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- OpenAI silences familiar voices
I use the OpenAI TTS models to create the audio versions of the Weekly Thing. I guess I'm lucky that the voices I use were not affected.
- Review: ‘Steve Jobs in Exile’ recounts Apple founder’s tough mid-career lessons – Six Colors
Learning the hard way.
- How I restarted using RSS, and actually noticed! – Six Colors
My weekly plug on why RSS is so great. You should be using this to "read" the web.
- Apple announces F1 details, and a surprising Netflix partnership – Six Colors
Apple TV+ F1 coverage rundown: all races/qualifying in 4K HDR, one-click Multiview up to 4 feeds, 30+ camera channels, English/Spanish audio — no extra package required.…
- Apple rolls out Digital ID in Apple Wallet for U.S. passport holders – Six Colors
I was bummed to see Minnesota is not one of the states that you can import your drivers license for. However I’m excited to see I can add my passport.
- The App Store now has a pretty sweet solution for the web – Six Colors
This is a nice surprise — when linking to an app I would still prefer to link to the publishers own site, but this is a nice fallback. I would think this is also to help search…
- Next album up? Longplay comes to the Mac – Six Colors
- Experimenting with Apple’s AI models inside Shortcuts – Six Colors
Early examples of using AI calls in Shortcuts. I’m doing this already with the OpenAI API and it is awesome. This will definitely be a power user feature, as is all Shortcuts, but…
- One year with the Vision Pro – Six Colors
It is a little surprising to me that my Vision Pro is just one year old. Our expectations of technology to be ubiquitous so fast have only increased. Thinking about this made me…
- “Submerged” brings immersive narrative to Vision Pro – Six Colors
I’m looking forward to watching this on the Vision Pro. I found it interesting how different story telling concepts like scenes and cuts may need to be in an immersive experience.
- Spatial Persona on Vision Pro changes the game – Six Colors
Nice upgrade for Vision Pro. Unfortunately none of my friends have one to try this with.
- Longplay 2.0 – Six Colors
- Apple adds passkeys to Apple ID, iCloud logins – Six Colors
I need to learn more about passkeys. 🔑
- WWDC 2023: watchOS 10’s redesign – Six Colors
Quiet a few significant UX changes coming to watchOS. Love to see that Apple is still pivoting and adapting with watchOS.
- Review: Aura’s digital photo frame is solid, if not quite picture perfect – Six Colors
I've had an Aura frame for a couple of years now and I’m happy with it. The best thing about it is it just works, and doesn't take management. I've never had to do anything beyond…
- Report: Apple working on non-invasive glucose testing device – Six Colors
I think there are two "moonshot" projects in the wearable tech space. The first is a way to continuously monitor blood glucose level, the other is to do the same for blood…
- Blank Canvas: Hands on with Apple’s new Freeform app
- MarsEdit 5 brings microposting, Markdown highlighting – Six Colors
I don't use MarsEdit routinely, but it is a great tool to have in your blogging kit. Easy decision to upgrade .
- A smart E Ink calendar comes to my kitchen
- Apple’s big Baseball deal, detailed – Six Colors
This new package between Major League Baseball and Apple TV+ is really interesting, and I think it is only the very beginning. Baseball seems to have an edge with the licensing of…
- Building cross-platform shortcuts – Six Colors
Now that we have Shortcuts on macOS more sophisticated shortcuts may need to have specific functions for different platforms. This article covers ways to make advanced shortcuts…
- WWDC 2021: MailKit set to offer new Mail extension possibilities – Six Colors
I've avoided Mail extensions forever. They have always seemed brittle and buggy to me. Hopefully MailKit makes these solutions work better!
- WWDC 2021: Shortcuts for Mac – Six Colors
Shortcuts coming to macOS! 🤩 I’m a very frequent user of Shortcuts on iOS and iPadOS. I build the Weekly Thing using a sequence of Shortcuts. Bringing shortcuts to the Mac is…
- The Mac needs Shortcuts – Six Colors
I totally agree with this. I find Shortcuts incredibly powerful. In fact, Shortcuts is how I make the Weekly Thing . I have fifty or so Shortcuts that I use frequently to automate…
- 13 Features of iOS 13: Shortcuts - Six Colors
Shortcuts in iOS 13 are a big deal. I've been a big user of Shortcuts since it was an independent app called Workflow. The updates to the "programming" paradigm are really nice,…
- iPad Pro 2018 review: A computer, not a PC - Six Colors
Very thorough review of the new iPad Pro as a primary device to get things done.
- macOS Mojave: Back to the Mac - Six Colors
Fantastic overview of both big and small new things in macOS Mojave. I wasn't very intrigued by the news on Mojave, but these improvements look solid.
- Nintendo reveals Mario Kart Tour for smartphones, Switch Online details —Six Colors
💚 Love everything here! Mario Kart coming to iOS is an instant-buy for me — I just wish it was coming sooner! I also love the idea of the Switch Online plan including access to…
- Get Slack-style emoji everywhere with Rocket
Want to type emoji easier? Neat utility that brings the common shortcut of Slack and Github to your Mac.
- How to use Apple Pay Cash - Six Colors
With the launch this week of Apple Pay Cash this is a nice overview of how to set it up and use it. I've sent $1 around to a bunch of friends. Works amazingly well! I think Apple…
- iPhone X: Tomorrow's iPhone today - Six Colors
Jason Snell writes about his experience with the iPhone X and the beginning of the next era of the iPhone. The iPhone X is as close as Apple has come yet to the ultimate form of a…
- Apple Watch Series 3 review: The start of something big - Six Colors
I agree with Jason Snell on his read of the Apple Watch Series 3. I've had mine for a week now and it’s completely transformed how I think about the device. It feels like the…
- A couple weeks with the iOS 11 beta —Six Colors
The reviews of iOS 11 on the iPad are so compelling I’m tempted to install the betas for the first time. I've always waited for the big reveal on the final release. The iPad…
- Six Colors: Apple, technology, and other stuff from Jason Snell and Friends
- macOS Sierra Review: Hey Siri, where did my files go?
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- Getting iOS 10 right from the start
With iOS 10, I’ve needed to train myself to do things in an entirely different way.
- The Magic of AirPods
Let me start with an admission: I
- My weather station —Six Colors “I had a lot less gray hair when I installed my weather station 12 years ago. I’ve mentioned the weather station I have in my backyard in passing on this site and on several podcasts I do, but I realize that I’ve nev
- Control bandwidth-sucking apps with TripMode
One of my favorite Mac software discoveries in the last few years is TripMode, a $8 utility that I appreciate more every time I
- More on Apple's two-factor authentication: Apple Watch, app passwords, more - Six Colors
There’s still a lot of confusion over Apple’s two-step verification and two-factor authentication systems, so here are a few things I’ve come across since making the switch, which…
- Doing the two-step: Switching to Apple's two-factor authentication - Six Colors
- Amazon implements two-step authentication
November 19, 2015 7:05 AM PT Welcome to the party, Amazon. The retail giant
- iPad Pro: New tricks for old dogs
Like a whole lot of people in my profession, I
- Wi-Fi calling now available on AT&T iPhones - Six Colors
October 8, 2015 11:56 AM PT The good news is that AT&T and the FCC seem to have finally finished whatever spat discussions they’ve been having, and iPhone users on the carrier can…
- iOS 9 in review: iPad productivity
Safari (left) and Twitterrific (right). Most iOS updates have been focused primarily on features that work on the iPhone, or equally across the iPhone and iPad. It only makes…
- Six Colors: Quick reactions to the "Spring Forward" Apple event
- Six Colors: Bigger than a Tweet
As Andy Baio noted earlier this month, shorter pieces can still bring more depth than a tweet can, even if they aren’t thousand-word opuses. Gina Trapani jumped in with her own…