This week, on the 30-minute show that puts the “stop” and “watch” in “stopwatch,” Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests Lory Gil and Casey Liss to discuss Jony Ive’s departure from Apple, whether or not we really unplug for vacations, how well …
Lees meerThis week, on the irreverent tech show where we’re all staying put, we discuss Jony Ive’s departure from Apple and what it all means, an interview with Eddy Cue and what he means, Dan’s new Synology NAS, and James’s new app.
Lees meerYou’ve read the hot takes about Jony Ive leaving Apple, now read a measured one from Matthew Panzarino at TechCrunch: If you take the sum of the breathless (dare I say thirsty) stories tying together a bunch of anecdotes about Jony’s last couple…
Lees meerBen Thompson on Jony Ive’s departure from Apple is worth a read: Frankly, I’m not sure Ive’s consolidation of power was entirely positive for Apple: iOS became more beautiful, but also less usable. It is a subtle shift that happened with the co…
Lees meerAs we get further away from this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the reality of Apple’s latest OS upgrades are beginning to sink in. That’s even more the case this week, as the release of Apple’s public betas for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and macOS…
Lees meerFreed from his endless prison in the featureless white room, where he was besieged on an annual basis by a video crew demanding his innermost design secrets, Sir Jony Ive is officially leaving Apple. But, fear not: he won’t be entirely out of the …
Lees meerThis week, on the irreverent tech show that requires more than one movement, we’re diving deep into betas, or at least, the iPadOS beta, which Dan and John have installed. Plus, Lex has a new smart addition to his household for a dumb task, we learn…
Lees meerThis week, on the 30-minute tech podcast that’s hit 300 and is still going strong, Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests Dan Sturm and Aleen Simms to discuss Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the tech we won’t use in public, our experience with Appl…
Lees meerApple releases public betas a bit earlier than we expected, Bill Gates muses on Microsoft’s missed opportunity and the power of tech giants, WebOS just keeps on keeping on, and we’re all going to need a fuzzy puppy update this week because this is t…
Lees meerI am the guest on episode #FF of John Gruber’s The Talk Show this week, discussing exactly what you’d expect: Topics include everything announced at WWDC: SwiftUI, Catalyst, and all the new features in iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, WatchOS, and tvOS. I …
Lees meerAgainst my very own advice, I set out to install the public beta of iPadOS on my 10.5-inch iPad Pro. But even before I installed the software, I ran into a problem. I may be unwise enough to install pre-release software, but I’m definitely not unw…
Lees meerIt’s Public Beta season, and Jason’s spent the last week reviewing macOS Catalina. Are the Catalyst apps better this year? And what features were pleasant surprises? We also discuss JJ Abrams’s big new streaming deal, share our own iPhone home scree…
Lees meerHappy beta Monday, friends. Despite previous comments that a public beta for iOS 13, iPadOS, and tvOS 13 would not be available until July, Apple has opened them up to the public today, in addition to the macOS Catalina beta. Interested parties ca…
Lees meerThere’s a lot going on in macOS Catalina, version 10.15 of the software that runs the Mac, which arrives today with its first Public Beta release. This begins the era of third-party developers bringing their iPad apps to the Mac for the first tim…
Lees meerThe iPhone 11 is just around the corner, but a lot of people are already talking about the 2020 iPhones — and not just because those handsets are the ones expected to make the jump to 5G. A report by reliable Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests that App…
Lees meerBeing a big business is all about making choices. Even the most successful, most profitable company can’t pursue all possible avenues. Decisions have to be made, even if they mean ignoring a segment of the market that might address some consumers. …
Lees meerPeople who hate Apple’s current line of MacBook keyboards and move to USB-C have praised the 2015-era 15-inch MacBook Pro. Unfortunately, Apple has announced a voluntary recall of some of those laptops due to an overheating battery: The units we…
Lees meerThis week, on the irreverent tech podcast where we’ve got our complaints, Dan runs down some recent frustrations with Instagram and Time Machine backups. John, meanwhile, has problems with his giant mixed-platform group chat. And James runs through …
Lees meerIn June 2018 at WWDC Apple trumpeted changes it was making to the Mac App Store to welcome back some major apps to the store. Panic’s Transmit returned in November, Microsoft Office arrived in January and BBEdit arrived in June. Who’s next? It’s …
Lees meerMy MacUser colleague and Relay FM cohabitant Shelly Brisbin released an original audio documentary today, “36 Seconds That Changed Everything”, about the addition of accessibility to the iPhone ten years ago today: This is the story of how that …
Lees meerCompatibility and interoperability are concepts Apple has ignored or embraced, depending on its situation. To me, it seems that the Mac is about to enter a new era of incompatibility… and I’m okay with it. When I started using a Mac in 1989, I rapi…
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