Matt Birchler sort of doesn’t like the MacBook Neo: Because this is a Mac, it can do effectively anything you want to throw at it. I have been editing video on it and doing web and Xcode development with very little issue.…
Lees meer/>The 12-inch Retina MacBook, circa 2016. David Sparks appreciates the MacBook Neo, but he’d like something smaller: Think about it.…
Lees meerWhen it comes to smart locks, the goal is “Star Trek,” right? You should be able to walk up to your door and, swish!, it opens to greet you.…
Lees meerIn the aftermath of an Apple product briefing for the original iPhone at Macworld Expo 2007, here’s what I wrote: Yes, I’ve touched it. Although the undisputed winner of the most-talked-about product award at this year’s Macworld Expo is Apple’…
Lees meerWhat a funny coincidence that celebrations of Apple’s 50th anniversary would hit the same month that the company introduced the MacBook Neo, a $599 laptop that has the potential to take the Mac to new heights.…
Lees meerHow far off we are from full self-driving cars, the software systems we wish would never update, the app launchers we use on our Macs, and the ATProtocol moment.…
Lees meerTechnology professional Chris Devers1 has taken a close look at Photos’s concert feature, where it tries to tag pictures you take at musical events with the name of the show.…
Lees meerAppleVis released its fourth annual Vision Accessibility Report Card, a survey of visually impaired Apple users inspired by the Six Colors Report Card: This year saw our highest level of survey participation to-date, as well as our highest-ever l…
Lees meerMyke has MacBook Neo FOMO and we have reviews of both Studio Display models. Also: Apple starts celebrating 50; App Store fees are lowered in China; Somehow, AirPods Max returned; Apple’s AI crisistunity; and Jason in Jeopardy!?…
Lees meerA powerful tool in the Finder arsenal is a simple checkbox: “Ignore ownership on this volume.” This option appears when you select any locally connected volume on your Mac that isn’t the startup volume and choose File: Get Info.…
Lees meerOne way to celebrate your company’s upcoming 50th anniversary: the release of a product update nobody had on their bingo card. Apple on Monday announced AirPods Max 2, the successor to its high-end over-the-ear headphones.…
Lees meerEvery year we make an original design and offer it exclusively to Six Colors members. Then sometime the next year, we make it available for everyone.…
Lees meerI don’t know a lot about the current state of PC laptops. (My wife has a work-issued Lenovo Thinkpad and I hide it in its little carrying case every time I spot it loose in my house.…
Lees meerMaybe engineer a height-adjustable stand for less than $400? A funny thing happened when Apple stopped making external displays for Macs: The competition did not rush in to steal Apple’s thunder.…
Lees meerTim Cook pens a letter about the 50th anniversary of Apple, linked from the company’s homepage, and tips his hat to probably the best Apple advertising campaign of all time: At Apple, we’re more focused on building tomorrow than remembering yeste…
Lees meerWho Apple’s new MacBook Neo is for, what will ruin our USB-C utopia, the value of LEGO’s new Smart Bricks, and our feelings on loot boxes.…
Lees meerKourage Kundahl, writing for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Among the artifacts recently accessioned into the Museum’s permanent collection is an authenticated iPhone 17 Pro used during an Apple TV broadcast of Friday Night Baseb…
Lees meerThe M5 MacBook Air gets in on the fruit fun. With the M5 generation, the MacBook Air finds itself in an unfamiliar, though not unprecedented, position: that of the middle sibling.…
Lees meerThis week, Jason reviews the MacBook Neo! Plus: Draft results, Jason is (back) in print, and new MacBook Pros and Studio Displays. But it’s mostly about MacBook Neo!…
Lees meerThe two most important things about the MacBook Neo are these: It has a base price of $599 ($499 for education buyers), and it’s a full-fledged Mac.…
Lees meerMarcin Wichary, the author of the excellent Shift Happens and one of the best new blogs out there in 2026, Unsung, has written a lengthy essay about the history of modifier keys that’s keyed (eh?)…
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