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Post archive
Apr 4
SoundSource by Jason Snell
Apr 3
Viticci on the iPad as modular computer by Jason Snell
(Not So Fun With) Charts: Virus in the U.S. by Jason Snell
Apple’s in-app purchase deal with Amazon could be a big deal for the App Store by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Apr 2
Clockwise #340: How Often Do I Have to Wash My Hair? (Podcast)
Apr 1
Did Apple and Amazon just settle their in-app purchase dispute? by Jason Snell
Taking a circular saw to a Mac Pro by Jason Snell
Rebound #283: I’m Just a Regular Steve Martin (Podcast)
iPad at 10: Some things never change by Jason Snell (Macworld)
Mar 31
Zoom’s misleading encryption claims are just the latest problem for the popular service by Dan Moren
Mar 30
Upgrade #291: The Ugly Potatoes Are Used for Fries (Podcast)
Beyond Compare is the file-comparison tool you need by Dan Moren
Mar 27
How I vanquished my messy Desktop by Jason Snell
Three ways Apple could improve FaceTime by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Mar 26
Rebound #282: A Stack of Old Laptops (Podcast)
Quick Tip: Customize your Terminal login with a message of the day by Dan Moren
Mar 25
Talking to the Internet #1: Jason Snell (Podcast)
Clockwise #339: Hide and Don’t Go Seek (Podcast)
Wish List: Activity Pause for Apple Watch by Dan Moren
Why is the 2020 iPad Pro such a minor upgrade? by Jason Snell (Macworld)
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Mar 25
Unpacking, hacking, and cracking a Power Mac G3 by Dan Moren
Mar 24
In praise of the iPadOS 13.4 cursor by Jason Snell
Upgrade #290: You Are The Button (Podcast)
iPad Pro 2020 review: Small steps by Jason Snell
Mar 20
How to stream games with your friends (and other things too) by Dan Moren
The changing nature of Apple product releases by Dan Moren (Macworld)
2020 MacBook Air review: No news is good news by Jason Snell
Mar 19
Inside the Robbery of the Century by Dan Moren
Mar 18
The iPad cursor is here, no wait required by Jason Snell
Mac Madness 2020 by Jason Snell
Rebound #281: Remember Restaurants? (Podcast)
Apple updates MacBook Air with new processors, keyboard, and boosts Mac mini storage by Dan Moren
Apple’s brand new iPad Pro has LiDAR and a trackpad by Dan Moren
Mar 17
The Talk Show: ‘Chain of precision’ by Jason Snell
Tips for the Mac user new to working from home by Jason Snell (Macworld)
Movies Anywhere testing loaning digital movies to friends by Dan Moren
Mar 16
Upgrade #289: Not So Fast, Uma Thurman (Podcast)
‘Take Control of Working from Home Temporarily’ by Jason Snell
Mar 14
iPhone 12 and Apple Watch 6: What this week’s OS leaks tell us by Jason Snell (Tom's Guide)
Apple closes all retail stores outside China, commits $15 million to coronavirus response by Dan Moren
Mar 13
Fun With Charts: The pace of macOS updates by Jason Snell
WWDC 2020 will be online only by Jason Snell
With iOS 14, it’s time for Apple to improve its messaging by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Mar 12
How much phone cleaning is too much? by Dan Moren
Is that Twitter follower fake? by Dan Moren
Mar 11
Using emojis to describe the COVID-19 outbreak by Jason Snell
Does one script page equal one minute? by Jason Snell
Quick Tip: Customize Apple Watch workouts by Jason Snell
Rebound #280: I Am the Networking Wizard (Podcast)
Clockwise #337: Blue Bubble Betterment (Podcast)
Cursors on the iPad? Bring them on by Jason Snell (Macworld)
Quick Tip: Make Safari tabs open at the end by Dan Moren
Mar 10
Fixing Southwest calendar items with Shortcuts by Jason Snell
Santa Clara County bans ‘mass gatherings’ by Jason Snell
Report: Full cursor support coming to iPadOS 14 by Jason Snell
Mar 9
Upgrade #288: Are We Being Punked? (Podcast)
You can use disinfectant wipes on your iPhone by Dan Moren
Generate lyrics to wash your hands to by Dan Moren
Mar 6
Fun With Charts: Vanishing ports by Jason Snell
Apple products: Bigger may be better, but good things come in small packages by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Wish List: More transparent iMessage contacts by Dan Moren
Mar 5
Sonos bricks its “Recycle Mode” policy by Jason Snell
Rebound #279: The Luke Skywalker (Podcast)
Mar 4
Under the Radar #186: Replacing WWDC by Jason Snell
Mar 3
What happens if (and when) Apple cancels WWDC 2020? by Jason Snell (Macworld)
Adios, MacSurfer by Dan Moren
Mar 2
A marmot in a Swiss topographical map by Jason Snell
Upgrade #287: Constant Applause (Podcast)
Feb 28
Project xCloud Preview impressions: More than playable, less than perfect by Dan Moren
Fun With Charts: For immediate release by Jason Snell
The iPhone of the near future could have no ports by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Feb 27
9 questions about the rumored iPad Smart Keyboard with trackpad by Jason Snell
Feb 26
Review: Audio-Technica ATR-2100x microphone by Jason Snell
Clockwise #335: Some Sort of Dongleage (Podcast)
ARM Macs are coming, three years after Apple’s attitude change by Jason Snell (Macworld)
Rian Johnson: Bad guys can’t have iPhones onscreen by Dan Moren
Feb 25
More on app defaults in Files on iPadOS by Jason Snell
Wish List: Album Play Mode for Music by Dan Moren
Feb 24
ARM Macs due in 2021? by Jason Snell
Upgrade #286: You Can’t Make Me Change My Pocket (Podcast)
Safari will reject long-lived HTTPS certificates starting September 1 by Dan Moren
Feb 23
Samsung stokes the smartphone camera wars by Jason Snell (Tom's Guide)
Feb 21
Fun With Charts: Mobile prices and performance by Jason Snell
Rebound #277: Obligatory Cyberdog Reference (Podcast)
What we could see in iOS 14 by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Feb 20
Bloomberg: Apple may allow third-party default apps by Dan Moren
Feb 19
File lessons the iPad needs to learn from the Mac by Jason Snell (Macworld)
Feb 17
Apple warns of Q2 earnings miss due to coronavirus by Dan Moren
Upgrade #285: Mac Pros for Mac Pros (Podcast)
Feb 14
Drying out a moldy bedroom - a HomeKit adventure by Jason Snell
What to look for in the next iPad Pro by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Feb 13
Sleazy adware targets Mac users—and Apple steps up its game by Jason Snell
Previs Pro by Jason Snell
Feb 12
Fun With Charts: When Apple was in the red by Jason Snell
Video: Editing Podcasts with Ferrite and Apple Pencil by Jason Snell
Clockwise #333: Throwing the Spaghetti at the Consumer (Podcast)
Why is Apple rolling out new OS features in February? by Jason Snell (Macworld)
Feb 10
Upgrade #284: We’re In the Ear Business (Podcast)
Oscar winner Taika Waititi tells Apple to fix its keyboards by Dan Moren
Feb 7
Fox redesigns its NFL graphics by Jason Snell
Fun With Charts: A plague of Performas by Jason Snell
Bad AppleScript: Template Gun meets the Internet by Jason Snell
Folder sharing brings iCloud Drive closer to Dropbox, but there’s work left to do by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Feb 5
Clockwise #332: One Hip Lies (Podcast)
Rebound #275: Bezos, I’m Home (Podcast)
Surprise! Cheaper Apple products are hits by Jason Snell (Macworld)
Feb 4
I got 99 cellphones, and a traffic jam is one problem by Dan Moren
Feb 3
Matt Birchler’s watchOS 7 concept by Jason Snell
Upgrade #283: The Anger of the Panel (Podcast)
Jan 31
3 products that need extra attention from Apple in 2020 by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Apple in 2019: The Six Colors report card by Jason Snell
Rebound #274: A Monkey In This Hunt (Podcast)
Jan 29
Does Apple TV+ have sports in its future? by Jason Snell
Clockwise #331: Ambulatory Meat Sack (Podcast)
Neil Young is wrong (about everything) by Jason Snell
Apple’s record quarter: Don’t try to trick Tim Cook by Jason Snell (Macworld)
Fantastical 3 steps out of Apple’s shadow by Jason Snell
Jan 28
A few notes on Apple’s latest record quarter by Jason Snell
This is Tim: Apple Q1 2020 analyst call transcript by Jason Snell
Apple reports a record $91.8 billion holiday quarter by Jason Snell
Jan 24
Fun With Charts: Apple’s turnaround decade by Jason Snell
4 places where Apple can improve its integration of hardware, software, and services by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Jan 23
Federico Viticci’s must-have apps by Jason Snell
Rebound 273: You Talking to Me? (Podcast)
iPad at 10: Why apps made the iPad a success by Jason Snell (Macworld)
Jan 22
Jan 21
Upgrade #281: Your Historical Knowledge Has Been Noted (Podcast)
Jan 18
Why the time is right for an iPhone SE 2 by Jason Snell (Tom's Guide)
Jan 17
Clever, Powerful, Useful: Time to upgrade the Mac’s energy settings by Jason Snell
Acquiring minds want to know: a peek inside Apple’s most recent corporate acquisitions by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Jan 16
Fun With Charts: A decade of Apple growth by Jason Snell
Jan 15
Clockwise #329: Forgetting as a Service (Podcast)
It’s time for new hardware at the center of Apple’s home strategy by Jason Snell (Macworld)
Jan 10
Apple’s security and privacy is good, but could be even better by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Jan 9
Fun With Charts: Why Apple’s Services and Wearables are in the spotlight by Jason Snell
Rebound 271: Here’s Another Stupid Robot (Podcast)
Jan 8
Clockwise #328: Kicking off 2020 for the Second Time (Podcast)
John Siracusa (re)wrote an app by Jason Snell
How I rip DVDs and Blu-Rays in 2020 by Jason Snell
Why the iPad needs to embrace mice and trackpads by Jason Snell (Macworld)
LaunchCuts: A launcher for shortcuts by Jason Snell
Jan 7
Sonos: Google stole our technology by Jason Snell
A decade of Apple on one page by Jason Snell
Jan 6
Downlink 2.0 brings more Earth options to your desktop by Jason Snell
Upgrade #279: I Predict It Every Year, Why Stop Now? (Podcast)
Jan 4
In 2020, Apple is poised to push HomeKit forward by Dan Moren (Macworld)
Jan 2
Mac OS 8’s 2020 problem by Jason Snell
Clockwise #327: Chiming in the New Year (Podcast)
Rebound 270: The Joe Biden of MacBook Airs (Podcast)
Brydge introduces iPad keyboard with trackpad by Jason Snell
Jan 1
Upgrade #278: The 2019 Upgradies (Podcast)
Stephen Hackett: MacBook Air is the Mac of the decade by Jason Snell
David Sparks: iPad is device of the decade by Jason Snell
2020 iOS predictions: iPad Pro and so many iPhones by Jason Snell (Macworld)
Dec 31
My favorite things from 2019 by Jason Snell
Melton’s new script makes video transcoding faster by Jason Snell
Dec 29
Text adventures make Best Podcasts list by Jason Snell
Revenge of the 13: Shortcut Boogaloo by Jason Snell
Dec 27
NetNewsWire 5 for iOS arrives as public beta by Jason Snell
What to expect from Apple in 2020 by Dan Moren (Macworld)