A month ago, I wrote about the Inspector in Reminders being different on the Mac from the version found in iOS and iPadOS: The biggest example in my mind is the ability to move a task to a different list. On the iPhone and iPad, it’s super easy, as there’s a drop-down right in th … | Continue reading
Wes Davis, writing at The Verge: Years after Twitter replaced the pistol emoji with a green-and-orange water gun, X has decided to change it back to a regular handgun. An X employee announced the change in a post last week. The company hasn’t explained the change, but it feels on … | Continue reading
This week on the podcast, Damien Schreurs joins David and I to talk about what makes a good password, the deal with passkeys, and Apple’s upcoming Passwords application. | Continue reading
Howard Oakley: The Macintosh was intended to be different in many ways. One of them was its file system, which was designed for each file to consist of two forks, one a regular data fork as in normal file systems, the other a structured database of resources, the resource fork. R … | Continue reading
Wack0 on GitHub has put together an incredible project: the ability to install and run select versions Windows NT on a handful of PowerPC Macs, including: iMac G3 (tray-loading) Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) “Yosemite” Macintosh PowerBook G3 Bronze Keyboard “Lombard” Power Ma … | Continue reading
The Verge’s Tom Warren: Thousands of Windows machines are experiencing a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issue at boot today, impacting banks, airlines, TV broadcasters, supermarkets, and many more businesses worldwide. A faulty update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike is knock … | Continue reading
David Sparks, writing about the rumors that say the new Siri won’t shop up until next year: The big question about all the Apple Intelligence elements is not “When do we get them?” but “Do they work”? Significant market pressures forced Apple to explain its AI position, and now i … | Continue reading
Sumit Chandel and Eldhose Mathokkil Babu: In 2018, we announced the deprecation and transition of Google URL Shortener to Firebase Dynamic Links because of the changes we’ve seen in how people find content on the internet, and the number of new popular URL shortening services tha … | Continue reading
This week on the show: This week, the guys celebrate the release of a new HomePod mini and the Public Betas, then talk about the new versions of UTM, Delta, and Overcast. | Continue reading
I was at a concert when I got access to the first beta of Overcast. I had barely any reception at the venue, but as soon as my wife and I got back to the car, I downloaded it and startled playing with it. That was ten years ago, and I’ve been using Overcast ever […] | Continue reading
Kaleidoscope is one of those apps that makes me happy to be a Mac user. It solves a specific problem in a fun and nicely-designed way. Version 5 rolled out last week, with a bunch of cool new goodies. | Continue reading
I love my HomePod minis, and today there is a new one: Today, Apple introduced HomePod mini in midnight, made with 100 percent recycled mesh fabric. At just 3.3 inches tall, HomePod mini offers big sound in an impressively compact design. With a seamless, acoustically transparent … | Continue reading
Imagine turning your reading list into a listening playlist. With ListenLater.net, your favorite reads become accessible as engaging podcasts in your preferred podcast app. Have you ever found an intriguing article but lacked the time to read it? Whether commuting, exercising, or … | Continue reading
This week on the show, David and I share some of our favorite accessories that help extend our Apple devices and maximize their usefulness. | Continue reading
Jay Peters, writing at The Verge: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket experienced an engine failure after it launched late Thursday night from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission, Starlink Group 9-3, was carrying Starlink satellites and failed to reignite its upper se … | Continue reading
While working on another project, I came across a Steve Jobs interview that I hadn’t heard before: I know WebObjects is the butt of jokes these days, but hearing Jobs speak about in 1996 has given me a new appreciation for what NeXT was trying to do with it. | Continue reading
The folks at DEVONtechnologies have a new free app out for Mac users, and it’s one that may seem familiar in some great ways: You want to learn more about your Mac’s current network connection or test if a remote server is still alive or already swimming belly-up? Your connection … | Continue reading
Earlier this week, it was announced that Aqara was shipping its new smart lock, the U200. For a while, I’ve been thinking about a product like this for the door to my studio, so I jumped on it, ordering the $269 lock from Amazon.1 I got that scar on my thumb running Ethernet cabl … | Continue reading
This week on Connected: John Voorhees joins Stephen and Myke to discuss the origins of Bluetooth, Phil Schiller’s new/old job, and the possibilities of a new HomePod. Then, they play a BRAND NEW game from the creators of The Rickies, The Annies, the Jeremies, and others. | Continue reading
Shawn Hickman’s excellent app Sofa has arrived on two more platforms: I’m happy to announce that Sofa is now available on the Mac and Vision Pro! I had originally planned to have Sofa ready for Vision Pro when it launched in February, but I was deep in the middle of working on So … | Continue reading
I saw this story break last night, but couldn’t figure out a way to link to it without using some language that is firmly against the 512 Pixels Style Guide. What a disgusting thing to do | Continue reading
If you’re looking for a deal on a bunch of cool, indie software, this is the event for you. | Continue reading
MarsEdit 5 is a major upgrade to the preeminent Mac app for editing WordPress, Micro.blog, Tumblr, and many other types of blogs. The new Microposting feature makes it “as easy to post to your own blog as it is to post to Twitter.” When MarsEdit 5 is running on your Mac, just pre … | Continue reading
This week on MPU, David and I are joined by Sigmund Judge to discuss Apple TV hardware, tvOS, Apple TV+ content, and more. | Continue reading
While working on another project, I came across this video of Steve Jobs speaking at Macworld Expo in the fall of 1997. It’s a stunning video for a few reasons. In it, he announces no products. Instead, he shared some thoughts on how he viewed the mess that Apple had found itself … | Continue reading
While working on another project, I came across this delightful blog post by Jay at The House of Moth, about the Power Mac G5: How many fans does a Power Mac G5 have? Depending on the configuration this answer varies but you can be almost sure the answer is always one short. Let’ … | Continue reading
Mark Gurman, writing at Bloomberg: Apple Inc. will get an observer role on OpenAI’s board as part of a landmark agreement announced last month, further tightening ties between the once-unlikely partners. Phil Schiller, the head of Apple’s App Store and its former marketing chief, … | Continue reading
This week on Connected: Federico and Myke discuss MacStories’ open letter on AI, explore their feelings on how AI could impact the future of creativity, and delve into the idea of “Context, Consent, and Control.” | Continue reading
As spotted by Hartley Charlton, Apple has updated its Vintage & Obsolete Products document to include 2017’s iPhone X and 2018’s HomePod. | Continue reading
This week on Mac Power Users: David and Stephen discuss Apple’s youngest platform and where it stands a few months after launch. They share some of their favorite apps and how spatial computing fits into their personal and professional lives. | Continue reading
I’m happy to announce that 512 Pixels now has a permanent merch store over on Cotton Bureau. At launch, I’ve got five shirts for sale. Three of the designs are back from the vault, updated for 2024, with a new 512 Pixels logo shirt and a design celebrating the original iPod1 join … | Continue reading
Last year, NASA announced plans to deorbit the International Space Station at the end of the decade. We now know much more about the agency’s plans, according to Jeff Foust: NASA selected SpaceX to develop a spacecraft that will be used to perform the final phases of the deorbiti … | Continue reading
Dr. Drang, bouncing off my recent post on Reminders: If you have the Move tool in your Mail toolbar, you can select all the messages you want to move, click on the Move tool, and select the appropriate folder from the drop-down menu. Because the menu is long, this may seem no eas … | Continue reading
This week on the podcast: After follow-up topics ranging from iPhone cases to apps for some very specific use cases, Stephen, Myke, and Federico discuss some of the changes in this week’s beta OSes, recent DMA news, Apple’s Beats strategy, and more. | Continue reading
Every summer, I take some time with Apple’s updated stock apps. Many of them are quite good, and meet the needs for the vast majority of users. I fully understand that sometimes you and I are not the vast majority of users, and that third-party apps can often better fit our needs … | Continue reading
Back in 2021, Ernie Smith wrote about the curious world of CD caddies: The first time I ever saw a CD-ROM, I had never seen a regular CD before, and I thought that it came in a giant plastic case. To be fair to me, I was in middle school, and I had little experience […] | Continue reading
I recently finished Harry McCracken’s excellent article about the CD-ROM’s rise in the mid-1990s, and it made me realize that I had never really explored Apple’s early CD hardware. Depending on how you count things, Apple sold six SCSI CD-ROM drives, from the “AppleCD SC” in Marc … | Continue reading
Dr. Drang: Yesterday morning, I got obsessed with the 10-day forecast section of the Apple Weather iOS app—specifically, how it presents each day’s temperature range. I still don’t understand the logic behind it. The blog post is impressive, but the footnote contains a straight-u … | Continue reading
Do you want to block all YouTube ads in Safari on your iPhone, iPad and Mac? Then download Magic Lasso Adblock – the ad blocker designed for you. It’s easy to set up, doubles the speed at which Safari loads and now blocks all YouTube ads. Magic Lasso is an efficient, high perform … | Continue reading
David and I have been running iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and watchOS 11, so you don’t have to. This week on MPU, we discuss some new features coming to Apple’s platforms later this year. | Continue reading
Matt Evans’ most recent project gave me more “wow, computers have gotten fast!” vibes than I’ve felt in a long, long time. Here is Evans: This all started from a conversation about the RP2040 MCU, and building a simple desktop/GUI for it. I’d made a comment along the lines of “or … | Continue reading
I loved this video, and it makes me want to put more shelves up in my studio. | Continue reading
This week on the show: Federico is not on the show this week, so in his honor, Stephen reviews some headphones, and Myke returns to the multi-pad lifestyle. The guys also take a quiz to pick our their next Macs. | Continue reading
Apple: Answer a few questions to find the best Mac for you. The questions cover your use cases, where you plan on using the machine, what sort of peripherals you may use, and your budget. No mater what answers I gave it, I could never get it to recommend a Mac Pro. | Continue reading
Tom Warren, writing at The Verge: Happy Windows on Arm day. Microsoft is launching its Copilot Plus PCs today, with Qualcomm-powered chips inside. If you’re wondering where our reviews are, Microsoft and most of its OEM partners haven’t seeded devices ahead of today’s launch beca … | Continue reading
For over 20 years, Audio Hijack has enabled you to record any audio on your Mac. Capture audio from individual applications like Safari or Zoom, hardware audio devices like microphones and mixers, or even the audio output of the entire system. If you can hear it, you can record i … | Continue reading
This week on Connected: WWDC24 a wrapped up, and the guys gather to score their picks and share some feelings about this week’s Apple news. | Continue reading
Tom Warren at The Verge: Microsoft is planning to launch its new Copilot Plus PCs next week without its controversial Recall feature that screenshots everything you do on these new laptops. The software maker is holding back Recall so it can test it with the Windows Insider progr … | Continue reading