50 minutes with the complaints department.… | Continue reading
Special guest: Jason Snell. Topics: Headset, headseat, headset. And no baseball talk other than how games might look in VR. Also: Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad, and GM’s dumb decision to drop CarPlay.… | Continue reading
Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro are finally available for the iPad. I’ve had a week to use beta versions of the apps, each of which arrives in the App Store on Tuesday for $5/month or $50/year. A… | Continue reading
While I’m linking to subscription Substacks, I thought I’d link to Will Carroll’s piece about Apple, sports, and VR: I’m not sure if people are ready for VR (or “XR” as Apple appears to be calling it), but one of the strongly rumored apps is a virtual IMAX screen.… | Continue reading
Last week Joe Posnanski wrote an excellent story about PitchCom (subscription required), the technology that’s now used by Major League Baseball to relay pitch calls between catcher and pitcher.… | Continue reading
With WWDC and our annual draft right around the corner, it’s time to survey the final rumors about Apple’s AR/VR headset, while also taking stock of some real accessibility developments due this fall.… | 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
A couple of years ago, my favorite Mac email app—the Gmail web wrapper app Mailplane—was discontinued. After an appropriate period of mourning (which included using Apple Mail regularly for the first time in years), I was desperate for an email app that worked the way I wanted it … | Continue reading
The headset goes on a real expectations rollercoaster ride this week as Apple clears the deck for WWDC. The Apple headset is awesome If you were worried about Apple’s chances in the AR/VR space you can relax because it looks like they’ve got this headset business all sorted.… Thi … | Continue reading
My thanks to iMazing for sponsoring Six Colors this week. iMazing is the answer to so many questions about how you can have more control over how to sync and back up iOS and iPadOS devices… and want to do it all from a Mac or Windows PC rather than relying on the cloud.… | Continue reading
Julia’s back at last, so we blast through discussing HBO Max becoming Max, Hulu going inside the Disney+ app, the WGA’s “streaming strike”, the NFL’s Peacock playoff game, and ESPN plotting its inevitable over-the-top service.… | Continue reading
I am reminded by Reader Donni that I haven’t updated my “How I Podcast: Recording” article since the days of Skype. I don’t use Skype now. I use Zoom. So I made a quick upda… | Continue reading
Fast Company’s Harry McCracken talked to some of the team behind Apple’s new Personal Voice accessibility feature about its development as well as some more fine details: When it came to enabling third-party apps to speak via Personal Voice, Apple put privacy measures in place s … | Continue reading
Apple’s new accessibility features, buttons vs. touchscreens, a free ad-supported television set, and whether we’re contributors or lurkers on social media.… | Continue reading
Ex arrr, mateys.… | Continue reading
iMazing gives Mac and Windows users powerful features and options for managing iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices, filling important gaps in Apple’s feature set. iMazing is especially well-suited for those who prefer to work with their data and backups locally instead of the cl … | Continue reading
For the third year running, Apple has offered a preview of accessibility features coming to its platforms later this year. The announcements were timed to mark global accessibility awareness day on May 18.… | Continue reading
Apple has finally announced Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad. What does this mean for the platform, what took so long, and is this the end of the story–or just the beginning? Also, the Wa… | Continue reading
Twitter (left), Mastodon (center), and Bluesky (right).Last week, I joined Bluesky, the new hotness in social platforms. It’s the latest refuge for those who have beef with the way Elon Musk runs Twitter.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access t … | Continue reading
This week Apple gets around to making its own dog food and eating it too, iPhones take over the U.S. market, and it may soon be time for that “Cheers” re-watch you’ve been thinking about for years.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclu … | 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
Completing precision tasks on iPad with Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro, our thoughts on AI in retail (in light of the Wendy’s news), Google joining the foldable phone market, and predictions for Apple’s WWDC and the mention of artificial intelligence.… | Continue reading
If you thought we were above obvious microphone puns then I’m not sure what podcast you’ve been listening to but it wasn’t this one.… | Continue reading
Back in November 2015, Apple released the first iPad Pro, and I was hooked. But in the intervening seven and a half years, it’s felt that the iPad’s hardware has constantly been let down by its software—and Apple’s failure to support its own pro iPad hardware with its pro-level a … | Continue reading
Apple Newsroom: Apple today unveiled Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad. Video and music creators can now unleash their creativity in new ways that are only possible on iPad. Final Cut Pro and Lo… | Continue reading
It’s time to analyze Apple’s financial results, including a focus on India and some substantial declines for the Mac and iPad. Myke reveals the existence of the Secret Myke Hurley Tip Line.… | 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
It’s AirTags to the rescue as the little devices could get a standard and are endorsed by law enforcement. Meanwhile, Apple employees are making some wild demands and the company manages to pull off an OK quarter.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get … | Continue reading
Chance Miller of 9to5Mac has a really well-reported article about the fall of accessory maker Brydge: Brydge, a once thriving startup making popular keyboard accessories for iPad, Mac, and Microsoft Surface products, is ceasing operations.… | Continue reading
What’s better than charts? A video about charts. Dan and Jason look over the latest Apple results on YouTube: … | Continue reading
Every three months Apple’s CEO and CFO get on the phone and chat with financial analysts. By which we mean, they read from prepared statements and then take a couple questions each from a group of handpicked analysts.… | Continue reading
Apple announced its latest quarterly results on Thursday. The company posted $94.8 billion in revenue, down slightly from the year-ago quarter but—at least to my eyes—not down as much as we might have expected.… | Continue reading
I realize this is a bit esoteric, but if you ever find yourself needing to migrate messages from Slack to Discord, I can highly recommend slack-to-discord, a Python-based project on GitHub that I used yesterday to migrate some messages from Incomparable’s members-only Slack group … | Continue reading
Apple and Google collaborate on a standard for device trackers, our thoughts on Bluesky, Google implements passkeys, and whether we’re hopeful or fearful of AI.… | Continue reading
Can someone locate Dan’s office for him?… | Continue reading
Jess Weatherbed at The Verge: Google’s next step into a passwordless future is here with the announcement that passkeys — a new cryptographic keys solution that requires a preauthenticated device — are coming to Google accounts on all major platforms.… | Continue reading
Apple and Google posted a rare joint press release Tuesday regarding a new initiative to stop using devices like AirTags from being used for unwanted tracking: Today Apple and Google jointly submitted a proposed industry specification to help combat the misuse of Bluetooth locat … | Continue reading
Jason’s former co-host from another TV podcast, Tim Goodman, drops by to discuss his decision to be a TV writer at the very end of the Peak TV era, the challenges of TV criticism, and his return to writing about TV on his own terms via Substack.… | Continue reading
This week we react to rumors of future Apple health services and try to understand the difference between a service and a feature. Also, is Apple right to keep advanced AI out of Siri until it’s trustworthy?… | Continue reading
For a smart watch, the Apple Watch can sometimes be…less than intelligent. Case in point: more than a few times in the past weeks, I’ve found myself bitten by one relatively minor missing feature.… | Continue reading
Are Technica’s Dan Goodin throws cold water on recent warnings about “juice jacking” (i.e. devices being compromised by being plugged into public USB charging ports): The problem with the warnings coming out of the FCC and FBI is that they divert attention away from bigger secur … | Continue reading
Goooooood mornnnnnning!We here at Six Colors don’t get a lot of scoops—simply put, it’s not what we do. Sure, we hear rumors from time to time, and sometimes even a little birdie or two crosses our path with an interesting tidbit, but they generally don’t rise to the level of an … | Continue reading
The headset cometh, if reports are to be believed (would it kill you to clap for the headset?), and Apple has a slew of operating system updates in store with some wild and wacky features.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stor … | Continue reading
My Mac mini server, as seen remotely through Screens.Last year, while listening to the Connected podcast, I was struck by something Stephen Hackett said: The opportunities are endless with an always-on Mac.… | Continue reading
For my own mental health, I haven’t read the comments on most websites in years (and don’t offer them here). Various Safari extensions, including dedicated ones like Shut Up as well as ad blockers like 1Blocker, will give you the option to also hide comments.… | Continue reading
On this, our 500th episode, we start by complaining about the apps we begrudgingly use regularly. Then we predict the future of phones, reveal our history with dual-booting PCs, and share what it would take to get us to buy a mixed-reality headset.… | Continue reading
It’s smoothy time.… | Continue reading
As rumor season kicks into high gear, we discuss Apple’s potential new app, more reports about its VR headset, and some updates about forthcoming Mac hardware.… | Continue reading