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This Week in Apple: iPhone Pocket rocket (Member Post)
This Week in Apple: iPhone Pocket rocket
Is Apple an accessory to a fashion do or a fashion don’t? The iPhone Air turns in light results and CarPlay may be coming to...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This Week in Apple: iPhone Pocket rocket (Member Post)
Apple TV, Digital ID, and iPad Pro (Member Podcast)
Apple TV, Digital ID, and iPad Pro
Apple's all-inclusive Apple TV strategy now includes MLS, Dan tries out Apple's new Digital ID system, and it's the 10th anniversary of the first iPad...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Apple TV, Digital ID, and iPad Pro (Member Podcast)
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Meet ZenStand—the artisan wireless charger made for where you actually charge most: the bedroom. A genuine walnut base blends in with your furniture; every piece...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Report: Apple and MLS make all games available to Apple TV subscribers (Link)
Report: Apple and MLS make all games available to Apple TV subscribers
Paul Tenorio of The Athletic reports that Apple and MLS are putting all MLS games on the standard Apple TV subscription: MLS and Apple have...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Report: Apple and MLS make all games available to Apple TV subscribers (Link)
Bloomberg: Tesla working to add CarPlay (Link)
Bloomberg: Tesla working to add CarPlay
Mark Gurman of Bloomberg has a pretty good scoop, reporting that Tesla is working to add CarPlay to its vehicles: The carmaker has started testing...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Bloomberg: Tesla working to add CarPlay (Link)
The iPad Pro, 10 years later (Link)
The iPad Pro, 10 years later
The first iPad Pro came out ten years ago. Last month, on the tenth anniversary of the announcement, I wrote about it at Macworld: In...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The iPad Pro, 10 years later (Link)
Apple rolls out Digital ID in Apple Wallet for U.S. passport holders
Apple rolls out Digital ID in Apple Wallet for U.S. passport holders
If you suffer from that recurring nightmare that you're at the airport but have forgotten your wallet,1 fret no longer: starting today, holders of U.S....
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November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Apple rolls out Digital ID in Apple Wallet for U.S. passport holders
Cue: “No plans” for Apple TV ad tier (Link)
Cue: “No plans” for Apple TV ad tier
In an interview with Screen International, Apple's Eddy Cue directly addressed reports that the company might launch a tier of the Apple TV streaming service...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Cue: “No plans” for Apple TV ad tier (Link)
Can’t autosave? A cloud might be in the way
Can’t autosave? A cloud might be in the way
Your Mac mostly hides its Unix1 underbelly. You can tap into it as you need, but it mainly drives the system. For many people—perhaps most—the...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Can’t autosave? A cloud might be in the way
How five years of Apple silicon transformed the Mac (Macworld/Jason Snell)
How five years of Apple silicon transformed the Mac
Given the choice, Apple would have rolled out its first custom-designed Mac chips on its own terms, probably at a high-profile event in the Steve...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How five years of Apple silicon transformed the Mac (Macworld/Jason Snell)
This Week in Apple: Frenemies and just plain enemies (Member Post)
This Week in Apple: Frenemies and just plain enemies
Apple looks to strike a big AI deal with an old frenemy, cheap MacBooks are nigh, and the company’s international relations continue a trend. Lean...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This Week in Apple: Frenemies and just plain enemies (Member Post)
Magic Lasso Adblock (Sponsor)
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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...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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The resilience of the Mac (Member Podcast)
The resilience of the Mac
How Apple silicon sparked a Mac renaissance, and a new low-cost MacBook may be on the horizon....
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November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The resilience of the Mac (Member Podcast)
macOS Tahoe’s icons are a step backwards (Link)
macOS Tahoe’s icons are a step backwards
If you feel like macOS Tahoe has all your app icons look a bit lackluster (at best), you're not alone. Rogue Amoeba CEO/Lackey Paul Kafasis...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
macOS Tahoe’s icons are a step backwards (Link)
I’ve upgraded my house’s holiday lights for the last time
I’ve upgraded my house’s holiday lights for the last time
Living in a suburban neighborhood brings certain unspoken expectations. Walk down these streets during the last few months of the year and you'll see inflatable...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I’ve upgraded my house’s holiday lights for the last time
Bloomberg adds heat to the low-cost MacBook rumors (Link)
Bloomberg adds heat to the low-cost MacBook rumors
After a 2023 report from Digitimes and a July 2025 report from Ming-Chi Kuo, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman is joining in on reports that Apple is...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Bloomberg adds heat to the low-cost MacBook rumors (Link)
Apple’s fiscal 2025 in charts
Apple’s fiscal 2025 in charts
On October 30, Apple announced its fiscal fourth quarter results, setting an all-time quarterly revenue record and closing its record fiscal year off with a...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Apple’s fiscal 2025 in charts
The App Store now has a pretty sweet solution for the web
The App Store now has a pretty sweet solution for the web
It only took 17 years, but the App Store is now accessible on the web. Apple launched the new interface on Monday, allowing you to...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The App Store now has a pretty sweet solution for the web
Making a Scene: When Apple Home gave me lemons, I went bananas
Making a Scene: When Apple Home gave me lemons, I went bananas
You might wonder why I have an Apple Home scene called Banana Room and another called Lemon Room. I wonder this, too. It all started...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Making a Scene: When Apple Home gave me lemons, I went bananas
This Week in Apple: This Apple Values Meal isn’t very filling (Member Post)
This Week in Apple: This Apple Values Meal isn’t very filling
Apple has another great quarter and is on track to deliver the thing that it previously failed to deliver. The company is also set to...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This Week in Apple: This Apple Values Meal isn’t very filling (Member Post)
The Back Page: Questions & no answers (Member Post)
The Back Page: Questions & no answers
Four times a year, Tim Cook gets powered up to talk to financial analysts about the Apple's quarterly results. It's a rare opportunity to get...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Back Page: Questions & no answers (Member Post)
Surveys, immersive videos, and results reactions (Member Podcast)
Surveys, immersive videos, and results reactions
iPhone buying habits, experiments with immersive video, and the audio version of our Thursday evening YouTube stream breaking down Apple's latest financial results....
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October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Surveys, immersive videos, and results reactions (Member Podcast)
Apple results: Holiday dunks and questions dodged
Apple results: Holiday dunks and questions dodged
Tim Cook signals for victory! On the day that Apple announces its quarterly fiscal results, as it did on Thursday, there's a little ritual that...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Apple results: Holiday dunks and questions dodged
This is Tim: Transcript of Apple’s Q4 2025 financial call
This is Tim: Transcript of Apple’s Q4 2025 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...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is Tim: Transcript of Apple’s Q4 2025 financial call
Charts: Apple caps off best fiscal year with Q4 record
Charts: Apple caps off best fiscal year with Q4 record
Apple announced the results of its fiscal fourth quarter on Thursday. The company generated $102.5B, a Q4 record which also closed its fiscal year as...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Charts: Apple caps off best fiscal year with Q4 record