Six Colors

It wouldn’t be the release of a brand new Apple product without the release of a brand new -gate to go along with it. Unlike power adapters and headphones, the company continues to bundle in controversy with every single purchase.… This story is for Six…

This is the episode where our brains break as we try to process wild rumors of folding iPads and Siri-driven VR app development. Also, proving the raw interactive power of UpgradeFeedback.com,…

During last year’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple spent a surprising amount of time talking up a set of features focused on the idea of collaboration.…

The M2 Mac mini and MacBook Pro reviews are in, Ivory is here, and details of the Apple headset?! Our collective cups runneth over.…

My thanks to Clay for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Clay is a thoughtful relationship manager designed specifically for macOS and iOS. Clay makes it easier to connect with people, to be more generous and responsive with our fellow humans who are core to our…

Just the other day, I was lamenting one of my big frustations with Mastodon—that links to posts, unlike tweets, don’t display nicely in Messages. Instead you get a preview that shows the poster’s profile image and their name, rather than the actual text…

Whether we spec up our Macs, our philosophy on menu bars, what we use for pointing devices, and our screen sizes of choice.…

New Apple hardware and our not-so-long wait for Ivory is over.…

With the release of the 2023 MacBook Pro and the 2023 Mac mini, the shape of the second generation of Apple silicon on Mac has been revealed.…

Netflix shows Disney how CEO transitions happen, as Reed Hastings is elevated to chairmanship and Greg Peters becomes co-CEO. Julia has analysis of Netflix’s earnings report, we discuss streaming Oscar nominees, and we answer your amazing letters!…

Sometimes when the universe force quits a Twitter client, it launches a Mastodon client.…

As a part of Data Privacy Week, on Tuesday Apple announced a privacy-themed session at its retail stores and released a video highlighting privacy features in iOS.…

Jason’s spent most of the last week with an M2 Max MacBook Pro, so it’s time for his full review. We also discuss the M2 Mac mini and the second-generation HomePod.…

New Macs are here. We’ve got ’em. Jason and Dan provided a live look at the new hardware on YouTube on Monday afternoon, and answered your questions.…

With today’s release of iOS 16.3 and macOS Ventura 13.2, Apple added yet another additional security feature, allowing users to secure their Apple IDs with hardware security keys.…

As someone who’s recently been spending more time with a MacBook Air both hooked up to an Apple Studio Display and on its own, I’ve definitely noticed that what works in one setup isn’t always the best answer for all display configurations.…

  People make us laugh, challenge us to improve, support us when things are tough, and celebrate with us once they get better. They’re core to our personal and professional success, but being more generous, more responsive, more conscientious with them?…

Here’s what the new M2 MacBook Pro is not: new. Yes, it’s powered by a new generation of Apple silicon, but it’s very much the same laptop that was updated for the Apple silicon era in 2021.…

In 2005, when Apple first introduced the Mac mini, it was a carefully designed, strategic product: a low-cost computer aimed primarily at luring customers from the Windows PC hegemony with the promise that they could save even further by using all of their…

Bear with me: this is, on the face of it, a weird idea. But is it possible Apple is making its Macs too powerful? Okay, okay, I know: how could having a computer that’s too powerful be a bad thing?…

This week answered the philosophical question: what if they held an Apple event and nobody came? Even if it was because nobody was invited. And speaking of not invited, some favorite apps have been uninvited to the Twitter party.… This story is for Six…

Sean Heber of The Iconfactory makes the death of Twitterrific official:…

Hansen Hsu, Curator of the Software History Center at the Computer History Museum, in a press release: The release of the Apple Lisa was a key turning point for the history of personal computers.…

Whether we’re using AirTags and other item-tracking tech, how we have (or haven’t) used ChatGPT for work, our thoughts on a touchscreen Mac, and the discontinued tech we’d like to see revived.…

New Macs and defunct apps.…

The HomePod…lives! In a surprise announcement on Wednesday, Apple announced the second-generation HomePod with support for spatial audio, smart home automations using Siri, and a slightly refined design.…

TidBITS’s Adam Engst does yeoman’s work in breaking down what looks suspicious about emails with annotated screenshots:…

You may be surprised to discover that inside each of these buttons is a different button.At some point, when I was reconstructing the automation that turns on and off the floor lamp in my living room for the third or fourth time, it dawned on me that I was…

As expected, Apple on Tuesday took the wraps off updates to its MacBook Pro and Mac mini lines, featuring as their centerpiece the new M2 Pro and M2 Max processors.…

Does the report that Apple may build a touchscreen Mac laptop mean that the futures of the Mac and iPad are about to converge—or is nothing much really going to change?…