John takes a foray into smart home automation. Dan wonders about Apple’s rumored headset, and special guest James Thomson takes us to programming school.…
Lees meerIn a move that I would wager almost nobody saw coming, Apple has announced that it will now allow consumers to buy official parts and tools to repair their own devices: Available first for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 lineups, and soon to be follo…
Lees meerQualcomm, a company with no real interest in trying to appease Apple, told the world today that Apple will probably be shipping Apple-made cellular chips in devices at scale by 2023: At an investor conference in New York, Qualcomm executives said…
Lees meerIt’s been five years since Apple announced the TV app—auspiciously on the same day it unveiled the first-generation Touch Bar MacBook Pros. A year earlier, Tim Cook first declared that “the future of TV is apps,” but in short order Apple realized th…
Lees meerDeveloper Dan Petrov has a quick write up of the new command line network quality tool included in macOS Monterey: It seems that Apple has quietly added a new tool in macOS Monterey for measuring your device’s Internet connectivity quality. You c…
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Lees meerDelightful video from the Wall Street Journal‘s Joanna Stern about trying to spend 24 hours in the metaverse.1 My eyes hurt just from watching. Long story short: the metaverse is a ways from being a place most people are going to spend any time, but…
Lees meerLeft to right: Kobo Libra 2, 11th-generation Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Sage.I love e-readers, which explains why I write about them a lot. Earlier this year, I abandoned my Kindles and took up with a Kobo Libra H2O, and that’s been a pleasurable exper…
Lees meerGlobal supply chain issues strike again! The first units of Panic’s Playdate handheld gaming device were scheduled to ship before the end of the year, but they’ve now been delayed to early 2022, due to hardware issues: As our first 5,000 finished…
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Lees meerI’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 script began as a simple tool to choose a template and put a…
Lees meerOur 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 Messages.…
Lees meerThe 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 company’s motion for a stay. “Apple’s motion is based on a…
Lees meerTake 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 sharing and search options, better search intelligence, and imp…
Lees meerTwitter 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 Zealand. In these regions, Twitter Blue is available fo…
Lees meerMichael 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 serves as an inspiration and as a historical collect…
Lees meerMuch 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, and noted that in addition to installing Lutron Caseta switc…
Lees meerNow 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? Also, we’ve spent another week with the new MacBook Pro, Google ma…
Lees meerAs the waning days of 2021 are upon us, it’s time once again to look ahead to the future, to the horizon. Despite a global pandemic and supply chain woes aplenty, Apple has had a blockbuster year, with successful launches of new iPhones and iPads, a…
Lees meerBetter late than never, the big three: Charts, canyons, and clever automations.… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.
Lees meerI’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! There is. If you know where to look. After lamenting this situa…
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