Zoom and FaceTime are weird. Apple and the home (again). The G4 iMac turns 20. It floated above your desk like a VESA-mounted iMac.… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.
Lees meerSpeaking of the iMac G4, here’s my look back at that great, weird, beautiful computer from my 2020 tour of the most notable Macs of all time.…
Lees meer[From 20 years ago:] As the best-selling Mac of all time, the original iMac set a standard for Apple that’s tough to top. To stand a chance, the design of any follow-up iMac would have to be just as bold, as remarkably different as the original. App…
Lees meerI’ve noticed that folks who write about cord-cutting tend to be maximalists: “How can I get the most of all the things available?” Fair enough. A lot of people like lots of TV. But I am not them. I am but a humble fan of classic moves with a less-th…
Lees meerTell me how the panelist caused you extra work.Last year I decided I was spending too much time doing jobs because I could do them, not because they were an essential part of my job. (My friend Myke Hurley would, in the spirit of his podcast Cortex,…
Lees meerHow we turn our digital photographs into physical media, our experiences with external monitors, our thoughts on an audiobook service from Apple, and the AR/VR headset features that would appeal to us.…
Lees meerMy friend David Sparks has been leading a double life for a while now. To his law colleagues and friends, he has had a strange side hustle writing and talking about tech. To the rest of us, he’s a Mac expert who still practices law, too. No more. Da…
Lees meerMicrosoft Exchange admins felt a great disturbance in the Force last night as it became 2022: The “long” type allows for values up to 2,147,483,647. It appears that Microsoft uses the first two numbers of the update version to denote the year of …
Lees meerWe conclude our 2021 Favorites series with this list of books we loved this year. You might know this about us, but we read a lot. These were the cream of the crop. Piranesi My favorite book of the year was Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi. It’s not a sequ…
Lees meerMillennials / Terminal / ls -al / What’s your shell? It’s the last Six Colors podcast of the year. Let the molting begin!… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.
Lees meer2020 brought a redesigned iPhone, but in 2021 the iPhone was fairly static while the iPad Pro took a big step forward. Given Apple’s longer cycles for iPhone redesigns, I don’t expect a revolutionary new iPhone to spur sales ever higher. But Apple w…
Lees meerWe watch a lot of TV. It’s the platinum era of television—you could watch several hours a day for the entire year and never run out of top-shelf entertainment. But who has the time? So if you’re looking for something to watch, consider these shows, …
Lees meerWhat tech had the biggest impact on us in 2021, our predictions for the most surprising tech story of 2022, whether we seek out short-form videos, and our biggest tech irritations of the last year.…
Lees meerJason and Julia are off for the holiday, but before they left, they took time to record this special episode featuring answers to listener letters! (Only two-thirds of the letters are from people named David.)…
Lees meerAs the year comes to an end, it’s time for the Eighth Annual Upgradies! Myke and Jason discuss their favorites of 2021, take the input of many Upgradians, and hand out awards in numerous categories! Only the finest will walk away with the most covet…
Lees meerAfter such a momentous 2020 for the Mac, it was hard for 2021 to measure up. But with the Apple silicon transition well underway, the question remains: What does the Mac’s 2022 have in store? Good news, friend. You’re reading a column about where th…
Lees meerIt’s time for our annual Christmas gift exchange round-robin, and then the boys get down to business with some competitive picks about what will happen in 2022. All that’s followed by a game of 20 Questions, with the questions supplied by Connected …
Lees meerWe played and enjoyed a lot of games this year. Weird, right? It’s as if we needed to escape. Anyway, here are some of our favorites. Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City As I admitted back in July, the endless-sandboarder game Alto’s Odyssey is my favorit…
Lees meerYou thought you were going to get out of the year without a Epidemiology Corner segment? Fat chance.…
Lees meerIn this Upgrade Holiday Special, Jason and Myke answer the holiday-themed questions of Upgradians everywhere. Smart decorations, holiday wardrobes, the definition of fairy lights, monkey strategies, an eggnog recipe, and Santa’s complex cloud-based …
Lees meerAs 2021 draws to a close, it’s only natural to look back at the year that was and cast our appraising glances over all the things that Apple did during the last 12 months. Despite a global pandemic, the company managed another year of record quarter…
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