Online privacy isn’t just something you should be hoping for – it’s something you should expect. You should ensure your browsing history stays private and is not harvested by ad networks. By blocking ad trackers, Magic Lasso Adblock prevents you from being followed by ads on the … | Continue reading
John Buck published a book covering the “Apple Technology Group,” a division within Apple that operated back in the 1980s and 1990s and experimented with many forward-looking bits of technology that we take for granted today. On this week’s MPU, David and I spoke to John about th … | Continue reading
This story by Caleb Sasser is just wild. | Continue reading
This week on Connected: With Myke on vacation, Stephen and Federico discuss what’s going on with iPadOS, then cover the news from Google I/O and OpenAI’s recent event. | Continue reading
This is from a lovely blog post by David Smith: This last year has been a complicated one as an indie app developer. I’ve been in this community for long enough to know that there are always ebbs and flows in sentiment, and this year has lots of reasons to be feeling the ebb side … | Continue reading
MacRumors, on Threads, just four days ago: Apple’s thinnest device ever.#ipadpro #bendgate Tim Hardwick, writing on MacRumors today: Despite videos indicating that the 2018 iPad Pro models bent more easily than other models, Apple said the bend did not worsen over time or negativ … | Continue reading
Speaking of Jason, I re-read his original iPad Pro review this weekend, and this part really jumped out at me: But let’s pull back and get the big picture. No, keep pulling back, this thing’s huge. The iPad Pro is a tremendous piece of hardware. It’s the fastest iOS device ever. … | Continue reading
Speaking of Federico, he just published a banger of an article over on MacStories, discussing all the ways that iPadOS is still a mess, 14 years after the launch of the original iPad and 9 years after the launch of the first iPad Pro: I started using the iPad as my main computer … | Continue reading
Federico and I joined Jason on this week’s perfectly-numbered episode of Upgrade: The new iPad Pro is here, and Jason is joined by Federico Viticci to discuss the new model, Jason’s review, and the limitations of iPadOS. Stephen Hackett also joins the show not to crush some creat … | Continue reading
Calling all crossword fans! Black Ink, the beloved Mac app for solving crosswords from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and more, is now available for iOS. Download it from the App Store and enjoy nearly-endless crossword-solving fun on your iPhone, iPad, … | Continue reading
This week on Connected: Federico and Myke are back from Apple Battersea to join Stephen in grading the group’s picks for this week’s iPad event. | Continue reading
Tripp Mickle, Brian X. Chen and Cade Metz: Apple is expected to show off its A.I. work at its annual developers conference on June 10 when it releases an improved Siri that is more conversational and versatile, according to three people familiar with the company’s work, who didn’ … | Continue reading
The Verge’s Emma Roth: Apple has apologized after a commercial meant to showcase its brand-new iPad Pro drew widespread criticism among the creative community. In a statement provided to Ad Age, Tor Myhren, Apple’s vice president of marketing, said the company “missed the mark.” … | Continue reading
Mark Gurman, writing at Bloomberg, about who could be the next CEO of Apple, assuming Tim Cook sticks around long enough for the torch to pass over Jeff Williams, who is 61 years old, just two years younger than Cook: If Cook were to stay that long, people within Apple say, the m … | Continue reading
This week on MPU: Apple has unveiled new iPad Pro and iPad Air models. Stephen and David talk through the news and discuss why hardware isn’t at the heart of the iPad’s struggles. | Continue reading
Today’s Apple event has come and gone, and in its wake are some new iPads, a slightly saner iPad lineup, and some questions. The biggest one for me is this: Does Apple know what the iPad actually needs? Right before debuting new iPad Pros, John Ternus said that Apple was “gonna c … | Continue reading
Jason Snell has written what a lot of us have been thinking: that the best thing for the future of the iPad could be the Mac: It’s funny how the Mac keeps coming back into this, isn’t it? There’s a good reason. The Mac is Apple’s do-it-all computing platform, and thanks to the bo … | Continue reading
Apple Support: Find out which iPad model you have. I wonder how much more complicated this page will be in 24 hours. | Continue reading
This week on MPU: AI is suddenly everywhere, from online services and software to bespoke hardware products. This week, David takes Stephen on a journey to talk about the tools he has found useful, as well as what’s not ready for prime time yet. | Continue reading
Jason Snell: Apple announced its financial results for its second fiscal quarter of 2024 on Thursday. The company booked $90.8 billion in revenue (down 4% versus the year-ago quarter) with $23.6 billion in profit. Mac revenue was up 4%, presumably buoyed by the release of the M3 … | Continue reading
John Voorhees: One of the most controversial aspects of Apple’s response to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) was the introduction of a Core Technology Fee (CTF), which must be paid by developers who opt into Apple’s alternative business terms. Today, in a post on its developer … | Continue reading
Tom Lokhorst has put together a wonderful site that catalogs WWDC sessions dating back to the year 2000. I bet this one was fun. | Continue reading
Somehow, we have arrived at episode 500 of Connected,1 and I’m so glad Apple waited to release new iPads until next week, so we could play our traditional game before the event next week: Apple’s first iPad event in over a year is next week, so the guys have dusted off their head … | Continue reading
John Voorhees at MacStories: Today, the European Union announced that it has added iPadOS to the products and services subject to the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The designation gives Apple six months to comply with the DMA. iOS is already subject to the DMA, and Apple’s response … | Continue reading
Want to experience twice as fast load times in Safari on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac? Then download Magic Lasso Adblock – the ad blocker designed for you. It’s easy to set up, blocks all YouTube ads, and doubles the speed at which Safari loads. Magic Lasso Adblock is an efficient … | Continue reading
I’m very happy with this particular episode of the podcast: Neil Jhaveri founded Mimestream, a macOS email app for Gmail users. Stephen and David talk to Neil about his time at Apple, Mimestream’s roadmap (including an iOS version and supporting non-Google services), and email’s … | Continue reading
This weekend, my Mastodon and Thread timelines exploded with people being locked out of their Apple IDs. While it didn’t happen to me, it did to Michael Tsai: I had another instance of my Apple ID mysteriously being locked. First, my iPhone wanted me to enter the password again, … | Continue reading
I spent the week with ALSAC — the fundraising organization at St. Jude — with half a dozen Relay folks and a few hundred other content creators who are using their platforms for fundraising. View this post on Instagram A post shared by St. Jude PLAY LIVE (@stjudeplaylive) (Most o … | Continue reading
Howard Oakley: When Apple introduced Fusion Drives back in late 2012, they were an attractive option for many iMacs and Mac minis. At a time when SSDs of 1 TB and greater size were expensive, the Fusion Drive seemed to offer the best of both worlds, with a capacious hard disk and … | Continue reading
I think it’s finally iPad time: The event is scheduled for 7 AM Pacific. | Continue reading
I recently noticed a new folder in the root level of my Home directory, named ai_overlay_tmp: In preparation for a future Mac Power Users episode, I’ve been playing with a bunch of AI software, and I assumed something I downloaded generated this folder. I deleted it, just to be f … | Continue reading
Robert Lea, writing about our far-flung friend: NASA’s interstellar explorer Voyager 1 is finally communicating with ground control in an understandable way again. On Saturday (April 20), Voyager 1 updated ground control about its health status for the first time in 5 months. Whi … | Continue reading
Adam Engst, writing at TidBITS: This one is way too close to home. News started to spread this morning on the MacAdmins Slack, Rich Trouton’s Der Flounder blog, and Tom Bridge’s site about how our friend and Take Control author Charles Edge died suddenly and unexpectedly on 19 Ap … | Continue reading
This week on MPU: On this feedback episode, the guys catch up on listener feedback, share some unique uses for Freeform, discuss some good Apple Watch apps, and talk about the Mac’s startup sound. | Continue reading
Hartley Charlton, writing at MacRumors: Apple has stopped production of FineWoven accessories, according to the Apple leaker and prototype collector known as “Kosutami.” In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Kosutami explained that Apple has stopped production of FineWoven accessori … | Continue reading
Earlier today, David and I shipped version 6.2 of Widgetsmith. This release is for both iOS and visionOS, and packs some cool goodies: Widgetsmith 6.2 brings a brand-new widget type: Background Sounds! Beyond the standard White and Brown Noises, this release includes sounds from … | Continue reading
This week’s episode of Connected got weird: The guys try AltStore and the Delta game emulator live on the show before discussing reviews of the Humane AI Pin and the response to those reviews. Then they judge their picks in the first-ever scoring of the EUies. | Continue reading
I adore Soulver for Mac, and am so glad version 3 is now out for iOS. | Continue reading
This week on the podcast: Lee Garret is the new owner of ScreenCastsOnline. He joins Stephen and David to discuss his background in technology, his Apple gear, and how clear communication and processes are key to any successful endeavor. | Continue reading
David Pierce has reviewed the Humane AI Pin, and it seems pretty, pretty, pretty bad. We already knew — from Humane’s recent video — that the device could be quite slow to respond. That was after the initial video, which was full of examples of the Pin giving downright incorrect … | Continue reading
Apple Newsroom: Today Apple announced an upcoming enhancement to existing repair processes that will enable customers and independent repair providers to utilize used Apple parts in repairs. Beginning with select iPhone models this fall, the new process is designed to maintain an … | Continue reading
This week on the show: Myke has a friend, Federico is dreaming of emulation, and I got stuck in traffic. | Continue reading
Apple Support: The iMac (Mid 2007) computer has two Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (SDRAM) slots in the bottom of the computer. It comes with at least 1 GB Double Data Rate (DDR2) SDRAM installed in a single slot. The maximum amount of random-access memory (RAM) you can … | Continue reading
Do you want to block all YouTube ads in Safari on your iPhone, iPad and Mac? Then download Magic Lasso Adblock – the ad blocker designed for you. It’s easy to set up, doubles the speed at which Safari loads and now blocks all YouTube ads. Magic Lasso is an efficient, high perform … | Continue reading
This week on Mac Power Users, David and I revisit Freeform and discuss how it’s improved since its launch and what Apple could do next with the application. We also share how they use the app and how it shines in visionOS. | Continue reading
This week on the world’s greatest podcast: While waiting for new iPads and Apple’s AI efforts to materialize, Stephen, Myke, and Federico have been changed by spatial Personas. | Continue reading
Howard Oakley: Seven years ago, on 27 March 2017, Apple introduced one of the most fundamental changes in its operating systems since Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah was released 16 years earlier. On that day, those who updated iOS to version 10.3 had their iPhone’s storage silently conver … | Continue reading
I just spent some time playing with spatial Personas with Jason Snell, and I have to say, having Personas free from their floating boxes makes the whole thing much more personal. When you join a call, the other person is directly in front of you. You can see their Personas and ha … | Continue reading