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Why it’s hard to resize windows in Tahoe ↦

zondag 11 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

Norbert Heger gets to the bottom of a problem I’ve been having lately—my inability to resize macOS Tahoe windows at their corners: It turns out that my initial click in the window corner instinctively happens in an area where the window doesn’t r…

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Apple cowardly still has not pulled X and Grok from the App Store ↦

zaterdag 10 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

The Verge’s Elizabeth Lopatto in an absolute scorcher in which she minces no words: Since X’s users started using Grok to undress women and children using deepfake images, I have been waiting for what I assumed would be inevitable: X getting boot…

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Some first thoughts about live immersive basketball

zaterdag 10 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

One of the immersive views is behind and underneath the basket. I got to watch the first quarter of tonight’s Lakers-Bucks game from the front row by the scorer’s table.…

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More reports about Apple succession planning ↦

vrijdag 9 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

The Apple executive transition speculation keeps heating up. On Thursday, The New York Times’s Kalley Huang and Tripp Mickle weighed in with a profile of John Ternus, reportedly a candidate to replace Tim Cook as CEO: Apple last year began accele…

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Apple board members will stand for re-election, despite age limits ↦

vrijdag 9 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

As reported by Eric Slivka at MacRumors, both Apple’s Chairman of the Board Arthur Levinson and board member Ronald Sugar are standing for re-election at this year’s shareholder meeting, despite exceeding the company’s stated age limits.…

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(Podcast) Downstream 110: I See Spreadsheets In My Future

donderdag 8 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

Jason helps guest Casey Liss figure out what his cord-cutting strategy might be. We also discuss his Callsheet app, touch on the rise of CanCon including “Heated Rivalry,” and offer some very nice TV picks.…

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Bose open sources discontinued speaker API ↦

donderdag 8 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

Scharon Harding, writing at Ars Technica: Bose released the Application Programming Interface (API) documentation for its SoundTouch speakers today, putting a silver lining around the impending end-of-life (EoL) of the expensive home theater devi…

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(Podcast) Clockwise 638: Our Marriage Will Not Survive This!

woensdag 7 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

Robovacs growing limbs, tech for getting the new year started right, tech we covet but can’t justify, and discontinued tech we still use day-to-day.…

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WSJ: JPMorgan Chase strikes deal to take over Apple Card ↦

woensdag 7 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

AnnaMaria Andriotis and Gina Heeb at the Wall Street Journal reporting (paywalled; News+ link): “JPMorgan will issue Apple credit cards for both new and existing cardholders, the people said.…

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Will the iPhone Fold be a phone you open, or an iPad you close?

woensdag 7 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

Left to right: iPhone Air, Field Notes and pen, iPhone Fold mock-up, iPhone 17 Pro. If many years-long rumors are true, 2026 will be the year when Apple’s long-gestating folding iPhone becomes a reality.…

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(Podcast) Upgrade 597: Our 2026 Wish List

maandag 5 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

Happy New Year! In this episode, we share some of the things we hope we’ll see from Apple in 2026. Also, Jason attacks an emoji.…

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Messages craves cloud syncing, even when you don’t want it

maandag 5 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

Apple added iCloud for Messages several years ago to solve the problem of presence.1 Presence is a loose concept that describes where you are active at a given moment when some kind of alert or information should reach you.…

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(Sponsor) PowerPhotos

vrijdag 2 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

My thanks to PowerPhotos, from Fat Cat Software, for sponsoring Six Colors this week. PowerPhotos is the ultimate toolbox for Photos on the Mac. It works in conjunction with the Apple Photos app, filling in missing features that Photos itself doesn’…

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AppleVis announces 2025 Golden Apple Awards ↦

vrijdag 2 januari 2026 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

AppleVis, a web site and community that follows Apple from the perspective of blind and low-vision users, announced its annual Golden Apple Awards, recognizing apps, games and developers for their contributions to the industry: Since their launch…

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Dan’s favorite things of 2025

dinsdag 30 december 2025 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

Once again the year draws to a close and so we are forced by contractual obligation to tell you, dear readers, about our favorite things from the last arbitrary period of time.…

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‘Five new Apple products for 2026’ ↦

dinsdag 30 december 2025 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

Here’s a nice overview of what might happen for Apple in 2026 by Mark Spoonauer of Tom’s Guide. I’m happy to be one of the contributors to his story, along with analysts Carolina Milanesi and Avi Greengart.…

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My favorite things of 2025

dinsdag 30 december 2025 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

The year is at an end, and as is tradition, I’ve compiled a list of my favorite stuff from the year gone by. This is it!…

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You spin me right round (like a Wi-Fi identifier)

maandag 29 december 2025 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

It seems like everyone—hackers, governments, corporations—want to track everything we do online and in the physical world. Apple has a multi-year history of rolling out new methods of deflecting, deterring, or blocking new forms of unwanted trackin…

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The “year of Apple Intelligence,” postponed at least one year (Macworld/Jason Snell)

woensdag 24 december 2025 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

Think back to the end of 2024. It was a more innocent time. Sure, after unveiling Apple Intelligence with great fanfare at WWDC in June, it hadn’t actually shipped much (other than a raft of TV commercials featuring nonexistent features).…

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When you give tech gifts, also give the gift of installation

dinsdag 23 december 2025 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

‘Tis the season to be harried. There’s a work thing, a friend thing, some poor sucker has a birthday in December, shopping for food, shopping for presents, donations, shopping for food again because you forgot something… The list of things to do is…

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AirDrop codes allow temporary persistent contact

maandag 22 december 2025 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)

With the release of iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, and macOS 26.2, Apple has tweaked its AirDrop protocol once again, adding an additional bar to sending items to other people through this wireless service when you are not in their contact list.…

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