Steven Sinofsky, who ran the Windows division at Microsoft, picked up a MacBook Neo on launch day and wrote a long, reflective piece about it on his Substack. He called it “a paradigm shifting computer”. Coming from the guy who shipped Windows 8 and…
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David Pogue’s Book on Apple’s First 50 Years
David Pogue has a new book out called Apple: The First 50 Years. We interviewed David about it on Mac Power Users, and I got an early copy. I’ve read the whole thing, and I really enjoyed it. There are a lot of Apple…
Continue reading →Apple Should Buy Anthropic (But Likely Won’t)
MG Siegler recently wrote a piece arguing that Apple should acquire Anthropic (paywall). It’s a fun thought experiment, and I can’t stop thinking about it. The more time I spend working with AI tools like Claude, the more I’m convinced the future isn’t about…
Continue reading →Widgetsmith Wallpaper Shine Through
Widgetsmith 8.2 just shipped, and it brings a feature I’ve been wanting. Your widgets can now go clear or frosted, letting your wallpaper show through. Old-school Widgetsmith users will remember the trick. You’d screenshot your wallpaper, feed it into the app, and Widgetsmith would…
Continue reading →Apple Drops 512GB RAM Option on M3 Ultra Mac Studio
Zac Hall at 9to5Mac spotted that Apple quietly removed the 512GB unified memory option from the M3 Ultra Mac Studio. When the machine launched a year ago, Apple made a big deal about that configuration. It could run large language models with over 600…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Dave Myhre
Today I’m featuring the home screen of my pal Dave Myhre. Dave, a former jet pilot and current Christmas Tree farmer, is one of the most thoughtful technology users I know. He’s the kind of guy who actually thinks about why he sets things…
Continue reading →The Rivian Apple Watch App
For the last week, I’ve been using the new Rivian Apple Watch app, and it’s pretty great. There are separate screens for security, climate control, and charge level, in addition to a mini dashboard that has everything you need. Rivian Phone App Dashboard Rivian…
Continue reading →MacBook Neo First Impressions
Apple announced the MacBook Neo today, and I think it’s a bigger deal than most people realize. The headline is the price. $599. That’s it. And if you’re a student, $499. Yesterday, the cheapest way to get a Mac laptop was north of a…
Continue reading →M5 MacBook Pros: Fine Computers With an Asterisk
Apple announced the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros today, and they look like fine computers. The new chips bring an 18-core CPU with six “super cores”, GPU-level neural accelerators, and memory bandwidth topping out at 614 GB/s on the M5 Max. If…
Continue reading →Apple’s Big Hardware Week
Apple kicked things off today with the iPhone 17e and a refreshed iPad Air powered by M4. Both look like solid updates. The iPhone 17e brings the A19 chip and doubles the base storage to 256GB while keeping the same $599 starting price. The…
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