Six Colors

Ted Lasso’s return and Apple TV recommendations, a year of Apple Journal on Mac, our tech cleaning and maintenance habits, and old technologies we’ve fired up just to learn or relive.

(Left to right): Annotate, Kickabout, and Undolly.

Moltz is tired of renting and Lex must be tired of walking.

(Angelo D’Amico/Shutterstock) I’ve been thinking about soap again.

It’s a Summer of Fun takeover!

Several years ago, Apple began hiding disk partitions and volumes on the startup drive.

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Apple Newsroom: Apple and Ford today announced that Apple Maps will be integrated directly into Ford’s upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) Platform through Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive SDK.

How much waterproofing matters in our tech and our riskiest water moments, the last time we changed our minds about a technology, how we buy our phones and thoughts on upgrade programs, and the recent tech purchases we feel guilty about.

An e-reader magneted to the back of a smartphone, just as the prophecy foretold.

Dan starts drinking early, James gets bad vibes and Moltz screams for ice cream.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is set to announce a new “Apple Upgrade” program (paywalled) next week to replace both its existing financing offerings and the iPhone Upgrade program.