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Apple in 2024: The Six Colors report card

It’s time for our annual look back on Apple’s performance during the past year, as seen through the eyes of writers, editors, developers, podcasters, and other people who spend an awful lot of time…

The software feels increasingly left behind, limited, and at times downright clunky.” — Dan Moren “Going into its 15th year, the iPad continues to be incredible hardware let down by a lackluster operating system that is neither as intuitive as iOS nor as advanced or flexible as macOS.” — Federico Viticci Now, with the company publishing repair guides and making parts available to end-users and small shops, users have more options than ever when something goes wrong.” — Stephen Hackett “We live in a golden era of Apple hardware reliability that’s so good that it’s easily taken for granted. Thanks to all of those who participated: Shahid Kamal Ahmad, Steven Aquino, Marco Arment, Charles Arthur, Matt Birchler, Shelly Brisbin, Jeff Carlson, Robert Carter, Michael E. Cohen, Peter Cohen, Alex Cox, Matt Deatherage, Jessica Dennis, Dr. Drang, Adam Engst, Glenn Fleishman, Lex Friedman, Michael Gartenberg, Rob Griffiths, John Gruber, Stephen Hackett, Zac Hall, Dave Hamilton, Nick Heer, Craig Hockenberry, Myke Hurley, Andy Ihnatko, Paul Kafasis, Andrew Laurence, Eric Linder, Casey Liss, Roman Loyola, Brian Mattucci, Benjamin Mayo, Kirk McElhearn, Philip Michaels, Carolina Milanesi, Chance Miller, Rich Mogull, Dan Moren, Quinn Nelson, Howard Oakley, Rosemary Orchard, Dan Provost, Gui Rambo, Joe Rosensteel, Allison Sheridan, Brent Simmons, Aleen Simms, John Siracusa, Eric Slivka, David Sparks, Brett Terpstra, James Thomson, Michael Tsai, Federico Viticci, Christina Warren, and the two anonymous voters.

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