The Curious Engineer

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2017–2018

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December 2018

  1. The Back Page: Favorite Apple announcements of 2018 (multiverse edition)
  2. Applications Folder: Pastebot
  3. We Like: A robot roams my house
  4. The Hackett File: Dead products walking?
  5. On the precipice
  6. Our favorites of 2018
  7. The Rebound 219: Gategate
  8. December 28, 2018
  9. Hands on with the Brydge 12.9 Pro keyboard
  10. What to expect from Apple in 2019
  11. Why 2019 could be an enormous year of change for the Mac
  12. ‘The good Earth’
  13. The Talk Show #238: ‘Fort Jason Sudeikis’
  14. Mac Power Users: Return to the Snell Zone
  15. Apple in 2018: Where it triumphed, and where it flopped
  16. December 21, 2018
  17. PayPod podcast: Jason on Apple Pay
  18. Setapp loses iMazing as of Dec. 28
  19. Apple’s transparency report 2018
  20. Apple’s biggest moves in 2018
  21. The Rebound 218: Amazon Music in the Streets…
  22. A (completely fabricated) tale of small-town America
  23. Slack bans users who visited embargoed countries
  24. My (current) keyboard: Vortex Race 3
  25. What came true and what didn’t for Apple in 2018
  26. Wish List: Stereo HomePod support for macOS
  27. iPhones can now automate tasks using NFC
  28. Building a Spotify player for a Mac SE/30
  29. Apple’s video service gets “Peanuts”
  30. An unusual friendship with Charles Barkley
  31. December 14, 2018
  32. Apple Music Connect follows in the footsteps of Ping
  33. What Apple’s new job additions tell us about its product plans
  34. The Rebound 217: Burgeoning Ninja Problem
  35. Becky Hansmeyer’s iPad Pro impressions
  36. The new Apple Pencil made me a believer
  37. Google’s Fusion Tables get turned down… for what?
  38. Report: Apple looking into making its own cellular chips
  39. Office for Mac gets Dark Mode support
  40. Apple continues planning its news subscription service
  41. Qualcomm/Apple battle escalates in China
  42. Independent review finds no spy chips in Super Micro servers
  43. Wish List: Temporarily disable Downtime
  44. Apple’s Sitting Out the 5G Party — It’s the Right Move
  45. Adventures in Shortcuts: Posting content using ancient web APIs
  46. December 7, 2018
  47. Two important ways Apple is preparing for life after the iPhone
  48. The Rebound 216: Frog Content
  49. ‘The Many Setups of the 2018 iPad Pro’
  50. Microsoft bringing Edge to Mac (via Chromium)
  51. Is Apple’s TV service bound for the Apple TV’s competition?
  52. Reading comics on the new iPad Pros
  53. The Back Page: iGive Thanks
  54. Applications Folder: My writing workflow
  55. A thing we like: Captain Sonar
  56. All the merchandise is for sale right now

November 2018

  1. November 30, 2018
  2. Thank You
  3. Fun with charts: The iPad bests the MacBook
  4. The Rebound 215: It’s 3am In Scotland
  5. How an Apple TV stick could make Apple’s video streaming service an instant hit
  6. Amazon’s latest cloud product: Toy race cars
  7. ‘How to game the App Store’
  8. Books and calendars in Photos for Mac: What are the best options?
  9. Supreme Court likely to let case against Apple go forward
  10. 9 Hidden iPhone Features That Make Your Life Easier
  11. The iPad, HomePod, and Apple TV need multi-user support. Here’s why
  12. The Rebound 214: Go to the Apple Store Today
  13. Top 10 iPad features I’d like to see in iOS 13
  14. Calls for Apple’s breakup are nonsensical
  15. Amazement at iOS cursor movement shortcut says a lot about discoverability
  16. Tim Cook interviewed by Axios
  17. November 16, 2018
  18. 3 features from other Apple products that the Mac and iPhone need
  19. The Rebound 213: Yacht Vacuuming
  20. Why the MacBook Air might spell the end of configurable Macs
  21. iPad Pro 2018 review: A computer, not a PC
  22. 4 iPad Features That Apple Should Bring to the iPhone
  23. November 9, 2018
  24. Chips ahoy: The Mac’s transition to Apple processors is happening sooner than you think
  25. The Rebound 212: Serf Culture
  26. Second Star Wars live action series will follow Cassian Andor
  27. 2018 Mac mini RAM replacements feasible, but not simple
  28. The rules of magnetic attraction in Apple products
  29. Digging into Apple’s custom silicon
  30. Mac mini 2018 review: The Swiss army knife of Macs returns
  31. MacBook Air review: Center of the Mac world?
  32. November 2, 2018
  33. 4 Apple products and technologies that are running out of time
  34. The Rebound 211: My Virtual Finger
  35. Apple’s latest record quarter: Why Apple loves China but hates sales figures
  36. This is Tim: A transcript of the Apple Q4 2018 analyst call
  37. Apple results: A record September quarter with $62.9B revenue
  38. The Back Page: A MacBook for every seasoning
  39. The Hackett File: What’s a pro?
  40. Autumn in New York

October 2018

  1. Stuck on macOS 10.14? Here’s the fix to get to 10.14.1
  2. iOS 12 Emoji Changelog
  3. What caused all the iPhones at a medical facility to die?
  4. Brooklyn event impressions: The iPad Pro is a computer
  5. Brooklyn event impressions: Love for the Mac
  6. Apple event day roundup: the news you might have missed
  7. iPhone XR review: Bright colors, best value
  8. With iPhone XR, Apple Just Rewrote the Phone Script
  9. October 26, 2018
  10. The iPad Pro and the MacBook are on a collision course
  11. The Rebound 210: News Aggravator
  12. iPhone XR: Hands-on and first impressions
  13. The human curators of Apple News
  14. Tim Cook calls for advanced U.S. privacy laws
  15. A peek at next year’s emoji
  16. The Making of the Empire Strikes Back
  17. What to look for at Apple’s Oct. 30 event, besides iPads and Macs
  18. The Rebound 209: You’re Too Damn Handsome
  19. It’s official: Apple event October 30, in Brooklyn!
  20. October 17, 2018
  21. Why Photoshop on iOS is a huge win for the iPad Pro
  22. Vinpok Taptek review: Colors, clicks, and too much key confusion
  23. Apple fixes bagel emoji
  24. iPhone XS review: The future, as promised, is now
  25. Photoshop CC heads for the iPad
  26. October 12, 2018
  27. 3 features Apple should borrow from Google’s latest hardware
  28. The Rebound 208: Lexit
  29. USB-C on the iPad Pro: What it could mean for users
  30. Apple makes deal with semiconductor firm Dialog
  31. Dropbox adding OCR capabilities to scans
  32. Jason on the Emoji Wrap podcast ??
  33. More on the limitations of Apple Watch faces
  34. Microsoft’s Project xCloud will stream game to mobile devices
  35. Google+ leaks data; service to be sent into the west
  36. The HomePod’s growing pains
  37. The Rebound 207: That’s a Life Hack, Friends
  38. October 4, 2018
  39. Apple’s made two-factor authentication too easy, but not more secure
  40. Enter The Mandalorian
  41. Bloomberg: China hacked server hardware by implanting a backdoor chip
  42. Why are Apple Watch faces such a mess?
  43. Wi-Fi gets versioned
  44. Apple Watch Series 4 review: The invisible redesign
  45. Applications Folder: Fission
  46. A Thing We Like: A look at books
  47. The Hackett File: iOS Needs to Grow to Meet the Needs of Big iPhones
  48. The Holiday Quarter approaches…

September 2018

  1. The Back Page: Very useful Shortcuts for everyday practical usage (very practical!)
  2. Here’s the One iPhone XS Feature That Justifies an Upgrade
  3. The Rebound 206: Mojave Love
  4. September 28, 2018
  5. HazeOver makes Dark Mode that much darker
  6. CleanMyMac X
  7. Backblaze users might want to hold off on Mojave
  8. MacOS Mojave and the future of the Mac
  9. Why iOS apps on the Mac will not just improve the Mac, but iOS, too
  10. Federico Viticci’s iPhone frame shortcut
  11. Apple News: Traffic, but no money
  12. NightOwl automatically switches your Mac between Light and Dark Modes
  13. RSS Sponsor: CleanMyMac X
  14. macOS Mojave review: At the inflection point
  15. September 23, 2018
  16. PhotoLemur
  17. Siri Shortcuts: Opening up Siri’s next chapter
  18. The Rebound 205: Six Million Ham Sandwiches
  19. Todd Vaziri on Apple’s “Mission: Impossible” video
  20. Feed Sponsor: PhotoLemur
  21. Running down that dream: Podcast and interval training on an Apple Watch
  22. Why the iPhone is more expensive than ever
  23. Quick Tip: Typing a Tab character in iOS
  24. Ferrite 2: iOS audio editor adds templates, noise removal
  25. Give new life to old extensions in Safari 12
  26. Apple resources for new OS releases
  27. Overcast 5 adds Siri Shortcuts, watch playback, and search
  28. iOS 12 adds powerful search to Photos
  29. Why Price Won’t Stop People from Buying the iPhone Xs Max
  30. iOS 12: The MacStories Review
  31. Turn Touch
  32. The iPhone Xs: An innovation dilemma
  33. Apple Event Notebook: iPhone
  34. The Rebound 204: The iPhone SB
  35. Apple Event Notebook: Apple Watch
  36. What the Apple Watch’s heart-health upgrade means
  37. Ben Thompson on the iPhone as a franchise
  38. Harry McCracken makes sense of the iPhone lineup
  39. Hands-on with the new Apple hardware
  40. Apple Event: Live from the Steve Jobs Theater
  41. RSS Sponsor: Turn Touch
  42. Apple’s big Wednesday is almost here
  43. Apple’s Biggest iPhone Launch Ever: What to Expect
  44. Apple Watch discovers Jason Perlow’s heart condition
  45. September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
  46. September 7, 2018
  47. Bad AppleScript: Load the Template Gun!
  48. What not to look for at the Sept. 12 Apple event
  49. The Rebound 203: Get Bent
  50. Details to watch for at next week’s iPhone event
  51. ‘Creative Selection’: War stories from Apple’s biggest moments
  52. Wish List: Multiple flag colors in Mail on iOS
  53. Applications Folder: MailPlane 4
  54. A Thing We Like: Solo: A Star Wars Story Soundtrack
  55. The Hackett File: Thinking about AirPods 2
  56. The season begins

August 2018

  1. The Back Page: Back from the dead and loving it
  2. August 31, 2018
  3. NetNewsWire comes home to Brent Simmons
  4. ‘This should remind you of Windows Vista’
  5. A looming Mac automation apocalypse?
  6. Reading the tea leaves: Technologies Apple might be interested in
  7. The Rebound 202: Sweet Moltz Money
  8. 9to5Mac: iPhone XS, Apple Watch series 4 details
  9. Apple Event: September 12
  10. What does the future hold for Apple’s MacBook Air?
  11. AirPort Express: I’m Not Dead Quite Yet
  12. Is Buggy iOS 12 Beta a Sign of Trouble? (It’s not.)
  13. The Talk Show: ‘Smallen Up the Bezels’
  14. Brydge 12.9 Series II Keyboard: This is the one… at least for now
  15. When the Mac mini goes pro, will the pros get Mac minis?
  16. The Rebound 201: My Best Day of Exercise in Four Years
  17. Joe Posnanski changes jobs (again)
  18. A dockable iPhone? Don’t count on it
  19. The Aqua Screenshot Library
  20. You can’t go back to your Mac again…
  21. First-time tooter
  22. Bloomberg: Apple Planning Low-End MacBook, Pro Mac Mini
  23. August 17, 2018
  24. Apple’s best media moves
  25. The Rebound 200: 200th Episode Spooktacular
  26. Use Photos to fit event photos into a single timeline
  27. Apple’s Group FaceTime delay is the right move. Here’s why
  28. Tech notes from my European vacation
  29. ‘The Scientist Who Scrambled Darwin’s Tree of Life’
  30. Group FaceTime delayed until later this fall
  31. Here’s How the iPhone X Plus Will Answer the Note 9
  32. The Rebound 199: True Death Camera
  33. Patreon buys Memberful
  34. Digesting the rumors: Where’s the iPad Pro going next?
  35. Skype 7 gets a reprieve
  36. Podcast player Castro adds sideloading and pre-selected chapter skips
  37. Applications Folder: iExit Interstate Exit Guide
  38. August 3, 2018
  39. SaneBox
  40. 3 small-but-important details from Apple’s Q4 2018 financials call
  41. The Rebound 198: Troubleshooting with Doctors Moltz and Moren
  42. So you wanted an Eddy Award but we never gave you one…
  43. 4 top takeaways from Apple’s boringly brilliant record results
  44. The Back Page: Apple, put the “Pro” Back in MacBook Pro
  45. Applications Folder: iConnectHue
  46. A Thing We Like: Samsung external SSD
  47. Spending time on the Apple Online Store
  48. Notes from the travel desk

July 2018

  1. Diving into the details of Apple’s (boring?) record quarter
  2. This is Tim: Apple Q3 2018 financial call with analysts, transcribed
  3. Apple results: $53.3B revenue sets a fiscal Q3 record
  4. Applications Folder: TunnelBlick
  5. RSS Sponsor: SaneBox
  6. Wish List: Expanded Tapbacks
  7. Episode IX cast announced!
  8. Looking forward to the next Apple Watch
  9. The Rebound 197: 20 Minutes From Now
  10. July 26, 2018
  11. Amazon opens up Echo Spatial Perception to all Alexa-enabled devices
  12. What’s left for the Mac in 2018?
  13. Apple releases software fix for MacBook Pro slowdown
  14. There’s no such thing as free podcast hosting
  15. iFixIt dives deeper on the new MacBook Pro keyboard
  16. The counterfeit $100 iPhone X
  17. Apple: Don’t default on default apps
  18. The Rebound 196: Lil Tension
  19. July 19, 2018
  20. Chart party: Using automation to eliminate image drudgery
  21. How today’s Apple has thrown out its old rulebook
  22. Here are this year’s new Emojis
  23. What the T2 means for the Mac
  24. Adobe to launch Photoshop for iPad
  25. The Rebound 195: I’m Doing It Wrong
  26. Apple updates the MacBook Pro in big and small ways
  27. Sonos update adds AirPlay 2 support
  28. July 10, 2018
  29. An unusual link to the 10th anniversary of the App Store
  30. John Giannandrea now in charge of Core ML and Siri
  31. iOS 11.4.1 blocks USB password hacks…mostly
  32. Apple: A little more color, please
  33. The Rebound 194: Nothing But The Net
  34. The Emperor’s new Mac mini
  35. Applications Folder: AirServer
  36. We Like: Pre-paid international SIM cards
  37. The Summer of Betas
  38. From High Sierra down to Mojave

June 2018

  1. Apple is revamping its Maps data in detail
  2. The Apple TV and tvOS could use a little love
  3. The Rebound 193: Be the Memoji You Want to Be
  4. Audio Hijack 3.5 adds broadcast support
  5. MacOS Mojave: 6 hidden features you can find in the public beta
  6. How Marzipan could help usher in ARM Macs
  7. Two Keyboards at a Bar
  8. macOS Mojave: Back to the Mac
  9. iOS 12 public beta is out for all
  10. iOS 12 Beta: Why You Should (and Shouldn’t) Download It
  11. Report: Apple planning more AirPods, HomePods
  12. June 22, 2018
  13. Will Apple buy a content company? The clock’s ticking.
  14. Apple announces MacBook keyboard service program
  15. Where oh where can the Mac updates be?
  16. The Rebound 192: They Can’t Make Something Out of Nothing
  17. AirPower, AirPower, wherefore art thou?
  18. Imagining how Apple will roll out its new TV service
  19. Tim Cook, at the center of US-China relations
  20. WhenWorks is a new tool for scheduling your availability
  21. App Store antitrust case will be heard by Supreme Court
  22. Making 3D Touch more discoverable
  23. Apple WWDC 2018: The best announcements you may have missed
  24. The Rebound 191: Memoji Emergency!
  25. June 13, 2018
  26. ‘Shortcuts: A New Vision for Siri and iOS Automation’
  27. Would Apple ever make a convertible MacBook?
  28. macOS Mojave’s dark side of the mode
  29. 5 Reasons Why iOS 12 Is the Biggest Upgrade in Years
  30. App Store’s “free trials” are in name only
  31. WWDC 2018: Apple’s counterintuitive business moves
  32. The Rebound 190: I Don’t Have Thirty Friends!
  33. June 6, 2018
  34. What will the Mac be like in 2020?
  35. Six Colors podcast from WWDC
  36. With Mojave, Apple makes changes inside and outside Mac App Store
  37. Report: Multiple faces for Face ID, and Face ID for iPad
  38. Siri Shortcuts: third-party integration by another name?
  39. The small details of iOS 12, macOS Mojave, and more
  40. Live from WWDC 2018
  41. The way to San Jose
  42. WWDC 2018: What Apple’s Big Show Means to You
  43. What to expect when you’re expecting WWDC
  44. The Back Page: WWDC You Later
  45. Applications Folder: iExit Interstate Exit Guide
  46. A Thing We Like: BlueAnt Ribbon
  47. The Hackett File: Hopes for Mac Hardware at WWDC
  48. Let the Summer Begin

May 2018

  1. The Rebound 189: Nobody Lets Me Name Anything
  2. WWDC 2018: Four trends Apple is most likely to showcase
  3. A look into the sports broadcasts of 2028
  4. Hello, stereo paired HomePods
  5. HomePod update brings AirPlay 2 and more, plus additional countries
  6. May 25, 2018
  7. ‘Star’: Apple’s next… something?
  8. The story behind the Echo eavesdropping story
  9. macOS 10.14: Improvements that Apple’s Mac operating system could use
  10. The Rebound 188: A Power Move
  11. Go Play: Pocket-Run Pool
  12. Apple signs deal with VW for self-driving vans on campus
  13. iOS 12: Geeky features iOS needs
  14. Today Mac OS X is as old as the Classic Mac OS
  15. Sal Soghoian Watch: podcasts and boot camps
  16. FBI accidentally inflated number of phones it can’t unlock
  17. 1Password 7 for Mac revamps interface, adds Touch ID support, more
  18. Media invites for WWDC 2018 are out
  19. Castro 3 arrives on the App Store
  20. 7 iPhone Features I’d Like to See in iOS 12
  21. May 18, 2018
  22. How Apple’s big picture ventures get small for the consumer
  23. The Rebound 187: Sittin’ Here With a Bunch of Jazz
  24. Microsoft launches Xbox Adaptive Controller, designed for accessibility
  25. Give your old Mac software eternal life
  26. Tapbots releases Tweetbot 3 for Mac
  27. ZTE: Sanctions breaker, job creator?
  28. NES and SNES Classic back, to be available through the end of the year
  29. May 11, 2018
  30. BBEdit turns 25 (or 26, who’s counting?)
  31. The iMac’s lasting legacy
  32. The Rebound 186: I Enjoy Setting Up Routers
  33. Bloomberg: Apple to start selling third-party subscriptions via TV app
  34. The iMac arrived ‘Just in Time’
  35. ‘Hi, this is a Google assistant’
  36. On the phone, nobody knows you’re a robot
  37. iMac at 20: The reaction after the 1998 iMac introduction
  38. Exporting MP3 files from Ferrite Recording Studio
  39. iPhones Rumors: What you might find (or miss) in the next iPhone
  40. The original iMac: 20 years since Apple changed its fate
  41. The Rebound 185: So Many Results
  42. How Critics Got the iPhone X ‘Panic’ Story So Very Wrong
  43. 5 takeaways from Apple’s record second-quarter 2018 results
  44. Apple posts record Q2 profit: charts, live tweets
  45. Review: Koss Porta Pro Wireless are the classic headphones plus Bluetooth
  46. The Back Page: We Here at Apple Are Proud to Know Nothing About You
  47. Applications Folder: Tunnelblick
  48. We Like: Anova Sous Vide Immersion Circulator
  49. The Hackett File: It’s All Puzzle Pieces but no Box Top
  50. How Does This Laptop Story End?

April 2018

  1. I’m enjoying The Athletic, but it’s got lots of room to evolve
  2. April 27, 2018
  3. PowerPhotos
  4. ‘Dead Channel’
  5. Quick Tip: Make Time Machine backups over a network in High Sierra
  6. Alternatives to AirPort
  7. Pour one out for the AirPort line
  8. Apple and the land of low, low prices
  9. The Rebound 184: If You Give A Monkey A Copyright
  10. Genealogy website may have helped catch a killer
  11. It’s official: Apple discontinues AirPort
  12. RSS Sponsor: PowerPhotos
  13. iOS Plus: Imagining a Mac that runs iOS apps
  14. Resistance is the next Star Wars animated series
  15. Casey Johnston: ‘Don’t buy the MacBook Pros, even on sale’
  16. Record your Apple TV via QuickTime X
  17. Amazon’s Kindle, where buttons are a premium feature
  18. April 20, 2018
  19. After iPhone X, where does Apple go next?
  20. Apple’s new model: Please subscribe
  21. The Rebound 183: A Smith Corona Tagline
  22. Writing on my iPad at home
  23. QuickTime Player 7: Goodbye to Apple’s brushed-metal dinosaur
  24. iPhone war on buttons, redux
  25. Apple is serious about machine learning, but maybe the wrong parts
  26. Clicky keyboards are back!
  27. Report: Koss Porta Pro Wireless en route?
  28. The Rebound 182: How Computer Work
  29. April 13, 2018
  30. A tale of two QuickTimes
  31. Apple innovations that you can’t live without
  32. Disney launches ESPN+
  33. Report: HomePod sales lagging
  34. Apple activates warning for users of 32-bit apps in High Sierra
  35. iOS apps that need to be on the Mac
  36. Apple’s video service developing ‘Foundation’
  37. How Apple got to 100% renewable energy
  38. Quick Tip: Fixing some weird fonts in Safari
  39. An iPhone SE 2 Is Long Overdue: Here’s What I Want
  40. Get your iPhone 8/8 Plus in (RED)
  41. The Rebound 181: 2 High 2 Sierra
  42. April 6, 2018
  43. iPad 2018 review: Practicality over luxury
  44. The new Mac Pro: What can we expect from Apple in 2019?
  45. Why the next Mac processor transition won’t be like the last two
  46. Apple hires Google’s chief of search and AI to head up machine learning efforts
  47. Bloomberg: Apple to use its own chips in Macs from 2020

March 2018

  1. The Back Page: Apple in Education
  2. Applications Folder: Wunderstation
  3. A Thing We Like: Sea of Thieves
  4. The Hackett File: Apple and Education and the Future
  5. March 30, 2018
  6. Watch MLB TV in Picture in Picture on a Mac
  7. It’s time for Apple to show iBooks some love
  8. Spy Party to debut after years of development
  9. No Man’s Sky coming to Xbox
  10. The Rebound 180: We’re Betting Hugs
  11. ‘Apple Renews its Love for Education, not the Education Market’
  12. iPads versus Chromebooks
  13. Bradley Chambers on Apple’s education event
  14. Apple’s Chicago Event: Winners and losers
  15. Where’s the iCloud storage bump for the rest of us?
  16. Magic Keyboard, Trackpad now available in Space Gray for all
  17. Apple’s Chicago event
  18. I’m off to a Chicago field trip
  19. Report: Apple original TV shows will probably arrive next year
  20. Monday.com
  21. March 23, 2018
  22. ‘Apple Proposes New Accessibility Emojis’
  23. Gurman: Low-cost iPad and MacBook coming, but maybe not both next week
  24. New iPads on the horizon?
  25. Gurman: Apple plans iBooks update
  26. All the things that went wrong in the Uber fatality
  27. Technology education for the masses could be Apple’s next big thing
  28. The Rebound 179: Don’t Tell God
  29. The messy present of our glorious 4K HDR future
  30. Linea Sketch is for more than artists
  31. What will Apple announce at its Chicago education event?
  32. How I use my home server
  33. RSS sponsor: Monday.com
  34. Bloomberg: Apple building MicroLED displays for Apple Watch
  35. March 16, 2018
  36. Apple holding “field trip” education event on March 27
  37. The many skills (and pitfalls) of Siri
  38. The Rebound 178: You Must Flip It
  39. It’s not quite a Mac mini, but it’s my server
  40. Apple Watch adoption numbers
  41. Where Apple’s reinvention of the keyboard may go next
  42. WWDC 2018 dates announced
  43. Why Broadcom’s Qualcomm acquisition could be a national security issue
  44. Apple acquiring magazine subscription service Texture
  45. The Talk Show #216: “Podcast Amnesia”
  46. Jobs and Woz’s first product: Blue Boxes
  47. Coal in Kosovo slows clocks in Paris
  48. Springtime for Apple: New products we’re expecting
  49. The Rebound 177: Light Zippo
  50. March 8, 2018
  51. 70% of Netflix viewing happens on TV sets
  52. Apple’s 2018 Supplier Responsibility Report
  53. Alexa is laughing at people
  54. MacBook Air: Why won’t it die?
  55. ‘The Mystery of the Slow Downloads’
  56. 10th anniversary of the iPhone SDK
  57. March 2, 2018
  58. HomePod review: Stop, Look, and Listen
  59. Nicecast is dead, but there are other options
  60. Apple Watch: What does the future hold?
  61. AirPods: How to improve Apple’s wireless earbuds
  62. The Rebound 176: Have You Tried Defragging?

February 2018

  1. The Back Page: The Metal Play
  2. A Thing We Like: Living room Harmony
  3. The Hackett File: The Future of Mail and Calendar
  4. Listening to the HomePod
  5. Star Wars Podracing game recreated in LEGO
  6. Bloomberg: Big iPhone X on the way
  7. First-gen Apple TV loses iTunes access in May
  8. Alto’s Odyssey: More of the same, but better
  9. 94: February 23, 2018
  10. The weird grammar of American newswriting
  11. HomePod: Apple’s smart speaker has plenty of room to grow
  12. The Rebound 175: The Case of the Missing AirPods
  13. ‘Defending your app’
  14. Gurman: AirPods updates in the works
  15. Why can’t Siri answer flight status questions?
  16. Hide macOS’s Install Update notification
  17. ‘Life on an iPad’
  18. The Rebound 174: I Have Many Many Enemies
  19. 3 ways tech can improve travel
  20. Daniel Jalkut on the HomePod
  21. How to control HomePod from Mac or iOS
  22. Wish List: Multiple audio outputs on iOS
  23. Emoji defragmentation
  24. Apple’s software “problem” and “fixing” it
  25. The Rebound 173: Clawing His Way Back
  26. 93: February 8, 2018
  27. iOS 9 boot source code leaks
  28. Siri: What Apple needs to do to improve its voice-activated digital assistant
  29. Here are the new emojis you’ll see this fall
  30. Slack overhauls emoji support
  31. Netflix announces, releases “Cloverfield Paradox”
  32. DuckDuckGo
  33. 92: February 2, 2018
  34. 4 tidbits we learned from Apple’s record quarterly results
  35. macOS Server: As features are cut, what does the future hold for Apple’s server software?
  36. This is Tim: Transcript of Apple’s Q1 2018 earnings call
  37. Apple Q1 2018 earnings: Record revenue, beating the estimates
  38. Is it the end of the line for the ‘i’ at Apple? Analyzing Apple’s naming scheme
  39. HomePod specs page confirms iCloud Music Library
  40. Nintendo reveals Mario Kart Tour for smartphones, Switch Online details
  41. The Rebound 172: That Math Checks Out

January 2018

  1. The Back Page: 6 Hardware Features
  2. Applications Folder: Cool Cat Saves the Weather
  3. A Thing We Like: 7 Wonders Duel
  4. The Hackett File: Living with Multiple Macs
  5. New year, new stuff
  6. Reduce backup frequency with TimeMachineEditor
  7. Fake videogame records invalidated after 35 years
  8. Report: Apple pushing back features, focusing on software quality in next major iOS release
  9. Feed Sponsor: DuckDuckGo
  10. 91: January 26, 2018
  11. It’s time for Apple to take a new approach to product releases
  12. The Rebound 171: Dumb as a Brick
  13. Apple in 2017: The Six Colors report card
  14. What Apple must do to establish its new video service
  15. Apple deprecating a whole lot of macOS Server
  16. Farrago is a powerful soundboard for podcasters, live performers
  17. Apple previews iOS 11.3 with new Animoji, battery/performance toggle, more
  18. HomePod goes up for order January 26, arrives on February 9
  19. Quick Tip: Getting around Do Not Disturb with Emergency Bypass for calls, texts
  20. Disney hires ex-Apple exec to guide video launch
  21. iMac Pro review: Mac Pro power in the shape of an iMac
  22. Apple knows best (or so it would have you believe)
  23. The Rebound 170: Long-Time Listeners
  24. Is CES a trouble spot for Apple?
  25. Nintendo Labo is augmented…cardboard?
  26. 90: January 17, 2018
  27. Mounting the iMac Pro on a VESA arm
  28. Stream The Last Jedi’s For Your Consideration album online
  29. Why interaction design is important
  30. MacBook Air at 10: The definitive laptop of our era
  31. Reading disks from 1988 in 2018
  32. An Apple device for all seasons
  33. The Rebound 169: Maybe You’re on a Beta
  34. 89: January 11, 2018
  35. FBI expert calls Apple “jerks” over encryption
  36. What the iPhone, iPad, and iOS need in 2018
  37. Get Slack-style emoji everywhere with Rocket
  38. Why Stephen Hackett bought an iMac Pro
  39. ‘MacBook Pro? No.’
  40. WPA3 Wi-Fi security due later this year
  41. A 12-sided HomeKit remote? Sure, why not.
  42. Wireless charging goes standard
  43. 88: January 5, 2018
  44. Panic ceases development of Transmit for iOS
  45. David Letterman arrives on Netflix next week
  46. There’s no place like HomePod
  47. The Rebound 168: It Is You Who Sucks
  48. Apple’s response to the speculative-execution vulnerabilities
  49. Remote control a Mac from an iPhone via Workflow
  50. John Williams’s rich and intricate score for The Last Jedi
  51. The T2 chip makes the iMac Pro the start of a Mac revolution
  52. The Star Wars space shooter that never got made
  53. The iMac Pro teardown you’ve been waiting for
  54. ‘The upside to America’s infatuation with gadgets’
  55. Apple will replace your iPhone battery
  56. The Back Page: Apple knows best
  57. What I Use: You and your (Vulcan) Logic
  58. The Hackett File: Holding off on the iMac Pro
  59. I bought it.

2017 714

December 2017

  1. Apple in 2018: Cool tech to look out for
  2. Apple apologizes, announces $29 battery replacement
  3. Why LTE Macs don’t exist
  4. What the Mac needs in 2018
  5. 87: December 27, 2017
  6. The iMac Pro has landed
  7. MacVoices: ‘Jason Snell Takes Control of Photos’
  8. Vector: ‘Ferrite Recording Studio with Canis and Jason Snell’
  9. PCalc turns 5^2
  10. Apple 2017 in review: The company’s biggest moves this past year
  11. The Rebound 167: I’m Being Machine-Learned Right Now
  12. Apple in 2017: Grading my predictions
  13. One app platform to rule them all
  14. Our favorite books of 2017
  15. Apple’s legal encryption responsibiltiies
  16. Transferring SD card data to iOS, fast
  17. James T. Green’s ‘Little Wrist Computer’
  18. 86: December 15, 2017
  19. Wix
  20. Apple off to a promising start with its revamped pro Mac lineup
  21. The Rebound 166: Sinister Plots
  22. iMac Pro: The first shoe drops
  23. Muffling many tweets in Twitterrific
  24. “Photos: A Take Control Crash Course” update released
  25. The FCC decision that helped pave the way for the Internet
  26. Should you buy an iMac Pro? Here are the reasons why and why not
  27. The iMac Pro is coming Thursday
  28. App pre-orders now available to all developers
  29. RSS Sponsor: Wix
  30. 85: December 8, 2017
  31. Adding HomeKit to incompatible devices with Homebridge
  32. Quick Tip: Fix disappearing Login Items (mostly)
  33. The once and future OS for Apple
  34. The Rebound 165: They Don’t Call Me Lox
  35. What can Apple learn from its terrible week of bugs?
  36. Kindle Oasis (2017, second generation) Review: Is bigger better?
  37. Amazon Prime Video now available on Apple TV
  38. MarsEdit 4 updates interface, adds Safari Extension and more
  39. Google removes YouTube from Amazon’s Echo Show. Again.
  40. How to use Apple Pay Cash
  41. Forecast: A must-have tool for Mac podcasters
  42. Alert: Apple Dec. 2 Springboard bug?
  43. No man’s land: The lack of MacBook middle ground
  44. The Rebound 164: Cockroaches, Inc.
  45. The Back Page: When Machine Learning… Kills
  46. The Hackett File: It’s… Complicated
  47. By Request: Do I really need an iMac Pro?
  48. What I Use: Hardware
  49. Mr. Brightside

November 2017

  1. 84: November 30, 2017
  2. The case against building an iOS laptop–and why it might happen anyway
  3. A bit more about Apple’s automatic security updates
  4. Apple patches macOS High Sierra root vulnerability
  5. Developer goes public with macOS root vulnerability
  6. Ben Thompson: ‘Pro Neutrality, Anti-Title II’
  7. ‘Netflix stole my photos’
  8. The iMac Pro might be the first ARM Mac, but it won’t be the last
  9. Cinema’s Greatest Scene
  10. ‘The Mac Still Feels Like Home’
  11. Stephen Hackett reviews the LTE Apple Watch
  12. Touch Bar: It’s not a flop for everyone
  13. Why Apple’s next laptop should run iOS
  14. The Rebound 163: It’s a My Face Problem
  15. Scrivener 3 arrives with new interface, export options
  16. The order of modifier keys on the Mac
  17. iMac Pro to include A10 processor?
  18. Lens switching on iPhone X
  19. 83: November 17, 2017
  20. The Rebound 162: Superfluous Oboe
  21. How Apple turns boring tech chores into exciting key features
  22. What’s a real computer?
  23. Apple’s laptop designs are cornering Mac users
  24. Clips 2.0: The spiritual successor to Photo Booth?
  25. Adobe’s iOS app failure
  26. Apple’s impressive security record
  27. The Rebound 161: Buttons More Buttony
  28. Report: Hackers have tricked Face ID with a cheap mask
  29. Apple: Betting big on AR
  30. Picturing the bezel-less iPad Pro
  31. Apple prepares for its biggest holiday season ever
  32. 82: November 8, 2017
  33. What will the next iPad Pro look like?
  34. Apple’s tax haven
  35. One week with the iPhone X
  36. How to Use Animoji on the iPhone X
  37. How to Use Face ID on the iPhone X
  38. 81: iPhone X Day (November 3, 2017)
  39. If Face ID is Apple’s future, where will we see it next?
  40. iPhone X teardown
  41. The Rebound 160: People Are Very Angry
  42. Apple results: All systems go for a record holiday quarter
  43. This is Tim: Apple Q4 2017 financial call transcript
  44. Why Face ID makes security on the iPhone X invisible
  45. The Back Page: The Last Frontier
  46. The Hackett File: Revisiting App Subscription Fatigue
  47. X Marks the Spot?

October 2017

  1. Kindle Oasis: Waterproof, but not much good in the water
  2. iPhone X: Tomorrow’s iPhone today
  3. Steven Levy reviews the iPhone X
  4. 80: October 27, 2017
  5. iPhone 8 review: The Inessential iPhone
  6. iPhone X repair costs
  7. 3 unreliable iOS and macOS features that Apple needs to fix
  8. The Rebound 159: The Cheese Standard
  9. Three MacBook mistakes: Will Apple correct course?
  10. Report: Apple relaxes Face ID specs to bolster production
  11. Apple’s streaming service aims for family friendly fare
  12. Amazon Key wants to let people into your house
  13. Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program gets more and more convenient
  14. A new Mac mini: I want to believe
  15. How Apple can build a better video streaming service
  16. How to set up your iPhone for disaster alerts
  17. The Rebound 158: Are You Saying My Paper Bag is No Good?
  18. Cardhop: It’s like Fantastical for your contacts
  19. ‘There’s no i in keyboard’
  20. Get ready to go…Solo
  21. Wi-Fi encryption has been compromised
  22. 79: October 13, 2017
  23. A Practical Guide to Networking, Privacy, & Security in iOS 11
  24. Apple HomePod: 3 lingering questions
  25. The Rebound 157: Have You Considered Leeching?
  26. BBEdit 12: Here’s to a million more
  27. A Practical Guide to Networking, Privacy, & Security in iOS 11
  28. Movies Anywhere now goes beyond Disney
  29. Ten burning questions about Apple’s forthcoming video service
  30. Now you can take your waterproof Kindle Oasis to an oasis
  31. Tim Cook talks AR, social issues
  32. Spielberg’s ‘Amazing Stories’ is just the first of Apple’s major TV deals
  33. Review: Twitterrific returns to the Mac, via iOS
  34. 78: October 6, 2017
  35. Apple’s relaxing its third-party standards—and that’s a good thing
  36. The Rebound 156: Have We Started Recording?
  37. Apple won’t reveal Apple Watch sales figures, but it’s not alone
  38. Apple Watch Series 3 review: The start of something big
  39. Sonos One (singular sensation) and other news from today’s event
  40. Philips Hue switches and sensors now work in iOS’s Home app…mostly
  41. Rescuing Shared Links from Safari 11
  42. The Back Page: An Apple television
  43. What I Use: The dark side
  44. By Request: Using the Amazon Echo as an intercom
  45. The Hackett File: The Great Red Dot
  46. Seasons of change

September 2017

  1. Carbon Copy Cloner 5
  2. Echo users can now call phone numbers in North America free
  3. Needs repair: A 5K iMac with spider retention issues
  4. Why Apple is probably working on a heads-up display
  5. The Rebound 155: It’s No Leopard
  6. Feed Sponsor: Carbon Copy Cloner 5
  7. How Apple is managing the iPhone buying dilemma
  8. Spot and Catch Fire (TV): A round-up of yesterday’s Amazon announcements
  9. 20 Essential iPhone 8 Tips and Tricks
  10. Twitter piloting 280-character tweets
  11. Apple TV 4K teardown
  12. Stephen Hackett reviews macOS High Sierra
  13. macOS High Sierra: Photos
  14. macOS High Sierra: A mostly under-the-hood update
  15. ARKit goes to the ballpark with MLB At Bat
  16. 77: September 22, 2017
  17. How Star Trek serves as inspiration for AI, mobile tech, and healthcare innovations
  18. Dropbox app updated for iOS 11… and Files
  19. iTunes rentals extend to 48 hours
  20. iFixit tears down the iPhone 8
  21. The iPhone’s Home button is gone: What’s next to go?
  22. The Rebound 154: I Would Take That Bullet For You Guys
  23. The Verge’s Apple TV 4K review is a mixed bag
  24. iOS 11: HEVC, HEIF, and what you need to know about these new video and photo formats
  25. OS 11: How the one-handed and QuickType keyboards work
  26. iOS 11: How the new Maps app and Do Not Disturb While Driving work
  27. iOS 11: How Control Center works
  28. It’s iOS 11 and watchOS 4 day!
  29. iOS 11: How multitasking and the Dock work on the iPad
  30. iOS 11: How drag and drop works
  31. iOS 11 review: Apple’s most ambitious and impressive upgrade in years
  32. Apple Pay cash: Not yet
  33. Teamosa is a smart tea-maker with a Keurig-like plan
  34. Mountain Duck 2
  35. 76: September 15, 2017
  36. SuperDuper! developers dish on APFS
  37. PCalc updated for new Apple hardware and… augmented reality?
  38. Google Chrome will block autoplay videos next year
  39. Living with long-term risk
  40. 3 small announcements that hint at Apple’s big future
  41. The Rebound 153: I Killed the Smartest Man in the World
  42. Rogue Amoeba’s Fission updates ringtone compatibility for iTunes 12.7
  43. Face ID won’t work if you don’t stare at it, has a lockout feature
  44. David Pogue on why Face ID really failed
  45. Feed Sponsor: Mountain Duck 2
  46. A visit to Apple Park
  47. With A11 Bionic, Apple’s iPhone takes another big performance step forward
  48. Cellular frees the Apple Watch Series 3
  49. Apple bumps prices on higher capacity iPad Pro models
  50. iTunes 12.7 ditches iOS App Store, app syncing
  51. Gartenberg: Apple raises the bar
  52. iPhone X: Hands-on and first impressions with Apple’s new iPhone
  53. Today’s Apple event: the little details you might have missed
  54. Apple iPhone Event blog and photos
  55. J.J. Abrams to return to Star Wars franchise for Episode IX
  56. iPhone Upgrade Program may allow delivery, trade-in by mail this year
  57. Nintendo revives NES Classic, bolsters SNES Classic production
  58. Two iOS 11 security measures will make it harder to get at your data
  59. iPhone Event: The set list isn’t the performance
  60. The War on Buttons
  61. Amazon’s merging the Fire TV with the Echo
  62. Does the iOS 11 firmware leak ruin Apple’s big day?
  63. 75: September 8, 2017
  64. Built to last
  65. Why Apple’s new iPhones may delight and worry IT pros
  66. What’s in the new iPhone? Just look at iOS 10 and iOS 11 to find out
  67. In Apple’s next ecosystem, Siri is the glue
  68. Equifax breach is probably the worst leak ever
  69. The Rebound 152: A Real Roller Coaster of Emotion
  70. UPS your router and wi-fi
  71. Reports of ultrasonic attack on voice assistants more sound than fury
  72. Quick Tip: Zip files as templates
  73. Apple (and Amazon) bidding on distribution rights for Bond franchise
  74. Dan on Mac Power Users
  75. Jason on The Dalrymple Report
  76. Remembering Batman: The Animated Series composer Shirley Walker
  77. Apple Music/iTunes Festival ends after 10 years
  78. Janitors, then and now
  79. 74: September 1, 2017
  80. Carbon Copy Cloner 5
  81. Giants in the playground
  82. The case for the 10.5-inch iPad Pro
  83. Siri officially moves from Eddy Cue to Craig Federighi
  84. 3 products I want to hear about at Apple’s September 12 event
  85. The Back Page: Too Many Virtual Assistants
  86. What I Use: The Road Trip Aftermath
  87. By Request: Family Tech Support Etiquette
  88. The Hackett File: Tapping the reset button
  89. Silence is golden

August 2017

  1. The Rebound 151: Finding Kay Shamancy
  2. It’s official: Apple Event Sept. 12 at Apple Park
  3. iOS and macOS automation: What does the future hold?
  4. Feed Sponsor: Carbon Copy Cloner 5
  5. Matias introduces Apple-style wired keyboard
  6. Alexa and Cortana are officially teaming up
  7. Bloomberg: High-end iPhone will totally ditch Home button
  8. Screen sharing coming with iOS 11
  9. Sonos holding October 4 event, will likely announce smart speaker
  10. Amazon adds multi-room audio for Echo, Dot, and Show; third party support on the way
  11. Pedometer++ hits 3.0, adds achievements
  12. Tim Cook talks jobs, education with New York Times
  13. ‘The Life and Death of the Touch Bar’
  14. WSJ: The next Apple event is Sept. 12
  15. The Talk Show: ‘Prison Oreos’
  16. Why the Mac needs iCloud Backup
  17. 73: August 25, 2017
  18. iOS and macOS: What does the future hold?
  19. New York Times: The new iPhone will be “around $999”
  20. Bloomberg: 4K Apple TV will be announced in September
  21. David Pogue on the solar eclipse
  22. Deep Learning improves Siri’s voice
  23. The Rebound 150: Evil, But Nuanced
  24. In the moon’s shadow
  25. Big podcasting week!
  26. Notes from a road trip
  27. Favicons in Safari tabs
  28. The Rebound 149: Using Jason Snell’s Face
  29. My iOS writing app of the moment is Editorial
  30. David Letterman Returning to TV With Netflix Talk Show
  31. New iOS 11 developer beta out; Messages in iCloud delayed?
  32. Bloomberg: Cellular Apple Watch coming
  33. AirDrop at 36,000 feet?
  34. The Rebound 148: Gary the Photo Intern
  35. iPhone and Apple Pencil: Will they ever be friends?
  36. A bumpy road to the Apple conference call transcript
  37. 7 highlights of Tim Cook’s Q3 2017 financial call with analysts
  38. Did the iPad turn the corner this quarter?
  39. Transcript: Tim Cook and the Apple Analyst Call (Q3 2017 edition)
  40. Apple’s Q3 FY17 financial results

July 2017

  1. The Back Page: The Next iPhone Will Just Know You
  2. What I Use: What’s in My Dock: iOS Edition
  3. By Request: Storage: The Ugly Truth
  4. The Hackett File: The case for the Mac mini
  5. Real relationships, real communities
  6. Apple firmware release may reveal iPhone plans
  7. 72: July 28, 2017
  8. 4K Apple TV in the works?
  9. Apple’s meager iPod touch boost
  10. Why Apple should make a cheaper, streamlined Apple TV
  11. The Rebound 147: You Said My Thing Was Dumb!
  12. Last of the iPods
  13. iOS 11 brings iPad multitasking improvements… and quirks
  14. Jony Ive and Apple Park
  15. (Final) Thoughts on Flash
  16. The Rock and Siri team up for Apple’s latest ad
  17. The case for (and against) the MacBook Air
  18. Waiting on Apple’s podcast recording app—or for better GarageBand features
  19. The Rebound 146: Everybody Wants the Sandwich
  20. 71: July 20, 2017
  21. Hoping for a small Mac mini revival
  22. Apple’s new Machine Learning blog
  23. Panic’s truck drops off Transmit 5
  24. The right Mac laptop to buy for a student
  25. Home is where the Pod is
  26. 70: July 13, 2017
  27. Apple’s risky balancing act with the next iPhone
  28. Quick Tip: Back up multiple Macs with Time Machine Server
  29. The Rebound 145: Prime Day is Like a Box of Chocolates
  30. 1Password wants you to sync via the cloud, but won’t force you
  31. Yes, iPad Pro is ready to be your work machine
  32. Two-factor authentication isn’t the be all, end all of cybersecurity
  33. FlightLogger
  34. 69: July 7, 2017
  35. Why two-factor authentication isn’t totally secure
  36. With an impressive new lineup of Macs, it’s time to return to the desktop
  37. The Rebound 144: BloodID
  38. RSS Sponsor: FlightLogger
  39. 4 ways iOS 11 will improve how you listen to podcasts
  40. Meet the new iMac, definitely not the same as the old iMac
  41. Spam in my kitchen: The Amazon Echo Show arrives
  42. ‘The tragedy of FireWire’
  43. ‘Can the MacBook Pro replace your iPad?’
  44. Couchbase
  45. The Back Page: Leaked Transcript of Apple’s Plan to Stop Leaks
  46. What I Use: What’s in My Dock
  47. By Request: Sports, entertainment, and tech
  48. The Hackett File: Revising my iPad Productivity
  49. San Jose’d

June 2017

  1. After 10 years, where does the iPhone go next?
  2. The Rebound 143: Too Many Echoes, Not Enough House
  3. 68: June 29, 2017
  4. A couple weeks with the iOS 11 beta
  5. iPhone at 10 video roundtable
  6. What’s new in Photos for macOS High Sierra
  7. Feed Sponsor: Couchbase
  8. The iPhone at 10: Into the woods
  9. iPhone at 10: The greatness of the original iPhone
  10. The revolution in your pocket: How the iPhone changed everything
  11. Super Nintendo Classic arrives in September
  12. FRTMA for Apple Pencil Magnetic Sleeve Review: A modest attraction
  13. How Apple’s wearable tech could and should help your health
  14. 67: June 22, 2017
  15. The Rebound 142: The iBarrel
  16. ‘Uber Can’t Be Fixed’
  17. Why the 10.5-inch iPad Pro is a typing champ
  18. The life and death of FireWire
  19. Letterpress, meet 21st century
  20. iPhone anniversary event video
  21. Why airplanes can’t take off in extreme heat (updated)
  22. Inside Apple’s anti-leak fight
  23. In iOS 11, App Store editorial comes out of the shadows
  24. Whole Foods: Amazon’s best new customer
  25. Automate This: Mail Merge with Pages and Numbers
  26. iClever Bluetooth Keyboard review: Compact and long-lasting, but not without quirks
  27. Couchbase
  28. ‘The Kevin Durant of TV’
  29. The Rebound 141: You Should Be Committed
  30. 66: June 16, 2017
  31. Thoughts on the 10.5-inch iPad Pro
  32. Feed Sponsor: Couchbase
  33. Apple hires Sony TV presidents
  34. Apple’s drive towards an autonomous car
  35. The Apple Pencil from a non-artist’s perspective
  36. What’s new in the 12.9-inch iPad Pro (2017 edition)
  37. The big unanswered questions from WWDC
  38. Xbox Live Avatar revamp focuses on diversity, customization
  39. iOS 11 vs. macOS: Apple Has Already Chosen the Winner
  40. Tim Cook acknowledges Apple’s working on autonomous car systems
  41. Black Panther teaser trailer
  42. Linode
  43. Anatomy of an App Store scam
  44. 65: June 9, 2017
  45. Apple makes major podcast updates
  46. Apple Can Afford To Mess With Annoying, Snoopy Ads–And At WWDC, It Did
  47. Feed Sponsor: Linode
  48. Reasons to be skeptical of Chrome’s ad blocker
  49. The cross-border appeal of Trader Joe’s
  50. No need to reinvent the wheel with iOS 11
  51. HomePod first impressions: Lots of unknowns, but its sound is impressive
  52. MacStories’s roundup of little features you might have missed
  53. WebRTC coming to WebKit and Safari
  54. HomePod’s promise is as a platform, not just a device
  55. The Rebound 140: You’re in My Party Playlist (WWDC 2017)
  56. Three big questions about Apple’s new iPad announcements
  57. WWDC 2017 keynote: Taking it all in
  58. Ears On with the HomePod
  59. Apple WWDC Keynote: Live Updates
  60. 64: June 2, 2017
  61. WWDC 2017: One more big thing
  62. The Rebound 139: You Don’t Deserve A Touch Bar
  63. WWDC 2017: Here’s hoping
  64. Apple’s WWDC Announcements: What are the chances?
  65. Swift Playgrounds 1.5 brings robotics support
  66. Brent Simmons’s new feed reader is Evergreen
  67. The Back Page: WWDC 2017: Welcome to Apple Reality
  68. What I Use: Writing a Novel
  69. By Request: My last two apps
  70. The Hackett File: Thoughts on macOS 10.13
  71. These kids today

May 2017

  1. iPad pointing devices
  2. Bloomberg: Apple’s making the Siri Speaker
  3. ‘Apple’s short term memory’
  4. Carpool Karaoke will debut August 8th
  5. Castro podcast app adds Enhanced Audio
  6. TripMode 2: Control your Mac’s data usage
  7. Sponsor: Sanebox
  8. Bloomberg: Apple designing AI processor
  9. Joe Steel’s tvOS wish list (2017 edition)
  10. Home is where the HomeKit wants to be
  11. 63: May 25, 2017
  12. The Rebound 138: Thinking Man Emoji
  13. Gem of the solar system
  14. Sponsor: Sanebox
  15. Walt Mossberg’s last weekly column
  16. Readdle adds drag and drop between its apps
  17. Belkin adding HomeKit support via WeMo Bridge
  18. How iCloud Photo Library matches up to Google Photos
  19. IFTTT gets a little bit more complicated
  20. Six Colors sponsorships open for summer
  21. Screens 4 for macOS adds drag-and-drop file transfers, curtain mode, more
  22. Denise Young Smith is Apple’s Vice President for Inclusion and Diversity
  23. The subscription paradox
  24. 62: May 19, 2017
  25. MacStories’s iOS 11 wish list and concepts
  26. Imagining the introduction of a “Siri Speaker”
  27. Championing the Mac Pro
  28. The computer as an appliance: Moving beyond the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Siri
  29. The Rebound 137: We’re Doubling Down on Glass
  30. Google’s AI challenges
  31. Apple Park: The last great product by Steve Jobs
  32. How a British security researcher accidentally stopped last week’s ransomware outbreak
  33. Emoji Defragmentation: Goodbye, Google blobs
  34. Panic source code stolen in HandBrake app hack
  35. Developers introduce new feed format
  36. CMD-D: Masters of Automation
  37. Inside the new Apple Park campus
  38. iCloud to begin requiring app-specific passwords for some third-party apps
  39. Long Live the MP3
  40. Squarespace Domains
  41. My FlightTrack replacement is Flight Update Pro
  42. Why Apple’s next killer app is health
  43. 61: May 11, 2017
  44. Report: Amazon Prime video coming to Apple TV, this time for real?
  45. Sponsor: Squarespace Domains
  46. iTunes coming to the Windows App Store
  47. How does the Surface Laptop stack up to Apple’s notebooks?
  48. The Rebound 136: The Bleep-Bloop Button
  49. Apple acquires Beddit sleep-tracking hardware
  50. Comixology Guided View comes to Kindle
  51. Echo Show ships on June 28 for $230
  52. Sorting two metric tons of Lego
  53. Create audio transcripts fast with Trint
  54. Workflow gets an update–and restores Google Chrome
  55. Apple affiliate rate dropped only for iOS in-app purchases
  56. Harman/Kardon teams with Microsoft to get into smart speaker game
  57. Report: Image of Amazon Echo with a screen make the rounds
  58. HandBrake downloads compromised by malware
  59. 60: May 5, 2017
  60. Why Apple’s laptops could use a little less innovation at the moment
  61. The Rebound 135: Two More Annoyances
  62. Changes at Clockwise
  63. 6 key takeaways from Apple’s Q2 2017 earnings call
  64. Hulu launches Live TV beta
  65. Q2 2017 call transcript: Apple’s answers to analyst’s questions
  66. Apple Q2 2017: No records, slight growth
  67. Cutting through net neutrality myths
  68. Joe Kissell takes control of Take Control Books
  69. Recording on two USB mics with GarageBand
  70. The Back Page: Introducing Apple Music Video, Coming at Some Future Date
  71. What I Use: Learning curves
  72. By Request: Battery backups and obsolete tech
  73. The Hackett File: Three months of Touch Bar

April 2017

  1. Layers 1
  2. 59: April 28, 2017
  3. What to expect from Apple’s Q2 2017 earnings call on May 2
  4. Why peer-to-peer Apple Pay is a great idea
  5. The Rebound 134: Try This On For Sighs
  6. Introducing Download
  7. Hajime “grayhat” IoT worm is even more sophisticated than thought
  8. Senate ID cards security “chips” are just photos
  9. Sponsor: Layers conference
  10. Amazon’s new Echo Look has a hands-free camera
  11. Episode IX has a release (and Indy 5 too)
  12. Apple Music’s Carpool Karaoke series delayed
  13. Apple cuts affiliate commissions on apps
  14. One for the thumbs
  15. Quick Tip: Purge completed items from Reminders
  16. How making its iWork and iLife apps free could hurt Apple and its users
  17. YNAB (You Need a Budget)
  18. One podcaster’s (fruitless) quest to replace Skype
  19. ‘How Apple won silicon’
  20. Apple forces recyclers to shred its products
  21. The Rebound 133: The Sonos Sub is Delicious
  22. After more than two years, Apple Pay still feels like the future
  23. 58: April 19, 2017
  24. Apple environmental chief says the company wants to end mining
  25. The Power of the (2009) Mac Pro
  26. Report: SNES Classic coming later this year
  27. Hajime, the grayhat botnet “securing” IoT devices
  28. iWork, iMovie, GarageBand apps now free for all Apple users
  29. Report: Apple prepping new flagship phone, two overhauled phones for fall
  30. Four months using AirPods everywhere… almost
  31. Coachella iPhone thief foiled by Find My iPhone
  32. Don’t fear the flipside
  33. Building a tiny classic Mac out of Lego blocks
  34. Mac emulation in a web page
  35. iTunes needs to go (well, the name, anyway)
  36. Sponsor: You Need a Budget (YNAB)
  37. Amazon’s Kindle gets unjustified at last
  38. Úll Radio
  39. Which cutting edge technologies will become mainstream?
  40. Is this the beginning of the end for iTunes?
  41. The Rebound 132: What Is Wrong With You Is My Next Question
  42. Clips Review: Creative fun amidst idiosyncrasies
  43. Report: Apple might make power management chips in house
  44. Witch 4
  45. Quick Tip: Streaming audio from a Mac to the Amazon Echo
  46. Rolling your own VPN server
  47. Walt Mossberg announces he’ll retire in June
  48. In praise of the versatile Mac mini
  49. Sponsor: Witch
  50. Microsoft reveals specs of the next Xbox
  51. The good news and bad news of Apple’s Mac Pro announcement
  52. Panic looks back on 2016
  53. The Rebound 131: This Would Have Been Great To Know About Two Years Ago
  54. A few more thoughts on today’s Mac Pro news
  55. The Mac Pro isn’t dead—just sleeping
  56. ‘My favorite prankster’
  57. The Back Page: Thank You for Your Surface

March 2017

  1. What I Use: Travel prep and tech
  2. By Request: Wearing in its welcome
  3. The Hackett File: The End of the AppleCare Road
  4. Relocating a community
  5. Freelance Accounting Template: The 2017 Edition
  6. Ms. Pac Map
  7. To fix the Apple TV, why not free Siri from the Siri Remote?
  8. 57: March 30, 2017
  9. The Rebound 130: I Like My Face Better
  10. With the new iPad, Apple keeps simplifying its product lines
  11. The Deck is shutting down
  12. David Pogue’s FlightTrack replacements
  13. The dream of converting podcasts into text
  14. Xcising Xcode
  15. Six Colors sponsorships open
  16. ‘The final 2017 emoji list’
  17. Apple software updates galore: iOS 10.3, macOS 10.12.4, more
  18. 56: March 24, 2017
  19. 25 Coolest Things Apple’s Workflow App Can Do
  20. Apple’s acquisition of Workflow could bring automation to iOS
  21. The Rebound 129: Look at This GUI
  22. ‘Apple II Forever’
  23. The $329 iPad could be just the thing for the education market
  24. Instagram rolls out two-factor authentication for all
  25. Apple says iCloud and Apple IDs not compromised, despite ransom attempt
  26. Apple acquires Workflow
  27. iTunes 12.6 enables rent once, watch anywhere
  28. Go Play: Typeshift
  29. Apple sneaks in new Watch bands
  30. Apple introduces Clips app to create and share videos
  31. Apple makes Swift Playgrounds available in Chinese, four other languages
  32. New 9.7-inch iPad replaces Air 2; iPad mini 4 increases capacities
  33. Apple introduces Product(RED) versions of iPhone 7, 7 Plus, doubles iPhone SE capacity
  34. Is Apple releasing new products Tuesday?
  35. Apple is serious about Augmented Reality
  36. What happens when the Queen dies?
  37. The Monopoly boot gets the boot
  38. Netflix tests a “skip intro” button
  39. The iPad Pro needs a refresh: Here’s what to expect
  40. The Rebound 128: Let’s Make Some Bets
  41. 55: March 16, 2017
  42. How the AirPods show Apple’s frustrating and delightful quest for simplicity
  43. Tom Negrino: 1956-2017
  44. What’s Apple’s next chapter in podcasting?
  45. Quick Tip: Adding Preview filters in macOS Sierra
  46. CIA’s secret training tool: board games
  47. Hue Labs rescues Philips’s Motion Sensor with sunlight as a switch
  48. Jonathan Zdziarski joins Apple
  49. John Moltz and Tom Negrino
  50. ‘Tom has those talents in spadefuls.’
  51. Squarespace
  52. All of you are reading this right now
  53. Why the new Mac Pro might never come
  54. The Rebound 127: Old Man Walkin’
  55. Accessibility features in macOS and iOS that everyone should try
  56. Feed Sponsor: Squarespace
  57. Bumpr: Going beyond the default browser
  58. 54: March 8, 2017
  59. ‘Living and dying on his own terms’
  60. Apple says iOS vulnerabilities in WikiLeaks dump already patched
  61. Consumer Reports rates privacy and security
  62. Well rounded: The Lofree Bluetooth mechanical keyboard
  63. David Letterman’s next act
  64. Backblaze
  65. How different could the iPhone 8 be?
  66. Getting SSH keys to work in Sierra
  67. Feed Sponsor: Backblaze
  68. The Rebound 126: Having an Episode
  69. DNA as data storage
  70. Bad trip: Searching for a replacement for FlightTrack
  71. Should Apple dump Lightning from the iPhone 8? The cases for and against
  72. The Back Page: Welcome to Apple Park, where there is absolutely nothing sinister going on
  73. What I Use: Getting Organized
  74. By Request: Preparing for Podcasts
  75. The Hackett File: iCloud Pro
  76. The best tool for the job

February 2017

  1. USB-C, Lightning, and the next iPhone
  2. Amazon Echo may soon recognize your voice
  3. Pay a monthly fee, play a lot of (probably older) Xbox games
  4. The flexibility of Audio Hijack 3
  5. All Natural Contact
  6. Adventures in Siri failures: Reminders edition
  7. Will Apple add facial recognition or iris scanning to the next iPhone?
  8. The Rebound 125: Literal Parlor Tricks
  9. 53: February 23, 2017
  10. ‘How Apple’s security system broke some Mac apps’
  11. Using Overcast 3 for podcast triage
  12. RSS Sponsor: All Natural Contact
  13. For a bigger iPad to work, iOS needs some interface improvements
  14. Castro 2.3 released
  15. Apple Park campus to open in April
  16. Automate this: Holiday lights the hard way
  17. Overcast 3 is out
  18. An Uber HR horror story
  19. 4K and HDR may not be enough for Apple TV to win the living room
  20. The Rebound 124: I Think We’re Doing It Wrong
  21. 52: February 16, 2017
  22. Imagining the next 9 iOS devices
  23. WWDC is in early June…in San Jose?!
  24. Comcast has a new Xfinity app, but it’s still not on set-top boxes
  25. Help Girl Scouts learn how to make a game
  26. The consequences of refusing to unlock your phone at the U.S. border
  27. Rogue Amoeba adds SoundSource to the mix
  28. Sonos CEO Patrick Spence talks Echo, Google Home
  29. Twitterrific for Mac gets Kickstarter rebirth?
  30. How Apple can make music sound sweeter
  31. The Rebound 123: $500 Well Spent
  32. 51: February 9, 2017
  33. Vacation with the Apple Watch Series 2
  34. Reasons to be optimistic about the iPad’s future
  35. Easy group scheduling is only a Doodle away
  36. Play Portal on a HoloLens
  37. Go Play: Stagehand
  38. ‘Apple Hires Amazon’s Fire TV Head to Run Apple TV Business’
  39. iTunes Terms and Conditions as a graphic novel
  40. Automate This: Red alert, shields up!
  41. Best and Worst of the Super Bowl Ads
  42. 5 Calls
  43. Apple’s “leap quarter”
  44. Why a dual-processor Fusion Mac makes a lot of sense
  45. The Rebound 122: Artistically Bereft
  46. Apple, ARM, and the coming of the hybrid Mac
  47. Plex enables voice control of media via Alexa
  48. 50: February 1, 2017
  49. Apple’s Q1 2017: Records for the iPhone and services, but the iPad still struggles
  50. Tim Cook speaks out on immigration order
  51. Justin Long now starring in Huawei ads

January 2017

  1. The Back Page: Coming soon to Apple Music Video
  2. By Request: Photo sharing on the cheap and simple
  3. What I Use: Video on demand
  4. When iTunes Met Jason
  5. The iPad keeps frowning
  6. What if the iPad isn’t what we thought it was?
  7. Apple’s record quarter by the numbers
  8. The LG 5K display has issues
  9. Apple’s quarterly results will be released today
  10. Squarespace
  11. Amazon and Apple’s differing smart home strategies
  12. Safari to gain real-time communication features?
  13. Brydge Keyboard 12.9 Review: Closer to iPad keyboard perfection
  14. A tech vacation reality check
  15. iCloud is one of Apple’s biggest challenges in 2017
  16. The Rebound 121: I’m More of a Gambling Man
  17. Sponsor: Squarespace
  18. What to expect from Apple’s Q4 2016 earnings call next week
  19. Quick Tip: Fixing expired GlobalSign certificates
  20. Dropcam co-founder joins Apple
  21. 49: January 24, 2017
  22. Automating deeper with Keyboard Maestro
  23. Computer, tea, Earl Grey, hot!
  24. Google Voice gets a much-needed refresh
  25. Who killed the Galaxy Note 7?
  26. ‘The Last Jedi’
  27. The case for a touchscreen Mac
  28. The Rebound 120: They’re Good Matches, Brent
  29. Bad AppleScript: Try, try again
  30. How Apple can bring the Touch Bar and Touch ID to desktop Macs
  31. Slack dons some nice threads
  32. Offline viewing is on Hulu’s road map
  33. Logic updated with Touch Bar support; GarageBand also gets an update
  34. The Case for the 10.5-inch iPad Pro
  35. More emoji fragmentation
  36. Vacationing with a waterproof iPhone case
  37. Sonos needs voice control, and not just Alexa
  38. Why Apple is making its original TV content push now
  39. The Rebound 119: The Old Codgers Show
  40. 48: January 12, 2017
  41. Apple in 2016: The Six Colors report card
  42. Sonos CEO steps down
  43. Consumer Reports battery test uncovers an Apple bug
  44. Chris Lattner is leaving Apple (for Tesla)
  45. Bypassing the App Store… or at least trying to
  46. BBC interviews Tony Fadell on the iPhone’s 10th anniversary
  47. The iPhone’s first 10th birthday
  48. PowerPhotos
  49. Phil Schiller talks iPhone anniversary, voice-based interfaces with Steven Levy
  50. Happy 10th birthday, iPhone!
  51. San Diego gets Ahoy Telephoned
  52. What an iPod-based iPhone would have looked like
  53. Dan plays Silicon Tally on Marketplace Tech
  54. For Apple, tech isn’t about the gadgets
  55. The Rebound 118: I Swallowed One of My AirPods
  56. Feed Sponsor: PowerPhotos
  57. Joel Johnson’s trip to the drunken carnival of Windowsland
  58. Mystery online Go player revealed to be Google AI
  59. Tech to look forward to in 2017
  60. Tech to look forward to in 2017
  61. When Apple’s Contact merging features go awry
  62. Make a DIY tea robot with a Raspberry Pi and old CD drive
  63. Google Home: Early impressions of an Echo competitor
  64. A DIY Guide to Feminist Cybersecurity
  65. Sierra’s PDF support has (99?) problems
  66. What the Mac needs in 2017

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