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Yesterday my wife told me that she'd been using the Apple Podcasts app recently, and while she didn't love it, it was enabling her to pay for a few premium podcasts that she loved. The specific shows don't really matter for this story, but
I know this isn't true for everyone, but I've recently noticed that while I tend to prefer native apps built with care for iOS on my iPhone and iPad, I have basically none of that feeling on my Mac. For Example… For example, I have been
I recently started giving Apple News another shot. I'm an Apple One subscriber, so I figured why the hell not, I'm paying for it, after all. My issue is that my reading habits are based around RSS and a read later service (Readwise). Personally, I want
I think Apple should add touch to Macs, and I think that this will allow them to not only make current form factors better, but it will allow them to create Macs that are more flexible, more powerful, and more accessible than any Macs before them. That said, there are
Apple announced two new Macs today; huzzah! MacBook Pro My prediction for this lineup was: Those 2021 models are due for processor upgrades, but don't expect any form factor changes, this is a pure spec bump. And this is just what happened, which I think is more than
Last week I posted by review of the Apple Watch Ultra, andI found it was a good pick for more people than just those who climb mountains or go diving. But I personally didn't prefer it to the Series 7, largely due to a few things: * I greatly
Let's have some fun and predict what's coming tomorrow! General Event Stuff 1. Absolutely nothing we see on the stream will be live. 2. Press will get hands-on with the new hardware afterwards. 3. Risky - Tim makes some comment that could be seen as a
On the verge of the 8th generation Apple Watch announcement, I thought it would be fun to rank all the previous models from best to worst. My criteria for this ordering is based on how good it would have been for an average person to buy a new Apple Watch
This tweet has been making the rounds today, and fair play to it, it's a really nice-looking mock up! Just recreating the battery indicator pic.twitter.com/cK8PZDe9Y5 — Brian Michel (@brianmichel) August 9, 2022 My feedback on this would be "ok it looks great at a large
Last month I complained about the Safari download window being hard to read with the default settings. Today I'm back complaining about contrast and legibility again with the updated Home app in macOS Ventura. I wanted to add an accessory today and I stared at the window for
I just noticed that Apple updated the Font Book app in macOS Ventura, and while I don't know for sure, it seems that it was done in Swift UI. It's nice! Here's what I wrote a few days before WWDC this year: WWDC wish:
Apple released public betas for all their main products today, and I think the one people will enjoy the most up front will be the new lock screen. We got: 1. New fonts 2. Color controls 3. Wallpaper filters 4. New animated wallpapers 5. Depth-detection in all photos 6. Widgets
I've gone all in on Siri for voice assistants in my home. A HomePod is always close enough to take my requests, and being able to AirPlay from my devices to them quickly is a huge draw. But I do have one Google Assistant speaker in the house…
Mail for iOS and Mac got a few solid updates, which means I had to give it a shot on iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura. I appreciate the new snooze, send later, and undo send features are nice, and work as you'd expect, although I still
Just over 2 months ago I made this video where I proposed something called studioOS that was exclusive to the Pro iPads and allowed them to run more apps at the same time in a fully-windowed environment. Here's the very quick mock up I threw together for it: