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512 Pixels is a blog covering Apple, computer history, design, and other fine nerdery, written by Stephen Hackett.

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Mac Power Users 824: Life After iPadOS 26

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2025/11/23

This week on MPU: iPadOS 26 introduced a new windowing system, improved audio recording, and more robust background tasks, making the iPad feel more Mac-like than ever. This week, David and Stephen discuss a range of workflows that benefit from these changes.

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Southaven Residents Near xAI Turbines Complain of...

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2025/11/20

Kailynn Johnson, writing for The Memphis Flyer, about the turbines in Southaven, Mississippi that are powering xAI’s second datacenter site in Memphis: In a YouTube reel, a resident named Jason Haley showed that the noise from the turbines caused his decibel reader to fluctuate from the 40s to the 60s when used inside. Haley went outside, […]

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Connected 579: Put a Snack in There

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2025/11/20

This week on Connected: The guys check in on their Apple Intelligence use, Myke reviews a new accessory, Federico tries a new Google product, and Stephen is hiring. On Connected Pro, we spoke about the upcoming Zelda movie and some thoughts on blogging. You can get the ad-free, longer version of the show for a […]

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Throwing Stones

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2025/11/20

There is drama brewing in the world of Pebble, the back-from-the-dead smartwatch. To understand what’s going on now, we need start in the past. Pebble was a Kickstarter hit way back in 2012. The smartwatch was a true glimpse of the future, but the company didn’t last. In December 2016, Fitbit bought Pebble for (reportedly) […]

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Widgetsmith is Hiring

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2025/11/19

I’ve been working with David Smith a couple of years now, and it’s time to grow the team (again). We are looking for a designer to join our crew to help take our widgets — and other apps! — to the next level. If you’re interested, check out the new Jobs page over on the […]

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Sponsor: Folder Preview Pro: Quick Look Inside...

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2025/11/17

Quick Look is one of the most useful features on macOS. By simply selecting a file and pressing the spacebar, you can preview its contents instantly in Finder. However, Quick Look doesn’t work for folders or archive files — until now. Folder Preview Pro fills that gap. Once installed, it allows you to preview the […]

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Mac Power Users 823: The 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

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2025/11/16

The end of the year is nearly upon us, so David and I are back to share our gift ideas. I then go on to share a new life philosophy, only to learn that David has already mastered it.

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Connecected 578: A Healthy Computing Lifestyle

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2025/11/13

This week on the podcast: As the iPad Pro turns 10, the guys reflect on how the iPad has changed in the years since, and how it hasn’t. Then, a conversation about the iPhone Pocket.

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My Control Center

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2025/11/12

Here is how I have Control Center set up on my iPhone 17 Pro: At the top, I’m using the stock Connectivity and Now Playing controls. Down from there are switches for Silent Mode and Orientation Lock. I don’t touch these very often, but want them handy for when I need to hear my phone […]

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iPhone Pocket

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2025/11/11

Apple Newsroom: ISSEY MIYAKE and Apple today unveiled iPhone Pocket. Inspired by the concept of “a piece of cloth,” its singular 3D-knitted construction is designed to fit any iPhone as well as all pocketable items. Beginning Friday, November 14, it will be available at select Apple Store locations and on apple.com in France, Greater China, Italy, Japan, Singapore, […]

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‘If You Can Beat Them Handily, Do It’

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2025/11/10

John Gruber, in his M1 Mac review back in November 2020: The logic behind Apple’s transition then to Intel boiled down to another old axiom: If you can’t beat them, join them. The logic behind Apple’s transition now to Apple Silicon is this: If you can beat them handily, do it. The M1 Macs are such better […]

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Five Years of Apple silicon Macs

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2025/11/10

Five years ago, the first Apple silicon Macs shipped. While the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini looked like their Intel predecessors, they were vastly better machines. To celebrate the anniversary, Basic Apple Guy created an impressive graphic outlining the releases we’ve seen since 2020: Over on Macworld, Jason Snell wrote about what […]

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Sponsor: MarsEdit 5

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2025/11/10

MarsEdit 5 is a major upgrade to the preeminent Mac app for editing WordPress, Micro.blog, Tumblr, and many other types of blogs. The new microposting feature makes it as easy to post to your own blog as it is to post to social media. When MarsEdit 5 is running on your Mac, just press a […]

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Mac OS CHRP Releases Uncovered

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2025/11/09

Thom Holwerda, writing at OSnews about the end of the Macintosh clone era: The rather abrupt end of the clone program means there’s a number of variants of the Mac OS that never made their way into the market, most notable variants intended for the Common Reference Hardware Platform, or CHRP, a standard defined by […]

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Mac Power Users 822: iPhone 17 Photography with Tyler...

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2025/11/09

This week on MPU: Tyler Stalman returns to the show to discuss the camera gains Apple has made with the iPhone 17 line. The guys also talk about the limitations of the iPhone Air and some of the apps Tyler uses to edit his images and videos.

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A Modern Back to the Future Truck

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2025/11/07

As a huge Back to The Future fan and Toyota truck aficionado, Colin Furze’s new video was aimed squarely at me.

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Connected 577: Big Boy American Man

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2025/11/06

This week on the podcast: Apple’s OS Class of ’26 continues to roll out, even as the company grapples with the future of Siri. Will Liquid Glass continue to change? Will Gemini power future Apple Intelligence? STAY TUNED.

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On Tahoe’s Terrible Icons

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2025/11/05

Paul Kafasis has looked into the abyss of Tahoe icons: On the new MacOS 26 (Tahoe), Apple has mandated that all application icons fit into their prescribed squircle. No longer can icons have distinct shapes, nor even any fun frame-breaking accessories. Should an icon be so foolish as to try to have a bit of personality, it […]

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Mr. TIFF

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2025/11/04

John Buck’s story about uncovering the folks behind the original TIFF format is delightful. It’s shocking that history from the 1990s is already being lost.

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Tahoe 26.1 Updates Spotlight Options

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2025/11/04

Tim Hardwick: Previously, Spotlight could optionally retain clipboard contents for up to eight hours, but the latest update expands that flexibility with three options – 30 minutes, 8 hours, or 7 days. There’s also a new “Clear Clipboard History” button in System Settings ➝ Spotlight, giving users the ability to manually wipe stored clipboard data […]

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