Jason and Myke discuss their experiences using the Apple Vision Pro and what they’re thinking about the product now that they’ve used it. Also there’s a lot of WWDC follow-up, and Jason reviewed new Macs!… | Continue reading
The M1 Mac Studio arrived last year with a shock, an entirely new class of Mac that debuted as the fastest Mac around. But with the Mac Pro presumably coming down the road, what role (if any) would the Mac Studio fill in the long-term future of high-performance Mac desktops?… | Continue reading
With Audio Hijack, you can record any audio on your Mac. Save audio from individual applications such as Safari or Zoom, record from hardware audio devices like microphones and mixers, or even capture the audio output of the entire system.… | Continue reading
The 15-inch MacBook Air (bottom) is larger than its 13-inch sibling, but otherwise almost entirely identical.One of the lessons to be taken from the Apple silicon era is that the chips are what they are.… | Continue reading
The Apple Vision Pro is here! Well, not yet. And you can’t afford one. So is it really here? No. But the new Macs are! And soon the feature we’ve all been waiting for.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and co … | Continue reading
My thanks to BZG Apps for sponsoring Six Colors this week. BZG makes Unite 4, which allows you to turn any Website into a Mac app. Using a lightweight, WebKit powered browser as a backend, you can … | Continue reading
Apollo Developer Christian Selig, who has been trying to find a way to keep his app alive despite an enormous new charge for connecting to Reddit, has given up: June 30th will be Apollo’s last day.… | Continue reading
Our reactions to Apple’s new operating systems, Macs and that other thing.… | Continue reading
Apple announced plenty of new features at WWDC this week, but it’s bundled up a few services-related announcements in a new press release, some of which have been hitherto unknown.… | Continue reading
Though all of Apple’s operating systems got attention during this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, watchOS 10 got perhaps the biggest overhaul, not only changing fundamental ways that users interact with the device, but also how information is presented on the wearable.… | Continue reading
Yes, I’ve worn it. One of the advantages of being present at Apple Park for WWDC 2023 was that I got to experience—after having my face measured and my eyeglasses scanned—the Apple Vision Pro in a controlled environment, guided by two Apple employees.… | Continue reading
WWDC 2023 has arrived and Jason and Myke react to the keynote announcements, live from a secluded location at Apple Park! Topics are just what you’d guess: Apple Vision Pro, new Mac hardware (!),… | Continue reading
Live from the Apple Podcasts studio at WWDC! We discuss how we would use Vision Pro in our everyday lives, the announcement(s) that made us clap, the Home & Audio features we were excited about, and the iOS and/or iPadOS features we can’t wait to use.… | Continue reading
Some very quick thoughts about the Apple Vision Pro. From a golf cart. Driving through Apple Park.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and community.. | Continue reading
Processing the keynote is like taking in a big meal: sometimes you have to just sit back and digest. So much information flies by that it can be hard to pick out the details that are important to you, but as I compiled the list of features that didn’t make the keynote cut, I foun … | Continue reading
Apple’s Monday keynote at WWDC was jam-packed as usual, but even at two hours there’s never enough time to cover everything that the company is rolling out in its latest platform updates—especially when you’re updating five major platforms and rolling out a brand new headset.… | Continue reading
Unite 4 for macOS allows you to turn any website into an app on your Mac. Using a lightweight, WebKit powered browser as a backend, you can easily create isolated, customizable apps from any site. … | Continue reading
In the waning days of the Apple headset as a rumor, please remember to tip your local rumormonger. Remember, they survive on tips. If you’re worried about Apple’s keynote being too long, don’t.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive … | Continue reading
It’s almost time. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is just days away. Come Monday morning, both Dan Moren and I will be somewhere on the Apple Campus, watching Apple unveil whatever it chooses to put in front of the world.… | Continue reading
My thanks to my old pal Glenn Fleishman for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Glenn has created a letterpress book called Six Centuries of Type & Printing, a 64-page romp through the history of printing and type told through technological innovations from Gutenberg through the pre … | Continue reading
The Max launch and prioritizing tech stacks; Netflix’s ad viewers and the future of ad-free streaming; and in Sports Corner the regional sports network collapse has begun. Also, we announce o… | Continue reading
Our current device-charging setups, how we manage our windows, our weather apps of choice, and the travel items that have saved our bacon.… | Continue reading
It’s time for our bold WWDC predictions.… | Continue reading
Every now and then I type something into Spotlight on the iPad and I see that Twitterrific is still installed. I can’t bear to uninstall it, but since Twitter killed third-party client apps, I don’t use Twitter very often.… | Continue reading
We’re delighted you’ve chosen to embark upon Apple Reality. Today is the first day of a whole new world for you, and we hope that you enjoy living in it as much as we did creating it.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, … | Continue reading
I’ve updated another eight-year-old article of mine, bringing my discussion of my podcast editing technique a bit more up to date. Interestingly, my methodology hasn’t really changed much.… | Continue reading
It’s time for our bold WWDC predictions.… | Continue reading
After the failure of bankrupt Diamond Sports to pay licensing fees, Major League Baseball will take over all San Diego Padres broadcasting starting Wednesday: As a result of the new arrangement, Padres fans can now obtain a new direct-to-consumer streaming subscription for $19.9 … | Continue reading
Zac Hall at 9to5Mac: Prioritizing Apple Music Classical for Android over Apple’s other platforms does make sense, though. The separate app is based on Apple’s acquisition of Primephonic, which was a standalone classical music subscription service, and the Android app went away w … | Continue reading
It’s time for our eighth annual competition regarding what will happen at Apple’s WWDC keynote! Jason and Myke will be there in person–but what will be announced? Is the Apple mix… | Continue reading
Why would a letterpress book called Six Centuries of Type & Printing be the “sponsor” of Six Colors? For two reasons: First, author and tech journalist Glenn Fleishman (that’s me!)… | Continue reading
Hey, it’s our antepenultimate week talking about the Apple headset speculatively! New apps are a-shipping and generative AI asks “How many fingers am I holding up?”… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and commu … | Continue reading
My thanks to Kolide for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Kolide offers a more nuanced approach to setting and enforcing sensitive data policies. At most companies, employees can download sensitive company data onto any device, keep it there forever, and never even know that they’ … | Continue reading
Twice as much baseball, if you want it.Sometimes you want to watch more than one thing on your TV. This impulse was initially satisfied by the introduction of TVs with picture-in-picture functionality, but as access to TV began to come from various decoder boxes, picture-in-pictu … | Continue reading
Whether we’d be comfortable in a driverless taxi, our thoughts on the U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory regarding kids and social media, using Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro on the iPad, and the last time technology blew us away.… | Continue reading
50 minutes with the complaints department.… | Continue reading
Special guest: Jason Snell. Topics: Headset, headseat, headset. And no baseball talk other than how games might look in VR. Also: Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad, and GM’s dumb decision to drop CarPlay.… | Continue reading
Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro are finally available for the iPad. I’ve had a week to use beta versions of the apps, each of which arrives in the App Store on Tuesday for $5/month or $50/year. A… | Continue reading
While I’m linking to subscription Substacks, I thought I’d link to Will Carroll’s piece about Apple, sports, and VR: I’m not sure if people are ready for VR (or “XR” as Apple appears to be calling it), but one of the strongly rumored apps is a virtual IMAX screen.… | Continue reading
Last week Joe Posnanski wrote an excellent story about PitchCom (subscription required), the technology that’s now used by Major League Baseball to relay pitch calls between catcher and pitcher.… | Continue reading
With WWDC and our annual draft right around the corner, it’s time to survey the final rumors about Apple’s AR/VR headset, while also taking stock of some real accessibility developments due this fall.… | Continue reading
Here’s an uncomfortable fact: at most companies, employees can download sensitive company data onto any device, keep it there forever, and never even know that they’re doing something wrong.… | Continue reading
A couple of years ago, my favorite Mac email app—the Gmail web wrapper app Mailplane—was discontinued. After an appropriate period of mourning (which included using Apple Mail regularly for the first time in years), I was desperate for an email app that worked the way I wanted it … | Continue reading
The headset goes on a real expectations rollercoaster ride this week as Apple clears the deck for WWDC. The Apple headset is awesome If you were worried about Apple’s chances in the AR/VR space you can relax because it looks like they’ve got this headset business all sorted.… Thi … | Continue reading
My thanks to iMazing for sponsoring Six Colors this week. iMazing is the answer to so many questions about how you can have more control over how to sync and back up iOS and iPadOS devices… and want to do it all from a Mac or Windows PC rather than relying on the cloud.… | Continue reading
Julia’s back at last, so we blast through discussing HBO Max becoming Max, Hulu going inside the Disney+ app, the WGA’s “streaming strike”, the NFL’s Peacock playoff game, and ESPN plotting its inevitable over-the-top service.… | Continue reading
I am reminded by Reader Donni that I haven’t updated my “How I Podcast: Recording” article since the days of Skype. I don’t use Skype now. I use Zoom. So I made a quick upda… | Continue reading
Fast Company’s Harry McCracken talked to some of the team behind Apple’s new Personal Voice accessibility feature about its development as well as some more fine details: When it came to enabling third-party apps to speak via Personal Voice, Apple put privacy measures in place s … | Continue reading