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6C Podcast: July 31, 2020
Reading the tea leaves from Apple’s financial results. More speculation about Apple silicon processors and future Mac roll-out plans...Reading the tea leaves from Apple’s financial results...
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The Back Page: Patently obvious (Member Post)
Notoriously secret as Apple is, there are but a limited number of ways to discover what exactly the company is developing...Notoriously secret as Apple is, there are but a limited number of ways t...
For once, the Mac and iPad lead Apple’s record financial results (Macworld/Jason Snell)
One of these quarters, Apple’s going to announce financial results that don’t result in some sort of record. Perhaps as soon as next quarter, even...One of these quarters, Apple’s going to announce financial results that ...
The new iPhone won’t ship until October
On Apple’s quarterly call with analysts Thursday, Apple CFO Luca Maestri made it official — the new iPhones won’t ship until October this year...On Apple’s quarterly call with analysts Thursday, Apple CFO Luca Maestri...
This is Tim: Apple Q3 2020 results call transcript
Here’s a live transcript of Tim Cook and Luca Maestri’s conference call with analysts, currently in progress…...Here’s a live transcript of Tim Cook and Luca Maestri’s conference call ...
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Apple Q3 2020 results: Everything up
Apple’s results for its most recent financial quarter are out and they’re really good. The company was up in pretty much every category...Apple’s results for its most recent financial quarter are out and they’r...
Mac OS 8, implemented via JavaScript ↦
Developer Felix Rieseberg has written a JavaScript virtual machine emulating Mac OS 8 running on a 1991 Macintosh Quadra. Wild...Developer Felix Rieseberg has written a JavaScript virtual machine emula...
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Brent Simmons provides some App Store reality ↦
I love a good fisking, and Brent Simmons has done a number on a Cult of Mac piece about the App Store: [That the App Store was a much better deal f...I love a good fisking, and Brent Simmons has done a number on a Cult of ...
Dr. Icon and the Icons of Big Sur
This week’s Upgrade is a walk through the many icons of macOS Big Sur. Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley and I picked our favorites and least favorites...This week’s Upgrade is a walk through the many icons of macOS Big Sur...
(Podcast) Upgrade #308: The Adventures of Dr. Icon
This week Stephen Hackett joins Myke and Jason to consider the best and worst changes to app icons in macOS Big Sur...This week Stephen Hackett joins Myke and Jason to consider the best and ...
The biggest question about the next iPhone: What’s in the box? (Macworld/Dan Moren)
Few products exert the kind of gravity on rumors and speculation as Apple’s iPhone...Few products exert the kind of gravity on rumors and speculation as Appl...
Fun With Charts: Entirely speculative charts about Apple Silicon
Last week I stared directly into the Apple marketing content and speculated about the information it was trying to impart with a WWDC slide...Last week I stared directly into the Apple marketing content and specula...
6C Podcast: July 24, 2020
A commercial that features a song for a phone number that provides vehicles to children. Hot mustard and product packaging. So many puzzles...A commercial that features a song for a phone number that provides vehic...
Zach Gage returns with Good Sudoku ↦
I love Zach Gage’s games, especially Flipflop Solitaire and Really Bad Chess...I love Zach Gage’s games, especially Flipflop Solitaire and Really Bad C...
Toward an easier iPad podcast workflow ↦
Recording a podcast on the road in 2019...Recording a podcast on the road in 2019...
User interface is a casualty of the Streaming Wars ↦
Rolling Stone TV Critic Alan Sepinwall rightfully calls out the terrible interfaces of most streaming services: The part of the streaming shell gam...Rolling Stone TV Critic Alan Sepinwall rightfully calls out the terrible...
The most invisible and influential eras in Apple history (Macworld/Jason Snell)
I wrote my first story about Apple in 1993, meaning I’ve been covering Apple for 60 percent of its existence...I wrote my first story about Apple in 1993, meaning I’ve been covering A...
(Podcast) Upgrade #307: Big Sur Sosumi
Apple’s big design changes in macOS Big Sur aren’t limited to visuals. The system’s alert sounds have changed, too...Apple’s big design changes in macOS Big Sur aren’t limited to visuals...
iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur showcase Apple’s latest shots at Google (Macworld/Dan Moren)
Apple’s in a strange position vis-a-vis many of its biggest rivals...Apple’s in a strange position vis-a-vis many of its biggest rivals...
Fun With Charts, Apple Silicon edition
I’ve been thinking about this chart since it appeared in Apple’s WWDC keynote last month. On one level, it’s a meaningless bit of marketing fluff...I’ve been thinking about this chart since it appeared in Apple’s WWDC ke...
6C Podcast: July 17, 2020
That’s some powerful Kool-Aid. Apple’s uneasy competitor/partner relationships, the many eras of Apple, and Dan recommends a WordPress plug-in.That’s some powerful Kool-Aid...
Twitter employee implicated in massive Bitcoin hack ↦
Writing at Vice’s Motherboard, Joseph Cox has dug into the hack of high profile Twitter accounts yesterday, including Apple’s: The accounts were ta...Writing at Vice’s Motherboard, Joseph Cox has dug into the hack of high ...
Gary Davidian and His 68000 Emulator ↦
A timely little story by Hansen Hsu from the Computer History Museum about a previous Apple chip transition: Apple did this the very first time in ...A timely little story by Hansen Hsu from the Computer History Museum abo...
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Quick Tip: Easily share stored passwords via AirDrop
Yes, you should keep your password secret and secure as much as possible...Yes, you should keep your password secret and secure as much as possible...
(Podcast) The Rebound #298: Sudoku Stands for Nothing
When there’s not much Apple news, we give you our picks. So many picks.When there’s not much Apple news, we give you our picks. So many picks.
(Podcast) Clockwise #355: Let’s Kill Quibi!
This week, on the 30-minute show that does its quarterly results half way through the show, Dan and Mikah are joined by John Voorhees and Kelly Gui...This week, on the 30-minute show that does its quarterly results half wa...
(Podcast) Upgrade #306: That’s Beta Life!
This week Myke and Jason discuss John Gruber’s essay about Apple’s App Store priorities and then assemble a list of apps that are missing key opera...This week Myke and Jason discuss John Gruber’s essay about Apple’s App S...
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