The beginning of Apple’s turnaround has been pegged to a lot of dates: when Steve Jobs returned to the company as part of its acquisition of NeXT in 1997, the debut of the original iMac in 1998, even the release of Mac OS X in 2001. But if you’re lo…
Lees meermacOS Monterey arrives on Oct. 25, and among many changes and additions, it alters a concept that’s been a part of the Mac since the very beginning. When you copy a file in macOS Monterey’s Finder, you will see a floating copy window, of course: The…
Lees meerThe other shoe has finally dropped. Eleven months after the release of the first M1 Macs ushered in the Apple silicon era for the Mac, Apple has addressed how it plans to serve the needs of users for whom iPad-level performance, impressive though it…
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Lees meerWhat Apple’s new MacBook Pros are lacking, much consternation over “the notch,” how often we use noise-canceling headphones, and the excitement of pivot tables!…
Lees meerIt was around 2016 on the edge of the desert when the Touch Bar began to take hold. I remember saying something like “I’ll need several adapters for that…” And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like…
Lees meerThe new MacBook Pros are here! Jason and Myke break down what’s new with Apple’s pro laptops, welcome the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, and even devote a little time to new AirPods and colorful HomePods. Also, Myke’s wallet is a little bit lighter.…
Lees meerIt’s official: As of the latest macOS Monterey beta—version 12.0.1, which makes me wonder if they’ve locked version 12.0 on the new MacBook Pro models and everyone else will jump straight to 12.0.1—Safari tabs have been reverted to their original “t…
Lees meerApple’s Unleashed event wrapped up in under an hour today, and it wasn’t short on news: new MacBook Pros, brand new Apple silicon processors, new colors of HomePods, and, uh, some music announcements. But for all of that news, there were still a few…
Lees meerAlmost every year since 2007, I’ve gotten a new iPhone.1 Some years promise big improvements over the past—others are more incremental. But 14 years into the iPhone’s life, those big updates are decidedly fewer and farther between. Such it is with t…
Lees meerSurprise! Jason and Myke predict what will happen at next week’s Apple media event. What ports will be on the much-rumored MacBook Pro? Will it appear in familiar colors, or will Apple branch out and offer something new? Will we see updates to the M…
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Lees meerHow we share passwords, a subscription service we wish we could give up, our external storage setup, and the tech we once wrongly dismissed.…
Lees meerI know a lot of people who have been monitoring the progress of macOS Monterey and hoping that there might be more changes in store to the Safari interface before the final version ships, possibly as soon as later this month. I’ve been pretty dubiou…
Lees meerThere’s an Apple event next week! So naturally we spend time talking about writing apps instead.…
Lees meerDavid Smith is a prolific app developer, and has created several popular apps focused on the Apple Watch. And yet when it came time for him to take an extended backpacking adventure outdoors, he chose a different watch: For short day trips, the A…
Lees meerIt’s official: there will be another Apple media event this fall, and it’s Monday, Oct. 18 at 10 Pacific. New MacBook Pro models are likely to be the star of the show. We’ll have full coverage on Six Colors, as always. Myke Hurley and I will offer p…
Lees meerLeft to right: Kobo Libra H2O, Kindle Oasis, iPad mini, Boox Nova Air.Many years ago, the Internet handed around an old Radio Shack newspaper ad and pointed out that the smartphone could now replace nearly every product in the ad. So many gadgets de…
Lees meerApple Watch Series 7 pre-orders lead to more Apple color confusion, Apple’s App Store rules may need to skate to a puck that’s headed for a courtroom, and Myke takes his iPad mini on a train.…
Lees meerMe, back in 2015: Google to iOS users: thanks for using our apps, please enjoy Android UI conventions — Jason Snell (@jsnell) October 8, 2015 Jeff Verkoeyen, staff engineering lead for Google Design on Apple platforms, on Twitter now: This year…
Lees meerFacebook went down, so we spend our time talking about Steve Jobs and the Apple of yesteryear.…
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