Extra Ordinary

My first proper Apple event review article on Extra Ordinary in a few years, John Ternus’s first event as CEO, Apple’s first folding phone.

Apple announced via press releases the M6 and M5 Ultra chips, a new Mac mini and Mac Studio — just before announcing the iPhone event, “Surprise and Shine,” on September 9.

I have returned to podcasting.

Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat: iPhone Fold is never going to be the name of the folding iPhone.

watchOS 27 will only be available for the latest Apple Watch models: the Series 9, 10 and 11; the Ultra 2 and 3; the SE 3.

Friend of the show blog Eric Schwarz of ShwarzTech has an interview podcast, Magical & Revolutionary, which I joined for episode four.

I was invited onto Comfort Zone, a fun podcast where Niléane, Chris Lawley and Matt Birchler bring topics and issue each other challenges.

I didn’t have much of an opinion on Apple Upgrade when it was announced earlier this week.

Nico Reese wrote a great article on how Liquid Glass has evolved in iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 271 and all the other platforms.

I’m supposed to be studying for a rather technical job interview I have tomorrow (context), but then I saw this article from Electrek: “Survey Sunday: is Slate Auto’s affordable electric truck going to make it?”

I wonder if the current speculation on a “MacBook Ultra” is off the mark.

If you missed hearing my voice on a podcast this week, I appeared on Clockwise #664 with Mikah Sargent, Dan Moren and Sam Henri Gold.

Call to action at the top: I need a new job.

It is time for us on the Cult of Mac podcast to lay out our predictions for Apple’s WWDC26 Keynote.

This is the second batch of short reviews as I make my way through the Patrick Troughton era of Doctor Who and its spin-offs.

I tend to go through years-long phases of playing lots of video games, and then, virtually none at all.

Reports say that Apple has stopped developing a new Vision Pro; those engineers appear to be solely focused on smart glasses.

Steve Jobs built a rocket ship, stacked his best people with him on the mission, and left us about thirty seconds after liftoff.

And how the Mac Studio could carry on its legacy Apple has officially discontinued the Mac Pro.

For the first time in 2026 (and on the new Cult of Mac podcast) we will lay down our predictions for Apple’s not-an-Event event, and we are joined by Casey Liss.

Nikita Prokopov’s conclusion to an excellent article criticizing menu bar icons in macOS 26 Tahoe: Is an interface manual from 1992 still relevant today?

A few weeks ago, I had a dream where I imagined an Apple Maps feature I’d actually like to see.

The guitar’s enduring presence in music has led to one major problem.

I recently acquired an Apple USB Keyboard (M2452), the model designed for the original iMac G3.

Most things should probably just be 16:9.