This Week in Apple: The haves and the have nots (Member Post)
Fri 9:27pm By John MoltzApple’s got big plans for next March, Android users are muddying the waters and, sure, she’s got an award-winning podcast and I don’t, but have you seen her dance?… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive…(Sponsor) Audio Hijack
Fri 2:00pm By Jason SnellMy thanks to Rogue Amoeba for sponsoring Six Colors this week regarding its indispensable audio utility Audio Hijack. It is one of my very favorite Mac utilities.…(Podcast) Clockwise 532: Oh, My Poor Nose!
Wed 3:53pm By Six Colors StaffOur go-to photo apps, a budget-friendly tech favorite, iOS 17.2 excitement, and macOS Sonoma’s standout feature.…(Podcast) The Rebound 473: Totally Flim-Flam-Flobbable
Wed 2:02pm By Six Colors StaffCars, Watch interactions and name changes for the ages.…Apple will now disclose government requests for push notification data ↦
Wed 2:00pm By Dan MorenAshley Belanger, writing at Ars Technica:…Studios need to stop lying about CGI ↦
Wed 1:53pm By Jason SnellVFX pro (and friend of the site) Todd Vaziri has had it up to here with movie studios pretending that movies full of CGI were shot with only practical effects:…On macOS, it’s best to start with the default
Wed 12:00pm By Jason SnellThe default Sonoma experience on an M3 iMac.A question from reader Jack B. has led me on a journey of reflection about the result of Apple iterating on macOS for a couple of decades.…Empathy for the user experience, not Apple’s business strategy (Macworld/Jason Snell)
Wed 11:24am By Jason SnellI always knew that the Apple community had a bunch of different subcultures, but I was taken aback when Apple announced that it would add a new feature to iOS, and a bunch of people got angry about it.…Beeper brings on-device iMessage to Android–for now ↦
Tue 11:37am By Jason SnellBeeper, a startup led by former Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky, announced a new version of its Android app that supports direct on-device compatibility1 for iMessage.…(Podcast) Upgrade 489: The Future Is on CompuServe
Mon 5:46pm By Six Colors StaffMyke returns to the show to discuss chip packaging (in the U.S.A.) and the potential of AI models to make using a computer easier. Then, by request, we spend some time talking about how we got into this business.…(Sponsor) Audio Hijack: The Mac’s Best Audio Recorder and More
Dec 4, 2023, 12:00 pm By Six Colors StaffAudio Hijack lets you record any audio on your Mac, from individual applications like Safari or Zoom, hardware audio devices like microphones and mixers, or even the audio output of the entire system.…This Week in Apple: Money doesn’t solve everything (Member Post)
Dec 1, 2023, 5:00 pm By John MoltzThree situations that money seemingly has failed to fix: the Apple Card, Elon Musk and Apple’s modem project.…(Sponsor) Kolide
Dec 1, 2023, 12:00 pm By Jason SnellMy thanks to Kolide for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Getting OS updates installed on end user devices should be easy, but of course it isn’t.…(Podcast) Downstream 58: Christmas Is the Franchise
Nov 30, 2023, 9:05 pm By Six Colors StaffThe holiday season is peak streaming season, too! We discuss the seasonal opportunities for streamers, plus: your letters. [Downstream+ subscribers also get: Amazon’s Black Friday NFL experiment, YouTube & Sunday Ticket, and the coming sports/RSN implosion.]…The Back Page: The Apple features you should be worried about (Member Post)
Nov 30, 2023, 3:41 pm By Dan MorenIt wouldn’t be Apple software update season without a bizarre fixation on an otherwise innocuous feature. Yes, everybody’s up in arms about NameDrop, because if there’s one thing you never want to share with anyone, it’s your contact details.… This…A French company is building an alternative e-reader ecosystem ↦
Nov 30, 2023, 1:17 pm By Jason SnellSpeaking of e-readers, here’s an interesting profile of the small French e-reader company Vivlio by Romain Dillet at TechCrunch:…How Apple can take on Amazon in books—and win (Macworld/Dan Moren)
Nov 30, 2023, 12:52 pm By Dan MorenUpon seeing this week’s announcement from Apple promoting the top titles of the year from Apple Books, along with a new Year in Review feature, I had likely the same thought as many: “Apple still cares about selling ebooks?”…Apple releases Taika Waititi-directed film promoting speech accessibility tools ↦
Nov 30, 2023, 9:00 am By Shelly BrisbinA still from Apple’s lost voice film.Apple’s latest short film focusing on accessibility, released on Thursday and directed by Oscar-winner Taika Waititi, tells the story of a character’s search for his lost voice.…The cops think iOS 17’s NameDrop is dangerous ↦
Nov 29, 2023, 8:08 pm By Jason SnellTurns out police departments are like some of my relatives: They see things on Facebook and uncritically pass them on without considering for one moment if what they’re posting is actually true.…In a sign of the times, podcast app Castro may be dying
Nov 29, 2023, 7:38 pm By Jason SnellCastro has been a popular iOS podcast app for many years, but right now things look grim. The cloud database that backs the service is broken and needs to be replaced.…(Podcast) Clockwise 531: I, Too, Like You
Nov 29, 2023, 4:01 pm By Six Colors StaffOur book-reading habits, what we do with our health data, how tech helps us around the house, and old software that we still have a crush on.…(Podcast) The Rebound 472: I’ve Seen The War
Nov 29, 2023, 1:02 pm By Six Colors StaffWhat’s your BBS?…It’s end-of-year list season for Apple
Nov 28, 2023, 11:55 am By Jason Snell“I’ll say this for him, he’s consistent.”In the surest sign that the end of the year is nearing and that whatever happens in December stays in December, Apple dropped a bunch of its annual 2023 lists on Tuesday.…(Podcast) Upgrade 488: The New Numbers
Nov 27, 2023, 5:57 pm By Six Colors StaffJames Thomson joins Jason to celebrate Cyber Monday, generate an Apple Buying Guide, grapple with subscription (and human) burnout, and explore spatial videos and the current state of visionOS development.…(Sponsor) The Dirty Secret of OS Updates
Nov 27, 2023, 12:00 pm By Six Colors StaffGetting OS updates installed on end user devices should be easy. After all, it’s one of the simplest yet most impactful ways that every employee can practice good security. …This Week in Apple: That math doesn’t check out (Member Post)
Nov 24, 2023, 5:00 pm By John MoltzTim Cook gets put in the cold seat while 13 remains a popular number in Japan. And will Apple get coal in its stocking? If the NLRB has anything to say about it, yes.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive…(Sponsor) Magic Lasso Adblock: incredibly private and secure Safari web browsing
Nov 24, 2023, 12:00 pm By Jason SnellMy thanks to Magic Lasso Adblock for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Designed from the ground up to protect your privacy, Magic Lasso blocks all intrusive ads, trackers and annoyances in Safari – stopping you from being followed by ads around the web.…Ihnatko: Deconstructing Apple’s weirdly empathetic “Fuzzy Feelings”
Nov 24, 2023, 11:26 am By Andy IhnatkoApple released its annual holidaytime videofun thingy! Hooray! Don’t read this until after you’ve watched it. (Note to Apple Watch users: if your device starts lighting up with emergency medical alerts while you’re watching, just ignore them.…How Apple learns (or doesn’t) from its failures (Macworld/Jason Snell)
Nov 22, 2023, 7:00 pm By Jason SnellNobody’s perfect. We all make mistakes, from the littlest kindergarteners to the world’s most valuable and powerful corporations. What’s most important is how we respond to our mistakes, of course.…(Podcast) Clockwise 530: The Noise of the Youth
Nov 22, 2023, 3:42 pm By Six Colors StaffChoosing between noise cancellation and excellent audio quality in headphones, the impact of an unlimited supply of one thing on the world or your life, the significance of Apple’s adoption of RCS, and recommendations for Black Friday deals.…
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