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I love crossword puzzles and this one was a blast to do.

For those of you lucky enough to snag one of the new keyboards, this may be of use to you.

Unlike the Mac, iPhone or iPad, I don’t use any third-party apps on my Apple Watch 3. That might mean I’m not using it to its full potential. Anyone else use very few apps on their Watch?

I don’t think Swisher is being overly pessimistic in this piece.

This is an interesting but odd way to look at the “value” of the iPhone SE. Sure it may show the iPhone SE in a good light, but it also shows that looking at data this way may skew your opinions about purchasing the latest iPhone.

What a great idea – have the two lead actors swap roles.

Dave and I spent some time talking about my review of Apple’s Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro and why I liked it so much. We also looked at some of the things Apple is doing to help users during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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I love Rogue Amoeba and have used their audio software for years on my Mac. Their new app, SoundSource, gives you powerful control over all the audio on your Mac, right from your menu bar:

Per-Application Volume Control

Change the volume of any app relative to others, and play individual apps to different audio devices. Mute your browser, or send music to one set of speakers and everything else to another.

Improve Sound Quality

Use Magic Boost and Volume Overdrive to hear your audio even in loud environments. The built-in equalizer can sweeten the sound, and more advanced users will love the ability to apply Audio Units to any audio.

Fast Device Access

All the settings your Mac’s audio devices are just a click away. Adjust input and output levels, tweak the balance, and even switch sample rates, right from your menu bar.

One More Thing…

If you have a DisplayPort or HDMI device that fails to offer volume adjustment, SoundSource can help there too. It gives those devices a proper volume slider, and the Super Volume Keys feature makes your keyboard volume controls work as well. Neat!

Check out SoundSource today, with a free trial! Rogue Amoeba has extended their April sale – through May 15th, Loop readers can save 20% with coupon code LOOPSS.

Apple on Thursday posted results for its fiscal quarter ending March 28, 2020. The company reported quarterly revenue of $58.3 billion, an increase of 1 percent from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.55, up 4 percent.

I’ve had exactly two McRibs in my lifetime and both times, I thought they were disgusting.

I prefer the original (I’m a huge Rage Against The Machine fan) but I admire the skill and talent of this version too.

Popular Mechanics: Every year, hundreds of people travel the world just to glimpse one particular airplane. This isn’t some experimental aircraft or even a fancy fifth-generation stealth fighter. This is a cargo plane—the largest one in the world and the … Continued

I still remember as a kid my mother, a very accomplished baker, explaining what yeast was. “It’s alive!?” I exclaimed in horror. “I’m never eating your bread ever again!” That ultimatum lasted until the next delicious loaf came out of the oven.

I love when talented people get bored. I sent her $5 in appreciation.

When I first saw the announcement of the iPhone SE, I thought it was a very good phone at a very good price and Apple will sell a metric buttload of them. Now that the reviews are in, there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that this is a grand slam home run (God I miss baseball) for the company.

Millions spent. Millions owed. Millions to lawyers. Some of us will get $3. The plaintiffs get $7,500 each. Justice is “served.”

The amount of money Bezos has access to is quite literally incomprehensible to many of us. What he is doing (or not doing) with it is often equally incomprehensible.

I’ve spent a week using Apple’s new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro, much longer than I thought I would before writing this review. The simple truth is that it changed my thoughts on using the iPad Pro so dramatically, I questioned my initial enthusiasm. After a week, I’m confident that feelings are reliable, and my conclusion on day one remains: The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro changes everything.

Facebook and Google are desperately trying to move into the space dominated over the past few weeks by Zoom. Problem is, Facebook and Google are no more trustworthy than Zoom is.

Good to see these frenemies cooperating on such an important issue.

I love Rogue Amoeba and have used their audio software for years on my Mac. Their new app, SoundSource, gives you powerful control over all the audio on your Mac, right from your menu bar:

Per-Application Volume Control

Change the volume of any app relative to others, and play individual apps to different audio devices. Mute your browser, or send music to one set of speakers and everything else to another.

Improve Sound Quality

Use Magic Boost and Volume Overdrive to hear your audio even in loud environments. The built-in equalizer can sweeten the sound, and more advanced users will love the ability to apply Audio Units to any audio.

Fast Device Access

All the settings your Mac’s audio devices are just a click away. Adjust input and output levels, tweak the balance, and even switch sample rates, right from your menu bar.

One More Thing…

If you have a DisplayPort or HDMI device that fails to offer volume adjustment, SoundSource can help there too. It gives those devices a proper volume slider, and the Super Volume Keys feature makes your keyboard volume controls work as well. Neat!

Check out SoundSource today, with a free trial! Rogue Amoeba has extended their April sale – through May 15th, Loop readers can save 20% with coupon code LOOPSS.

Here are the original trailers for the classic Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns, “A Fist Full Of Dollars,” “A Few Dollars More,” and “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.” Enrico Morricone’s music score is just as good today.

Another great article from the folks at Halide. Well written, well explained.

Great news for those of you who can access the service.

It really is weirdly compelling and I’m not even a huge Star Wars fan.

Does anyone else open their new iPhones like this? I definitely do.

The history of the Macintosh’s “survival” is fascinating and many of us participated in it in various ways.

If you were an original user of this, congratulations – you’re old!

Movies don’t get much more classic or screwball than this.

I speculated about this months ago. After all, for those of us who used to attend Macworld Expo, the “Expo Creeping Crud” is a well known “disease.” Almost invariably after attending, many of us would come down with a low grade flu.