If you’ve ever struggled to put a screenshot into a photo of Apple hardware to make it fit in an appropriate context, you’ll appreciate this: Apple has just added a Product Bezels section to its design resources page. They’re all available as layere…
Lees meerThis week my friend Stephen Hackett posted a video tour of his new home studio and along with it, updated the page detailing all the gear he uses. Last month, we passed the seventh anniversary of this post about my home office set-up. No, I can’t be…
Lees meerMy thanks to Kolide for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Kolide connects device security and Slack together in a clever way—by sending people important, timely, and relevant recommendations about securing their devices via Slack. For example, Kolide…
Lees meerSo back in October I tweeted about how it was easy to lose the pointer under the notch on the 24-inch MacBook Pro, and that someone should do something about that: once again I am asking for someone to develop a "utility" that makes the notch glow …
Lees meerShortcuts maven Matthew Cassinelli has a story up at iMore about eight ways for Apple to improve Shortcuts: Combined with architecture changes, a lack of integration across Apple’s other teams, and the natural growing pains of a brand new paradig…
Lees meerPromised at WWDC, a new version of Swift Playgrounds arrived this week, with its most notable feature addition being support for submitting projects to the App Store. John Voorhees of MacStories provides a good overview: Starting a coding project…
Lees meerWhy we’re not using Obsidian, favorite iOS apps, photos, and thoughts of spring. [We’ve been told to take next week off. The podcast will be back in two weeks.]… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.
Lees meerThis is a nice post from developer Simon B. Støvring about getting data out of 1Password and into iCloud Keychain: Ensuring all items in 1Password have a valid website address is necessary in order to import the items. iCloud Keychain will skip a…
Lees meerWe dig into why CNN+ has to exist, even though it doesn’t make a lot of sense. Also, the strange divisions between what’s on HBO and what’s on HBO Max, we talk a surprising amount about The CW (again), and Netflix has… a blog?…
Lees meerWill we use SharePlay? What are our feelings about Bluetooth earbuds? How do we protect ourselves when we’re browning online? And what are our picks for favorite TV, movies, and books of the year?…
Lees meerApple’s 2021 was one that was… good, but not surprising. After a dramatic 2020 where a global pandemic raged and yet Apple shipped a new iPhone redesign and entirely new processor architecture, 2021 was about settling in. The pandemic undoubtedly de…
Lees meerMyke’s back from vacation and he has a lot of follow-up for Jason about last week’s show. We unveil the official Upgrade Draft championship pennant. Then we discuss the increasing reality of Apple’s forthcoming headset and the company’s complex rela…
Lees meerApple released iOS 15.2, macOS 12.1, and watchOS 8.3 today, with a bunch of new features including SharePlay for macOS, the new Apple Music Voice plan, App Privacy Report, Legacy Contacts, and a whole lot more. The company also updated something els…
Lees meerAs was the case with past Apple products that were highly anticipated (such as the iPhone and the Apple Watch), the number of reports and rumors circling an Apple AR/VR headset have intensified, from sources both reputable and otherwise. There have …
Lees meerFriday afternoon I tried something new and did a live stream. The subject: a “re-boxing” of my MacBook Pro review unit, which is going back to Apple. (In fact, since the video was completed, a nice FedEx man came and took the box away!) I’ve got so…
Lees meerAs we reach the end of the year, it’s time for us to share some of the stuff that we liked this year. We’ll start with a category that is surprisingly robust: Mac apps. Some of these are new, and others are old favorites that got nice updates in rec…
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Lees meerA couple of things I wanted to do over at The Incomparable’s website involved knowing the status of a shared Google Calendar. For months I tried to build up the courage to figure out how to interact with the Google Calendar API and found I just coul…
Lees meerJennifer Pattison Tuohy, writing at The Verge, details an interesting component of the upcoming Matter connectivity standard: Matter TV, as we’ll call it for wont of an official name, will allow control of a television’s core functions — volume u…
Lees meerDescribing an experience with augmented reality, last-minute tech gifts, using tech with holiday decor, and how we prepare for tech support when gathering with family.…
Lees meerAround my house, 2021 has been a year of durable goods upheaval. The 10-year-old refrigerator gave us a scare, the 14-year-old Prius put us on notice that its battery was soon to need replacing, and the 20-year-old washer/dryer just plain gave out. …
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