Why we’re not using Obsidian, favorite iOS apps, photos, and thoughts of spring. [We’ve been told to take next week off. The podcast will be back in two weeks.] | Continue reading
Smart retouching in action. The Pixelmator team has released Pixelmator Photo 2.0, which brings Pixelmator Photo to the iPhone for the first time. Pixelmator Photo has been my go-to photo editing a… | Continue reading
Here are six iOS apps that stood out for us this year, but weren’t part of the old standbys list. They’re not all new, but they’re ones we used a lot more this year. Noir I use Da… | Continue reading
This is a nice post from developer Simon B. Støvring about getting data out of 1Password and into iCloud Keychain: Ensuring all items in 1Password have a valid website address is necessary in order… | Continue reading
Never has a show been taken over by a guest quite so quickly. | Continue reading
We dig into why CNN+ has to exist, even though it doesn’t make a lot of sense. Also, the strange divisions between what’s on HBO and what’s on HBO Max, we talk a surprising amount… | Continue reading
Will we use SharePlay? What are our feelings about Bluetooth earbuds? How do we protect ourselves when we’re browsing online? And what are our picks for favorite TV, movies, and books of the … | Continue reading
Myke is back from vacation with a lot of follow-up for Jason about last week’s show. Also: the official Upgrade Draft championship trophy is unveiled, and we discuss Apple’s forthcoming… | Continue reading
Kolide is a SaaS app that sends employees important, timely, and relevant security recommendations concerning their Mac, Windows, and Linux devices, right inside Slack. At Kolide, we think end-user… | Continue reading
Apple released iOS 15.2, macOS 12.1, and watchOS 8.3 today, with a bunch of new features including SharePlay for macOS, the new Apple Music Voice plan, App Privacy Report, Legacy Contacts, and a wh… | Continue reading
Friday afternoon I tried something new and did a live stream. The subject: a “re-boxing” of my MacBook Pro review unit, which is going back to Apple. (In fact, since the video was compl… | Continue reading
As we reach the end of the year, it’s time for us to share some of the stuff that we liked this year. We’ll start with a category that is surprisingly robust: Mac apps. Some of these ar… | Continue reading
Boop, said the smart appliance to the home automation. | Continue reading
A couple of things I wanted to do over at The Incomparable’s website involved knowing the status of a shared Google Calendar. For months I tried to build up the courage to figure out how to i… | Continue reading
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, writing at The Verge, details an interesting component of the upcoming Matter connectivity standard: Matter TV, as we’ll call it for wont of an official name, will allow co… | Continue reading
Describing an experience with augmented reality, last-minute tech gifts, using tech with holiday decor, and how we prepare for tech support when gathering with family. | Continue reading
Around my house, 2021 has been a year of durable goods upheaval. The 10-year-old refrigerator gave us a scare, the 14-year-old Prius put us on notice that its battery was soon to need replacing, an… | Continue reading
At Fast Company, Jared Newman writes in praise of the $15 Markdown editor app Typora, which just exited a seven-year(!) beta: [Typora developer] Abner says he started working on Typora to satisfy h… | Continue reading
Podcast host, developer, and single-ping aficionado Casey Liss decries the state of high-quality external displays for the Mac: The above is the entire lineup. That’s it. Four options. Three of whi… | Continue reading
With Myke on assignment, Dan Moren joins Jason to discuss the features Apple hasn’t yet delivered in 2021 and its product lineup for 2022. Then Jason breaks down the new e-readers you could u… | Continue reading
Home automation, speakers, Shortcuts, and bagels. | Continue reading
YouTuber and podcaster Quinn Nelson has a cat problem: Strange question: is there a way to disable the touch sensitive surface on HomePods? Our cat has learned that if he touches them music plays a… | Continue reading
We’ve seen stories of people triumphantly locating their lost belongings thanks to AirTags, but, as always, technology is a double-edged sword. It seems that some car thieves in Canada are us… | Continue reading
When I reviewed three recently-released e-readers last month, I received several complaints about this line in the story: Kobos are much better citizens [than Kindles] when it comes to borrowing e-… | Continue reading
John Voorhees at MacStories has come up with a clever way to generate a bunch of AppleScript files that just run Shortcuts as a way to open up Shortcuts to apps that support running scripts, but no… | Continue reading
It’s the season of American consumerism, so here’s the technology we bought. | Continue reading
Diving into Netflix’s brand new global and regional top 10 lists, and all the things they tell us about the global streaming giant. Also, ViacomCBS corrects its Star Trek mistake, and why Net… | Continue reading
The older tech that we can’t justify replacing, what we’d change about Twitter in the wake of Jack Dorsey’s exit, the health tech we’d like to see next, and which retro vide… | Continue reading
I was reminded by Simon Støvring, maker of the excellent Mac and iOS utility Data Jar (which is a persistent data store that’s accessible via Shortcuts), that people may not be aware of just … | Continue reading
Jason Tate: A few weeks ago I started working on a new weekend project. I wanted to build a mini-computer that could sit on my desk and display what I was currently listening to. A simple idea. Aft… | Continue reading
The holiday season is upon us, and what do you get for the man who has literally everything?1 Tim Cook has got to be a hard man to shop for. From outward appearances, all he seems to do is work and… | Continue reading
This week Myke and Jason are both in Pacific Time, and Myke has some tech travel observations. Meanwhile, Jason’s been exploring Shortcuts on the Mac. Plus: Mac AirPlay quirks and an Apple la… | Continue reading
How we charge our devices, the travel tech we’re taking with us this year, our thoughts on Apple’s plans for digital IDs, and an examination of Apple’s newly announced Self Repair… | Continue reading
Last week Dan wrote about macOS Monterey’s new Network Quality Tool, which lets you quickly get a sense of your local network speed from the command line. If you’re a user of ambient Ma… | Continue reading
An Apple Pencil, a Kobo Libra 2, and some creamed corn. This time of year leads to a few inevitable kinds of stories. Giving thanks, and… deals? Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, a… | Continue reading
Apple Newsroom: Apple today filed a lawsuit against NSO Group and its parent company to hold it accountable for the surveillance and targeting of Apple users. The complaint provides new information… | Continue reading
Rich Woods reports about Windows on ARM and where it may be headed in the future: Qualcomm actually has an exclusivity deal with Microsoft for Windows on ARM, and speaking with people familiar with… | Continue reading
This week I’m traveling for Thanksgiving, and I’m using this MacBook Pro review unit before I have to send it back to Apple1. One of the things I had forgotten in the years where I larg… | Continue reading
Apple’s car project is back in the news, but is the company’s ambition in this area unrealistic? Also: Qualcomm spoils it for Apple, Apple employees get a new date to return to work, an… | Continue reading
Following up from his post from last fall, developer David Smith has taken his Apple Watch on a three-day hiking trip and figuring out some strategies for extending its life: What gives me some exc… | Continue reading
This week, thanks to an article by John Voorhees at MacStories about integrating Shortcuts with the Elgato Stream Deck, I discovered an incredibly useful tip about Shortcuts integration on the Mac.… | 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
As someone who’s enthusiastic about mechanical keyboards, I was interested in reviewing a prerelease version of the $110 Nuphy Air75. It’s a 75 percent keyboard (a size that’s rig… | Continue reading
Apple Cars without steering wheels and Apple-branded pentalobe screwdrivers. What a world. (The podcast will be off next week for Thanksgiving. Back in two weeks.) | Continue reading
A few months ago I decided to unplug the iPod Hi-Fi I was using as an external speaker for my iMac Pro, and replace it with a stereo pair of $199 Sonos One SL speakers. I’m using my iPad Pro&… | Continue reading
Marc Karzen shot the amazing, award-winning bumpers used going into and out of every commercial break on “Late Night with David Letterman,” one of my favorite television shows of all ti… | Continue reading
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple’s focusing on a fully autonomous car for release as early as 2025: Apple’s ideal car would have no steering wheel and pedals, and its interior… | Continue reading
John takes a foray into smart home automation. Dan wonders about Apple’s rumored headset, and special guest James Thomson takes us to programming school. | Continue reading