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351 </div><!-- column2 --> 352 </div><!-- linked --> 353 </div><!-- post --> 354 355<hr class="separator" /> 356 357<div class="post"> 358 359 360 361<div class="article"> 362 363 <div class="column1"> 364 <h3 class="byline">By 365 366Philip Michaels</h3> 367 <time class="dateline" datetime="2026-09-23T15:25:42-07:00">September 23, 2026 3:25 PM PT</time> 368 369 370 371 372 373 <div class="tags"><h4><a href="https://sixcolors.com/tag/app-report/" rel="tag">■ App Report</a></h4></div> 374 </div><!-- column1 --> 375 376 <div class="column2"> 377 378 379 380 <h1> 381 382<a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/09/app-report-tiny-delights/">App Report: Tiny delights 383</a> 384</h1> 385 386 387 388<p>Sometimes, itâs the little things in life, as this weekâs crop of intriguing apps proves. None of our entries promise anything revolutionary â just control over one aspect or another of your Mac that should stand to make your user experience just a tad bit better.</p> 389<p>Oh and we throw in a game, too. All work, no play and all that.</p> 390<p>So letâs work our way down the list of possible additions to your Mac or iPhone. And if you have something youâd like to see featured in this space, let us know about it via email at <code>[email protected]</code>.</p> 391<h2>Mainspring</h2> 392<p>Your Mac is more powerful than you know, with a lot of controls hidden well out of view (at least if you donât want to dig around in the Terminal). <a href="https://trymainspring.com">Mainspring</a> imagines a world where you can control some of those features via toggles in a utility panel.</p> 393<figure><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/mainspring1-6c.jpg?ssl=1" alt="Mainspring app window showing âTune your Macâ with tools like Declutter & Focus, Screenshot Studio, Speed Boost, Finder Power, Developer Setup, Privacy & Security; sidebar includes Home, Automations, Never sleep." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 394<p>Want to speed things up by removing the delay before your auto-hidden Dock pops up or making the hide and show animation go faster? Turn those features on. You can also tweak the built-in screenshot tools to remove drop shadows or save your files as JPGs instead of PNGs. Or you can explore dozens of other optimizations covering various aspects of your Mac, tailored to whether youâre using a laptop or desktop.</p> 395<p>Best of all, undoing those changes is as simple as sliding the toggle off. Mainspring really lets you tweak and fine-tune your Mac without running the risk of damaging something important in the process.</p> 396<p>What I really appreciate about Mainspring is the setup feature that proposes different scenarios for getting started. I selected the Writer settings, which gave me access to the different screenshot tools that I could turn on and turn off. The app really makes it easier for amateurs like me to use.</p> 397<p>Youâll need to pay a one-time fee of $29 for an unlocked copy of Mainspring, but the app comes with a free trial that lets you use it for one day so you can see if Mainspringâs various settings are just the tweaks your Mac needs.</p> 398<h2>Docktor</h2> 399<p>Sometimes, when Iâm jumping between different apps for the same project, I forget what Iâve got open where. <em>Did I start writing that document in BBEdit or in Google Docs in Safari?</em> The free <a href="https://docktorapp.com">Docktor utility</a> resolves any lingering doubts by adding live previews of each open appâs window when you hover over its icon in the Dock.</p> 400<figure><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/docktor-preview-6c.png?ssl=1" alt="Screenshot showing text with app details and a Bluesky window titled âPersonal â Following â Blueskyâ over it; dock below with calendar 26, weather 92°, app icons." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 401<p>You will have to turn on some permissions to let Docktor do its thing, such as allowing screen recording to capture live thumbnails using ScreenCaptureKit. Optional permissions allow Docktor to know y
401our location and look at your calendar to populate relevant widgets that can be added to either side of your Dock.</p> 402<p>Thatâs another bonus feature for Docktor apart from the live thumbnail previews, though by default, the widgets appeared a little faint on my display. I took care of that by going into Docktorâs settings and fiddling with the Liquid Glass to make things easier on my eyes. That may be a step too far for some users, but the app is free to download and use so you can give it a try to see if it delivers what youâre looking for in a productivity-boosting utility.</p> 403<h2>Pop Out Timer</h2> 404<p>Apple devices have their own built-in Clock apps, though the one that comes with the Mac is a bit pedestrian for my tastes. <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pop-out-timer-stopwatch-clock/id1352722326">Pop Out Timer</a> offers a different spin on things, with a floating window that you can place just about anywhere on your screen.</p> 405<figure><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/popouttimer-window-6c.png?ssl=1" alt="Screenshot of a webpage with text including 'YOUR APPLE WATCH ISN'T' and 'Audio from the microphone flows into the audio buffer inside the Secure Enclave on the S11 chip.' A green timer overlay shows '0:16'." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 406<p>That can come in handy when using the stopwatch mode if you want to keep an eye on your time while running through a presentation. As for me, Iâve used Pop Out Timerâs stopwatch as an impromptu time tracker for logging how much time Iâm spending on projects where I bill by the hour. The app also features timer, clock and pomodoro modes.</p> 407<p>Customization features in Pop Out Timerâs settings let you adjust the aspect ratio of the floating timer as well as the background and text colors. The app, which also runs on iPhones and iPads, is free to try, with timers restricted to 5 minutes. If you like what you see, unlock the premium version, either with a subscription (49 cents/month or $4/year) or a one-time $12 purchase.</p> 408<h2>TrillMark</h2> 409<p>When youâre heads down on a project, those notification pings your Mac sends out can fade into the background â which really defeats the purpose of notifications if you ask me. The $8 <a href="https://trillmark.app">TrillMark</a> lets you assign different sounds to notifications coming from different apps, so that an alert coming in from Slack will make a different noise compared to a News notification.</p> 410<figure><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/trillmark1-6c.png?ssl=1" alt="TrillMark Settings: Bluesky selected; Custom sound with Chirp from Silent to Hero." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 411<p>To differentiate notifications even further, TrillMark lets you set colors for individual apps, so that youâre sure to see the alerts that are critical to you and to know which apps theyâre coming from at a glance.</p> 412<p>TrillMark requires some tweaking. For instance, when Iâm shuffling through songs in the Music app, I have a notification appear on screen with the song title and artist, but I donât necessarily want a noise from TrillMark pinging over the music. Fortunately, if you go into the settings, you can ensure that such notifications appear silently.</p> 413<figure class="pull-right narrow"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/echo2_framed-6c.png?ssl=1" alt="Smartphone screen showing Zen Mode puzzle game with grid, colored shapes, and buttons labeled Wait, Echo, Follow." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 414<h2>Echo</h2> 415<p>Letâs wrap up this weekâs look at apps with an iOS puzzle game that lets you clear your mind while passing a few spare moments.</p> 416<p><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/echo-time-loop-puzzle/id6791749935">Echo</a> requires you to navigate your way through a maze with just a limited number of moves, but fortunately, thereâs an Echo button where your past moves reappear to help you unlock doors and overcome obstacles. Itâs a difficult concept to explain, but all becomes clear the moment you start playing.</p> 417<p>Different game modes â a campaign mode along with endless play and daily puzzles â add to Echoâs replayability, while soothing music creates a very calming experience.</p> 418<p>Best of all, Echo is a free download with no ads marring the experience, though there is a button where you can send a tip the developerâs way.</p> 419 420 421 422<p>[<em><strong>Philip Michaels</strong> has been writing about technology since 1999, most notably for Macworld and Tomâs Guide. He currently finds himself between jobs, so if you need someone who can string a few sentences together (or make your sentences read a lot better), drop him a line.</em>]</p> 423 424<div class="footmatter"> 425<ul> 426<li class="footitem"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0lFVDogE-JHK8iKf5q9zmVFyIwVdlHlVMC1vQ97ZQL2K6bA/v
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536haferbrown.png?ssl=1" alt="Jason Snell by Shafer Brown" data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"></figure> 537<p>You ever have one of those moments when you start to copy a large file in the Finder and groan when the Progress Window tells you itâs going to take forever? I used to have them all the time, and it didnât make sense until I figured out that macOS was gaslighting me about my network connection.</p> 538<p>The other day, Friend of the site Todd Vaziri <a href="https://mastodon.social/@tvaziri/117292890951686106">wrote on Mastodon</a>:</p> 539<blockquote><p> 540 Two M4 Mac minis, both running Tahoe on the same local network, gigabit ethernet, using standard File Sharing. I canât reliably play a Blu-ray rip from one computer to another without it stuttering⦠a measly 2.82 Mbit/sec file. What am I doing wrong here? 541</p></blockquote> 542<p>I replied, as did many other people, to tell Todd that he could probably solve his problem by disconnecting both Macs from his in-house Wi-Fi network. He tried that, and all of a sudden, his file transfers were running at fast Ethernet speeds.</p> 543<figure class="pull-right"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/set-service-order-6c.png?ssl=1" alt="Service Order list: USB JTAG/serial debug unit 2, USB JTAG/serial debug unit, USB 10/100/1000 LAN, AX88179A, iPhone USB, Thunderbolt Bridge, iPad USB, Wi-Fi. Below: Drag services to change order. Buttons: Cancel, OK." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 544<p>Youâd think that your Mac would detect the fastest network connection available and prioritize that, but it doesnât. There is, however, a very helpful setting you can use to <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/service-please-manage-multiple-mac-network-interfaces-priority/">prioritize your settings</a>. You can find it in the Settings app, under Network. Scroll to the very bottom of that pane and click on the inscrutable downward-facing caret next to the inscrutable ellipsis symbol (yep, System Settings <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2022/08/ways-to-make-macos-ventura-system-settings-better/">is still terrible</a> four years later), and choose Set Service Order.</p> 545<p>In the resultant window, you can drag all of your Macâs possible network connections up and down to create a priority list. Items at the top are your Macâs preferred network connections; ones at the bottom will only be used if there are no other active connections. If you put Wi-Fi at the very bottom, your Mac should only use it when no other active connections are available.</p> 546<p>Except: It doesnât work reliably, and hasnât for years. Because Iâve been exactly where my friend Todd was the other day, baffled as to why my two Macs on fast Ethernet connections were chugging through an impossibly slow file transfer. The answer was solved the moment I manually disconnected from my Wi-Fi router.</p> 547<figure class="pull-right"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/auto-join-6c.png?ssl=1" alt="Screenshot of Wi-Fi settings" data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption>Turn off Auto-Join to take control of your networking.</figcaption></figure> 548<p>So what is a Mac user to do? The obvious answer would seem to be to turn off your Wi-Fi, but thatâs not advisable: Macs use Wi-Fi for all sorts of features beyond getting on the Internet. If you turn off Wi-Fi, youâll lose access to Continuity features, including the ability to AirDrop.</p> 549<p>Instead, the right way to approach this is to leave your Wi-Fi on, but not connected to any routers. As a convenience, any Wi-Fi network you connect to is set to âauto-join,â so when you see it again later, your Mac will reconnect. Thatâs great, but if youâre being bitten by this issue, that convenience becomes a frustration. Instead, open Settings, choose Wi-Fi, and click the ellipsis button at the far right side of your Known Networks list. Youâll be given a small menu of options, including the (presumably checked) Auto-Join. Uncheck this setting by choosing it, and now your Mac wonât automatically glom onto your local Wi-Fi network. Do this for any networks that your Mac might connect to when youâre trying to be on your at-home or in-office Ethernet.</p> 550<figure class="pull-right"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/screenshot-2026-09-22-at-8-6c.png?ssl=1" alt="Wi-Fi menu in dark mode: toggle on; Ethernet: Thunderbolt Ethernet Slot 2, Port 2; Personal Hotspot: MonkeyPhone 17 Orange with 5G and battery; Known Networks: ICU81MI and Monkeyhouse, both locked; Other Networks; Network Settingsâ¦; Wi-Fi Settingsâ¦" data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption>Control Wi-Fi connections from Control Center.</figcaption></figure> 551<p>There is a downside to this approach. When I unplug my laptop from its docking station and open it up somewhere in my house, I have to manually connect to my Wi-Fi network. And when Iâm back at my desk, I need to manually disconnect. (These can both be handled by clicking on the Wi-Fi symbol next to the networkâs name, right from the Wi-Fi menu in Control Center.) Gray means itâs not connected, white with an accent color means itâs connected.</p> 552<p>Yes, itâs a little bit of a hassle. So you need to ask yourself: How much am I affected by my Mac inadvertently using my Wi-Fi connection when itâs also connected to a wired network? The answer may be ânot at all,â in which case you should probably keep using Wi-Fi using the Auto-Join regimen that Apple uses as its default.</p> 553<p>But if youâre like me, and have seen slow file transfers and unstable videoconference connections resolved by dropping off of Wi-Fi and back to Ethernet, you may find that manually connecting and disconnecting from Wi-Fi is a small price to pay for networking stability.</p> 554<p>[<em>Apple folks take note: I have re-filed this bug, âNetwork traffic often sent to wrong interface based on network priority,â as FB24893093 after originally filing it as FB16275329, which was closed in 2025 because it was theoretically fixed in a late Sequoia build. Either itâs back, or it never left.</em>]</p> 555 556 557 558 559 560<div class="footmatter"> 561<ul> 562<li class="footitem"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0lFVDogE-JHK8iKf5q9zmVFyIwVdlHlVMC1vQ97ZQL2K6bA/v
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682derbolt ports on the back. (Itâs Thunderbolt 4 if youâve got the M6 model, Thunderbolt 5 for the M5 Pro.)</p> 683<p>Weâll get to the chip momentarily, but Apple has made internal upgrades on some other Mac mini parts. Wi-Fi and Ethernet were left untouched in the 2024 Mac mini update, but not this yearâthe M6/M5 Pro models support Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6. Both models also come standard with 2.5Gb Ethernet, with 10Gb Ethernet as a configure-to-order option.</p> 684<h2>And now, the star of the show</h2> 685<p>The Mac mini vaulted right over the base M5 processor entirely, preventing me from making <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/m5-macbook-pro-review-the-ultimate-computer/">more references</a> to that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ultimate_Computer">classic âStar Trekâ episode</a> where a <a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/M-5_multitronic_unit">computer</a> tries to take Captain Kirkâs job because some <a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Richard_Daystrom">A.I. genius</a> has conned people in positions of authority into thinking <em>thatâs</em> a good idea. (Thank goodness I have <a href="https://darioamodei.com/essay/machines-of-loving-grace">no more need</a> to reference such outdated, irrelevant themes.)</p> 686<p>As a result, the release of this Mac mini also marks the debut of the M6, an entirely new generation of Apple silicon that will undoubtedly populate numerous Macs and iPads over the next year. That makes it worth peeking into the details of how the M6 is structured and how it performs, even if youâre not currently in the market for a new tiny Mac.</p> 687<div class="sc-chart" data-chart="benchmark" data-config='{"title":"The M6 arrivesâinside a Mac mini","product":"Mac","tests":[{"heading":"Geekbench 7 Single-Core","better":"higher","decimals":0,"results":[{"name":"Mac mini (M6 12C/12G)","value":4040,"reviewed":true},{"name":"MacBook Pro (M5 10C/10G)","value":3653},{"name":"Mac mini (M4, 10C/10G)","value":3347},{"name":"MacBook Air (M3 8C/10G)","value":2760},{"name":"Mac mini (M2, 10C/10G)","value":2381},{"name":"MacBook Neo (A18 Pro 6C/5G)","value":2732}]},{"heading":"Geekbench 7 Multi-Core","better":"higher","decimals":0,"results":[{"name":"Mac mini (M6 12C/12G)","value":22534,"reviewed":true},{"name":"MacBook Pro (M5 10C/10G)","value":18338},{"name":"Mac mini (M4, 10C/10G)","value":15459},{"name":"MacBook Air (M3 8C/10G)","value":11399},{"name":"Mac mini (M2, 10C/10G)","value":10113},{"name":"MacBook Neo (A18 Pro 6C/5G)","value":6827}]},{"heading":"Geekbench 7 Metal (GPU)","better":"higher","decimals":0,"results":[{"name":"Mac mini (M6 12C/12G)","value":90868,"reviewed":true},{"name":"MacBook Pro (M5 10C/10G)","value":73268},{"name":"Mac mini (M4, 10C/10G)","value":54549},{"name":"MacBook Air (M3 8C/10G)","value":48877},{"name":"Mac mini (M2, 10C/10G)","value":38816},{"name":"MacBook Neo (A18 Pro 6C/5G)","value":28132}]},{"heading":"AI Quantized (Neural)","better":"higher","decimals":0,"results":[{"name":"Mac mini (M6 12C/12G)","value":79665,"reviewed":true},{"name":"MacBook Pro (M5 10C/10G)","value":58591},{"name":"MacBook Pro (M4 Max, 10C/32G)","value":57647}]}],"notes":"Geekbench 7 and GeekBench AI from Primate Labs. Reference systems in gray."}'></div> 688<p>Since the beginning, Appleâs M-series processors have included two different sets of CPU cores designed with different characteristics. The <em>performance</em> cores were designed to run at high speed and rip through tasks, albeit at the cost of greater power usage. (Apple would tell you that even its performance cores are <em>also</em> optimized to use power intelligently whenever possible, of course.) The companyâs <em>efficiency</em> cores, on the other hand, were designed to perform lower priority low-level tasksâand computers have a lot of those!âwhile excelling at energy savings.</p> 689<p>While power efficiency isnât as important for a Mac plugged into an outlet, itâs vitally important to laptops, which make up the bulk of Appleâs Mac sales. And of course, power efficiency can also reduce thermal issues that require venting, and reduce the amount of electricity youâre paying for.</p> 690<p>Last year, though, Apple <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/03/apple-gives-in-to-temptation-and-renames-its-cpu-cores/">introduced a new core type</a>
690, the âsuper core,â with the M5. What differentiates a super core from a performance core? It comes down to the different ways computer programs do work. Software splits up tasks into individual components, or threads, and passes those to the system to send to the processor. Some software is very good at breaking up work into tiny individual components, which is good, because those tasks can be distributed across many CPU cores, where work can proceed in parallel. But some tasks arenât broken up so readilyâwhether itâs because the software hasnât been optimized, or because the task itself really is just a single big chunk that must be processed at once.</p> 691<p>According to Apple, super cores are focused on chewing through those single-threaded tasks at maximum performance. This differentiates them from performance cores, which Apple says are tuned to perform better at complex, multi-threaded jobs. Meanwhile, those efficiency cores are percolating quietly in the background, taking care of lesser tasks that donât require the muscle that the other two core types deliver.</p> 692<p>In the M6, for the first time, Apple has decided to apply all three different core types to a single design: Itâs got six efficiency cores, four performance cores, and two super cores. Something for every kind of task, ideally, leading to the most optimal mix of power and efficiency.</p> 693<figure><img decoding="async" src="https://sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cpuchart.svg" data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"></figure> 694<p>In addition, the M6 has 12 GPU cores, which pick up the neural accelerators Apple added in the M5 generation (and therefore never before seen in the Mac mini), to assist in AI jobs that run on the chipâs graphics hardware. Thereâs also a new dual 16-core Neural Engine, so Appleâs doubling its own home-made neural processors, all in the goal of making the M6 more impressive as a processor for AI jobs.</p> 695<p>With these changes, the M6 ran 11% faster than the M5 in single-core CPU performance, according to my tests. Thatâs slightly below average for an M-series generational update, though of course if youâre specifically upgrading from any previous Mac mini, youâll see much greater performance boosts.</p> 696<p>In multi-core testing, the M6 performed 23% faster than the M5 generation, very slightly above average for an Apple silicon generation change.</p> 697<figure><img decoding="async" src="https://sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/gpuchart.svg" data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"></figure> 698<p>And when it comes to GPU scores, theyâre up 24% from the M5 generationâagain, a very slightly above average per-generation improvement. Of course, this improvement is largely built on the back of Appleâs choice to include 12 GPU cores in the M6, up from 10 in the M5. If you divide the scores per GPU core, it suggests that Apple (quite understandably) took this generation off from massively improving its GPU core design, given the major steps forward it took in the previous two generations.</p> 699<figure><img decoding="async" src="https://sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/changebar.svg" data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"></figure> 700<p>This is now part of the Apple silicon playbook. If you see Apple add GPU cores in a processor generation, itâs most likely doing so because the actual GPU cores arenât particularly improved, so to make the chip faster, it piles in more. Increasing the GPU count by 20 percent will generally improve your GPU performance by⦠20 percent. The strategy allows Apple to crow about improved GPU performance even in a year where its attention is turned elsewhere.</p> 701<p>Whatâs harder to tease out in any sort of benchmark test is how the chip will perform day to day, with a varied workload. Maxing out one CPU core or all the CPU cores provides a clean answer; Appleâs three-core-type design likely works more subtly in practice. My guess is that the mix of CPU core types will result in a better balance of power and efficie
701ncy, which is essentially Appleâs holy grail when it comes to processor design. Apple wants its chips to be able to rip through a task when you need it to, but run effortlessly (and in a low-power state) the rest of the time. Thatâs much more difficult to measure, however.</p> 702<p>The Apple silicon Mac era has now lasted so long that we can begin to see patterns and judge how individual generations fit into the story. The M6 processor appears to be an average improvement, so close to dead-on average that it feels like it was made specifically to meet an internal metric for improved CPU and GPU performance.</p> 703<p>These results are colored, at least a bit, by <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/06/report-apple-changes-chip-and-oled-macbook-pro-release-plans/">Bloombergâs report</a> that Apple has decided not to ship high-end M6 processors at all, and jump directly to a new M7 generation that is better suited to âmeet growing demand for on-device AI capabilities and more graphics-intensive software.â Thereâs nothing wrong with the M6 at all, but if Appleâs next generation chip design includes some major AI and graphics performance leaps, I can see why the company might want to prioritize that release rather than rolling out an entire chip line-up based on an adequate but uninspiring creep forward in performance.</p> 704<h2>Small is beautiful</h2> 705<figure class="pull-right"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/mini-top-down-6c.jpg?ssl=1" alt="" data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption>Different footprints over the years.</figcaption></figure> 706<p>Back to the Mac mini. Since Dan Moren reviewed the last two releases of this product, I havenât gotten a chance to spend much time with it, or to write about it in detail.</p> 707<p>Let me be clear: I love it.</p> 708<p>Iâve been using Mac minis since the very beginning. Iâve had a Mac mini in my home as a server for <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/03/its-not-quite-a-mac-mini-but-its-my-server/">most</a> of its existence as a product.</p> 709<p>In the late 2010s the Mac mini was <a href="https://sixcolors.com/offsite/2017/07/hoping-for-a-small-mac-mini-revival/">in the wilderness</a>. It <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/10/a-new-mac-mini-i-want-to-believe/">wasnât updated for more than three years</a>.</p> 710<p>But thanks to Apple silicon, it has gotten a new lease on lifeâand a new design. The fact that the Mac mini became a hot product in the last year just warms my heart. Itâs always been Appleâs most versatile Mac, capable of performing whatever Mac jobs you want to throw at it. The smaller size just makes it that much more delightful. Itâs a shame about the price, but you could say that about most tech prices these days.</p> 711<p>Still, what a computer! Even the performance of the base M6 model is more than enough for most computing tasks that regular people will ever need. If you invested in an external display a few years ago, most likely that display is still going strongâand attaching a new Mac mini to it will just refresh everything. If you want a Mac to live in a closet and serve files and web pages and run AI agents or whatever, itâll be great for that too.</p> 712<p>The Mac mini has come into its own at last, and Iâm glad for that. Perhaps in the next few years, prices will settle down and Apple will allow it to cross back over into territory where itâs more of an impulse buy, a âwhy wouldnât you upgrade?â sort of proposition. Right now, make no mistake, itâs still a great option if thereâs a tiny space for it in your lifeâbut youâll need to actually do the work to calculate the value it will provide you before making that decision.</p> 713 714 715 716 717 718<div class="footmatter"> 719<ul> 720<li class="footitem"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0lFVDogE-JHK8iKf5q9zmVFyIwVdlHlVMC1vQ97ZQL2K6bA/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.982800858=https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/09/m6-mac-mini-review-tiny-pricey-and-powerful/" target="_blank" class="typo-report-link">Report a typo</a></li><li class="footitem"><a href="https://discord.com/channels/994648628247412756/1551579016438349935">Discuss in members Discord</a> <a href="discord://discord.com/channels/994648628247412756/1551579016438349935">(app)</a></li></ul> 721</div> 722 723 724 725 726 727 </div><!-- column2 --> 728 </div><!-- article --> 729 </div><!-- post --> 730 731<hr class="separator" /> 732 733 734<div class="post"> 735 736<div class="members"> 737 738 739 <div class="column1"> 740 <h3 class="byline">By John Moltz</h3> 741 <time class="dateline" datetime="2026-09-18T14:00:11-07:00">September 18, 2026 2:00 PM PT</time> 742 <div class="tags"><h4><a href="https://sixcolors.com/tag/this-week-in-apple/" rel="tag">■ This Week In Apple</a></h4></div> 743 744 </div><!-- column1 --> 745 <div class="column2 locked"> 746 747 748 <h1> 749 750<a href="https://sixcolors.com/member/2026/09/this-week-in-apple-with-beta-ed-breath/">This Week in Apple: With beta-ed breath</a></h1> 751 752 753 754 <figure><img data-recalc-dims="1" height="389" width="680" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/twia-moltz.png?resize=680%2C389&ssl=1" alt="John Moltz and his conspiracy board. Art by Shafer Brown." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"/><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 755<p>Apple TV scores big and while the iPhone 18 reviews are in, the iOS 27.1 beta is not.</p> 756<h2>Time to bring back the plus sign</h2> 757<p>Letâs give a hearty round of applause for TV. Fantastic. Well done just in general. So many shows and so many of high quality.</p> 758<p>And thereâs also Peacock! Just great.</p> 759<p>While TV is broadly very good these days, Apple TV is especially good and this week it got more bonafides to prove it.</p> 760<p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/14/widows-bay-sweeps-78th-primetime-emmy-awards-as-apple-tv-scores-9-more-wins/">âWidowâs Bay sweeps 78th Primetime Emmy Awards as Apple TV scores 9 more winsâ</a></p> 761<p>
761<a href="https://in.ign.com/pluribus/271867/apple-tvs-pluribus-wins-six-awards-at-the-2026-emmys-including-rhea-seehorns-first-win-for-outstandi">âApple TVâs Pluribus Wins Six Awards at the 2026 Emmys, Including Rhea Seehornâs First Win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Seriesâ</a></p> 762<p>The latter prompted Apple to toot its own massive horn by sponsoring <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DdUZVXbJnw_/">billboard ads</a> reading âCongratulations, Carolâ, a play on some things that happen in the show.</p> 763<p>At least I hope it was Apple.</p> 764<p>This week also marked the return of the hit show âSlow Horsesâ and Apple further announced <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/15/slow-horses-is-back-tonight-and-apple-just-confirmed-two-more-seasons/">two more seasons</a>are in the works.…</p> 765 <div class="fade-out"></div> 766 </div><!-- locked --> 767 768 <div class="full-story"> 769 <h1>This is a post limited to Six Colors members.</h1> 770 <div class="subscribe-buttons"> 771 <a class="subscribe-btn" href="/subscribe">Become a member</a> 772 <a class="btn btnclear" href="/subscribe/?memberful_endpoint=auth">Members sign in</a> 773 </div> 774 </div> 775 776 777 778 </div><!-- members --> 779 </div><!-- post --> 780 781<hr class="separator" /> 782 783<div class="minipost"> 784<div class="sponsor"> 785<div class="column1"> 786<h3>Sponsor</h3> 787<time class="dateline" datetime="2026-09-18T08:39:24-07:00">September 18, 2026 8:39 AM PT</time> 788</div><!-- column1 --> 789 790<div class="column2"> 791 792<h1> 793<a href="https://rogueamoeba.com/?utm_source=sixcolors&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=SIXCOLORS-2609" 794rel="nofollow">SoundSource by Rogue Amoeba ↦</a> 795</h1> 796 797 798<p>My thanks to <a href="https://rogueamoeba.com/?utm_source=sixcolors&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=SIXCOLORS-2609">Rogue Amoeba</a>, the leaders in Mac audio software, for sponsoring Six Colors this week.</p> 799<p>As of this month, Rogue Amoeba has been building independent Mac software development for 24 years. Itâs celebrating that anniversary with Six Colors readers, who can save 24% on SoundSource, or anything else they make. Just use discount code <strong>SIXCOLORS24</strong> in <a href="https://rogueamoeba.com/store/?utm_source=sixcolors&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=SIXCOLORS-2609">their store</a>, through the end of September.</p> 800<p><a href="https://rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/?utm_source=sixcolors&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=SIXCOLORS-2609">SoundSource</a> is a remarkable app, giving you powerful control of your Macâs audio, right in your menu bar. Why Apple hasnât made sound more of a priority on macOS is anyoneâs guess, but Rogue Amoeba has filled the gap spectacularly. SoundSource offers per-app volume and effects, as well as output re-routing. I like to put up YouTube TV on my MacBook Proâs built-in display while Iâm doing work on my Studio Display. I use SoundSource to route the audio from YouTube TV to the laptop speakers, so the audio is âcoming from the right placeâ and doesnât get in the way of the audio coming from the main display.</p> 801<p>SoundSource 6 also has new AirPlay support! Sadly, macOS lets you set a single AirPlay device as your default output. SoundSource doesnât careâitâll stream audio from any app on your Mac to AirPlay devices around your home. And yes, it also lets you group output devices, so you can put one appâs audio on AirPlay speakers in multiple roomsâwhile all the other audio stays on your Mac.</p> 802<p>Thereâs a fully functional free trial available <a href="https://rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/?utm_source=sixcolors&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=SIXCOLORS-2609">from Rogue Amoebaâs website</a>. And yes, theyâre all already updated for compatibility with MacOS 27 Golden Gate.</p> 803<p>Donât forget: use discount code <strong>SIXCOLORS24</strong> <a href="https://rogueamoeba.com/store/?utm_source=sixcolors&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=SIXCOLORS-2609">on their store</a> this month to save with a long-time indie developer.</p> 804 805</div> <!-- column2 --> 806</div> <!-- sponsor --> 807 808</div><!-- minipost --> 809 810<hr class="separator" /> 811 812<div class="post"> 813 814 <div class="linked"> 815 816 <div class="column1"> 817 <h3 class="byline">by Dan Moren</h3>
818 <time class="dateline" datetime="2026-09-18T06:03:17-07:00"> 819 <a href="https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/09/unsealed-documents-show-microsoft-openai-executives-all-too-aware-of-ethical-concerns/">September 18, 2026 6:03 AM PT</a></time> 820 821 822 823 </div><!-- column1 --> 824 825 <div class="column2"> 826 <h1><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/microsoft-exec-called-ai-scraping-the-largest-theft-of-labor-in-human-history/">Unsealed documents show Microsoft, OpenAI executives all too aware of ethical concerns</a></h1> 827 828 <p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/microsoft-exec-called-ai-scraping-the-largest-theft-of-labor-in-human-history/">Ashley Belanger at Ars Technica</a> runs through recently unsealed documents in the case brought by news organizations led by <em>The New York Times</em> against OpenAI and Microsoft:</p> 829<blockquote><p> 830 Perhaps most explosively, Microsoft Director of Applied Science Brent Hecht repeatedly warned in documents that scraping news for AI training was âan astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,â calling it perhaps the âlargest theft of labor in human history,â news orgs said. In another document, Hecht contradicted Microsoft and OpenAIâs argument that training AI on news content is fair use, suggesting that the plan to widely scrape news made âa complete mockery of the idea of âfair use.ââ</p> 831<p> Over at OpenAI, ChatGPT head Nick Turley wrote in an internal message that publishers would face an âexistential threatâ from commercial products trained on news content that can be used to substitute news providers. One Microsoft document even described a âdoom loop,â news orgs said, âthat will hurt the performance of our models and the entire web at the same time.â 832</p></blockquote> 833<p>Truly damning stuff. Anthropicâs settlement with authorsâof which, full disclosure, I am oneâallowed the company to sidestep the admission of wrongdoing, but it remains pretty clear that all the people at these companies knew exactly what they were doing. This is emblematic of the worst of the tech industry, the move-fast-and-break-things ethos that doesnât stop to consider what you lose when you break thingsâor, if you prefer your lessons in easily digestible pop culture references, I got <a href="https://tenor.com/view/jurassic-park-ian-malcolm-jeff-goldblum-should-could-gif-16617300">two</a> for <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995">you</a>.</p> 834 835 836<div class="footmatter"> 837<ul> 838<li class="footitem"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0lFVDogE-JHK8iKf5q9zmVFyIwVdlHlVMC1vQ97ZQL2K6bA/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.982800858=https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/09/unsealed-documents-show-microsoft-openai-executives-all-too-aware-of-ethical-concerns/" target="_blank" class="typo-report-link">Report a typo</a></li><li class="footitem"><a href="https://discord.com/channels/994648628247412756/1550492417793200168">Discuss in members Discord</a> <a href="discord://discord.com/channels/994648628247412756/1550492417793200168">(app)</a></li></ul> 839</div> 840 841<!-- <h6>—Linked by Dan Moren</h6> --> 842 843 844 </div><!-- column2 --> 845 </div><!-- linked --> 846 </div><!-- post --> 847 848<hr class="separator" /> 849 850<div class="post"> 851 852 <div class="linked"> 853 854 <div class="column1"> 855 <h3 class="byline">by Jason Snell</h3> 856 <time class="dateline" datetime="2026-09-17T08:58:33-07:00"> 857 <a href="https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/09/david-pogue-tests-siri-ai/">September 17, 2026 8:58 AM PT</a></time> 858 859 860 861 </div><!-- column1 --> 862 863 <div class="column2"> 864 <h1><a href="https://pogueman.substack.com/p/125-tests-of-the-new-ai-siri">David Pogue tests Siri AI</a></h1> 865 866 <p>David Pogue, in his <a href="https://pogueman.substack.com/p/125-tests-of-the-new-ai-siri">newsletter</a>:</p> 867<blockquote><p> 868 The new AI Siri came out this week as part of OS 27 for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac, and itâs a life changer. A phone changer. It replaces most Google searches, most ChatGPT or Claude interactions, and cumulative hours of fumbling and searching and dragging and copying and finding and tapping and pastingâ¦.</p> 869<p> The hardest part will be getting out of the habit of opening apps, and remembering that you have Siri. Give it a few tries. Learn to trust it. Youâll save incredible amounts of time and fumbling.</p> 870<p> I used the beta-test version all summer, growing more and more excited. Now that the final version is out, I wanted to see how often it gets things right. It is AI, after all. So I ran it through 125 tests. 871</p></blockquote> 872<p>Davidâs absolutely rightâSiri AI really works. Itâs not perfect, but itâs quite good. The trick is, as he puts it, âremembering you have Siriâ (and that itâs useful now). I have so thoroughly trained myself <em>not</em> to use Siri that I struggle to remember to use it when Iâm not explicitly trying to test it.</p> 873<p>In any event, Pogue provides 125(!) examples of Siri prompts he issued, and details the resultsâincluding some surprising successes and a few failures. (The failures clearly point to where Apple needs to put its attention as it improves this feature, especially when it comes to connecting to more apps, including Health.)</p> 874 875 876<div class="footmatter"> 877<ul> 878<li class="footitem"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0lFVDogE-JHK8iKf5q9zmVFyIwVdlHlVMC1vQ97ZQL2K6bA/v
878iewform?usp=pp_url&entry.982800858=https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/09/david-pogue-tests-siri-ai/" target="_blank" class="typo-report-link">Report a typo</a></li><li class="footitem"><a href="https://discord.com/channels/994648628247412756/1550174142660219030">Discuss in members Discord</a> <a href="discord://discord.com/channels/994648628247412756/1550174142660219030">(app)</a></li></ul> 879</div> 880 881<!-- <h6>—Linked by Jason Snell</h6> --> 882 883 884 </div><!-- column2 --> 885 </div><!-- linked --> 886 </div><!-- post --> 887 888<hr class="separator" /> 889 890<div class="post"> 891 892 <div class="linked"> 893 894 <div class="column1"> 895 <h3 class="byline">by Jason Snell</h3> 896 <time class="dateline" datetime="2026-09-17T08:52:23-07:00"> 897 <a href="https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/09/apple-showing-off-iphone-18-pro-at-final-friday-night-baseball-game-of-season/">September 17, 2026 8:52 AM PT</a></time> 898 899 900 901 </div><!-- column1 --> 902 903 <div class="column2"> 904 <h1><a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/room/edt.item.62327df1-6874-470e-98b2-a5bbeac509a2">Apple showing off iPhone 18 Pro at final ‘Friday Night Baseball’ game of season</a></h1> 905 906 <p>Last year, Apple <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/09/apple-adds-iphones-to-friday-night-baseball-coverage/">integrated the iPhone 17 Pro</a> into its Friday Night Baseball coverage. As you might expect, this year itâs doing the same with the recently announced iPhone 18 Pro.</p> 907<p>According to Apple, <a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/room/edt.item.62327df1-6874-470e-98b2-a5bbeac509a2">its coverage of Fridayâs Giants-Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium</a> will include 14 different iPhone 18 Pros âembedded throughout Dodger Stadium,â including in the pitch clock, backstop, foul pole, and both bullpens. The idea is to provide unusual vantage points that havenât been seen in baseball broadcasts before.</p> 908<p>In addition, Fridayâs game marks the fourth <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/08/apple-takes-first-immersive-baseball-swings-from-the-on-deck-circle/">immersive broadcast</a> of the season, providing a you-are-there perspective for Vision Pro users.</p> 909<p>This is the last Friday Night Baseball game of this year.</p> 910 911 912<div class="footmatter"> 913<ul> 914<li class="footitem"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0lFVDogE-JHK8iKf5q9zmVFyIwVdlHlVMC1vQ97ZQL2K6bA/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.982800858=https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/09/apple-showing-off-iphone-18-pro-at-final-friday-night-baseball-game-of-season/" target="_blank" class="typo-report-link">Report a typo</a></li><li class="footitem"><a href="https://discord.com/channels/994648628247412756/1550172583721177228">Discuss in members Discord</a> <a href="discord://discord.com/channels/994648628247412756/1550172583721177228">(app)</a></li></ul> 915</div> 916 917<!-- <h6>—Linked by Jason Snell</h6> --> 918 919 920 </div><!-- column2 --> 921 </div><!-- linked --> 922 </div><!-- post --> 923 924<hr class="separator" /> 925 926 <div class="minipost"> 927<div class="podcast"> 928<div class="heading"> 929<div class="art any"></div> 930<h2></h2> 931<h1><a href="http://relay.fm/clockwise/674"> Clockwise 674: The Eyes Will Be Pretzels</a> 932</h1> 933</div> <!-- heading --> 934 935 936<p>Our relationship with telephoto lenses, whether Genmoji has gotten better, our thoughts on the iPhone Duo, and the sci-fi interfaces weâd love or hate to use.</p> 937 938 939 940<audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-41492-5" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/613/traffic.libsyn.com/clockwiserelay/clockwise674.mp3?_=5" /><a href="https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/613/traffic.libsyn.com/clockwiserelay/clockwise674.mp3">https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/613/traffic.libsyn.com/clockwiserelay/clockwise674.mp3</a></audio> 941 942 </div> <!-- podcast --> 943 944 </div><!-- minipost --> 945 946<hr class="separator" /> 947 948 <div class="minipost"> 949<div class="podcast"> 950<div class="heading"> 951<div class="art any"></div> 952<h2></h2> 953<h1><a href="https://reboundcast.com/episode/616"> The Rebound 616: I’m Down With A P P</a> 954</h1> 955</div> <!-- heading --> 956 957 958<p>Lex talks about his iPhone purchase experience, Dan has Duo expectations and Moltz volunteers at the Apple Store.</p> 959 960 961 962<audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-41493-6" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://rss.art19.com/episodes/3152e284-4e2e-422b-b5ea-51567a378cce.mp3?_=6" /><a href="https://rss.art19.com/episodes/3152e284-4e2e-422b-b5ea-51567a378cce.mp3">https://rss.art19.com/episodes/3152e284-4e2e-422b-b5ea-51567a378cce.mp3</a></audio> 963 964 </div> <!-- podcast --> 965 966 </div><!-- minipost --> 967 968<hr class="separator" /> 969 970 <div class="minipost"> 971<div class="podcast"> 972<div class="heading"> 973<div class="art any"></div> 974<h2></h2> 975<h1><a href="http://relay.fm/designed/8"> Designed in California 8: Apple’s Mac OS Crisis: To Be, or Not? (Part 4)</a> 976</h1> 977</div> <!-- heading --> 978 979 980<p>Apple desperately needs a replacement for Mac OS, but negotiations with Jean-Louis Gasséeâs Be are at the breaking point. But does CEO Gil Amelio have any other options?</p> 981 982 983 984<audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-41489-7" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/c618dbf7-ef81-4bb3-af4f-8b75adc4d405/dica-b4.mp3?_=7" /><a href="https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/c618dbf7-ef81-4bb3-af4f-8b75adc4d405/dica-b4.mp3">https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/c618dbf7-ef81-4bb3-af4f-8b75adc4d405/dica-b4.mp3</a></audio> 985 986 </div> <!-- podcast --> 987 988 </div><!-- minipost --> 989 990<hr class="separator" /> 991 992<div class="post"> 993 994 995 996<div class="article"> 997 998 <div class="column1"> 999 <h3 class="byline">By 1000 1001Philip Michaels</h3> 1002 <time class="dateline" datetime="2026-09-15T16:06:55-07:00">September 15, 2026 4:06 PM PT</time> 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 <div class="tags"><h4><a href="https://sixcolors.com/tag/app-report/" rel="tag">■ App Report</a></h4></div> 1009 </div><!-- column1 --> 1010 1011 <div class="column2"> 1012 1013 1014 1015 <h1> 1016 1017<a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/09/app-report-the-apps-that-go-with-you/">App report: The apps that go with you 1018</a> 1019</h1> 1020 1021 1022 1023<p>One of the benefits to being part of the Apple ecosystem is the plethora of apps that work across <em>all</em> of Appleâs devices so that you can access them whether youâre sitting in front of a Mac, out and about with your iPhone or even strapping on a Vision Pro headset. Come on â somebody out there has to be wearing one of those things.</p> 1024<p>This weekâs look at interesting apps features four such multiplatform wonders that let you do everything from type with your voice, post on a social network or jot down random thoughts on at least two different Apple devices. And our lone macOS-only app should prove pretty useful in its own right.</p> 1025<p>If youâve come across an app that you find useful no matter what device it works on, let us hear about it at <code>[email protected]</code>.</p> 1026<h2>Voice Keyboard Pro</h2> 1027<figure class="pull-right"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/voice-keyboard-pro-mac1-6c.png?ssl=1" alt="Screenshot of Voice Keyboard Pro showing a Quarterly Performance Review meeting: summary, discussion points, transcript option, email to [email protected], auto-sending in 42s, buttons below." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 1028<p>My high school typing teacher would frown upon hearing this, but typing sometimes feels like itâs more trouble than itâs worth. And since Iâm the type of person who tends to speak aloud the words as I type them, why am I even bothering with the middleman of a keyboard and not just letting my voice handle all the work?</p> 1029<p><a href="https://voicekeyboardpro.com">Voice Keyboard Pro</a> lets me do just that, allowing me to press and hold a key on my MacBook Air keyboard â the Control key, by default, to be exact â and dictate into any app that allows for text entry. Iâve used Voice Keyboard Pro to enter text into BBEdit, the built-in Notes app, and the Gmail web page in Safari, all without any fuss.</p> 1030<p>Transcription is fairly accurate â Voice Keyboard Pro knew enough to properly capitalize âBBEdit,â for example. But itâs not flawless, as my efforts to dictate a message to Jason Snell kept turning his first name into âJSON.â I imagine thatâs something the app would learn to correct over time.</p> 1031<p>Voice Keyboard Pro isnât just about dictation, as the app offers a Meeting mode that not only records whatâs said in one-on-ones, standup sessions and sprint planning, but also offers a nice summary of what you talk about afterwards.<
1031/p> 1032<p>You can try out Voice Keyboard Pro for free on a limited basis with five transcriptions per day. A $4.99/month Pro subscription unlocks the app and adds custom vocabulary and offline modes.</p> 1033<h2>Play</h2> 1034<figure><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/play-2-6c.png?ssl=1" alt="macOS app showing a video list with titles like 'Ex-Men: Gambit' and 'Easy Lentil & Sausage Stew'. Right panel displays 'Booze On The Rocks' details: AI description, added 9/2/26, duration 3:55." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 1035<p>I cannot tell you how many times this scenario plays out: I will be scrolling through my YouTube feed when I see a video and think âMy wife will probably enjoy watching this, Iâll have to remember it for later.â Of course, I will not because my brain is too crowded to remember random YouTube videos upon command.</p> 1036<p>The simply-named app <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/play-save-videos-watch-later/id1596506190">Play</a> now does the remembering for me. Copy a YouTube link into Play, and itâs kept in a watchlist complete with metadata â you can even watch YouTube videos directly in the app. In addition to YouTube, Play also supports Vimeo, TikTok and Instagram Reels; Iâve also posted Bluesky links with embedded video into Play, though I have to click through to the website to play back the video.</p> 1037<p>Play has a tagging feature that helps you organize videos. For instance, I can tag videos containing recipes with a Cooking tag for easy reference later on. Other bookmarking and customization features let you organize and annotate your video playlists as much or as little as you like.</p> 1038<p>You get to try out Play for seven days to get a feel for the app. After that, a $2.99/month subscription unlocks all the features. Though Iâve used Play primarily on my Mac, the app also works on iPhones, iPads, Apple TV and Vision Pro headsets.</p> 1039<h2>Skyscraper</h2> 1040<figure><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/skyscraper-2-6c.png?ssl=1" alt="Screenshot of a social media feed showing a post with a smiling man in a red hoodie reading âGOD DID ITâ and a cap with US flag colors. Text discusses philosophy, theology, and a Guardian article about M.T." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 1041<p>After the social network formerly known as Twitter followed its owner straight into the sewer, Iâve found that Iâve transitioned to <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/philipmichaels.bsky.social">Bluesky</a> rather nicely. What I have yet to do is find a satisfying Bluesky client app, though <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skyscraper-for-bluesky/id6754198379">Skyscraper</a> looks like it might change that now that the version 1.6 update has delivered a native macOS version.</p> 1042<p>Skyscraper lets you scroll through your timeline, remembering where you left off across all your devices. (The app also comes in iOS/iPadOS, watchOS and visionOS versions.) Itâs easy enough to switch between my curated feed and the different Discover and Popular with Friends feeds through a drop-down menu. I also find the stats included in the Notifications view showing how many people have replied, reposted or favorited my Bluesky posts to be a nice balm for my ego (or a devastating blow, based on the vagaries of my popularity).</p> 1043<p>The free download delivers enough features to get by, though some users will want to pay up for a $2.99/month Pro account that adds support for multiple accounts, notification customization and other niceties.</p> 1044<h2>Einfall</h2> 1045<figure><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/einfall-6c.png?ssl=1" alt="Screenshot of a notes app titled âEinfallâ. Left: âBaseball As I Have Known It â Fred Liebâ and ââ find the quote about Yankees name changeâ. Right: âfilterâ¦â, âtime to make sure people can access your accounts?â, â#Story ideasâ with list." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 1046<p>My deep dive into the world of apps has revealed that there are a lot of options out there if you want something that helps you quickly jot down your thoughts. <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/einfall-quick-capture/id6781802406">Einfall</a> takes things a step further, not just by providing a quick way to jot down ideas as they occur to you, but to take action on them as well.</p> 1047<p>
1047Once youâve created an entry in Einfall â it could be anything from a list of to-dos to an idea for a story â you can then use the app to route it elsewhere, whether thatâs creating a reminder or calendar entry, or even using AI tools to expand on your thought. Because Einfall works across multiple devices â there are macOS and iOS versions â you can store ideas that occur to you just about anywhere. I especially like the fact that thereâs a lock screen widget for the iOS version so that you donât even have to unlock your phone to get an idea down.</p> 1048<p>I donât think the app is for everyone, as the actions interface is taking me some getting used to, but people who will find Einfall useful will likely realize that right away. At any rate, you can download the app for free and jot down ideas in it to your heartâs content. You can try 15 actions before you need to unlock Einfall for good with a one-time $29.99 payment.</p> 1049<h2>Eyes Forward</h2> 1050<figure><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/eyesforward-6c.png?ssl=1" alt="Today's episode of Mangum podcast is brought to you by Big Hawaiian High-Rise Hotel, with views of Waikiki Beach and DiamondHead." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 1051<p>If you have never longed for an app that turns your Mac into a teleprompter, then you can stop reading this column early today. But for podcasters who have to read tricky ad copy while on camera, actors who record their own auditions or anyone else who needs to stay on script without breaking eye contact, a teleprompter app becomes a very handy tool. And <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/eyes-forward/id6758020344?mt=12">Eyes Forward</a> â a $1.99 one-time download â offers an easy-to-use solution.</p> 1052<p>You enter in a duration or words per minute into Eyes Forward to set the scrolling speed for your text. You can also move the floating Eyes Forward window to just below your Macâs camera, with developer Robert Hirsch recommending that you narrow the window to help make your eye contact seem more natural.</p> 1053<p>From there, itâs a matter of formatting the script â you can bold words, for example, if you want to remember to emphasize what youâre saying â saving it, and loading it into the virtual teleprompter. The ability to toggle between light and dark modes as you prefer adds an extra level of polish to an app that delivers exactly what it promises.</p> 1054 1055 1056 1057<p>[<em><strong>Philip Michaels</strong> has been writing about technology since 1999, most notably for Macworld and Tomâs Guide. He currently finds himself between jobs, so if you need someone who can string a few sentences together (or make your sentences read a lot better), drop him a line.</em>]</p> 1058 1059<div class="footmatter"> 1060<ul> 1061<li class="footitem"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0lFVDogE-JHK8iKf5q9zmVFyIwVdlHlVMC1vQ97ZQL2K6bA/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.982800858=https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/09/app-report-the-apps-that-go-with-you/" target="_blank" class="typo-report-link">Report a typo</a></li><li class="footitem"><a href="https://discord.com/channels/994648628247412756/1549557160499871754">Discuss in members Discord</a> <a href="discord://discord.com/channels/994648628247412756/1549557160499871754">(app)</a></li></ul> 1062</div> 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 </div><!-- column2 --> 1069 </div><!-- article --> 1070 </div><!-- post --> 1071 1072<hr class="separator" /> 1073 1074 <div id="moreButtonContainer"> 1075 <div class="moreButton"> 1076<div class="morelink"> 1077
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1174<script id="mediaelement-migrate-js" src="https://c0.wp.com/c/7.1.2/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/mediaelement-migrate.min.js"></script>
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1179<script id="wp-mediaelement-js" src="https://c0.wp.com/c/7.1.2/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-mediaelement.min.js"></script>
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