Mojave Paint for Mac is a love letter to image editing programs of the past — a time before generative AI, infinitely customizable tool palettes, and online-required subscription access. With familiar layer-based rendering and powerful typography tools, Mojave Paint works equally … | Continue reading
Mark Gurman, writing two day before Apple’s event this week: The centerpiece is a new smart home hub called the HomeView. Equipped with a display and an A18 chip, the product essentially serves as the Siri command center for an Apple-powered household… The HomeView comes in two v … | Continue reading
My thanks to NAS Reborn for sponsoring the site this week. It turns an iPhone 6s, iPad Air 2, or anything newer into a network drive for the Finder, the Files app and even Windows Explorer. Check out the TestFlight beta for iPhone, iPad and Mac at nasreborn.com. | Continue reading
This week on the podcast: Federico talks about pixels, Myke talks about Steve Jobs, and Stephen talks about scratches. | Continue reading
We just closed our annual St. Jude campaign and raised an amazing amount of money. Together, the Relay community donated $756,200.97 to assist St. Jude in understanding, treating, and defeating childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. That means that since 2019, the … | Continue reading
After my recent post about how Apple Maps butchers the Great American Pyramid, several readers sent in images of other pyramids Apple has rendered properly. One in particular is quite painful to see — Luxor Las Vegas. Here is a the hotel in satellite view, and then in Apple’s 3D … | Continue reading
In a kitchen drawer, between a key that fitted no door and a knot of charging cables, lay an iPhone 6s. It had once been the newest phone in the house, and it had taken more pictures of the cat than anyone would ever look at. Then one Christmas a bigger phone arrived, the old one … | Continue reading
Starting at noon Eastern, I’ll be live-streaming from the St. Jude campus with five of my favorite people in the world, raising money for one of the most incredible places in the world. I expect we will hit our campaign goal while on the air, which is going to be magical. Tune in … | Continue reading
Mark Gurman, writing about Apple’s upcoming move into more smart home devices, which we may see as early as this month: At the center of the strategy is a smart-home hub code-named J490, according to people familiar with the matter. Apple also plans to announce the first update t … | Continue reading
Yes, I am serious about this. | Continue reading
This week on the podcast: Federico has an M5 Ultra Mac Studio review unit and shares what local AI looks like on macOS today — and in the future. Myke has advice for buying iPhones in countries other than your own, and Stephen is old. We will be off next week for the Podcastathon … | Continue reading
David Smith: I have launched and withdrawn more than 50 apps from the App Store over the years, but never have I had a withdrawal sustain the consistent attention that Geneva Moon (and its astronomically accurate complications) has. I pulled it 6 years ago and yet I still get peo … | Continue reading
We are flying through September, and our St. Jude campaign is rocking and rolling. As of this writing, we are knocking on the door of $450,000 raised this month! St. Jude cares for some of the world’s sickest children regardless of their race, ethnicity, beliefs, or ability to pa … | Continue reading
Doug Brown has dug up something previously lost to time. In working with an early Performa, he discovered a true gem on its hard drive: This Performa 410 was a store demo unit! This is the kiosk software that would have been running on a demo Mac inside a store like Sears or Circ … | Continue reading
One day, all iPhones could be like this. | Continue reading
This week on the podcast: Apple’s 27 OSes are out, but a new beta is already overshadowing them. The guys talk about both, celebrate a huge milestone in Relay’s St. Jude campaign, and dream of future Apple Stores. | Continue reading
Dr. Drang, bouncing off my recent post on Apple’s dimensional drawings: When I zoomed in on Stephen’s page, I was initially confused, but then I realized what seemed odd to me. You see, I’ve spent an awful lot of the past 40 years looking at engineering drawings, and I can’t thin … | Continue reading
Apple’s 27 OSes are rolling out today, and there’s a lot of great stuff to read: Federico’s epic iOS and iPadOS review John Voorhees took on macOS Golden Gate and watchOS 27. Over at Six Colors, Jason and Dan have reviewed macOS and iOS, respectively. | Continue reading
As is tradition, I have made and cataloged a whole bunch of screenshots of the new version of macOS. Golden Gate is the 24th version of macOS that I have documented this way. It’s a lot of work, but I love having the screenshot library as a resource for folks to use and enjoy. If … | Continue reading
Mark Gurman has good news for Apple Store visitors: In many stores, Apple will replace the video walls with dedicated Genius Bars, marking a return to a familiar element from an earlier era. The design resembles the Genius Bars of the past but with an all-wood look. There will be … | Continue reading
My poor, beloved iPhone Air. | Continue reading
It’s what’s on the inside that counts. | Continue reading
In the shadow of Apple’s Surprise and Shine event, we grade our predictions and talk through the news. Many picks were made. One Chairman will be named. Who will win? Who will fold? Ahhh, the dou-ality of the Rickies! | Continue reading
Kate Matthews has an on-going project that I just love: I’ve been sketching size comparisons for the new iPhone models since 2017, so in 2026 I’m celebrating ten years of iPhone size sketches! This is just a sample of what awaits you: | Continue reading
Moof! | Continue reading
If you have an iPhone, you’ll want to check these out. Thankfully, there’s some time between now and when the iPhone Duo ships next month. | Continue reading
Tim Hardwick, MacRumors: The new starting prices for the three models now look like this: iPhone 16: $799 (+$100) iPhone 17e: $699 (+$100) iPhone 17: $899 (+$100) iPhone Air: $1099 (+$100) So that’s a $100 price hike on all four existing models in Apple’s iPhone lineup. With the … | Continue reading
Usually, there isn’t much news in August, but this year we got new desktop Macs and Tim Cook’s last day as CEO. I’ve added both to the Apple History Calendar. | Continue reading
Apple’s iPhone event takes place next week, so we have gathered to make our picks. | Continue reading
Myke Hurley: Today is September 1, 2026 — the day that John Ternus becomes CEO of Apple. As you would assume, Apple has now updated its executives page with Ternus as CEO, along with a refreshed profile for him. I wanted to note three narratives that I spotted in this profile tha … | Continue reading
Tim Cook, on X (gross): Sending lots of love to the Apple community on my last day as CEO. My title changes tomorrow, but the love I have for the Apple community never will. Thank you for being a constant source of inspiration. My gratitude is endless, and I’m excited for the nex … | Continue reading
D. Griffin Jones had me on episode 2 of his new show: This week, I’m joined by Stephen Hackett to talk about Tim Cook’s last day as CEO of Apple, Relay for St. Jude, everything we don’t know about next week’s event, and some favorite features in the OS 27 updates. All that runs o … | Continue reading
This is why indie media is important. | Continue reading
Thoughts on the iPad mini in a foldable iPhone’s world. | Continue reading
Will the Home Hub know whose head is biggest? What will September 9th bring? Can anyone afford new Macs? Who knows Tim Cook best? All of these questions will be answered on this week’s episode. | Continue reading
It’s time to round up childhood cancer. | Continue reading
The Trump EPA has made a proposal that would lift requirements that force states to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data center construction projects. Maxine Joselow has more at The New York Times: The move could prevent residents from raisi … | Continue reading
Apple’s iPhone event is scheduled for September 9. Prepare thy wallet. | Continue reading
The new version is just $9. It is compatible with these Apple products: iPhones: iPhone Air iPhone 17 Pro iPhone 17 Pro Max iPhone 17 iPhone 17e iPhone 16 Pro iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Plus iPhone 16e iPhone 15 Pro iPhone 15 Pro Max iPhone 15 iPhone 15 Plus iPhone 14 … | Continue reading
There’s big news in the land of small desktops. Jason Snell at Six Colors: In a bit of a late-August surprise while the world awaits word on the next generation of iPhones, on Tuesday Apple announced two new processors, the M5 Ultra and M6, which help power new iterations of its … | Continue reading
As is our annual tradition, Myke and I have published a Q&A to mark Relay’s anniversary. We took on listener questions about podcasting in general, changes at Relay over time, and whatever happened to B-Sides. | Continue reading
Tap to Pay Coming to Wal-Mart ⇢ August 21, 2026 ⌘ Permalink | Continue reading
Colleen McClain and Eugenie Park at the Pew Research Center: Today, 52% of Americans say they are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life – up from 37% in 2021. Another 9% are more excited than concerned and 37% say they’re equally excited and conc … | Continue reading