The reception to my Apple Agents concept the other day was tremendously positive and I had to expand on it. Imagine being able to build agents with Shortcuts and natural language, browsing an Agent Store for more advanced automation tools, and even the ability to chat with your agents from anywhere on your iPhone from the Dynamic Island.
Loving the new Gemini Mac app, but the icon that’s stuck with the default Tahoe gray background is driving me crazy. I made two alternate icons you can download to replace it with.
There’s something poetic about the Mac Pro being discontinued as the MacBook Neo takes off like a rocket.
I remember going with my dad to buy the original Mac Pro in 2006. They had to wheel it out to the car. End of an era.
I already shared this clip on X and Bluesky earlier today, but I wanted to say a little bit more about it. I think that this newly discovered footage of Steve Jobs congratulating Apple employees at an outdoor all-hands meeting at the Infinite Loop campus following MacWorld New York in 1999 is some of the most important that exists of him. It was published by former Apple software engineer Akira…
On Thursday afternoon, I wandered over to Grand Central to pick up lunch. Immediately after walking into the terminal I noticed that the Apple Store that overlooks the main hall was closed off and now flanked by production lighting equipment. I found that particularly odd given that the day before they had just launched several new products. You don’t close one of your busiest stores for two…
The MacBook Neo is the computer that Steve Jobs always wanted to make. It’s the first notebook Apple’s ever shipped that starts at $499 and doesn’t compromise on any of the essential components that make a Mac, a Mac. Bicycles are one of the most accessible forms of transportation on the planet, and if you recall the iconic “bicycle for our minds” line from Steve…
It’s official. Apple’s added Steve Lemay and Molly Anderson to their executive leadership page. After much drama following Alan Dye’s departure, the company has decided to not only elevate the two designers but give them the kind of platform that they deserve. They’re now listed right alongside folks like Tim Cook and John Ternus. I think it’s no secret that many of us have…
Stumbled across an absolutely fantastic new Reddit client, closest thing to Apollo yet I think… apps.apple.com/app/id675…
Fantastic interview with Tony Fadell. Touches on practically everything. If it doesn’t make you wish he was running Apple… youtu.be/CWdCys0cn…
I’ve really been completely turned around on Tahoe. Only looks truly good in dark mode, with tinted glass, and a dark wallpaper. Otherwise it’s sort of a mess. I loved it at first but over time really soured on it. Hope macOS 27 peels much of it back, or at least takes steps to refines the changes.
If you watch anything this week, make sure it’s this interview with Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis at Davos from earlier today. It’s essential viewing if you have even the slightest interest in AI. The two of them are just captivating. I’m also mildly freaking out that they both have a particular affinity for Contact, which also happens to be my favorite movie ever made.…
I really wish the new Digg had somehow been built on AT or ActivityPub so that it would grow faster, feels quiet even with the doors open
Cannot believe how much better Claude Code makes vibe coding iOS apps. It’s unbelievable how much more you can do than the inline Xcode chat.
I’m starting to see a ton of iPhone Airs and it’s making me wonder if the theory that it was going to be a late bloomer might hold water.
If you’re joining the new Digg for the first time today, you might as well join the new /apple community that I’ve started! techcrunch.com/2026/01/1…
Why has no one modded an original iPod Shuffle to have a USB-C connector and a zillion gigs of storage? That combo would be an awesome offline gadget. Throw Bluetooth in there too while you’re at it.
Any sort of consternation around the Apple and Google deal for Gemini in Siri is severely misplaced. Apple hasn’t lost. If anything, this is a modern day “Microsoft” moment where they get a much needed boost from their top competitor. They’ll productize Gemini better than anyone else.
The Macintosh iPhone case from Spigen arrived. It is indeed as awesome as it looks online. Sadly doesn’t come in the same kind of Apple-style box that I saw in influencer content though.
It seems like these new icons were designed so that they could form a rainbow marketing image rather than as actual usable, beautiful icons for your dock. Each one has almost entirely lost its identity. Some make no sense at all. These are the first Liquid Glass era designs that I truly dislike.
I’ve wanted Pixelmator Pro on iPad for years. Cannot wait to give this a shot. 9to5mac.com/2026/01/1…
Can someone please make a clear iPhone case that doesn’t easily accumulate dust and gunk along the edges? Apple’s cases are particularly bad offenders but I’ve yet to find a third-party option that doesn’t also have this issue to some degree!
My new (old) Pebble Time arrived. Truly the most playful OS ever on a wearable. Still so, so, so good. My unit’s also a kickstarter edition!
Not sure I’ve ever ordered a phone case as quickly as I did this one. Leave it to Spigen. www.spigen.com/products/…
I very much want Anthropic to set up a scrappy team for a side project to build a do-it-yourself operating system based entirely around Claude Code and Cowork. claude.com/blog/cowo…