This is the second in a series of posts reviewing Apple’s 2025 across their major product lines. You can also read my iPad 2024 and 2023 report cards. iPad Pro In yesterday's post, I talked about how the smartphone is in its laptop era, and boy howdy is the

This is the first in a series of posts reviewing Apple’s 2025 across their major product lines (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, and wearables). You can also read iPhone 2024 and 2023 report cards. iPhone 17 Pro I know this new Pro model isn't universally adored, but I think

Today I learned something amazing: Safari supports higher than 60Hz refresh. It's the only mainstream web browser that doesn't, and I have never understood why, but apparently as of the end of 2025 in Safari version 26.3 (and maybe earlier) you can enable it. Here's how to do it.

In which I calmly explain what I think caused all of the problems with the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

From the Anthropic blog: A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size It remains unclear how far this trend will hold as we keep scaling up models. It is also unclear if the same dynamics we observed here will hold for more complex behaviors, such as backdooring

Last Friday, Paris Buttfield-Addison posted 20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple, which kind of blew up. A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my

Mitchell Hashimoto: Ghostty Is Now Non-Profit I believe infrastructure of this kind should be stewarded by a mission-driven, non-commercial entity that prioritizes public benefit over private profit. That structure increases trust, encourages adoption, and creates the conditions for Ghostty to grow into a widely used and impactful piece of open-source

Stephanie Vee: Delete Spotify? Sure, But Don't Just Replace it With Another Subscription streaming music sucks for almost everyone involved. I believe we only do it because we’ve allowed ourselves to be convinced that renting music indefinitely is cheaper than purchasing it outright – especially since streaming companies grant us

I didn't really set out to do it, but my Quick Subtitles app actually makes for a pretty interesting benchmark tool. Back in October I compared sustained performance between the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air by using the app's batch feature, but it wasn't much work to tweak that

Sponsor: 3i P10 Ultra Link: https://amzn.to/3YnuRtX 5% Off Discount Code: P10USAVE5 Let's talk about how I do task and project management in Todoist. As an Amazon Associate Christopher Lawley earns revenue from using Amazon links on this channel. Other links maybe affiliate links as well. ## Links Check out all my work here: https://chrislawley.me * My Podcast Comfort Zone: https://www.macstories.net/comfort-zone * My Wallpaper Packs: https://chrislawley.gumroad.com/ * My Gear: https://www.amazon.com/shop/christopherlawley * My Shortcuts Gallery: https://theuntitled.site/shortcuts * Instagram: https://instagram.com/chrislawley_ * Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@ChrisLawley * Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/chrislawley.bsky.social * Website: https://theuntitled.site * Sponsorship and Review Contact Info: chris@theuntitled.site ### Wallpaper Pack: * My NEW Wallpaper Pack: https://chrislawley.gumroad.com/l/202WallpaperPack * Previous Wallpaper Packs: https://chrislawley.gumroad.com/ ### Apps: - Todoist: To Do List & Calendar: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/todoist-to-do-list-calendar/id572688855?uo=4 ### Shortcuts: - TaskCut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e905988e3a4d435aa97265aafcc77a80 - ActionCut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/86a1e0ec432142a78c8c4e75eb25723e - Bag Checklist: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/cf688d466e044a8b8bc4210a0d6a0672 ### Video Recommendations: https://youtu.be/h8WtYq2NSbM https://youtu.be/LqJWPZzU46k https://youtu.be/sJYT0QW31mI https://youtu.be/YvCsZY2g5gU https://youtu.be/rzqWgOAejUQ ## Chapters Intro 00:00 The Pillars 00:24 The App 03:18 The Setup 04:11 Sponsor: 3і 05:29 Capture 07:54 Be An Editor 12:18 The Inbox 14:18 The Today View 16:33 Repeating Tasks 19:05 Repeating Projects 20:20 The Details 23:18

Quick Reviews just won the MacStories Selects Best New App award, and I'm over the moon about it! I honestly didn't seen this coming at all, and I genuinely teared up just a bit when I saw the news. Yes, yes, awards aren't the end-all-be-all and there are plenty of

In what might be a first for the platform, Jonathan Hoefler posted an insightful thread on Threads about a topic in which he is an expert and didn't make it vapid engagement bait. It's about the Times New Roman vs Calibri debate and how asinine basically all of it is,

The widely adored Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered (seemingly by their son) over the weekend, and this is what he said in reaction to the news: A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and

There are some new potential leaks about the upcoming folding iPhone, and this bit stood out to me: The leaker claims Apple has chosen not to include 3D Face ID hardware or a 3D ultrasonic under-display fingerprint sensor, as both systems would add internal volume and complicate efforts to slim

I really enjoyed this talk by Scott Jenson, who did UX at Apple and Google, and now works with Mastodon. Here's a few choice quotes I jotted down while watching: There are already 36 window management systems, we don't need a 37th. And this about iPadOS 26: The fact that

Founded in 2011, The Verge is an exceptionally modern publisher in the grand scheme of things, but its writing style is pretty traditional. More specifically, its policy towards putting links in in articles is old school and irks me to no end. Take this article from today about the release

Once something becomes easy for anyone to do, it stops being interesting.

Based on the best data I can find, last year Spotify had 602 million active users as of early 2025, with about 42% of those users being paid subscribers (less than half!). Additionally, 2/3 of the people on premium are on it with some sort of incentive that gets