The System Preferences app in macOS has been there since the very beginning, and it’s showing its age. A tiny, largely unchanging rectangle sized for the tiny displays of the early 2000s, it’s past time for Apple to create a new, modern settings app…
Lees meerWell, there we go. Apple’s having an event on September 7, the Wednesday after Labor Day here in the U.S., just as it did in 2016.…
Lees meerBefore the sun sets on the Summer of Fun, Jason has rounded up three Apple automation experts—Federico Viticci, Rosemary Orchard, and Matthew Cassinelli—to discuss the present and future of user automation on Apple’s platforms.…
Lees meerCharlie Warzel used some AI art in a newsletter and it backfired spectacularly. To his credit, he used the experience to consider what the future of art on the Internet might be, and talked to artist and editor Matt Bors about it: Bors argues tha…
Lees meerMy thanks to Kolide for once again sponsoring Six Colors. Kolide takes a different approach to endpoint security and fleet management. It’s all about helping customers meet compliance goals by enlisting the support of their end users with a structur…
Lees meerSpecial guest Lex Friedman joins Jason to talk about the expanded Six Colors membership program and Apple Watch battery life, among other topics.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcast…
Lees meerTaking some tips from this GitHub project and John Calhoun’s SystemSix project, I built an E Ink calendar. It also led me down a path to use Craftcloud to 3-D print a stand.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access t…
Lees meerIt’s time for a snap software update to address a bug that is apparently being exploited in the wild. Andrew Cunningham, reporting for Ars Technica: Apple has released a trio of operating system updates to patch security vulnerabilities that it s…
Lees meerAlmost seven years ago, I announced the Six Colors membership plan. It started as a way to support the site and in return receive some “cool extras.”…
Lees meerStephen Hackett is (like me) a big fan of the rock band Death Cab for Cutie. He leads off his review of the M2 MacBook Air with lyrics from the band’s song “Crooked Teeth”: I’m a war of head versus heart And it’s always this way My head is we…
Lees meerMark Gurman at Bloomberg: Apple Inc. is aiming to hold a launch event on Sept. 7 to unveil the iPhone 14 line, according to people with knowledge of the matter, rolling out the latest version of a product that generates more than half its sales. …
Lees meerI wanted to do a quick follow-up on my recent post about attaching an Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch to the underside of my desk, because I’ve now done what I threatened to do at the end of that piece: I’ve broken into the keyboard, removed the imp…
Lees meerWhat bothers Jason more, bad candy or App Store ads? Tough call. We also discuss some possible iPhone price hikes, Jason’s HomeKit (sort of) cameras, a return to macOS Ventura, and the pronunciation of Apple silicon.…
Lees meerNetwork Locations in Mac OS X 10.0. (via 512 Pixels)Network Locations is a feature of macOS that, ever since version 10.0, has allowed users to switch between different sets of network configuration preferences in different environments and situatio…
Lees meerJohn Moltz joins Jason to discuss being the person who fixes stuff, battles with IT departments, and the mystery of “TV ratings” in a streaming world.… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.
Lees meerThe big story in streaming is Warner Bros. Discovery and David Zaslav’s cuts, cancellations, and the merger of HBO Max with Discovery+. Julia and Jason break it all down.…
Lees meerKayla Cobb of Decider interviewed Ben Stiller, executive producer of the excellent “Severance” on Apple TV+. Cobb asked Stiller how Apple shares data about the show’s viewership with the people who make it, and Stiller’s response was strange, but n…
Lees meerThanks to the M2 MacBook Air, Myke has decided to live a two-laptop lifestyle. We ponder the rumored delay of iPadOS 16, whether it’s a good or bad thing, and what form a new iPad Pro might take.…
Lees meerMy thanks to Magic Lasso Adblock for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Magic Lasso Adblock is a great Safari ad blocker for your iPhone, iPad and Mac. As a native content blocking extension, it blocks all intrusive ads, trackers and annoyances – lett…
Lees meerApple results, Jason’s charts, Apple car exec maneuvers, and Touch ID.…
Lees meerHow we store and share files in the cloud, the streaming video services we go to when we’re looking for something new to watch, the one computer or tablet we’d use if we could only use one, and our webcam setups.…
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