A surprising amount of discussion of a Tom Hanks movie. | Continue reading
I’ve written a couple of times about Template Gun, a hot-dog cannon of an AppleScript that I use to automatically expand zip archives of Logic Pro templates to use in editing projects. The sc… | Continue reading
Our thoughts on Twitter’s new subscription service, the keyboards we’re using, how we feel about smart locks, and some thoughts on Apple’s new Communication Safety features for Me… | Continue reading
The Verge’s Adi Robertson: Epic v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers says Apple must comply with an order to let developers add links and buttons to external payment options, denying the com… | Continue reading
Apple extended its service offerings to businesses on Wednesday by announcing Apple Business Essentials, which rolls together device management, support, and iCloud storage into a single subscripti… | Continue reading
Take Control Books recently released version 2.2 of my book about Apple’s Photos app. It covers changes in macOS Monterey and iOS/iPadOS 15, including the revamped Memories feature, new shari… | Continue reading
Twitter announced its premium Twitter Blue subscription service back in June, but it has just launched in the United States: We’ve launched Twitter Blue in the US, Canada, Australia, and New … | Continue reading
Michael Flarup just launched a Kickstarter for a book all about the art of iOS app icons: The iOS App Icon Book features hundreds of works of art from individuals and teams around the world. It ser… | Continue reading
Much as I love some good smart home lighting, there’s nothing worse than running into a problem that is singularly dumb. Recently, I detailed the smart home lighting setup in my new house, an… | Continue reading
Now that the M1 Pro and M1 Max have arrived, we turn our attention to the future of Apple silicon in 2022 and beyond. Will there be new chips every year, or is that too rapid a pace? | Continue reading
Better late than never, the big three: Charts, canyons, and clever automations. | Continue reading
I’m intrigued by the new Focus modes in macOS Monterey and iOS 15, but frustrated by the fact that there’s no easy way for an automation tool to detect the current Focus status. Except!… | Continue reading
Amongst the additions in macOS Monterey are a couple new screensavers—I know, try and contain your excitement. One is the retro “Hello” module inspired by Steve Jobs’s introductio… | Continue reading
Some of us are going to virtual reality. The rest of us are stuck in this stupid reality. | Continue reading
Microsoft and Facebook’s new metaverse moves, Netflix’s entry into the games market, Zoom’s consideration of an ad-supported model, and how we deal with needing to use Windows on … | Continue reading
What happens when a TV network has a potential big hit, but doesn’t have a streaming strategy to find an audience? Are sports leagues finally going to risk their fat cable contracts in order … | Continue reading
Apple’s added a few features over the last couple years that help us cope with our current world situation, whether it be unlocking our iPhones with our Apple Watches or improvements to FaceT… | Continue reading
At Macworld New York in 1999, Apple filled out its “Grid of Four” with a consumer notebook called the iBook. I’ve written about the iBook at length elsewhere, but the gist of the … | Continue reading
Last week Apple announced the results for its fiscal fourth quarter, which was the latest in a series of records set by the company. As always, I generated a bunch of colorful charts based on the n… | Continue reading
Netflix will begin to roll out games to its subscribers worldwide starting tomorrow: 🎮📱 Let the Games Begin📱🎮Tomorrow, Netflix Games will start rolling out on the Netflix mobile app. First on Andro… | Continue reading
We’re joined by Apple VPs Tom Boger and Tim Millet to discuss Apple’s chip-design philosophy and how it factored into the company’s first high-end Mac chips, the M1 Pro and M1 Max… | Continue reading
Reviews are in and the new MacBook Pros are a hit! Customers love the power, the battery life, the not totally garbage webcam, and the function keys that are actual keys. It’s hands down the … | Continue reading
Analysts, supply chains, legacy nodes, MacBook Pros, Monterey, Shortcuts. Your basic Friday. | Continue reading
Here’s our (ongoing) transcript of Apple’s conference call with financial analysts on October 28, 2021… Tim Cook’s opening remarks Thanks, Tejas, and good afternoon, everyon… | Continue reading
On Thursday, Apple announced results for its fourth financial quarter of 2021, covering July through September. The company generated $83.4 billion in revenue. iPhone sales were $38.9 billion, up 4… | Continue reading
As seen on my Mac: Two cross-platform shortcuts. Shortcuts has arrived on the Mac with macOS Monterey, and while the new Shortcuts app is pretty weird, it works–and it brings most of the func… | Continue reading
Whether we could see ourselves making use of a “Metaverse,” our supply chain woes, the best features of macOS Monterey, and how we review devices as tech journalists. | Continue reading
Sooner or later, we all get our Mac mini stories. This time, it’s Lex. | Continue reading
If there’s a theme of Apple’s operating-system releases in 2021, it’s platform unification. This development is most significant for macOS, which tended to lag behind iOS in the 2… | Continue reading
If there’s two things that we here at Six Colors love, it’s putting data in our Macs’ menu bars and the weather—also, of course, combining those two things. Following Jason’… | Continue reading
Jason’s spent the last week with the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max processor, and we’ve got his in-depth review. And at last, Jason and Myke both review the new Apple Watch Series… | Continue reading
The new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models usher in a new era in Apple laptops. These are the first high-end Macs to be powered by Apple-designed processors, and that’s a big deal–but t… | Continue reading
Panic’s Cabel Sasser shares a look at a prototype for the original iPod: To celebrate, I want to show you something you’ve never seen before. Now, there are a lot of mysteries in the Panic Ar… | Continue reading
Fifteen years ago, I wrote this: Since its first release five years ago on October 23, 2001, the iPod has become one of the most recognizable products in the world. It has transformed Apple’s busin… | Continue reading
My thanks to Daylite, the award-winning CRM and productivity app made for Mac-based small businesses, for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Daylite is ready for macOS Monterey! It seamlessly integra… | Continue reading
Monterey, MacBook Pros, and M1 Pro/Max. Also: AirPods and iPods. | Continue reading
macOS Monterey arrives on Oct. 25, and among many changes and additions, it alters a concept that’s been a part of the Mac since the very beginning. When you copy a file in macOS MontereyR… | Continue reading
There’s a lot going on right now at Netflix, which is trying to manage growth, changing how it reports viewership, and facing internal criticism for some of its programming. | Continue reading
Apple’s got new MacBook Pros and we’ve got opinions. Even though none of us are buying one. What, is it your first time here? | Continue reading
What Apple’s new MacBook Pros are lacking, much consternation over “the notch,” how often we use noise-canceling headphones, and the excitement of pivot tables! | Continue reading
By all accounts, Apple’s MacBook Pro announcements this week have been a home run: the return of a veritable smorgasbord of ports, fantastic new displays, and more power than you can shake a … | Continue reading
It was around 2016 on the edge of the desert when the Touch Bar began to take hold. I remember saying something like “I’ll need several adapters for that…” And suddenly ther… | Continue reading
The new MacBook Pros are here! Jason and Myke break down what’s new with Apple’s pro laptops, welcome the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, and even devote a little time to new AirPods and color… | Continue reading
It’s official: As of the latest macOS Monterey beta–version 12.0.1, which makes me wonder if they’ve locked version 12.0 on the new MacBook Pro models and everyone else will jump … | Continue reading
Apple’s Unleashed event wrapped up in under an hour today, and it wasn’t short on news: new MacBook Pros, brand new Apple silicon processors, new colors of HomePods, and, uh, some music… | Continue reading
Apple fans, excited for macOS Monterey? So are we! Daylite is an award-winning CRM and productivity app made exclusively for your Mac, and it’s now Monterey ready! Daylite goes beyond the ess… | Continue reading
One of the most interesting aspects of moving from an apartment you rent to a house you own is the freedom it gives you in terms of what smart home tech you can adopt. There are some things that ju… | Continue reading
Tamara Shopsin’s novel Laserwriter II (MCD) will be published on October 19. It’s a funny and quirky book about ’90s-era Apple products and the people who fix them at New York Cit… | Continue reading