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D. Griffin Jones
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Writer, video producer and podcaster at @cultofmac. I post my work and things I think are funny.

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Makes sense a renewed Mac might not ship with the latest version of macOS, but dang
Amazon listing for a Late 2019 MacBook Pro with an Intel Core i7, Renewed, for $419. Mostly normal specs, except it says “Operating System: Mac OS 9,” which was discontinued in 2001. (And never available on Intel.)
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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I wonder if Apple tested scrolling up in Dictionary.app even once in the entire macOS Tahoe development cycle
Screenshot of Dictionary.app in macOS Tahoe, showing that when you scroll down, there’s no toolbar fade + blur, making the top of the window look like shit
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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ok nevermind
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Indy Licking the Floor For An Entire Minute (2025, Digital Video)
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Liquid Glass in iOS 26.1: Clear versus Tinted
Two iPhone screenshots side-by-side. Each is showing a picture in the Photos app of a bright red brick building in London on a blue sky. The left has clear UI on top of the photo, with toolbars at the top and bottom that blend in and button icons that are hard to see. The right has a more opaque UI that clearly contrasts the controls from the content; but if you look closely, you can see there’s still a bit of the warping glass effect on them, too.
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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FB20809266: Suggestion: Text fields should use a delete.backward symbol instead of xmark.circle

In iOS 26, text fields often have two xmark.circle symbols right next to each other. One clears the text in the text field, one dismisses the text field.

Instead, such […]

[Original post on tech.lgbt]
Screenshot of an iOS 26 keyboard and text field. The text field has a small gray × button inside it, right next to another large glass × button. Screenshot of an iOS 26 keyboard and text field. The text field has been edited to show a small gray ⌫ button, right next to the large glass × button.
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Finally got a 486-based PC, time for some classic DOS games
Compaq Prolinea 4/33S computer sitting on a pine table. Beige desktop (under-monitor) form factor with horizontal vent lines (a bit Ferrari Testarossa) with a matching CRT monitor on an angled stand, matching keyboard (without any Windows keys, pre-Windows 95), generic PS2 mouse (without a scroll wheel) on a dusty black mouse mat, and an early HP laser printer. Stack of laptops underneath and a framed map hanging on the wall. The hardware spec readout on the display says: Machine Type: IBM AT (Compatible) CPU Type: Intel 80486 Math Co-Processor: None Operating System: DOS 6.20 BIOS Date: April 25, 1994 Total Main Memory: 640 K Main Memory Available: 603 K Expanded Memory Available: 3,392 K Extended Memory Available: 0 K Serial Ports: 2 Parallel Ports: 1 Diskette Drives: 1 Fixed Drives: 1 Video Display Adapter, Primary: Video Graphics Array (Tseng Labs ET4000 UGA) Secondary: None
October 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Look at this GIANT carrot!!
My hand holding a gigantic carrot over a cutting board, with three other carrots that are quite large, but seemingly only half as big. Also in the shot is a scale with an empty container on it, a ceramic knife and induction electric stove
September 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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How the fuck is this gold
iPhone Air that clearly looks, by all measures, to be completely silver and white
September 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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thank god there’s just so much room for my content, in the phone call screen
Screenshot of a phone call interface. The contact photo is a person wearing a light jean jacket, slightly overexposed in the sunlight. The phone buttons on top of this part of the image are barely legible and the icons are totally indistinguishable.
September 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Quick, which of these Home Screens are checked? This is on the iOS 26 *default wallpaper.*
Screenshot of the iOS interface for choosing which Home Screens are active; there are five mini Home Screens and circular check mark buttons under each one, on top of the default iOS 26 light blue wallpaper. The check marks are white on light blue on light blue, and are practically invisible.
September 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Apple Newsroom detail: The TechWoven case has “a protective coating” that “provides resistance to scratches and stains.”
Beautiful New Accessories iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max introduce new accessories: • The TechWoven Case has a new technical woven fabric that uses multiple colored yarns, creating a dimensional texture and rich depth of color, while a protective coating provides resistance to scratches and stains. TechWoven cases will be available in five colors: black, blue, purple, sienna, and green.
September 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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@samhenrigold oops I thnik i had a bit much
Screenshot of an article on Cult of Mac. Title: “new airpods pr op 3 came out today.” Photo of AirPods Pro 2 with the caption “oops this is the old one idk how to change it.” Article text: “the new AirPods pro 3 came out today at the frickin apple thing and they do so many cool stuff. they have a heart beat thing inside htem like the apple watch and they ha ve live trasnlation too. they’re a little smaller but the case is not the buds. and there was a video of a person listening tomsuic and dancing. they have the same price i think :)”
September 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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People in product marketing just can’t get over the fact that ‘heart,’ ‘smart’ and ‘start’ all rhyme with each other
Kellogg’s Smart Start cereal Red logo with a lightbulb that says “Start Smart” Book cover that says “Heart Smart” Logo that says “HeartStart Training”
August 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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One month until release
August 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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friendly reminder that you can leave a review for any Apple app on the App Store
Screenshot of a five-star review from wolfhowler36: “I love messaging just only thing that I'm really not OK with is that they don't have a lien full body they just have the head the heads honestly sort of scare me I wish they were more realistic but that's fine I love messaging my friends and my family it's easier to like get a hold of them and everything it also helps bring relationships together by talking to people who live far away that you know and your family lives in like Hawaiian Ulysses warehouse far away from there then you can message that it's really a good app and everything just whoever makes the emojis please try and make it either more realistic heads or make a full lion like the body with the head because it would be creepy if it was just the head to me it's creepy so this might be wrong but I would give it like a four star no five because it's a nice app it helps me contact my family find where they are and they can find where I am and then you can also text your friends you can ask them if 1 can hang out or anything so yeah that's my review”
August 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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it begins
Screenshot of a blank draft in Wordpress titled “Everything new in iOS 26”
August 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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most accurate depiction of Appalachia in media continues to be Cruis’n USA for the Nintendo 64
Screenshot of an early 3D racing game, with polygonal and low-res textured cars driving on a four-lane highway that cuts through a hill, with the exposed rock face on either side of the road. There’s a red barn on the top of the hill and lots of trees. Looks exactly like Route 33 in Athens, Ohio, on the stretch between Columbus Road and East State Street.
August 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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nice try but you can’t fool me
Amazon Hub locker thing in a drab beige store. Sticker in the top right says, “hello, my name is: human”
July 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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@hannah Athens Ohio doesn’t have any trains, but we do have the Convocation Center (1968): A combination parking garage / office building / student dormitory / basketball stadium. Even the architecture is a weird blend of mid-century modern with the surrounding Georgian revival buildings.
Four photos of the Convocation Center, a gigantic round building with a domed roof in the middle of a dense college campus. It’s red brick with mid century style arches, windows and ramps. Close up of the windows in the front Old black and white photo Distant photo from a nearby park
July 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Really cool iOS 26 beta 4 bug* where button symbols aren’t inverting for visibility at all

* I hope
Screenshot of Mail.app for iPhone showing a rich HTML email with a white background, but the Liquid Glass buttons on the bottom are also white, so you straight up can’t see what they are. The email is the Cult of Mac Today newsletter which you can get at newsletters.cultofmac.com 😉
July 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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thank
Sign in an entryway between a claw machine and a shelf with a jazzy colorful pattern on it that says, “PLE E REMOVE SNOW FROM SHOES P LEASE CHANGE SHOW ON CARPT THANK”
July 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Once again it is clearly far too wet, how am I to mow in these conditions, looks like another day of Mario Ka
Stock photo from Alamy (with the watermarks all over it) of completely dead brown grass
July 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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George Bush giving a speech on an aircraft carrier giving a thumbs up in front of a MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner. Look it up, kids
June 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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the tall clock is super cool
Screenshot of the iOS 26 Lock Screen on the six colors rainbow stripe wallpaper. The clock is really tall, but it’s going behind the stripes, so it’s mostly illegible.
June 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM