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June 24, 2024
Upgrade 518: Having Lots of Money Doesn’t Make You a Bank (Podcast)
Preliminary ruling from the EC declares Apple is violating the DMA by Dan Moren
June 21, 2024
Six Colors Podcast: DMA FOMO, OS Betas, and Apple Photos
This Week in Apple: The Apple Vision vision by John Moltz (members-only post)
Apple: Some new features won’t come to EU due to the DMA by Jason Snell
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June 19, 2024
How Sandwich streamed The Talk Show Live in 3D on Vision Pro by Joe Rosensteel
Clockwise 559: This Is a Powerful Emoji (Podcast)
The Rebound 500: Episode 1000 (Podcast)
Apple’s failures show the limits of its ambition by Jason Snell at Macworld
June 18, 2024
Apple refuses to notarize emulator apps by Jason Snell
June 17, 2024
Upgrade 517: Maybe It’s Catchier in Japanese (Podcast)
Apple Pay Later where later means never by Dan Moren
June 14, 2024
Downstream 71: Mountain of Mishegas (Podcast)
This Week in Apple: All In by John Moltz (members-only post)
New York Magazine lauds Vision Pro’s accessibility by Shelly Brisbin
Six Colors Podcast: WWDC, Fiber disasters, and John Moltz
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June 13, 2024
OK, fine, here’s Apple Intelligence by Jason Snell
Member Video: June Backstage Zoom: WWDC reactions
Excluding your website from Apple’s AI crawler by Dan Moren
Casey Liss’s summer project by Jason Snell
June 12, 2024
visionOS 2 offers small, but promising, steps forward by Jason Snell
Clockwise 558: Passenger Princess (Podcast)
The Rebound 499: Weapons of Glass Destruction (Podcast)
Sequoia virtual machines allow logging in to iCloud by Dan Moren
Apple is finally letting you have it your way–kinda by Dan Moren at Macworld
June 11, 2024
Upgrade 516: I’m Suppressing My Feelings (Podcast)
June 10, 2024
Six Colors Podcast: Live from (Outside) the Steve Jobs Theater
June 7, 2024
Siri’s biggest gains might be found at the edges by Jason Snell
This Week in Apple: There’s AI and then there’s AI by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: AI approaches and packing for WWDC
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June 6, 2024
Swift 6 will be a big, under the radar change by Jason Snell
June 5, 2024
Clockwise 557: I Love the Whoop (Podcast)
The Rebound 498: The D Is For Disappointment (Podcast)
Microsoft, Apple, and AI by Jason Snell
There’s a Thread running through many of Apple’s latest products by Dan Moren
Apple’s AI opportunity: Be the adult in the room by Jason Snell at Macworld
Apple’s Screen Time restrictions on websites are easily circumvented by Dan Moren
June 4, 2024
Microsoft’s Recall feature is a security ‘disaster’ by Jason Snell
Bartender has a new owner by Jason Snell
June 3, 2024
Upgrade 515: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2024 (Podcast)
May 31, 2024
This Week in Apple: Refrigerator+ by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: iPad shopping and Vision Pro plotting
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Save the Date: Backstage Zoom June 13 (Backstage Pass)
The Back Page: What Apple absolutely won’t announce at WWDC by Dan Moren (members-only post)
May 30, 2024
Making battery replacements easier by Jason Snell
Slow Internet at the South Pole by Jason Snell
Downstream 70: They Stole Your Brain (Podcast)
May 29, 2024
Clockwise 556: Mikah, We Might Fight (Podcast)
Getting a letter from a friend written with AI by Dan Moren
Review: “What If?” shows off the Vision Pro’s strengths by Jason Snell
The Rebound 497: Between Zero and Never (Podcast)
Apple’s invisible breakthroughs are just as beautiful as the ones you can see by Dan Moren at Macworld
May 27, 2024
Upgrade 514: European Beard (Podcast)
May 24, 2024
Kobo Libra Colour Review: Color, but at what cost? by Jason Snell
This Week in Apple: Carl’s Jr.+ by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Scary stories and weird rumors
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Apple explains resurrected photos bug by Dan Moren
May 23, 2024
Yes, Secure Erase on Mac is secure by Jason Snell
May 22, 2024
Clockwise 555: I Lie to Myself (Podcast)
The Rebound 496: Time Traveling Dad: The Game (Podcast)
The Dos and Don’ts of AI at WWDC by Joe Rosensteel
The future of the iPhone is coming, but it’ll cost you dearly by Jason Snell at Macworld
‘What If?’ for Vision Pro to arrive next week by Jason Snell
May 20, 2024
Upgrade 513: I Do Not Rock Anything (Podcast)
May 17, 2024
Downstream 69: Pay the Gatekeeper (Podcast)
This Week in Apple: Going hard on the software by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: New iPads and AI
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May 16, 2024
It’s forgery all the way down by Jason Snell
May 15, 2024
Clockwise 554: Dealee Bobs (Podcast)
The Rebound 495: Get That Down to One Slice of Cheese (Podcast)
Apple accessibility preview: More for Speech, CarPlay, and Vision Pro by Shelly Brisbin
Are we in Apple’s post-iPad era? by Dan Moren at Macworld
May 14, 2024
‘Why iPadOS Still Doesn’t Get the Basics Right’ by Jason Snell
The iPad Pro manifesto, same as it ever was by Jason Snell
May 13, 2024
Upgrade 512: Pros Are the Little Boats (Podcast)
M4 iPad Pro Review: Here we go again by Jason Snell
May 10, 2024
This Week in Apple: Ad-itional commentary by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: New iPads and M4 chips
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May 9, 2024
How the iPad Pro’s M4 chip sets the iPhone and Mac on a new path by Jason Snell at Macworld
Member Video: May Backstage Zoom: iPads and more
May 8, 2024
Clockwise 553: Love, Medical Care, and an Angry Lawyer (Podcast)
The Rebound 494: Ya Burnt, David Copperfield (Podcast)
Does the iPad lineup make sense now? Yes and no by Dan Moren
May 7, 2024
Some hands-on iPad event impressions by Jason Snell
Upgrade 511: You’re Nice to Hold (Podcast)
Apple’s binning M4 chips in the new iPad Pro models by Dan Moren
What Apple didn’t mention in its iPad keynote by Dan Moren
May 6, 2024
The iPad Pro is no longer the future, so what’s next? by Jason Snell
May 3, 2024
Parsing Apple’s quarterly statements, from AI to India by Jason Snell
Downstream 68: Gentle Hum (Podcast)
This Week in Apple: Event horizon by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: iPads and colorful charts
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Apple’s Star Wars themed Precision Finding ad by Dan Moren
May 2, 2024
This is Tim: Complete transcript of Apple’s Q2 2024 analyst call by Jason Snell
2024 Q2 Apple Results: $90.8 billion revenue, Services record by Jason Snell
Apple tweaks Core Technology Fee terms for free apps and small developers by Dan Moren
May 1, 2024
Clockwise 552: Spoiler: It’s Always DNS (Podcast)
The Rebound 493: Mark Gurman Honeypot (Podcast)
A new iPad Pro is coming to take the tablet crown (and your money) by Dan Moren at Macworld
April 30, 2024
The Back Page: Meet the new new iPad by Dan Moren (members-only post)
April 29, 2024
Upgrade 510: Jason Is Cool GOTO 10 (Podcast)
Emulate all the things, Apple by Jason Snell
The iPad joins the iPhone in DMA land by Dan Moren
April 26, 2024
This Week in Apple: Imitation is the highest form of fatuity by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: iPad anticipation and AI intensification
April 25, 2024
Why Apple’s AI push may sell a lot of new hardware by Jason Snell at Macworld
April 24, 2024
Clockwise 551: Clippy Vibes (Podcast)
The Rebound 492: onlyjames.fans (Podcast)
Logitech somehow takes mouse software to a new low by Jason Snell
April 22, 2024
The undersea cables that keep the Internet afloat by Jason Snell
Author and Mac Admin Charles Edge has died by Jason Snell
Upgrade 509: Save the Fines (Podcast)
April 19, 2024
Review: Zoom H6essential talks the talk and walks the walk by Shelly Brisbin
This Week in Apple: Stupid iPhone tricks by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Emulation and Apple nudges
April 18, 2024
Does everything need to be an ad? by Joe Rosensteel
Downstream 67: Paramount, Peacock, Peas in a Pod (Podcast)
Apple’s emulator about-face is good for everyone by Dan Moren
April 17, 2024
Apple in the Enterprise: A 2024 report card by Jason Snell
Clockwise 550: Strap In and Forget My Email (Podcast)
The Rebound 491: A Fundamental Misunderstanding of Podcasts (Podcast)
Apple’s parental controls need some guidance by Dan Moren at Macworld
April 15, 2024
Upgrade 508: You’re Judging It Wrong (Podcast)
Six Colors Podcast: April Q&A
Can anyone but a tech giant build the next big thing? by Jason Snell
April 12, 2024
This Week in Apple: Coulda, shoulda, woulda by John Moltz (members-only post)
The (poor) design of Apple Sports by Jason Snell
Six Colors Podcast: Changing the Tech Giants
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The chain, or opening files in macOS by Jason Snell
April 11, 2024
Gurman: Forget the M3, the M4 is on the way by Jason Snell
Want Apple to change? Regulation works. by Dan Moren
The Vision Pro isn’t a flop, it’s an ongoing experiment by Jason Snell at Macworld
April 10, 2024
Clockwise 549: The Sweetness of Adults (Podcast)
Report: DMA’s browser choice requirement benefiting third-party browsers by Dan Moren
The Rebound 490: Rescue Robot (Podcast)
MLB iPad app updated, still broken on the Mac by Jason Snell
April 8, 2024
Upgrade 507: Differently Social (Podcast)
April 5, 2024
This Week in Apple: Ghost in the machine by John Moltz (members-only post)
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Six Colors Podcast: Spatial Personas and Apple TV
April 4, 2024
Downstream 66: What We Want Hasn’t Changed (Podcast)
Another app switches to a subscription model, angering its users by Shelly Brisbin
Apple TV deserves better than tvOS by Dan Moren at Macworld
April 3, 2024
Clockwise 548: My Partner Is a Ninja (Podcast)
The Rebound 489: What Did I Miss? (Podcast)
April 2, 2024
Spatial Persona on Vision Pro changes the game by Jason Snell
MLB tvOS app adds Multiview, and it’s a winner by Jason Snell
April 1, 2024
Upgrade 506: Legacy When? Legacy Now? (Podcast)
A simple explainer on Threads and federation by Dan Moren
March 29, 2024
PSA: The MLB app doesn’t work on the Mac anymore by Jason Snell
This Week in Apple: Good Friday? Best Friday. by John Moltz (members-only post)
Apple’s Immersive Video problem by Jason Snell
Six Colors Podcast: Legal zoom, Sports corner
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The Back Page: Department of Just Calling to Say I’m Sorry by Dan Moren (members-only post)
March 28, 2024
MLB for visionOS strikes out on Opening Day by Jason Snell
Downstream 65: More Serotonin (Podcast)
Apple’s immersive MLS highlight reel to debut by Jason Snell
March 27, 2024
Member Video: March Backstage Zoom: iPad, Vision Pro, and AI
The Rebound 488: I’ve Already Forgotten What We Were Talking About (Podcast)
Clockwise 547: Chaos??? (Podcast)
Who wins when regulators take on Apple? by Jason Snell at Macworld
March 26, 2024
Apple announces WWDC 2024 takes place June 10-14 by Dan Moren
March 25, 2024
A disk so full, it couldn’t be restored by Glenn Fleishman
Upgrade 505: Abolish Drafts: The 2024 iPad Draft (Podcast)
EC investigates Apple and other tech gatekeepers over DMA compliance by Dan Moren
March 22, 2024
This Week in Apple: The bill comes due by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Lawsuits…
March 21, 2024
Apple’s M-series processors have a cryptographic flaw by Dan Moren
U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction by Jason Snell
March 20, 2024
MLB app will slow itself down, let your media stream catch up by Jason Snell
Clockwise 546: Taco iPad (Podcast)
The Rebound 487: Have You Tried NOT Going Viral (Podcast)
It’s time for a new AirPort by Joe Rosensteel
AI is coming to the iPhone–and it could change everything by Dan Moren at Macworld
March 19, 2024
Seeking entries in the Apple in the Enterprise 2024 report card survey by Jason Snell
March 18, 2024
Apple’s still thinking about the Core Technology Fee in Europe by Dan Moren
Apple may work with Google on A.I. features by Jason Snell
Upgrade 504: Tone 47 (Podcast)
March 15, 2024
This Week in Apple: Things continue to happen by John Moltz (members-only post)
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Six Colors Podcast: Regulations and ceiling fans
March 14, 2024
Former Meta exec Hugo Barra on Vision Pro by Jason Snell
Using Panic’s Nova for remote Python scripting by Jason Snell
March 13, 2024
The Rebound 486: I’m Eating a Turtleneck (Podcast)
Clockwise 545: Cake and Cookies (Podcast)
Apple’s approach to EU regulations means the drama won’t end soon by Jason Snell at Macworld
March 12, 2024
Apple adds Web Distribution for iOS apps in EU, loosens other restrictions by Dan Moren
March 11, 2024
Upgrade 503: We Own the Refs, the Stadium, and the Field (Podcast)
I put my dumb space heater on HomeKit by Jason Snell
Six Colors Podcast: March 2024 Q&A
March 8, 2024
This Week in Apple: Closing your rings with exercises in futility by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: M3 MacBook Air and Podcast transcripts
Epic’s App Store developer account restored in Europe once again by Dan Moren
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March 7, 2024
My Windows white whale now runs on my Mac by Jason Snell
visionOS 1.1 improves Personas, adds MDM support by Jason Snell
Europe gives Apple a chance to change its tune…but will it? by Dan Moren
Federico Viticci’s self-made Mac convertible by Jason Snell
M3 MacBook Air Review: More of a good thing by Jason Snell
March 6, 2024
The inside story of Apple’s failed car project by Jason Snell
Clockwise 544: I Would Like It To Actually Be Good (Podcast)
The Rebound 485: EeeeeeeUuuuuuuu (Podcast)
We haven’t seen the last of the Apple Car by Dan Moren at Macworld
March 5, 2024
Downstream 64: Still Do Everything (Podcast)
Creating higher-resolution Vision Pro panoramas by Jason Snell
Full transcripts arrive on Apple podcasts by Jason Snell
March 4, 2024
Upgrade 502: It’s the Way Towards Colour (Podcast)
Apple updates 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air with M3 chips, support for two external displays by Dan Moren
March 1, 2024
RIP Apple Car: Not all gambles pay off by Jason Snell
This Week in Apple: Apple cancels car project! by John Moltz (members-only post)
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Six Colors Podcast: Mysteries, Apple cars, and web apps
February 28, 2024
To embrace gaming, Apple needs to level up its game porting toolkit by Dan Moren
The Back Page: The Apple Car does not remain a product in our lineup by Dan Moren (members-only post)
Clockwise 543: I Hear The Boxes Are Much Bigger (Podcast)
The Rebound 484: What Breed Of Dog Is Biting Me? (Podcast)
Apple is selling Vision Pro all wrong by Jason Snell at Macworld
February 26, 2024
Apple’s mixed-up Messages by Joe Rosensteel (members-only post)
February 23, 2024
This Week in Apple: Taking your Mac to CrAIg’s house by John Moltz (members-only post)
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Simple complexity: Apple’s trio of sports apps by Jason Snell
Six Colors Podcast: Sports scores and report cards
February 22, 2024
Downstream 63: Everyone Loves a Bundle (Podcast)
February 21, 2024
Clockwise 542: You Should Not Toss Leprechauns (Podcast)
The lonely death of Voyager 1 by Dan Moren
The Rebound 483: Dial the 9 and the 1 (Podcast)
Apple Sports: A free iPhone app to get you the score, fast by Jason Snell
Even if Vision Pro fails, these 3 features need to live on in Apple’s other devices by Dan Moren at Macworld
February 20, 2024
A graphical 2023 Report Card breakdown by Kieran Healy
MLS Season Pass returns with Multiview and more Messi by Jason Snell
Gaming on the Apple Vision Pro by Jason Snell
‘Vision Accessibility on Apple Vision Pro’ by Jason Snell
February 19, 2024
Upgrade 500: Core Face/Peripheral Face (Podcast)
Apple in 2023: The Six Colors report card by Jason Snell
February 16, 2024
This Week in Apple: Returns of the Red Eyes by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Report card prep and DMA fallout
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