Stephen Hackett joins Jason to talk old Macs, binned chips, and Apple AI. Then Jason discusses the darkest part of Steve Jobs’s career with the author of “Steve Jobs In Exile”, Geoffrey Cain.…
Lees meerIndigo, from Soapbox Software, is a new social media client that combines Bluesky and Mastodon timelines in one place. I’ve been using it for the last month or so as my primary social-media client—and it’s so good that I’ve largely stopped using ind…
Lees meerOur thoughts on Google’s Chromebook replacement, the dedicated hardware we use instead of our phones, the accessibility features we rely on, and whether we’re still using VR for anything.…
Lees meerMy friend Lex Friedman wrote an app, Gnome, that makes it easy to post GIFs: Gnome lives in your Mac’s menubar. You hit a hotkey. A little search window appears.…
Lees meerThe battle for the Mac menu bar has raged for decades, and shows no signs of letting up. As the number of apps and controls in the menu bar have continued to proliferate, users have had to constantly find ways to keep them in check.…
Lees meerWe revisit the Ultra and Neo names, consider the future of Apple’s processor manufacturing strategy, and try to imagine why possible use case there could be for AirPods with built-in cameras.…
Lees meerYour Mac doesn’t have one kind of sleep—it has several. That fact is generally uninteresting until you find you can’t easily put your Mac into display sleep or system (idle) sleep automatically when you walk away from it or close a laptop’s lid.…
Lees meerApple Newsroom: Starting today, end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging begins rolling out in beta for iPhone users running iOS 26.5 with supported carriers and Android users on the latest version of Google Messages.…
Lees meerLast month, journalist Tim Culpan reported that Apple was going to have to make some hard decisions about the MacBook Neo, because the laptop was selling more than the company expected and, as a result, the supply of A18 Pro chips was dwindling rapi…
Lees meerAdam Lisagor introduces his new Mac app, Hovercraft: With Hovercraft, you stay on camera. Your slide sits next to you, big and legible. You reach up, pinch it, move it where you want it.…
Lees meerOur VPN usage, our favorite Apple Watch bands, whether we use e-ink tablets for notes, and our early internet memories.…
Lees meerWe read between the lines of Apple’s latest record financial results to see how they will impact future products and aquisitions in the Ternus Era. Plus: An Ultra name conundrum, Johny Srouji’s burnout, and F1’s stateside debut.…
Lees meerMacs don’t do well when they start to approach full storage. The operating system doesn’t provide enough safeguards and backoff options to help you cope with what can become a disaster, requiring a full drive restore!…
Lees meerIt’s time to say goodbye. But before we go, we read some final letters, Steven hides in Sports Corner, and Jason answers a bit of podcast lore.…
Lees meerOnce again, I have ventured out of my home country and winged my way overseas. This isn’t the first time I’ve written about my travel experiences.…
Lees meerEvery year we ask the Apple IT/Mac admin community for their opinions about how Apple fared in past 12 months. You can read our 2026 Enterprise Report Card for the average scores and some juicy quotes.…
Lees meerIn 2021, device-management startup Kandji (now Iru) approached Six Colors to commission a new entry in our Report Card series focusing on how Apple’s doing in large organizations, including businesses, education, and government.…
Lees meerMy thanks to Monologue for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Monologue is for people who think faster than they type. Which is most of us. For everyday writing, Monologue is a smart dictation app that works where you already write, across Apple’s pla…
Lees meerEvery quarter after releasing financial results, Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Kevan Parekh hop on a conference call with analysts to detail the quarter gone by, give a peek at what’s to come, and maybe brag a little about setting an all-time record o…
Lees meerOn Thursday, Apple announced record second-quarter earnings, with $111.2 billion in revenue, up 17 percent year-over year. The company said it grew double digits across every geographic segment.…
Lees meerPorsche: At round four of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on May 3rd at Laguna Seca, the Porsche works team will show a historic Apple Computer-inspired livery.…
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