(Podcast) Upgrade #273: Sideways the Game

This week we discuss Tim Cook’s political high-wire act, Apple’s attempts to reduce bugs in future iOS releases, and Jason’s wishes for iOS 14. Finally, just in time for the holidays, Myke at the Movies returns with 1988’s “D... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Rebound 265: The Bearable Lightness of AirPods

This week, on the irreverent tech show featuring the man of a thousand voices, it’s all about Apple’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad November. The president visits an Apple factory (and lies about it), Apple shuts down a developer known... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Clockwise #321: Stick an Apple on It

This week, on the 30-minute tech show that’s only half an hour, Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests Rosemary Orchard and Florence Ion to discuss our note-taking and information snippet solutions, Apple’s expansion in Austin, our exposur... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Upgrade #272: Double Secret Vice President of Keyboards

A week later, we’re pondering the 16-inch MacBook Pro and what it means about how Apple listens to customers and criticism. We also look into the future to wonder where Apple will take touchscreen devices and whether we’re uncomfortable about ... | Continue reading


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Wish List: Edit iOS's autocorrect dictionary

Recently a friend of mine complained that he was having trouble with iOS not recognizing his daughter’s name. It’s not a particularly unusual name, but it’s just not in Apple’s built-in dictionary, and so the system kept changing i... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Rebound 264: Free Pack of Slim Jims

This week, on the irreverent tech show that has either two or three hosts depending on the week, Dan and John talk about Apple’s brand spanking new 16-inch MacBook Pro and what it bodes for the rest of the company’s laptop lineups. Then itR... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Upgrade #271: The 16-inch MacBook Pro

The butterfly keyboard era is over! Apple is releasing a new 16-inch MacBook Pro this week, featuring a Magic Keyboard, upgraded audio, the biggest battery allowed by law, and a lot more. Jason has an exclusive interview with Apple’s MacBook Pro pro... | Continue reading


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Key upgrade: A first look at the 16-inch MacBook Pro

Here it is, the new generation of Mac laptop.On Wednesday Apple announced a new 16-inch MacBook Pro, with a completely redesigned keyboard, bigger display, increased battery life, ninth-generation Intel processors, upgraded graphics processors, expand... | Continue reading


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Why my iPad podcast workflow still includes the Mac

I’ve long been a proponent of using the iPad for podcasting, whether recording or editing them. When the new Apple Pencil came out a year ago, I integrated it into my iPad editing workflow. I can edit podcasts with the Apple Pencil at a pretty imp... | Continue reading


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Dan vs. the AirPods Pro

I badly want to love AirPods Pro. Put simply, Apple’s new wireless earbuds are chock full of amazing features: they’re lightweight, they have impressive noise cancellation, and they make switching between devices easy. There’s just o... | Continue reading


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AirPods Pro Review: Hearing is still believing

The original AirPods were a revelation, even for a person like me, who had written off Apple’s ability to create good headphones years before. The combination of being truly wireless, sounding pretty good, and being easy to use turned the AirPods in... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Clockwise #319: I Find Comfort in Managing Assets

This week, on the 30-minute show that’s fallen back but never fallen behind, Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests Christa Mrgan and Jeff Carlson to discuss the nerdy technical tasks we find ourselves undertaking, how we handle software updates... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Rebound 263: Professional AirPods

This week, on the irreverent tech show that now reviews TV shows, we discuss all of Apple’s fine new streaming offerings, with the operative word being “fine.” Then Dan has thoughts on the AirPods Pro, John’s in the market for Home... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Upgrade #270: The Toughest Compare

Apple TV+ has finally arrived, and we discuss Apple’s first round of new shows—as well as an unimpressive performance from the TV app itself. We’ve also got reviews of the new AirPods Pro, and Apple’s latest financial results revea... | Continue reading


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Wish List: Find My for CarPlay

Sometimes in technology you think of an idea that everybody needs—one of those things that you can’t believe nobody has built. And sometimes you just think of something that you really need. Not infrequently, my wife asks me to pick her up fro... | Continue reading


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As Apple's services grow, it's 'gifts' for users and ARPU for analysts

You’ve got to hand it to Apple when it comes to saying the loud part loud and the quiet part quiet. The company has spent the last few years cranking up an enormous services business that’s growing by double digits quarter after quarter an... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Rebound 262: Little Tiny Ding Dongs

This week, on the irreverent tech show with two and a half hosts, we discuss every aspect of the AirPods Pro, from the stupid name to the intriguing fit and finish. Then it’s a recap of Apple’s financials: spoiler, the company made a lot of mo... | Continue reading


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This is Tim: A transcript of Apple's fourth quarter 2019 conference call with analysts

Want some more color on Apple’s latest financial results? Here’s a transcript of the give and take between Tim Cook, Apple CFO Luca Maestri, and a bunch of Wall Street analysts that traditionally follows the release of results. Come for the ... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Clockwise #318: AirPods Sucking as a Service (ASaaS)

This week, on the 30-minute tech podcast that’s especially spooooooky, Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests Jason Howell and Jeremy Burge to discuss our systems for getting things done, when we knew we were destined for a life in tech, our fee... | Continue reading


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Apple results: $64B in revenue on record Services income

On Wednesday Apple reported the results from its fiscal fourth quarter, with $64 billion in revenue and $13.7 billion in profit, led by a record $12.5 billion in Services. iPhone revenue was down 9% year over year, with Mac down 5% and iPad up 17% and wea... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Upgrade #269: A Beep Beep from Far Away

This week Jason has no power or Internet, so Myke gives him the details about the new AirPods Pro, the first reviews of Apple TV+ shows, iOS 13.2 and a perplexing HomePod software update, and Apple’s rumored reboot of its smart-home initiative. In e... | Continue reading


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Apple introduces AirPods Pro

And so the AirPods join the iMac, MacBook, and iPad in devices that have gone Pro, as Apple announces the latest version of its wireless headphones. Boasting a new design with flexible ear tips, the AirPods Pro add the highly-anticipated Active Noise Ca... | Continue reading


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With iPadOS 13, the iPad seems safe for college students

Not sure about how realistic this demo room in my daughter’s dorm is, given that I had that Raiders of the Lost Ark poster on my dorm wall, too.When I went off to college in the fall of 1988 I took an enormous Apple IIe, monitor, and printer with ... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Clockwise #317: Fancy Super Duper Techno Chippy Things

This week, on the 30-minute tech podcast where everything is fine, Dan is joined by special guests Georgia Dow, Kathy Campbell, and Shahid Kamal Ahmad to discuss uses for Apple’s rumored AR glasses, our feelings on big tech working with autocratic g... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Rebound 261: Never Trust a Murderdroid

This week, on the irreverent tech podcast that’s trying to avoid spoilers, Dan shares his surprise genealogy news, James has a TV tale as old as time, and John’s hopes are rising for a new low-cost iPhone next year. Plus, we speculate about Ap... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Upgrade #268: Featchas in the Beatas

Everything old is new for Myke, as he tries out his “new” Mac (released in 2017) running a “new” version of macOS (it’s Mojave). With Apple TV+ launching late next week, there’s an enormous collection of Upstream news. ... | Continue reading


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How many outs? Baseball playoff graphics compared

[Content warning: Baseball.]ESPN’s 3-D strike zone animation was great.Ever since Fox introduced the status box overlay in NFL games a couple of decades ago, I’ve been paying attention to how televised sports imparts information to viewe... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Upgrade #267: The Quiet Death of the Newton

James Thomson joins Jason to discuss converting an app from iOS to Mac via Catalyst, the prospects for using Catalyst on his most profitable app, and the end of an era as his app DragThing and all other 32-bit Mac apps fade away. We also sort out Apple an... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Rebound 259: Fifty Dollars a Pod

This week, on the irreverent tech podcast that headphones it in, we talk about Apple’s latest movie acquisition, then our Catalina upgrade experiences and what we should be looking for. Plus Dan shares a new pair of headphones that he doesn’t ... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Clockwise #315: Pop Quiz, Hot Shot!

This week, on the tech podcast that can’t go over 30 minutes or it explodes, Dan is joined by cohost emeritus Jason Snell and special guests Casey Liss and Brianna Wu to discuss whether we’re making the jump to macOS Catalina, which hardware a... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Upgrade #266: Two iPads in a Sandwich

macOS Catalina has arrived and Jason’s got his full review, plus we dig into the new multi-screened mobile device announcements from Microsoft (and what they might mean for Apple), and put on our sweaters to talk about Deep Fusion photography. ... | Continue reading


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macOS Catalina review: New era ahead, proceed with caution

Sometimes software upgrades just fuzz together, all part of a continuum of changes over time. Others are more momentous, when there’s a clean break from what has come before. After a few years of fuzzy updates, macOS Catalina is one of those clean b... | Continue reading


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BBEdit 13 arrives, with new grep features and dark mode support

Bare Bones Software released BBEdit 13.0 on Thursday. I spend more time in BBEdit than any other Mac app, as it’s my writing and text munging tool of choice. This update adds a whole bunch of pattern-matching search-and-replace (or grep) features th... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Rebound 258: I'll Customize Your Face

This week, on the irreverent technology show where we talk about Apple Watches and, uh, watch about Apple talks, we discuss the Apple Watch Series 5, explore the nuances of our favorite watchfaces and bands, examine the barrage of Apple software updates, ... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Clockwise #314: Get a Real Computer, Jerk

This week, on the 30-minute tech show that’s going to back to school, Dan is joined by special guests Anže Tomić and Jean MacDonald, as well as co-host emeritus Jason Snell, to discuss Amazon’s cavalcade of new Alexa devices, ultrawide vs. tel... | Continue reading


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13 Features of iOS 13: Files improvements

Funny how something as basic as inserting a thumbdrive can feel like a colossal victory.The Finder places files and folders at the center of the Mac, but on iOS, apps are at the center. Still, managing documents is a fact of life in many cases, and ov... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Upgrade #265: Nothing But Canned Answers

Jason finished his iPhone 11 review nearly two weeks after the fact, Myke is back in the Apple Watch game with a new Series 5 model, and we hear from a bunch of Apple Store employees. ... | Continue reading


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iPhone 11 review: It's one louder, isn't it?

We all like to remember the huge leaps forward, but much of the progress Apple makes is incremental. Even when the devices come in the same wrapper, new technologies are being added on the inside. That’s especially important to keep in mind in a yea... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Rebound 257: Welcome to Late-Stage Capitalism

This week on the irreverent tech show that carries two phones, we discuss our latest purchases: Dan and James have both gotten only limited use out of the iPhone 11 Pro’s Night Mode so far, but John is really enjoying his Apple Watch’s always-... | Continue reading


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13 Features of iOS 13: Mail improvements

Like it or not, email is still a big part of our lives. I feel like I get more email than ever, even if a smaller percentage than ever before is actually meaningful. But even after all these years, I still rely on Apple’s Mail apps on both the Mac... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Clockwise #313: These Deals are Just Too Fresh

This week on the 30-minute show that clocks the watches, Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests John Voorhees and Kelly Guimont to discuss our cloud storage solutions, why Apple News+ is among the priciest of Apple’s subscription services, which... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Upgrade #264: Beautiful Breakable Glass Objects

We’ve got the new iPhones and it’s time for our first hands-on impressions. How has Apple improved the upgrade experience? Could the Apple Store pick-up experience use a little more attention? Are the battery and camera improvements worth the ... | Continue reading


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13 Features of iOS 13: CarPlay improvements

If you want to know how sold I was on CarPlay, you needn’t look any further than my experiences installing a new head unit in my car in order to get it. A few months later, this has proved to be an altogether excellent choice, with no real downsides... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Rebound 256: It's Like Night and Day

This week, it’s the irreverent tech show’s FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. We celebrate by returning to our roots of Apple Watch fandom. Then we discuss new phones, iOS 13 improvements, and, of course, Lex’s infamous review of the Cards app. Plus... | Continue reading


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13 Features of iOS 13: Photos

The new Photos interface includes Months, Days, and All Photos views.With iOS 13, the Photos app gets a major interface update, including a whole bunch of editing tools. I’ve been spending a lot of time with Photos for iOS this summer as part of... | Continue reading


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Answering a few questions about the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro

I’ve got the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max in hand. Since most people get these phones tomorrow, I thought I’d take a few initial questions from Six Colors subscribers about the devices. Here’s a first set of questi... | Continue reading


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13 Features of iOS 13: Video editing

I won’t say that I take a lot of video with my iPhone: a quick number crunch shows that still photos outnumber videos in my Photos library by over 80-to-1. But there’s no arguing that the iPhone hasn’t become a powerful video camera in r... | Continue reading


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(Podcast) Clockwise #312: Nerdy, Technolust Folks

This week, on the 30-minute technology show that only appreciates with age, Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests Ant Pruitt and Lory Gil to discuss our favorite photos taken with smartphone cameras, whether we’re selfie people, what we still w... | Continue reading


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