631: Nessie Beneath the Waves
Dan Moren joins the Upgrade program to discuss the new Apple Upgrade program, along with Apple's financial results, the approach of Apple's new home strategy, and the perfect phone for iPhone 13 mini fans.
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860: The Friday Incident with Merlin Mann
Merlin Mann returns to Mac Power Users 16 years after being our very first guest to break down the AI system he's built — Codex, "triangulation," 31 cross-indexed data sources, and the infamous "Friday Incident."
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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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Outgoing Apple CEO delivers the bad news: Prices are going up – Six Colors
Apple Price Increases, Apple Intelligence and the E.U. – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Intel stock rises after Trump touts U.S.-built chip deal with Apple – CNBC
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852: Designed in California and WWDC Wishlist with Myke Hurley
Myke Hurley joins us to discuss the launch of Designed in California, a new Apple history podcast with Jason Snell. Then we share our hopes for WWDC, what AI features we may see, and more!
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448: ‘Twins Named John’, With Stephen Hackett
Stephen Hackett returns to the show to help me make sense of a problem that is hard even to describe, let alone solve, regarding Apple One, family sharing, a separate Media & Purchasing account, and iCloud storage space. Also: what we’re expecting from WWDC 2026.
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Links:
Cross Forward — David Smith’s suite of iOS apps, where Stephen is now managing director.
512 Pixels.
Connected — The weekly podcast Stephen co-hosts with Myke Hurley and Federico Viticci.
Apple Support:
Migrate purchases from one Apple Account to another Apple Account.
What happens to your iCloud storage when you sign up for Apple One.
Stephen’s post on the restrictions around Apple Account migration.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
616: Outmoded But Not Vintage
Stephen Hackett joins Jason to talk old Macs, binned chips, and Apple AI. Then Jason discusses the darkest part of Steve Jobs's career with the author of "Steve Jobs In Exile", Geoffrey Cain.
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Apple Plans Customizable iPhone Camera App, Siri Overhaul: iOS 27 - Bloomberg
iOS 27: Siri App to Have Auto-Deleting Chats; Siri May Be a ‘Beta’; Genmoji - Bloomberg
OpenAI-Apple Partnership Frays, Setting Up Possible Legal Fight - Bloomberg
Foldable iPhone Production Stalls Amid Hinge Issues - MacRumors
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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.
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587: My TestFlight Has a TestFlight
Stephen Hackett joins Jason to discuss modem quirks, new iPhone rumors, cutting-edge immersive video production, and the boring march of Apple silicon.
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Apple Said to Cut iPhone Air Production Amid Underwhelming Sales - MacRumors
iPhone Air sells out almost instantly in China - 9to5Mac
Ads might be coming to Apple Maps next year | TechCrunch
M6 iPad Pro Likely to Feature Vapor Chamber Cooling - MacRumors
Apple's Plan to Launch Three New iPhone Designs Allegedly Revealed - MacRumors
Apple to Build Home Hub and Robot in Vietnam in Pivot From China - Bloomberg
Apple’s New Vision Pro Is Made in Vietnam in Latest China Shift - Bloomberg
Apple Hosts Special Vision Pro Event for Developers - MacRumors
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432: ‘You and Frank Sinatra’, With Dan Moren
Dan Moren returns to the show. Topics include Atlas, ChatGPT's new web browser (or anti-web browser) for the Mac; Apple's loss in a "landmark" regulatory lawsuit in the UK regarding App Store commission rates; multiple reports of poor sales for the iPhone Air; and Apple's M5 product announcements: MacBook Pro, iPads Pro, and Vision Pro.
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Links:
Sleep++, David Smith’s iOS sleep app that ties into Apple Health data, and gives what I think is a much more accurate and interesting “sleep score” than does Apple Health itself in iOS 26.
ChatGPT Atlas: new Chromium browser for Mac:
OpenAI’s announcement.
Their promotion to get 7 days of higher ChatGPT usage if you make, and keep, Atlas as your default browser.
Anil Dash: “ChatGPT’s Atlas: The Browser That’s Anti-Web”.
Simon Willison’s initial thoughts.
Michael Tsai’s roundup of links.
Reuters: “Apple Loses Landmark UK Lawsuit Over App Store Commissions”.
Multiple reports suggest the iPhone Air is not selling well.
But it seems like Apple isn’t doing any advertising for the iPhone Air (or regular iPhone 17) at all — (yet?).
Dan’s Six Colors coverage of the M5 speed bump updates from Apple:
Base model 14-inch MacBook Pro.
11- and 13-inch iPads Pro.
Vision Pro.
Dan’s review of the new Dual Knit Band for Vision Pro (which is now the only band included by default with the M5 models).
My piece on the M5 announcements.
Dan’s previous appearance on The Talk Show, from October last year, talking about — déjà vu — new Mac hardware.
“&udm=14” — AI-overview-free Google search, from Ernie Smith. Also: My DF post about it back in May.
Dan’s personal website, with links to his science fiction novels and short stories.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
171: Casey Newton – State of the Workflow
Myke talks to Casey Newton about his workflow for running Platformer, from idea capture to writing and publishing, and how he balances reporting with access to some of the most powerful people in tech.
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806: Automators Takeover
Stephen's unavailable this week, so Rosemary Orchard returns to the show to check in on the new Shortcuts Updates and Rose's new medication tracking app, Capsule.
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422: ‘A Monkey on a Rock’, With Stephen Hackett
Stephen Hackett, proprietor of 512 Pixels and co-founder of Relay (purveyor of many fine podcasts), joins the show. Topics include: IO (or if you will, io), the new joint venture of OpenAI and Jony Ive’s LoveFrom; the sheer fantasy of “Made in America” iPhones; and Fortnite’s return to the US App Store.
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Apple in China, Patrick’s spectacular new book.
Patrick on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
Excerpt from the book in the Sunday Times of London.
Millions, Billions, Zillions, Brian Kernighan’s fun little book on practical day-to-day math.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
557: I Will Run a Four-Minute Mile
Dan Moren joins Jason to discuss folding iPhones, long individual takes in TV shows, new OS features, and what WWDC 2025 might really bring.
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Seth Rogen Slams Hollywood in 'The Studio': Sony Hack, 'Green Hornet'
'The Office' 20th Anniversary: Season 1 Oral History
iPhone Foldable Display Said to Feature iPad-Style 4:3 Aspect Ratio - MacRumors
Federico Viticci :ticciseal:: "If this is true, it's kind of …" - MacStories on Mastodon
Introducing iOS 19 | Exclusive First Look - YouTube
Mark Gurman disagrees on Threads
Apple’s WWDC 2025 strategy is coming into view – Six Colors
This year’s WWDC keynote will be must-see Apple TV – Six Colors
Does the California Accent Actually Exist? Turns Out, Yes
556: This Photo Is Not 2000 Years Old
Stephen Hackett joins Jason to discuss A.I. fallout, EU moves to expand device interoperability, Jason's recent shootout of TV streaming boxes, and more.
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Apple Vision Pro Chief Mike Rockwell Named Siri Head; Giannandrea Keeps AI Role - Bloomberg
Vision Pro Creator Taking Over Siri After Apple Intelligence Setbacks - MacRumors
Wish List: Siri, Spotlight, and a unified search experience – Six Colors
Apple (AAPL) Explores Turning Watches Into Wearable AI Devices with Cameras - Bloomberg
Apple Watches With Cameras Rumored, But FaceTime Unlikely - MacRumors
Mark Gurman Talks Apple Intelligence Fallout & iOS 19 Rumors | Episode 139 - YouTube
EC mandates Apple provide iOS interoperability on several fronts – Six Colors
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Opening iOS is good news for smartwatches | The Verge
Who’s the laggard? Comparing TV streamer boxes – Six Colors
Channels — Watch TV Your Way
This free TV comes with two screens | The Verge
Digitize Photos, Scanning & Video Transfer Services - ScanCafe
Spinning pinwheel - Wikipedia
mouse - Where are / are the "counting hand" cursors used in macOS - Ask Different
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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
218: Turning Down the Volume, with Stephen Hackett
Stephen Hackett joins us to talk about his recent sabbatical experience and share what he learned from taking an extended break.
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Sabbatical | 512 Pixels
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540: Validation for Shower Jason
Stephen Hackett joins Jason to discuss emergency calls, reaction to Jason's "The Mac is the Model" piece, iPhone metals, our innate troubleshooting powers, Jason's laptop dilemma, the ChatGPT Mac app, and some very old Vision Pro news.
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Once again, the only way forward is the Mac | Macworld
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Apple to Keep Titanium Chassis for iPhone 17 Pro Models, Claims Leaker - MacRumors
Mac Power Users - Relay FM
AI insiders worry that model progress is hitting scaling wall - The Verge
Indecision at the intersection of Mac Studio and Mac mini – Six Colors
How I turned the M4 Mac mini into a travel computer - 9to5Mac
ChatGPT on your desktop | OpenAI
LaunchBar 6
Apple has been working on Vision Pro since at least 2008 - 9to5Mac
Apple is most dangerous when it shows up late | Macworld
Fast charge your MacBook Air or MacBook Pro - Apple Support
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413: ‘Holiday Party 2024’, With Merlin Mann
This again. Jiminy. Well, once more, let's talk around another election, and try, by doing so, to maybe express something about it.
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Yours truly, on this week: “How It Went”.
Seki Edge nail clippers:
Panzarino at The Obsessor: “The Best Nail Clippers You’ll Ever Use”.
The Talk Show, October 2022: ‘Big Booger Came After You’, where Merlin first recommended these to me.
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Kai scissors. Get a few pairs of these too.
Merlin’s Wisdom Project. Read this if you haven’t. Read it again if you have. So good.
Reconcilable Differences — Merlin’s podcast with John Siracusa. The kids call it “Rec Diffs”.
Merlin’s Happy Place — a YouTube playlist, comprised of “Videos I watch pretty often when I need a little pick-me-up.”
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
769: Alex Cox, Vision Pro Champion
This week Vision Pro power user Alex Cox explains how it's going using the Apple Vision Pro to get work done.
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Widgetsmith
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Bezel: Spatial Phone Mirroring on the App Store
HomeUI - Smart Home on the App Store
Piano: Flowing Tiles on the App Store
Bombaroom on the App Store
HomeUI - Smart Home on the App Store
Orion AI Glasses: The Future of AR Glasses Technology | Meta
Solotop for Apple Vision Pro Modern Solo Knit Top-strap Adapters print & Ship - Etsy
Voicepen - Audio to blog post
'What If…? – An Immersive Story' Now Available on Apple Vision Pro | Marvel
Blackbox for Vision on the App Store
Job Simulator on the App Store
What I’m Doing Now - MacSparky
412: ‘His Most Pro Shirt’, With Dan Moren
Dan Moren returns to the show to discuss this week’s introductions of the first M4 Macs: iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pros.
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Yours Truly: “In Defense, I Swear, of the Magic Mouse’s Charging Port Placement”.
“Sidenote of the Week: All MacBook Air Models Now Start With 16 GB RAM”.
David Schaub’s chart of base RAM in Mac desktops since 1984.
His corresponding chart of base RAM in Mac laptops since 1999.
Dan, in a column for Macworld: “The Truth Behind Apple’s Most Unpopular Decisions: It’s Not About You”.
M4 iMac:
Daring Fireball: “Apple Introduces M4 iMacs, With Updated Colors, a Nano-Texture Display Option, and USB-C Input Peripherals”.
MacRumors: “M1 vs. M3 vs. M4 iMac Buyer's Guide”.
M4 Mac Mini, now even mini-er:
Daring Fireball: “Apple Unveils Mac Minis With M4 and M4 Pro Chips”.
Dan Moren: “The M4 Mac Mini: Tricks and Treats”.
M4 MacBook Pros:
Daring Fireball: “Apple Unveils New M4 MacBook Pro Lineup, Including, Hallelujah, a Nano-Texture Display Option”.
All Souls Lost — Dan’s latest novel, a modern noir mystery.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
Learning Through Building the Black Python Devs Community
<p>What hurdles must be cleared when starting an international organization? How do you empower others in a community by sharing responsibilities? This week on the show, we speak with Jay Miller about Black Python Devs.</p>
<p>Jay shares how the idea of forming a community began through attending conferences. They wanted to welcome more black developers into the Python community. We discuss the introduction of Black Python Devs as part of their PyCon 2024 keynote presentation.</p>
<p>Jay explains working with a few key people to build the group’s foundations. They talk about the difficulty of letting other people share in the responsibilities and ownership as the membership grew. We also discuss the advantages of partnering with a non-profit organization.</p>
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<li>00:02:50 – PyCon 2024 Keynote</li>
<li>00:06:02 – New role at Aiven</li>
<li>00:11:32 – Nobody knows what Dev Rel is</li>
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<li>01:00:26 – What are you excited about in the world of Python?</li>
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<li><a href="https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/158/">Applying for a Hacker Initiative Grant With Bill Pollock of No Starch Press – The Real Python Podcast</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kjaymiller.com/about.html">Jay Miller - Personal Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/kjaymiller">kjaymiller - Jay Miller’s GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kjaymiller@mastodon.social">Jay Miller (@kjaymiller@mastodon.social) - Fosstodon</a></li>
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512: Pros Are the Little Boats
The new iPad Pro is here, and Jason is joined by Federico Viticci to discuss the new model, Jason's review, and the limitations of iPadOS. Stephen Hackett also joins the show not to crush some creative dreams, but to answer your questions.
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Apple’s New iPad Ad Leaves Its Creative Audience Feeling … Flat - The New York Times
Jason's M4 iPad Pro review - Six Colors
Not an iPad Pro Review - MacStories
iPad Pro 2015 Review: No Country for Old Macs – Six Colors
The Problem’s Never the Hardware – 512 Pixels
(9+) @macrumors • Apple’s thinnest device ever. #ipadpro #bendgate • Threads
Ultra-thin M4 iPad Pro features new internal structure to improve stiffness and heat dissipation - 9to5Mac
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 iMac G3 Project – 512 Pixels
How the iMac saved Apple - The Verge
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'The Green Button'
A Tour of Apple’s External (LCD) Displays – 512 Pixels
PowerBook 5300, a Compromised Mac | Low End Mac
Some of Apple’s lemons – 512 Pixels
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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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.
Reconcilable Differences: A Siracusa podcast I sometimes listen to.
Robot or Not: A Siracusa podcast I’ve never listened to but probably should.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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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Beeper Mini restores iMessage service, now for free
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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iPhone 15 Action Button Issue & Update Program: r/peakdesign
Mac Power Users #705: macOS Window Management - Relay FM
Hypercritical: Front and Center
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Hypercritical: Independence Day
Reconcilable Differences #179: I Believe in the System…Kind Of - Relay FM
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711: Getting Some Wisdom with Merlin Mann
Merlin Mann comes back to the Mac Power Users to talk about task management, iOS 17 improvements, and wisdom.
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Introducing the Hipster PDA | 43 Folders
Analog – Ugmonk
Field Notes | Memo Books, Notebooks, Journals & Planners
Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking
Obsidian Field Guide (Plus Edition) | MacSparky Field Guides
iOS 17 - Apple
Maruman Mnemosyne Notebooks: Smooth & Sophisticated | JetPens
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Thelonious Monk’s 25 Tips for Musicians
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474: I'm Not a Doctor, I'm an Auditor
With a busy fall looming, Mac analyst Stephen Hackett joins the show to give Jason's computing setup a check-up. And some iPhone rumors suggest the Color Czar may be leaving a lump of Space Black coal in Myke's stocking this year.
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iPhone 15 Pro Max to face 3-4 week delay – analyst - 9to5Mac
iPhone 15 Could Come With Color-Matched Braided USB-C Cables [Updated] - MacRumors
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iPhone 15 Pro to Come in Blue and Gray Titanium, No Gold Expected - MacRumors
iPad Pro 2024: Magic Keyboard, Redesigned Tablet, M3; September 12 Event Details - Bloomberg
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678: Sales and Studies, with Kerry Provenzano
Relay FM's VP of Sales drops by the show to talk about her Apple gear, keeping multiple projects going at once and why she has built much of her workflow around Airtable.
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Set a Reminder | Slack
Mac Power Users #677: Software Club: Fantastical - Relay FM
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Pipedrive
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Salesforce
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Locked Views - Overview | Airtable Support
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368: ‘Tweeter and the Monkey Man’, With Dan Moren
Special guest Dan Moren joins the show to talk about the new M2 MacBook Pros and Mac Minis, the state of Mac gaming, and the triumphant return of the full-sized HomePod.
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.