

00:24:49   confusing

00:24:49   and you

00:24:50   know

00:24:51   regardless

00:24:52   I figured

00:24:52   out a

00:24:53   system

00:24:53   to

00:24:53   with just

00:24:54   two actions

00:24:55   because I

00:24:56   couldn't

00:24:56   bring myself

00:24:57   to do

00:24:57   anything

00:24:57   more complex

00:24:58   than that

00:24:59   in Tasker

00:25:00   to send

00:25:02   off

00:25:02   it's basically

00:25:03   like I'm

00:25:03   sending off

00:25:04   a web book

00:25:05   like it's

00:25:06   calling a

00:25:06   URL

00:25:07   that URL

00:25:08   is on

00:25:09   a little

00:25:09   server

00:25:10   app

00:25:11   that is

00:25:11   running

00:25:11   on my

00:25:12   Mac Mini

00:25:12   and when

00:25:13   the Mac Mini

00:25:14   sees that

00:25:14   you know

00:25:15   web book

00:25:16   it fires

00:25:17   off a

00:25:17   shortcut

00:25:17   so that's

00:25:18   the idea

00:25:18   so I

00:25:19   have a

00:25:19   system

00:25:20   that is

00:25:21   always there

00:25:21   in the

00:25:21   cloud

00:25:22   that allows

00:25:23   me to

00:25:23   trigger

00:25:23   shortcuts

00:25:24   from Android

00:25:24   but the

00:25:25   shortcuts

00:25:25   themselves

00:25:26   they're

00:25:27   obviously

00:25:27   running

00:25:27   in the

00:25:28   shortcuts

00:25:28   app

00:25:28   on the

00:25:28   Mac Mini

00:25:29   I have

00:25:30   other

00:25:30   use cases

00:25:31   for the

00:25:31   Mac Mini

00:25:32   I've been

00:25:32   using a

00:25:33   variety

00:25:34   of

00:25:34   large

00:25:35   language

00:25:36   model

00:25:36   tasks

00:25:37   on the

00:25:38   Mini

00:25:38   mostly in

00:25:40   the terminal

00:25:40   I've been

00:25:41   using this

00:25:42   really

00:25:43   really

00:25:43   great

00:25:43   command

00:25:44   line

00:25:44   utility

00:25:44   by

00:25:45   Simon

00:25:46   Willison

00:25:46   just called

00:25:47   LLM

00:25:48   that's a

00:25:49   name

00:25:49   it's a

00:25:49   command

00:25:50   line

00:25:50   utility

00:25:50   that you

00:25:51   can install

00:25:51   manually

00:25:52   you can

00:25:52   install it

00:25:52   with

00:25:53   Python

00:25:53   you can

00:25:53   install it

00:25:54   with

00:25:54   Homebrew

00:25:55   and you

00:25:56   just

00:25:56   it

00:25:56   basically

00:25:57   gives you

00:25:57   access to

00:25:58   all the

00:25:58   modern

00:25:59   large

00:26:00   language

00:26:00   models

00:26:00   from the

00:26:01   terminal

00:26:02   and I've

00:26:03   been using

00:26:03   it to

00:26:04   run some

00:26:05   experiments

00:26:05   to

00:26:06   transcribe

00:26:06   videos

00:26:08   as well

00:26:09   as

00:26:09   app stories

00:26:10   episodes

00:26:10   automatically

00:26:12   so I've

00:26:13   created a

00:26:14   bunch of

00:26:14   like

00:26:14   commands

00:26:15   to

00:26:15   transcribe

00:26:16   podcast

00:26:18   files

00:26:18   like

00:26:19   mp3s

00:26:19   generate

00:26:20   a transcript

00:26:21   and then

00:26:22   take the

00:26:22   transcript

00:26:22   and fix

00:26:24   some common

00:26:24   errors

00:26:25   and turn

00:26:25   that transcript

00:26:26   into an

00:26:27   SRT file

00:26:29   that we can

00:26:29   use on

00:26:30   YouTube

00:26:30   that's

00:26:31   basically

00:26:31   part of

00:26:32   me sort

00:26:33   of trying

00:26:33   to figure

00:26:33   out

00:26:33   how much

00:26:34   can I

00:26:35   help

00:26:35   John's

00:26:36   production

00:26:37   workflow

00:26:37   when it

00:26:38   comes to

00:26:39   podcasting

00:26:39   and YouTube

00:26:40   creation

00:26:41   just because

00:26:42   you know

00:26:42   I'm sort

00:26:44   of the guy

00:26:45   at Mac

00:26:46   Stories in

00:26:46   charge of

00:26:47   coming up

00:26:47   with automations

00:26:48   and shortcuts

00:26:49   for people

00:26:49   like not

00:26:50   just for

00:26:50   readers

00:26:51   but like

00:26:51   internally

00:26:51   for the

00:26:52   Mac Stories

00:26:52   team

00:26:53   and I

00:26:53   figured

00:26:54   maybe I

00:26:54   can help

00:26:54   John

00:26:55   with this

00:26:56   sort of

00:26:56   stuff

00:26:56   so that's

00:26:57   obviously

00:26:58   a terminal

00:26:58   is not

00:26:59   something that

00:26:59   you get on

00:26:59   an iPad

00:27:00   right

00:27:00   and this

00:27:01   and this

00:27:02   was

00:27:02   it's kind

00:27:02   of perfect

00:27:03   for the

00:27:03   Mac Mini

00:27:03   because like

00:27:04   you can

00:27:04   just

00:27:05   fire off

00:27:06   the command

00:27:06   and then

00:27:07   leave it

00:27:07   running

00:27:08   like it's

00:27:09   not even

00:27:09   running

00:27:09   in the

00:27:09   background

00:27:10   it's

00:27:10   running

00:27:11   in

00:27:11   Las

00:27:11   Vegas

00:27:12   you know

00:27:12   it's

00:27:13   running

00:27:14   in another

00:27:16   country

00:27:16   yeah

00:27:17   so that's

00:27:18   in a data

00:27:19   center

00:27:19   which is

00:27:19   just

00:27:20   I mean

00:27:20   it's cool

00:27:21   right

00:27:21   like it's

00:27:22   yeah

00:27:22   yeah

00:27:23   it's cool

00:27:23   so how

00:27:24   are you

00:27:24   getting to

00:27:25   the Mac

00:27:25   Mini

00:27:26   are you

00:27:26   like

00:27:26   remoting

00:27:26   into

00:27:27   the

00:27:27   like

00:27:28   the

00:27:28   GUI

00:27:28   to do

00:27:29   this

00:27:29   terminal

00:27:29   stuff

00:27:30   or what

00:27:30   yes

00:27:30   sir

00:27:31   yes

00:27:31   sir

00:27:31   and

00:27:32   I

00:27:33   want to

00:27:33   recommend

00:27:34   jump

00:27:35   desktop

00:27:36   okay

00:27:36   jump

00:27:36   desktop

00:27:37   is so

00:27:39   much

00:27:39   better

00:27:39   than

00:27:40   VNC

00:27:40   in my

00:27:41   experience

00:27:41   it's using

00:27:42   the

00:27:43   it doesn't

00:27:43   use the

00:27:44   VNC

00:27:44   protocol

00:27:45   it uses

00:27:45   the

00:27:46   RDP

00:27:46   remote

00:27:47   remote

00:27:47   desktop

00:27:47   protocol

00:27:48   which I

00:27:48   think

00:27:48   is a

00:27:49   Microsoft

00:27:49   thing

00:27:50   and

00:27:51   jump

00:27:52   desktop

00:27:52   you install

00:27:53   a client

00:27:53   like a

00:27:54   server

00:27:54   on the

00:27:55   Mac Mini

00:27:56   and then

00:27:56   you use

00:27:56   the client

00:27:57   on the

00:27:57   iPad

00:27:58   or any

00:27:58   other

00:27:58   computer

00:27:59   and the

00:28:00   quality

00:28:00   is just

00:28:00   so much

00:28:01   better

00:28:01   like the

00:28:01   image

00:28:02   quality

00:28:02   is so

00:28:02   much

00:28:02   better

00:28:03   the

00:28:03   latency

00:28:04   is

00:28:05   highly

00:28:06   reduced

00:28:06   compared

00:28:07   to

00:28:07   VNC

00:28:08   and

00:28:08   jump

00:28:09   desktop

00:28:09   in

00:28:09   particular

00:28:10   has

00:28:10   this

00:28:10   setting

00:28:11   where

00:28:11   it

00:28:11   automatically

00:28:12   uses

00:28:13   retina

00:28:14   quality

00:28:14   and

00:28:15   switches

00:28:16   the

00:28:17   resolution

00:28:18   of the

00:28:19   host

00:28:19   computer

00:28:20   to match

00:28:21   whatever

00:28:21   display

00:28:22   resolution

00:28:22   you're

00:28:23   using

00:28:23   on your

00:28:23   client

00:28:23   so

00:28:24   if I'm

00:28:25   accessing

00:28:26   the

00:28:26   Mac Mini

00:28:26   from an

00:28:27   iPad

00:28:27   I get

00:28:28   full screen

00:28:29   iPad

00:28:29   retina

00:28:30   resolution

00:28:30   for the

00:28:31   Mac Mini

00:28:32   that is

00:28:32   obviously

00:28:33   the Mac

00:28:33   Mini

00:28:33   is headless

00:28:34   doesn't

00:28:34   have a

00:28:34   physical

00:28:35   display

00:28:35   attached

00:28:35   to it

00:28:36   but

00:28:37   jump

00:28:37   desktop

00:28:38   sort of

00:28:38   takes care

00:28:39   of all

00:28:39   of that

00:28:39   so that's

00:28:40   very nice

00:28:40   I've

00:28:41   been

00:28:41   using

00:28:41   cursor

00:28:42   to

00:28:43   as the

00:28:44   kids

00:28:44   say

00:28:45   vibe

00:28:45   code

00:28:46   some

00:28:46   internal

00:28:48   things

00:28:49   I've

00:28:50   created

00:28:51   like

00:28:51   I was

00:28:52   actually

00:28:52   doing

00:28:52   some

00:28:53   reorganization

00:28:53   today

00:28:54   I've

00:28:55   created

00:28:55   about

00:28:56   like

00:28:56   10

00:28:57   sort of

00:28:58   personal

00:28:59   obsidian

00:28:59   plugins

00:29:00   just for

00:29:02   me

00:29:02   I don't

00:29:03   think I'm

00:29:04   going to

00:29:04   share this

00:29:04   with people

00:29:05   and I've

00:29:05   been

00:29:06   creating

00:29:06   these

00:29:06   plugins

00:29:07   sort of

00:29:07   just

00:29:07   you know

00:29:08   chatting

00:29:09   with an

00:29:10   LLM

00:29:10   in cursor

00:29:11   making the

00:29:12   plugin

00:29:12   and then

00:29:13   like I've

00:29:14   been sending

00:29:14   these plugins

00:29:15   to the

00:29:16   one true

00:29:17   son

00:29:17   fin

00:29:18   for like

00:29:19   actual

00:29:19   human

00:29:20   manual

00:29:20   review

00:29:21   which is

00:29:22   a process

00:29:23   that like

00:29:23   I don't know

00:29:24   makes me feel

00:29:24   better about

00:29:25   it

00:29:25   but like

00:29:27   you know

00:29:28   it's the

00:29:28   sort of

00:29:29   thing where

00:29:29   actually

00:29:30   Matt

00:29:31   Bertler

00:29:32   had a

00:29:33   great take

00:29:33   last night

00:29:34   on his

00:29:34   blog

00:29:34   how it

00:29:36   sort of

00:29:37   feels

00:29:37   empowering

00:29:37   to be

00:29:38   able to

00:29:39   do

00:29:39   this

00:29:40   like

00:29:40   low

00:29:40   stakes

00:29:41   personal

00:29:41   projects

00:29:42   with

00:29:43   these

00:29:43   tools

00:29:44   now

00:29:44   it's

00:29:46   the

00:29:46   sort of

00:29:46   thing

00:29:46   where

00:29:46   like

00:29:47   I

00:29:48   couldn't

00:29:48   hire

00:29:48   Finn

00:29:50   for

00:29:52   10

00:29:52   plugins

00:29:52   in the

00:29:53   span

00:29:53   of a

00:29:53   month

00:29:53   because

00:29:54   like

00:29:54   Finn

00:29:54   has a

00:29:54   day

00:29:55   job

00:29:55   it

00:29:56   does

00:29:57   these

00:29:57   things

00:29:57   on the

00:29:57   side

00:29:58   so

00:29:58   it

00:29:58   was

00:29:58   either

00:29:59   I'm

00:29:59   not

00:29:59   going to

00:29:59   have

00:29:59   these

00:30:00   tools

00:30:00   or

00:30:01   I like

00:30:02   to think

00:30:02   of these

00:30:03   things

00:30:03   as like

00:30:03   the

00:30:03   modern

00:30:04   equivalent

00:30:04   and the

00:30:05   more

00:30:05   powerful

00:30:05   equivalent

00:30:06   of me

00:30:06   spending

00:30:07   a week

00:30:07   copying

00:30:08   and pasting

00:30:08   random

00:30:08   bits of

00:30:09   code

00:30:09   from

00:30:09   Stack

00:30:10   Overflow

00:30:10   and

00:30:10   Reddit

00:30:11   it's

00:30:12   essentially

00:30:12   the same

00:30:12   thing

00:30:13   where

00:30:13   these

00:30:13   models

00:30:13   have

00:30:14   been

00:30:14   trained

00:30:14   on

00:30:14   the

00:30:15   Stack

00:30:15   Overflow

00:30:15   and

00:30:15   Reddit

00:30:16   and

00:30:16   GitHub

00:30:16   threads

00:30:17   but they

00:30:18   do it

00:30:18   for you

00:30:18   and so

00:30:19   yeah

00:30:19   I've

00:30:20   been

00:30:20   doing

00:30:20   that

00:30:21   I've

00:30:21   been

00:30:21   sort

00:30:21   of

00:30:21   leaving

00:30:21   the

00:30:22   Mac

00:30:22   mini

00:30:22   running

00:30:22   in the

00:30:23   background

00:30:23   with

00:30:23   cursor

00:30:24   doing

00:30:25   the

00:30:25   coding

00:30:25   and

00:30:26   then

00:30:26   I

00:30:26   go in

00:30:26   and

00:30:27   I

00:30:27   build

00:30:27   the

00:30:27   plugin

00:30:28   and

00:30:28   yeah

00:30:29   I

00:30:29   got

00:30:29   a bunch

00:30:29   of

00:30:29   things

00:30:29   in

00:30:30   Obsidian

00:30:30   that are

00:30:30   just

00:30:30   for me

00:30:31   like

00:30:31   very

00:30:31   specific

00:30:32   Mac

00:30:32   stories

00:30:32   things

00:30:33   but it's

00:30:34   been

00:30:34   nice

00:30:34   it's

00:30:35   been

00:30:35   nice

00:30:35   to

00:30:35   do

00:30:35   that

00:30:36   and

00:30:37   then

00:30:38   I

00:30:38   kind of

00:30:38   wanted

00:30:39   to

00:30:39   mention

00:30:40   the

00:30:40   final

00:30:40   item

00:30:41   which

00:30:41   will

00:30:41   lead

00:30:42   me

00:30:42   later

00:30:43   in

00:30:44   the

00:30:44   other

00:30:44   thing

00:30:44   that

00:30:45   I'm

00:30:45   bringing

00:30:45   to

00:30:45   the

00:30:45   show

00:30:45   today

00:30:46   this

00:30:47   is

00:30:47   something

00:30:47   that

00:30:47   I'm

00:30:47   going

00:30:48   to

00:30:48   share

00:30:48   this

00:30:48   Friday

00:30:49   in

00:30:49   Mac

00:30:50   Stories

00:30:50   Weekly

00:30:50   I

00:30:52   figured

00:30:53   out

00:30:53   a way

00:30:54   to

00:30:54   never

00:30:56   worry

00:30:57   about

00:30:58   the

00:30:58   shortcuts

00:30:59   permission

00:30:59   dialogues

00:31:00   again

00:31:01   never

00:31:02   again

00:31:03   so

00:31:03   when I

00:31:04   was

00:31:04   triggering

00:31:05   the

00:31:05   shortcuts

00:31:05   from

00:31:06   Android

00:31:06   initially

00:31:07   I was

00:31:08   happy

00:31:08   but that

00:31:09   happiness

00:31:09   lasted

00:31:10   for about

00:31:10   30

00:31:10   seconds

00:31:11   because

00:31:13   what I

00:31:13   didn't

00:31:13   consider

00:31:14   is that

00:31:15   whenever

00:31:15   you

00:31:16   call

00:31:17   a

00:31:17   shortcut

00:31:17   remotely

00:31:18   obviously

00:31:20   shortcuts

00:31:20   get

00:31:20   scared

00:31:21   and

00:31:21   be

00:31:21   like

00:31:21   ah

00:31:22   do

00:31:23   you

00:31:23   want

00:31:23   shortcuts

00:31:23   to

00:31:24   allow

00:31:24   access

00:31:25   to

00:31:25   this

00:31:25   URL

00:31:26   do

00:31:26   you

00:31:27   want

00:31:27   shortcuts

00:31:27   to

00:31:28   allow

00:31:29   access

00:31:29   to

00:31:29   this

00:31:30   file

00:31:30   what

00:31:31   about

00:31:31   this

00:31:31   folder

00:31:31   do

00:31:32   you

00:31:32   want

00:31:32   to

00:31:32   enable

00:31:32   this

00:31:33   shortcut

00:31:33   to

00:31:33   run

00:31:33   another

00:31:34   shortcut

00:31:34   it

00:31:34   was

00:31:34   like

00:31:35   a

00:31:35   deluge

00:31:36   of

00:31:36   dialogues

00:31:37   one

00:31:38   after

00:31:38   the

00:31:39   other

00:31:39   for

00:31:40   imagine

00:31:40   for

00:31:40   every

00:31:41   single

00:31:41   URL

00:31:42   from

00:31:43   an

00:31:43   individual

00:31:44   domain

00:31:44   that

00:31:45   I was

00:31:45   sending

00:31:46   from

00:31:46   my

00:31:47   Android

00:31:47   browser

00:31:48   to

00:31:49   the

00:31:49   Mac

00:31:49   mini

00:31:49   I was

00:31:50   getting

00:31:51   for

00:31:51   one

00:31:52   shortcut

00:31:52   five

00:31:53   permission

00:31:54   dialogues

00:31:54   for

00:31:54   each

00:31:55   URL

00:31:55   it was

00:31:56   impossible

00:31:56   it was

00:31:57   impossible

00:31:57   I would have to

00:31:58   log in

00:31:59   like grab my

00:31:59   iPad

00:32:00   open jump

00:32:01   desktop

00:32:01   allow

00:32:02   five

00:32:03   dialogues

00:32:04   and

00:32:04   and

00:32:04   then

00:32:05   the next

00:32:06   day

00:32:06   I would

00:32:06   be

00:32:06   sending

00:32:06   another

00:32:07   web

00:32:07   page

00:32:07   and

00:32:08   another

00:32:08   five

00:32:09   dialogues

00:32:09   this

00:32:10   is

00:32:10   impossible

00:32:11   it's

00:32:12   incredible

00:32:12   that

00:32:13   shortcuts

00:32:13   doesn't

00:32:13   have a

00:32:14   power

00:32:14   user

00:32:14   mode

00:32:15   where

00:32:15   I know

00:32:16   what I'm

00:32:16   doing

00:32:16   please

00:32:17   never

00:32:17   bother

00:32:17   me

00:32:17   again

00:32:18   but yet

00:32:19   here

00:32:19   we are

00:32:19   so

00:32:20   I

00:32:21   figured

00:32:22   out

00:32:22   a

00:32:22   system

00:32:22   like

00:32:23   this

00:32:23   week

00:32:23   when I

00:32:24   was

00:32:24   putting

00:32:24   together

00:32:24   the

00:32:25   next

00:32:26   topic

00:32:26   that

00:32:27   we're

00:32:27   going

00:32:27   to

00:32:27   talk

00:32:27   about

00:32:27   I

00:32:28   was

00:32:28   like

00:32:28   I

00:32:28   am

00:32:29   done

00:32:29   with

00:32:29   this

00:32:30   I

00:32:30   need

00:32:30   to

00:32:30   figure

00:32:31   out

00:32:31   a

00:32:31   solution

00:32:31   and

00:32:32   so

00:32:32   of

00:32:32   course

00:32:32   I

00:32:33   turned

00:32:33   to

00:32:34   good

00:32:35   old

00:32:35   friend

00:32:35   GUI

00:32:36   automation

00:32:36   graphical

00:32:38   user

00:32:38   interface

00:32:39   scripting

00:32:39   to have

00:32:41   a little

00:32:41   bot

00:32:41   a little

00:32:42   shortcut

00:32:42   that is

00:32:43   always

00:32:43   running

00:32:44   in fact

00:32:45   it's

00:32:45   running

00:32:45   every

00:32:46   10

00:32:46   seconds

00:32:46   and

00:32:47   clicks

00:32:47   the

00:32:48   button

00:32:48   for

00:32:49   me

00:32:49   yes

00:32:51   yes

00:32:52   so

00:32:53   I

00:32:53   will

00:32:54   have

00:32:54   the

00:32:54   backstory

00:32:55   and

00:32:55   all

00:32:55   the

00:32:55   details

00:32:56   and

00:32:56   the

00:32:56   code

00:32:57   on

00:32:58   Mac

00:32:58   stories

00:32:58   weekly

00:32:59   but

00:32:59   yeah

00:33:00   so

00:33:00   all

00:33:01   of

00:33:01   these

00:33:01   permission

00:33:02   dialogues

00:33:02   no

00:33:03   more

00:33:03   because

00:33:04   I

00:33:04   have

00:33:04   a

00:33:04   little

00:33:04   thing

00:33:05   that

00:33:05   is

00:33:06   always

00:33:06   running

00:33:06   because

00:33:07   Mac OS

00:33:07   lets

00:33:08   you build

00:33:08   these

00:33:08   kinds

00:33:09   of

00:33:09   things

00:33:09   that

00:33:10   run

00:33:10   every

00:33:10   10

00:33:11   seconds

00:33:11   that

00:33:12   clicks

00:33:12   the

00:33:13   button

00:33:14   for

00:33:14   me

00:33:14   incredible

00:33:16   yeah

00:33:17   I mean

00:33:18   it's

00:33:18   really dumb

00:33:19   that you

00:33:19   have to

00:33:19   do

00:33:19   that

00:33:20   but

00:33:20   incredible

00:33:21   yeah

00:33:22   so you

00:33:24   seem

00:33:24   happy

00:33:25   with this

00:33:25   this is

00:33:26   a little

00:33:26   toe

00:33:27   back

00:33:27   in the

00:33:27   Mac

00:33:27   orders

00:33:28   I

00:33:28   feel

00:33:30   rejuvenated

00:33:31   in many

00:33:32   ways

00:33:33   in many

00:33:34   ways

00:33:34   I feel

00:33:35   like

00:33:35   myself

00:33:36   from

00:33:37   a decade

00:33:38   ago

00:33:38   but

00:33:39   with the

00:33:40   knowledge

00:33:40   of

00:33:41   the

00:33:41   things

00:33:41   I've

00:33:42   done

00:33:42   and the

00:33:43   experience

00:33:43   I've

00:33:43   had

00:33:43   and the

00:33:44   things

00:33:44   I've

00:33:44   seen

00:33:44   yeah

00:33:47   I feel

00:33:48   lots of

00:33:49   potential

00:33:50   lots of

00:33:50   potential

00:33:50   we'll see

00:33:50   how this

00:33:51   evolves

00:33:51   over the

00:33:52   next few

00:33:52   months

00:33:52   but yeah

00:33:52   this episode

00:33:55   of Connected

00:33:56   is brought

00:33:57   to you by

00:33:57   Google

00:33:58   Gemini

00:33:58   Gemini

00:34:00   live is a

00:34:00   feature where

00:34:01   you can

00:34:01   just talk

00:34:02   to it

00:34:02   and it's

00:34:03   really wild

00:34:03   to have

00:34:04   a full

00:34:04   on conversation

00:34:05   with this

00:34:06   thing

00:34:06   I was

00:34:07   messing

00:34:07   around

00:34:08   and asked

00:34:08   it to

00:34:08   give me

00:34:09   some ideas

00:34:09   for hosting

00:34:11   an event

00:34:11   and when it

00:34:12   starts giving

00:34:12   results you

00:34:13   can just

00:34:13   stop it

00:34:14   and say

00:34:14   okay well

00:34:15   what about

00:34:15   something

00:34:16   low key

00:34:17   for a

00:34:17   smaller

00:34:17   group

00:34:18   and then

00:34:19   adjust to

00:34:19   that

00:34:19   and you

00:34:20   can keep

00:34:20   going until

00:34:21   you get

00:34:21   an idea

00:34:22   that you

00:34:22   want

00:34:22   and I

00:34:23   think it's

00:34:23   really useful

00:34:24   for brainstorming

00:34:25   things

00:34:25   it's good

00:34:26   when you

00:34:27   don't know

00:34:27   where to

00:34:27   start

00:34:28   or if you

00:34:28   hit a wall

00:34:29   you can

00:34:29   just open

00:34:30   Gemini

00:34:30   and it helps

00:34:31   you get

00:34:31   the ball

00:34:31   rolling

00:34:32   but you

00:34:32   can use

00:34:33   it for

00:34:33   all kinds

00:34:34   of stuff

00:34:34   if you

00:34:35   want to

00:34:35   learn

00:34:35   something

00:34:36   new

00:34:36   or have

00:34:37   it give

00:34:38   you advice

00:34:38   or explain

00:34:39   bitcoin

00:34:40   in simple

00:34:40   terms

00:34:41   which seems

00:34:41   impossible

00:34:42   but it

00:34:42   can do

00:34:42   it

00:34:42   or you

00:34:43   can have

00:34:44   it quiz

00:34:44   you on

00:34:45   something

00:34:45   like

00:34:45   microbiology

00:34:46   I mean

00:34:47   imagine

00:34:47   being a

00:34:47   student

00:34:48   and you've

00:34:48   got a

00:34:48   personal

00:34:49   tutor

00:34:49   on hand

00:34:50   it's hard

00:34:51   to explain

00:34:52   you really

00:34:52   just need

00:34:52   to play

00:34:53   around

00:34:53   with it

00:34:53   see how

00:34:54   it listens

00:34:54   responds

00:34:55   and adapts

00:34:56   to your

00:34:56   style of

00:34:56   conversation

00:34:57   just try it

00:34:58   out

00:34:58   it's free

00:34:59   our thanks

00:35:00   to google

00:35:00   Gemini

00:35:01   for their

00:35:01   support

00:35:01   of the

00:35:01   show

00:35:02   and all

00:35:02   of relay

00:35:03   all right

00:35:06   steven so

00:35:06   i recently

00:35:07   realized

00:35:08   something

00:35:09   about me

00:35:10   okay

00:35:11   i'm 36

00:35:12   gonna be 37

00:35:13   this year

00:35:14   and i've

00:35:15   become the

00:35:15   sort of

00:35:15   person

00:35:16   i've become

00:35:17   the sort

00:35:17   of person

00:35:17   who likes

00:35:18   to talk

00:35:19   out loud

00:35:20   by himself

00:35:21   usually when

00:35:22   i'm driving

00:35:23   or when i'm

00:35:24   doing chores

00:35:25   around the

00:35:25   house

00:35:25   to sort

00:35:26   of like

00:35:26   brainstorm

00:35:28   ideas

00:35:29   out loud

00:35:29   so you're

00:35:32   just to paint

00:35:32   the picture

00:35:33   you're

00:35:33   you're driving

00:35:34   in the car

00:35:34   i'm driving

00:35:35   my two dogs

00:35:36   in the back

00:35:37   okay

00:35:37   you know

00:35:38   yeah you got

00:35:39   some dashboard

00:35:39   confessional

00:35:40   playing and

00:35:41   no i have

00:35:42   no music

00:35:43   playing

00:35:43   well you're

00:35:44   you have

00:35:44   music playing

00:35:45   but then you

00:35:45   have a thought

00:35:46   yes

00:35:47   oh

00:35:48   i need to

00:35:49   pause

00:35:50   i click

00:35:50   pause

00:35:50   okay

00:35:51   and then you

00:35:52   talk

00:35:52   yeah

00:35:53   what is

00:35:54   listening

00:35:55   like what

00:35:55   happens next

00:35:56   okay

00:35:57   do the dogs

00:35:57   remember

00:35:58   like if you've

00:35:58   gotten your

00:35:59   dogs part of

00:36:00   your task

00:36:00   management system

00:36:01   i feel a little

00:36:02   weird about that

00:36:02   so

00:36:04   it all started

00:36:07   you know i did

00:36:08   this as an

00:36:08   experiment about a

00:36:09   month ago and i

00:36:10   used this app on

00:36:11   my iphone called

00:36:12   super whisper

00:36:13   which is also on

00:36:14   the mac obviously

00:36:14   on the mac it

00:36:15   does a whole

00:36:15   more things

00:36:16   it's a it's a

00:36:18   it's a really cool

00:36:19   app it's got

00:36:20   really good

00:36:20   dictation it's

00:36:21   using like this

00:36:22   new ai models

00:36:23   for transcription

00:36:24   like incredible

00:36:25   potential for like

00:36:26   even people with

00:36:27   disabilities for

00:36:28   example like the

00:36:28   it's got it's got

00:36:29   the kind of

00:36:30   dictation that

00:36:31   like doesn't it

00:36:32   doesn't care if

00:36:33   you stutter if

00:36:34   you pause if you

00:36:35   lose your train of

00:36:36   thought like it

00:36:37   keeps listening and

00:36:38   transcribes everything

00:36:38   it's incredible

00:36:39   i did this on the

00:36:41   iphone um

00:36:42   but then i

00:36:44   realized um

00:36:46   you know it's

00:36:47   kind of awkward

00:36:48   like if my phone

00:36:49   is in my pocket

00:36:50   pocket and i'm

00:36:50   driving gotta

00:36:52   i gotta get my

00:36:53   phone from the

00:36:54   pocket or if

00:36:55   i'm doing chores

00:36:55   around the house

00:36:56   and like you

00:36:57   know i'm i don't

00:36:58   know i'm doing

00:36:58   something i gotta

00:36:59   keep my phone in

00:36:59   my hand when i'm

00:37:01   doing something it's

00:37:01   kind of awkward

00:37:02   so i i recently

00:37:03   started having this

00:37:04   thought that sort

00:37:05   of became an

00:37:06   obsession um like

00:37:08   what are the best

00:37:09   earbuds for

00:37:10   dictation very

00:37:12   simple question

00:37:12   like what are the

00:37:14   best earbuds that

00:37:15   i can get to get

00:37:16   like a really

00:37:17   good recording

00:37:19   of my voice

00:37:20   right and

00:37:21   by the way this

00:37:22   brainstorming like

00:37:23   it could be that

00:37:23   i'm thinking out

00:37:24   loud about a

00:37:25   shortcuts problem

00:37:25   or i'm just

00:37:27   making a list of

00:37:28   the things that i

00:37:29   gotta do tomorrow

00:37:29   like that sort of

00:37:30   thing like i'm

00:37:31   just talking out

00:37:32   loud about work

00:37:33   okay um

00:37:34   and you want the

00:37:34   cleanest capture of

00:37:36   that yes

00:37:37   so the robot has

00:37:38   the best thing to

00:37:39   work with

00:37:39   precisely i

00:37:41   wanted the

00:37:42   cleanest possible

00:37:43   version so that

00:37:44   the ai would have

00:37:46   a good place to

00:37:47   start right

00:37:48   i tested the

00:37:51   airpods 4 and

00:37:52   before i sold

00:37:53   them the airpods

00:37:54   pro 2 and i

00:37:56   realized that i

00:37:56   realized that they

00:37:57   kind of suck for

00:37:58   for dictation

00:37:59   like when you

00:38:00   record yourself

00:38:01   and you know it

00:38:02   shouldn't have been

00:38:03   a surprise given

00:38:04   how you know when

00:38:05   you are on a zoom

00:38:06   call people tell

00:38:07   you are you wearing

00:38:08   airpods because

00:38:09   like you can tell

00:38:10   you can tell when

00:38:11   you can tell when

00:38:12   somebody's wearing

00:38:12   airpods because

00:38:13   they don't have

00:38:14   great microphones

00:38:15   right uh

00:38:16   they they they

00:38:17   they sound like

00:38:18   they're far away

00:38:19   they sound robotic

00:38:20   they have all kinds

00:38:22   of compression

00:38:22   going on

00:38:23   they're very bad

00:38:24   so you know me

00:38:27   i started this wrong

00:38:28   this long research

00:38:29   phase with which

00:38:30   mostly consisted of

00:38:32   like purchasing

00:38:33   earbuds testing

00:38:34   them for two days

00:38:35   and returning them

00:38:36   and starting the

00:38:37   process and

00:38:38   starting the process

00:38:39   over and over

00:38:40   so i i i started

00:38:41   testing a bunch

00:38:42   started with the

00:38:43   google pixel

00:38:44   buds 2

00:38:45   okay

00:38:45   uh these are

00:38:47   just as bad as

00:38:48   the apple airpods

00:38:49   uh first of all

00:38:51   google doesn't

00:38:52   make a version

00:38:52   without the

00:38:53   in-ear tips

00:38:54   yeah they're just

00:38:56   like so i was not

00:38:56   a fan i was like

00:38:57   okay i'll try them

00:38:59   but the microphone

00:39:00   quality is not

00:39:01   not great

00:39:02   not great

00:39:03   it's you know

00:39:04   same issues as

00:39:05   the as the

00:39:06   airpods 4 and

00:39:07   the airpods pro 2

00:39:08   compressed

00:39:09   robotic

00:39:10   cuts off some

00:39:11   words

00:39:11   like they were

00:39:13   not to be trusted

00:39:13   with like here

00:39:15   by the way we're

00:39:15   talking for like

00:39:16   recordings of

00:39:18   say 5 to 15

00:39:20   minutes all right

00:39:21   so long sessions

00:39:22   of me just

00:39:23   talking by

00:39:24   myself

00:39:24   uh so next

00:39:26   up watch

00:39:28   some videos

00:39:28   started watching

00:39:29   some can you

00:39:30   believe it steven

00:39:30   that there are

00:39:31   people on youtube

00:39:31   that do tier lists

00:39:33   of earbuds when it

00:39:34   comes to call

00:39:36   quality that's a

00:39:37   thing that's perfect

00:39:38   i love it

00:39:38   yeah yeah

00:39:39   uh i saw the

00:39:41   samsung galaxy

00:39:42   buds 3 pro

00:39:44   these are the

00:39:45   airpods clones

00:39:46   that are like

00:39:47   oddly more

00:39:49   angular

00:39:50   what they have

00:39:51   an angular

00:39:52   stem to them

00:39:53   uh they also

00:39:55   have in-ear tips

00:39:56   and they are

00:39:58   not that much

00:39:59   better than

00:40:00   the airpods

00:40:00   like that

00:40:01   the mic is not

00:40:03   great and

00:40:04   you know set

00:40:05   aside the fact

00:40:06   like they're

00:40:07   kind of weird

00:40:08   to squeeze

00:40:09   because of

00:40:09   that angular

00:40:10   design that

00:40:11   they have

00:40:12   yeah but

00:40:12   like the

00:40:13   microphone is

00:40:13   not good

00:40:14   now i have

00:40:17   found an

00:40:18   absolute winner

00:40:19   when it comes

00:40:21   to the

00:40:22   hands down

00:40:23   the best

00:40:24   bluetooth

00:40:24   earbuds for

00:40:26   voice calls

00:40:26   and local

00:40:27   recordings

00:40:28   and this

00:40:30   is a name

00:40:31   that maybe

00:40:31   will surprise

00:40:32   you

00:40:32   the huawei

00:40:34   free buds

00:40:35   pro 4

00:40:36   yeah

00:40:37   these earbuds

00:40:38   for recordings

00:40:42   and for

00:40:43   calls

00:40:43   are

00:40:44   incredible

00:40:45   and that's

00:40:46   because they

00:40:47   have bone

00:40:48   conduction

00:40:49   microphones

00:40:49   i don't know

00:40:51   what huawei

00:40:52   did here

00:40:53   to make this

00:40:54   sound so good

00:40:55   but believe me

00:40:56   they are

00:40:57   when it comes

00:40:58   to recording

00:40:58   yourself

00:40:59   or jumping

00:41:01   on a zoom

00:41:01   call or

00:41:01   whatever

00:41:02   just they

00:41:03   sound so

00:41:04   good

00:41:05   it's wild

00:41:05   so if

00:41:07   you're looking

00:41:07   for bluetooth

00:41:08   earbuds

00:41:09   that are good

00:41:10   for calls

00:41:11   and good

00:41:11   for recordings

00:41:12   that's right

00:41:13   now my

00:41:13   recommendation

00:41:14   the huawei

00:41:15   free buds

00:41:16   pro 4

00:41:17   i i kind

00:41:18   of love how

00:41:18   these things

00:41:19   look in the

00:41:19   black and

00:41:20   gold

00:41:20   yeah

00:41:21   yeah that's

00:41:22   what i have

00:41:22   that's what

00:41:23   i have

00:41:23   yeah they're

00:41:23   cool looking

00:41:24   there is

00:41:26   the go if

00:41:27   you go to

00:41:27   the huawei

00:41:28   page the link

00:41:28   is in the

00:41:29   show notes

00:41:29   and you scroll

00:41:30   down to the

00:41:30   controls to

00:41:31   like look

00:41:31   through the

00:41:32   images it

00:41:32   looks like a

00:41:33   vision os

00:41:33   button

00:41:34   like yeah

00:41:35   i see it

00:41:37   everywhere now

00:41:38   yeah yeah

00:41:39   yeah so these

00:41:40   are good

00:41:40   these are good

00:41:40   and they

00:41:41   actually give

00:41:41   you both

00:41:42   silicon and

00:41:43   memory foam

00:41:43   tips so

00:41:44   uh they're

00:41:46   pretty good

00:41:47   um there

00:41:49   is both in

00:41:51   our document

00:41:51   and in my

00:41:52   story a

00:41:53   giant however

00:41:54   okay i ran

00:41:58   into uh

00:41:59   two more

00:42:00   issues the

00:42:01   first one i

00:42:01   already mentioned

00:42:02   the huawei

00:42:03   had in-ear tips

00:42:04   which i'm

00:42:05   not a

00:42:05   huge fan

00:42:06   of

00:42:06   especially

00:42:07   because like

00:42:07   they bother

00:42:08   me if

00:42:09   i'm wearing

00:42:09   them for

00:42:10   like more

00:42:10   than 30

00:42:11   minutes

00:42:11   my problem

00:42:14   was that

00:42:15   if i'm

00:42:17   when i'm

00:42:17   driving my

00:42:18   car and

00:42:19   either i'm

00:42:20   using carplay

00:42:21   or i'm

00:42:21   using android

00:42:22   auto for

00:42:23   reasons that

00:42:24   will be clear

00:42:24   as part of

00:42:25   the you know

00:42:26   teaching changing

00:42:27   as a computer

00:42:27   user down

00:42:28   the road

00:42:29   in either

00:42:30   case if

00:42:31   i'm using

00:42:32   the voice

00:42:33   recorder on

00:42:34   android or

00:42:35   super whisper

00:42:36   on my

00:42:37   iphone both

00:42:38   carplay and

00:42:38   android auto

00:42:39   when i'm in

00:42:40   the car at

00:42:41   that point they

00:42:42   completely ignore

00:42:43   the fact that

00:42:44   i'm wearing

00:42:45   earbuds they

00:42:46   just default to

00:42:48   the car's

00:42:48   microphone

00:42:49   which defeats

00:42:50   the whole

00:42:51   purpose of

00:42:51   this which

00:42:52   defeats the

00:42:53   whole purpose

00:42:53   of this

00:42:54   right i was

00:42:55   so happy

00:42:55   like yes

00:42:56   now i

00:42:57   finally have

00:42:57   earbuds that

00:42:59   record me with

00:43:00   very good

00:43:00   quality and

00:43:02   then i got

00:43:03   in my car

00:43:03   and i started

00:43:04   driving and

00:43:04   i listened to

00:43:05   my recording

00:43:05   later i was

00:43:06   like oh no

00:43:07   this recorded

00:43:08   the car's

00:43:09   microphone which

00:43:10   was okay it

00:43:12   was actually

00:43:12   better than

00:43:13   airpods but

00:43:14   it was still

00:43:15   defeating the

00:43:16   purpose of

00:43:16   what i wanted

00:43:17   to have

00:43:17   there's no

00:43:19   way that i

00:43:19   know of in

00:43:20   either carplay

00:43:21   or android

00:43:22   auto to say

00:43:23   for this

00:43:24   particular app

00:43:25   ignore the

00:43:27   microphone of

00:43:27   the car

00:43:28   yeah just

00:43:28   use them

00:43:29   there's no

00:43:30   setting to

00:43:30   do that

00:43:31   correct uh

00:43:32   so yeah

00:43:33   uh i was

00:43:34   back to square

00:43:35   one gotta do

00:43:36   more research

00:43:36   been doing

00:43:37   more research

00:43:38   eventually we

00:43:40   got to a few

00:43:41   days ago

00:43:41   okay so

00:43:42   mind you this

00:43:43   has been going

00:43:43   on for like

00:43:44   two to three

00:43:44   weeks yeah

00:43:45   you're just

00:43:45   you're opening

00:43:46   their bud you're

00:43:47   taking them

00:43:47   back you're

00:43:48   trying them

00:43:48   out yeah

00:43:49   yeah so we

00:43:50   got to late

00:43:51   last week i

00:43:52   was kind of i

00:43:53   was like i was

00:43:54   about to give up

00:43:54   on this idea

00:43:55   and then i

00:43:57   landed on the

00:43:58   another chinese

00:43:59   company the

00:44:00   xiaomi website

00:44:02   so xiaomi

00:44:04   turns out they've

00:44:06   been making

00:44:06   earbuds right

00:44:07   uh they're called

00:44:09   the xiaomi buds

00:44:09   of course

00:44:10   uh and

00:44:11   specifically with

00:44:13   the buds 5

00:44:14   so the apparently

00:44:15   they've been making

00:44:16   five of them

00:44:17   uh so this is

00:44:18   the fifth the

00:44:19   fifth model

00:44:20   there are both

00:44:22   buds 5 and

00:44:23   buds 5 pro

00:44:24   of course

00:44:25   both of both

00:44:26   of them

00:44:27   support what i

00:44:29   think is a

00:44:30   genius feature

00:44:31   that i am

00:44:33   convinced more

00:44:34   companies including

00:44:35   apple will copy

00:44:37   at some point

00:44:37   and it's so

00:44:38   obvious i wonder

00:44:41   why didn't i think

00:44:42   of searching for

00:44:43   this before

00:44:43   these earbuds

00:44:45   allow you to

00:44:47   triple click

00:44:48   the stem of

00:44:49   the earbud

00:44:50   to start

00:44:51   a local voice

00:44:52   recording

00:44:53   that is

00:44:54   stored

00:44:55   inside the

00:44:57   earbud

00:44:57   itself

00:44:58   whoa

00:44:59   the audio

00:45:00   recording

00:45:01   for up to

00:45:02   90 minutes

00:45:04   per earbud

00:45:05   so for a

00:45:06   total of

00:45:07   three hours

00:45:08   of local voice

00:45:09   recordings

00:45:10   are stored

00:45:11   inside

00:45:12   the earbud

00:45:13   you can

00:45:15   either choose

00:45:15   to record

00:45:16   with one

00:45:16   earbud at

00:45:17   a time

00:45:17   with both

00:45:19   you can

00:45:19   actually even

00:45:20   just open

00:45:21   the case

00:45:21   and press

00:45:23   a button

00:45:23   and record

00:45:25   by talking

00:45:26   to the

00:45:26   earbud's

00:45:27   case

00:45:27   all right

00:45:28   later

00:45:30   yeah

00:45:31   later

00:45:32   when you're

00:45:33   done

00:45:34   you open

00:45:35   the xiaomi

00:45:35   earbuds app

00:45:36   which is

00:45:37   available both

00:45:38   on ios

00:45:38   and on android

00:45:39   you can see

00:45:41   the list

00:45:41   recordings

00:45:42   that are

00:45:42   stored

00:45:43   in the

00:45:44   earbud

00:45:44   and you

00:45:45   can transfer

00:45:45   them to

00:45:45   your phone

00:45:46   and at

00:45:47   that point

00:45:47   you have

00:45:48   an m4a

00:45:49   file

00:45:50   that you

00:45:51   can do

00:45:51   whatever you

00:45:51   want with

00:45:52   it

00:45:52   and there's

00:45:53   an asterisk

00:45:54   there but

00:45:54   i'll get to

00:45:55   it in a

00:45:55   second and

00:45:56   i'll leave you

00:45:56   with a bit

00:45:56   of a teaser

00:45:57   for next

00:45:57   time

00:45:58   but it

00:46:01   gets better

00:46:01   so the

00:46:02   buds 5 pro

00:46:03   xiaomi

00:46:04   has so far

00:46:05   released in

00:46:06   europe a

00:46:07   bluetooth

00:46:07   only version

00:46:08   but they

00:46:09   have also

00:46:10   announced a

00:46:11   wifi version

00:46:12   and you

00:46:12   may wonder

00:46:13   wait what

00:46:13   wifi earbuds

00:46:14   that's starting

00:46:16   to become a

00:46:16   thing apparently

00:46:17   you get much

00:46:18   greater bandwidth

00:46:19   right

00:46:19   and much

00:46:21   greater power

00:46:21   consumption

00:46:22   but yes

00:46:23   so this is a

00:46:24   thing called

00:46:25   it's a

00:46:25   qualcomm thing

00:46:26   this actually

00:46:27   was announced

00:46:27   three years

00:46:28   ago and it's

00:46:29   only sort of

00:46:29   becoming a

00:46:30   like a thing

00:46:32   now it's called

00:46:33   snapdragon sound

00:46:34   and it's

00:46:35   like sort

00:46:36   of like what

00:46:36   apple has been

00:46:37   doing with

00:46:37   airpods when

00:46:38   you use the

00:46:38   airpods with

00:46:39   apple products

00:46:40   it's not like

00:46:40   plain vanilla

00:46:41   bluetooth it's

00:46:42   like actually

00:46:42   better than

00:46:43   bluetooth

00:46:43   these are using

00:46:44   wi-fi between

00:46:46   so far you can

00:46:47   only use it

00:46:48   with xiaomi

00:46:48   phones you can

00:46:49   only take

00:46:50   advantage of

00:46:50   the buds 5 pro

00:46:51   model with

00:46:52   wi-fi which

00:46:53   costs more than

00:46:55   the bluetooth

00:46:55   model only if

00:46:57   you have a

00:46:57   xiaomi ultra

00:46:58   15 15 ultra

00:47:00   i think it's

00:47:00   called so yeah

00:47:02   it's very much

00:47:03   proprietary to

00:47:04   the xiaomi

00:47:04   ecosystem but

00:47:06   and this is

00:47:08   where i got

00:47:09   so happy the

00:47:10   buds 5 are

00:47:12   the equivalent

00:47:14   of the

00:47:14   airpods 4 in

00:47:16   that they

00:47:17   don't have

00:47:19   in-ear tips

00:47:20   they have

00:47:22   pretty much

00:47:22   the same the

00:47:23   same design of

00:47:24   my beloved

00:47:25   airpods 4

00:47:25   they support

00:47:28   noise cancellation

00:47:28   basic noise

00:47:30   cancellation even

00:47:31   without the

00:47:31   tips and

00:47:33   they can

00:47:34   record audio

00:47:35   locally

00:47:36   i've been

00:47:38   testing this

00:47:38   this week

00:47:39   steven and

00:47:40   it's incredible

00:47:41   so i will

00:47:43   say this

00:47:43   the recording

00:47:45   quality that i

00:47:47   get from the

00:47:48   buds 5 is

00:47:49   not as good

00:47:50   as the quality

00:47:52   that i get

00:47:52   from the

00:47:53   wi-fi earbuds

00:47:53   but i can

00:47:56   get in my car

00:47:57   start driving

00:47:58   my phone is

00:48:00   paired with

00:48:00   the blue

00:48:00   with the

00:48:01   car system

00:48:02   i can

00:48:04   triple

00:48:04   triple click

00:48:05   the left

00:48:06   earbud in

00:48:07   my ear

00:48:07   to start

00:48:09   recording

00:48:09   independently

00:48:10   from my

00:48:11   phone

00:48:12   and later

00:48:13   when i'm

00:48:13   done i can

00:48:14   triple click

00:48:14   again

00:48:15   the recording

00:48:16   is saved

00:48:16   inside the

00:48:17   earbud

00:48:18   and when

00:48:18   i'm home

00:48:19   i can

00:48:20   import the

00:48:20   file and

00:48:21   do things

00:48:21   with it

00:48:22   this is

00:48:23   finally the

00:48:24   dream realized

00:48:25   the buds 5

00:48:27   compared to

00:48:28   the buds 5

00:48:28   pro from

00:48:30   what i've read

00:48:31   online don't

00:48:32   have the

00:48:34   same microphone

00:48:35   system i think

00:48:37   my understanding

00:48:37   is that it's

00:48:38   slightly worse

00:48:39   even just from

00:48:40   the fact that

00:48:40   the buds 5

00:48:41   has microphones

00:48:42   that can cancel

00:48:43   up to like

00:48:45   they have

00:48:45   wind noise

00:48:46   resistance up

00:48:47   to 12

00:48:48   meters per

00:48:48   second whereas

00:48:49   the buds 5

00:48:50   pro have

00:48:51   wind noise

00:48:52   resistance up

00:48:53   to 15

00:48:53   meters per

00:48:54   second is

00:48:54   that how

00:48:55   wind noise

00:48:55   reduction is

00:48:56   measured i've

00:48:57   never come

00:48:58   across that

00:48:59   so i

00:49:00   would imagine

00:49:01   that it's

00:49:03   basically measuring

00:49:04   the strength

00:49:05   of the wind

00:49:06   that's that's

00:49:06   what it looks

00:49:07   like right

00:49:08   to mitigate

00:49:09   wind noise

00:49:10   at 15

00:49:11   meters per

00:49:11   second approximately

00:49:12   33 miles an

00:49:14   hour okay

00:49:14   that's pretty

00:49:15   strong wind

00:49:16   like yeah

00:49:17   you couldn't

00:49:18   i mean if you

00:49:19   were you

00:49:19   couldn't drive

00:49:20   with your

00:49:20   windows down

00:49:21   i don't think

00:49:22   like on the

00:49:23   highway but

00:49:24   if you're just

00:49:25   walking around

00:49:25   and it's breezy

00:49:26   it should sound

00:49:27   perfect yeah

00:49:29   yeah so i

00:49:33   tested this this

00:49:34   week i think

00:49:35   out of curiosity

00:49:36   i will place an

00:49:38   order for the

00:49:38   buds 5 pro even

00:49:40   though they do

00:49:41   have the in-ear

00:49:41   tips that i

00:49:42   dislike yeah i

00:49:43   just want to i

00:49:44   just want to i

00:49:44   just want to

00:49:45   test for myself

00:49:46   how big of a

00:49:47   difference they

00:49:47   have in terms

00:49:48   of microphones

00:49:49   you've gone

00:49:49   this far you

00:49:50   might as well

00:49:51   i'm exactly so

00:49:53   now now i was

00:49:56   at this fork in

00:49:57   the road either i

00:49:59   could only record

00:50:02   with excellent

00:50:03   quality on the

00:50:05   huawei earbuds

00:50:06   but that would

00:50:08   have meant no

00:50:10   earbuds in the

00:50:11   car because it

00:50:13   wouldn't work

00:50:13   or get worse

00:50:18   quality with the

00:50:20   buds 5 by

00:50:21   xiaomi but

00:50:23   you're able to

00:50:24   record in the

00:50:24   car because they

00:50:26   are completely

00:50:26   independent from

00:50:27   your phone i

00:50:30   decided to go

00:50:30   with the second

00:50:31   one obviously

00:50:32   because i just

00:50:33   i i love the

00:50:34   idea of recording

00:50:36   something with

00:50:38   the earbud

00:50:38   itself like i

00:50:39   think that's such

00:50:40   clever idea that

00:50:42   i just want

00:50:42   everybody to

00:50:43   steal like i

00:50:45   would love to

00:50:45   do this with

00:50:46   airpods at some

00:50:47   point but and

00:50:49   this is where i

00:50:50   will leave you

00:50:51   today steven with

00:50:52   a bit of a teaser

00:50:53   the files that i

00:50:55   was getting from

00:50:57   from the xiaomi

00:50:59   earbuds app they

00:51:02   had a whole bunch

00:51:03   of noise they were

00:51:04   not as clear as the

00:51:06   audio recordings from

00:51:07   the huawei

00:51:07   earbuds okay

00:51:08   and they were

00:51:11   saved to m4a

00:51:14   with the

00:51:16   adts

00:51:17   codec

00:51:18   which is a

00:51:20   weird codec

00:51:21   that um

00:51:23   for example i

00:51:24   have a bunch of

00:51:24   shortcuts that deal

00:51:25   with transcribing

00:51:26   um mp4

00:51:28   audio files

00:51:29   and they were

00:51:32   just giving me

00:51:33   an error because

00:51:34   that they said

00:51:35   though this this

00:51:36   file format is not

00:51:36   supported so i

00:51:39   again did more

00:51:41   research and i

00:51:43   found another task

00:51:44   for the mac mini

00:51:45   i created a system

00:51:49   so now follow me

00:51:51   here because we're

00:51:51   going to talk about

00:51:52   this in the future

00:51:52   this is just a

00:51:53   teaser i created a

00:51:55   system where i

00:51:57   import the audio

00:51:59   file from the

00:52:00   earbuds and

00:52:02   there's only one

00:52:03   thing i need to

00:52:04   do take this

00:52:06   file share it

00:52:07   with the share

00:52:08   sheet and save

00:52:09   it in a folder

00:52:10   of my google

00:52:11   drive that's all

00:52:13   i need to do

00:52:13   on the mac mini

00:52:15   there's a hazel

00:52:18   automation that

00:52:19   runs first and

00:52:21   it runs two

00:52:22   ffmpeg

00:52:25   commands there

00:52:26   it is

00:52:26   one to

00:52:28   convert the

00:52:29   audio and

00:52:30   two get

00:52:31   ready it

00:52:33   runs a neural

00:52:34   network to

00:52:36   apply a filter

00:52:37   to the audio

00:52:38   to clean it

00:52:39   up so it

00:52:41   cleans up the

00:52:42   audio recorded

00:52:43   from the xiaomi

00:52:44   earbuds then

00:52:46   and we'll get

00:52:48   into the details

00:52:48   of this workflow

00:52:49   maybe in a future

00:52:50   episode then it

00:52:52   fires off a

00:52:53   shortcut the

00:52:54   shortcut uses

00:52:55   ai to analyze

00:52:57   my audio

00:52:57   creates a

00:52:59   transcript

00:52:59   creates a

00:53:01   summary

00:53:01   comes up with

00:53:03   a title for

00:53:04   the file

00:53:05   and identifies

00:53:07   if in the

00:53:09   conversation that

00:53:09   i have with

00:53:10   myself i

00:53:11   mentioned things

00:53:12   that are supposed

00:53:13   to be like

00:53:13   actionable tasks

00:53:15   like if i say

00:53:16   things like i

00:53:17   have to or

00:53:18   i need to

00:53:19   like it

00:53:20   understands if

00:53:21   there are items

00:53:22   that are

00:53:22   actually tasks

00:53:23   that i need

00:53:24   to do

00:53:24   it takes

00:53:27   everything

00:53:27   and creates

00:53:29   a note in

00:53:29   obsidian

00:53:29   that has

00:53:31   the title

00:53:32   the embedded

00:53:34   transcript

00:53:34   the summary

00:53:35   the actionable

00:53:36   items and

00:53:38   an audio

00:53:39   player to

00:53:40   listen back to

00:53:40   that voice

00:53:41   recording

00:53:41   and it

00:53:47   just happens

00:53:48   it all

00:53:48   just works

00:53:49   basically i

00:53:51   just save a

00:53:51   file in

00:53:52   google drive

00:53:53   and i

00:53:55   don't know

00:53:55   two minutes

00:53:55   later i

00:53:56   open my

00:53:57   dashboard in

00:53:57   obsidian and

00:53:58   everything is

00:53:58   right there

00:53:59   wow

00:54:00   yeah

00:54:01   so yeah

00:54:06   that's part of

00:54:06   me changing

00:54:07   as a person

00:54:08   yeah i'm

00:54:09   trying to still

00:54:10   trying to wrap

00:54:10   my head around

00:54:10   all that so

00:54:11   you're in the

00:54:13   car in

00:54:14   room hit a

00:54:15   button you

00:54:16   talk yes

00:54:17   i talk yes

00:54:18   you say some

00:54:18   things you've

00:54:19   got uh

00:54:20   you get the

00:54:22   file transferred

00:54:23   and then it

00:54:26   gets pulled to

00:54:27   a mac mini in

00:54:27   las vegas

00:54:28   which cleans

00:54:30   up the audio

00:54:31   transcribes the

00:54:32   audio and you

00:54:33   get it all back

00:54:34   in your obsidian

00:54:35   vault on your

00:54:35   phone in

00:54:36   room that's

00:54:37   right that's

00:54:38   right within

00:54:39   two minutes

00:54:39   within two

00:54:40   minutes it's

00:54:42   it's it's

00:54:42   converting the

00:54:43   audio denoising

00:54:45   the audio

00:54:46   passing the

00:54:47   audio to a

00:54:49   transcription app

00:54:50   on the mac

00:54:51   mini the text

00:54:53   from the

00:54:53   transcription app

00:54:54   is passed

00:54:55   to claude i

00:54:56   have a very

00:54:56   complex claude

00:54:57   prompt that i

00:54:59   created so

00:55:01   that it comes

00:55:01   up with the

00:55:02   title with a

00:55:03   summary and

00:55:03   with actionable

00:55:04   items identified

00:55:05   from my

00:55:06   conversation and

00:55:08   everything is put

00:55:08   together in an

00:55:09   obsidian template

00:55:10   saved into my

00:55:12   obsidian vault as

00:55:13   a markdown file

00:55:14   and in my

00:55:15   dashboard note in

00:55:16   obsidian i

00:55:17   have a i have a

00:55:19   data view query

00:55:20   that shows me all

00:55:22   the voice recordings

00:55:23   that i recently

00:55:24   saved that still

00:55:26   have open tasks

00:55:28   for me to

00:55:29   look into

00:55:29   yeah

00:55:30   true mad lad

00:55:34   status

00:55:35   that is the

00:55:36   sort of thing

00:55:37   you can expect

00:55:38   from me as

00:55:39   a nerd who's

00:55:41   rediscovering

00:55:41   mac os and

00:55:43   assistive ai

00:55:44   tools in 2025

00:55:45   i am like

00:55:48   yeah i feel like

00:55:50   i have superpowers

00:55:50   now and this

00:55:53   was a fun

00:55:54   long process

00:55:56   that obviously

00:55:58   will eventually

00:56:00   make for i

00:56:01   think a really

00:56:02   fascinating guide

00:56:03   on mac stories

00:56:04   in the near future

00:56:05   yeah

00:56:05   computers man

00:56:09   they do cool

00:56:10   stuff

00:56:10   they do they

00:56:12   do cool things

00:56:13   and uh yeah

00:56:14   but just as a

00:56:16   final thing i

00:56:17   i it's maybe

00:56:20   silly but i

00:56:21   really like this

00:56:21   thing where i

00:56:22   talk to myself

00:56:23   because i

00:56:23   discovered that

00:56:25   when i talk

00:56:27   about a problem

00:56:28   out loud i

00:56:31   don't know what

00:56:31   it is but

00:56:31   there's a part

00:56:32   of my brain

00:56:32   that sort

00:56:33   of connects

00:56:34   more dots

00:56:35   like like

00:56:37   and maybe it's

00:56:38   because like i've

00:56:39   conditioned my

00:56:39   brain over the

00:56:40   past 12 years

00:56:41   of podcasting

00:56:42   to have

00:56:44   conversations out

00:56:45   loud and to

00:56:46   follow up on

00:56:47   something else

00:56:48   that some like

00:56:49   you or mike said

00:56:50   for example or

00:56:51   john said you

00:56:52   know and so

00:56:54   talking out loud

00:56:55   sort of maybe

00:56:56   tricks my brain

00:56:57   into entering

00:56:57   that mode

00:56:58   where like

00:56:59   like yesterday i

00:57:00   was in my car i

00:57:01   was thinking about

00:57:01   a shortcut

00:57:02   and i was

00:57:03   like contradicting

00:57:05   myself out loud

00:57:06   but like i was

00:57:06   like but what if

00:57:07   i tried this other

00:57:08   approach instead

00:57:09   yeah which is the

00:57:09   sort of thing that

00:57:10   if i'm just

00:57:11   thinking you know

00:57:12   like a normal

00:57:12   person silently

00:57:13   in my brain i

00:57:14   probably wouldn't

00:57:15   do it but it's

00:57:16   the talking that

00:57:18   tricks my weird

00:57:20   human brain into

00:57:21   doing it so

00:57:22   yeah talk about

00:57:24   yourself it it's

00:57:25   useful how is

00:57:28   that to read

00:57:29   right if you're

00:57:30   going like the

00:57:30   back and forth

00:57:31   like is it

00:57:32   coherent when

00:57:33   you get it

00:57:34   into obsidian

00:57:34   like four days

00:57:35   later you

00:57:36   finally look at

00:57:36   it you're like

00:57:36   oh yeah this

00:57:37   this makes

00:57:38   sense

00:57:38   i don't know

00:57:40   let's look

00:57:41   this recording

00:57:43   outlines two main

00:57:44   projects finalizing

00:57:45   an article about

00:57:46   automating shortcuts

00:57:47   permission prompts

00:57:47   and setting up a

00:57:49   voice recording

00:57:49   workflow the

00:57:50   speakers the speaker

00:57:51   details technical

00:57:52   components of both

00:57:53   systems including

00:57:54   apple script automation

00:57:55   dictation apps and

00:57:57   file management

00:57:57   considerations

00:57:58   action items one

00:58:01   finalize column about

00:58:02   automating shortcuts

00:58:03   permission prompts

00:58:04   verify if the

00:58:07   automation works if

00:58:08   the schedule is

00:58:08   reduced to 10

00:58:09   seconds currently

00:58:10   it's 15 seconds

00:58:11   three install deep

00:58:14   learning models for

00:58:15   audio filtering on

00:58:16   the mac mini server

00:58:17   four install hazel

00:58:19   and import rules on

00:58:20   mac mini server

00:58:21   five ensure shortcuts

00:58:23   has access to to

00:58:24   create files in the

00:58:25   obsidian yeah i think

00:58:26   it makes sense okay

00:58:27   you know okay yeah

00:58:29   uh yeah yeah and

00:58:32   plus if i want to

00:58:33   there's just uh it's

00:58:34   there's an audio

00:58:34   player in obsidian if

00:58:35   you want to listen

00:58:36   back or there's a

00:58:37   link to read the

00:58:38   full scrum transcript

00:58:40   but this is the sort

00:58:41   of thing where i think

00:58:42   large language models

00:58:44   are great at which is

00:58:45   take a huge chunk of

00:58:46   text and make sense of

00:58:47   it you know summarize

00:58:49   it you know find

00:58:50   actionable items it's

00:58:52   a sort of like boring

00:58:53   task that an llm is

00:58:55   good for and because

00:58:57   it's my text and

00:58:59   you know my data i

00:59:01   feel much more

00:59:02   comfortable about

00:59:02   doing this um and

00:59:05   it's a you know it's

00:59:06   a i think it's it's

00:59:07   it's a pretty good

00:59:08   use case to combine

00:59:09   sort of multiple

00:59:11   forms of media and

00:59:13   multiple forms of

00:59:14   automation there's

00:59:15   like there's an audio

00:59:16   file and then there's

00:59:17   some text there's

00:59:18   azle there's

00:59:19   shortcuts you know

00:59:20   it's a sort of thing

00:59:21   that is very much up

00:59:22   my alley and sort

00:59:24   of this new flavor

00:59:25   of combining ai and

00:59:29   shortcuts in this new

00:59:32   type of automation

00:59:33   that i feel it's like

00:59:37   sort of my path as a

00:59:39   shortcut user is taking

00:59:42   me to this place and i

00:59:43   really want to take

00:59:44   advantage of it uh for

00:59:46   both me and maybe it's

00:59:48   going to be useful for

00:59:48   readers and it's going to

00:59:50   be useful for for

00:59:51   you or for mike or

00:59:52   for john you know for

00:59:53   internal tools like that

00:59:55   sort of stuff yeah and

00:59:57   it's you're using some

00:59:59   apple tech but you're

01:00:00   also using a lot of

01:00:01   tech that's not apple

01:00:03   tech that's on the web

01:00:03   yeah that's either open

01:00:05   source or on the web

01:00:06   like ffmpeg it's like

01:00:08   open source and you know

01:00:09   this this ai apis are

01:00:11   web-based it's a it's a

01:00:13   whole combination of

01:00:13   different technologies um

01:00:16   but at the very much at

01:00:17   the center of it all right

01:00:19   now there's mac os and

01:00:20   shortcuts and hazel those

01:00:22   are like the the main

01:00:24   protagonists yeah yeah

01:00:27   it's cool it's yeah the

01:00:31   most federico thing you've

01:00:32   built in a while it is a

01:00:34   very federico thing yeah i

01:00:35   cannot wear i cannot wait

01:00:36   to to share this one but

01:00:39   in the meantime this week

01:00:40   i will share how i

01:00:41   automated those permission

01:00:43   prompts perfect yeah cool

01:00:46   well i think that does it

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