Can someone locate Dan’s office for him?… | Continue reading
Jess Weatherbed at The Verge: Google’s next step into a passwordless future is here with the announcement that passkeys — a new cryptographic keys solution that requires a preauthenticated device — are coming to Google accounts on all major platforms.… | Continue reading
Apple and Google posted a rare joint press release Tuesday regarding a new initiative to stop using devices like AirTags from being used for unwanted tracking: Today Apple and Google jointly submitted a proposed industry specification to help combat the misuse of Bluetooth locat … | Continue reading
Jason’s former co-host from another TV podcast, Tim Goodman, drops by to discuss his decision to be a TV writer at the very end of the Peak TV era, the challenges of TV criticism, and his return to writing about TV on his own terms via Substack.… | Continue reading
This week we react to rumors of future Apple health services and try to understand the difference between a service and a feature. Also, is Apple right to keep advanced AI out of Siri until it’s trustworthy?… | Continue reading
For a smart watch, the Apple Watch can sometimes be…less than intelligent. Case in point: more than a few times in the past weeks, I’ve found myself bitten by one relatively minor missing feature.… | Continue reading
Are Technica’s Dan Goodin throws cold water on recent warnings about “juice jacking” (i.e. devices being compromised by being plugged into public USB charging ports): The problem with the warnings coming out of the FCC and FBI is that they divert attention away from bigger secur … | Continue reading
Goooooood mornnnnnning!We here at Six Colors don’t get a lot of scoops—simply put, it’s not what we do. Sure, we hear rumors from time to time, and sometimes even a little birdie or two crosses our path with an interesting tidbit, but they generally don’t rise to the level of an … | Continue reading
The headset cometh, if reports are to be believed (would it kill you to clap for the headset?), and Apple has a slew of operating system updates in store with some wild and wacky features.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stor … | Continue reading
My Mac mini server, as seen remotely through Screens.Last year, while listening to the Connected podcast, I was struck by something Stephen Hackett said: The opportunities are endless with an always-on Mac.… | Continue reading
For my own mental health, I haven’t read the comments on most websites in years (and don’t offer them here). Various Safari extensions, including dedicated ones like Shut Up as well as ad blockers like 1Blocker, will give you the option to also hide comments.… | Continue reading
On this, our 500th episode, we start by complaining about the apps we begrudgingly use regularly. Then we predict the future of phones, reveal our history with dual-booting PCs, and share what it would take to get us to buy a mixed-reality headset.… | Continue reading
It’s smoothy time.… | Continue reading
As rumor season kicks into high gear, we discuss Apple’s potential new app, more reports about its VR headset, and some updates about forthcoming Mac hardware.… | Continue reading
This week Tim takes a trip, Apple has another convenient, easy-to-use way for it to hang on to your money, and will iOS 17 have a startling new feature?!… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and community.. | 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
Adjusting text size via Control Center.The Athletic just updated its iOS app to support iOS’s dynamic text setting. This is a good thing, because that text is now adjustable at a system level and allows people who need larger type to get it, systemwide.… | Continue reading
Look, there’s no interesting Apple news. We’re all waiting on tenterhooks for the big hardware announcement so we can find out the only thing anyone cares about: Will the 15″ MacBook Air come in a chip configuration that supports two external displays?… This story is for Six Colo … | Continue reading
Our watchOS 10 wish list, the apps we want on our Apple headsets, HomePods listening, and our dream vacations and the tech we’d bring.… | Continue reading
Tim goes to India, we’re confused about what a new MacBook Air will bring, and Apple might allow side-loading?!… | Continue reading
Sitcoms are one of the most popular genres of television, yet streaming services tend to do better repurposing someone else’s catalog rather than creating their own. What’s behind this … | Continue reading
What’s happening at WWDC? The rumors are… confusing. Also, Jason gets excited about watching four things at once, Myke tries to bring iOS 17 into focus, and we’ve got a book review of ‘Make Something Wonderful’ from the Steve Jobs Archive.… | 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
Benjamin Mayo of 9to5Mac took Apple TV’s new multi-view feature for a spin: With tvOS 16.5 beta, Apple is testing a new feature for the Apple TV app on the Apple TV 4K set-top box: the ability to watch more than one game at a time.… | Continue reading
Apple Newsroom: Starting today, Apple Card users can choose to grow their Daily Cash rewards with a Savings account from Goldman Sachs, which offers a high-yield APY of 4.15 percent — a rate that’s more than 10 times the national average.… | Continue reading
My old PC World counterpart, Harry McCracken, calls the time of death: The April issues of Maximum PC and MacLife are currently on sale at a newsstand near you—assuming there is a newsstand near you.… | Continue reading
My thanks to Rogue Amoeba for sponsoring Six Colors this week on behalf of its app SoundSource. SoundSource is a remarkable app that lives in your menu bar and gives you complete control over all your audio.… | Continue reading
The Steve Jobs Archive has released a book, edited by Leslie Berlin, with a small selection of Steve Jobs’s interviews, speeches, and emails–many of them to himself. There’s a lim… | Continue reading
Collecting and removing mobile apps, how we begin and end every smartphone session, our new computer migration process, and how we balance our digital and physical lives.… | Continue reading
Who trusts rumors anyway?… | Continue reading
This week we’re pondering future directions for watchOS complications and iOS Control Center, reacting to extremely early reports about future iPhone displays, and digesting Apple’s slow build of alternative manufacturing capacities outside of China.… | Continue reading
If you use audio on your Mac in any way at all, SoundSource is for you. SoundSource lives in your menu bar and gives you superior control over all your audio. Per-application control: Change the vo… | 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
Like me, Andy Baio is colorblind. People don’t get how many design elements rely on color: For some people, colorblindness is a serious liability that closes doors on career dreams. It’s hard… | Continue reading
The big news this week is Tim Cook and lots of him! Also big news are things that already happened, like the Mac’s bad holiday quarter and Apple putting all its metaphorical eggs in China’s metaphorical basket.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get ac … | Continue reading
As I write this, Apple has just debuted its Friday Night Baseball broadcasts for this season–in the afternoon, thanks to coverage of a Cubs day game. And I’m happy to report that the lo… | Continue reading
Jason still can’t even with General Motors. We waste some cycles drawing trendy 3D junk while pondering (timely!) Easter eggs we have known. And is the forthcoming Apple VR headset like the Lisa, or like the Apple Watch?… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member … | Continue reading
As first reported by Reuters, General Motors has decided that the company’s future electric cars will drop support for CarPlay and Android Auto, preferring the company’s own infotainment system based on the lower-level Android Automotive operating system.… | Continue reading
Andy Baio has made quite a find: While trying to fix my printer today, I discovered that a PDF copy of Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin whitepaper apparently shipped with every copy of macOS since Mojave in 2018.… | Continue reading
Do not adjust your volume at the beginning of this episode.… | Continue reading
Our thoughts on GM abandoning CarPlay and Android Auto, our most relaxing phone activities, how we control our TVs, and what we’ve used AI for.… | Continue reading
Back in January, I wrote about building an automation for my pal Lex that would generate a list of open meeting times for him to send to potential clients. Lex and I both use the Fantastical calend… | Continue reading
Marvel hits the brakes, Apple embraces theatrical releases, Netflix can make anything a hit, two combat sports combine forces, and Major League Baseball keeps fans confused about when you’re allowed to watch a ballgame.… | Continue reading
WWDC has been announced, but when will the Apple VR headset be ready to ship? Also, CarPlay gets the cold shoulder from General Motors, watchOS might be in for some major changes, and the iPhone could be getting its own action button.… | Continue reading
Right now, “Zero Trust” is in serious danger of becoming an empty buzzword. The problem isn’t just that marketers have slapped the Zero Trust label on everything short of breakfast cereal–it’s that for all the hype, we don’t seem to be getting any safer.… | Continue reading
INT. APPLE PARK - DAY TIM COOK (60s, ruggedly handsome) sits at his desk, eyes closed and hands folded on his lap, as though he is an android who is in sleep mode.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and commun … | Continue reading
Another seven days, three more fantastic tales of Apple! The headset isn’t even out yet and it’s already DOA, the company’s classical music app is out with the fowlest of themes, and are you prepared for…the Mystery Button?!… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a me … | Continue reading
My thanks to Kandji for sponsoring Six Colors this week, and for commissioning the Enterprise Report Card! Kandji is the Apple device management and security platform that empowers secure and productive global work.… | Continue reading