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Mac Power Users · July 12 · 1 hr 36 min

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A stacked feedback mailbag: Siri AI's per-device indexing, a Gmail-to-Siri trick, iOS 27's Extend and Reframe photo tools, subscription fatigue, Wispr Flow dictation, and an automated email robot that resolves Circle support tickets on its own. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: NetSuite: The leading integrated cloud business software suite. Try NetSuite Next for free. Decagon: The AI concierge for every customer. Get a personalized demo. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code MPU. Links and Show Notes: Credits The Mac Power Users Stephen Robles David Sparks The Editor Jim Metzendorf The Fixer Kerry Provanzano More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Apple Intelligence Home Features Require 2TB iCloud+ Plan in iOS 27 - MacRumors Maps to Uber Shortcut David and Daisy Photo - Original David and Daisy Photo - Extended Meta Glasses Photo Upcoming Movies to Reminders Shortcut Multi Stop Directions from Events Shortcut Plan Multi Stop Route Shortcut Find Dominant Color Shortcut Life Progress Wallpaper with Charty Alfred Remote for iOS - Command Centre for Your Mac Doctor Drafts Flighty Pricing (2026) Lightsaber Wall This is what happens when a nerd gets a few nickels in his pocket. MetaGrid Pro, iPad Control Surface for Mac and Windows Apps Wispr Flow | Effortless Voice Dictation Charty 2.0 – Create charts from Shortcuts You’re not ready for these iPhone Shortcuts - YouTube Introducing Circle Eclipse Black Meta Fury AI Glasses - Brown Gradient Lenses | Meta Store | Meta CalDigit TS5 Plus Thunderbolt 5 Dock Schlage Sense Pro™ Smart Deadbolt Aqara Smart Lock U400 choclift Raycast Keyboard Maestro Monarch Money Alfred Pixelmator Pro Drafts Superwhisper Day One The Movie Database (TMDB) Uber Four Thousand Weeks CalDigit Element Hub Maestral Sparky's Lightsaber Holder Dropbox LM Studio Claude / Claude Cowork ChatGPT Google Gemini Perplexity Dithering MacStories MPU Talk forums relay.fm/mpu MPU 856 — Siri AI and the Beta Features Sara Dietschy Merlin Mann

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A stacked feedback mailbag: Siri AI's per-device indexing, a Gmail-to-Siri trick, iOS 27's Extend and Reframe photo tools, subscription fatigue, Wispr Flow dictation, and an automated email robot that resolves Circle support tickets on its own.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

  • NetSuite: The leading integrated cloud business software suite. Try NetSuite Next for free.
  • Decagon: The AI concierge for every customer. Get a personalized demo.
  • Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code MPU.

Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Mac Power Users
Stephen Robles
David Sparks

The Editor
Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
Kerry Provanzano

More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments
Submit Feedback
Apple Intelligence Home Features Require 2TB iCloud+ Plan in iOS 27 - MacRumors
Maps to Uber Shortcut
David and Daisy Photo - Original
David and Daisy Photo - Extended
Meta Glasses Photo
Upcoming Movies to Reminders Shortcut
Multi Stop Directions from Events Shortcut
Plan Multi Stop Route Shortcut
Find Dominant Color Shortcut
Life Progress Wallpaper with Charty
Alfred Remote for iOS - Command Centre for Your Mac
Doctor Drafts
Flighty Pricing (2026)
Lightsaber Wall

This is what happens when a nerd gets a few nickels in his pocket.

MetaGrid Pro, iPad Control Surface for Mac and Windows Apps
Wispr Flow | Effortless Voice Dictation
Charty 2.0 – Create charts from Shortcuts
You’re not ready for these iPhone Shortcuts - YouTube
Introducing Circle Eclipse
Black Meta Fury AI Glasses - Brown Gradient Lenses | Meta Store | Meta
CalDigit TS5 Plus Thunderbolt 5 Dock
Schlage Sense Pro™ Smart Deadbolt
Aqara Smart Lock U400
choclift
Raycast
Keyboard Maestro
Monarch Money
Alfred
Pixelmator Pro
Drafts
Superwhisper
Day One
The Movie Database (TMDB)
Uber
Four Thousand Weeks
CalDigit Element Hub
Maestral
Sparky's Lightsaber Holder
Dropbox
LM Studio
Claude / Claude Cowork
ChatGPT
Google Gemini
Perplexity
Dithering
MacStories
MPU Talk forums
relay.fm/mpu
MPU 856 — Siri AI and the Beta Features
Sara Dietschy
Merlin Mann
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