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 his own needs. He wanted a Markdown editor that di…
Lees meerPodcast 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 which existed 1665 days ago. In [effectively] 2022…
Lees meerWith 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 use to read one of Dan’s novels.…
Lees meerApple’s approach to major software updates has changed a bit over the past couple of years. Once upon a time, the company would roll out one big update then do smaller point releases over the next year or two to fix bugs and occasionally add minor f…
Lees meerYouTuber 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 and my wife woke up to extremely loud Christmas musi…
Lees meerWe’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 using Apple’s tracking fobs to locate and steal vehicles: …
Lees meerJohn 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 not Shortcuts. Fittingly enough, he uses Shortcuts its…
Lees meerIt’s the season of American consumerism, so here’s the technology we bought.…
Lees meerDiving 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 Netflix is bad at movies.…
Lees meerThe 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 video games we’d remake.…
Lees meerJason 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. After completing it, I figured I should write up the…
Lees meerHow 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 Program.…
Lees meerLast 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 Mac menu bar utilities like SwiftBar or xBar, you might be wonderi…
Lees meerApple 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 on how NSO Group infected victims’ devices with …
Lees meerRich 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 it, we’ve learned that the deal is set to expire…
Lees meerApple’s car project is back in the news, but is the company’s ambition in this area unrealistic? Also: Qualcomm spoils Apple’s modem move, Apple employees get a new date to return to work, and there’s some good news about the repairability of Apple …
Lees meerAs 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 right up my alley) with low-profile switches and thin, low-profile PBT ke…
Lees meerApple 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.)… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.
Lees meerA 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’s internal speakers for podcast editing and other general …
Lees meerMarc 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 time. Now he’s got a book collecting the photos, with an introduct…
Lees meerBloomberg’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 would be designed around hands-off driving…. Though the comp…
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