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Marco.orgby Marco Arment10d ago
I have ADHD. Probably.1 My entire adolescence was defined by forgetting to do my homework, disappointing everyone around me, and being told by every adult that I was lazy, “just” needed to try...
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment1 Apr 2026
As Apple celebrates its fiftieth birthday, we celebrate the spirit of its formation, when people who loved computers started making great computers to inspire more people to love computers.
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment30 May 2025
Ten years ago, Apple’s Phil Schiller surprised Apple enthusiasts and developers by walking out on stage at John Gruber’s The Talk Show Live WWDC event and giving an open, human, honest interview to...
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment16 Jul 2024
Today, on the tenth anniversary of Overcast 1.0, I’m happy to launch a complete rewrite and redesign of most of the iOS app, built to carry Overcast into the next decade — and hopefully beyond.
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment25 Mar 2022
Overcast’s latest update (2022.2) brings the largest redesign in its nearly-eight-year history, plus many of the most frequently requested features and lots of under-the-hood improvements.
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment13 Sept 2021
After the dust settles from the developer class-action settlement, the South Korean law, the JFTC announcement, and the Apple v.
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment3 Jun 2021
Apple’s leaders continue to deny developers of two obvious truths: - That our apps provide substantial value to iOS beyond the purchase commissions collected by Apple.
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment11 Sept 2020
A summary of today’s changes to 3.1.3 Other Purchase Methods: Your app must use Apple’s in-app-purchase (IAP) system for all purchases made in the app.
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment31 Jan 2020
The latest update to Overcast includes a feature that I’m especially proud of that took over a year to build.
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment14 Jan 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...
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment13 Nov 2019
After my first day with the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, I’m very optimistic about it. Two years ago, I wrote a wishlist to fix the MacBook Pro, and the 16-inch doesn’t actually deliver most of it.
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment10 Jun 2019
Something big changed at Apple around the beginning of 2017. They had encountered significant turbulence in the product line over the preceding years, especially Macs.
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment27 Apr 2019
Sharing podcasts has never been easy, but I’ve always tried to lead the way with Overcast, with publicly shareable episode links and optional recommendations from your Twitter friends since version...
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment6 Nov 2018
I hardly ever think about my Mac Mini, but it serves a vital role for my family as our home-theater mixer, Plex server, ScanSnap server, Apple Photos backup, and Backblaze host for our NAS.1 Almost...
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment9 Oct 2018
Quick, what time is it? If that took you a bit longer than usual to tell the time on the Apple Watch’s new default Infograph face, you’re not alone: - John Gruber finds it “far too busy” - Jason...
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Marco.orgby Marco Arment17 Sept 2018
I apologize for the low battery level. Busy day. It all started with the watchOS volume widget. You see, Overcast’s previous Apple Watch app really sucked.