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A mock-up I made in 2021 of what a more Mac-like iPad would look like when hooked up to a 5K display.Two weeks ago, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg reported that some serious changes were in the works for iPadOS 19:…

Thursday marks the tenth anniversary of the original Apple Watch’s ship date. (It was announced in September 2014 but didn’t ship until April the following year.)…

Dan’s away and we can’t figure anything out.…

Interest in a humanoid home robot and its role, who we’d want to own Chrome if Google sells it and what they’d do with it, the streaming service we’d cancel first, and our favorite go-to site for inspiration, nostalgia, or feel-good vibes.…

I never reviewed the Apple Watch Series 10 when it came out, but I got one on day one and have been wearing it faithfully since then.…

Rumors abound that Apple is about to redesign all its operating systems, dramatically changing the devices we use every day starting this fall. It would be a perfectly understandable reaction to wonder why Apple would focus on aesthetics while so many parts of…

Friend of the site Todd Vaziri with another amazing post, years in the making: Movies are handmade, and just like any other art form, sometimes the seams that hold movies together become visible to the audience.…

Myke Hurley returns to the show to discuss eight weeks of fatherhood and fatherly advice, everything he’s missed, and modern baby technology. Plus we wonder about Vision Pro rumors and Jason offers academic apologies and e-reader follow-up.…

Six Colors contributor Shelly Brisbin has just updated her longtime, definitive book about accessibility features in iOS: I’m pleased to announced that iOS Access for All (iOS 18 edition) is available now.…

My thanks to Magic Lasso Adblock for sponsoring Six Colors this week. With over 5,000 five star reviews; Magic Lasso Adblock is simply the best Safari ad blocker for your iPhone, iPad and Mac.…

(Slaps roof of camper van) This bad boy can fit so much Apple revenue in it.The incredibly unpredictable nature of the United States’s trade policy is going to have a profound effect on Apple hardware, not just in the U.S.,…

Simple solutions to complex tech problems, whether iPadOS 19 can solve its power user problem, if we look forward to Siri knowing what’s on our screen, and OpenAI’s prospective social media network.…

We’re an analog podcast now.…

Tariffs! Are they off? Are they on? Are they halved, doubled, super-tricksy inside outified? Nobody really knows.…

Will Carroll joins Jason to discuss MLB’s big television plans, the ratings challenge for the NBA Playoffs, and our TV picks. [Downstream+ subscribers also get: Vision Pro at Yankee Stadium, made-for-TV leagues, threats to MLS, and Zombie Vin Scully.]…

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After nearly 500 episodes away, Scott McNulty returns to the podcast to discuss the resilience of babies, dysfunction at Apple, the future of the Vision Pro, and (of course) ebooks and e-readers.…

Jeremy Reimer at, yes, Ars Technica with the first of a three-part series on the history of the internet. I even learned a few little tidbits that I hadn’t known before:…

At MacStories, Federico Viticci does some excellent speculation about how Apple might catch up in AI:…

My thanks to Intego for sponsoring Six Colors this week with Mac Washing Machine X9. You know the drill: spring cleaning. It’s a useful concept to force you to do the necessary tasks you would otherwise put off, and it goes for your digital live as well.…

Dan’s sort of turned Six Colors into a Numbers-themed blog over the past few days, but I thought I’d pile on with an additional post about Apple’s spreadsheet app, which I use to generate all our financial charts.…

Whether we use a docking device with our main PC or Mac, feelings of algorithm fatigue and if it’s enough to leave Spotify, the software we geek out over like Numbers, and if rising prices due to tariffs might stop us from buying a new phone this year.…

Trade wars are good and easy to win.…

Apple is one of the world’s most valuable and powerful companies, offering some of its most popular products. And yet, with the stroke of a sharpie, a raft of U.S.…

Earlier this week, I mentioned my excitement over the recent update to Apple’s Numbers spreadsheet app adding more than 30 new functions. But alas, though I reached out to Apple to try and get a complete list, I haven’t gotten one yet.…

Since 2021, Six Colors has been compiling an annual report card focusing on how Apple’s doing in large organizations, including businesses, education, and government. We formulated a set of survey questions that would address the big-picture issues regarding…

Here’s a good piece by Jason Koebler of 404 Media about how Apple will not be making an iPhone in the U.S. anytime soon: The truth is that, assembled in the U.S.…

How did the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg get added to that Signal group about military action in Yemen? It might have been a helpful suggestion from iOS.…

David Smith joins Jason to discuss how Apple will respond to U.S. tariffs, AI Apple health rumors, the release of iOS 18.4, and Jason’s stressful family trip to the Apple Store.…

I get that maybe most people don’t get as excited about an update to Apple’s spreadsheets app, but I am, frankly, a Numbers enthusiast.1…