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March 19, 2025
Clockwise 597: I Talk a Big Game, I Don’t Spend a Big Money (Podcast)
EC mandates Apple provide iOS interoperability on several fronts by Dan Moren
Is there a chance the phone could bend? by Jason Snell
This year’s WWDC keynote will be must-see Apple TV by Dan Moren at Macworld
March 17, 2025
March 14, 2025
This Week in Apple: The piñata of Apple rumors by John Moltz (members-only post)
Why are all the cars on Severance old? by Dan Moren
Apple to add end-to-end encryption support for RCS by Dan Moren
March 13, 2025
I’ve been framed: Shareshot, Framous enhance device screenshots by Jason Snell
Six Colors Podcast: New Macs and AI missteps
March 12, 2025
Clockwise 596: Are There Any Good Companies? (Podcast)
The Rebound 537: Lapdrop (Podcast)
Mercury Weather knows where you’re going by Jason Snell
Why the M3 Ultra chip is more than it appears to be by Jason Snell at Macworld
March 11, 2025
M4 Max Mac Studio review: A familiar face by Jason Snell
M4 MacBook Air review: Am I blue? by Jason Snell
March 10, 2025
Upgrade 554: Level Zero Promise (Podcast)
March 7, 2025
This Week in Apple: Talk to ya later by John Moltz (members-only post)
Apple delays some anticipated Apple Intelligence features by Jason Snell
Six Colors Podcast: New hardware, chip mysteries, and software struggles
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Apple’s new entry-level devices are the best possible trap by Dan Moren at Macworld
March 6, 2025
Searching for settings in all the wrong places by Joe Rosensteel
March 5, 2025
The Rebound 536: It’s Fun To Complain (Podcast)
Clockwise 595: Everything is a Backdoor (Podcast)
How make3 built Severance’s Woemeter by Dan Moren
Sky (blue)’s the limit: M4 MacBook Air offers lower price, improved camera, and new color by Jason Snell
New Mac Studio spans the generations with M4 Max, M3 Ultra chips by Jason Snell
March 4, 2025
Apple updates iPad Air and iPad, revamps Magic Keyboard for iPad Air by Dan Moren
March 3, 2025
Upgrade 553: The Apple Monument (Podcast)
February 28, 2025
Six Colors Podcast: Apple Music alternatives
The Back Page: Sacrifices Must Be Made by Dan Moren (members-only post)
Microsoft to finally hang up on Skype by Dan Moren
February 27, 2025
Apple details improvements to child accounts, App Store age-filtering by Dan Moren
February 26, 2025
Clockwise 594: Abolish the Dongles and Doodads (Podcast)
AppleVis Report Card rates Apple’s accessibility progress by Shelly Brisbin
Why Apple is confident it can beat Qualcomm at its own game by Jason Snell at Macworld
February 25, 2025
The Rebound 535: Quite A Big Banana Fan (Podcast)
February 24, 2025
Upgrade 552: Table for Six (Podcast)
February 21, 2025
This Week in Apple: What’s in a name? by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: The iPhone 16e arrives
New visionOS beta adds Apple Intelligence, Spatial Gallery, iOS apps by Jason Snell
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Apple is removing its Advanced Data Protection feature in the UK by Dan Moren
February 20, 2025
Downstream 89: Time Has No Meaning Anymore (Podcast)
How to bulk download Kindle files, while you can by Jason Snell
iPhone 16e: The ‘e’ means everything by Dan Moren at Macworld
February 19, 2025
Some first thoughts about the iPhone 16e by Jason Snell
Clockwise 593: Basically the Wheels are Falling Off (Podcast)
The Rebound 534: Suffer Socks™ (Podcast)
Apple launches iPhone 16e by Dan Moren
February 17, 2025
Upgrade 551: The Paternity Draft (Podcast)
February 14, 2025
This Week in Apple: Sadvertising by John Moltz (members-only post)
Back to Mac after 8 years on iPad by Jason Snell
Have Apple and Netflix finally made an Apple TV deal? by Dan Moren
February 13, 2025
Amazon updates Prime Video on Apple TV by Jason Snell
Six Colors Podcast: Apple Intelligence Take 2
February 12, 2025
The Rebound 533: His Name Is Milkshake Duck (Podcast)
Clockwise 592: I Don’t Need To Be Duck Shamed (Podcast)
Apple should embrace the live TV grid, FAST by Joe Rosensteel
Classic games in your hands, cheap by Jason Snell
For Apple to succeed at AI, it needs to focus on what it does best by Jason Snell at Macworld
You can finally merge Apple Accounts by Jason Snell
Apple launches major new long-term health study by Dan Moren
February 10, 2025
Upgrade 550: The Tasty Part Inside Bad Bread (Podcast)
Dr. Drang solves my problem by Jason Snell
February 9, 2025
February 7, 2025
This Week in Apple: iRobot by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Invites, hot tubs, report cards, and backdoors
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UK orders Apple to implement secret global backdoor for end-to-end encryption by Dan Moren
February 6, 2025
Downstream 88: An Oil Man (Podcast)
Apple’s friendly table lamp robot prototype by Jason Snell
February 5, 2025
One year with the Vision Pro by Jason Snell
The Rebound 532: Apple’s Filthy PR Mouth (Podcast)
Clockwise 591: Only Six More Weeks of Tech Podcasts (Podcast)
Apple needs to re-discover its weird side by Dan Moren at Macworld
February 4, 2025
Apple’s Invites invites you to send invitations by Jason Snell
A second look at the 2024 Six Colors Report Card by Kieran Healy
February 3, 2025
AltStore pokes the bear by Jason Snell
Upgrade 549: (I Don’t) Grade for the World (Podcast)
Apple in 2024: The complete commentary by Jason Snell
Apple in 2024: The Six Colors report card by Jason Snell
Bookshop CEO Andy Hunter talks Apple, Amazon, DRM, and more by Dan Moren
January 31, 2025
This Week in Apple: Holygarchy, Batman! by John Moltz (members-only post)
The Back Page: Troubleshoot to kill by Dan Moren (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Continuity Camera theories, Ebooks and DRM, and Apple results
January 30, 2025
This is Tim (and Kevan!): Apple’s Q1 results call, transcribed by Jason Snell
Apple’s reports record revenue for Q1 2025 (with charts) by Jason Snell
Indie ebooks’ biggest obstacles are big publishers and big tech by Dan Moren
Apple to announce Q1 2025 earnings by Jason Snell
January 29, 2025
Apple adds Xfinity, DirecTV as MLS Season Pass distributors by Jason Snell
Wish List: A real Continuity Camera by Jason Snell
Reading newsletters via an RSS reader is still great by Jason Snell
Clockwise 590: All Hands on Face (Podcast)
The Rebound 531: Bananas Fact (Podcast)
Apple’s smart home push is either a decade late or just on time by Jason Snell at Macworld
January 27, 2025
Upgrade 548: Hunched Over the Keyboard With My Eyes Closed (Podcast)
January 24, 2025
This Week in Apple: Nobody wants this by John Moltz (members-only post)
Downstream 87: TV Costs Money (Podcast)
Six Colors Podcast: Apple Intelligence and mixed feelings
January 23, 2025
If Apple Intelligence is so great, why doesn’t Apple trust us to turn it on? by Dan Moren at Macworld
January 22, 2025
Clockwise 589: Spicy Auto-Correct (Podcast)
January 21, 2025
Two desks, but a single M4 Max MacBook Pro by Jason Snell
“Jaws” myths exploded by Spielberg, via Vaziri by Jason Snell
January 20, 2025
Upgrade 547: Figure Out and Find Out (Podcast)
January 17, 2025
This Week in Apple: Getting work/life balance the hard way by John Moltz (members-only post)
January 16, 2025
Member Video: January Backstage Zoom: Did an LLM summarize this?
Apple begins to tweak iOS AI summaries by Jason Snell
Compress folders into separate archives by Dan Moren
Six Colors Podcast: Calcification dilemmas
January 15, 2025
Counting almost-duplicates in very long lists by Jason Snell
The Rebound 529: More People Should Be Fired (Podcast)
Clockwise 588: Neither, But Sorta (Podcast)
Apple wrote checks Camera Control can’t cash by Joe Rosensteel
Apple’s historic successes have bred its recent failures by Jason Snell at Macworld
January 13, 2025
Upgrade 546: Headline Snob (Podcast)
January 11, 2025
Watch Duty, the crucial wildfire tracking app by Jason Snell
January 10, 2025
Quick Tip: Prevent a disk from auto-mounting by Jason Snell
This Week in Apple: Bad solutions by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Rushed Apple Intelligence features
January 9, 2025
Downstream 86: Fubulunu (Podcast)
Apple Intelligence can still pay off—by solving the smallest problems by Dan Moren at Macworld
January 8, 2025
Clockwise 587: I’m on the Fear Side (Podcast)
The Rebound 528: I Picked The Wrong Week To Have Morals (Podcast)
Building a new treadmill desk setup for 2025 by Lex Friedman
After 30 years, Script Debugger is being retired by Jason Snell
January 7, 2025
LLMs aren’t always bad at writing news headlines by Jason Snell
January 6, 2025
Apple Intelligence summaries might get warning labels. That’s not enough. by Jason Snell
Upgrade 545: The Bee Bonnet Company (Podcast)
25 years on, Mac OS X continues to be Apple’s standard bearer by Jason Snell at Macworld
January 5, 2025
25 years since the Dock’s debut by Jason Snell
January 3, 2025
This Week in Apple: I’m goin’ to Wendy’s! by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: More Apple Intelligence, and whither Vision Pro
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January 2, 2025
Golden Apple Awards celebrate apps for blind and visually impaired users by Shelly Brisbin
Quick Tip: Which USB devices are currently attached? by Jason Snell
The state of passkeys by Dan Moren
January 1, 2025
The Rebound 527: Trying To Make It To Midnight (Podcast)
2025 will be the year of Apple Intelligence–again by Jason Snell at Macworld
December 31, 2024
The Back Page: Getting the carbon out by Dan Moren (members-only post)
December 30, 2024
Upgrade 544: The 2024 Upgradies (Podcast)
Our 2024 favorites: TV, books, movies, and podcasts by Six Colors Staff
December 27, 2024
This Week in Apple: Inching up by John Moltz (members-only post)
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Listen to Dr. Jones by Jason Snell
Apple still has some tricks left up its sleeve for 2025 by Dan Moren at Macworld
December 25, 2024
Clockwise 586: Face IDea (Podcast)
December 24, 2024
December 23, 2024
Our 2024 favorites: Apps and games by Six Colors Staff
Upgrade 543: In the Pocket of Big Turkey (Podcast)
December 20, 2024
This Week in Apple: Thanks but no thanks by John Moltz (members-only post)
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December 19, 2024
Our 2024 favorites: Hardware by Six Colors Staff
December 18, 2024
Clockwise 585: Way Too Spatial (Podcast)
2024 predictions in review: Apple Intelligence didn’t surprise, but the M4 sure did by Jason Snell at Macworld
December 17, 2024
iOS 18.2 Mail is a misfire by Joe Rosensteel
The Rebound 526: Instantgram (Podcast)
Acorn 8 brings subject selection, Live Text, Data Merge, more by Dan Moren
December 16, 2024
Upgrade 542: Wellies on the Ground (Podcast)
December 13, 2024
The long, strange story of Audio Hijack by Jason Snell
This Week in Apple: The sincerest form of flattery by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Intelligence .2 arrives and Jason’s next laptop phase
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The iPhone-as-computer experience by Dan Moren
December 12, 2024
Appearance: Apple Intelligence’s generic humans by Jason Snell
December 11, 2024
Clockwise 584: Hush, We Don’t Have Time (Podcast)
Member Video: December Backstage Zoom: Apple Intelligence and more
The Rebound 525: I’m Wrong But I Feel Like I Should Be Right (Podcast)
Downstream 84: The Hulu of It All (Podcast)
Mic Drop mutes your microphone everywhere by Jason Snell
iOS 18.2/macOS 15.2 Review: Picture not so perfect? by Six Colors Staff
These are the Apple stories that were bigger than the iPhone in 2024 by Dan Moren at Macworld
December 9, 2024
Upgrade 541: Nonotexture (Podcast)
December 6, 2024
Simply brings its piano app to Vision Pro by Jason Snell
This Week in Apple: Who’s asking? by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Rise of the laptops
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December 4, 2024
Festivitas hangs holiday lights on your Mac by Jason Snell
The Rebound 524: Boo All the Way to the Bank (Podcast)
Clockwise 583: In the Car, With My AirPods (Podcast)
What’s better, one Mac or two? by Jason Snell at Macworld
December 3, 2024
KVM 2024: One switch to rule them all by Shelly Brisbin
December 2, 2024
Upgrade 540: Validation for Shower Jason (Podcast)
Even better command line control for Logitech’s Litra line by Dan Moren
November 29, 2024
Take Control of Photos 4.1 on sale by Jason Snell
This Week in Apple: The future is (not) here by John Moltz (members-only post)
The Back Page: Thank Tim you’re here! by Dan Moren (members-only post)
November 27, 2024
Clockwise 582: Good Ol’-Fashioned Googler (Podcast)
The Rebound 523: Beaks! (Podcast)
There may be no company more patient than Apple by Dan Moren at Macworld
November 26, 2024
November 25, 2024
Upgrade 539: 98 Yards with My Boys (Podcast)
November 22, 2024
This Week in Apple: There’s nothing good on by John Moltz (members-only post)
Time for Apple to take the Smart Home seriously by Jason Snell
Sill gives a Nuzzel vibe to Mastodon and Bluesky links by Jason Snell
Six Colors Podcast: The Mac is the model
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November 21, 2024
Wish List: More head gestures by Dan Moren
November 20, 2024
Indecision at the intersection of Mac Studio and Mac mini by Jason Snell
Clockwise 581: Visit That Like a Time Period with Dinosaurs (Podcast)
The Rebound 522: I’m All Out of Feelings (Podcast)
The App Store era must end, and the Mac is the model by Jason Snell at Macworld
November 19, 2024
How Does Clean Up Measure Up? by Joe Rosensteel
November 18, 2024
Upgrade 538: A Lot of Mac in Your Face (Podcast)
November 15, 2024
This Week in Apple: The good ship AI runs aground by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Cables, charts, and e-readers
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November 14, 2024
Downstream 82: What Is This Horror? (Podcast)
Apple’s fiscal 2024 in charts by Jason Snell
The incredible M4 Macs create Apple’s biggest challenge yet by Dan Moren at Macworld
November 13, 2024
Clockwise 580: Losing the Competition for Birds (Podcast)
2024 Kindle Colorsoft and Paperwhite Review: No perfect choices by Jason Snell
November 12, 2024
Quick Tip: One-touch Screen Sharing by Jason Snell
Report: Apple might ship ‘Home Hub’ in early 2025 by Jason Snell
November 11, 2024
Upgrade 537: Square Minus One (Podcast)
November 8, 2024
This Week in Apple: Muddling through by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: New Mac week
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November 7, 2024
Review: Belkin Travel Bag and Head Strap for Vision Pro by Jason Snell
M4/M4 Pro MacBook Pro review: Brighter, clearer, faster by Jason Snell
M4 Mac mini Review: Phenomenal cosmic power, itty-bitty form factor by Dan Moren
M4 iMac Review: Gloriously niche by Jason Snell
November 6, 2024
The Rebound 520: The Tim Cookiness of It (Podcast)
Clockwise 579: Live Activities for Bean Sprouts (Podcast)
Where Will Apple Intelligence go next? by Jason Snell at Macworld
November 5, 2024
iPads being used on college football sidelines by Jason Snell
November 4, 2024
Upgrade 536: The Sleeping Lifestyle (Podcast)
November 1, 2024
Downstream 81: Reba Reboot (Podcast)
This Week in Apple: Macs for days by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Macs, tax, and the rules of acquisition
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Apple buys Pixelmator by Jason Snell
Apple sinks $1.1 billion into Globalstar’s satellite network, takes ownership stake by Dan Moren
October 31, 2024
This is Tim, that was Luca: Apple’s Q4 results phone call, transcribed by Jason Snell
Apple’s Q424 results: $95B revenue–with a twist by Jason Snell
The Back Page: Tim Cook’s busy schedule by Dan Moren (members-only post)
Taking the AirPods Pro hearing test by Shelly Brisbin
October 30, 2024
Clockwise 578: Sadly, No Taste for Blood (Podcast)
The Rebound 519: Maybe: Kamala Harris (Podcast)
The truth behind Apple’s most unpopular decisions: It’s not about you by Dan Moren at Macworld
16GB for everyone: MacBook Air joins the RAM upgrade party by Jason Snell
Apple introduces new MacBook Pros with M4 chips, brighter screen by Jason Snell
Why Alexa hasn’t yet become the real computer of the future by Dan Moren
October 29, 2024
The M4 Mac mini: Tricks and treats by Dan Moren