Adam Engst

Adam Engst returns to the show to talk, in detail, about certain of the UI changes in iOS 26 and Apple's version 26 OSes overall. In particular, the new Unified view in the Phone app, and the Filter pop-up menu in both the Phone and Messages apps. Also: a shoutout to Balloon Help. Sponsored by: Sentry: A real-time error monitoring and tracing platform. Use code TALKSHOW for $80 in free credits. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code talkshow. Factor: Healthy eating, made easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year, with code talkshow50off. Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good. Links: Adam’s two pieces on the Classic and Unified views in the iOS 26 Phone app: “Hidden Setting Controls What Happens When You Tap a Call in the Phone App”. “Comparing the Classic and Unified Views in iOS 26’s Phone App”. My link post, with some commentary. Reader support for TidBITS in 2026. Brent Simmons, linking to code, on how to eliminate all the menu item icons in a Mac app built for MacOS 26 Tahoe. Paul Kafasis’s One Foot Tsunami. Nikita Prokopov: “It’s Hard to Justify Tahoe (Menu Bar) Icons”. Yours truly, linking to Prokopov: “A shitty idea that works against usability, inconsistently implemented, all in the name of adding some ugly visual bling to the UI.” Jim Nielsen on Tahoe’s menu-item icons: “Icons in Menus Everywhere — Send Help”. Yours truly, linking to Nielsen: “Well, who’s laughing now?” Norbert Heger: “The Struggle of Resizing Windows on macOS Tahoe” — and a follow-up. Daring Fireball: “Why It’s Difficult to Resize Windows on MacOS 26 Dyehoe”. Daring Fireball: “Bad Dye Job”. Episode sponsor Sentry’s two-minute video showing how to use Seer, their AI debugging agent. TipKit Apple Developer documentation. Balloon Help in System 7. David Pogue’s soon-to-be-released book: “Apple: The First 50 Years”. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Adam Engst

Founder / Editor

TidBITS

With over 30 years of history, TidBITs is the longest-running tech publication covering Apple in the world. This week, one of its founders, Adam Engst, drops by the show to talk about his writing workflow, unusual input devices and how WWDC has changed. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Have you ever forgotten a password? You don't have to worry about that anymore. TextExpander from Smile: Get 20% off with this link and type more with less effort! Expand short abbreviations into longer bits of text, even fill-ins, with TextExpander from Smile. The Intrazone, by Microsoft SharePoint: Your bi-weekly conversation and interview podcast about SharePoint, OneDrive and related tech within Microsoft 365. Indeed: Get a free $75 credit to upgrade your job post. Guest Starring: Adam Engst Links and Show Notes: Sign up for the MPU email newsletter and join the MPU forums. More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Adam C. Engst (@adamengst) / Twitter TidBITS - Thoughtful, detailed coverage of everything Apple for 28 years The Talk Show: Ep. 284, With Special Guest Adam Engst A detailed history of TidBITS, in podcast form with Adam and John Gruber. Mac the Knife - Wikipedia Archived Version of Mac the Knife Apple Thunderbolt Display - Wikipedia RollerMouse Pro3 - Contour Design Inc. Rolling Faster, Farther with the RollerMouse Pro - TidBITS Get It Rolling with the RollerMouse - TidBITS USB Overdrive Eudora (email client) - Wikipedia Spark Mimestream Slack Trello Project Status Board — MacSparky More Status Board Details — MacSparky Suggest edits in Google Docs Everything You Need to Know about the TidBITS 2018 Infrastructure - TidBITS Federico Viticci's "Apple Frames" Shortcut Disable Window Shadows on macOS Screenshots – 512 Pixels Retrobatch, from Flying Meat Keyboard Maestro The Snow Leopard Moment – 512 Pixels Brave Browser Steve Jobs talk and answer developers questions at WWDC 1997 - YouTube Preview User Guide for Mac - Apple Support 30-plus years of HyperCard, the missing link to the Web | Ars Technica Hazel – Noodlesoft ‎CARROT Weather on the App Store Dark Sky Has a New Home Paprika Recipe Manager Cook's Illustrated Talking Moose - Wikipedia The Grouch - Macintosh Repository

Adam Engst

Founder / Editor

TidBITS

Special guest Adam Engst joins the show to celebrate 30 years of TidBITS -- the only publication going strong today that started as a weekly HyperCard stack. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Get a server running in seconds with your choice of Linux distro, resources, and choice of 10 node locations. Feals: Premium CBD delivered directly to your doorstep. Get 50% off your first order with free shipping. Links: Adam Engst: “TidBITS Marks Its 30th Anniversary in a Time of Pandemic”. “Info-Mac is a discussion forum for Apple users as well as an archive of online content dating back to 1984.” The Mac compression wars: Raymond Lau’s StuffIt vs. Bill Goodman’s Compact Pro. I was a Compact Pro man, myself. The official Compact Pro website is, amazingly, still up. TidBITS issue 42, 11 February 1991: “Compression Wars”. That’s right, 1991. TidBITS’s coverage of MacHack over the years. My 1994 letter to Andy Ihnatko’s Help Desk column in MacUser magazine. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Adam Engst

Founder / Editor

TidBITS