By now you’ve probably heard that Apple’s AI chief John Giannandrea is stepping down from his current role before his retirement early next year. Much has been written about Apple’s lagging in the AI arena over the past several years, as well as how…
Lees meerThe late 1980s and early to mid 1990s were Apple’s weirdest and wildest era. Wedged between the triumph of the original Macintosh and the return of Steve Jobs were a sort of Wilderness Years where the company flailed all over the place, ultimately …
Lees meerLet it snow, let it snow, let it… Snow Leopard? We discuss Apple’s ’27 OS priorities, a decorative holiday app, how Apple might have approached engineering the folding iPhone, and a surprise return to Intel (sort of).…
Lees meerI am amazed by how the pattern-matching, troubleshooting parts of our brains work. A little while ago, my father-in-law texted me and said, “Jason, are you available for me to talk to you about a problem with my phone?”…
Lees meerListener Jason M. wrote: I just listened to your recent appearance on John Gruber’s The Talk Show. I was glad to hear more about the subscriber program you’ve begun at Six Colors, and I have a suggestion for a subscriber-only feature: a weekly p…
Lees meerApple’s annual tradition of commissioning a special holiday-themed commercial film continues this year with “A Critter Carol,” a two-minute long film starring an array of singing woodland creatures portrayed by hand-made puppets.…
Lees meerSam Roberts of the New York Times reports on the death of a fixture of Mac and Apple culture in New York, David Lerner of Tekserve: In 1987, 14 years before the first Apple Store, Mr.…
Lees meerA lot of car stuff happened this month, where we needed to go from a one-car household to two. We bought a new car, but it wasn’t going to be delivered in time, so I’d need to rent a couple of cars in the meantime.…
Lees meerLet it snow! Last year Developer Simon Støvring released Festivitas, a delightful app that lets you adorn your Mac’s Dock and Menu Bar with holiday lights.…
Lees meerIt’s Thanksgiving week, and Myke and Jason are using the occasion to draft their favorite Apple TV shows. There’s also some drama at the Rumor Roundup corral involving Apple’s succession planning, and Google engineers AirDrop for Android.…
Lees meerFor those who find the fall 2025 Liquid Glass interface that Apple applied to all its operating systems a bit much—too transparent, too shiny, too hard to read or interpret stuff through layers—Apple introduced a new option in its 26.1 releases in …
Lees meerToday I updated a story I wrote back in August about folder automation in macOS Tahoe. One of the great new features in Tahoe is a whole slew of automations attached to Shortcuts, including not just time-based ones but ones based on when files or …
Lees meerGoogle’s blog, The Keyword: Today, we’re introducing a way for Quick Share to work with AirDrop. This makes file transfer easier between iPhones and Android devices, and starts rolling out today to the Pixel 10 family.…
Lees meerApple’s been making interesting tweaks to its operating systems after the release of the 26.0 versions in September. Back in October, the 26.1 beta cycle brought Slide Over back to iPadOS, a feature that’s now released for everyone.…
Lees meerVeteran TV critic Alan Sepinwall joins Jason to discuss the current state of TV criticism, the future of scripted TV, why streamers can’t make sitcoms, the difference between recaps and reviews, and the best shows of the year.…
Lees meerBlack Friday tech deals we’re eyeballing, Meta features that should go retro, whether decentralized internet was better, and how we troubleshoot tech issues.…
Lees meerTim Cook’s succession planning hits another gear, Tesla may be embracing CarPlay, Apple shifts its iPhone release plans, and Jason considers the place of the iPad Pro today after traveling with it for a week.…
Lees meerIt’s the milestone 10th anniversary of the iPad Pro. iPadOS 26 has dramatically improved the iPad’s power-user functionality. And the new M5 iPad Pro has brought unprecedented power to the platform.…
Lees meerPaul Tenorio of The Athletic reports that Apple and MLS are putting all MLS games on the standard Apple TV subscription: MLS and Apple have agreed to alter the partnership agreement at the end of the 2025 season, multiple sources told The Athleti…
Lees meerThe first iPad Pro came out ten years ago. Last month, on the tenth anniversary of the announcement, I wrote about it at Macworld: In a decade, the iPad product line has progressed to the point where the iPad Air can possess a load of features t…
Lees meerOur mobile ID usage, the oldest tech we regularly use, smart TVs and spying, and our favorite pre-smartphone phones.…
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