Under the Gavel: Antitrust concerns are here, there, everywhere

Many years ago, when I first started writing about Apple on the MacUser blog, one of my first recurring features was a series I called “Under the Gavel”, in which I rounded up legal cha… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) The Rebound 361: Technify Yourself, Don’t Wrecknify Yourself

Facebook went down, so we spend our time talking about Steve Jobs and the Apple of yesteryear. | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) Downstream 1: Movies are Back! Movies are Dead!

“Squid Game” and Netflix’s international strategy, the difference between a hit and a franchise, “Law & Order” and TV network brand extensions, successes and failu… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) Clockwise 419: Zup Zup Zup Zup

Our paper document approach, our thoughts on Facebook and whether we think it will change its ways, the single-purpose robot we’d have in our homes, and the rate at which we replace and/or up… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

iPhone 13 review: We put the ‘fun’ in function

The iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini aren’t for everybody. Apple’s higher-end iPhone Pro line offers a high-refresh-rate display and a telephoto camera and a few other features that make th… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Anandtech on the A15 ↦

Andrei Frumusanu of Ananandtech takes a deep dive into Apple’s new A15 processor: Apple’s initial vague presentation of the new A15 improvements could either have resulted in disappointment, … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) Upgrade 374: Abnormal Within an Abnormal Group

The iPhone 13 and iPad mini are out and MacBook Pros may be on the way shortly, so it’s time for us to answer your questions! It’s an extended #askupgrade covering new hardware, how to … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Quick Tip: iPhone not responding to “Hey Siri”? This may be the culprit.

A couple weeks back, while I was in the throes of working on my iOS 15 review, I noticed a weird bug: my phone was no longer responding to “Hey Siri” requests. If I held the home button… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Apple Watch Series 7 preorders open on October 8, deliveries a week later ↦

If you’re looking to order an Apple Watch Series 7 after last month’s announcement, mark your calendars: Apple announced on Monday that preorders for its latest smartwatch open this Fri… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) The Talk Show 324: A Pretty Generic Thing You Stick in a Hole

Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the new iPhones 13, new iPad Mini, Safari 15’s craptacular new tab UI, and the insightful questions posed to Kevin Durant on the Brooklyn Nets’ media d… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

You made a good app, Justin ↦

Justin Hamilton: Today, I released a new app called Affirmations. It’s a self-care tool I made that delivers compliments and positive reminders to you. I specifically designed the foundation of the… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

‘No, We Won’t Have a Video Call for That!’ ↦

Via Merlin Mann and Gabe Weatherhead, I discovered this presentation by Florian Haas about the right and wrong ways to run a distributed workforce: Distributed teams are better than localized teams… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Mimestream: A native Mac app with proper Gmail support

Mimestream is a Mac app reminiscent of Apple Mail, but it uses the Gmail API. I’ve been using Mailplane as my email client for something like a decade. Unfortunately, back in June the makers … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Sponsor) Boom 3D

This week Six Colors is sponsored by Boom 3D, immersive audio for everything you listen to on your Mac (or PC). Boom 3D offers an enhanced audio experience with all kinds of media like movies, musi… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Apple releases iOS/iPadOS 15.0.1 update ↦

Apple has released a quick update for iOS 15: iOS 15.0.1 includes bug fixes for your iPhone including an issue where some users could not unlock iPhone 13 models with Apple Watch. In addition, it f… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

6C Podcast: October 1, 2021

iWork updates and new iPhones. | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Apple’s goal for Apple TV+ ↦

Brandon Katz of The Observer has a good overview of Apple TV’s current subscriber base, how Apple’s strategy of focusing on building a high-quality catalog of originals is going, and wh… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

The Back Page: Keep it secret, keep it safe (Member Post)

(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Team, At Apple, our values are strong. We care about the environment, we look out for workers across our supply chain, and we pride ourselves on creating a welc… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Welcome to Downstream ↦

I’m happy to announce Downstream, a new fortnightly podcast I’m co-hosting with Julia Alexander about the future of streaming media. Tech and entertainment companies are vying for our a… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) Clockwise 418: A Lousy Dalek

Is Amazon’s new Astro robot cute or menacing? What are our biggest family tech support challenges? How do we revisit our photos? And what do we use for video chatting? | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

iWork comes alive with Keynote live-video features

Keynote will let you place live camera (left) and device screen capture (right, Mac only) on slides as standard objects. You’ll need to bring your own device frames, though. On Tuesday Apple … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) Upgrade 373: We Will Give You Color… But It Will Not Be Fun

Myke and Jason review the iPhone 13 and iPad mini, settle on their preferred iPhones, and wonder if Apple should appoint a Color Czar. | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Sponsor) Boom 3D: Volume Booster & Equalizer with 3D Surround Sound

Boom 3D for macOS and Windows offers an enhanced audio experience with all kinds of media–movies, music, games, and more. A zero-distortion volume boost, and instant enhancement of ordinary s… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

OS X 10.1 review: Mac OS X comes of Age ↦

It was 20 years ago that I reviewed Mac OS X 10.1 for Macworld. I remember writing this article under the redwood tree in my backyard–the same place I wrote my iPad mini review earlier this w… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

6C Podcast: September 24, 2021

Dan’s waiting for a new iPhone. Jason’s got four, and an iPad mini. We wrote a lot of words this week, so many words that we no longer understand words. | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

The iPhone 13: An upgrader’s guide

The cameras, they get better every year. When it comes to iPhone upgrades, Apple is incremental. So are iPhone reviews. Those of us who review iPhones are, for understandable reasons, focused on wh… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Using Safari at night gets easier with Noir (Member Post)

For power users and people who like to tweak their devices, the arrival of Safari Extensions in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 is a huge step forward. Dan has already written about Safari Keyword Search, whi… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) The Rebound 359: Well, This Has Been Wizard Talk

iOS 15 and a surprising amount of discussion about Gandalf. | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) Clockwise 417: Propping Up Late-Stage Capitalism

What size iPad we prefer, our assessment of Apple Arcade two years in, the new iOS 15/iPadOS 15 features we love, and our most recent Apple purchases. | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Inside the iPhone Leather Wallet (second generation)

In 2020, Apple sold an iPhone Leather Wallet that attached via MagSafe and held three credit cards. I bought one and have used it for a year, and I like it! But this year, Apple has revised the wal… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

iPad mini (2021) review: Small packages

Why does the iPad mini exist? Let me count the ways. It’s for kids, people with small hands and good eyesight, people who want a pocketable(-ish) iOS device that doesn’t compromise on f… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Amazon updates Kindle Paperwhite line with new backlight, bigger screen

You can’t judge a book by its cover, but Amazon’s latest Kindle Paperwhite line is a little more appealing on the outside. The ebook giant has released two new model of its most popular… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Safari Keyword Search hits 2.0, comes to iOS

Earlier this year, I lauded the return of one of my favorite Safari extensions, Arne Martin Aurlien’s Safari Keyword Search. Now that extension has been updated to version 2.0 and is embarkin… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) Upgrade 372: A Wrestling Match With App Icons

iOS 15 is here and Myke and Jason share their opinions about new features! Also we’ve got a lot of Apple Event follow-up, and now that Ted Lasso has won eight Emmy Awards, it’s time to … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

What’s new in Photos in iOS 15 and macOS Monterey

[This story contains material from the forthcoming update to my book “Take Control of Photos, Second Edition.” If you’d like a deep dive into every feature in the Photos app for M… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

iPadOS 15: A closer look

Widgets can be placed anywhere, not just in the left column. And I’ve reduced my home screen to a single page thanks to the addition of App Library. I’ve spent the last three months usi… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Review: iOS 15 does a lot with a little

What is there to say about an operating system fifteen years after release? Fifteen years after the classic Mac OS was released, it was just two years away from its successor, Mac OS X, coming on t… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Sponsor) Daylite

My thanks to Daylite, the award-winning CRM and productivity app made for Mac-based small businesses, for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Daylite seamlessly integrates with Apple devices–not… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Rebuilding my smart home: Amping up home theater audio (Member Post)

A new home is a blank slate: an opportunity to start over, to hopefully do things better this time—and probably, ultimately, to end up with the same mess as always. But in this era of smart home te… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

6C Podcast: September 17, 2021

Dan bought a new iPhone. Jason wants to buy a new Apple Watch. An iPad pricing conundrum. And to those who dream of a unified Apple color system, keep watching the starlight. | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

A15, fast and slow ↦

AppleInsider reports that Geekbench users are uploading scores for the iPhone 13 that show a 10 percent increase over the iPhone 12 in single-core performance, and a 21 percent increase in multi-co… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Apple’s chip operation and the A15 ↦

Dylan Patel, in a post with a laughably doom-and-gloom headline that nevertheless makes some interesting points about Apple’s chipmaking division and the A15 processor: It appears Apple has n… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) The Rebound 358: Frenchy Blue

We’re feeling blue. By which we mean the blue shade of the new iPhones. | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) Clockwise 416: The Waterfall Feature

The last time we used the full capabilities of the iPhone’s video camera, the Apple products we still want to see this year, whether we’re tempted by the Apple Watch Series 7, and all t… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

A few extra notes about Apple’s September 14 event

Good morning! (Photo: Apple) Dan’s got the quick reactions to Tuesday’s Apple event covered, but I had a few notes left on the cutting-room floor that I wanted to get out before shiftin… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

AT&T iPhone Upgrade Program units ship with an eSIM

As a subscriber to the iPhone Upgrade Program for lo these many years, I’ve been glad to see that Apple has streamlined the process year after year. What once required you to go into a store … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) Upgrade 371: Midnight Is Starlight’s Best Friend

Apple announced new iPhones, Apple Watches and iPads on Tuesday, and this is our quick reaction to the news. What color is the saddest rainbow? Why was Joz locked out of Apple Park one night? Why i… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Quick reactions to Apple’s iPhone 13 event

Sure seems like Apple’s got the whole “slickly produced video” thing down to a science, doesn’t it? As expected, today’s event saw the wraps taken off the new iPhone 1… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago