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December 2022

  1. Kolide 15
  2. The Back Page: Apple was doomed before it was cool
  3. Dan’s favorites of 2022
  4. Jason’s favorites of 2022
  5. Clockwise 483: The Schadenfreude Side of the Table
  6. You’re going to have to pungle up
  7. Ultra, Max, and the next big thing: How Apple’s 2023 will change everything
  8. The Rebound 424: Five Stars
  9. In praise of the Apple Watch’s Camera control
  10. Apple’s year ahead: Separating the rumors from reality
  11. Upgrade 439: The 2022 Upgradies
  12. Preparing for an Audit? We’ve Been There.
  13. App anniversaries and HomeKit challenges
  14. Magic Lasso Adblock: 2x faster web browsing in Safari
  15. Connected 42-9: Lucy’s Football Factory
  16. PCalc turns 30
  17. 2023 is shaping to be Apple’s biggest year yet–literally
  18. You don’t have to go home, but…
  19. Home architecture update seemingly pulled from iOS 16.2 and macOS 13.1
  20. Clockwise 482: Channeling Their Miffedness
  21. The Rebound 423: Squirt Your Key
  22. Apple’s self-repair program adds Mac desktops
  23. Belkin’s MagSafe adapter brings Continuity Camera home to the desktop
  24. Upgrade 438: Holiday Antitrust Special
  25. Magic Lasso Adblock: 2.0x faster web browsing in Safari
  26. Apple’s most significant moves of 2022 had nothing to do with the iPhone 14
  27. End-of-year updates and 2024 legal planning
  28. Kolide 14
  29. Clockwise 481: A Series of Shortcuts
  30. Answering the burning questions about Apple’s reported App Store plans
  31. The Rebound 422: A Really Bad Game Show
  32. Bloomberg: Apple planning to change course, allow third-party app stores and more
  33. Blank Canvas: Hands on with Apple’s new Freeform app
  34. Upgrade 437: Luxury Car for Nerds
  35. Kolide–50% Fewer Service Desk Hairs Pulled Out, Guaranteed!
  36. Advanced Data Protection for iCloud is a good start, but Apple has more work to do
  37. Kolide 13
  38. Security and native apps
  39. Ferrite 3: iPad audio editor adds variable-speed playback and more
  40. The Rebound 421: Wasting My Great Jokes on Mastodon
  41. The Mac fell short of expectations in 2022–but still managed to blow us away
  42. Clockwise 480: Science and I Disagree
  43. Apple to extend end-to-end encryption, add other security features
  44. MarsEdit 5 brings microposting, Markdown highlighting
  45. Apple starts actively diversifying from China
  46. It’s Karaoke night on your iPhone
  47. Backstage Live event from Dec. 7
  48. My social media is in an Mac app, or it’s nowhere
  49. Upgrade 436: I Bend So Many Spoons
  50. Kolide–Endpoint Security For People, Not Paper Clips
  51. To beat Google in the speaker war, Apple needs to deploy its secret mini weapon
  52. Shortcuts and social media
  53. Kolide 12
  54. Harkening back to the era of the BBS

November 2022

  1. The Back Page: The machine that goes Ping
  2. Clockwise 479: Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé
  3. Apple TV isn’t ready for Apple’s sports strategy
  4. Automate This: Audio archiving via Shortcuts
  5. The Rebound 420: Classic Toots
  6. Redirecting Mastodon links via a shortcut
  7. Upgrade 435: OS 8, Not So Great
  8. Kolide: You Don’t Have to Spy on Your Employees to Keep Your Company Secure
  9. Creating a smart On Air sign with an e-ink display
  10. Automate This: Archive a bunch of sub-folders
  11. Magic Lasso Adblock: YouTube ad blocker for Safari
  12. Take Control of Photos, Third Edition
  13. The Rebound 419: OK Bloomer
  14. Clockwise 478: Atop My Turkey Tree
  15. tvOS 16 is better at search–Siriously
  16. Why I’m thankful for Universal Control on my Mac and iPad
  17. Live Activities, Push Notifications, and iMessage on airplanes
  18. Find My soccer ball
  19. Upgrade 434: Bob to Bob to Bob
  20. Magic Lasso Adblock: YouTube ad blocker for Safari
  21. Apple’s holiday iPhone shortage is a symptom of a much larger problem
  22. Calendars and Passkeys
  23. Kolide 11
  24. 1Password gets ready to embrace Passkeys
  25. Clockwise 477: That’s Probably a Funny Joke
  26. MLS Season Pass begins to bring Apple TV/MLS deal into focus
  27. The Rebound 418: Three Small Bears in an Overcoat
  28. iPhone 14 Emergency SOS via Satellite arrives
  29. Upgrade 433: The Lava Lamp is Not Responding
  30. Redirect Web for Safari takes me to the right places
  31. Preparing for an Audit? We’ve Been There.
  32. With 2022 running out, Apple might miss these promised deadlines
  33. SearchLink removes the drudgery from making web links
  34. Kolide 10
  35. Twitter and online communities
  36. Quick Tip: Smart albums based on Photos searches
  37. Six Colors Backstage Chat for Nov. 9, 2022
  38. Clockwise 476: I Cheated With Two Questions
  39. The Apple TV’s upgrade experience needs an upgrade
  40. Apple can be great or it can be Google–but it can’t be both
  41. Some currently verified Twitter users will get a different checkmark
  42. Quick Tip: Replace albums with keywords in iCloud Shared Photos
  43. The Rebound 417: Oh God Space
  44. iOS 16 lock screen walkthrough
  45. Upgrade 432: Upgrade (With Special Offers)
  46. Kolide–50% Fewer Service Desk Hairs Pulled Out, Guaranteed!
  47. Even with record profits, Apple can’t buy our trust
  48. Apple TV frustration and social photos
  49. In praise of Shared Albums: The social network antidote
  50. Up Next? Disappointment.
  51. Apple to Apple TV users: We don’t care what you want to watch
  52. All existing Level locks will get Thread support in an update
  53. Chinese workers flee Covid lockdown at iPhone factory
  54. Apple’s fiscal 2022 in charts
  55. Slingbox reaches the inevitable end
  56. Clockwise 475: A Potato Will Arrive
  57. Endless portraits–just add your face and $3
  58. The Rebound 416: Do You Know Who I Was?
  59. As Apple’s prices keep going up, where will the value come from?
  60. The Back Page: Bobbing for Apples

October 2022

  1. Upgrade 431: Charty Charty Money Charts
  2. Vocaster Two: Twice the features, twice the price
  3. Kolide–Endpoint Security For People, Not Paper Clips
  4. Daylite
  5. Apple results, iPad value, and macOS Ventura
  6. Booming Macs and shrinking Services aren’t all they’re cracked up to be
  7. This is Tim: Q4 2022 analyst-call transcript
  8. Amid tech industry fears, Apple reports record Q4 results
  9. Apple Music should be more social
  10. The Rebound 415: SquirrelDrop
  11. Clockwise 474: Bobbing for Apple Watches
  12. The Talk Show 360: Neither Fish Nor Fowl
  13. Apple’s iPad and Apple TV updates aren’t as small as you think
  14. Upgrade 430: Other Kickstands Are Available
  15. macOS Ventura review: A work in progress
  16. Meet the Daylite Opportunities Board
  17. 2022 iPad and iPad Pro review: Mixed feelings
  18. Kolide 10 21
  19. Interesting iPad announcements
  20. Clockwise 473: Solar Eclipse Potato
  21. The Rebound 414: Use Promo Code Aaaaahhhhhhhhh
  22. The iPad’s erratic odyssey continues
  23. Apple TV 4K gets a few minor improvements and lower prices
  24. Apple revamps iPad with new design, revs iPad Pro to M2
  25. Upgrade 429: Freedom Doors
  26. Leave the maps to the professionals
  27. Kolide: You Don’t Have to Spy on Your Employees to Keep Your Company Secure
  28. Apple is quietly preparing for a future without the iPhone–or another big thing
  29. Kolide 9
  30. HomeKit matters and Apple marketing
  31. Apple’s smart home is still a few bricks short
  32. Shortcuts as Apps
  33. Google: Iconic Nest thermostats don’t Matter
  34. Ask Apple extends Apple’s developer support
  35. iPhone life on Windows might get better
  36. The Rebound 413: Rides With A Disturbing Ending
  37. Clockwise 472: Your Avatars Have Legs
  38. How important does Apple think its October products are?
  39. Apple’s next big thing could be the boost its smaller things need
  40. Upgrade 428: (2)
  41. A look at iCloud Shared Photo Library
  42. Preparing for an Audit? We’ve Been There.
  43. Bad Ventura Vibes
  44. Kolide 10 7
  45. Apple Store, shut up and take my money
  46. Clockwise 471: I Have $3; I’m Just Mad
  47. Using gestures inside the Dynamic Island
  48. The Rebound 412: Old People Remember Things
  49. Stage Manager on the iPad is too important to get this wrong
  50. ‘A scarce and unusual image’
  51. Upgrade 427: He Renounced Lederhosen
  52. Kolide–50% Fewer Service Desk Hairs Pulled Out, Guaranteed!
  53. The iPad isn’t a big iPhone or a touch-screen Mac–so what is it?

September 2022

  1. The Back Page: What’s in a name?
  2. Scott doesn’t like the Kobo Sage
  3. Rogue Amoeba
  4. Dynamic Island, Stage Manager, and October Events
  5. Clockwise 470: A Pinball Podcast
  6. The Rebound 411: Timsy
  7. Relay FM Campaign for St. Jude
  8. Upgrade 426: Splash Hit!
  9. iPhone 14 Pro Review: No phone is an island
  10. 20 Years of Great Software from Rogue Amoeba
  11. 3 can’t-miss features in iOS 16 and watchOS 9 that you may have missed
  12. Remembering the Spoiler-Free Opinion Summary
  13. Daylite
  14. Apple Maps’ missing transit link
  15. Clockwise 469: The Name of the Color Is Fingerprints
  16. Apple’s next victim: the SIM card
  17. The Rebound 410: Dynamite Iceland
  18. Upgrade 425: This Intelligent Blob
  19. How I’ve revamped my desk setup, fall 2022
  20. Meet the Daylite Opportunities Board
  21. The iPhone 14 may be the start of an extreme trend
  22. Kolide 8
  23. New iPhones, iOS reviews, and milestones
  24. iPhone 14 hands on (YouTube stream)
  25. ‘The Follower’
  26. Clockwise 468: I Got This Device Called a Baby
  27. New products expose Apple’s surprising silicon struggles
  28. MBW 835: Dynamic Peninsula
  29. The Rebound 409: I’m A Big Fan Of Sanity
  30. Live, on tape, at Apple Park
  31. Upgrade 424: Das Pro Plus Max Ultra
  32. iOS 16 Review: Unlocking the details
  33. Kolide: You Don’t Have to Spy on Your Employees to Keep Your Company Secure
  34. Why Apple’s Far Out event was more about the future than the products
  35. Apple will save your life
  36. Kolide 7
  37. iPhone orders and paternity projects
  38. The Rebound 408: That Was The Bear
  39. Clockwise 467: Off-Road For Two Seconds
  40. Member Q&A and event reaction
  41. Underestimating Apple’s bold moves
  42. The Steve Jobs Archive
  43. Apple Watch Ultra takes on Garmin
  44. Upgrade 423: Ultra Wednesday
  45. Apple’s September event: Winners, losers, and those in between
  46. Controlling the Logitech Litra Glow via Shortcuts
  47. Preparing for an Audit? We’ve Been There.
  48. Magic Lasso
  49. Home improvement, Keyboard Maestro, and event anticipation
  50. A smart E Ink calendar comes to my kitchen
  51. Where does the smartphone go from here?

August 2022

  1. Keyboard Maestro comes through again
  2. Clockwise 466: The Least Social of Media
  3. Apple’s new macOS malware scans are active
  4. Upgrade 422: The 2022 September Event Draft
  5. Magic Lasso Adblock: 2.0x faster web browsing in Safari
  6. Ways to make macOS Ventura System Settings better
  7. Kolide 6
  8. Smart Locks, Self Repair, and St. Jude
  9. Clockwise 465: A Mere Mortal
  10. One of Ventura’s key features needs an overhaul
  11. I got a new Smart Lock
  12. Six Colors Member Q&A for 8/24/22
  13. Apple invites media to in-person event Sept. 7
  14. It’s official: iPadOS 16 won’t be released next month
  15. Upgrade 421: Summer of Automation
  16. Kolide–50% Fewer Service Desk Hairs Pulled Out, Guaranteed!
  17. Apple brings Self-Service Repair to the Mac
  18. AI art and the fate of the artist
  19. Kolide 5
  20. Esoteric Battery Life
  21. In-app browsers that act as keyloggers
  22. A look at my E Ink calendar project
  23. Apple releases security update for macOS, iOS
  24. Putting my microclimate in my Menu Bar
  25. Announcing new Six Colors membership levels
  26. Clockwise 464: What Does “Pew Pew” Sound Like?
  27. Stephen Hackett reviews the M2 MacBook Air
  28. Gurman: Apple event coming Sept. 7
  29. MacBreak Weekly 831: The Fluid Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus
  30. The secret to Apple’s success isn’t demand, it’s supply
  31. The Rebound 405: UpSetting
  32. My Touch ID button is fully deconstructed
  33. Upgrade 420: I Don’t Want Your Jolly Ranchers
  34. Kolide–Endpoint Security For People, Not Paper Clips
  35. Kolide 4
  36. Apple removes Network Locations from macOS Ventura
  37. Clockwise 463: You Presume I Have a Strategy
  38. IT battles, bad management, and Apple TV+ stats
  39. Apple rumored to be bidding for Big Ten college football
  40. Who watched ‘Severance’? Don’t ask Ben Stiller
  41. Upgrade 419: Modemtown
  42. Kolide: You Don’t Have to Spy on Your Employees to Keep Your Company Secure
  43. Magic Lasso Adblock: YouTube ad blocker for Safari
  44. iMessage and the Secret Service
  45. MBW 829: The Keyser Söze Model
  46. Clockwise 462: Syncing on a Boat? Sounds Dangerous
  47. Questions about Apple and its TV+ marketing
  48. Gurman: iPadOS 16 launch delayed
  49. Smart homes and dumb light switches
  50. Apple’s next big move will probably be smaller than you think
  51. OmniFocus and Voice Control: Let your voice be your taskmaster
  52. A HomeKit dimmer for my outdoor patio lights
  53. Upgrade 418: Cocktail of Headwinds
  54. Magic Lasso Adblock: YouTube ad blocker for Safari

July 2022

  1. New betas, Mac Studio life, and calendars
  2. Kolide 3
  3. Six Colors community moving to Discord
  4. Apple results: A cocktail of trouble
  5. This is Tim: Complete Q3 2022 analyst call transcript
  6. Apple announces $83B fiscal third quarter
  7. My own personal Apple Store Time Machine
  8. Scrubbing through iOS 16’s Music app
  9. MacBreak Weekly 828: Woz’s Not Here, Man
  10. Clockwise 461: I Make the Guests Cry
  11. Get universal times into Discord and elsewhere with Elsewhen
  12. Safari extension Noir adds extensible dark-mode themes
  13. Apple TV needs a unified home screen
  14. Preparing for an Audit? We’ve Been There.
  15. Upgrade 417: The Verticals
  16. Kolide 2
  17. Tech projects and art commissions
  18. Touch ID on a Mac desktop, deconstructed
  19. Apple is at the top of its MacBook game–and the best may be yet to come
  20. The Rebound 401: Hey, Series of Mirrors
  21. MBW 827: A Response With Lots of Nines
  22. Clockwise 460: 9000 Ginger Emoji
  23. OmniFocus gains cross-platform voice automation
  24. Upgrade 416: Shout-out to Bridget Knight
  25. Kolide–50% Fewer Service Desk Hairs Pulled Out, Guaranteed!
  26. How Apple is laying a foundation for a smarter, more connected future
  27. Kolide
  28. Public betas and the M2 MacBook Air
  29. M2 MacBook Air Review: A new era
  30. The Rebound 400: I’ve Had a Good Run
  31. Clockwise 459: I Neither Tik Nor Tok
  32. MBW 826: Snelled It!
  33. The last vestige of Jony Ive era ends
  34. Upgrade 415: My Body Is My Studio, My Exercises Are My Canvas
  35. First Look: iOS 16 Public Beta
  36. First Look: macOS Ventura Public Beta
  37. Kolide–Endpoint Security For People, Not Paper Clips
  38. Do the Apple Watch Series 8 rumors point to a new design?
  39. Magic Lasso Adblock
  40. Orders, beta prep, and Apple’s new modes
  41. M2 MacBook Air for sale, base models coming next week
  42. The Rebound 399: Stuff is Unreliable
  43. Clockwise 458: Supply Chain Who?
  44. Stephen Hackett’s calendar is back
  45. Apple introduces ‘Lockdown Mode’
  46. The iPhone mini is dead. Long live the iPhone mini?
  47. Zoom PodTrak P4 review: Podcasting and the other Zoom
  48. Why the 13-inch MacBook Pro is still integral to Apple’s lineup
  49. Upgrade 414: The Meat Seems Questionable
  50. Magic Lasso Adblock: YouTube ad blocker for Safari
  51. Magic Lasso Adblock
  52. WeatherKit hacking, beta features, and M2 timing

June 2022

  1. Adding Apple WeatherKit data to my own weather widgets
  2. The Back Page: A guide to new Apple software features for your non-tech savvy friends and relatives
  3. Apple tests the waters for more iPhone themes
  4. iPhone review: A game-changer years in the making
  5. Clockwise 457: This is a Safe Space
  6. The Rebound 398: Friedman House Rules
  7. VirtualBuddy virtualizes macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon
  8. The Talk Show 350: Your Sack of Meat With Teeth
  9. Upgrade 413: Tall Is Small
  10. Magic Lasso Adblock: incredibly private and secure Safari web browsing
  11. Magic Lasso Adblock
  12. Mail Merge and M2 milestones
  13. A typeface from the Danish forest
  14. ‘Take Control of FaceTime and Messages’
  15. The Rebound 397: What the Flub?!
  16. Clockwise 456: I Just Like the Pictures
  17. 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro Review: The future, wrapped in the past
  18. Mail Merge returns to Pages after nine years
  19. Upgrade 412: Justin, Don’t Do It
  20. Solving a file sharing mystery: Why one Mac can’t see another
  21. Magic Lasso Adblock: 2.0x faster web browsing in Safari
  22. When will Apple bring the M2 to its other Macs? It could be a while
  23. What’s the role of tomorrow’s CarPlay?
  24. Daylite
  25. Stage Manager, M1 iPads, and M2 Macs
  26. The future of TV is… what again?
  27. Clockwise 455: The Spock Raised Eyebrow
  28. Why the 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro actually makes sense–in theory
  29. The Rebound 396: Center Stage Manager
  30. How do you recover passkeys if you lose all your devices?
  31. Moof
  32. Apple inks 10-year deal with Major League Soccer
  33. Apple, WhatsApp add iPhone migration feature
  34. Friday Night Baseball: Still free
  35. Mac-Savvy Businesses Love Daylite CRM
  36. How your different Apple devices are becoming more alike than ever
  37. Upgrade 411: 180% Different for Me
  38. Clockwise 454: Wednesday Is the Leaf
  39. WWDC 2022 report
  40. The pandemic forever changed WWDC–in the best way possible
  41. Magic Lasso Adblock
  42. WWDC 2022: “desktop-class” iPad apps
  43. WWDC 2022: Passkeys hit primetime
  44. WWDC 2022: All about Continuity Camera
  45. Hands on with the M2 MacBook Air
  46. WWDC 2022: WeatherKit brings hyperlocal forecasts to apps
  47. Upgrade 410: Apple Park Vibe Check
  48. Five big app updates Apple didn’t discuss on stage
  49. It’s WWDC time
  50. Magic Lasso Adblock: YouTube ad blocker for Safari
  51. One must-have feature for every big OS update coming at WWDC
  52. New Mexico Tea Company
  53. WWDC prep and VR ambitions
  54. The Iconfactory releases WorldWideWeb
  55. A tale of two @-signs: How to get alternate versions of font characters
  56. My WWDC 2022 wishlist
  57. Clockwise 453: A Wolf Full of Toner
  58. Apple Music has betrayed its most loyal listeners

May 2022

  1. The Back Page WWDC preview: The Rainbow Stage hungers
  2. Three hardware features Apple needs to trash forever
  3. Upgrade 409: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2022
  4. New Mexico Tea Company
  5. Why Apple’s Friday Night Baseball probabilities don’t add up
  6. WWDC prep, pressing buttons, and HomePods
  7. A year with the Elgato Stream Deck
  8. Clockwise 452: The Dogs Hate Mr. Sweepy
  9. The Rebound 393: Ruined By Technology
  10. HomePod all the things!
  11. Iconfactory co-founder Corey B. Marion dies at 54
  12. Upgrade 408: Upgrade VR
  13. Quick Tip: Typing characters with diacritics on the Mac
  14. Six Apple apps in desperate need of a makeover
  15. WWDC waiting, fresh apps, and sound
  16. I’m excited about Apple and E Ink
  17. The Rebound 392: 45 Years of Twitter Experience
  18. Apple’s Accessibility feature preview gets #GAAD going
  19. Clockwise 451: Blast My Retinas
  20. SoundSource 5.5 adds Shortcuts support for full Mac audio automation
  21. Macros to make dumb typing smarter
  22. Apple details Live Captions, other accessibility features coming later this year
  23. Upgrade 407: Inexplicable Billboards
  24. Three features Apple should borrow from Google
  25. Bring on the USB-C future
  26. Broken watches, 5G vampires, and iPod memories
  27. Watch and learn: The Apple Watch needs a better upgrade experience
  28. The Rebound 391: Wandering the Streets of Tacoma
  29. Clockwise 450: Plural of Trackpad is Trackspad
  30. RIP the iPod
  31. Podcast Details
  32. A sabbatical from a Weird Internet Career
  33. Upgrade 406: Are You Phishing Me Right Now?
  34. How short can a Shortcut be if a Shortcut is cut short?
  35. 1Password, no passwords, and WWDC
  36. Magic Lasso Adblock
  37. 1Password 8 for Mac: An upgrade, after all
  38. The Rebound 390: Terrible T-Shirt Designs
  39. Password-less logins come one step closer
  40. Clockwise 449: It’s Still Working, I’m So Sad
  41. Amazon supports ePub… sort of
  42. Webcam settings? What a concept!
  43. Tony Fadell: The storytelling of Steve Jobs
  44. Upgrade 405: Too Many Numbers
  45. Apple’s latest moves show how much–and how little–it is willing to change
  46. Magic Lasso Adblock: YouTube ad blocker for Safari

April 2022

  1. The Back Page: Tim Cook, now with absolute candor
  2. Guidance, webcams, and wordplay
  3. Apple’s future is suddenly freight–er fraught with peril
  4. This is Tim: Q2 2022 financial call transcript
  5. Apple Q2 2022 results: A record $97 billion quarter
  6. Knotwords offers crossword puzzles… without clues
  7. The Rebound 389: Taco Convert
  8. Step one in Apple’s sports strategy
  9. Clockwise 448: My Butler Bae
  10. The iPad’s biggest moments, ranked
  11. Apple’s new Self Service Repair program is now live
  12. Hands on with Apple’s Studio Display firmware update
  13. Upgrade 404: Convert Your Nostalgia to Money
  14. It’s time for Apple to start thinking different again–and a little weird
  15. iPhone as single-app webcam
  16. Video: Hands on with Panic Playdate
  17. Magic tech, Ecamm Live, and HomePod
  18. Automating time tracking via Audio Hijack 4
  19. HomePod and Studio Display: Filling the right niche
  20. The Rebound 388: We Didn’t Get To The Point
  21. Learning to love Ecamm’s Live
  22. Clockwise 447: A Seething Ball of Rage
  23. Apple expands cycling directions in US
  24. Upgrade 403: This Episode is Forbidden
  25. Spaces: The final frontier
  26. Spaces, Displays, and Baseball
  27. ‘Rethinking Fandom’
  28. Forget new iOS features–Apple needs to focus on these 3 areas at WWDC
  29. BareFeats writer Rob Art Morgan dies at 77
  30. The Rebound 387: It Looks Like You’re Writing a Heartfelt Apology
  31. Clockwise 446: Sounds Good, Grandpa
  32. The future of the Mac is bright–but don’t forget the pains of the past
  33. BBEdit at 30
  34. First impressions of Apple’s “Friday Night Baseball”
  35. Upgrade 402: Very Important Developers
  36. A Stream Deck recording button, with feedback
  37. Apple’s Opening Day
  38. When in doubt, push the button
  39. Apple provides new “Friday Night Baseball” details
  40. The Rebound 386: Tanks But No Tanks
  41. Clockwise 445: Odd Person Out
  42. WWDC 2022 is (mostly) online again
  43. Upgrade 401: This App May Not Kill You
  44. Even when change comes at Apple, nothing really changes
  45. Audio Hijack, automation, and a mounted Mac Studio

March 2022

  1. The Back Page: Five reasons the Apple Studio Display ended up with an A13 processor
  2. Automating Audio Hijack 4 with Shortcuts and JavaScript
  3. Apple launches Business Essentials service
  4. Audio Hijack 4 arrives: The definitive Mac audio utility just got better
  5. Why the black MacBook cost more
  6. Apple in the Enterprise: A 2022 report card
  7. Demystifying that viral iOS copy-and-paste video
  8. The Rebound 385: RAM Doubler
  9. Clockwise 444: Go Ahead, Make Me a Cyborg
  10. The M1 era is over, but Apple silicon mysteries still remain
  11. The first “Friday Night Baseball” games are set
  12. Upgrade 400: Draft of the Ages
  13. Apple is at its best when it doesn’t know best
  14. Unite 4
  15. External displays and the Taco Bell problem
  16. Alto’s Adventure gets a spirited Apple Arcade expansion
  17. The Rebound 384: I Love Wacky Hijinks
  18. Clockwise 443: My Strategy is Ehhhuuuhhh
  19. Is the Studio Display too clever by half?
  20. ‘Explaining the Mac Studio’s removable SSDs’
  21. A cowboy roping an iMac? Stop the presses!
  22. Upgrade 399: The Mysteries of Thunderbolt
  23. Unite 4 – Turn websites into apps on your Mac
  24. An update about Studio Display rotation
  25. Power off accessories with a smart switch
  26. The iPhone SE: An upgrader’s guide
  27. Studio Display reviews, Mac Studio, and Dan’s iPad
  28. Matter debut pushed until fall
  29. Live with Mac Studio and Studio Display
  30. Apple Studio Display Review: A welcome return
  31. Mac Studio review: Something new
  32. The Rebound 383: Driving Through New Jersey
  33. Clockwise 442: Baby’s First Souls Game
  34. iPad Air vs. iPad Pro: My buying decision
  35. M1 iPad Air review: A familiar face
  36. OS Updates arrive with Universal Control, Mask Unlock
  37. Upgrade 398: I Thought About the Ultra, Then I Laughed
  38. Apple’s new products raise as many questions as answers
  39. The Mac Studio is myth fulfillment
  40. What’s in my office, 2022 edition
  41. Magic Lasso Adblock
  42. Mac Studio, A missing Mac, and a new iPad
  43. Apple finally made the Mac that puts everything in its right place
  44. The Rebound 382: Fair In Height
  45. The missing mid-range desktop Mac
  46. Clockwise 441: Talk Talk Music
  47. Apple’s big baseball deal, detailed
  48. A few more notes about Apple’s ‘peek’ performance
  49. Upgrade 397: My Favorite Amount of Transistors
  50. Peek Performance: A few details Apple didn’t discuss onstage
  51. Magic Lasso Adblock: Block all ads – including YouTube ads – in Safari
  52. Does Apple have any surprises in store at its ‘Peek Performance’ event?
  53. Investors pass two proposals opposed by Apple
  54. Ehteraz, the Qatari app that surveils every visitor
  55. Apple event announced… eventually
  56. Cover up faces and add emojis to photos with MaskerAid
  57. The Rebound 381: The Bearer of Capitalistic Bad News
  58. Searching for a better guide: Live TV in the age of streaming
  59. Clockwise 440: Machines Creating Machines Creating Machines
  60. Apple has “peeked” my interest in its March 8 event
  61. Apple took a stand against Russia. Would it ever do the same with China?
  62. Apple pauses sales in Russia, disables propaganda apps

February 2022

  1. Upgrade 396: The 2022 March Event Draft
  2. Apple silicon year two: Apple saved the best Macs for last
  3. iZotope RX finally adds Apple silicon support
  4. The Back Page: A non-comprehensive list of things Apple has spent 50 million euros on without blinking
  5. Smart Locks and Vintage Macs
  6. Review: Level Bolt is a stealthy smart lock contending with an imperfect world
  7. The Rebound 380: I Don’t Feel Anything Anymore
  8. Clockwise 439: I Wish I Had a Right Hand That Smacked
  9. Quick Tip: Export encrypted PDF without a password in Monterey
  10. Vacation scripting: Python goes to the beach
  11. Upgrade 395: This App May Kill You
  12. Clay – Be More Thoughtful with People
  13. Electric Cars and Sleeping Macs
  14. The Rebound 379: You Down With NFC?
  15. A next-generation iMac wish list
  16. Clockwise 438: A Cat and Mouse Game
  17. How (and why) I publish a book every summer
  18. Apple’s worst-case scenario might be the best thing for the iPhone
  19. Forget System Preferences, it’s time for Settings
  20. John Gruber’s personal 2021 Apple Report Card
  21. Table stakes for streaming apps
  22. Fantastical update adds cloud-based scheduling features
  23. The Talk Show 337: See Me After Class
  24. Upgrade 394: Historic Dongletown
  25. Clay – Be More Thoughtful with People
  26. The missing piece of Apple’s ecosystem could bring it all together
  27. Fun With Charts: A 2021 Report Card breakdown
  28. AirTags and Tap to Pay
  29. Kolide: Device management for teams that value honest security
  30. Apple issues an AirTag status update
  31. Audient EVO 4: Double the… fun?
  32. Clockwise 437: Just Beam Me Ten Bucks
  33. Apple’s profit is always the priority–no matter the cost
  34. The Rebound 378: Are You Talking Like My Dog?
  35. Apple will let iPhones accept contactless payments later this year
  36. Upgrade 393: Nothing Is So Perfect™
  37. Kolide: Device management for teams that value honest security
  38. How iOS 15.4 could finally eliminate password hell
  39. February 4, 2022
  40. Kolide: Slack-powered device security
  41. The Rebound 377: Jiggling The Line
  42. Clockwise 436: Email Makes Me Sad
  43. Apple’s headset: Another Apple Watch or HomePod?
  44. Mac workflows with Matthew Cassinelli
  45. The Incomparable 247: Monkey Cam
  46. 40 Years Later: The Letterman YouTube Channel

January 2022

  1. Upgrade 392: The Whimsy Committee
  2. Kolide–Slack Powered Device Security for MacAdmins
  3. Why Apple is happy to let the metaverse pass it by
  4. The Back Page: Road Map to Perdition
  5. Kolide: VC-backed remote-first startup is hiring
  6. January 28, 2022
  7. Apple’s record quarter: Big numbers, no roadmap
  8. This is Tim: Complete Apple Q1 2022 conference call transcript
  9. Apple Results: The biggest ever ($123.9B)
  10. Apple announces results later today
  11. Shortcuts, AppleScript, Terminal: Working around automation roadblocks
  12. The Rebound 376: Rebound Fatigue
  13. Clockwise 435: Never Clean Out Your Inbox
  14. Audio Hijack update on the way–with scripting
  15. A WebKit feature was crowdfunded. Let the dunks begin?
  16. Upgrade 391: They’re Great Uphill
  17. Kolide: VC-backed remote-first startup is hiring
  18. How to fix the iPhone’s communication problem
  19. The 5G airline controversy
  20. Kolide: Device management for teams that value honest security
  21. January 21, 2022
  22. More podcast workflow tweaks
  23. Seventeen years later, my weather station is retired
  24. Apple names Kristin Huguet head of PR
  25. Dashboard, come back!
  26. End of the road for Google Apps for Domains
  27. Ten great movies you can’t legally stream
  28. Clockwise 434: ChatBoy110Pedia.com
  29. iMessage: Threat or failure?
  30. The Rebound 375: Stupid Technology Topic
  31. More notes on Podcast Notes automation
  32. Button Creator: Quick icons for Stream Deck
  33. Upgrade 390: 🦓🦅🦜🐧
  34. Kolide: Device management for teams that value honest security
  35. Unite 4
  36. That question again: iMac or external display?
  37. What’s in my menu bar, 2022 edition
  38. January 13, 2022
  39. The Rebound 374: More Like a Lexorcism
  40. Podcast Note workflow, now with Shortcuts
  41. Imagining the 2022 Mac Pro
  42. Clockwise 433: My Work Nest is Pretty Well Feathered
  43. Massachusetts offers digital vaccine records to all residents
  44. Apple to allow alternative App Store payments in South Korea
  45. Upgrade 389: I Have Extra Buttons
  46. Why Intel, AMD, and Nvidia will never beat an Apple silicon Mac
  47. Unite 4 – Turn websites into apps on your Mac
  48. NightWatch: An Apple Watch stand, if you want it
  49. Kolide: Slack-powered device security
  50. January 7, 2022
  51. 20 Macs for 2020: iMac G4
  52. iMac G4 review: Bold system avoids the sophomore slump
  53. TV for Picky Eaters
  54. In case of podcast problem, push button
  55. The Rebound 373: I Need More Underwear
  56. Clockwise 432: By “Read” I Mean “Listen”
  57. Upgrade 388: The Year of the Headset
  58. Kolide–Slack Powered Device Security for MacAdmins
  59. David Sparks goes all in on MacSparky
  60. Microsoft Exchange finds a Y2K22 bug

2021 739

December 2021

  1. The Back Page: Perennial Predictions, 2022 Edition
  2. 2021 Favorites: Books
  3. December 31, 2021
  4. Kolide: VC-backed remote-first startup is hiring
  5. Why the iPhone won’t take center stage in 2022
  6. 2021 Favorites: Movies
  7. 2021 Favorites: TV
  8. Clockwise 431: Eat My Virtual Hat
  9. Upgrade 387: The 2021 Upgradies
  10. Apple’s next things could bring huge changes
  11. Kolide: VC-backed remote-first startup is hiring
  12. Cores, colors, and lucky 13: How 2022 could be the Mac’s best year ever
  13. Kolide: Device management for teams that value honest security
  14. Connected 377: Connected Café 🍕🍺
  15. 2021 Favorites: Games
  16. Mystery machine: Automating puzzle hunting
  17. Clockwise 430: Misinformation Tracing
  18. The Rebound 372: The Doorbell Rang Twice Maybe
  19. WinterFest 2021
  20. Upgrade 386: The Tube Man Ecosystem
  21. Kolide: Device management for teams that value honest security
  22. 2021 Favorites: Hardware
  23. Apple’s most significant moves of 2021
  24. Apple adds device bezels to resource page
  25. What’s in my office, 2021 edition
  26. Kolide: Slack-powered device security
  27. Some people want to fill the world with silly notch apps
  28. Apple’s challenges to improve Shortcuts
  29. Swift Playgrounds 4 arrives, including App Store submission
  30. December 16, 2021
  31. Pixelmator Photo comes to iPhone
  32. 2021 Favorites: iOS Apps
  33. Moving from 1Password to iCloud Keychain
  34. The Rebound 371: This is My Show
  35. Clockwise 429: The Intersection of Work and Our Firewall
  36. After a dramatic 2020, Apple’s 2021 was an anticlimax
  37. Upgrade 385: Millie Metre
  38. Kolide–Slack Powered Device Security for MacAdmins
  39. Apple delays Universal Control to spring 2022
  40. 3 features that prove Apple’s headset is hiding right in front of our eyes
  41. MacBook Pro: Live reboxing video
  42. 2021 Favorites: Mac Apps
  43. December 10, 2021
  44. Project: Google Calendar to Slack
  45. Matter standard will include TV control and a casting feature
  46. Clockwise 428: I’m More of a Rudolph, Personally
  47. All along the WashTower
  48. Typora: ‘Distraction-free Markdown’
  49. The lackluster state of Retina quality external monitors
  50. Upgrade 384: Don’t Fear the Laser
  51. Apple is running out of time to deliver on its 2021 promises
  52. December 3, 2021
  53. Quick Tip: Cat-proof those HomePods
  54. Car thieves are using AirTags too
  55. How Kobo beats Kindle on library books
  56. Batch converting shortcuts for use throughout Monterey
  57. The Rebound 369: Straight-Up Toilet Paper Scam
  58. Clockwise 427: Old Man Yells at Fail Whale
  59. Run shortcuts from the Mac command line
  60. Now Playing in hardware form
  61. Why Monterey’s best feature still hasn’t arrived

November 2021

  1. The Back Page: Tim Cook’s Wishlist
  2. Upgrade 383: Dongletown Hotel
  3. Clockwise 426: Little Bobby Tables
  4. Display network quality in your menu bar
  5. A Thanksgiving spread
  6. Apple sues spyware maker NSO Group
  7. Qualcomm has an exclusivity deal with Microsoft for Windows on ARM
  8. Shortcuts makes my Mac user automations portable
  9. Upgrade 382: Hey Car, Stop
  10. David Smith extends his Apple Watch battery
  11. Why does Apple’s ‘change’ feel more forced than transformative?
  12. Tip: Make Shortcuts into Mac Apps (sort of)
  13. Unite 4
  14. Nuphy Air75: A low-profile keyboard that feels a bit cramped
  15. November 19, 2021
  16. A HomePod mini on my desk
  17. ‘Letterman Bumpers’
  18. Apple Car: Nobody’s at the wheel?
  19. The Rebound 367: Grist for the Mule
  20. Clockwise 425: Neither Ultra Nor Fine
  21. How the first year of Apple silicon changed the Mac forever
  22. Apple launches a consumer “Self Service Repair” program, starting with iPhones
  23. Qualcomm expects to lose Apple’s business
  24. The future of the TV app is still unclear
  25. Upgrade 381: Get Used to Disappointment
  26. macOS Monterey’s new network quality tool
  27. Unite 4 – Turn websites into apps on your Mac
  28. If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter
  29. Rebuilding my smart home: Sensors active
  30. November 12, 2021
  31. Joanna Stern embarks upon 24 hours in the metaverse
  32. 2021 e-reader roundup: Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Paperwhite reviews
  33. Panic’s Playdate delayed until early 2022
  34. The Rebound 366: We’re All Legacy Nodes
  35. The Template Gun meets Shortcuts
  36. Clockwise 424: Who Doesn’t Love Sensible Scissors?
  37. Apple’s keyboards are boring again, and that’s fine
  38. Apple’s request for a stay denied in Epic case
  39. Apple reaches out to small businesses via new Business Essentials service
  40. Take Control of Photos, version 2.2
  41. Twitter Blue arrives, with news aggregation inside
  42. ‘The iOS App Icon Book’
  43. Review: Lutron Aurora bridges the gap between Hue bulbs and wall switches
  44. Upgrade 380: Hey Self, Don’t Do It!
  45. How 2022 could be a game-changing year for Apple
  46. November 5, 2021
  47. Help a Mac automation find Focus
  48. Monterey’s new screensaver is probably a trip through an underwater canyon
  49. The Rebound 365: Snell Mafia
  50. Clockwise 423: A Psychic Toll
  51. The trials and travails of iOS 15’s digital vaccine cards
  52. It’s Time for Another ‘iMac to Go’
  53. Fun with Charts: Apple’s fiscal year in review
  54. Netflix begins to roll out games
  55. Upgrade 379: They Feed on Memory Bandwidth

October 2021

  1. M1 Pro vs. M1 Max: Which MacBook Pro is best?
  2. The Back Page: Notch your business
  3. October 29, 2021
  4. Why Apple’s record quarter has everyone worried
  5. This is Tim: Transcript of Apple’s fourth-quarter call with analysts
  6. Apple announces record fourth quarter
  7. Building cross-platform shortcuts
  8. Clockwise 422: Let’s Not Tie It to Facebook
  9. The Rebound 364: The Cats Worked For Me
  10. M1 Pro vs. M1 Max: Which MacBook Pro is best?
  11. macOS Monterey Review: Seeking harmony, but a work in progress
  12. Putting Netatmo weather on the menu
  13. Upgrade 378: The Maximum Macintosh
  14. 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack
  15. An original iPod prototype
  16. Twenty years of iPod
  17. Twenty years ago, the iPod paved the way for Apple’s success
  18. Daylite
  19. October 22, 2021
  20. In macOS Monterey, Finder learns a few new tricks
  21. How the M1 Pro and M1 Max open up a world of possibilities for the Mac
  22. The Rebound 363: Notch City
  23. Clockwise 421: We’re Pivoting to Tables
  24. The missing announcements from Apple’s MacBook Pro event
  25. Exile from Dongletown
  26. Upgrade 377: Most Importantly, Compressor
  27. Safari 15 Watch: Old tabs edition
  28. The MacBook Pro and macOS details Apple didn’t talk about
  29. Daylite is Monterey ready!
  30. Rebuilding my smart home: Let there be light
  31. ‘LaserWriter II’: Life amid the broken Macs (and printers) of Tekserve
  32. iPhone 13 Pro review: This Pro’s got few cons
  33. Upgrade 376: The 2021 October Event Draft
  34. October 14, 2021
  35. Clockwise 420: Get Back on That Train!
  36. Safari 15 watch: Favorites Bar edition
  37. The Rebound 362: Gruber Doesn’t Like It
  38. Adventure and the Apple Watch battery
  39. Will we still be using Apple devices in the future–or will we be living with them?
  40. Apple event coming Oct. 18
  41. Boox Nova Air review: A multitasker among unitaskers
  42. Upgrade 375: My Watch Is My Cake
  43. Google’s apps to embrace iOS on iOS
  44. October 8, 2021
  45. Considering Tim Cook’s record, ten years after Jobs’ passing
  46. Under the Gavel: Antitrust concerns are here, there, everywhere
  47. The Rebound 361: Technify Yourself, Don’t Wrecknify Yourself
  48. Clockwise 419: Zup Zup Zup Zup
  49. iPhone 13 review: We put the ‘fun’ in function
  50. A decade later, Steve Jobs is still paving Apple’s path to success
  51. Anandtech on the A15
  52. Upgrade 374: Abnormal Within an Abnormal Group
  53. Quick Tip: iPhone not responding to “Hey Siri”? This may be the culprit.
  54. Apple Watch Series 7 preorders open on October 8, deliveries a week later
  55. Apple has a tablet problem and it starts with the iPad Air
  56. The Talk Show 324: A Pretty Generic Thing You Stick in a Hole
  57. You made a good app, Justin
  58. ‘No, We Won’t Have a Video Call for That!’
  59. Apple should stop taking itself (and the iPhone) so seriously
  60. Mimestream: A native Mac app with proper Gmail support
  61. Boom 3D
  62. Apple releases iOS/iPadOS 15.0.1 update
  63. October 1, 2021

September 2021

  1. Apple’s goal for Apple TV+
  2. The Back Page: Keep it secret, keep it safe
  3. Welcome to Downstream
  4. The Rebound 360: Weirdly Sexy Animals
  5. Clockwise 418: A Lousy Dalek
  6. iWork comes alive with Keynote live-video features
  7. Upgrade 373: We Will Give You Color… But It Will Not Be Fun
  8. Boom 3D: Volume Booster & Equalizer with 3D Surround Sound
  9. OS X 10.1 review: Mac OS X comes of Age
  10. September 24, 2021
  11. The iPhone 13: An upgrader’s guide
  12. Using Safari at night gets easier with Noir
  13. The Rebound 359: Well, This Has Been Wizard Talk
  14. Clockwise 417: Propping Up Late-Stage Capitalism
  15. Inside the iPhone Leather Wallet (second generation)
  16. The A15 is plenty fast, but its true power is versatility
  17. iPad mini (2021) review: Small packages
  18. Amazon updates Kindle Paperwhite line with new backlight, bigger screen
  19. Safari Keyword Search hits 2.0, comes to iOS
  20. Upgrade 372: A Wrestling Match With App Icons
  21. iPadOS 15: A closer look
  22. Review: iOS 15 does a lot with a little
  23. How the old products Apple keeps around are crucial to its success
  24. Daylite
  25. Rebuilding my smart home: Amping up home theater audio
  26. September 17, 2021
  27. A15, fast and slow
  28. Apple’s chip operation and the A15
  29. The Rebound 358: Frenchy Blue
  30. Clockwise 416: The Waterfall Feature
  31. Has Apple hit a wall with the A15 processor?
  32. A few extra notes about Apple’s September 14 event
  33. AT&T iPhone Upgrade Program units ship with an eSIM
  34. Upgrade 371: Midnight Is Starlight’s Best Friend
  35. Quick reactions to Apple’s iPhone 13 event
  36. Latest Apple updates fight zero-click exploits
  37. Daylite
  38. Every new product we expect at Apple’s ‘California Streaming’ event
  39. ‘What Does It All Mean?’
  40. Upgrade 370: The 2021 September Event Draft
  41. Apple bests Epic, but change is coming to the App Store
  42. September 10, 2021
  43. Updated Marvel Unlimited adds vertical comics and better following features
  44. The Rebound 357: I Stopped Punching You
  45. Getting ebooks from your library is still fraught
  46. Clockwise 415: We Come Bearing Internet
  47. Apple’s car project has a long track record
  48. Apple’s “California Streaming” next week
  49. App Store change has been slow, but it may need to get quicker very soon
  50. Upgrade 369: The One With How Titles Are Made
  51. Apple delays CSAM scanning rollout
  52. September 3, 2021
  53. Tools we used to make a “call-in” podcast
  54. Apple to let “reader” apps link to their sites
  55. Clockwise 414: Doctor Pin Dan
  56. The Rebound 356: The Pain Wall
  57. Users to developers: it’s not about you

August 2021

  1. Tip: Reform wayward Apple News links
  2. Upgrade 368: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs
  3. Review: Sonos Roam is a worthy travel companion
  4. Apple to revamp classical music offering with Primephonic acquisition
  5. Command line 101: grep, sed, and awk for newbies
  6. The Safari 15 fight isn’t over (for Mac and iPad)
  7. The Back Page: Introducing Safari 15’s Brand New Interface, Which We Got Right on the First Try
  8. The Rebound 355: We Share The Same Queen
  9. Clockwise 413: Not My Parcel, Not My Roof
  10. TestFlight for Mac (finally) lands
  11. How Apple will (eventually) replace the iPhone
  12. Balanced between sherlocking and irrelevance
  13. Upgrade 367: My Experience With the Floating Lozenges
  14. Tempo 2
  15. August 20, 2021
  16. At long last, iOS is getting Smart
  17. How Roblox exploits young developers
  18. The Rebound 354: [Heavy Sigh]
  19. ‘Color-blind Accessibility Manifesto’
  20. Clockwise 412: Nope, Changed My Mind
  21. The mess that is Apple Podcasts Subscriptions
  22. Apple is delaying one of iOS 15’s top features. That’s a good thing
  23. Upgrade 366: The Node Legacy
  24. Tempo
  25. Apple is as big as a country, and so are the threats to its existence
  26. TextSniper
  27. August 13, 2021
  28. Joanna Stern talks to Craig Federighi about child safety features
  29. The best cord-cutting comparison site
  30. The Rebound 353: Behind The Cue Ball
  31. Cord Cutting Diary: Fubo TV
  32. Clockwise 411: A Bigger Budget for My Disappointments
  33. Unexpected benefits (and shortcomings) of Apple’s new Live Text feature
  34. Apple’s compromise, paved with good intentions
  35. Apple’s Head of Privacy on anti-child-abuse features
  36. Why are vaccine cards the wrong size?
  37. Upgrade 365: Apple’s Compromise
  38. TextSniper
  39. Security researchers intercept audio from power LED fluctuations
  40. How the iPhone 13 and Pixel 6 will shape the future of the smartphone
  41. ‘FAQ about Apple’s Expanded Protections for Children’
  42. August 5, 2021
  43. Clockwise 410: My Italian Shout
  44. Apple keeping its Mac Pro promise in the waning days of the Intel era
  45. Center Stage is the iPad Pro feature the Mac needs
  46. The Rebound 352: Fellow Kids Energy
  47. Mac Pro gets a graphics update
  48. Magic Keyboards with Touch ID now available for standalone purchase
  49. New York Times Crossword to third-party apps: Drop dead
  50. Google debuts its own chip on the Pixel 6
  51. Upgrade 364: Content Arms Dealer
  52. Quick Tip: Delete that pesky un-deletable folder
  53. How Apple’s careful control will bring even bigger things

July 2021

  1. A Back Page: The Absurd Analyst Call
  2. July 30, 2021
  3. The Rebound 351: An In-Flight Cocktail
  4. Clockwise 409: Well A-Cancelly-Doo
  5. Even iPhone chip shortages can’t slow down Apple’s money train
  6. Live Text comes to Intel Macs in macOS Monterey beta 4
  7. Upgrade 363: Our App Is a Game Now
  8. Here’s how Apple can make iMessage better for iPhone users now
  9. July 23, 2021
  10. iDOS emulator may be removed from the App Store
  11. The Rebound 350: That’s the Way Time Works
  12. Clockwise 408: TikTok Tech Talk
  13. Getting a handle on outdoor air quality
  14. Safari in iOS 15 is a self-inflicted wound, but first aid may be on the way
  15. How concerned should you be about Pegasus, the latest iOS spyware?
  16. The right Mac laptop for students (2021 edition)
  17. Coming home to Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City
  18. BBEdit 14.0 arrives with Notes and LSP support
  19. Upgrade 362: He’s Posting More Chickens!
  20. HomePod 14.7 improves timer control, but doesn’t go nearly far enough
  21. 3 features that could transform tomorrow’s Apple devices
  22. In praise of the Siri Suggestions widget
  23. Apple Podcasts reliability problem is turning into an image problem
  24. July 16, 2021
  25. The Rebound 349: That’s The Horse I’ll Die On
  26. Clockwise 407: It’s Gonna Work This Time
  27. Apple releases MagSafe Battery Pack
  28. The retro design of Loki’s technology
  29. Consumer Reports is collecting internet bills
  30. Windows 3.1 on an iPad
  31. Upgrade 361: It’s Not an Artistic Exercise
  32. The FBI’s smartphone trap ran on ‘ArcaneOS’
  33. Feedback: iPad Mail should provide single-tap paste
  34. Broadband in the Boonies 2021
  35. July 9, 2021
  36. Clockwise 406: Ostensibly on Vacation
  37. The life cycle of Apple Watch backups
  38. A future for extending Apple Mail?
  39. You’re not backing up enough
  40. 3 apps Apple should have updated
  41. Upgrade 360: Big Minimizers
  42. Gurman: Apple thinks about decentralized work
  43. Migrating 2FA codes from Authy to Apple’s system
  44. Loopback: Powerful cable-free audio routing
  45. July 2, 2021
  46. Stephen Hackett’s Apple hardware wall calendar
  47. The M1, macOS Monterey and the next Mac power shift
  48. First Look: macOS Monterey Public Beta
  49. Warzel: ‘This is the awful voice inside my head’

June 2021

  1. The Back Page: Welcome back to Apple Park, where everything is still totally normal
  2. iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 hit Public Beta
  3. Clockwise 405: Phone Calls Are Gross
  4. Big Mail may not be my next email client, but it’s aiming at the future
  5. Shortcuts shaping up on the Mac
  6. Upgrade 359: Hi Everybody… Pineapple
  7. Loopback: Powerful cable-free audio routing
  8. June 25, 2021
  9. And all for the want of an Apple TV remote
  10. The iPad’s inevitable Mac-like future is hiding in iPadOS 15
  11. iPadOS 15’s multitasking controls are a nudge to developers
  12. Clockwise 404: ALL THE SCREENS, DAN!
  13. The Rebound 347: First Of All, My Stuff Is Amazing
  14. Congress begins to crank up Big Tech legislation
  15. The myth of serendipity at the office water cooler
  16. Upgrade 358: Apple Watch Extreme or Whatever
  17. Three upcoming Apple features that matter more than FaceTime and SharePlay
  18. Rewiring my brain with Quick Note
  19. June 18, 2021
  20. Think Globally: The iPad’s new universal keyboard shortcuts
  21. How iOS 15 transforms the way we think of iPhone updates
  22. Quick Tip: Timestamp a ping
  23. The Rebound 346: It Has Been a While
  24. Clockwise 403: I Am a Tiny Kitten Hanging on to a Tree
  25. Upgrade 357: Collaborative Calculating
  26. Beyond iOS 15: How WWDC sets up the next generation of killer apps
  27. More depth on iPadOS 15 multitasking
  28. WWDC 2021: Safari 15 to bring huge UI changes
  29. June 11, 2021
  30. Coherence X4
  31. 2021 Apple Design Awards announced
  32. WWDC 2021: MailKit set to offer new Mail extension possibilities
  33. WWDC 2021: Apple dips its toes into Matter’s smart home
  34. ‘Shortcuts for Mac: The Future Is Now’
  35. Dark Sky iOS app lives another year
  36. WWDC 2021: New App Store Features Coming in iOS, iPadOS 15
  37. Clockwise 402: Sacrificed to the Monterey Gods
  38. WWDC 2021: Who needs keys and a wallet when you have an iPhone?
  39. The Rebound 345: Recovery Buddies
  40. The accessibility impact of Apple’s latest announcements
  41. WWDC 2021: Apple takes the first steps to a password-less future
  42. WWDC 2021: For SF Symbols, Cyan is the new Teal
  43. WWDC 2021: iPhone and iPad support for Web Extensions could drive new interest
  44. WWDC 2021: macOS Monterey further blurs lines between Mac, Catalyst, and iPad apps
  45. Are FaceTime’s new features too late?
  46. WWDC 2021: More cowbell
  47. WWDC 2021: Testflight on Mac, Xcode Cloud promise better betas
  48. WWDC 2021: watchOS 8 to shave time off everyday interactions
  49. WWDC 2021: ShazamKit lets Apple and Android developers add audio recognition
  50. The FBI created a secure messaging company to roll up criminals
  51. WWDC 2021: tvOS 15 will let you sign into apps with on an iPhone or iPad
  52. WWDC 2021: iCloud Private Relay plugs a few more privacy loopholes
  53. WWDC 2021: Shortcuts for Mac
  54. Automating my blog posts with Shortcuts… on the Mac
  55. Coherence X4
  56. WWDC 2021: I love it when a platform comes together
  57. Upgrade 356: This Is Not for You, Developers
  58. Federighi on Apple’s latest privacy features
  59. WWDC 2021: Platforms State of the Union emphasizes saving and valuing time
  60. WWDC 2021: My favorite features that didn’t make the keynote cut
  61. Can Apple change the narrative with WWDC?
  62. June 4, 2021
  63. How iPadOS 15 can finally make Apple’s tablet live up to its potential
  64. Is WWDC a hardware event?
  65. Fun With Charts: More speculation about Apple silicon
  66. Apple revamps AirTag privacy measures, will build Android app
  67. Twitter Blue subscription launches in Australia, Canada
  68. Clockwise 401: You Over-Clevered It
  69. The Rebound 344: The Question Is, I Don’t Know What’s Going On
  70. My WWDC 2021 Mac wish list
  71. Apple in the Enterprise: A 2021 report card
  72. The new iMac is hiding lots of clues about the next ‘pro’ model

May 2021

  1. Upgrade 355: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2021
  2. The Back Page: My witness, your honor
  3. Inline Markdown links
  4. The smart TV business model
  5. May 27, 2021
  6. Inside Apple’s new palazzo in Rome
  7. Clockwise 400: You Win a Basket
  8. The Rebound 343: Technology Already In Progress
  9. Amazon to acquire MGM
  10. Flexibits rolls Cardhop into Fantastical subscription
  11. Stephen Hackett compares orange iMacs
  12. The new Apple TV 4K is better, but still an imperfect product
  13. Upgrade 354: Even Safari Knows It’s Yellow
  14. Apple details parts of WWDC schedule
  15. Google once again reminds us how behind Siri is
  16. iPadOS approaches the edge of desktop computing
  17. May 21, 2021
  18. Pok Pok Playroom arrives
  19. The 24-inch iMac is a throwback to the iMac G3 in more ways than you think
  20. Report: Home app to finally let you set timers on HomePod
  21. Clockwise 399: Especially the British Wolf
  22. The Rebound 342: Side Docker
  23. Restyling Numbers charts in Affinity Designer
  24. 2021 M1 iPad Pro review: All systems go, but where?
  25. Bloomberg: New Macs featuring better chips may debut as early as summer
  26. Upgrade 353: Orange iMac in My Orange Office
  27. 24-inch M1 iMac review: She’s a rainbow
  28. Apple’s troubling relationship with China
  29. Apple Music adding Spatial Audio, Lossless at no extra cost in June
  30. High-quality Apple Music announcement imminent?
  31. The state of my Apple hardware
  32. May 14, 2021
  33. The Rebound 341: Coming Soon in June
  34. Clockwise 398: A Dongle Don’t Do It
  35. How Apple’s new MacBook can avoid the same old mistakes
  36. New smart-home tech alliance is ‘Matter’
  37. Snowman introduces Pok Pok
  38. Upgrade 352: Living Inside an Orange
  39. The good times may stop rolling as Apple faces tough questions
  40. Kobo Libra H2O: Liberated from Amazon?
  41. May 7, 2021
  42. Good night, sweet hedgehog
  43. Why isn’t Apple Podcasts showing you the latest podcasts?
  44. Overwhelming majority of public comments for FCC net neutrality debate were fake
  45. The Rebound 340: Mark Suckerberg
  46. Clockwise 397: Stewing in Bitterness
  47. What could Apple give up to put off greater legal threats?
  48. All hail consumer hardware
  49. ‘LaserWriter II: A Novel’
  50. Upgrade 351: Long Hair Is In, Disco Is Back
  51. Quick Tip: High quality Mac icons are coming from inside your Mac!
  52. Money talks: Apple’s quarterly report is filled with clues about what’s coming next
  53. Is a higher-quality Apple Music tier on the way?

April 2021

  1. The Back Page: Color me impressed
  2. April 30, 2021
  3. SuperDuper can now make bootable Big Sur backups
  4. VMWare: Fusion on Apple silicon coming, Windows TBD
  5. ‘Not cast in concrete’: Apple moving with the (regulatory) times
  6. The 2021 iPad Pro will work with the old iPad Pro Magic Keyboard
  7. How the heck did Apple make so much money last quarter?
  8. The Rebound 339: I’m Not Great At Math
  9. This is Tim: Transcript of Apple’s Q2 2021 analyst call
  10. Clockwise 396: Fiddlier & Fiddlier
  11. Apple’s record second quarter in charts
  12. Speculation about the future of Apple silicon
  13. Report: The next M-series chip is in production
  14. The good and bad of Apple Podcasts Subscriptions
  15. Tip: Control HomeKit via Stream Deck
  16. macOS 11.3 patches a nasty security vulnerability
  17. Apple rolls out big software updates
  18. Upgrade 350: The Time for Color is Now
  19. The weird conflicted life of the Apple TV
  20. Quick Tip: Escaping a stuck screensaver on the Mac
  21. These future Apple products may be hiding in plain sight
  22. New 12.9-inch iPad Pro will require a new Magic Keyboard
  23. For All Mankind S2E10 Review: “The Gray”
  24. Unite 4
  25. April 23, 2021
  26. Apple execs talk AirTags security, pet tracking
  27. Bloomberg: iPadOS 15 to feature major home screen overhaul
  28. The iPad Pro needs an iPadOS that’s just as advanced
  29. The Apple silicon transition reaches the iMac (and the iPad Pro)
  30. The Rebound 338: Too Many Cooks
  31. Clockwise 395: Please Do Not Ingest AirTags
  32. New Brydge keyboard has bigger trackpad, supports new iPad Pro
  33. The details of Apple’s new podcast program agreement
  34. The iPad Pro is a killer machine but its software is killing me
  35. Notes on the M1 iMac
  36. As usual, the iMac takes it on the chin
  37. Upgrade 349: Six Colors and Not a Color
  38. The fine print: What Apple didn’t talk about
  39. Mars helicopter takes off
  40. Unite 4 – Turn websites into apps on your Mac
  41. Loopback: Powerful cable-free audio routing
  42. Upgrade 348: The 2021 April Event Draft
  43. April 16, 2021
  44. Kindles can at last display book covers on their lock screens
  45. Project CHIP devices will start rolling out in late 2021
  46. 1800 miles (with shortcuts) in a Tesla Model 3
  47. Clockwise 394: AR Bologna
  48. The Rebound 337: Gene Munster Perks Up Somewhere
  49. The firm that cracked the iPhone for the FBI
  50. The resilience of Tito
  51. ‘Ian’s Awesome Counter’
  52. Apple may be on the brink of a smart home breakthrough
  53. The mystery of “white spots” on Apple trade ins
  54. It’s official: Apple Event on April 20
  55. Report: Siri spills on April 20 event
  56. We’re cobblers
  57. Upgrade 347: The Hubris of the HomePod
  58. Loopback: Powerful cable-free audio routing
  59. First, do no Harmony
  60. Apple is running out of chances to get gaming right
  61. Magic Lasso Adblock
  62. April 9, 2021
  63. Apple adds support for third parties to Find My network
  64. The Rebound 336: Remember ALF?
  65. Clockwise 393: The Sprinkles of Success
  66. The perfect to-do system is a mirage
  67. Safari is the Loneliest Browser
  68. When technology won’t let you forget
  69. Upgrade 346: Float It Like a Hologram
  70. Kara Swisher interviews Tim Cook
  71. Magic Lasso Adblock
  72. These three annoying Apple problems finally have fixes on the way
  73. For All Mankind S2E7 Review: “Don’t Be Cruel”
  74. Kandji 8
  75. Startup wants to enable ‘pay per person’ home viewing
  76. April 2, 2021
  77. Apple bolsters Arcade catalog with classic games
  78. PSA: The MLB iPad app works on M1 Macs
  79. TripMode appears on the Mac App Store
  80. Keyboard Maestro’s most mind-blowing feature
  81. Amazon sued over price fixing with Big Five, anticompetitive behavior

March 2021

  1. HoverBar Duo: The MacStories Review
  2. Clockwise 392: Baaaaaa
  3. The Rebound 335: The Dealmaster
  4. The Mac needs Shortcuts
  5. The Back Page: Brow Beaten
  6. Siri’s voice will no longer default to female as of iOS 14.5
  7. WWDC 2021 kicks off June 7
  8. Upgrade 345: Hovering Over My Desk on New Years Eve
  9. For All Mankind S2E6 Review: “Best-Laid Plans”
  10. Kandji 6
  11. How macOS will still steer Apple for the next 20 years
  12. Unite 4
  13. March 26, 2021
  14. 20 Macs for 2020 podcast 27: The 21st Mac
  15. Sharing all my shortcuts
  16. From Classic to Cocoa, via Carbon
  17. The Rebound 334: Lawn & Order
  18. Steve Jobs introduces the Dock
  19. Why the next iPad Pro will be closer than ever to a Mac
  20. Clockwise 391: Glue an iPad to a Speaker, Done!
  21. Mac OS X turns 20
  22. An act of desperation 20 years ago was the building block for the modern Mac
  23. From Aqua to Catalina: The evolution of Mac OS X
  24. The Talk Show: ‘Russian Nesting Doll Code’
  25. For All Mankind S2E5 Review: “The Weight”
  26. Return of the Safari Keyword Search extension
  27. Upgrade 344: Let’s Call It ‘Motorcycle’
  28. Unite 4 – Turn websites into apps on your Mac
  29. HomePod mini contains unused temperature/humidity sensor
  30. Creating a “new” SE/30 logic board
  31. Kandji 7
  32. March 19, 2021
  33. 20 Macs for 2020 podcast 26: John Gruber, part 3
  34. Acorn 7 brings M1 compatibility, tons of refinements
  35. Mac apps yes, text preferences no
  36. Can Apple explain its home strategy?
  37. The Rebound 333: Yesferatu
  38. Make Twitter better with Lists
  39. Clockwise 390: Ba Dah Dum, Ba Dah Dum, Ba Dah Dum
  40. Gurman: New iPads on tap for April
  41. Google drops its app store commission to 15 percent on the first $1 million
  42. Seeing gray
  43. Group FaceTime being used for spam calls
  44. Upgrade 343: Don’t Call It a HomePod
  45. Kandji 5
  46. How the HomePod mini can succeed where Apple’s first smart speaker failed
  47. The original HomePod is no more
  48. Running with the new Overcast watch app
  49. Secrets of the Share sheet
  50. March 12, 2021
  51. 20 Macs for 2020 podcast 25: John Gruber, part 2
  52. Requiem for the iMac Pro, the ultimate Intel Mac
  53. The joy of fake sports
  54. Why you can’t find Amazon-published ebooks and audiobooks in your library
  55. Clockwise 389: Robots Don’t Have Feelings
  56. Mars litters so much dust you can see it
  57. Photoshop, DaVinci Resolve get M1 updates
  58. The Rebound 332: My Way Or The Highway
  59. Upgrade 342: 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 22 22 22 22
  60. Goodbye, parallel timeline: Apple discontinues the iMac Pro
  61. Newsletters without email
  62. March 5, 2021
  63. 20 Macs for 2020 podcast 24: John Gruber, part 1
  64. iOS 14.5 beta Find My feature could tell you when you’re being tracked
  65. Kandji 4
  66. Apple lets you transfer photos to Google Photos
  67. For All Mankind S2E3 Review: “Rules of Engagement”
  68. StrongSync: A peek at the future of cloud files on the Mac
  69. The lifetime of a software lifetime
  70. Clockwise 388: We Put the Fun in Fungible
  71. Comcast makes it really hard to figure out upload speeds
  72. The Rebound 331: Imaginary Brother
  73. Searching for the perfect iOS Markdown writing tool
  74. How it feels to be edited
  75. Apple should broaden its privacy commitment
  76. Do you need a bootable Mac backup?
  77. Google will stop tracking individuals for advertising next year
  78. MagSafe in a USB-C World
  79. ‘The incredible boxes of Hock Wah Yeo’
  80. Wish List: Better anti-spam tools for Messages
  81. Kandji 3
  82. Upgrade 341: Pale Shade of Fun
  83. What Apple’s patents say about the company’s VR and AR ambitions

February 2021

  1. The Back Page: Dial F for Forstall
  2. February 26, 2021
  3. For All Mankind S2E2 Review: “The Bleeding Edge”
  4. Interview: Ron Moore on “For All Mankind” season 2, alt-history space tech, and the road to “Star Trek”
  5. A ‘hyperrealistic’ typewriter font for the 2020s
  6. Federico Viticci updates his “Apple Frames” shortcut
  7. The Rebound 330: Scott Forstall’s Number
  8. Clockwise 387: My Bell is Just Out of Reach
  9. What Apple Music can do to catch up with Spotify
  10. Secret binary message embedded in Mars Perseverance parachute
  11. Report: M1 Mac users seeing excessive SSD use
  12. Upgrade 340: Secret Sauce
  13. Kandji 2
  14. Fun With Charts: Numbers versus time
  15. February 19, 2021
  16. 20 Macs for 2020 podcast 22: John Siracusa, part 2
  17. 20 Macs for 2020 podcast 23: John Siracusa, part 3
  18. For All Mankind S2E1 Review: “Every Little Thing”
  19. Perseverance Lands on Mars
  20. Liftoff 143: The Perseverance Landing and “For All Mankind” with Ron Moore
  21. Apple’s TV app now on Chromecast
  22. Clockwise 386: So Many Dangerous Answers
  23. The Rebound 329: You’re Not the Beyoncé of Me
  24. Kandji
  25. Hands on with new Brydge trackpad firmware, new 10.2-inch model
  26. Apple makes a strategic retreat
  27. Get images in better formats with Hazel
  28. New emojis arrive in iOS 14.5
  29. Upgrade 339: Dogcow and Spinning Rainbow Cursor in Finderland
  30. Apple launches ‘For All Mankind’ podcast
  31. Can Apple handle the great responsibility that is the App Store?
  32. Command, Control, Option, and … Hyper?
  33. Customizing your toolbar in Mac apps
  34. February 12, 2021
  35. Apple TV: If we only had a wheelbarrow
  36. 20 Macs for 2020 podcast 21: John Siracusa, part 1
  37. Why does the Apple TV still exist?
  38. The Rebound 328: Lex is a Bard
  39. Clockwise 385: QuibHouse
  40. Upgrade 338: Loved by Podcasters the World Over
  41. Automate This: Revisiting Home automations
  42. Apple HomeKit can be a bigger player in the smart home market
  43. Intel gins up some M1-unfriendly benchmarks
  44. The mortality of software
  45. February 5, 2021
  46. The Rebound 327: You Slow Things Down
  47. Clockwise 384: I’m Going To Be Petty About This
  48. Stalwart call-recording tool succumbs to Apple silicon
  49. The Hackett File: A Look at GoodLinks
  50. Hands on with Big Sur beta 11.3
  51. The Mac’s audio and AirPods support needs to be more like iOS
  52. Bad AppleScript: Fake RSS, real newsletter
  53. Upgrade 337: No Appreciable Gates
  54. Apple rolls out Big Sur 11.2, unmasks new iOS betas
  55. iCloud Keychain comes to Chrome, but sadly only on Windows
  56. How Apple flips the switch and keeps bringing in new customers

January 2021

  1. The Back Page: How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac
  2. January 29, 2021
  3. Apple in 2020: The Six Colors report card
  4. iOS 14 protects iMessages with “Blast Door”
  5. Cook: Companies like Facebook don’t deserve praise, “they deserve reform”
  6. Apple’s financial results: iPad, Apple silicon, and secret sauce
  7. iPad Pros #103: Jason Snell from Six Colors
  8. Four lessons from Apple’s record 2021 first quarter results
  9. This is Tim: Holiday 2020 results call transcript
  10. The Rebound 326: Smash on Glass
  11. Clockwise 383: Opacity of Technology
  12. Control HomeKit from the keyboard with HomeControl Menu
  13. iOS/iPadOS 14.4 updates contain patches for “actively exploited” vulnerabilities
  14. John Ternus takes over as SVP of Apple hardware as Dan Riccio moves to “new project”
  15. Upgrade 336: Cool Report, Though
  16. Apple launches Time to Walk feature for Fitness+
  17. Feedback: Big Sur document icons are illegible
  18. January 22, 2021
  19. Magic Lasso Adblock
  20. Raiders of the dead drive
  21. The Rebound 325: Nose ID
  22. Clockwise 382: Techno-Necromancy
  23. Using Mac tools to build a ‘searchable news firehose’
  24. Upgrade 335: Repudiation of a Decade
  25. Magic Lasso Adblock: Block ads, trackers and pop-ups
  26. Will 2021 be the year Apple’s U1 chip goes wide?
  27. Safari 14 added WebExtensions support. So where are the extensions?
  28. Major spoilers for the Mac in 2021
  29. Apple TV+ website gets better
  30. Export your Apple Notes in bulk
  31. January 14, 2021
  32. The Rebound 324: Flash Is Dumb
  33. Clockwise 381: White Chocolate’s Not Real Chocolate
  34. We’ll take our leave and go
  35. The case for a 12-inch MacBook Air
  36. Existence of Apple’s item tracking tags leaks…again
  37. Apple amps up its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative
  38. Dr. Drang on text utilities
  39. Where Apple could improve Fitness+
  40. Upgrade 334: Tina, If You’re Tuna…
  41. Apple gets ready for a new reality
  42. Apple removes Parler from the App Store
  43. ‘Not Easy, Not Unreasonable, Not Censorship’
  44. Apple tells Parler it has 24 hours to clean house or be removed
  45. Reddit also swings the ban hammer
  46. Twitter permanently bans Trump
  47. ‘2001 revisited’
  48. January 8, 2021
  49. LongPlay: Listen to your favorite albums
  50. Clockwise 380: Time for That to Sunset
  51. It’s time for the Mac to undergo a product-design renaissance
  52. Find active Big Sur windows with HazeOver
  53. On Continuity’s Complexity
  54. 20 Macs for 2020: The cutting-room floor
  55. Upgrade 333: New Year, Same Old Prediction
  56. Three Apple battles to watch in 2021

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