Connected #235: Stephen’s Hellish Nightmare of Dates

Busy, busy week: The boys take some time to mark National Ravioli Day, then dive into Apple’s new iPads and iMacs before making predictions for the company’s upcoming media event. I am … | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Apple Tweaks iMac Pro Options

In addition to the iMac changes, Apple has quietly adjusted many options for the iMac Pro, as Joe Rossignol reports: Alongside a spec bump to standard iMac models, Apple today quietly added 256GB R… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Upgrade #237: New iMacs, iPads, and the 2019 March Event Draft

There’s a big episode of Jason Snell and Myke Hurley’s Upgrade podcast hot off the presses: After nearly two years, Apple has released new iMacs, and Jason has an exclusive interview wi… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Apple Updates iMac Line With New CPU, GPU Options

Apple is at it again this morning, this time updating its iMac line: Apple today updated its iMac line with up to 8-core Intel 9th-generation processors for the first time and powerful Vega graphic… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Apple Announces New iPad Air, iPad mini

With its media event just a week away, it seems that Apple is clearing the decks a bit. This morning, the company announced a new iPad, as well as an updated iPad mini. iPad Air The new non-Pro iPa… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Report: Apple Has Five Shows Wrapped

John Koblin at The New York Times, writing about Apple’s media event happening a week from today: The event at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino is also meant to drive home — for iPhone fans… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Mac Power Users #474: Using the iPad as a Laptop

This week on Mac Power Users: When thinking about making an iPad a notebook replacement, there are a lot of factors to consider. David and Stephen talk through the hardware and software that can ma… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Phil Schiller on ATP

Phil Schiller made an appearance on this week’s ATP, talking about WWDC and much more, including the Macworld when he jumped off a platform to show off the iBook’s wireless networking. Oh, and boxe… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Ungeniused #74: Pi Day

We mark a special occasion on today’s Ungeniused. My thanks to Water Cooler Trivia for supporting the show. | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Connected #234: Photo Manage Spotify Out of Existence

This week, on a packed episode of Connected: Stephen introduces his co-hosts to a groundbreaking iPad drawing application, Federico starts a new mini-series and Myke buries the lede concerning Spot… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

BananaPaint Delivers MacPaint Nostalgia to the iPad

BananaPaint is an iPad app that looks (and feels) like MacPaint. What more do you need to know? The best part? The developer says the app will save and open original MacPaint documents. I don’… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Mac Power Users #473: Shawn Blanc’s Evolved Workflows

This week’s MPU features one of my favorite people in our corner of the Internet: Shawn Blanc returns to the show to talk about his move to the iPad Pro and how he manages the growing team be… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Tim Apple

I can’t stop laughing about this. | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Apple’s legendary Clarus the dogcow

I have written about the Dogcow before, but I thought it was time to tell her story in video form: Even though I didn’t start using the Mac on a regular basis until 2001 or so, I have a fondness fo… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Connected #233: AirDrop the Bass

This week on Connected: Federico talks about the new MacStories Shortcuts Archive and the guys check in with iOS 12 halfway through its lifecycle. Federico’s work on the Shortcuts Archive is … | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

The MacStories Shortcuts Archive

Federico Viticci has created a masterpiece: Since the original release of Workflow in 2014, we’ve created hundreds of automations to help readers use their iOS devices more efficiently. The goal of… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

2018 MacBook Pro Designed to Alleviate “Flexgate” Problem

iFixit has been working on a story about the display ribbon cable in the Thunderbolt 3 MacBook Pros. Here’s the gist of it: The issue is fairly simple: the current generation of MacBook Pro l… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Kbase Article of the Week: Mac OS X 10.3, iDisk: Local iDisk Sync Issues, Some Folders May Appear Empty

Apple Support: Every 72 hours after you start up or restart your computer, a routine maintenance task (or “cron job”) runs that can affect iDisk. If you have selected the “Create … | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Mac Power Users #472: Live in Chicago with Friends

Last night, we recorded a live Mac Power Users in Chicago. I just published the episode, which was a ton of fun to record: Live from Chicago, David and Stephen thaw out long enough to talk to a cou… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Connected #232: The Unique Blend of Tattoos and Automation

I missed Connected this week for reasons, but I’m looking forward to hearing the show: After skipping follow-up, Myke and Federico try to explain the new USB branding, discuss fingerprint sen… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Stephen Hackett reviews the 2018 MacBook Air ↦

At its “Back to the Mac” event in the fall of 2010, Apple took the wraps of the second-generation MacBook Air. In one keynote, the MacBook Air went from a too-expensive, underpowered no… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Stephen Hackett on the 12-Inch PowerBook G4

It’s been pretty quiet on my YouTube channel, but I’m kicking off 2019 with something fun: A look at the most beloved notebook in Mac history, the 12-inch PowerBook G4. | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

GarageBand Turns 15

In 2003, iLife was a huge selling point for the Mac. It made managing photos, making movies and burning DVDs all easy (and even fun!) for users who found more pro-focused apps difficult to approach… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 5 years ago

Aqua Screenshot Library

While sometimes it can be hard to see from single release to single release, Apple has steadily been refining the Aqua user interface since first introducing it. Of course, there have been highs an… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 6 years ago

Stephen Hackett’s Aqua Screenshot Library

I’m really glad to be announcing a project that started at the end of last year. I have worked my way through every major release of macOS since the Mac OS X Public Beta and catalogued them i… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 6 years ago

25 Years Ago, Apple Introduced the Newton

I’ve rounded up some links to mark the occasion: Gizmodo, on the history of the Newton Specs of the original Newton MessagePad and some additional notes “What is Newton?” ad ̶… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 6 years ago

Apple Will Soon Remove iOS and Mac Apps From Affiliate Program

Apple: With the launch of the new App Store on both iOS and macOS and their increased methods of app discovery, we will be removing apps from the affiliate program. Starting on October 1st, 2018, c… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 6 years ago

The 2013 Mac Pro, Five Years Later

On June 10, it will have been five years since Apple first showed off the iteration of the Mac Pro that has come to be known as The Trashcan. To put that in a little context, it was the same WWDC k… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 6 years ago

Twenty Years Ago, Steve Jobs Introduced the iMac G3

Today marks twenty years since Steve Jobs introduced the very first iMac G3. Apple’s press release for the machine is pretty great: It’s a good thing there’s no law against a company having a… | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 6 years ago