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iPhone Duo: The apps are coming
Indigo (left) and Skipper in an iPhone Duo split view. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been using the iPhone Duo as my iPhone and iPad for two weeks now, but here we are.…
App Report: Command centers
We like simple tools here at the App Report, but we also admire apps that could settle for handling just one task but find ways to expand that mission that actually make sense.…
MacBook Pro with PROLED review: You could even say it glows
The new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display is, like its name, a bit overloaded with meaning. Its banner feature is its impressive tandem OLED display, a first on the Mac—but most people will instead remember that display because it’s also a touchscreen.…
Siri AI keeps on improving ↦
Apple’s 27.3 Developer betas added some major Siri AI features to Safari, but that’s not all. There’s also the Siri AI Developer Preview, which Federico Viticci analyzed in detail, finding it to be a sign that Apple really is executing fast on its AI development game plan: You don’t roll out this…
(Podcast) Clockwise 681: A Little Weird That Way
Our quirky interface habits that go against the grain, how our beta and app update routines have shifted in the AI era, where and how often we run searches these days, and the first settings we tweak on a brand-new computer.…
Apple’s fiscal 2026 in charts
On Monday, Apple announced its fiscal fourth quarter results, setting an all-time quarterly revenue record and closing its record fiscal year off with a bang. I made some charts to illustrate the thing, as I tend to do.…
(Podcast) Designed in California 16: Shades of White (Part 4, Origin of the iPod)
Just in the nick of time, the design of the iPod begins to emerge—but will Steve Jobs give it his seal of approval? And Apple designer Jony Ive turns away from the brightly colored plastic that made his name and learns to love pure white.…
(Podcast) Upgrade 644: You Can Put a Few Fingers on It
Jason gets some hands-on time with the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, reviews the new iPad mini, and brings all the details of Apple’s latest financial results.…
Safari update brings vertical tabs, adaptive dark mode, AI integration
Safari is getting some major feature updates in the 27.3 updates to Apple’s operating systems, which are due in December and are appearing in a developer beta today: vertical tabs, an adaptive dark mode, and additional integration points with Siri AI.…
Siri Recap and Live Rewind debut in watchOS beta
With the release of the first developer beta of watchOS 27.3, Apple is unleashing the last of its Audio Intelligence features on the world: Siri Recap and Live Rewind join Sound Recognition and Music Recognition (a favorite watchOS 27 feature of mine).…
OLED iPad mini review: A modern multitasker
My favorite thing about the iPad mini is that it’s easy to love in all sorts of different use cases. It can be an e-reader or a bedtime TV or pretty much anything else you can imagine, right up to being a very tiny productivity device.…
(Podcast) The Rebound 623: I Didn’t Know That, And I Don’t Like It
Apple’s boring results, the MacBook PROLED XDR Display, iPhone Duo reaction, and Lex’s need to be notified.…
He admit it!: Notes from another record Apple quarter
Another fiscal year, another load of record quarters. Apple wrapped fiscal 2026 on Monday with a record fourth quarter and some banner sales for the iPhone and Mac.…
Hello, everyone, it’s John: Apple’s Q4 2026 earnings call transcript
For the first time as CEO, John Ternus joined CFO Kevan Parekh for the company’s quarterly earnings call, where they bend the ear of a bunch of financial-industry analysts to detail the quarter gone by and give a peek at what’s to come.…
Apple announces record $114.5B fourth-quarter results
On Monday, Apple announced record fourth-quarter earnings, with total revenue of $114.5B, up 12 percent from the year-ago quarter. iPhone revenue was up 17.5%, Mac revenue was up 23.7%, and Services revenue was up 9.8%.…
Siri Classic brings old things back to life
A lot of mythology swirls around the Coca-Cola Company’s strange set of decisions in 1985 to release a reformulated version of its historic carbonated beverage in April—the so-called “New Coke”—then, a few months later, start producing the original flavor as “Coke Classic.”…
Inside the iPad mini: OLED at the center, versatility all around, and a… vibrating display?
In the midst of Apple shipping a foldable iPhone and announcing its first touchscreen laptop, you might have missed an oft-overlooked l’il gadget that also got a load of love last week: the new OLED iPad mini.…
(Sponsor) Filmlog: For the love of movies, now on the Mac
My thanks to Filmlog for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Filmlog is the app for movie and cinema lovers — personal, offline and ad-free. Built by one person since 2013 and paid for by the people who use it, it arrived this week on the Mac as a native app, joining iPhone, iPad and a watchlist…
App Report: Picture perfect
Let’s set aside the Mac this week and turn our app spotlight to the iPhone… and a more specific part of the iPhone at that — the camera.…
iPhone 18 Pro Review: Apple’s priciest Pro phone ever poses a challenge for upgraders
Apple doesn’t roll out new iPhones every September because it’s fond of fall colors. In fact, if you’re a fellow old like me, you might remember the days when models like the iPhone 3G or iPhone 4 hit stores in the summertime.…
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