🔗 Cheaper MacBooks spark outrage https://birchtree.me/blog/cheaper-macbooks-spark-outrage/

Personal milestone: today Birchtree turns 15 years old 🎂 birchtree.me/blog/15-yea...

🔗 15 years of Birchtree https://birchtree.me/blog/15-years-of-birchtree/

The Tahoe 26.1 beta keeps apps in your Dock that run some process in the background. I hate this so much…

🔗 Screen oddities and the M5 Vision Pro https://birchtree.me/blog/screen-oddities-and-the-m5-vision-pro/

🔗 This is a Mac…sorry, an iPad! https://birchtree.me/blog/this-is-a-mac-sorry-an-ipad/

🔗 Should I be doing sponsorships?! https://birchtree.me/blog/should-i-be-doing-sponsorships/

More to do, but I've revved the theme on my blog. My old theme was a bit too busy, and this new one gets me the sidebar I want (look at that list of side projects 😅) but with a simpler overall design. I hope you like it! birchtree.me/

Don’t mind me, just thinking about how Netflix accidentally released a version of their Apple TV app that supported tvOS’s up next queue, apologized for the error, and took it back.

🔗 Pokémon Legends Z-a might be a winner https://birchtree.me/blog/pokemon-legends-z-a-might-be-a-winner/

It's time for my very late iPhone Air review. birchtree.me/blog/iphone...

🔗 iPhone Air review https://birchtree.me/blog/iphone-air-review/

🔗 Psst, it’s a cult https://birchtree.me/blog/psst-its-a-cult/

Shout out to indie apps like Pixelmator Pro rebelling against Apple's new mandated icon shapes. Sorry, who owns Pixelmator? 😛

🔗 Watching Apple TV in Apple TV on the Apple TV https://birchtree.me/blog/watching-apple-tv-in-apple-tv-on-the-apple-tv/

🔗 + Why I’m not an AI art doomer https://birchtree.me/blog/why-im-not-an-ai-art-doomer/

Returning to Chicago through a bit of rain.

🔗 Apparently modern DVD releases are worse than they were 20 years ago https://birchtree.me/blog/apparently-modern-dvd-releases-are-worse-than-they-were-20-years-ago/

🔗 The sort of mother fucker who makes SlopTok https://birchtree.me/blog/the-sort-of-mother-fucker-who-makes-sloptok/

🔗 AirPods 3 review https://birchtree.me/blog/airpods-3-review-2/

The Apple Watch Ultra 3 is better in a few ways to previous Ultras, but obviously it isn't a must-buy for almost anyone who already owns an Ultra. That said, the added battery life and improved always-on mode make this something I'm glad I have personally.

🔗 Apple Watch Ultra 3 review https://birchtree.me/blog/apple-watch-ultra-3-review/

🔗 Thank you sir, can I have another? https://birchtree.me/blog/thank-you-sir-can-i-have-another/

I’m back to doing some work on Quick Subtitles and Best-o-Masto, but man, it’s amazing how much fighting the app review process can suck the joy out of developing apps. Hoping it’s smooth sailing from here on out.

Does the iPhone Air have terrible battery life? Is it secretly the GOAT on cellular with the new C1X modem? Is it actually more complicated than any single blanket statement? Yes, yes it is. birchtree.me/blog/batter...

Someone posts a picture of your newborn baby on X and is inundated with racist attacks. Paul Graham asks why this happens on X and that maybe it’s time to clean things up.

🔗 + Judging my iPhone and Apple Watch predictions for 2025 https://birchtree.me/blog/judging-my-iphone-and-apple-watch-predictions-for-2025/

🔗 What's next for the Vision Pro? https://birchtree.me/blog/whats-next-for-the-vision-pro/

Birchtree turns 15 in a few weeks, which means I'm rapidly approaching the time when I'll have readers who weren't even born when I started the blog. Yikes!

🔗 Goodbye, the "good old days" of Game Pass https://birchtree.me/blog/goodbye-the-good-old-days-of-game-pass/

I can’t prove it, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the “revealed preference” concept will have a Malcolm Gladwell-style reevaluation in the coming years. Aka there is some truth to it, but people radically over-use and over-index on its effects.

Im continually annoyed by the modern media app conceit that what we look at for more than a moment is what we want to see tons of. Linger for 5 seconds on a post about something you hate? That's all the signal the algorithm needs to serve that up to you for days

Welcome to The Great Cozy Zone iPhone Draft! 🏆 If you like this sort of thing, please let us know so we can keep doing it on the Cozy Zone feed ❤️ www.macstories.net/comfort-zone/

🔗 You must at least respect the office https://birchtree.me/blog/you-must-at-least-respect-the-office/

🔗 + Oh no, I'm already tired of Liquid Glass https://birchtree.me/blog/oh-no-im-already-tired-of-liquid-glass/

🔗 Yes, the 2x and 8x "lenses" on the iPhone 17 Pro are legit and you should use them https://birchtree.me/blog/yes-the-2x-and-8x-lenses-on-the-iphone-17-pro-are-legit-and-you-should-use-them/

Sometimes I see people who are surprised the latest iPhone is actually thicker than the one that came before. It might surprise you to hear iPhones have been getting thicker for 11 years.

🔗 iPhone 17 Pro Review https://birchtree.me/blog/iphone-17-pro-review/

watchOS feature request: workout buddy, but that just tells me “you just hit 200 miles running this year” or “this is your 5th day in a row running” without glazing me like Trump praises himself.

🔗 Boiling over, but with numbers https://birchtree.me/blog/boiling-over-but-with-numbers/

🔗 With the folding iPhone be two Airs smashed together? https://birchtree.me/blog/with-the-folding-iphone-be-two-airs-smashed-together/

🔗 The subtle magic of the Apple Watch Ultra 3 https://birchtree.me/blog/the-subtle-magic-of-the-apple-watch-ultra-3/

My next video is an hour long with zero edits. It will either be one of my most or least successful videos on the channel.

🔗 I'm running to the press https://birchtree.me/blog/im-running-to-the-press/

🔗 AirPods Pro 3 first impressions (I'm so confused) https://birchtree.me/blog/airpods-pro-3-first-impressions-im-so-confused/

🔗 The hotly-anticipated TechWoven review https://birchtree.me/blog/the-hotly-anticipated-techwoven-review/

Jet Lag is the best show on YouTube and I won’t be hearing any arguments to the contrary. Season 15 just debuted on YouTube. youtu.be/QbXzfSn-jP4

🔗 The A19 Pro is a transcription beast https://birchtree.me/blog/the-a19-pro-is-a-transcription-beast/

Question for my fellow AirPods Pro users, if you’re walking down a quiet, suburban/countey street and a car drives by, do you hear it?

🔗 + Smartypants, my first app idea that might actually be possible now https://birchtree.me/blog/smartypants-my-first-app-idea-that-might-actually-be-possible-now/