Our Mac upgrade plans in the light of price hikes, YouTube view metric changes, our home internet speeds, and how many apps we have our phone.…

Lex and Moltz talk new Macs, old games, Lex’s apps and Apple community drama before getting interrupted by some heartbreaking news.…

Today Relay launched the public and private feeds of my new podcast, Designed in California. If you’re interested in the history of Apple, check it out.…

The Apple II makes its public debut at a landmark event in the history of personal computers, and Steve Jobs truly comes into his own.…

Under the watchful eye of Steve Jobs, the Apple II takes form at last. It’s an integrated color computer created by Steve Wozniak, powered by a groundbreaking power supply designed by Rod Holt, and wrapped in a plastic shell designed by Jerry Manock.…

We travel to the summer of 1976, as Apple travels to Atlantic City for a computer trade show, the Apple II begins to form, and the fellowship between the two Steves shows signs of breaking.…

We take you back to 1976 and recount Steve Jobs’s numerous attempts to sell Apple or, at the very least, get someone to make an investment in the fledgling company.…

Apple emerged from the unique environment of the Santa Clara valley suburbs of the ’70s thanks to the particular genius of its two co-founders and some surprising help they got along the way.…

In a bit of a late-August surprise while the world awaits word on the next generation of iPhones, on Tuesday Apple announced two new processors, the M5 Ultra and M6, which help power new iterations of its Mac Studio and Mac mini desktop computers.…

The EU gives up and settles with Apple, John Ternus’s new home strategy starts to come into focus, and people at Apple just love the folding iPhone.…

We’ve got a pair of apps that help you get a little reading done, albeit with two different approaches. Still, whether you prefer having someone else read the articles to you or if you just prefer a cleaner feed of articles, there’s something for everyone in this week’s App Report.…

My thanks to Magic Lasso Adblock for sponsoring Six Colors this week.

With over 5,000 five star reviews; Magic Lasso Adblock is simply the best ad blocker for your iPhone, iPad and Mac.…

Back in March I took possession of an Aqara UWB Smart Lock, which allowed me to live out my Star Trek dreams by using Ultra Wideband technology to sense my arrival and unlock the door without any interaction from me.…

When I was visiting my pal Myke Hurley in London last year, I noticed that he had a second display to the right of his main one.…

Tech bag or brand recommendations, Apple’s most overlooked feature, the app we’d vibe code for ourselves, and our thoughts on the leaked AirPods with cameras for Visual Intelligence.…

Wallet on iPhone is a bulging catch-all. Apple stores all your payment card information there, and it’s an interface for adding and removing cards, as well as viewing associated details.…

Guy English joins us. We talk, of course, about John Gruber’s essay on Anthropic’s watermarking, Dan’s Six Colors response, and Gruber’s follow-up. We also talk about AirPods with cameras.…

Oops! All segments! This week we’ve got Snell Talk (tea), Upstream (Apple TV), Lawyer Up (regulations), Rumor Roundup (new iPhones), The Betails (final betas?), and Ask Upgrade!…

Magic Lasso Adblock: incredibly private and secure Safari web browsing

Online privacy isn’t just something you should be hoping for – it’s something you should expect.…

I’m not an AI hater: I’ve used it for my fair share of projects that involve coding or for troubleshooting various technology problems. In my work testing Apple’s Apple Intelligence releases, I’ve generated some images, all truly bizarre and many of them good for nothing beyond a joke.…

Backups, as any computer user knows, are worth their weight in gold. If it isn’t backed up, it might as well might not exist. That’s why I have for years trusted ShirtPocket’s SuperDuper!…

OpenAI’s hardware plans, our folding phone thoughts, smart lock experiences, and the future of the iPad.…

Formerly indie developer Jason Weingardt, on Threads:

Some personal news: I’ve joined the team at Major League Baseball, and the Mosaic app has come with me.

I’m a huge fan of displaying ambient information in my computer interfaces, which on my Mac tends to involve putting data about weather, solar power and the like in my menu bar, so it’s available at a glance.…

Clearly, creating Mac apps that make the most of your voice continues to be a focus of developers — at least based on the offerings coming across my radar lately.…

We discuss the new betas, give Lex a live bug report and then hit the books.…

After a visit to Jason’s backyard, we discuss OpenAI’s response to Apple’s lawsuit, the future of Apple’s wearable line, the return of “Ted Lasso,” and some starters for Spider-Man.…

We trust Apple with a lot of our data. In general, that hasn’t seemed like a bad idea; in particular, compared to its competitors, Apple seems to ensure that it can inspect or interact with very little of our data.…

This is turning out to be the year of immersive sports.

In January, Apple worked with Spectrum and the L.A. Lakers to debut a series of immersive NBA games.…

Your voice may be your passport, as a certain Robert Redford picture once asserted, but two macOS apps in our spotlight this week view your voice as a way to get more things done on your Mac.…