The state of speech-to-text in 2026
A journalist briefing on the speech-to-text industry: on-device models, privacy, accuracy, bias, market layers, and the Mac’s shift toward voice-first input.
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Guides, deep dives, and news for Mac users
Practical walkthroughs and opinion pieces from Benedict Slaney on backups, recovery, hardware, and automation.
Bootable backups on Apple silicon
Step-by-step workflow combining Install Disk Creator and Mac Backup Guru.
Read the guideAPFS from a backup developer's perspective
A preserved field note from the transition to Apple’s modern filesystem, written while adapting Mac Backup Guru.
Read the archiveCreate a bootable USB macOS installer
Everything you need to prep reusable installer media with Install Disk Creator.
Read the articleThe MacBook Pro analysis Apple answered
Benedict Slaney’s engineering analysis of the 16GB RAM limit, with Phil Schiller’s direct response and corrections.
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The original argument about Apple’s thin-and-light tradeoffs that led into the 16GB memory analysis.
Read the archiveThe new MacBook Pro’s power efficiency
Measured discharge behavior and the battery-life calculations developed for Battery Guru.
Read the archiveCould Thunderbolt 3 replace the Mac Pro tower?
A preserved prediction about USB-C, external GPUs, fast storage, and modular Mac workstations.
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