(Podcast) Rebound 241: Throwing Bad Money After Good
woensdag 5 juni 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)It’s all WWDC all the time this week, as Dan and John welcome special guest James Thomson to help them break down Apple’s announcements. We discuss James getting mildly sherlocked, whether or not you can plug in your legacy SCSI drives to an iPad Pr…
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dinsdag 4 juni 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)
It’s not an Apple event without strong opinions all around, and there were no shortage of those at WWDC this year. Apple showed off updates to all of its major platforms—yes, even tvOS!—and there are very few, if any, products that won’t be affected…
Lees meer6 reasons you'll want iOS 13 on your iPhone (Tom's Guide)
dinsdag 4 juni 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)On Monday Apple unveiled iOS 13, the next major release of the software that makes the iPhone run. While it’s currently available only for registered Apple developers, a public beta version will be out in July, followed by a full public release this…
Lees meerWWDC 2019 notes: Sidecar, Catalyst, Mac Pro, and Pro Display XDR
dinsdag 4 juni 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)
A few Mac tidbits I picked up at the McEnery Convention Center on Monday after the WWDC Keynote…. macOS Catalina: Sidecar and Catalyst When Apple showed off Sidecar, the new feature that lets you connect an iPad and use it as either an additiona…
Lees meer(Podcast) Upgrade #248: Seven Layer Burrito of Innovation
maandag 3 juni 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)The WWDC 2019 keynote was packed full with new announcements. Now, live from San Jose, Jason and Myke come together to talk about iOS 13, macOS Catalina, the introduction of iPadOS, and the new Mac Pro.
Lees meerWWDC 2019 Keynote Coverage - Live!
maandag 3 juni 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)It’s that time again, everyone. Apple’s WWDC 2019 Keynote kicks off at 10am PDT that’s 1pm EDT, 6pm London. Jason and Dan will both be in attendance. Apple will livestream the event as usual, but if you’d like to follow along with our analysis, f…
Lees meer(Sponsor) The Lattice Trilogy by Erik Hanberg
zaterdag 1 juni 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)My thanks to Erik Hanberg for sponsoring Six Colors this week to promote his tech-savvy sci-fi adventure series, The Lattice Trilogy. It’s got high-stakes action, thought-provoking dystopian themes, and gripping twists, all set in a future where pr…
Lees meerMarzipan, Mac Pro, and iPad features: A wish list for WWDC19 (Macworld)
vrijdag 31 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Apple’s annual extravaganza is just around the corner. By the time my next column rolls around, we’ll know all the secrets that Apple has been sitting on for the last year. (Well, many of those secrets, anyway.) The only real question is whether App…
Lees meer(Podcast) Rebound 240: The Gentleman from Tacoma
donderdag 30 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)This week on the irreverent tech podcast that is more irreverent than usual, Dan plays co-host roulette. First, he and Lex discuss Apple’s new iPod touch, rumors about future iPhone features, the headphones Lex wants but won’t buy, and getting ebook…
Lees meer(Podcast) Clockwise #296: Google Wave Was the Best Thing Ever
woensdag 29 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)This week, on the 30-minute show that’s (hopefully) more talk than ticks, Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests Rosemary Orchard and Megan Morrone to discuss iOS apps we want to see in dark mode, our thoughts on the new iPod touch, the competit…
Lees meer9to5Mac: New looks for macOS media apps ↦
woensdag 29 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)
Guilherme Rambo is at it again. He’s got screen shots from the next version of macOS over at 9to5Mac: As we previously reported, the new Music app is based on iTunes. Both the Music and TV apps present a similar design language, with a gray si…
Lees meer'App Store - Principles and Practices' ↦
woensdag 29 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)In the face of criticism and legal entanglements from politicians, competitors, and regulators, Apple has posted a fancy PR site explaining why its App Store policies are the way they are: We believe competition makes everything better and resul…
Lees meerApple should go all in on Marzipan ↦
woensdag 29 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Dieter Bohn of The Verge speaks the truth—Marzipan apps are the future of macOS. And that means Apple needs to eat its own dog food and commit to converting most of its Mac apps to Marzipan: In fact, I think Apple should do more than double down…
Lees meermacOS: WWDC19 wish list (Macworld)
woensdag 29 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)We’re only a few days out from Apple’s 2019 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) now, and that means we’re about to exit an Apple world dominated by talk of iOS 12 and macOS Mojave, and enter one focused on the next versions of both. Last week I de…
Lees meeriPod touch amazingly not dead, gets update
dinsdag 28 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Looks like rumors of an update to Apple’s odd-man-out iOS device were not just sound and fury: the iPod touch has gotten speed-bumped to an A10 Fusion chip—a significant improvement over the old A8. Apple says it now supports features like AR and Gr…
Lees meer(Podcast) Upgrade #247: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2019
maandag 27 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)It’s time for our fourth annual competition regarding what will happen on stage next week at WWDC! Will there be new hardware? What will macOS be called? How many times will we see Tim Cook? This week we guess, but next week reality will be our judg…
Lees meer(Sponsor) Sponsor: The Lattice Trilogy by Erik Hanberg
maandag 27 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)In the future, privacy is a thing of the past. Get all three books for $0.99 each. All three of these books managed to surprise me over and over again. In a landscape where so much of our storytelling conforms to templates, it was refreshing to ha…
Lees meerWhy WWDC 2019 will usher in a new era for Apple (Tom's Guide)
maandag 27 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)We’re about a week away from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, the second-biggest date on Apple’s calendar after the annual introduction of new iPhones in the fall. The event is always the start of Apple’s annual product cycle, because the co…
Lees meerScripting a save location within Default Folder X
zaterdag 25 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)
I’ve been using St. Clair Software’s Default Folder since the days of System 7. It’s a utility that lets you set a different default location for the Open/Save dialogs in every app you use, and provides some other clever features like clicking on …
Lees meerWhat we won't see at WWDC 2019 (Macworld)
vrijdag 24 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is still more than a week away, and as usual the internet is rife with posts predicting what we’ll see—or what people would like to see (including this one)—during the next big Apple keynote. But even with a …
Lees meerPanic cranks out Playdate, a new handheld game console ↦
donderdag 23 mei 2019 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)
After dropping some hints in the past day or so, Panic—maker of fine Mac and iOS software like Transmit, Coda, and Prompt—has announced that it’s getting into the games hardware business with a new handheld console called Playdate. Panic, of c…
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