A huge space policy announcement it the central theme on this episode of Liftoff: Vice President Mike Pence has challenged NASA to return to the moon within five years. Jason and I respond to the n… | Continue reading
After upgrading my MacBook Pro to macOS 10.14.4 this morning, macOS asked me to re-authenticate one of my G Suite accounts I use in Mail.1 As pointed out by Greg Pierce, I am not the only one, and … | Continue reading
Apple Support: This document provides compatibility information and basic troubleshooting for installing Mac OS 8.6. | Continue reading
This time on Ungeniused, a heartbreaking story: In 1982, a series of murders rocked the country and changed consumer packaging forever. This took place 4 years before I was born, but it impacted th… | Continue reading
It’s all a lie, but here it is on my iPhone XS: I really do not like that Apple allowed this. | Continue reading
There’s a lot to process about today’s event, but in the meantime, here’s some stuff you should check out: Keynote Details Apple’s March 25 Keynote: By the Numbers Apple Shares Vi… | Continue reading
I love this. | Continue reading
This week on MPU: The guys work their way through some feedback, Stephen has feelings about his Apple Watch and David has switched notes apps … again. This was my first “feedback”… | Continue reading
Yours truly, over at MacStories: The recent iMac updates brought additional power and flexibility to Apple’s all-in-one desktop, but didn’t redesign or modernize the iMac as we’ve… | Continue reading
Hi, it looks like you want to read an article about Clippy. I can help you with that! | Continue reading
I went into 2019 with a lot of plates in the air, and a lot of change, having joined Mac Power Users. My schedule felt chaotic, so I restarted time tracking, something I haven’t done since 20… | Continue reading
I had forgotten all about this: Apple has discovered that a small percentage of flash storage drives in these MacBook Air models have an issue that may result in data loss. This update tests your d… | Continue reading
I love stuff like this. | Continue reading
Good news if your AirPods are slowly dying: The new Apple-designed H1 chip, developed specifically for headphones, delivers performance efficiencies, faster connect times, more talk time and the co… | Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
We mark a special occasion on today’s Ungeniused. My thanks to Water Cooler Trivia for supporting the show. | Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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