313: ‘The Sour Grapes Commission’, With Glenn Fleishman
Show notes
Glenn Fleishman returns to the show to talk about last week’s “Spring Loaded” product announcements from Apple: subscription podcasts, AirTags, Apple TV, colorful Apple Silicon iMacs, and the M1 iPad Pros. Sponsored by: Yes Plz: Banish bad coffee from your kitchen and give Yes Plz a try today. Use promo code FIREBALL to take 5 bucks off your first shipment. Alex Weinstein: Want to tell a better story? Start with better music. Backblaze: Unlimited cloud backup for just $6/month. Start a free 15-day trial today. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: My roundup of the “Spring Loaded” Apple event. Podswap: independent repair shop that offers to swap out AirPods for refurbished buds with fresh batteries for $60. Jeff Carlson on Podswap for TidBITS. Battery Monitor: Battery diagnostic utility for the Mac. $5, cheap! Joe Steel on the Siri Remote: “This remote was an abomination that should have never made it out of the design lab it was drafted in.” MacOS User Guide: Content Caching on MacOS and the list of supported content types. Apple Platform Security Guide. Glenn’s “Take Control of Your M-Series Mac” book. “Take Control of Securing Your Mac”, also by Glenn. Tiny Type Museum — only a few remaining! Howard Oakley’s excellent The Eclectic Light Company — a copiously detailed resource for Mac and iOS platform troubleshooting. “Some Cafe Owners Pull the Plug on Lingering Wi-Fi Users” — Glenn’s June 2005 story for The New York Times, which he believes to be the first story of its kind. , exquisitely synced to my remarks about it, thanks to Todd Vaziri. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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