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This Week in Apple: How’s that working out for ya? (Member Post)
This Week in Apple: How’s that working out for ya?
Tim Cook’s strategy doesn’t appear to be paying off, Apple makes big entertainment plans, and enhanced Siri runs into some trouble. Tim’s troubles Congratulations to...
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February 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
This Week in Apple: How’s that working out for ya? (Member Post)
The power of saying ‘no’ (Member Podcast)
The power of saying ‘no’
Jason’s back! We discuss Apple’s continued struggles with AI features, YouTube arriving on Vision Pro, and Apple News’s algorithm being put under the microscope....
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February 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
The power of saying ‘no’ (Member Podcast)
Apple should rethink Face ID settings for our current era
Apple should rethink Face ID settings for our current era
Through no fault of Apple, Face ID is having a moment -- and not in a good way. Sure, the biometric security feature works as...
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February 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Apple should rethink Face ID settings for our current era
Here’s how to recover deleted iPhone photos, Joel McHale
Here’s how to recover deleted iPhone photos, Joel McHale
Sometimes I can't help myself. The other day, while watching an episode of "Animal Control"1, I realized that I have been writing about technology so...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Here’s how to recover deleted iPhone photos, Joel McHale
Quick Tip: Excise old email recipients…on iOS
Quick Tip: Excise old email recipients…on iOS
The other day a Slack pal wondered aloud if there was a way to remove a previous recipient from a family member's iPhone. The address...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Quick Tip: Excise old email recipients…on iOS
Buying new AirTags? Check your compatibility first.
Buying new AirTags? Check your compatibility first.
Apple's newly updated AirTag model, informally called an AirTag 2 but just an "AirTag" to Apple, has a greater Bluetooth range, offers greater Precision Finding...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Buying new AirTags? Check your compatibility first.
This Week in Apple: Bad company, ’til the day I die (Member Post)
This Week in Apple: Bad company, ’til the day I die
Xcode gets more AI-y, Tim Cook gets a questionable feather in his cap, and Apple slows its roll on AI in the Health app. You...
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February 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
This Week in Apple: Bad company, ’til the day I die (Member Post)
Agentic AI in Xcode and AirTags 2 (Member Podcast)
Agentic AI in Xcode and AirTags 2
Special guest Glenn Fleishman joins Dan to discuss Apple’s new AI agent integration in Xcode and what’s new with AirTags 2....
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February 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Agentic AI in Xcode and AirTags 2 (Member Podcast)
Apple’s long history with the Super Bowl (Macworld/Jason Snell)
Apple’s long history with the Super Bowl
Computers and sports--two things that should never be appreciated together, if you accept the high-school stereotypes about jocks versus nerds. Today we live in a...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Apple’s long history with the Super Bowl (Macworld/Jason Snell)
Spotify comes up with a clever way to sync audio and print books (Link)
Spotify comes up with a clever way to sync audio and print books
The Verge's Terrence O'Brien details Spotify's solution for helping you jump between audio and print books: Point your camera at a page, and the Spotify...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Spotify comes up with a clever way to sync audio and print books (Link)
Sling’s Day Passes are the answer to my streaming prayers
Sling’s Day Passes are the answer to my streaming prayers
I cut the cable TV cord just about seven years ago, and I don't regret the move at all. Through a judicious selection of streaming...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Sling’s Day Passes are the answer to my streaming prayers
Why your Mac’s Phone app can’t hear you
Why your Mac’s Phone app can’t hear you
Is it age? Obliviousness? A delayed mental unacuity from my heart surgery last November? Or could it be a Shazaam/Berenstain Bears scenario? All I know...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Why your Mac’s Phone app can’t hear you
The Transit app gets even better
The Transit app gets even better
When you open Transit, you're presented with a list of nearby routes. You can pin your favorites to the top (left). A map view and...
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February 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The Transit app gets even better
Why AutoFill Cards sync and Apple Pay cards don’t
Why AutoFill Cards sync and Apple Pay cards don’t
Apple lets you store payment cards in two places on your devices. Apple Pay is for point-of-sale (POS) transactions at a payment terminal or the...
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February 4, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Why AutoFill Cards sync and Apple Pay cards don’t
What Android phones can teach the iPhone
What Android phones can teach the iPhone
Yes, Apple can still learn from Google and Samsung. (Shutterstock) For the past decade and change, I've tested and reviewed a large number of Android...
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February 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
What Android phones can teach the iPhone
Apple announces Xcode 26.3 with agentic AI integration
Apple announces Xcode 26.3 with agentic AI integration
Despite some bumps in the road for its AI-driven features on the consumer side, Apple's not slowing down on integrating the technology into its products....
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February 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Apple announces Xcode 26.3 with agentic AI integration
Remove the RAW photo from a RAW+JPEG pair
Remove the RAW photo from a RAW+JPEG pair
Six Colors subscriber Mihir writes in with a Photos question: How do I delete just the RAW file in a RAW+JPEG pair from my photos...
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February 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Remove the RAW photo from a RAW+JPEG pair
This Week in Apple: Next time, say you have to stay home and wash your hair (Member Post)
This Week in Apple: Next time, say you have to stay home and wash your hair
Tim Cook enjoys a night out, Apple ships new AirTags, and other things happened. The real “Triumph of the Will” was sitting through the whole...
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January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This Week in Apple: Next time, say you have to stay home and wash your hair (Member Post)
The Back Page: Two wrongs don’t make a right, but how about sixteen? (Member Post)
The Back Page: Two wrongs don’t make a right, but how about sixteen?
Remember a decade ago, when our biggest concern about Apple was that it made crappy laptop keyboards? Ah, yes, the good old days. Here in...
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January 30, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The Back Page: Two wrongs don’t make a right, but how about sixteen? (Member Post)
Magic Lasso Adblock: Block ads in iPhone, iPad and Mac apps (Sponsor)
Magic Lasso Adblock: Block ads in iPhone, iPad and Mac 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 Safari...
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January 30, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Magic Lasso Adblock: Block ads in iPhone, iPad and Mac apps (Sponsor)
Apple’s record quarter: Is this what a hit iPhone looks like?
Apple’s record quarter: Is this what a hit iPhone looks like?
As was foretold (in last quarter's corporate guidance), on Thursday Apple reported its biggest quarter ever. The holiday quarters are always Apple's biggest, and this...
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January 30, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Apple’s record quarter: Is this what a hit iPhone looks like?
Apple results and immersive dogs (Member Podcast)
Apple results and immersive dogs
We break down Apple’s financial results with audio from our YouTube live stream, then shift gears to talk about what an immersive dog show says...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Apple results and immersive dogs (Member Podcast)
Vision Pro goes to the dogs (Link)
Vision Pro goes to the dogs
Time for a somewhat vertiginous push through a row of poodles. I got a chance to watch Apple's new "Top Dogs" immersive documentary this week...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Vision Pro goes to the dogs (Link)
This is Tim: Complete transcript of Apple’s Q1 2026 financial call
This is Tim: Complete transcript of Apple’s Q1 2026 financial call
Tim Cook signals for victory! Every quarter after releasing financial results, Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Kevan Parekh hop on a conference call with...
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January 29, 2026 at 10:19 PM
This is Tim: Complete transcript of Apple’s Q1 2026 financial call
Apple announces all-time quarterly record of $143.8B
Apple announces all-time quarterly record of $143.8B
On Thursday Apple did what it forecast three months ago: set an all-time record for a quarter in the company's near 50-year history. At 2pm...
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January 29, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Apple announces all-time quarterly record of $143.8B