I’m a Pac-12 football fan and Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News is one of the best reporters on the subject, along with Oregon-based indie writer John Canzano. Today, Wilner writes that… | Continue reading
My thanks to Kolide for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Kolide offers a more nuanced approach to setting and enforcing sensitive data policies. At most companies, employees can download sensitive company data onto any device, keep it there forever, and never even know that they’ … | Continue reading
CNN rises to the top of the conversation again, Netflix gets the ball back, Paramount sells some crown jewels, Sports Corner travels to Utah, and we answer four listener letters!… | Continue reading
MAMP runs at the center of my new Mac mini server.I upgraded my Mac mini server last weekend, swapping an M2 model in for a 2018 model running macOS Mojave that was the last in-service Intel Mac in my house.… | Continue reading
Extended warranties, our first jobs, whether we read online reviews, and how to deal with window management on the Mac.… | Continue reading
visionOS is here so let’s talk to some people who can speak intelligently about it.… | Continue reading
Jason Marr, developer of the excellent AnyList app I’ve used for shopping lists for years: Google is shutting down the Google Assistant Notes & Lists integration for non-Google apps on June 20, 2023.… | Continue reading
Craig Grannell at Stuff argues that Apple’s approach to Fitness streaks ultimately does us a disservice: The problem is the thin line between encouragement and assuming everyone is a robot.… | Continue reading
The Apple Vision Pro announcement was not focused on accessibility, but the product will definitely be accessible to people with disabilities. Existing technologies like VoiceOver and Dwell Control will be integral to the way people with disabilities use the product.… | Continue reading
Developers are getting their hands on (simulated) visionOS for the first time, and we speculate about how spatial apps might work. And for the Summer of Fun, we gauge our excitement level for various Apple-related product rumors.… | Continue reading
Here’s an uncomfortable fact: at most companies, employees can download sensitive company data onto any device, keep it there forever, and never even know that they’re doing something wrong.… | Continue reading
(Apple)No matter what you think of the Vision Pro headset or 3D movies, it’s become apparent over the last few weeks that a lot of people need a primer on 3D, stereoscopic movies.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podc … | Continue reading
Apple and Reddit’s relationship with those who deal with their users continues to be a rocky road. Meanwhile, visionOS hits the streets. Toward a more perfect union They say both that no news is good news and that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, but if Apple’s relationshi … | Continue reading
My thanks to Kolide for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Kolide offers a more nuanced approach to setting and enforcing sensitive data policies. At most companies, employees can download sensitive company data onto any device, keep it there forever, and never even know that they’ … | Continue reading
Some software features have a delayed impact, like the clap of thunder reaching you seconds after a lightning strike. They may not be useful right away, but at some point something comes along that makes you realize that they’re just what you needed.… | Continue reading
How we save links for later, the app we’d make for Apple Vision Pro, how we listen to music and podcasts, and tips for tech to use when moving across the country.… | Continue reading
Dan Kois, writing at Slate, bemoans one of my biggest annoyances with the iPhone keyboard: No, no, I’m not searching for “luxury poisons for the rich.” But my Google searches, like hers, are lousy … | Continue reading
Two out of three Rebound hosts do not have Covid again.… | Continue reading
As our resident passkey beat editor, I was glad to see that Apple has now added the ability to log in to your Apple ID or iCloud.com… | Continue reading
Myke and Jason answer your questions about Vision Pro, catch up with some new beta details, saddle up for a new Rumor Roundup, process the Reddit debacle, and detail our summer plans.… | Continue reading
Right now, “Zero Trust” is in serious danger of becoming an empty buzzword. The problem isn’t just that marketers have slapped the Zero Trust label on everything short of breakfast cereal–it’s that for all the hype, we don’t seem to be getting any safer.… | Continue reading
Usually WWDC week is for new OS features. But this year, WWDC was stuffed full of new Macs and an entirely new Apple platform, so I’m slowly digging out of that and starting to dig into the new OS features announced last week.… | Continue reading
Get our your notebooks because we’re about to learn a valuable lesson in the relationship between output and cost. It will be on the final. Speaking of textbook cases, Reddit provides another while Apple continues to struggle with greasing the wheels of the game business.… This s … | Continue reading
My thanks to Audio Hijack by Rogue Amoeba for sponsoring Six Colors this week. I love Audio Hijack. I use it almost every day. I use it for podcasts, yes, but it’s far more than a recording tool.… | Continue reading
The head of CNN is out, but the larger issue is: what’s the future of TV news in the age of streaming?… | Continue reading
Christina Warren, writing at Inverse, has a good overview of Apple’s impressive Game Porting Toolkit: It turns out that Apple added DirectX 12 support via something it is calling the Game Porting Toolkit, a tool Apple is offering to developers to see how their existing x86 Direc … | Continue reading
Whether we’re installing Apple betas, Tim Cook offers us a free product, how the Reddit blockout have affected us, and what we were disappointed not to see at WWDC.… | Continue reading
Looking forward to opining on things we haven’t used.… | Continue reading
Some first-hand experiences with Apple Vision Pro that are worth your time: Federico Viticci at MacStories: I’m going to be direct with this story. My 30-minute demo with Vision Pro last week was the most mind-blowing moment of my 14-year career covering Apple and technology.… | Continue reading
Of course, Stephen Hackett at 512 Pixels has the details about Apple’s re-use of the “Apple Vision” name: Apple has had other products with “vision” in their names over the years.… | Continue reading
Jason and Myke discuss their experiences using the Apple Vision Pro and what they’re thinking about the product now that they’ve used it. Also there’s a lot of WWDC follow-up, and Jason reviewed new Macs!… | Continue reading
The M1 Mac Studio arrived last year with a shock, an entirely new class of Mac that debuted as the fastest Mac around. But with the Mac Pro presumably coming down the road, what role (if any) would the Mac Studio fill in the long-term future of high-performance Mac desktops?… | Continue reading
With Audio Hijack, you can record any audio on your Mac. Save audio from individual applications such as Safari or Zoom, record from hardware audio devices like microphones and mixers, or even capture the audio output of the entire system.… | Continue reading
The 15-inch MacBook Air (bottom) is larger than its 13-inch sibling, but otherwise almost entirely identical.One of the lessons to be taken from the Apple silicon era is that the chips are what they are.… | Continue reading
The Apple Vision Pro is here! Well, not yet. And you can’t afford one. So is it really here? No. But the new Macs are! And soon the feature we’ve all been waiting for.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and co … | Continue reading
My thanks to BZG Apps for sponsoring Six Colors this week. BZG makes Unite 4, which allows you to turn any Website into a Mac app. Using a lightweight, WebKit powered browser as a backend, you can … | Continue reading
Apollo Developer Christian Selig, who has been trying to find a way to keep his app alive despite an enormous new charge for connecting to Reddit, has given up: June 30th will be Apollo’s last day.… | Continue reading
Our reactions to Apple’s new operating systems, Macs and that other thing.… | Continue reading
Apple announced plenty of new features at WWDC this week, but it’s bundled up a few services-related announcements in a new press release, some of which have been hitherto unknown.… | Continue reading
Though all of Apple’s operating systems got attention during this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, watchOS 10 got perhaps the biggest overhaul, not only changing fundamental ways that users interact with the device, but also how information is presented on the wearable.… | Continue reading
Yes, I’ve worn it. One of the advantages of being present at Apple Park for WWDC 2023 was that I got to experience—after having my face measured and my eyeglasses scanned—the Apple Vision Pro in a controlled environment, guided by two Apple employees.… | Continue reading
WWDC 2023 has arrived and Jason and Myke react to the keynote announcements, live from a secluded location at Apple Park! Topics are just what you’d guess: Apple Vision Pro, new Mac hardware (!),… | Continue reading
Live from the Apple Podcasts studio at WWDC! We discuss how we would use Vision Pro in our everyday lives, the announcement(s) that made us clap, the Home & Audio features we were excited about, and the iOS and/or iPadOS features we can’t wait to use.… | Continue reading
Some very quick thoughts about the Apple Vision Pro. From a golf cart. Driving through Apple Park.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and community.. | Continue reading
Processing the keynote is like taking in a big meal: sometimes you have to just sit back and digest. So much information flies by that it can be hard to pick out the details that are important to you, but as I compiled the list of features that didn’t make the keynote cut, I foun … | Continue reading
Apple’s Monday keynote at WWDC was jam-packed as usual, but even at two hours there’s never enough time to cover everything that the company is rolling out in its latest platform updates—especially when you’re updating five major platforms and rolling out a brand new headset.… | Continue reading
Unite 4 for macOS allows you to turn any website into an app on your Mac. Using a lightweight, WebKit powered browser as a backend, you can easily create isolated, customizable apps from any site. … | Continue reading
In the waning days of the Apple headset as a rumor, please remember to tip your local rumormonger. Remember, they survive on tips. If you’re worried about Apple’s keynote being too long, don’t.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive … | Continue reading