I’m Worried About Comixology’s Future Following Amazon’s Layoffs

This week it was revealed that Amazon laid off 75% of its Comixology staff. This news came during a week where other high profile tech companies, such as Microsoft and Google, also made cuts to their workforces, leaving many seeking jobs. It goes without saying that anytime a company does a large round of layoffs […]

How to Easily Create Lists on Mastodon

As the bird site continues to get worse and worse, I’ve found myself diving into Mastodon more and more. Being a decentralized social network means some of the recent events we’ve seen unfold with Twitter are incredibly unlikely, if not impossible, to happen with the elephant site. Unfortunately, despite being around for a few years, […]

Spring 2023 Apple TV+ Trailer Thoughts

Yesterday was a busy day for Apple. In addition to announcing HomePod (2nd Generation), the company also released five trailers for upcoming Apple TV+ shows. I decided to check all five trailers out and I have a few thoughts that I wrote on each. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m very behind on […]

Apple (Finally) Announces HomePod (2nd Generation)

Back in 2018, Apple got into the smart speaker game by releasing the first generation HomePod. In November of 2020, the HomePod mini was released, followed by the discontinuation of the first generation HomePod the following March. Unfortunately for those that picked up the device, came to find that overtime, the device didn’t have the […]

Identify Music in Online Videos With iOS Control Center’s Music Recognition

We’ve all been there before: you’re scrolling on Tik Tok, or through Reels or YouTube Shorts when you hear a song that catches your ear. You look down to the little music identification area of the screen and instead of seeing About Damn Time by Lizzo, you see something to the effect of Original Audio […]

Remind Me Faster | App Spotlight

Name: Remind Me FasterDeveloper: Nick LeithRelease Date: Nov 10, 2015Price: FreeLink: App Store My task manager is one of those things I often find myself rethinking. Your task manager isn’t something that you want to be a dumping ground where tasks go to die, but you also don’t want it to become all consuming of […]

🔗 Can You Trust Your Smartwatch?

I was browsing YouTube the other day when this video came up in my feed. Because I’ve been working out and going to the gym more late, I’ve had this actual question on my mind and had been meaning to see if there were any videos on the subject. This is one of those times […]

State of the Blog and Plans for 2023

I hope you’re all having a great Sunday. I wanted to take a few minutes to check in and give everyone some updates on myself, my content creation, and my hopes for the coming year. This is going to be a lot, but I’m hoping this will answer any questions that may come up alongside […]

🔗 Elon Musk Silent on Twitter API Changes…

Tweetbot, Twitteriffic, and other popular third-party clients for Twitter are still completely broken due to issues with Twitter’s API. Despite growing complaints from Twitter users and developers alike, Elon Musk has remained silent. This is leading some people to speculate that this change is intentional and that Twitter is shutting down third-party clients altogether. Source: […]

What Do the Touch Screen Mac Rumors Mean for the iPad?

Mark Gurman is reporting that Apple is reportedly working on touchscreen Macs. I stumbled upon this article over on Mastodon, when shared by MacStories founder and Editor-in-Chief, Federico Viticci. Alongside the article, he shared his concern about what a touch screen Mac could mean for the iPad line. I went ahead and responded to him […]

HBO Max Price Increase Coming

Yesterday, HBO was kind enough to send me an email letting me know that my HBO Max subscription cost would be going up by one dollar next month. I have to admit that even with the plans for a new streaming service, I wasn’t really expecting this. When coupled with the various program cancellations as […]

Will Siri Ever Be the Product It Needs to Be?

Spend enough time on any Apple related forum and you will inevitably find someone complaining about the quality of Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri. While upon its original introduction it seemed like Siri was ripe for a world of endless possibilities, the reality almost 13 years later is much different. While there’s a lot Siri can […]

Closing Your Stand Ring On Apple Watch

One thing I’ve never understood about the stand ring on your Apple Watch is why you can’t close it without your Apple Watch. I get that that’s the device that Apple wants you to wear to close your rings, but this one has always been questionable to me. I can’t tell you how many times […]

🔗Some first responders are asking iPhone users to disable Emergency SOS and crash detection due to influx of false positives

Both Cook and Stearns County have encouraged residents in the past couple weeks to check the settings on their devices, and turn off the automatic emergency call features when taking part in activities such as snowmobiling or skiing, or when it isn’t needed. Source: 9to5Mac Crash Detection or Emergency SOS triggering a false positive is […]

Apple is Adding New Content to Fitness+

2022 into 2023 has been an interesting time for me. I haven’t said anything here on the blog yet (I believe) but back in the middle of November I was fired from a job that I had been at for the last 10 years. Emotionally and mentally it’s been a bit of a struggle but […]

How to Use Message Effects in iMessage

Have you ever been sent an iMessage that says “Happy New Year” and upon opening it you find your phone showing a fireworks display? Or “Happy Birthday” triggering balloons? While these automated triggers are great, you can actually use those effects with any text you want. In Messages, once you put your message in the […]

Five Reasons ‘Apollo’ is the Best Reddit Client for iOS

I’ve been on Reddit for years. I’ve used the site long enough to remember when AlienBlue was the best Reddit app on the market. Unfortunately, the company themselves purchased the app, killed it, and replaced it with their current app, which, for the most part, sucks. I was very excited a few years ago when […]

How to Sync Your ‘Marvis Pro’ Settings

Over on TikTok I created a brief video tutorial showing you how to sync your settings and customizations in Marvis Pro. Marvis Pro is a highly customizable Apple Music client for iPhones and iPads that is my music player of choice. The one drawback to the app is that if you use it on both […]

‘Sleeve’ Has Been Updated to 2.0 and I Couldn’t be Happier

Last year, I wrote about an app that I started using on my MacBook Pro called Sleeve, which is a now playing app for your desktop. A few days ago, the app was updated to version 2.0 and it’s a pretty substantial update. The initial release of the app featured a fairly limited settings screen […]

Driving Focus Needs Home Screens

Focus modes are one of the features added to iOS that I got really excited when I first saw. I spent the time leading up to the release of iOS 15 thinking of all the ways I would use. Despite actually setting up a few that I should be using, there’s only three that I […]