624: The Memory Guys
Subtitle: John Is Going to Talk Now
In the spirit of the Summer of Fun (and Apple history Kickstarters), John Siracusa joins us to discuss when Apple was forced to replace the Classic Mac OS. Also, John Ternus gives some love to Apple's designers and Tim Cook says prices are going up!
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Apple Announces Major App Store Changes on iOS in Brazil - MacRumors
Apple Plans Camera AirPods, iPhone Foldable 2, 20th Anniversary iPhone in 2027 - Bloomberg
Apple Plans Second-Generation iPhone Air Launch for Spring 2027 - Bloomberg
Apple’s New CEO Ternus Needs to Shake Up Design; Apple’s 2027 iPhone Road Map - Bloomberg
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Intel stock rises after Trump touts U.S.-built chip deal with Apple – CNBC
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445: ‘Apple at 50’, With John Siracusa
Who better to join the show to commemorate Apple’s 50th anniversary than John Siracusa?
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The Commodore VIC-20.
Apple’s looks-good-to-this-day “Snow White” hardware design language from the 1980s, created in collaboration with Frog Design.
The Apple IIc — in my opinion, the epitome of “Snow White”.
Frog Designed turned 50 back in 2019, and The Verge has some amazing photos from their collection, including a jaw-dropping prototype for the Lisa.
Star Blazers.
Yours truly, back in 2014, on the Finder’s “Special” menu.
Yours truly guesting on The Verge’s Version History podcast, to talk about the original Macintosh.
Hyperspace — Siracusa’s perfectly-named Mac utility for saving space via APFS magic.
ATP (a pretty good podcast), and episode 683 in particular (a pretty good episode of that podcast, wherein Marco Arment tells the tale of the Mac Mini server farm he built for Overcast’s now-in-beta generated-transcripts feature).
Infinite Mac — classic Mac (and NeXTStep) emulators that run in your web browser.
“Can’t innovate anymore, my ass.”
ResEdit 2.1 Reference — still hosted at Apple’s website.
SNL’s “McIntosh Jr.” commercial, the best Apple parody ad ever made.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
555: What You Are Is What You Ship
John Siracusa joins Jason to discuss Apple interface redesigns, Apple's ongoing AI disasters, the management challenges of Siri, and Jason's reviews of the new MacBook Air and Mac Studio.
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Apple (AAPL) Readies Dramatic Design Overhauls for iOS 19, iPadOS 19, macOS 16 - Bloomberg
Apple AI’s Platform Pivot Potential – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Two Minutes Hate - Wikipedia
Apple’s (AAPL) Siri Chief Calls AI Delays Ugly and Embarrassing, Promises Fixes - Bloomberg
M4 MacBook Air review: Am I blue? – Six Colors
M4 Max Mac Studio review: A familiar face – Six Colors
Self-Driving Cars: Timothy B. Lee Answers All the Questions You Were Too Afraid to Ask
Nathan explores the cutting-edge world of autonomous vehicles with industry expert Timothy B. Lee. In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, we delve into the current state of self-driving technology, comparing industry leaders like Waymo and Tesla. Join us for an in-depth discussion on technical challenges, safety statistics, regulatory landscapes, and the potential future of transportation.
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(00:00:22) About the Episode
(00:03:01) Introduction and Guest Welcome
(00:03:48) SAE Levels of Self-Driving
(00:04:56) Driver Assistance vs. Fully Driverless
(00:07:02) Tesla and Waymo Experiences
(00:09:41) Liability and Driver Monitoring
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(00:17:38) Edge Cases and Safety Concerns (Part 1)
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(00:39:30) Hardware and Sensor Approaches
(00:45:46) Camera vs. LiDAR Debate
(00:48:20) Data Quality and Business Models
(00:52:24) Transparency and Regulation
(01:07:36) Other Notable Players
(01:10:56) Safety Statistics and Adoption
(01:20:31) Regulatory Environment
(01:30:09) Potential Policy Changes
(01:33:41) Market and Ownership Models
(01:36:37) Future of Self-Driving Services
(01:42:17) Comparisons to Language Models
(01:44:55) Future of AGI and AI Applications
(01:47:59) Regional Adoption Predictions
(01:49:47) Outro
496: 40th Anniversary of the Mac Draft
Celebrating 40 years of the Mac, we've gathered an all-star panel of longtime Mac users to pick the best Macs, Mac software, and Mac accessories, as well as induct a few events or devices into the Mac Hall of Shame.
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The best Mac ever | Macworld
The iMac G3 Project – 512 Pixels
How the iMac saved Apple - The Verge
BBEdit
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20 Macs for 2020: #17 – PowerBook 500 & 5300 – Six Colors
The Macintosh TV was a cul de sac off the road to converged video | Ars Technica
20 Macs for 2020 #9: Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (#12) - Relay FM
391: ‘Error -37’, With John Siracusa
Special holiday guest: John Siracusa. Special holiday topics: the Apple/Masimo patent dispute over the blood oxygen sensors in Apple Watches, the ongoing Beeper Mini/iMessage saga, iOS 17.3’s upcoming Stolen Device Protection feature, Apple’s new Journal app. Also, an ode to big-ass tower desktops.
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Derek Sivers: “Ideas are just a multiplier of execution”.
Imran Chaudhri’s humble home page.
The inventors of insulin sold the patent for $1 for the good of the world — yet insulin remains expensive in the U.S.
Destiny’s BEAVER/FLATWORM/LEOPARD errors.
Twelve South’s new ButterFly 2-in-1 MagSafe Charger.
NZXT gaming PCs.
Power Macintosh 9600/350.
Apple’s new Journal app:
Apple Newsroom announcement — gives a good overview.
The current HIG chapter on progress indicators.
Sebastian Ferrari on the use of “floating action buttons” in iOS, including the handful of spots prior to Journal where Apple has used them.
Accidental Tech Podcast: A Siracusa podcast I always listen to.
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490: The Cat Has a Team of Lawyers
John Siracusa joins Jason to discuss Beeper, this week's Apple OS updates, next year's expected Apple hardware (including iPads, Macs, and Vision Pro), and the power of the defaults on macOS. Also: How to eat cereal.
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Apple (AAPL) to Fix Confusing iPad Lineup with New iPad Pro, Mid-Tier iPad Air - Bloomberg
On macOS, it’s best to start with the default – Six Colors
714: Catching up with John Siracusa
John Siracusa returns to the program to discuss his iPhone usage, window management philosophies, best practices for troubleshooting and a lot more.
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436: I Bend So Many Spoons
John Siracusa returns to the show to chat about Jason's recent visit to his house, Mac app development, Apple's brain drain, TSMC breaking ground in Arizona, the problems with AI training models, the current state of macOS, and what makes a Good Product.
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398: I Thought About the Ultra, Then I Laughed
John Siracusa joins Jason to talk about the Mythical Mid-Range Mac Minitower, the distortion of the iMac over time, the modular possibilities offered by the Apple Studio Display, and other fallout from last week's Apple announcements.
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The economic and civil disruption caused by the Canadian Trucker protests has caused counter-protesters to strike back with some hacking their way into the protests support network. Is hacktivism an effective form or protest or just a feel good activity?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Annalee Newitz, Roger Chang, Joe
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Let's Chat about RCS
The Verge's Dieter Bohn dives into the messy past and uncertain future of Rich Communication Services, or RCS, a new texting standard that Google had been pushing for Android users.
Guests include:
Sanaz Ahari, Senior Director of Communications Products at Google
Ron Amadeo, reviews editor at Ars Technica
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RCS: What it is and why you might want it
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SVP of Android offers open invitation to help Apple put RCS texting on the iPhone
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361: It’s Not an Artistic Exercise
For the first time Jason is (mostly) off this week! After discussing who’s winning the streaming wars, Myke challenges John Siracusa to describe his ideal Mac, asks Merlin Mann to share what he’s excited about, and answers a #myketalk from Jay Miller. But don’t worry, lasers return later on.
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309: ‘Pinkies on the Semicolon’, With John Siracusa
The state of the Mac, with special guest John Siracusa.
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575: Talking Parity with John Siracusa
John Siracusa joins Stephen and David to talk about the 2019 Mac Pro and what Apple silicon may mean for pro users. Then, John talks about his pair of Mac apps and what he wants out of the future of macOS.
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305: ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian’ Holiday Spectacular, With Special Guests Guy English and John Siracusa’
As per holiday tradition at The Talk Show, a brief chat about *Star Wars: The Mandalorian*, with a cavalcade of special guests, including, but not necessarily limited to, Guy English and John Siracusa.
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Recode Decode: Annalee Newitz
Sci-fi novelist and science journalist Annalee Newitz talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, The Future of Another Timeline. Newitz, who was previously a founding editor of io9 and the editor in chief of Gizmodo, talks about their winding route to becoming a writer, by way of monster movies; how their first book Autonomous addresses AI, software patents, and the pharma industry; and how they worked out the mechanics and limitations of time travel and "editing" history for their latest book. Plus: How does technology affect our memory of history, and what will happen to all our digital communications once we're gone?
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260: ‘A Clear Eyed Look at Dishwashers’ With John Siracusa
Special guest John Siracusa finally returns to the show. Topics include the Siri voice recording fiasco, Siracusa’s epic Mac OS X reviews, and making good ice.
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Apple is now cryptographically verifying battery replacements.
Apple posts ASMR videos to YouTube.
David Pogue column on software Easter eggs.
John talks to Merlin Mann about buying a new refrigerator on their podcast, Reconcilable Differences.
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240: Dance on the Grave of iTunes
John Siracusa joins Jason to discuss how 2019 is potentially an enormous year for the Mac in both hardware and software. Also, we make time to swap TiVo stories and generate John's Hierarchy of Mac Pro Needs.
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Robot or Not? | Gnocchi (Episode 133)
Kübler-Ross model/stages of grief
First TiVo Hydra Feature Update Rolling Out
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Apple’s rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro might be delayed until next year at the earliest - The Verge
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222: That's Not a Plan
John Siracusa joins Jason to discuss the future of Apple's ARM processors and how they might change the Mac, Apple Music coming to the Amazon Echo and what that might mean about the future of Apple's forthcoming TV service, whether they're using their TiVos as much as they used to, and the prospects for an Apple-built external touchscreen display.
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415: John Siracusa Workflows and the Future of the Mac
John Siracusa returns to the Mac Power Users to talk about his favorite workflows and apps. We also spend some time getting John's opinion about where the Mac is and where it is heading.
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211: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Holiday Spectacular With Special Guests Guy English and John Siracusa
As per holiday tradition at The Talk Show, a brief chat about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, with a cavalcade of special guests, including Guy English and John Siracusa.
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168: Hail Hydrant
John Siracusa joins Jason to discuss the possibilities of an iMac with an A10 processor inside, the delay of the HomePod, whether Apple understands the concerns of professional Mac users, the return of Twitterrific for the Mac, and the proper way to refer to keyboard shortcuts.
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155: Apple Hardware Draft
The Upgrade Summer of Fun continues! A special panel of guests convenes to draft our favorite hardware created by Apple. And in an unprecedented installment of Myke at the Movies, John Siracusa joins us to discuss the Final Cut edition of "Blade Runner."
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Draft picks (below here there are spoilers!)
John: SE/30
Stephen: Bondi iMac
Myke: iPod mini
Alex: iPod touch first-gen
Jason: MacBook Air (2nd wave)
John: (Original) Macintosh (128K)
Stephen: Original AirPort Base Station + iBook Toilet Seat
Myke: iPhone 6 Plus #mykewasright
Alex: iPhone 4
Jason: Apple IIe
John: Mac IIfx
Stephen: Titanium PowerBook G4
Myke: iPad Pro 12.9
Alex: Black MacBook
Jason: LaserWriter
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95: RelayCon WWDC 2016
The Relay FM family comes together in San Francisco to discuss the WWDC announcements in front of a live audience.
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79: Turkey Dinner Pizza
Guest John Siracusa joins Jason to talk about HDTV, the future of the Mac, and pizza.
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139: ‘How Many Fingers Should This Baby Have?’ With Special Guests Craig Federighi and John Siracusa
Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi joins the show for a wide-ranging half-hour discussion about Swift — Apple’s new programming language that just went open source.
Next, John Siracusa returns to the show to follow up on Federighi’s segment on Swift. Other topics include Apple’s new Smart Battery Case for the iPhone 6/6S, and our mutual (and perhaps futile) desire to head into this week’s premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens knowing as few spoilers as possible.
Transcript of Craig Federighi’s interview.
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Craig Federighi talking about Swift going open source with Ars Technica, TheNextWeb, and Mashable.
Siracusa’s explanation of Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) in his Mac OS X 10.7 review in 2011.
Siracusa’s excellent introduction to Swift from his Mac OS X 10.10 review last year.
Glyn Williams post on Quora regarding how iOS devices need less RAM than equivalent Android devices, because Android’s virtual machine uses garbage collection and iOS doesn’t.
“The Curious Case of the Curious Case” — my review of Apple’s new Smart Battery Case.
Michael Tsai’s link roundup on Sketch leaving the Mac App Store.
Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie’s The C Programming Language, first published in 1978.
Android’s Dalvik (old) and ART (new) runtimes, both of which use garbage collection.
“Don’t Drink the Bacta Tea” — spoiler-free episode of The Incomparable last week, with Siracusa, Jason Snell, Serenity Caldwell, and Dan Moren talking about The Force Awakens.
Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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