Jason returns to John Gruber’s podcast for a look back at WWDC 2026, and a look ahead to Designed in California, Jason and Myke Hurley’s upcoming 50-episode Apple history podcast.…
Lees meerIn the spirit of the Summer of Fun (and Apple history Kickstarters), John Siracusa joins us to discuss when Apple was forced to replace the Classic Mac OS.…
Lees meerI stumbled on this post via Bluesky, in which Jason Hazeley was utterly baffled by this section of a printed book: The movement takes the place of a scherzo and is mainly constructed [of] the welcome datacompordinary major scale with the four low…
Lees meerBasic Apple Guy has a rundown of the new icons in Golden Gate compared to their Tahoe predecessors: The colours are much bolder, several icons have been adjusted, and the refraction in the Liquid Glass effect has changed significantly, especially…
Lees meerMy thanks to Magic Lasso Adblock for sponsoring Six Colors this week. With over 5,000 five star reviews; Magic Lasso Adblock is simply the best ad and tracker blocker for your iPhone, iPad and Mac.…
Lees meerIn an exclusive with the Wall Street Journal, Tim Cook announced that Apple will be raising the products on its prices1 as a result of high prices for memory and storage worldwide: “Unfortunately, price increases are unavoidable,” he said.…
Lees meerUnder the watchful eye of Steve Jobs, the Apple II takes form at last. It’s an integrated color computer created by Steve Wozniak, powered by a groundbreaking power supply designed by Rod Holt, and wrapped in a plastic shell designed by Jerry Manock…
Lees meerJames Chang has built a project that upgrades the file-sharing stack on Apple’s long-discontinued Time Capsule hardware so that it will work on modern OS versions: This is a modern Samba setup that runs directly on the Time Capsule itself; macOS …
Lees meerSnap’s latest smart glasses, whether we’ve tried Apple’s new Shortcuts creation feature, AI-powered pets, and who wants a dumb phone?…
Lees meerI have a Mac Studio M2 Max with 32 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD in front of me. While not the most powerful personal computer you can purchase today, it is among the most computationally capable ever made—a vastly capable machine.…
Lees meerDo you want an all-in-one solution to block ads, trackers and annoyances across all your Apple devices? Then download Magic Lasso Adblock – the ad blocker designed for you.…
Lees meerAdam Engst at TidBITS took the time to extract every item on the WWDC 2026 keynote slide that captured our attention last week. Even better, Adam grouped the changes into operating systems, apps, and other categories.…
Lees meerThis soundbite has been making the rounds this morning, from an interview with Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak on the show Mostly Human: I mean, the way that we have designed Siri, Siri really wants to say ‘Listen, that’s not what I’m here for, …
Lees meerOur hopes for fixes in the ’27 platform updates, what we’ll do with our Intel Macs now that they’ve reached end of the road, whether we’ll trust the new Siri AI, and how we feel about Apple’s child safety and age verification answers.…
Lees meerHere’s a beautiful essay by Federico Viticci about covering WWDC for 10 years: I look at the content creators who are possibly experiencing their first WWDC, and realize: how am I still here, and still taking notes on an iPad, while these younger…
Lees meerIn a preview of our new Designed in California podcast, we travel to the summer of 1976, as Apple travels to Atlantic City for a computer trade show, the Apple II begins to form, and the fellowship between the two Steves shows signs of breaking.…
Lees meerA few bug fixes and improvements for this year. The last two years at WWDC, Apple has felt like it’s been in a hurry. In 2024, in a hurry to catch the AI wave before it entirely passed them by.…
Lees meerJohn Ternus and Tim Cook look on as Craig Federighi explains Apple’s AI strategy at WWDC 2026. I’m home after two and a half days down in the South Bay for WWDC.…
Lees meerApple’s annual software updates have implications throughout time. They reach back to older devices, some years making them more performant and usable or, alternatively, removing support for them altogether; they deal, obviously, with the products …
Lees meerNice overview from Jonathan Reed at MacStories of Apple’s watchOS 27 updates. Like some of Apple’s other platforms—cough, cough, tvOS—the Watch didn’t get a huge amount of time during the keynote, but there are some good tweaks there.…
Lees meerSiri’s long-awaited overhaul made its public debut today during Apple’s WWDC 2026 keynote, as Apple outlined its vision for a more capable version of its virtual assistant that’s powered by a new generation of Apple Intelligence.…
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