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February 14, 2024
The Rebound 482: Two Out of Three Hosts Say Yes (Podcast)
Clockwise 541: Peripherereral Free (Podcast)
The Vision Pro shows that it’s time for Apple to get weird by Jason Snell at Macworld
February 13, 2024
Vision Pro Accessibility in the Real(ish) World by Shelly Brisbin
February 12, 2024
Upgrade 499: We Have All the Cushions (Podcast)
February 9, 2024
Downstream 62: Spulu (Podcast)
This Week in Apple: Infinitim War by John Moltz (members-only post)
Sponsor: Kolide
Six Colors Podcast: Vision Pro reactions and potential
February 8, 2024
Member Video: February 2024 Video Q&A
Apple Vision Pro review: Eyes on the future by Jason Snell
February 7, 2024
Clockwise 540: I Did Something Bad (Podcast)
The Rebound 481: You’re Doing A Great Job (Abridged) (Podcast)
Vision Pro’s biggest shortcomings are its clearest path to success by Dan Moren at Macworld
February 5, 2024
Upgrade 498: Leap the Uncanny Valley (Podcast)
February 3, 2024
Answering a few early Vision Pro questions by Jason Snell
February 2, 2024
This Week in Apple: Gooooood mornnnnnning, Vision Pro! by John Moltz (members-only post)
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Six Colors Podcast: Dan’s Vision Pro demo and Apple results
February 1, 2024
Tim Cook teases AI, but won’t pick favorites by Jason Snell
This is Tim: Full transcript of Apple’s Q1 2024 analyst call by Jason Snell
Apple reports nearly $120B quarter: Full charts by Jason Snell
January 31, 2024
The Rebound 480: You Like Developers? Name Three (Podcast)
Clockwise 539: You Folks Need Some Help (Podcast)
It’s 40 years of Macworld, too by Jason Snell at Macworld
January 29, 2024
Upgrade 497: The Poison Pill (Podcast)
Review: Level Lock+ brings Apple home key support to the stealth smart lock by Dan Moren
Breaking down Apple’s DMA response by Dan Moren
January 26, 2024
This Week in Apple: New rules, same game by John Moltz (members-only post)
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Apple Podcasts needs timestamp linking by Dan Moren
January 25, 2024
Apple changes App Store rules in the EU, and the world watches by Jason Snell
Full, automatic podcast transcripts coming to iOS 17.4 by Jason Snell
Apple changes game streaming rules on iOS by Dan Moren
Six Colors Podcast: Mac at 40 and Vision Pro planning
iPhones need to understand that their users are mobile, too by Joe Rosensteel (members-only post)
January 24, 2024
Greg Joswiak on the Mac’s enduring appeal by Jason Snell
Member Video: January Backstage Zoom: Mac at 40 and Vision Pro
Clockwise 538: If I Lose It, I’ll Die (Podcast)
The Rebound 479: $3500 Worth of FOMO (Podcast)
We don’t fully understand the 1984 Mac by Jason Snell
Mac at 40: The eras tour by Jason Snell
‘A continuous stream of random Macs’ by Jason Snell
The Mac turns 40 — and keeps on moving by Jason Snell at The Verge
After 40 years, the Mac is immortal by Dan Moren at Macworld
January 23, 2024
Now playing: Customizable Mac music status via Sleeve 2 by Jason Snell
January 22, 2024
Upgrade 496: 40th Anniversary of the Mac Draft (Podcast)
Two e-readers that made me reconsider why I use e-readers by Jason Snell
January 19, 2024
Inside the New York Times’s puzzle team by Dan Moren
This Week in Apple: Apple giveth and Apple taketh away by John Moltz (members-only post)
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Order up: Vision Pro storage tier and accessory options by Dan Moren
January 18, 2024
Downstream 61: A Collector of Sports (Podcast)
Vision Pro compatible apps at launch may be thin by Dan Moren
Six Colors Podcast: Vision Pro orders and Mac memories
January 17, 2024
The Rebound 478: Skizzy (Podcast)
Artifact’s killer feature was rewriting bad headlines by Jason Snell
Clockwise 537: All I Found Were Three Apple TV Remotes (Podcast)
How I automate Focus Modes to keep distractions to a minimum by Jason Snell
The one feature that would make an OLED iPad Pro worth it for me by Jason Snell at Macworld
January 16, 2024
AppleVis releases Apple accessibility report card by Shelly Brisbin
Apple details Vision Pro entertainment experiences by Dan Moren
AirDrop security weakness exploited by China by Dan Moren
January 15, 2024
January 12, 2024
This Week in Apple: Are you getting it? by John Moltz (members-only post)
January 11, 2024
Six Colors Podcast: GPT and prepping for Vision Pro
January 10, 2024
The Rebound 477: Brrreeeeoooooouuuuuuuggghhh (Podcast)
Clockwise 536: Spay and Neuter Your Pets (Podcast)
Vision Pro is a different kind of product, with a different kind of launch by Dan Moren at Macworld
January 9, 2024
Installing Rogue Amoeba apps is about to get a lot easier by Jason Snell
BBEdit 15 adds ChatGPT support by Jason Snell
January 8, 2024
Cutting out the RSS middleman by Dan Moren
Upgrade 494: Copyright Violation Machine (Podcast)
Sonos and other speakers: Revitalizing my music system by Shelly Brisbin (members-only post)
iPhone that fell out of Alaska Airlines plane in flight still operable by Dan Moren
Apple Vision Pro launches on February 2, preorders next week by Dan Moren
January 5, 2024
There and Back Again: Foregoing Fantastical by Jason Snell
This Week in Apple: All the wrong answers by John Moltz (members-only post)
Grief and a Photo Shuffle by Jason Snell
Six Colors Podcast: Rolling out Vision Pro (and giving thanks)
January 4, 2024
Member Video: January 2024 Video Q&A
January 3, 2024
Clockwise 535: It’s Even Embarrassing in Metric (Podcast)
The Rebound 476: Vision Pro No Show (Podcast)
Succeed or fail, 2024 will be the year of Vision Pro by Jason Snell at Macworld
January 1, 2024
Upgrade 493: Upgradies Hall of Fame (Podcast)
December 29, 2023
This Week in Apple: Tick-tocking into the future by John Moltz (members-only post)
The Back Page: 2024’s all right for fighting by Dan Moren (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: New calendars and patent disputes
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Shocked—shocked!—to find that Amazon is putting ads in Prime Video by Dan Moren
December 28, 2023
Downstream 60: You Heard It Here First (Podcast)
End-of-year check-in: Where I’m working by Jason Snell
December 27, 2023
Jason’s favorites of 2023: Apps, movies, TV, books by Jason Snell
December 25, 2023
December 22, 2023
This Week in Apple: Year-end closeouts by John Moltz (members-only post)
Sponsor: Kolide
December 21, 2023
Zoom on tvOS: Big screen video chatting needs some work by Dan Moren
December 20, 2023
Clockwise 534: Live From the North Pole (Podcast)
The Rebound 475: Mortgage Krampus (Podcast)
Apple had a quiet 2023–but it could be the calm before the storm by Jason Snell at Macworld
December 19, 2023
Apple adds The Athletic to News+, Wirecutter coming soon by Dan Moren
December 18, 2023
Add to Dock: Safari’s sweet solution by Joe Rosensteel (members-only post)
Upgrade 491: The 2023 Upgradies (Podcast)
Apple halting sales of Series 9 Apple Watch, Apple Ultra Watch 2 by Dan Moren
December 15, 2023
This Week in Apple: Like tears in rain by John Moltz (members-only post)
Member Video: December Backstage Zoom: Security and Apple TV+
Six Colors Podcast: Clipboards, Journal, and Mail logs
Sponsor: Kolide
December 14, 2023
The case for clipboard managers by Jason Snell
Downstream 59: Netflix’s Spreadsheet (Podcast)
The iPhone 15 was a big deal in 2023 but these three moves were even bigger by Dan Moren at Macworld
December 13, 2023
Clockwise 533: I’m the App (Podcast)
The Rebound 474: Always Be Smirching (Podcast)
December 12, 2023
How to stop Mail logs from eating your disk space by Dan Moren
December 11, 2023
Upgrade 490: The Cat Has a Team of Lawyers (Podcast)
iOS 17.2’s Journal app offers introspection, surface-deep by Dan Moren
December 8, 2023
This Week in Apple: The haves and the have nots by John Moltz (members-only post)
Sponsor: Audio Hijack
Six Colors Podcast: Riding astride a giant beast
December 6, 2023
Clockwise 532: Oh, My Poor Nose! (Podcast)
The Rebound 473: Totally Flim-Flam-Flobbable (Podcast)
Apple will now disclose government requests for push notification data by Dan Moren
Studios need to stop lying about CGI by Jason Snell
On macOS, it’s best to start with the default by Jason Snell
Empathy for the user experience, not Apple’s business strategy by Jason Snell at Macworld
December 5, 2023
Beeper brings on-device iMessage to Android–for now by Jason Snell
December 4, 2023
Upgrade 489: The Future Is on CompuServe (Podcast)
December 1, 2023
This Week in Apple: Money doesn’t solve everything by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Year-end lists and iCloud Desktop
Sponsor: Kolide
November 30, 2023
Downstream 58: Christmas Is the Franchise (Podcast)
The Back Page: The Apple features you should be worried about by Dan Moren (members-only post)
A French company is building an alternative e-reader ecosystem by Jason Snell
How Apple can take on Amazon in books—and win by Dan Moren at Macworld
Apple releases Taika Waititi-directed film promoting speech accessibility tools by Shelly Brisbin
November 29, 2023
The cops think iOS 17’s NameDrop is dangerous by Jason Snell
In a sign of the times, podcast app Castro may be dying by Jason Snell
Clockwise 531: I, Too, Like You (Podcast)
The Rebound 472: I’ve Seen The War (Podcast)
November 28, 2023
It’s end-of-year list season for Apple by Jason Snell
November 27, 2023
Upgrade 488: The New Numbers (Podcast)
November 24, 2023
This Week in Apple: That math doesn’t check out by John Moltz (members-only post)
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Ihnatko: Deconstructing Apple’s weirdly empathetic “Fuzzy Feelings” by Andy Ihnatko
November 22, 2023
How Apple learns (or doesn’t) from its failures by Jason Snell at Macworld
Clockwise 530: The Noise of the Youth (Podcast)
The Rebound 471: The Orgasmic Who-Ha (Podcast)
November 20, 2023
Upgrade 487: Under the Thumb of Qualcomm (Podcast)
Going in-depth on iPhone Spatial Video by Joe Rosensteel (members-only post)
November 17, 2023
This Week in Apple: Bad looks by John Moltz (members-only post)
Member Video: November Video Q&A
Six Colors Podcast: Kicking the can and upgrading green bubbles
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November 16, 2023
Downstream 57: Challenging! But Fun (Podcast)
Apple will add RCS support to Messages by Jason Snell
November 15, 2023
Clockwise 529: Dear Tim Apple, You Fix It (Podcast)
The Rebound 470: Daddy Bigbucks! (Podcast)
Apple extends Emergency SOS coverage for iPhone 14 users by Dan Moren
How AI could take iOS 18 and macOS 15 to the next level by Dan Moren at Macworld
November 14, 2023
I’ll pin my hopes on AI assistants by Jason Snell
The Secret History of Hawkeye’s Dog Tags by Jason Snell
November 13, 2023
Upgrade 486: On the Side of Reality (Podcast)
November 10, 2023
This Week in Apple: Sweet solutions by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Mac stasis and AI potential
Sponsor: Kolide
November 9, 2023
Apple’s fiscal 2023 in charts by Jason Snell
Inside Apple’s evasive talk about Mac sales and Services success by Jason Snell at Macworld
November 8, 2023
Clockwise 528: The Jeweled Dung Beetle (Podcast)
The Rebound 469: Do You Know How Many Adapters There Are In The Post-Apocalyptic Future? (Podcast)
A picture is worth a thousand permissions requests by Jason Snell
November 7, 2023
Sam Byford on ‘Chinese knockoffs’ by Jason Snell
November 6, 2023
Upgrade 485: Best Witch and Beast Feature (Podcast)
Member Video: November Backstage Zoom: New Macs and chips
M3 iMac Review: Keep playing the hits by Jason Snell
M3 MacBook Pro review: Peak performance by Jason Snell
November 3, 2023
This Week in Apple: Bread and Services by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: M3 Macs and Apple results
Sponsor: Kolide
November 2, 2023
This is Tim: Apple Q4 2023 analyst call transcript by Jason Snell
Apple Q4 2023 financial results and charts by Jason Snell
Audio Hijack adds automatic transcription by Dan Moren
November 1, 2023
Downstream 56: “The Crown” Presented By Crown Royal (Podcast)
Apple’s event was shot on the iPhone 15, and that’s still impressive by Dan Moren
Clockwise 527: Mature Advice to Everyone Out There (Podcast)
The Rebound 468: The Hulk is Very Upset (Podcast)
Three ‘Scary’ details Apple didn’t want to tell you during its Mac event by Dan Moren at Macworld
October 31, 2023
The Back Page: The horror, the horror by Dan Moren (members-only post)
Upgrade 484: Space Grayer (Podcast)
October 30, 2023
A magic number: New MacBook Pros and iMacs usher in the M3 era by Jason Snell
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October 27, 2023
This Week in Apple: Jump Scares by John Moltz (members-only post)
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Upgrade 483: The 2023 October Event Draft (Podcast)
Six Colors Podcast: M3 vessels and sticker shocks
October 26, 2023
iOS 17.2 beta sticker reactions: 👎🏻 by Jason Snell
Is there in communication no beauty? by Joe Rosensteel (members-only post)
October 25, 2023
A Mac event is the perfect time for Apple to show off its peripheral vision by Dan Moren
The Rebound 467: Doing Hobo Things (Podcast)
Clockwise 526: Return to Me the Inverted T (Podcast)
The iPhone 15 Pro brings tangible accessibility benefits by Shelly Brisbin
Apple hikes prices for Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News+ and Apple One bundles by Dan Moren
“Scary fast” looks like an M3 Mac treat by Jason Snell at Macworld
October 24, 2023
Spooktacular Apple Event on Halloween Eve by Dan Moren
October 23, 2023
Upgrade 482: It’s Covered in Soap! (Podcast)
Amazon joins the passkey revolution by Dan Moren
Quick Tip: macOS Sonoma/iOS 17’s AutoFill everywhere is a lifesaver by Dan Moren
October 20, 2023
This Week in Apple: Non-starting lineups by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Pencils, iPads, and Balloons
October 19, 2023
Downstream 55: It’s Netflix 2013 again (Podcast)
Apple has an iCloud problem by Dan Moren at Macworld
October 18, 2023
Inadvertent balloon drops (or, the default conundrum) by Jason Snell
The Rebound 466: Number 2 Pencil (Podcast)
Clockwise 525: My Co-Ghost (Podcast)
October 17, 2023
Take Control of Photos version 3.3 released by Jason Snell
The price of Apple’s old-products strategy by Jason Snell
Apple announces new Apple Pencil with magnetic storage and USB-C port by Dan Moren
October 16, 2023
Upgrade 481: What If… Octobox? (Podcast)
October 13, 2023
This Week in Apple: Big business bucks by John Moltz (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: Security, utilities, and cloud services
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October 12, 2023
Glenn Fleishman on troubleshooting iCloud Drive by Dan Moren
October 11, 2023
Boox Palma review: A phone-shaped e-reader by Jason Snell
Clockwise 524: It’s Hurting Me, Mikah (Podcast)
Member Video: Hands on with Bartender 5
The Rebound 465: Monocle Sunglasses (Podcast)
Apple is destroying the Mac by trying to make it safer by Jason Snell at Macworld
ScreenSharingMenulet gives you quick access to Screen Sharing by Dan Moren
October 9, 2023
Worth a Thousand Lies by Jason Snell
Upgrade 480: Never Do a Deal with the Preference Daemon (Podcast)
Glenn Fleishman dives into Check In by Jason Snell
October 6, 2023
Downstream 54: NIRP (Podcast)
This Week in Apple: Nothing can stay gold by John Moltz (members-only post)
Member Video: October Video Q&A
Six Colors Podcast: Tech support challenge!
Sponsor: Kolide
October 5, 2023
Review: iPhone 15 Pro & Pro Max by Jason Snell
The USB-C transition has some bumps in the road by Dan Moren at Macworld
October 4, 2023
Bitten by the black box of iCloud by Dan Moren
Clockwise 523: It Stops Too Much Madness (Podcast)
The Rebound 464: Did You Try Unplugging Your iCloud? (Podcast)
October 2, 2023
Upgrade 479: The Three Oranges (Podcast)
September 29, 2023
This Week in Apple: The foreSEeable future by John Moltz (members-only post)
The Back Page: Everything is fine until it isn’t by Dan Moren (members-only post)
Six Colors Podcast: macOS update and new iPhones
Sponsor: Kolide
September 28, 2023
Craig Hockenberry on the watchOS 10 Timer by Jason Snell
FineWoven hot take: It’s fine? by Shelly Brisbin (members-only post)
Why is the iPhone so successful? It’s simple by Jason Snell at Macworld
September 27, 2023
Clockwise 522: Take That, Jason Snell! (Podcast)
The Rebound 463: Mmm, Persona Grata (Podcast)