You’re going to have a hard time completing this summer reading list.…
Fortnite’s return to the App Store, the tech we now hate, how we feel about CarPlay, and what our homescreens look like.…
The future of CarPlay is here, sort of, as we break down Apple’s sales pitch for CarPlay Ultra. Also, Tim Cook’s India iPhone plan gets noticed, Apple and Epic go around again on Fortnite, and Bloomberg portrays Apple’s internal AI struggles.…
If you use Sonos hardware you deserve the best. Clic for Sonos is the fastest native Sonos client for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and visionOS.…
Parallels Desktop allows straightforward use of Windows and other ARM (and now x86) operating systems within a window or commingled in macOS. (Source: Parallels) Six Colors subscriber Brandon Minich asked: I haven’t been able to keep track of…what is the current status of the emulation of Windows on the Mac after the changeover to Apple silicon? …
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 Safari ad blocker for your iPhone, iPad and Mac.…
Howard Oakley notes the deprecation of the Apple Filing Protocol, which used to be the foundation of peer-to-peer file sharing on the Mac. (These days most Macs share files using the SMB protocol.)…
The rise of sports as a driver in streaming, NBC’s big 2026, and Netflix’s live reality moves. Plus: our TV picks. [Downstream+ subscribers also get: ESPN and WB’s solid branding decisions and Fox’s smart strategy.]…
“Let’s work the problem, people. Let’s not make things worse by guessin’.” Between the delay of a bunch of promised Apple Intelligence features and the realignment of Siri and other AI features under Apple software chief Craig Federighi, I’ve got to think that the Apple Intelligence situation at Apple is pretty intense right now.…
Almost three years after announcing what was then called next-generation CarPlay—or, colloquially, CarPlay 2—Apple on Thursday celebrated rolling out what it now calls “CarPlay Ultra” in a single automaker’s vehicles.…
The features only we use, indie Mac apps we love, whether we have robotic vacuums, and technology that’s recently improved our lives.…
Surely not the only podcast where one third of the hosts is a Jeopardy winner but it’s at least one of them.…
Default Finder window in Slovene. It’s still called the Finder, while Maps is translated as Zemljevidi. I can find no logic why some app names are translated and others are not.…
I never thought I’d see the day where computer map data would be part of a feature film promotional push, but here we are: Apple’s big-budget Brad Pitt film “F1 The Movie” hits theaters in late June, and the company is making the most of its cross-promotional opportunities with a big update to Monaco in advance of the May 25 running of the Monaco Grand Prix.…
Gui Rambo provides some nerdy tech detail on an iOS bug featured on the Search Engine podcast, in which it’s revealed that Messages will not deliver any audio messages containing the phrase “Dave & Buster’s”: At the time I’m writing this post, this bug is still happening, so you should be able to reproduce it. …
In October 2011, Apple fans wrote messages of love and loss on a black wall in front of the Apple Store in Seattle, remembering and celebrating Steve Jobs.…
On Tuesday, Apple announced accessibility feature updates for users with blindness, hearing loss, cognitive delays, and motor disabilities, along with a new way for developers to demonstrate the accessibility of their apps.…
We’ve got more thoughts about Apple’s current policies and legal troubles, Eddy Cue makes some surprising statements under oath, and there’s suddenly an awful lot of conversation about products Apple might not release until 2027.…
Six Colors subscriber Ampsonic asked: Will an Apple Watch without cellular update Find My? That’s a surprisingly complicated question to answer because of the Apple Watch’s unique place in the Find My ecosystem.…
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.…
Feelings on the Epic v. Apple ruling and Kindle’s new purchase option, whether we report bugs to small devs or stay silent, how we balance a single or multi-device Mac setup, and one feature we’re hoping to see at the upcoming WWDC.…
Give it up, Apple.…
Years ago, when I was working my first post-college job in web development and IT, I found myself totally burned out. One day, sitting at my computer, I opened up a blank Word document and just started writing down all the things I wanted to be doing instead.…
Twenty-seven years ago this week, Steve Jobs took the stage at the Flint Center in Cupertino to unveil the first new product since his return to Apple: the original iMac.…
The Verge’s Andrew Liszewski reports that Amazon’s Kindle app for iOS now provides a button to go get an ebook: Contrary to prior limitations, there is now a prominent orange “Get book” button on Kindle app’s book listings. …
We break down Apple’s failure in U.S. District Court and what it means for the future of Apple’s policies, corporate culture, corporate executives, and bottom line.…
Ahoy, Hexachromes! It’s your best friend and best nemesis, Glenn! I’m joining the Six Colors stable as a nice shade of beige to answer both your least and most troubling problems across the Apple ecosystem.…
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Things are weird in Apple-land. Legal judgments are piling up in unexpectedly bad ways. Tariffs threaten large parts of Apple’s business. This year’s banner Apple Intelligence features got delayed indefinitely.…
Every quarter after releasing financial results, Apple CEO Tim Cook and its CFO Kevan Parekh hop on a conference call with analysts to detail the quarter gone by, give a peek at what’s to come, and creatively avoid answering any pointed questions from analysts.…
On Thursday, Apple reported its second-quarter 2025 fiscal results. Revenue was $95.4 billion, up 5% versus the year-ago quarter. Mac revenue was up 7%, iPad revenue up 15%, iPhone revenue up 2%, and Services revenue up 12%.…
My friend John Siracusa launched his Mac utility Hyperspace back in February. The app uses a clever feature of APFS, the Apple file system, to purge a disk of duplicate data without disrupting any files.…
If you noticed the ground shaking, don’t bother checking USGS1: it’s not an earthquake, it’s just a court order upending Apple’s App Store model.…
Tim Cook specifically approved enhanced “scare screen” language, according to the court ruling. U.S. District Court judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled largely in Apple’s favor in the Epic v.…
Shōgun gets another season, Match Game re-revived, binge behavior calculated, bonus content promoted, Netflix results parsed, Apple TV+ losses pondered, and our TV picks explained.…
How sycophantic we want our chatbots to be, Google ending Nest support, what we’ve learned from Reddit recently, and whether developer conferences are still about developers.…
The Apple watch continues.…
Jason Snell and Weldon Dodd are back on the Mac Admins Podcast to discuss this year’s Apple in the Enterprise Report Card. How did the last year go for Mac Admins with Apple Products?…
In 2021, device-management startup Kandji approached Six Colors to commission a new entry in our Report Card series focusing on how Apple’s doing in large organizations, including businesses, education, and government.…
Every year we ask the Apple IT/Mac admin community for their opinions about how Apple fared in past 12 months. You can read our 2025 Enterprise report card for the average scores and some juicy quotes.…
I’m going to wax a little philosophical for this week’s column, which also happens to be my last. Stay Foolish debuted ten years ago, almost to the day, but I’ve been writing regularly for Macworld for nearly twenty years.…
Last week, Roku held a press event in New York where they unveiled their latest streaming devices, wireless cameras, and minor adjustments to their existing, content-driven interface.…
Apple tiptoes a line between the U.S., China, and India, while Europe hits back with a big fine. Is the solution to the iPad’s high-end malaise… the Mac menu bar?…
On a very bad night’s sleep, the Health apps shows how long I was awake, and how much time it took for me to get back into core sleep.…
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A mock-up I made in 2021 of what a more Mac-like iPad would look like when hooked up to a 5K display. Two weeks ago, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg reported that some serious changes were in the works for iPadOS 19: I’m told that this year’s upgrade will focus on productivity, multitasking and app window management — with an eye on the device operating more like a Mac. …
Thursday marks the tenth anniversary of the original Apple Watch’s ship date. (It was announced in September 2014 but didn’t ship until April the following year.)…
Dan’s away and we can’t figure anything out.…
Interest in a humanoid home robot and its role, who we’d want to own Chrome if Google sells it and what they’d do with it, the streaming service we’d cancel first, and our favorite go-to site for inspiration, nostalgia, or feel-good vibes.…
I never reviewed the Apple Watch Series 10 when it came out, but I got one on day one and have been wearing it faithfully since then.…
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