Written by Marco Ament
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on Jan. 13, 2020
In light of today’s rumor that a Pro Mode may be coming that seems to offer benefits in the opposite direction,1 I wanted to re-make the case for a Low Power Mode on macOS — and explain why now is the time.Modern hardware constantly pushes thermal and power limits, trying to strike a balance that …
Written by Marco Ament
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on Nov. 13, 2019
After my first day with the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, I’m very optimistic about it.🎧 Hear more on today’s Accidental Tech Podcast!Two years ago, I wrote a wishlist to fix the MacBook Pro, and the 16-inch doesn’t actually deliver most of it. But time and technological progress are slowly getting App…
Written by Marco Ament
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on Jul. 21, 2019
Today’s Overcast update (2019.6) brings some great new features.But first, I need to set low expectations for iOS 13, watchOS 6, and macOS Catalina updates this fall. Halfway through the summer, I’ve made much less progress than expected, having been overwhelmed by the required OS changes, my own …
Written by Marco Ament
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on Nov. 17, 2017
Much of modern Apple’s design philosophy is to relentlessly strip down most products to the bare minimum in certain areas as technological progress allows, following (and largely defining) the modern design fashion of nearly-unquestioned devotion to minimalism.Saying “no” is the easiest path to wha…
Written by Marco Ament
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on Nov. 17, 2017
Overcast 3 is now available, and it’s a huge update, mostly in the design and flow of the interface. I’ve been working on it since last summer, informed by over two years of testing, usage, and customer feedback.I designed Overcast 1.0 in 2014 for iOS 7, and it was a product of its time: it used ul…
Written by Marco Ament
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on Nov. 17, 2017
One of the issues of yesterday’s GitLab.com “database incident” is that most of their database backups weren’t being tested, and when they needed a restore, they discovered that most of the backup methods hadn’t been working.Untested backup methods that turn out to be missing or broken are extremel…