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- Gurman: New Siri Might Be Delayed AgainFeb 12, 2026John Gruber
Mark Gurman, reporting for Bloomberg: After planning to include the new capabilities in iOS 26.4 — an operating system update slated for March — Apple is now working to spread them out over future versions, according to people familiar with the matter. That would mean possibly postponing some features until at least iOS 26.5, due in May, and iOS 27, which comes out in September. [...] In recent da
- More MacOS 26.3 Finder Column View SillinessFeb 12, 2026John Gruber
Jeff Johnson: In today’s macOS 26.3 update, Apple implemented a “fix” for an issue I blogged about a month ago, macOS Tahoe broke Finder columns view. (At the behest of John Gruber and the Apple Style Guide, I’m now using the term “column view” rather than “columns view.”) Specifically, the issue was with the system setting to always show scroll bars. [...] Without the path bar, the columns are no
- Apple Creator Studio Usage RestrictionsFeb 11, 2026John Gruber
Andrew Cunningham, writing for Ars Technica at the end of January: Apple also outlines a number of usage restrictions for the generative AI features that rely on external services. Apple says that, “at a minimum,” users will be able to generate 50 images, 50 presentations of between 8 to 10 slides each, and to generate presenter notes in Keynote for 700 slides. More usage may be possible, but this
- [Sponsor] WorkOS Pipes: Ship Third-Party Integrations Without Rebuilding OAuthFeb 10, 2026Daring Fireball Department of Commerce
Connecting user accounts to third-party APIs always comes with the same plumbing: OAuth flows, token storage, refresh logic, and provider-specific quirks. WorkOS Pipes removes that overhead. Users connect services like GitHub, Slack, Google, Salesforce, and other supported providers through a drop-in widget. Your backend requests a valid access token from the Pipes API when needed, while Pipes han
- OpenAI’s CodexFeb 04, 2026John Gruber
Simon Willison: OpenAI just released a new macOS app for their Codex coding agent. I’ve had a few days of preview access — it’s a solid app that provides a nice UI over the capabilities of the Codex CLI agent and adds some interesting new features, most notably first-class support for Skills, and Automations for running scheduled tasks. Interesting, for sure. But super-duper interesting? I don’t k
- Xcode 26.3 ‘Unlocks the Power of Agentic Coding’Feb 04, 2026John Gruber
Apple Newsroom: Xcode 26.3 introduces support for agentic coding, a new way in Xcode for developers to build apps using coding agents such as Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex. With agentic coding, Xcode can work with greater autonomy toward a developer’s goals — from breaking down tasks to making decisions based on the project architecture and using built-in tools. I don’t know if this
- Apple Reports Record-Breaking Revenue and Profit for Q1 FY26Jan 30, 2026John Gruber
Apple Newsroom, yesterday: “Today, Apple is proud to report a remarkable, record-breaking quarter, with revenue of $143.8 billion, up 16 percent from a year ago and well above our expectations,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “iPhone had its best-ever quarter driven by unprecedented demand, with all-time records across every geographic segment, and Services also achieved an all-time revenue record, u
- Lego Group and Crocs Enter Multi-Year Global PartnershipJan 30, 2026John Gruber
Maybe Trump is right and we should go to war against Denmark. ★
- ‘Backseat Software’Jan 29, 2026John Gruber
Mike Swanson: What if your car worked like so many apps? You’re driving somewhere important…maybe running a little bit late. A few minutes into the drive, your car pulls over to the side of the road and asks: “How are you enjoying your drive so far?” Annoyed by the interruption, and even more behind schedule, you dismiss the prompt and merge back into traffic. A minute later it does it again. “Did
- Let’s Keep an Eye on Apple’s Own iOS Adoption NumbersJan 29, 2026John Gruber
When I wrote last week about the false narrative that iOS 26 is seeing bizarrely low adoption rates compared to previous years, I neglected one source: Apple itself. Apple’s Developer site publishes a page with iOS and iPadOS usage for devices that “transacted on the App Store”. The hitch is that they only seem to update those numbers twice a year — once right around now, and once again right befo
- Box Office Expectations for ‘Melania’Jan 29, 2026John Gruber
Jeremy Fuster, reporting for TheWrap: But save for some theaters in Republican-heavy states, the film is unlikely to leave much of an impact at a slumping box office, with theatrical sources telling TheWrap that “Melania” is projected for an opening of around $3 million this weekend. That would put it below the last right-wing documentary, the Daily Wire-produced Matt Walsh film “Am I Racist?,” wh
- Amazon’s Spending on ‘Melania’ Is a Barely Concealed BribeJan 29, 2026John Gruber
Nicole Sperling and Brooks Barnes, reporting for The New York Times: Amazon paid Ms. Trump’s production company $40 million for the rights to “Melania,” about $26 million more than the next closest bidder, Disney. The fee includes a related docuseries that is scheduled to air later this year. The budget for “Melania” is unknown, but documentaries that follow a subject for a limited amount of time
- Kickstarter for Ollie’s Arcade ExpansionJan 29, 2026John Gruber
Ged Maheux, The Iconfactory: This week we announced a new Kickstarter that’s aimed at expanding the game offerings of Ollie’s Arcade, the fun, ad-free retro gaming app we introduced back in 2023. Ollie’s Arcade has always been a great way to escape doomscrolling, even if just for a little while, and now we have an opportunity to bring these retro games to even more people on iOS. The Kickstarter a
- Comparing the Classic and Unified Views in iOS 26’s Phone AppJan 29, 2026John Gruber
Adam Engst, back in November, at TidBITS: Did you know that, regardless of view, you can now swipe left on any call to reveal a blue clock icon that lets you create a reminder to call back in 1 hour, tonight, tomorrow, or at any custom time (below left, slightly doctored)? Reminders appear at the top of the Calls list and in your default Reminders list. You can also touch and hold a call associate
- Aeronaut 1.0Jan 28, 2026John Gruber
New Mac app by Mikey Clarke, and it’s just what it says on the tin: a “lovingly crafted Bluesky app designed and built just for the Mac”. I’ve been beta testing Aeronaut for months, and it’s the only interface to Bluesky I actually like. It’s a real Mac app — written mostly in AppKit, supporting all the right UI idioms and platform integrations. It’s not just the best Bluesky client I’ve seen, for
- Bruce Springsteen: ‘Streets of Minneapolis’Jan 28, 2026John Gruber
Bruce Springsteen: I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Best line from the lyrics: Their claim was self-defense, Whistles, phones, and birds. ★
- ★ Politics and the English Language, January 2026 EditionJan 28, 2026John Gruber
Patrick McGee (author of last year’s bestseller, Apple in China, and guest on The Talk Show in May), commenting on Twitter/X re: Tim Cook’s company-wide memo regarding the “events in Minneapolis”: This literally says nothing, via intention and cowardice. It’s the kind of language Orwell attributed to politicians, when ready-made phrases assemble themselves and prevent any real thought from breakin
- Tim Cook Wrote a Memo on the ‘Events in Minneapolis’Jan 28, 2026John Gruber
Tim Cook, in a company-wide memo (first published by Mark Gurman): Team, This is a time for deescalation. I believe America is strongest when we live up to our highest ideals, when we treat everyone with dignity and respect no matter who they are or where they’re from, and when we embrace our shared humanity. This is something Apple has always advocated for. I had a good conversation with the pre
- Meta’s Response to Reuters Report on ‘Romance AI Chatbots’ for TeenagersJan 28, 2026John Gruber
Andy Stone, VP of communications at Meta, responding, in a series of tweets on Twitter/X, to Jeff Horwitz’s report at Reuters yesterday, linked here last night, which claimed that “Zuckerberg blocked curbs on sex-talking chatbots for minors”: Never let the facts get in the way of a good story, eh, @Reuters, @JeffHorwitz! The documents you cite in the story itself contradict this headline. The head
- Court Filing Claims Zuckerberg Blocked Curbs at Meta on Sex-Talking Chatbots for MinorsJan 28, 2026John Gruber
Jeff Horwitz, reporting for Reuters: Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions that safety staffers warned were capable of sexual interactions, according to internal Meta documents filed in a New Mexico state court case and made public Monday. The lawsuit — brought by the state’s attorney general, Raul Torrez, and scheduled for trial next month —
- ‘The Secret Fear of the Morally Depraved’Jan 27, 2026John Gruber
Adam Serwer, reporting from the streets of Minneapolis for The Atlantic, “Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong” (gift link): The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minn
- ‘A CEO, Captured’Jan 27, 2026John Gruber
Om Malik: Cook is not stupid. He is not evil. He is trapped. The iron clasp of market expectations has turned him into what he never meant to be: a man who goes to parties at the White House while nurses die. In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Roy Bland captures a cynical, post-ideological, corrupt English society: “You scratch my conscience; I’ll drive your Jag.” You could say the same of today’s Sili
- ‘Aside From That, Mr. Cook, What Did You Think of the Movie?’Jan 27, 2026John Gruber
MG Siegler: Tim Cook is captured. There is simply no other explanation for his actions over the past year or so. But it perhaps culminated this weekend when Cook went to a special private showing of the documentary Melania at the White House. Yes, that Melania. That in and of itself would have probably been fine. I mean, it’s potentially problematic for a host of reasons that I’ll get to, but such
- ‘Whatever’Jan 27, 2026John Gruber
Ben Terris, writing for New York Magazine: Fred Trump died in 1999 at age 93. He had, Trump said, a “heart that couldn’t be stopped” with almost no health conditions to speak of throughout his long life. “He had one problem,” Trump said. “At a certain age, about 86, 87, he started getting, what do they call it?” He pointed to his forehead and looked to his press secretary for the word that escaped
- Clawdbot Is Now MoltbotJan 27, 2026John Gruber
From the footer on the project’s website: Moltbot was formerly known as Clawdbot. Independent project, not affiliated with Anthropic. Makes sense, to be honest, that Anthropic would object to naming it a homonym for Claude. One additional followup to my post the other day. In his terrific introduction to ClawdMoltbot, Federico Viticci wrote: I’ve been playing around with Clawdbot so much, I’ve bur
- ★ The Names They Call ThemselvesJan 27, 2026John Gruber
Jonathan Rauch, writing for The Atlantic, “Yes, It’s Fascism” (gift link): Until recently, I resisted using the F-word to describe President Trump. For one thing, there were too many elements of classical fascism that didn’t seem to fit. For another, the term has been overused to the point of meaninglessness, especially by left-leaning types who call you a fascist if you oppose abortion or affirma
- What It’s Like to Get Undressed by GrokJan 27, 2026John Gruber
Ella Chakarian, writing for Rolling Stone (News+): On a recent Saturday afternoon, Kendall Mayes was mindlessly scrolling on X when she noticed an unsettling trend surface on her feed. Users were prompting Grok, the platform’s built-in AI feature, to “nudify” women’s images. Mayes, a 25-year-old media professional from Texas who uses X to post photos with her friends and keep up with news, didn’t
- The Talk Show: ‘A Mitigated Disaster’Jan 27, 2026John Gruber
Daniel Jalkut returns to the show so we can both vent about MacOS 26 Tahoe. Sponsored by: Notion: The AI workspace where teams and AI agents get more done together. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code talkshow. Sentry: A real-time error monitoring and tracing platform. Use code TALKSHOW for $80 in free credits. Factor: Healthy eating, made easy. Get 50%
- There’s a Hidden Preference to Auto-Resize Columns in the Finder on MacOS 14 and 15Jan 26, 2026John Gruber
Good tip from “DifferentDan” on the Realmac customer forum, posted back in November: I saw on macOS Tahoe 26.1, Apple finally added an option in the Column View settings to automatically right size all columns individually and that setting would persist, but I don’t really like Liquid Glass (yet) so I haven’t updated to Tahoe. Looks like someone found a workaround however for those that are still
- Nvidia Set to Supplant Apple as TSMC’s Largest CustomerJan 26, 2026John Gruber
Kif Leswing, CNBC: Nvidia will become TSMC’s largest customer this year, according to analyst estimates and Huang himself. Apple is believed to currently be TSMC’s largest customer, mostly to manufacture A-series chips for iPhones and M-series chips for PCs and servers. The positional swap will mark a fundamental shift in the semiconductor industry, reflecting Nvidia’s growing importance amid the
- [Sponsor] WorkOS Pipes: Ship Third-Party Integrations Without Rebuilding OAuthJan 26, 2026Daring Fireball Department of Commerce
Connecting user accounts to third-party APIs always comes with the same plumbing: OAuth flows, token storage, refresh logic, and provider-specific quirks. WorkOS Pipes removes that overhead. Users connect services like GitHub, Slack, Google, Salesforce, and other supported providers through a drop-in widget. Your backend requests a valid access token from the Pipes API when needed, while Pipes han
- Airlines That Support Shared Item Location for Luggage With AirTagsJan 26, 2026John Gruber
Joe Rossignol, writing at MacRumors: Apple offers a Share Item Location feature in the Find My app that allows you to temporarily share the location of an AirTag-equipped item with others, including employees at participating airlines. This way, if you put an AirTag inside your bags, the airline can better help you find them in the event they are lost or delayed at the airport. [...] Below, we hav
- Apple Introduces Second-Generation AirTagsJan 26, 2026John Gruber
Apple Newsroom: Apple’s second-generation Ultra Wideband chip — the same chip found in the iPhone 17 lineup, iPhone Air, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and Apple Watch Series 11 — powers the new AirTag, making it easier to locate than ever before. Using haptic, visual, and audio feedback, Precision Finding guides users to their lost items from up to 50 percent farther away than the previous generation. And
- ★ App Store 2025 Top iPhone Apps in the U.S.Jan 26, 2026John Gruber
I’ve been meaning since last month to link to Apple’s lists of the top iPhone apps in the U.S. for 2025. Here’s the list of the top 20 free iPhone apps: ChatGPT Threads Google TikTok — Videos, Shop & LIVE WhatsApp Messenger Instagram YouTube Google Maps Gmail — Email by Google Google Gemini Facebook CapCut: Photo & Video Editor Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire T-Life [“All things T-Mobile”] Telegram
- From the DF Archive: ‘Untitled Document Syndrome’Jan 26, 2026John Gruber
Yours truly back in 2009, hitting upon the same themes from the item I just posted about TextEdit vs. Apple Notes: This, I think, explains the relative popularity of Mac OS X’s included Stickies application. For years, Stickies’s popularity confounded me. Why would anyone use a note-taking utility that requires you to leave every saved note open in its own window on screen? The more you use it, th
- ‘TextEdit and the Relief of Simple Software’Jan 26, 2026John Gruber
Perhaps at the opposite end of the complexity and novelty spectrum from Federico Viticci’s intro to Clawdbot is this piece by Kyle Chayka, writing at The New Yorker, from October: Amid the accelerating automation of our computers — and the proliferation of assistants and companions and agents designed to execute tasks for us — I’ve been thinking more about the desktop that’s hidden in the backgrou
- Federico Viticci on ClawdbotJan 26, 2026John Gruber
Federico Viticci, writing at MacStories: If this intro just gave you whiplash, imagine my reaction when I first started playing around with Clawdbot, the incredible open-source project by Peter Steinberger (a name that should be familiar to longtime MacStories readers) that’s become very popular in certain AI communities over the past few weeks. I kept seeing Clawdbot being mentioned by people I f
- MehJan 25, 2026John Gruber
My thanks to Meh for sponsoring last week at DF. Meh puts up a new deal every day, and they do it with panache. As they say, “It’s actual, real, weird shit you didn’t know existed for half the price you would’ve guessed.” Don’t tell any of my other sponsors, but Meh is my favorite longtime DF sponsor. I love the way their orange graphics look against DF’s #4a525a background. And I always love thei
- ★ The iOS 26 Adoption Rate Is Not Bizarrely Low Compared to Previous YearsJan 25, 2026John Gruber
A few weeks ago there were a rash of stories claiming that iOS 26 is seeing bizarrely low adoption rates from iPhone users. The methodology behind these numbers is broken and the numbers are totally wrong. Those false numbers are so low, so jarringly different from previous years, that it boggles my mind that they didn’t raise a red flag for anyone who took a moment to consider them. The ball star
- ★ Tahoe Added a Finder Option to Resize Columns to Fit FilenamesJan 24, 2026John Gruber
The main reason I’m sticking with MacOS 15 Sequoia, refusing to install 26 Tahoe, is that there are so many severe UI regressions in Tahoe. The noisy, distracting, inconsistent icons prefixing menu item commands, ruining the Mac’s signature menu bar system. Indiscriminate transparency that renders so many menus, windows, and sidebars inscrutable and ugly. Windows with childish round corners that a
- OmniOutliner 6Jan 24, 2026John Gruber
Ken Case, on The Omni Group blog: The features noted above already make for a great upgrade. But as I mentioned last year, one of the interesting problems we’ve been pondering is how best to link to documents in native apps. We’ve spent some time refining our solution to that problem, Omni Links, which are now shipping first in OmniOutliner 6. With Omni Links, we can link to content across all our
- Lolgato 1.7Jan 23, 2026John Gruber
Free Mac utility by Zendit Oy: A macOS app that enhances control over Elgato lights, offering features beyond the standard Elgato Control Center software. Features: Automatically turn lights on and off based on camera activity Turn lights off when locking your Mac Sync light temperature with macOS Night Shift Lolgato also lets you set global hotkeys for toggling the lights and changing their brigh
- Playing the PercentagesJan 23, 2026John Gruber
Dr. Drang: For weeks — maybe months, time has been hard to judge this past year — Trump has been telling us that he’s worked out deals with pharmaceutical companies to lower their prices by several hundred percent. Commentators and comedians have pointed out that you can’t reduce prices more than 100% and pretty much left it at that, suggesting that Trump’s impossible numbers are due to ignorance.
- MacOS 26 Tahoe Broke Column View in the FinderJan 23, 2026John Gruber
Jeff Johnson: Finder has four view modes, represented by the four consecutive toolbar icons in the screenshot below, if you can even call that free-floating monstrosity a toolbar anymore: Icons, List, Columns, and Gallery. My preference is columns view, which I’ve been using for as long as I remember, going back to Mac OS X. At the bottom of each column is a resizing widget that you can use to cha
- Why Walmart Still Doesn’t Support Apple PayJan 22, 2026John Gruber
Chance Miller, writing at 9to5Mac: When you use Walmart Pay, it’s incredibly easy for Walmart to build that customer profile on you. When you use Scan and Go, all of that same information is handed over. When you use Apple Pay or other payment methods, it’s much harder for Walmart (and other retailers) to do this. Apple Pay’s privacy and security protections, like not sharing any information about
- Trump Administration Shares Doctored Photo of Minnesota Activist After Her ArrestJan 22, 2026John Gruber
Violet Jira, reporting for NOTUS: The White House communications team posted a digitally altered photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong, a Minnesota social justice activist, on Thursday that makes it appear that she was weeping during her arrest by federal agents. The image is highly realistic, bearing no watermark or other indicator that the image has been doctored. The change is only apparent when compa
- The Information: ‘With Google Deal, Apple’s Craig Federighi Plots a Cautious Course in AI’Jan 22, 2026John Gruber
Aaron “Homeboy” Tilley and Wayne Ma, reporting for The Information (paywalled, alas, and with a miserly gift-link policy): But there are also potential risks to making Federighi head of AI. Giving oversight of AI to him reflects Apple’s cautious approach to the technology. He is known at Apple as a penny-pincher who keeps a tight rein on salaries and hesitates to invest in risky projects when the
- ★ Crazy People Do Crazy ThingsJan 19, 2026John Gruber
Donald Trump, in a message (I wouldn’t call it a letter) sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, confirmed by several news organizations: Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and