This week on MPU, David and I battle it out in naming our favorite iOS apps. | Continue reading
Mia Sato, writing at The Verge, which was famously founded by a bunch of folks who left Engadget many years ago: The nearly 20-year-old tech publication Engadget is laying off staff and restructuring editorial teams today with a new focus around traffic and revenue growth. The ch … | Continue reading
Cheyenne MacDonald, writing at Engadget: It turns out Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus spacecraft didn’t land upright after all. In a press conference with NASA Friday evening, the company revealed the lander is laying on its side after coming in a little faster than expected, likely … | Continue reading
Jason Snell: When I got my first demo of the new Apple Sports app, I admit to being a little surprised: didn’t Apple already do live sports scores? Hadn’t I just seen the Arsenal score and play-by-play on my iPhone on Sunday morning when I was in the kitchen making breakfast? I h … | Continue reading
Alexander Saeedy and Alexandra Bruell at the Wall Street Journal, via Apple News: Vice Media said it would stop publishing content on its flagship website and plans to cut hundreds of jobs, following a failed effort by owner Fortress Investment Group to sell the embattled digital … | Continue reading
Aria Alamalhodaei, writing at TechCrunch: Intuitive Machines has landed a spacecraft on the lunar surface, in a historic first for a private company. Flight controllers confirmed the landing at 5:23 p.m. CST, though the exact condition of the spacecraft is unclear as engineers wo … | Continue reading
This week on Connected: Stephen, Myke, and Federico explore Apple’s ongoing AI efforts, talk about recent iPhone reports and iPad rumors, and share their thoughts on the annual Six Colors Report Card. | Continue reading
Today’s the opening day of MLS, and Apple has a new iPhone app out for sports lovers. Here’s a bit from the company’s press release: Apple today introduced Apple Sports, a free app for iPhone that gives sports fans access to real-time scores, stats, and more. Designed for speed a … | Continue reading
Zach Knox has published a very insightful article exploring the accessibility ramifications of Apple’s new platform: I have low vision. A kind you can’t really correct for with glasses or contacts. I also bought Apple Vision Pro at launch. Why would I do this? Well because I’m a … | Continue reading
I think John Voorhees has played just about every game out for visionOS, but it’s interesting that the software isn’t the biggest issue: In the final analysis, the trouble with the Apple Vision Pro is its lack of ports. Unless you’re relying on the games available on the App Stor … | Continue reading
Jason Snell posted his excellent Six Color Report Card this morning, and I have done before, I thought I would share my complete answers here: The Mac: 4/5 2023 marked the end of the transition to Apple silicon. It may have taken longer than Apple anticipated, but it’s hard to ar … | Continue reading
Apple Support: When you connect a Lightning or USB-C cable or an accessory to your iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, or later, your iPhone can warn you if there’s liquid in the connector. If you see one of these alerts, your iPhone has detected liquid in the Lightning or USB-C … | Continue reading
Jason Snell is back at it: It’s time for our annual look back on Apple’s performance during the past year, as seen through the eyes of writers, editors, developers, podcasters, and other people who spend an awful lot of time thinking about Apple. This is the ninth year that I’ve … | Continue reading
This week on Mac Power Users: Mike Vardy drops by the show to talk about the journey behind his upcoming book, his love of the Freewrite family of products, and how he runs his growing online business. | Continue reading
This week on Connected: Federico, Stephen and Myke bring some weird Friday energy to the show and discuss the possibilities of a KitchenPod, some early favorite visionOS apps, and a couple of unusual iPhone cases. | Continue reading
Heart-breaking news in our community this evening from Dr. Drang: Four years ago, my wife was diagnosed with stage IV endometrial cancer. Today, after many treatments — some quite helpful for a while, others that just did nothing for her — she passed away. She was the bravest and … | Continue reading
Shelly Brisbin, writing at Six Colors: I know a number of blind or visually impaired folks who are excited about the Vision Pro. They’re Apple enthusiasts and embracers of new tech like most of us hanging out at Six Colors. But when I’ve asked blind colleagues what they want from … | Continue reading
As pointed out by Chance Miller, Apple has published a new white paper about the privacy it has built into the Vision Pro. Here is a bit from its introduction: We built visionOS from the ground up to protect your privacy and the privacy of people around you. Apple Vision Pro is t … | Continue reading
Apple Support: After you’ve contacted Apple for service, you’ll receive a replacement product with instructions to return your original product to Apple. | Continue reading
I would love to know why this wasn’t in 1.0, but it’s there now! | Continue reading
Apple Vision Pro is here. This week on Mac Power Users, David and I share our initial thoughts on Apple’s first new platform in ten years, talk about how it performs in entertainment and productivity and then answer some listener questions about the device. | Continue reading
Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong era; coming along in 1986 meant that I missed a lot of the early days of personal computing. Sure, my dad had a Windows 3.1.1 notebook built by NEC, and yeah, we ended up with a Windows 95 tower from Packard Bell a few years […] | Continue reading
Ernie Smith has the best article I’ve ever read about Apple’s near miss with Novell in 1992: With the growing success of Novell NetWare and its acquisition of DR-DOS (later called Novell DOS), perhaps Novell was feeling nervous about the idea that Microsoft Windows would eventual … | Continue reading
Apple Vision Pro is here, and on this week’s Connected, Myke and I share our initial impressions while Federico keeps refreshing the tracking information on his order. | Continue reading
Juli Clover: The Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Devices apps that Apple has been testing for Windows machines have officially launched, ending a long preview period and bringing an end to the iTunes app on some computers. This comes almost 21 years since iTunes for Windows was … | Continue reading
Michael Steeber: Without Apple Retail, I’m not convinced Apple Vision Pro could work. Don’t get me wrong: the device could physically exist, but it would have no product story, no voice. It couldn’t capture the hearts and minds of the public. Think about it: people understood por … | Continue reading
Cleo Abram’s new video gets at the heart of something I’ve been thinking a lot about: How can the Vision Pro connect us rather than isolate us? She gets into this in a big way, and it’s a great watch: | 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 a … | Continue reading
JOhn Rokos is running an interesting Kickstarter: OpenCase is an iPhone case that significantly reduces the issues with MagSafe accessories. It does this by creating an “open” space that holds the MagSafe accessories (we call this the “Accessory-Hold” area). It makes accessories … | Continue reading
This week on MPU, Jeff returns to the show to talk about how AI has changed how he works with documents and how technologies like spatial computing and Standby can impact day-to-day workflows. | Continue reading
I have been waiting for this since June of last year: We knew it would be tough to get inside (it was). We hoped we wouldn’t break anything (we did). But we knew it would be worth it to see all the new technology Apple squeezed into this thing, from the EyeSight display to the [… … | Continue reading
Pei-Ru Keh at Wallpaper: With no set deadline or pressure to be brought to the market, Apple Vision Pro has been in the works for decades. On a recent visit to Apple Park, Alan Dye, Apple’s Vice President of Human Interface Design, and Richard Howarth, Vice President of Industria … | Continue reading
Apple Newsroom: Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2024 first quarter ended December 30, 2023. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $119.6 billion, up 2 percent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.18, up 16 percent year over year. … | Continue reading
In 1991, Apple made just 500 of a very special PowerBook: My thanks to Relay listener Dan for shipping his very rare and expensive machine to me so I could check it out and share it with all of you. | Continue reading
This week on the show: Initial Apple Vision Pro reviews are out, as is the list of new emoji coming in iOS 17.4. Both are discussed, as are Apple’s proposed changes to meet the requirements outlined in the DMA. | Continue reading
The folks at The Iconfactory have a Kickstarter campaign running for an app built for the open web: What if you had one app that gave an overview of nearly everything that was happening across all the different services you follow? A single chronological timeline of your most imp … | Continue reading
Benj Edwards, writing at Ars: In a move that marks the end of an era, New Mexico State University (NMSU) recently announced the impending closure of its Hobbes OS/2 Archive on April 15, 2024. For over three decades, the archive has been a key resource for users of the IBM OS/2 op … | Continue reading
John Voorhees has a great walk-through of the changes Apple is making in response to the DMA: What makes understanding last week’s announcement difficult is that, superficially, Apple’s press release bears a vague resemblance to a typical Apple product announcement, at least unti … | 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
Michael Steeber: Despite the profound impact Apple Vision Pro will have on the Apple Retail experience, I’ve scarce mentioned it here on Tabletops, and that’s no accident. A major new platform deserves careful study and an awful lot of context — the kind that’s only possible to g … | Continue reading
On this feedback episode of MPU, more about AppleCare and the Vision Pro, then some listener feedback and more proof David and I spend too much time together. | Continue reading
As part of the sweeping changes coming to the iOS ecosystem in the wake of the Digital Markets Act, iOS will be opened up to run third-party browser engines, and regardless of their underpinnings, third-party browsers will be presented as options to users. John Voorhees has the d … | Continue reading
Today, Apple announced its plans for changes to the App Store and iOS itself to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). On MacStories, John Voorhees has a breakdown of these changes. There is a lot to process here. | Continue reading
Last night, the Computer History Museum put on a two-hour event honoring the Macintosh. I know how I’m spending my evening: | Continue reading
This week on the podcast: The guys celebrate the Mac’s 40th birthday, talk about the Vision Pro pre-order process and go over what’s new in Sonoma 14.3 and iOS 17.3. | Continue reading
Harry McCracken has written an interesting column about the ways the original Mac was and wasn’t influential in its day: Compared to other PCs of the time, the Mac’s small size and unified design offered several benefits. First, it took up little desk space and made the computer … | Continue reading
Jason Snell: Before I started writing my piece on the Mac’s 40th anniversary for The Verge, I was thinking of different ways to plot out the arc of the Mac’s history. I ended up going with the fact that the Mac has been the underdog for most of its existence, but I also considere … | Continue reading
I’m sure everyone reading this has seen this ad before, but damn, it’s still so cool: In contrast, the company’s 1985 Super Bowl ad was a real fall from grace: Macintosh Office is a story for a different time, but that ad wasn’t a great start to things. | Continue reading