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Lees meer2020 brought a redesigned iPhone, but in 2021 the iPhone was fairly static while the iPad Pro took a big step forward. Given Apple’s longer cycles for iPhone redesigns, I don’t expect a revolutionary new iPhone to spur sales ever higher. But Apple w…
Lees meerWe watch a lot of TV. It’s the platinum era of television—you could watch several hours a day for the entire year and never run out of top-shelf entertainment. But who has the time? So if you’re looking for something to watch, consider these shows, …
Lees meerWhat tech had the biggest impact on us in 2021, our predictions for the most surprising tech story of 2022, whether we seek out short-form videos, and our biggest tech irritations of the last year.…
Lees meerJason and Julia are off for the holiday, but before they left, they took time to record this special episode featuring answers to listener letters! (Only two-thirds of the letters are from people named David.)…
Lees meerAs the year comes to an end, it’s time for the Eighth Annual Upgradies! Myke and Jason discuss their favorites of 2021, take the input of many Upgradians, and hand out awards in numerous categories! Only the finest will walk away with the most covet…
Lees meerAfter such a momentous 2020 for the Mac, it was hard for 2021 to measure up. But with the Apple silicon transition well underway, the question remains: What does the Mac’s 2022 have in store? Good news, friend. You’re reading a column about where th…
Lees meerIt’s time for our annual Christmas gift exchange round-robin, and then the boys get down to business with some competitive picks about what will happen in 2022. All that’s followed by a game of 20 Questions, with the questions supplied by Connected …
Lees meerWe played and enjoyed a lot of games this year. Weird, right? It’s as if we needed to escape. Anyway, here are some of our favorites. Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City As I admitted back in July, the endless-sandboarder game Alto’s Odyssey is my favorit…
Lees meerYou thought you were going to get out of the year without a Epidemiology Corner segment? Fat chance.…
Lees meerIn this Upgrade Holiday Special, Jason and Myke answer the holiday-themed questions of Upgradians everywhere. Smart decorations, holiday wardrobes, the definition of fairy lights, monkey strategies, an eggnog recipe, and Santa’s complex cloud-based …
Lees meerAs 2021 draws to a close, it’s only natural to look back at the year that was and cast our appraising glances over all the things that Apple did during the last 12 months. Despite a global pandemic, the company managed another year of record quarter…
Lees meerIf you’ve ever struggled to put a screenshot into a photo of Apple hardware to make it fit in an appropriate context, you’ll appreciate this: Apple has just added a Product Bezels section to its design resources page. They’re all available as layere…
Lees meerThis week my friend Stephen Hackett posted a video tour of his new home studio and along with it, updated the page detailing all the gear he uses. Last month, we passed the seventh anniversary of this post about my home office set-up. No, I can’t be…
Lees meerMy thanks to Kolide for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Kolide connects device security and Slack together in a clever way—by sending people important, timely, and relevant recommendations about securing their devices via Slack. For example, Kolide…
Lees meerSo back in October I tweeted about how it was easy to lose the pointer under the notch on the 24-inch MacBook Pro, and that someone should do something about that: once again I am asking for someone to develop a "utility" that makes the notch glow …
Lees meerShortcuts maven Matthew Cassinelli has a story up at iMore about eight ways for Apple to improve Shortcuts: Combined with architecture changes, a lack of integration across Apple’s other teams, and the natural growing pains of a brand new paradig…
Lees meerPromised at WWDC, a new version of Swift Playgrounds arrived this week, with its most notable feature addition being support for submitting projects to the App Store. John Voorhees of MacStories provides a good overview: Starting a coding project…
Lees meerWhy 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.]… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.
Lees meerThis 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 to import the items. iCloud Keychain will skip a…
Lees meerWe 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 about The CW (again), and Netflix has… a blog?…
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