@sixcolors@zeppelin.flights

· 5mo ago

35 years ago, the Mac got an era-defining upgrade (Macworld/Jason Snell) https://sixcolors.com/offsite/2026/05/35-years-ago-the-mac-got-an-era-defining-upgrade/

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35 years ago, the Mac got an era-defining upgrade

A lot of Mac users don't remember a time before Mac OS X (or macOS, or OS X, depending on the era), but before OS X arrived on the scene, the Mac ran on an entirely different operating system, the…

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· 5mo ago

Adobe out of Photoshop (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/04/adobe-out-of-photoshop/

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Adobe out of Photoshop

Marcin Wichary's new blog Unsung is great, and you should read it. Today, it brought me some fresh existential user-interface horror, in the form of Adobe's new "Modern User Interface," which Adobe…

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· 5mo ago

That was Tim, this is Ternus: Some first thoughts on Apple’s CEO transition https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/that-was-tim-this-is-ternus-some-first-thoughts-on-apples-ceo-transition/

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That was Tim, this is Ternus: Some first thoughts on Apple’s CEO transition

Tim Cook didn't get to be a part of a "thoughtful, long-term succession plan" in 2011. After stepping in for Steve Jobs multiple times during the Apple co-founder's fight with cancer, Cook became C…

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· 2mo ago

Apple tech will underlie Ford’s EV platform (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/07/apple-tech-will-underlie-fords-ev-platform/

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Apple tech will underlie Ford’s EV platform

Apple Newsroom: Apple and Ford today announced that Apple Maps will be integrated directly into Ford’s upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) Platform through Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive S…

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· 5mo ago

How I restarted using RSS, and actually noticed! https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/how-i-restarted-using-rss-and-actually-noticed/

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How I restarted using RSS, and actually noticed!

Recently, I tripped over a headline for an article I wrote for Six Colors in 2015: "How I stopped using RSS and didn’t even notice." I could hardly remember writing it. But write it I did, at a tim…

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· 5mo ago

The Vision Pro: Not quite dead yet https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/the-vision-pro-not-quite-dead-yet/

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The Vision Pro: Not quite dead yet

The Vision Pro may very well be the Rasputin of Apple products. Ever since its release, it's been plagued with reports of being a flop, doomed, dead on arrival. But as the dust clears, many of thos…

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Six Colors @sixcolors@zeppelin.flights

· 5mo ago

My tech travel experience, 2026 edition https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/my-tech-travel-experience-2026-edition/

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My tech travel experience, 2026 edition

Once again, I have ventured out of my home country and winged my way overseas. This isn't the first time I've written about my travel experiences. I detailed some wins and losses from my last inter…

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· 5mo ago

Porsche bleeds six colors (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/04/porsche-bleeds-six-colors/

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Porsche bleeds six colors

Porsche: At round four of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on May 3rd at Laguna Seca, the Porsche works team will show a historic Apple Computer-inspired livery. The special wrap is base…

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· 4mo ago

BBEdit 16 offers speed boosts and Shortcuts and Emoji upgrades https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/bbedit-16-offers-speed-boosts-and-shortcuts-and-emoji-upgrades/

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BBEdit 16 offers speed boosts and Shortcuts and Emoji upgrades

The latest version of Bare Bones Software’s venerable text editor, BBEdit, arrived on Thursday. Version 16, the first full-version update in more than two years, offers an array of new features inc…

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· 5mo ago

Don’t let your Mac’s storage fill up! https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/dont-let-your-macs-storage-fill-up/

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Don’t let your Mac’s storage fill up!

Macs don't do well when they start to approach full storage. The operating system doesn't provide enough safeguards and backoff options to help you cope with what can become a disaster, requiring a…

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· 5mo ago

Indigo unifies the Mastodon and Bluesky timelines https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/indigo-unifies-the-mastodon-and-bluesky-timelines/

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Indigo unifies the Mastodon and Bluesky timelines

Indigo, from Soapbox Software, is a new social media client that combines Bluesky and Mastodon timelines in one place. I've been using it for the last month or so as my primary social-media client-…

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· 5mo ago

Bartender 6's new pro feature turns the MacBook notch into a dynamic peninsula https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/bartender-6s-new-pro-feature-turns-the-macbook-notch-into-a-dynamic-peninsula/

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Bartender 6’s new pro feature turns the MacBook notch into a dynamic peninsula

The battle for the Mac menu bar has raged for decades, and shows no signs of letting up. As the number of apps and controls in the menu bar have continued to proliferate, users have had to constant…

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· 5mo ago

Apple in the Enterprise: The complete 2026 commentary https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/apple-in-the-enterprise-the-complete-2026-commentary/

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Apple in the Enterprise: The complete 2026 commentary

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 2026 Enterprise Report Card for the average scores and some juicy quo…

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· 5mo ago

Apple results analysis: Net-net over the moon https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/apple-results-analysis-net-net-over-the-moon/

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Apple results analysis: Net-net over the moon

Pretty soon, we aren't going to have Tim Cook to kick around anymore. Or at least, when we kick him around, it'll be a sort of executive chair kind of kicking. (Wait, I was told there would be no m…

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· 5mo ago

Apple’s biggest win last week might be promoting Johny Srouji (Macworld/Jason Snell) https://sixcolors.com/offsite/2026/04/apples-biggest-win-last-week-might-be-promoting-johny-srouji/

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Apple’s biggest win last week might be promoting Johny Srouji

There was big news from Apple's boardroom last week. As you know, Tim Cook's getting kicked upstairs and John Ternus is going to assume the mantle of Apple CEO. But that's not the news I'm talking…

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· 4mo ago

FileVault keys can't be escrowed in iCloud anymore https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/filevault-keys-cant-be-escrowed-in-icloud-anymore/

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FileVault keys can’t be escrowed in iCloud anymore

If you've enabled FileVault before macOS 26 Tahoe and used the option to escrow your key in iCloud, as of 26.4, you'll be forced to migrate to a new, better, more secure method. Jason Snell just no…

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· 5mo ago

Get GIFs fast with Gnome (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/05/get-gifs-fast-with-gnome/

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Get GIFs fast with Gnome

My friend Lex Friedman wrote an app, Gnome, that makes it easy to post GIFs: Gnome lives in your Mac’s menubar. You hit a hotkey. A little search window appears. You type what you’re looking for —…

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· 2mo ago

MailMaven adds POP, AppleScript, and AI interaction (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/07/mailmaven-adds-pop-applescript-and-ai-interaction/

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MailMaven adds POP, AppleScript, and AI interaction

Back in April of this year, I suggested that the MailMaven email app for macOS might become my new best friend. Months later, with continuous minor and major improvements, the friendship has only g…

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· 5mo ago

Find My diversifies as hardware makers go for baroque https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/find-my-diversifies-as-hardware-makers-go-for-baroque/

Exploring the wide range of Find My-compatible devices

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Exploring the wide range of Find My-compatible devices

When the AirTag first shipped five years ago, I glommed right onto writing about it. I already had a section in a book on security and privacy about using the Find My device feature, enabled for iP…

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· 4mo ago

New Apple accessibility updates focus on Apple Intelligence https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/new-apple-accessibility-updates-focus-on-apple-intelligence/

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New Apple accessibility updates focus on Apple Intelligence

In a series of announcements that just might signal a wider focus on AI at the upcoming WWDC, on Tuesday Apple previewed upcoming accessibility features in the run-up to this week's Global Accessib…

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· 5mo ago

I’m switching back from Spotlight, at least for now https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/im-switching-back-from-spotlight-at-least-for-now/

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I’m switching back from Spotlight, at least for now

As a part of the process of reviewing macOS Tahoe, I stopped using my longtime launcher LaunchBar and forced myself to use Apple's new and improved version of Spotlight. The surprising thing is, I…

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· 5mo ago

Apple escalates macOS defenses while honoring its open nature https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/apple-escalates-macos-defenses-while-honoring-its-open-nature/

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Apple escalates macOS defenses while honoring its open nature

One of the big differences between the Mac and Apple's other platforms is that, by design, it's an old-school "general computing" platform--you can install and run whatever software you want, from…

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· 5mo ago

Keeping (and losing) track of Mac sleep settings https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/keeping-and-losing-track-of-mac-sleep-settings/

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Keeping (and losing) track of Mac sleep settings

Your Mac doesn't have one kind of sleep--it has several. That fact is generally uninteresting until you find you can't easily put your Mac into display sleep or system (idle) sleep automatically wh…

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· 5mo ago

Apple announces record fiscal second quarter https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/apple-announces-record-fiscal-second-quarter/

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Apple announces record fiscal second quarter

On Thursday, Apple announced record second-quarter earnings, with $111.2 billion in revenue, up 17 percent year-over year. The company said it grew double digits across every geographic segment. Ju…

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· 4mo ago

Microsoft is getting rid of SMS two-factor codes (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/05/microsoft-is-getting-rid-of-sms-two-factor-codes/

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Microsoft is getting rid of SMS two-factor codes

Microsoft: Microsoft believes that the future of authentication is passwordless, secure, and user-friendly. SMS-based authentication is now a leading source of fraud, and by moving to passwordless…

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· 4mo ago

Review: ‘Steve Jobs in Exile’ recounts Apple founder’s tough mid-career lessons https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/review-steve-jobs-in-exile-recounts-apple-founders-tough-mid-career-lessons/

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Review: ‘Steve Jobs in Exile’ recounts Apple founder’s tough mid-career lessons

I recently got to read an advance copy of Geoffrey Cain's new book, "Steve Jobs In Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary," which was published this week. It's a…

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· 4mo ago

Take Control live course helps you conquer Big Tech (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/05/take-control-live-course-helps-you-conquer-big-tech/

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Take Control live course helps you conquer Big Tech

Joe Kissell, the fellow behind Take Control Books, has a new, live course: Taming Big Tech. As a multi-decade writer and teacher, and someone deeply skeptical about the invasive power of the bigges…

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· 4mo ago

Vibe-coded apps and missed Mac opportunities (Member Podcast) https://sixcolors.com/member-podcast/2026/05/vibe-coded-apps-and-missed-mac-opportunities/

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Vibe-coded apps and missed Mac opportunities

Third-party Macs apps clean up Apple’s half-finished work; an influx of Mac utilities seems to stem from the rise of AI-assisted coding.

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· 5mo ago

Culpan: Apple goes all in on MacBook Neo production (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/05/culpan-apple-goes-all-in-on-macbook-neo-production/

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Culpan: Apple goes all in on MacBook Neo production

Last month, journalist Tim Culpan reported that Apple was going to have to make some hard decisions about the MacBook Neo, because the laptop was selling more than the company expected and, as a re…

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· 4mo ago

Magic Lasso Adblock: Block ads in iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV apps (Sponsor) https://sixcolors.com/sponsor/2026/05/magic-lasso-adblock-block-ads-in-iphone-ipad-mac-and-apple-tv-apps-2/

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Magic Lasso Adblock: Block ads in iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV apps

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 and tracker blocker for your iPhone, iPad, Mac and…

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· 5mo ago

Sandwich floats into presentations with Hovercraft (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/05/sandwich-floats-into-presentations-with-hovercraft/

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Sandwich floats into presentations with Hovercraft

Adam Lisagor introduces his new Mac app, Hovercraft: With Hovercraft, you stay on camera. Your slide sits next to you, big and legible. You reach up, pinch it, move it where you want it. You never…

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· 5mo ago

Apple in the Enterprise: A 2026 report card https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/apple-in-the-enterprise-a-2026-report-card/

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Apple in the Enterprise: A 2026 report card

In 2021, device-management startup Kandji (now Iru) approached Six Colors to commission a new entry in our Report Card series focusing on how Apple’s doing in large organizations, including busines…

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· 5mo ago

CEO thoughts and financial results (Member Podcast) https://sixcolors.com/member-podcast/2026/05/ceo-thoughts-and-financial-results/

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CEO thoughts and financial results

All the CEO news broke while Dan was gone, so he’s had some time to think about it. (This episode also contains all our YouTube audio from Thursday analyzing Apple’s financial results.)

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· 5mo ago

This is Tim (and John and Kevin): Transcript of Apple’s Q2 2026 financial call https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/this-is-tim-and-john-and-kevin-transcript-of-apples-q2-2026-financial-call/

This is Tim (and John and Kevan): Complete transcript of Apple’s Q2 2026 financial call

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This is Tim (and John and Kevan): Complete transcript of Apple’s Q2 2026 financial call

Every quarter after releasing financial results, Apple CEO Tim Cook and 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 may…

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· 5mo ago

The Back Page: One good Ternus (Member Post) https://sixcolors.com/member/2026/04/the-back-page-one-good-ternus/

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· 5mo ago

Apple to announce Q2 fiscal results later today https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/apple-to-announce-q2-fiscal-results-later-today/

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Apple to announce Q2 fiscal results later today

Last week it was a new CEO. This week for Apple, it's probably going to be the usual quarterly report of record revenues and profits. On Thursday afternoon, Apple will announce the results of its s…

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· 5mo ago

This Week in Apple: We’ll still have Tim Cook to kick around (Member Post) https://sixcolors.com/member/2026/04/this-week-in-apple-well-still-have-tim-cook-to-kick-around/

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This Week in Apple: We’ll still have Tim Cook to kick around

In non-shocking news, Tim Cook and John Ternus are movin' on up. From Tim to Ternus Well, as you surely already know, Apple announced on Monday that Tim Cook would be transitioning to the role of e…

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· 5mo ago

An image-conscious duck (Member Podcast) https://sixcolors.com/member-podcast/2026/05/an-image-conscious-duck/

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An image-conscious duck

Apple likes to keep things smooth, but RAM and processor shortfalls have left the company a little ragged around the edges. The duck’s paddling furiously, but we can see the ripples, and maybe the…

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· 5mo ago

Big changes at Apple (Member Podcast) https://sixcolors.com/member-podcast/2026/04/big-changes-at-apple/

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Big changes at Apple

Jason and special guest Myke Hurley keep hitting Refresh on the Apple Leadership page.

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· 4mo ago

This Week in Apple: Silent consonants and partners (Member Post) https://sixcolors.com/member/2026/05/this-week-in-apple-silent-consonants-and-partners/

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This Week in Apple: Silent consonants and partners

Good people release good apps, OpenAI has complaints and Apple comes to the aid of some frenemies. G as in Indigo Remember when tech coverage was mostly just talking about cool new hardware and sof…

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· 5mo ago

Apple rolls out encrypted RCS messaging in beta (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/05/apple-rolls-out-encrypted-rcs-messaging-in-beta/

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Apple rolls out encrypted RCS messaging in beta

Apple Newsroom: Starting today, end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging begins rolling out in beta for iPhone users running iOS 26.5 with supported carriers and Android users on the latest version of Go…

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· 4mo ago

Apple takes soccer immersive with Real Madrid https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/apple-takes-soccer-immersive-with-real-madrid/

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Apple takes soccer immersive with Real Madrid

I've been thinking a lot about soccer this week. My team won the Premier League for the first time since I became a fan, and they'll play in the Champions League final later this month. What better…

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· 4mo ago

Google I/O: What you need to care about when you don't care about Google I/O https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/google-i-o-what-you-need-to-care-about-when-you-dont-care-about-google-i-o/

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Google I/O: What you need to care about when you don’t care about Google I/O

Instead of attending this week's Google I/O keynote — an event I've been covering for the past decade — I found myself in a physical therapist's office getting work done on an arm I broke last year…

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· 5mo ago

Monologue (Sponsor) https://sixcolors.com/sponsor/2026/05/monologue-2/

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Monologue

My thanks to Monologue for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Monologue is for people who think faster than they type. Which is most of us. For everyday writing, Monologue is a smart dictation app th…

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· 5mo ago

ZenStand (Sponsor) https://sixcolors.com/sponsor/2026/05/zenstand-2/

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ZenStand

My belated thanks to ZenStand for sponsoring Six Colors last week. ZenStand is a charger that doesn't feel like a tech product. It sits on a desk or nightstand the way normal stuff does, without an…

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· 3mo ago

Stop previews from autoplaying on Apple TV https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/07/stop-previews-from-autoplaying-on-apple-tv/

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Stop previews from autoplaying on Apple TV

My Apple TV has started yelling at me. Or at the very least, the Disney+ app on the Apple TV is now clamoring for my attention. It used to be that when I fired up Disney Plus on my Apple TV, I coul…

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· 3w ago

David Pogue tests Siri AI (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/09/david-pogue-tests-siri-ai/

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David Pogue tests Siri AI – Six Colors

Six Colors by Jason Snell, Dan Moren and friends

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· 5mo ago

This Week in Apple: No bad ideas (Member Post) https://sixcolors.com/member/2026/05/this-week-in-apple-no-bad-ideas/

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This Week in Apple: No bad ideas

MacRumors makes a bold claim, OpenAI has delusions of grandeur, and Apple manufactures another record quarter. Rumor malfunction Stick a fork in your Vision Pro because it’s done! It’ll void your w…

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· 5mo ago

This Week in Apple: The visible hand of the market (Member Post) https://sixcolors.com/member/2026/05/this-week-in-apple-the-visible-hand-of-the-market/

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This Week in Apple: The visible hand of the market

Apple places an order and cuts some options, but all hail our genius billionaire class. Chips ahoy In an uncharacteristic move, Tim Cook was heard to cry “Damn the margins, full steam ahead!” “Appl…

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· 4mo ago

Apple Sports expands, readies for World Cup (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/05/apple-sports-expands-readies-for-world-cup/

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Apple Sports expands, readies for World Cup

Apple Sports got its World Cup update on Tuesday: Apple Sports — the free app for iPhone that gives fans access to real-time scores, stats, and more — is now available to download on the App Store…

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