This Week in Apple: A stopped Watch (Member Post)

Is the Apple Watch about to become as scarce as woke liberal elites at Elon Musk’s birthday party? Meanwhile rumors about the iPhone 15 and the Apple headset are heating up, hopefully not like the devices themselves.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Blood glucose monitoring and machine learning (6C Podcast)

With Jason off on assignment, Dan recruits his Clockwise co-host Mikah Sargent to talk about reports of Apple’s latest medical device and how the company uses machine learning.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcast … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) The Rebound 432: 2 Tired 2 Early

Man versus machine.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Report: Apple working on non-invasive glucose testing device ↦

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple is working on a “moonshot” project for continuous non-invasive blood glucose testing, and that it’s looking promising: Apple is taking a different approach, using a chip technology known as silicon photonics and a measurement process calle … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Music to no one’s ears (Member Post)

Look, I’ve been hoping that at some point, the rocky transition from iTunes to the Music app would be over and we’d all look back on it and say, “Wow, I can’t believe that was so brief.”… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive storie … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) Downstream 38: Aggressively Fine

Susan Wojcicki steps down as YouTube CEO, what will her legacy be? Ant-Man performs well at the box office, but do reviews indicate ‘Marvel Fatigue’? And guest-host Myke Hurley quizzes Julia on why he has to wait for shows to premiere in the UK.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) Upgrade 447: I’ve Got a Lot of Code in the Catalogue

With Jason on vacation, Myke is joined by David Smith. They discuss a potential delay for Apple’s headset and what that may mean for WWDC. Also, David’s AI-powered podcast transcription website, and the introduction of ‘Ask Underscore’.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Setting up iOS’s two-factor authentication for Twitter

If you’re already using two-factor authentication on your Twitter, account, great! But with the company’s announcement Friday evening1 that it would be discontinuing two-factor authentication via SMS for all but its paying Twitter Blue subscribers, you may suddenly find yourself … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

This Week in Apple: Delayed gratification (Member Post)

The Air might be getting bigger up here, this Mastodon deal keeps getting better and better, and the Apple headset get kicked down the road (disclaimer: kicking an Apple headset down the road will void your warranty).… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Windows on ARM comes to the Mac… officially ↦

Microsoft Edge for Windows running in Coherence mode on my Mac Studio.Parallels announced on Thursday that Microsoft has officially approved running Windows 11 for ARM processors on M1 and M2 Macs via the Parallels Desktop app for Mac.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

New Apple betas bring new emojis ↦

Keith Broni at the Emojipedia blog: New emoji designs have arrived on iOS as part of the first iOS 16.4 beta, including the shaking face, two pushing hands, and the much-requested plain pink heart emoji.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) Clockwise 490: Smoothie Dan

How we’d add AI technology to our tasks, our non-starter factors for buying an electric car, the device screen sizes we think Apple should consider, and how we’re using climate data to automate our smart homes.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) The Rebound 431: $100 An Inch

15 times 100 gives you a new MacBook Air.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) Upgrade 446: The iPhone Abides

Jason has released the 2022 Apple Report Card, and now it’s time for him and Myke to once again share their grades for Apple for the year gone by. Also, Tim and Eddy go to the Super Bowl, and… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

HomePod (second generation) review: More of the same

The new, second-generation HomePod is a funny product. So many of us assumed that the original model was discontinued because it was a sales flop, but here it is: reincarnated, and not as some sort of Hollywood-style reboot, but more like a faithful remake of the original, right … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

This Week in Apple: Pie in the Skynet (Member Post)

Apple looks to the future as two of its rivals make AI announcements, rumors swirl of an even more expensive iPhone, and the company would like some games for the Mac, please.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Sponsor) Audio Hijack

I can’t thank Rogue Amoeba, makers of Audio Hijack, enough for sponsoring the site this week. Rogue Amoeba was our first sponsor, I use their software every day, and I’m so happy that they were here to sponsor the release of the 2022 Apple Report Card.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) Downstream 37: ESPN Minus

Disney’s first financial results of the Iger II era make us consider the future of Hulu and ESPN. Discovery+ pulls a fast one, Showtime can’t dodge its fate, Peacock looks surprisingly robust, and Netflix’s password crackdown is stuff you already knew!… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Fun With Charts: A 2022 Report Card breakdown

As I did last year, I turned to Six Colors member, Duke University professor, and data visualization expert Kieran Healy that take the initial Report Card scores and slice them in a few interesting ways.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Automating podcast transcripts on my Mac with OpenAI Whisper

A little section of Upgrade 444 in David Smith’s original Podsearch engine.A while ago, David Smith created a site called Podsearch, a search engine for a few of his favorite podcasts, including a couple of mine.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) Clockwise 489: It Will Automatically Punch You

Our experiences with modern day Internet search, what we’re doing with AI tools, actors and AI voice generation, and our favorite black technologists.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) The Rebound 430: Give Up On Your Dreams, Kids

Dan’s inbox has it’s own gravitational field.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Checking in on the accessibility of the Dynamic Island (Member Post)

With the Dynamic Island expanded as a song plays, you can select the scrubber with VoiceOver, and flick up or down to move through the track.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and community.. | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) Upgrade 445: Headwinds

How you read Apple’s financial results really depends on what you want to see in them. We break down the numbers, ponder the state of Apple’s deisgn group, and reconsider what Apple may or may not be folding in the near future.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Apple in 2022: The Six Colors report card

It’s time for our annual look back on Apple’s performance during the past year, as seen through the eyes of writers, editors, developers, podcasters, and other people who spend an awful lot of time thinking about Apple.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Sponsor) Record Any Audio on Your Mac, With Audio Hijack

With Audio Hijack, you can record any audio on your Mac. Whether you want to save audio from individual applications like Safari or Skype, hardware audio devices like microphones and mixers, and even the entire system audio output, Audio Hijack can handle it.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

This Week in Apple: Let them fight (Member Post)

Cue up your best Ken Watanabe gif because the kaiju of Apple rumors are going head to head! Samsung announces it’s getting into… some kind of reality, but it doesn’t matter because Apple’s going out of business.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get a … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

This is Tim: Apple Q1 2023 analyst call transcript

As always, Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri spend an hour talking to investment analysts about the company’s just-completed quarter. And as always, we’ve got a transcript! Here i… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Apple results and charts: $117.2B quarter is still a step back

Apple on Thursday announced its fiscal first-quarter results, and it was a step backward. The company’s year-over-year revenue fell $6.7 billion, though with total revenue of $117.2 billion it was still the company’s second largest quarter ever.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) Clockwise 488: The Instagram of Shoes

Our thoughts on an app aiming to be “the TikTok for text,” whether we’re bothered by AI-generated content when it’s accurate and useful, Apple’s rumored foldable iPad, and our home speaker setups.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) The Rebound 429: PRAM vs PRAM

Folding iPads, folding notebooks… wait, notebooks already fold.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) The Talk Show #368: Tweeter and the Monkey Man

Special guest Dan Moren joins John Gruber to talk about the new M2 MacBook Pros and Mac Minis, and the triumphant return of the full-sized HomePod.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

The Back Page: M2, Brute? (Member Post)

It wouldn’t be the release of a brand new Apple product without the release of a brand new -gate to go along with it. Unlike power adapters and headphones, the company continues to bundle in controversy with every single purchase.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Becom … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) Upgrade 444: Greg

We break our brains processing wild rumors of folding iPads and Siri-driven VR app development. Demonstrating the interactive power of UpgradeFeedback.com, Myke hears from many listeners who love t… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

This Week in Apple: Feel the elephant (Member Post)

The M2 Mac mini and MacBook Pro reviews are in, Ivory is here, and details of the Apple headset?! Our collective cups runneth over. “You made the car too good.”… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and community … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Sponsor) Clay

My thanks to Clay for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Clay is a thoughtful relationship manager designed specifically for macOS and iOS. Clay makes it easier to connect with people, to be more generous and responsive with our fellow humans who are core to our own personal and pr … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

New tool generates more useful Mastodon link previews in Messages

Just the other day, I was lamenting one of my big frustations with Mastodon—that links to posts, unlike tweets, don’t display nicely in Messages. Instead you get a preview that shows the poster’s profile image and their name, rather than the actual text or image of the post itsel … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) Clockwise 487: A Trebillionty Menu Bar Apps

Whether we spec up our Macs, our philosophy on menu bars, what we use for pointing devices, and our screen sizes of choice.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) The Rebound 428: The Cobra System

New Apple hardware and our not-so-long wait for Ivory is over.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) Downstream 36: Commercial Inception

Netflix shows Disney how CEO transitions happen, as Reed Hastings is elevated to chairmanship and Greg Peters becomes co-CEO. Julia has analysis of Netflix’s earnings report, we discuss streaming Oscar nominees, and we answer your amazing letters!… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Tapbots’s Ivory client for Mastodon launches for iOS, iPadOS

Sometimes when the universe force quits a Twitter client, it launches a Mastodon client. Rising from the ashes of the recently departed Tweetbot, developer Tapbots has officially launched its much-anticipated client for the federated social network, Ivory, for iPhones and iPads.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Apple’s privacy push extends to retail (and Nick Mohammed)

As a part of Data Privacy Week, on Tuesday Apple announced a privacy-themed session at its retail stores and released a video highlighting privacy features in iOS. The video, which the company post… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Podcast) Upgrade 443: Core Variations

Jason’s spent most of the last week with an M2 Max MacBook Pro, so it’s time for his full review. We also discuss the M2 Mac mini and the second-generation HomePod. And what does the fu… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

M2 MacBook Pro and Mac mini, live!

New Macs are here. We’ve got ’em. Join Jason and Dan at approximately 2pm PT / 5pm ET on YouTube for a live look at the new hardware, and we’ll answer your questions!… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Apple ID security key support added in iOS 16.3, macOS 13.2

With today’s release of iOS 16.3 and macOS Ventura 13.2, Apple added yet another additional security feature, allowing users to secure their Apple IDs with hardware security keys. If you̵… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

Hi Dock lets you tweak your Mac’s Dock for multiple displays

As someone who’s recently been spending more time with a MacBook Air both hooked up to an Apple Studio Display and on its own, I’ve definitely noticed that what works in one setup isn’t always the best answer for all display configurations.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

(Sponsor) Clay – A Beautiful Relationship Manager for iOS and macOS

  People make us laugh, challenge us to improve, support us when things are tough, and celebrate with us once they get better. They’re core to our personal and professional success, but being more generous, more responsive, more conscientious with them?… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago

2023 MacBook Pro Review: More of the same, in a good way

Here’s what the new M2 MacBook Pro is not: new. Yes, it’s powered by a new generation of Apple silicon, but it’s very much the same laptop that was updated for the Apple silicon era in 2021.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 year ago