apple Apple Card/Goldman Sachs scam attempt Today I got a call from a legit looking number: 877-255-5923 and since I was parked in my car, I had time to google it while on the call to see it was the Apple Card Goldman Sachs official phone number. A guy on the line said he was in
apple Weather on the Way is the roadtrip app I never knew I needed I take a lot of road trips, but I never knew Weather on the Way existed until this week and it's a simple concept. Put in an address for where you'd like to go and the app plots the route using Apple Maps then looks up
apple The one good HomeKit-capable wall switch you should get tl;dr: The Lutron Claro (or Diva if you want dimming) Smart Switch is the best HomeKit compatible wall switch there is, period I've been playing with smart home devices since x10 came out in the 1990s. And every house I've had since 2005 has had
apple Apple should sell the iPad mini as a wireless CarPlay monitor Piggy backing on my last post here, as I was trying to get my weird android tablet with a huge plastic bezel and odd mounts to look better in the Rivian, I thought about how much smoother and better my experience would be if it was a real iPad mini
apple A new "3rd way" for CarPlay I am a fan of Apple's CarPlay. I think it can make driving safer while keeping you informed of new calls and texts, and entertained with podcasts and music, all without having to take your eyes off the road or ever feel the need to pick up your
apple Belkin MagSafe monitor mount, Continuity Camera, and using your iPhone as your webcam Last month I heard that Belkin was releasing MagSafe iPhone mounts for the MacBook and another version for Studio Displays (or any other monitor really). I bought the monitor-focused one and it showed up today. It's pretty great! Here's the best settings I could get with
apple 🤔 Apple Podcast algorithms I went on a long road trip recently and I was bored so I brought up the Apple Podcasts default app. I was only subscribed to one or two shows I'd already listened to, so I popped over to the Browse tab to see what it offered from
apple AppleTV upgrade adventures Since my house is all-in on Apple's HomeKit for controlling lights and cameras and devices, I got the latest and greatest new AppleTV so I could add support for Thread, a new home automation communication protocol. Upgrading to a newer AppleTVs is getting easier, but still has major
economics Tech economics I’m not some kind of fancy economist but it’s weird to watch every major tech company lay off 10-20% of their workforce and even Apple, one of the most successful companies on earth, announce a hiring freeze when their company revenue graph looks like this. See the teeny
apple How to make your own Fusion drive I've got a previous generation iMac, the first that came with a 256Gb SSD drive as an option, and I also had a 2Tb hard drive added to it, for longer term storage of things like photos, music, and movies that didn't fit on the first
apple Listening to podcasts piecemeal: huffduffer & Instacast For the past few years, there's been a site called huffduffer (started by Jeremy Keith) that lets you link to bits of audio you find online and it shows you popular items across the service. I've always thought of it as Instapaper or delicious for audio,
apple Lightning Adapters in the Elevation Dock Remember my last post where I was talking about 3D printing? After writing it, I contacted my friend Michael Buffington, who recently won a Makerbot at the XOXO conference. I showed him a few basic lightning adapter designs on Thingaverse, which he printed, but then we realized in testing them
apple 3d Printing and the speed of progress This is fascinating, someone has made a 3d printed insert for the Elevation Dock to hold a new lightning cable. In August, I received a few Elevation Docks after funding it earlier this year, and I loved using it each day as my phone finally had a nice bedside charger.
apple Great iOS software: Pillboxie I have a simple pharmaceutical regime, but a complicated schedule. Three drugs total, one needs to be taken every morning one hour before I eat, a second immediately after I eat (along wth some allergy meds and vitamins at that time). The third one is trickiest, it has to be
apple Yosemite iOS apps (yes, really) Last month I had a lovely time in Yosemite with my family. I grew up in Southern California so I've been to Yosemite a dozen times before, but I really love going in the Winter because barely anyone is around. You can hike to many places in peace,
airtravel World travel with the unlocked US Verizon iPhone 4S I've had the Verizon iPhone 4S since it launched last Fall, and I've now taken trips to three countries to use it. I've spent extensive time in Belgium and New Zealand using local micro SIM cards to great effect, and due to a Verizon
apple Verizon vs. AT&T iPhones in NW Oregon A friend asked me to review my switch after 3+ years on AT&T to Verizon with the iPhone 4s. I've been using the Verizon phone for nearly 3 months and I spent all summer sitting next to an intern using the first Verizon 4 iPhone, so
apple How to port your AT&T iPhone number to a new Verizon iPhone quickly I'm going to write up all the steps to move off a AT&T phone onto a new Verizon phone because I had to assemble all this info from disparate sources and figure others might save time if they knew about all the steps to do it
apple Apple Keynote feature request: easy recording of your talks Summary: It should be easier to film your talks when practicing at home. Not everyone can make it to a conference or meeting where you present, but it's really easy to share a video of your talk with the entire world on Vimeo or YouTube. Sal Khan has
apple Innovation with Solitaire?! Last summer I was bored one day and searched the app store for solitaire apps. I admit, this is like telling the universe you give up, you're so bored that you'd like to play the most boring game known to man, the game most synonomous with
apple Mac App Store: It's all about installation usability I think the biggest thing that Marco and Rafe are missing in predicting the success of the Mac App Store is the (current) pointlessly complicated installation process on a Mac. Have you ever taught someone how to install apps on a new Mac? Or remember what it was like the
apple Apple's September 1st Special Event First impression of the video stream viewed in Safari 5 on my mac: insane, like watching a 480p video on YouTube without a single hiccup or buffering message. Back in 1999-2002, I used to be able to try and watch Macworld keynotes and even the times I was at UCLA
apple Bolt-on Driving across California yesterday, my daughter was watching Mary Poppins on an iPad and I couldn't help but notice the iPad is a great entertainment device, but also has touch screen games, music, and more. I thought about how a lot of cars come with drop-down DVD players
apple Apple and Toyota I've had an iPhone 4 for about three weeks now, and so far I've found better reception and fewer calls dropped when compared to my previous 3GS iPhone. I do have one area of poor reception at home where calls dropped about half the time on
