My thanks to Rogue Amoeba for sponsoring Six Colors this week. I love Rogue Amoeba’s apps. As a podcaster, I rely on Audio Hijack and Loopback to do my job. I’ve praised Audio Hijack he… | Continue reading
Our thoughts on a slidable, resizable laptop, our countdown events, our iPhone photography habits, and our favorite pinball games… | Continue reading
Apple makes some changes to Stage Manager which gets us talking about glitches.… | Continue reading
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, and once again, my friends at Relay FM are raising money for St. Jude. A lot of money. Members of our community have already given more than half a million dollars this month, and more than two million dollars since Relay began doing … | Continue reading
Jason reviews the iPhone 14, we speculate about how Apple could make an October Mac event worth having, Myke solves his iPhone migration problems, and we answer your Dynamic Island questions!… | Continue reading
Since the near-simultaneous arrival of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X in 2017, Apple has been on a mission to split the iPhone product line into two distinct sets of models: a more expensive set that incorporates all the cutting-edge features Apple can dream up, and a set that trades … | Continue reading
Since 2002, Rogue Amoeba has been making amazing audio apps for the Mac. Whether you’re a podcaster, musician, or just someone who listens to audio on their Mac, Rogue Amoeba can make your life better.… | Continue reading
Josh Renaud notes the 30th anniversary of a fixture in the pre-Web Internet: Each newsgroup was like a messageboard dedicated to a topic: fans of Atari’s 16-bit ST computers would post messages in comp.sys.atari.st.… | Continue reading
My thanks to Daylite for sponsoring Six Colors this week. For small businesses, acquiring new business often means juggling multiple priorities at the same time, as each deal has its own time frame and different client requirements.… | Continue reading
Here’s the same location, shown in Explore, Driving, and Transit modes in Maps. Each screen is a bit zoomed in, and they’re all shown in Dark Mode.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and community.. | Continue reading
Julia’s under the weather, so Jason asked our editor, Steven, to join him to talk about Amazon’s NFL broadcast, Apple TV+ exclusivity of MLB record-breaking games, the insolvency of Bally Sports, and the mystery of NFL Sunday Ticket.… | Continue reading
Our computer and desk setups, the feature we’d add to iOS to make the biggest impact on how we use our iPhones, our device-protection habits, and whether the iPad is living up to its potential.… | Continue reading
This week we take a look at the iPhone 14 Pro and talk about mistakes we made.… | Continue reading
After reviewing the iPhone 14 Pro and discussing the pros and cons of the Dynamic Island and the new 48MP camera, Jason and Myke discuss the current pace of upgrades and innovation across all of Apple’s product lines.… | Continue reading
One fun thing to do while you’re out on parental leave is to redo literally your entire office technology setup.1 This came about for a few reasons, some of which were of my own volition, and others of which were borne out of necessity, but the end result is that my tech setup no … | Continue reading
Unlock your sales potential with the new Daylite Opportunities Board For small businesses, acquiring new business often means juggling multiple priorities at the same time, as each deal has its own time frame and different client requirements.… | Continue reading
My thanks to Kolide for once again sponsoring Six Colors. If you build a dystopian and cynical security program born out of fear, mistrust, and suspicion, then you will inevitably make your fellow employees your enemies.… | Continue reading
Dan and I showed off the new iPhone 14, 14 Pro, and 14 Pro Max in advance of their arrival tomorrow. We tried to answer a bunch of questions. Check it out on YouTube. Obviously much more to come on… | Continue reading
Dries Depoorter built a project that captures the moment that an Instagram photo was taken and posts the results: How does this work? Recorded a selection of open cameras for weeks. Scraped all Ins… | Continue reading
The tech we use to sleep and wake, the small changes to iOS 16 we’re excited about, our thoughts on an iPhone subscription plan, and our predictions RE: the end of iPhone and the last numbered iPhone model.… | Continue reading
We discuss the Dynamic Island and the new iPhones, the new Apple Watch, the Apple event, iOS 16, and more.… | Continue reading
iOS 16 favorite features, weather apps, and wedding cakes. Typical Rebound fare.… | Continue reading
Products on display in the hands-on area at the Steve Jobs Theater.John Gruber wrote a bit today about Apple’s in-person event presentation: Media reaction to this was, at least from the peers I spoke with, mostly positive.… | Continue reading
Five days later, we take stock of last week’s Apple announcements, disclose our pre-orders, ponder future changes to the iPhone product line, and discuss our favorite features of iOS 16.… | Continue reading
Oh what a widget-ful world. Fifteen years after the launch of the iPhone, you might be thinking that Apple gazes upon its domain and weeps for the lack of worlds left to conquer. But then comes alo… | Continue reading
“If you build a dystopian and cynical security program born out of fear, mistrust, and suspicion, then you will inevitably make your fellow-employees your enemies.” That’s a quote from Honest Security, Kolide’s mission statement and North Star.… | Continue reading
My thanks to Kolide for once again sponsoring Six Colors. Kolide knows how challenging it can be to prove compliance to a third-party auditor–they just went through it themselves. They learne… | Continue reading
Dan’s back! And we’re talking about the Apple Event.… | Continue reading
Our thoughts on the Apple Watch Ultra, whether we do clean installs on our Macs, which iPhone 14s we’re getting, and what we’d change about Apple’s event presentations.… | Continue reading
Jason and Dan answer your questions and talk a little bit about Wednesday’s Apple event. Send in questions by typing /ask in the Members Discord… or by emailing us at subscribers@sixcolors.com.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive … | Continue reading
I’m not sure how you can underestimate one of the world’s most successful companies, but somehow we managed to do it with Apple regarding Wednesday’s “Far Out” event. … | Continue reading
On Wednesday at the Code conference, Steve Jobs’s widow Laurene Powell Jobs, Jony Ive, and Tim Cook announced The Steve Jobs Archive, a website featuring historical material (including audio and video clips) from Jobs’s life.… | Continue reading
Dedicated Garmin sports watch user Thomas Ricker, at The Verge, about the growth possibilities for Apple Watch Ultra: By pricing the first generation of the Ultra at $799, Apple has a lot of ceiling to roll out new Ultra editions in the years ahead that differ in features and ca … | Continue reading
In 2021, our company went through the SOC 2 Type 1 audit, and we found out just how challenging it can be to prove compliance to a third party auditor. We also learned firsthand something our custo… | Continue reading
My thanks to Magic Lasso Adblock for sponsoring Six Colors this week. As a native Safari extension, Magic Lasso blocks all intrusive ads, trackers and annoyances—letting you experience a faster, cleaner and more secure experience across all your devices.… | Continue reading
A (redacted) look at my E Ink kitchen calendar. It’s paper recycling night. I’ve been fascinated with E Ink displays since I first used a Kindle. And I’ve been equally interested … | Continue reading
It’s been more than a year since I extolled the virtues of Keyboard Maestro so I think I’m allowed to repeat myself. Today I needed to shut down the Six Colors Slack for members. (We mo… | Continue reading
Whether we’ll use Twitter’s new Twitter Circle feature, the least-exciting rumors for Apple’s upcoming September event, social media services we’re using more — not less — in the last year, and our thoughts on smartphones reaching their peak.… | Continue reading
Howard Oakley at The Eclectic Light Company has observed that Apple’s macOS malware protection is now more active: In the last six months macOS malware protection has changed more than it did over the previous seven years.… | Continue reading
Jason and Myke predict what will happen at next week’s Apple media event. What new features will the new iPhones have–and will they be more expensive? Will the Apple Watch expand? And w… | Continue reading
Want to experience twice as fast load times in Safari on your iPhone, iPad and Mac? Then download Magic Lasso Adblock – the ad blocker designed for you. It’s easy to setup, blocks all YouTube ads,… | Continue reading
So I joined in the beating on macOS Ventura’s System Settings app this week. It’s an update for an app that desperately needed a rethink… that doesn’t actually rethink things in any substantial way, just rearranges the proverbial deck chairs.… | Continue reading
My thanks to Kolide for once again sponsoring Six Colors. Kolide takes a different approach to endpoint security and fleet management. They help companies meet compliance goals by enlisting the support of their users with a structured, message-based approach.… | Continue reading
Relay FM’s Myke Hurley joins Jason to discuss Jason’s new smart lock and the power of the media, Jason’s son’s college tech needs (which includes some Apple Self-Repair content for dad), and the annual Relay FM campaign for St.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a … | Continue reading
We discuss what the House of the Dragon premiere means for HBO, how Netflix judges the success of “The Sandman” and other shows, the business reasons behind Warner Bros. Discovery’… | Continue reading
Whether we put all our tech eggs in one Big Tech basket, the skills and philosophies we gained over the pandemic that we’ll keep with us, our go-to pair of headphones or earbuds, and the consumer tech we’d take with us to space.… | Continue reading
Open up.When I bought a Smart Lock I didn’t expect it would last less than four years. But I have to be honest: As much as I enjoyed the changes to my life that having a smart lock on my front door enabled, the Yale Assure SL was not stable enough for my family and me to rely on. … | Continue reading
Well, there we go. Apple’s having an event on September 7, the Wednesday after Labor Day here in the U.S., just as it did in 2016. More interesting: It’s an in-person event for some mem… | Continue reading