438: ‘2025 Year in Review’, With Rene Ritchie
A look back at Apple’s 2025, with special guest Rene Ritchie.
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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.
Links:
The classic Mac OS Appearance Manager and its support for (rather garish) themes:
ATPM, August 2000: “GUI Junkie: Schemin’ and Themin’” by Christopher Turner. Includes screenshots.
Wikipedia: Appearance Manager.
Luria Petrucci celebrates 20 years on YouTube.
Steve Jobs on product people vs. sales/marketing people, back in the early 1990s.
John Browett’s brief tenure running retail at Apple back in 2012. His sacking was effectively a footnote in the announcement that Apple had parted with Scott Forstall.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
372: ‘$8 Billion in Late Fees’, With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show to discuss generative AI (and what Apple might soon do with it), iPhone passcodes and iCloud device security, HBO Max turning into just plain Max, and Make Something Wonderful — one more thing from Steve Jobs.
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Links:
Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen’s “chapter 2” report on the problem of iPhone thieves obtaining your device passcode.
“Make Something Wonderful”.
Print editions for sale on eBay.
Yours truly on Warner Bros. Discovery’s renamed “Max” streaming service.
PushPopPress’s “Our Choice”.
Daring Fireball: Push Pop Press Acquired by Facebook; Abandons Planned Publishing Platform.
Facebook Paper.
Dr. Seuss’s Star-Belly Sneetches.
Rene’s YouTube channel.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
365: ‘Permanent September’, With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about recent news (Twitter, Freeform, iCloud Advanced Data Protection, the EU’s new Digital Markets Act) and Apple’s 2022 year in review.
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Links:
Daring Fireball: “If a Third-Party App Store Falls in the Forest and No One Uses It, Does It Make a Sound?”
Rene’s YouTube channel.
Mark Gurman’s report for Bloomberg on Apple’s work complying with the sideloading and third-party app store mandates in the DMA.
Freeform, Apple’s new collaborative whiteboard app for Mac and iOS.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
351: ‘Here You Go, Cheapskate’, With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show for more on Apple’s announcements from WWDC 2022, locking devices out of Face ID and Touch ID, passkeys, and more.
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Rene’s review of the new M2 13-inch MacBook Pro.
The M2 MacBook Pro with 256 GB SSD has slower read and write performance than any M1 Mac, but only the 256 GB config.
Daring Fireball: “How to Temporarily Disable Face ID or Touch ID, and Require a Passcode to Unlock Your iPhone or iPad”.
Rene’s deep dive on Passkeys.
Glenn Fleishman’s comprehensive piece on Passkeys for TidBITS.
Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
338: ‘That’ll Pivot His Tables’, With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about unwanted AirTag tracking, and what we expect from Apple’s rumored March product event.
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Links:
Apple Support: “Set up home theater audio with HomePod mini or HomePod and Apple TV 4K”.
AirTags and Stalking:
Kashmir Hill’s NYT story on tracker accuracy, based on using three brands of trackers to follow her husband.
Apple Newsroom: “An Update on AirTag and Unwanted Tracking”.
My take.
Rene’s take.
2016 Cult of Mac story on stalking via location embedded in Instagram photos.
Apple leaks “realityOS” name, again.
MacRumors: “Reliable Leaker Known as ‘Kang’ Hit With Warning From Apple”.
Mark Gurman’s February 20 “Power On” column on Apple’s purported March 8 event.
Rene on M2 MacBook rumors.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
333: ‘Schrödinger’s Feature’, With Rene Ritchie
Apple’s 2021 year in review, with special guest Rene Ritchie.
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January:
John Ternus becomes SVP of hardware; Dan Riccio takes over VR/AR.
February:
iOS 14.5 and unlocking with Apple Watch while wearing a mask.
March:
HomePod canceled.
“Intel Goes Long”.
April:
“Spring Loaded” event.
Apple Podcasts changes.
May:
Epic v. Apple court case.
App Store: The Schiller Cut.
New Apple TV 4K and Siri Remote.
M1 iPad Pros.
24-inch M1 iMacs.
June:
WWDC 2021.
Safari tabs saga.
August:
Child safety initiatives.
September:
“California Streaming” event.
iPhones 13
Rene’s review.
My review.
iPad Mini
Rene’s review.
My review.
iOS 15 and WatchOS 8.
Kevin Lynch takes over “TitanOS”.
October:
Apple Watch Series 7
Rene’s review.
My review.
M1 Pro/Max MacBook Pros
Rene’s review.
My review.
MacOS 12 Monterey
Shortcuts.
November:
Federighi’s anti-sideloading keynote at Web Summit in Lisbon.
December:
The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
322: ‘It Was More Arial Than Helvetica’, With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show for a recap of this week’s “California Streaming” Apple Event: the iPhones 13, Apple Watch Series 7, and new iPads. Also, last week’s decision in the Apple v. Epic lawsuit.
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Links:
Apple’s event page for “California Streaming”.
Yours truly’s thoughts and observations.
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’s decision in the Apple v. Epic case.
Stephen Warwick’s humorous summary of the decision.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
317: ‘The NOC List’, With Rene Ritchie
Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about the nuances of sideloading, Apple’s antitrust pressures, and a look back at the announcements from WWDC 2021.
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The NOC List (Mission Impossible).
Rene’s WWDC interview with Kevin Lynch and Deidre Caldbeck from Apple.
The Talk Show Remote From WWDC 2021, with Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak.
Rene on sideloading.
Yours truly on sideloading.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
311: ‘Toaster Fridgey’, With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show to speculate about pending Apple product announcements and events. Lots of guessing, no wagering.
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WWDC starts June 7.
Gurman rumor of a rugged Apple Watch.
Rene’s YouTube channel.
Rene’s first year as an indie video maker, by the numbers.
MacBreak Weekly, which Rene now co-hosts..
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
304: ‘2020 Year in Review’, With Rene Ritchie
A look back at one hell of a year.
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Reuters ignites long simmering Project Titan talk.
My take on this Apple car rumor.
Elon Musk off-handedly quips that he tried to sell Tesla to Apple a few years ago and Tim Cook wouldn’t take the meeting.
Loren Brichter’s “Chome Is Bad” single-serving website.
Pitch Meeting: “Tenet” (the best review of “Tenet” you’ll see).
Rene and yours truly debating whether Macs will and/or should support touchscreens on Rene’s YouTube channel, with the full-length version available on Nebula.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
292: ‘Not the Batman We Want or Need’, With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Phil Schiller advancing to Apple Fellow, Microsoft’s simmering spat with Apple over Xbox Game Pass and the App Store’s ban on game streaming services, and Epic’s sizzling spat with Apple over, well, the entire concept of iOS as we know it.
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Beats 1 is now Apple Music 1 (and the Beats brand is probably not long for this world).
Apple Newsroom: Phil Schiller advances to Apple Fellow.
The Curious Editing of 'Artemis Fowl'.
John August’s Arlo Finch series, which is unrelated to Artemis Fowl but very cool nonetheless.
Rene on Apple’s decision not to allow Xbox game streaming on iOS.
Epic goes to war with Apple over the App Store.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
(Bonus) WWDC Wrap Up With Rene Ritchie @reneritchie
This is a really simple one. WWDC happened this week. Rene Ritchie has been attending it, virtually, of course. So he’s here to break down the keynote, which we all saw, but also to let us know what’s been going on in the developer sessions which have been going on all week. Rene is of course a long time prominent Apple watcher and journalist, who actually just struck out on his own with his own YouTube channel. So search YouTube for Rene Ritchie and subscribe to his channel.
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281: ‘A Kryptonian Baby’ With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about going independent after 11 years at iMore. Topics include the new MacBook Air and iPad Pros, and we answer questions sent by listeners.
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Links:
Rene’s new YouTube channel.
And his new website. (Great logo.)
“The Best Is Last”: 2016 piece by Benedict Evans arguing that “a technology often produces its best results just when it’s ready to be replaced — it’s the best it’s ever been, but it’s also the best it could ever be”, using the specific example of propeller-based passenger planes.
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273: ‘My Cousin Hans’ With Rene Ritchie
It’s the last show of the decade. Special guest: Rene Ritchie.
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266: ‘iPhone-Colored Glasses’ With Rene Ritchie
Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Google's new Pixel 4 phones, Apple's travails in Hong Kong and China, whether there will be another Apple event this year, and MacOS 10.15 Catalina.
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Dieter Bohn’s Pixel 4 review.
Joanna Stern’s Pixel 4 review.
Catalyst’s shaky debut.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
253: ‘An Italicized “Finally”’ With Rene Ritchie
Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show for a look at what we expect — and hope — to see from Apple at WWDC next week.
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
479: 100,000 Subscribers, with Rene Ritchie
Over a year ago, long-time Apple blogger Rene Ritchie launched Vector, a daily YouTube show covering the world of Apple and tech beyond. This week, David and Stephen catch up with Rene, talking about his video workflows, YouTube as a platform and more.
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245: ‘40 Hours a Day of Murder’ With Rene Ritchie
Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include, but are not limited to, privacy concerns with apps from the App Store, Google’s payments to Apple to keep Google Search the default in Safari, Apple’s Shot on iPhone contest winners, and speculation about Apple’s purported March 25 media event.
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These Apps Are Stealing Your Most Private Data and It Should Be a Crime.
Objective Development’s Internet Access Policy.
The Secret Lives of Facebook Moderators in America.
Samsung Galaxy Fold vs. Huawei Mate X.
Shot on iPhone Challenge winners.
Should Apple Remove Google as Default Search?.
Twitter thread on new MacBooks with keyboard problems.
Adam Lashinsky on Steve Jobs’s parable of the difference between a janitor and a VP.
LG’s answer to the foldable mania is a second screen.
Google Blames Bug for Apple Music Appearing on Home Speakers.
Teleprompt+.
Panasonic GH5.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
239: ‘Proprioceptive Lie’ With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show for a year-in-review look back at Apple’s 2018: the Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, Siri and services, and more.
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Links:
The C64 Mini.
Raspberry Pi.
Vortex Race 3 mechanical keyboard.
The other “Vortex”.
The MacBook ARM — video from Rene laying out the similarities between Apple’s 2005 transition from PowerPC to Intel and the seemingly inevitable coming transition from Intel to in-house ARM chips.
Apple Watch Series 4 detects man’s potentially deadly heart condition.
John Giannandrea, Siri, and AI/ML.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
235: ‘Jony White’s Universe of Objective Purity’ With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about iPad Pro — the new Pencil, the new amazing new hardware, keyboard options, and the OS that in many ways still feels meant for a phone. Also: the state of Apple’s MacBook lineup, and a plea to Apple to please — please — make the small Magic Keyboard in space gray.
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Links:
Yours truly on the lack of third-party USB-C to Lightning cables and the future of Lightning.
Rene’s Vector video on Apple Pencil, drawn with Apple Pencil.
“Eat Up Martha”.
Logitech’s $70 squishy AF “Keys-to-Go” slim keyboard for iPad and iPhone.
Studio Neat’s excellent Canopy case for Apple’s Magic Keyboard.
“Thoroughly Considered” — monthly podcast with Studio Neat co-founders Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt.
Steve Jobs introducing original MacBook Air.
Bending iPads — fun video from Snazzy Labs.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
229: ‘iPhone 🍸’ With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show for a deep dive into what was revealed (and what wasn’t) by Guilherme Rambo’s release last week of product marketing images of the apparently-named iPhone XS and Series 4 Apple Watch.
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9to5Mac: “This Is iPhone XS”.
9to5Mac: “Apple Watch Series 4 Revealed”.
9to5Mac back in 2007, with a pre-release product marketing image of the fat iPad Nano.
Away’s free pop-out assembly for the battery in older versions of their carry-ons.
Edward Tufte’s extraordinary books on information design.
Phil Schiller introducing the iPhone 3GS in 2009 while Steve Jobs was on leave.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
222: ‘Pseudorandom Gibberish’ With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include MacBook keyboard failures, iOS passcode security, Google’s odd Duplex “demo”, Steam Link’s curious rejection from the App Store, AirPlay 2, and, of course, conjecture about next week’s WWDC.
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Links:
My Twitter poll on whether people use the “Erase data after 10 failed passcode attempts” feature.
Rene’s video on his MacBook Pro keyboard failure.
AppleInsider on MacBook service problems.
Google Duplex skepticism, one last time.
The return of iPhone 6 Bendgate.
Apple accepts, then rejects, Valve’s Steam Link app.
Khoi Vinh: “Illustration in the App Store”.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
212: ‘Arbiter of Finallys’ With Rene Ritchie
Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about HomePod, clickbait, the Spectre/Meltdown security exploits, and a look back at Apple’s 2017 in review.
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Rene with Tim Cook at a Toronto Maple Leafs game.
Joe Cieplinski on HomePod pricing.
Business Insider: “I Had an Apple Store Experience From Hell — and It’s Clear There Are Larger Problems With Apple’s Retail Presence”.
Yours truly: “On Rumors of the iPhone X Being Produced for Only One Year ” and “The Scourge of Clickbait”.
Saved You a Click.
Vector, Rene’s new daily podcast.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
204: ‘Flaunting That Notch’ With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show on the eve of iPhone X pre-orders opening. Topics include iPhone X (duh), Google’s Pixel 2 and the goofy OLED display on the “XL” version, Face ID FUD, and more.
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PCalc — the best calculator app for Mac and iOS.
The Verge’s Vlad Savov on the Pixel 2 XL’s ‘awful’ display.
Horace Dediu calling bullshit on claims that iPhone 7 is outselling iPhone 8.
Rene calling bullshit on Core ML as a privacy hole.
Yours truly calling bullshit on Face ID FUD.
The iOS 11 Calculator bug where animation blocks input on the operator buttons.
Guilherme Rambo confirms: “I can confirm that the iOS Calculator app is written in Swift.””
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
387: Workflows with Rene Ritchie
iMore Editor in Chief Rene Ritchie joins the Mac Power Users this week to share his favorite tools, apps, and workflows for getting work done.
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196: ‘Actually, You Can Buy a Better Coke’ With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about the rumors and speculation regarding this year’s upcoming new iPhones.
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Mexican Coke.
Daring Fireball: “Speculation Regarding the Pricing of and Strategy Behind This Year’s New iPhones”.
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Essential, Andy Rubin’s new company, with an upcoming edge-to-edge Android phone.
Neil Cybart’s Above Avalon newsletter.
Yours truly predicting an “edge-to-edge display” in a 2017 iPhone back in May 2016.
“How Apple vs. Samsung Became a Smartphone Beauty Contest” — Wall Street Journal “news” article by Timothy W. Martin and Tripp Mickle positing that Samsung is a company that values design and Apple is not.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
189: ‘Long Press on the French Fries’ With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s Q2 2017 financial results, the iPhone’s decline in China over the past two years, Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop and Windows 10 S, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick getting called to Tim Cook’s office regarding Uber’s surreptitious “fingerprinting” of iPhones, judging Apple Watch’s success, Hulu’s entry into the cord-cutting “live TV” subscription market (and Apple’s conspicuous absence from that same market), and more.
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Apple’s press release.
Data (PDF).
Transcript of the analyst call opening remarks.
Transcript of the analyst call Q&A segment.
Is WeChat a problem for Apple in China?
Ben Thompson: “Apple’s China Problem”.
John Gruber: “Apple’s China Problem: WeChat”.
Connie Chan: “When One App Rules Them All: The Case of WeChat and Mobile in China”.
Other events in San Jose during WWDC week:
Layers design conference (save $100 with code “martini” or “🍸”).
AltConf.
CocoaConf.
Apple’s “Beyond WWDC” page.
Scandal of the week at Uber:
“On Uber’s ‘Identifying and Tagging’ of iPhones”.
Unroll.me CEO’s “heartbreak”.
App Store economics:
Matt Gemmell: “No company has done as much damage to the perceived value of software, and the sustainability of being an independent developer, as Apple.”
Rene Ritchie: “Indie Development in the Age of the App Store”.
Hulu’s new $40/month live TV service.
It sucks that you can’t type common characters like tab and π, ¶, and © on an iOS software keyboard.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
177: ‘Surface Curious’ With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Siri vs. Alexa, and whether Wynn Las Vegas’s announcement that they’re putting Amazon Echos into their 4,700+ guest rooms is a sign that Amazon is building a meaningful long-term lead in the nascent voice assistant market; Mark Gurman’s week-ago piece for Bloomberg, “How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists”; Consumer Reports’s bizarre but widely-publicized battery test results for the new MacBook Pros; and a brief year in review look at our favorite new Apple products from 2016.
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Super Mario Run only needs to be purchased once per iTunes account for use on multiple devices, but can only be played on one device (per iTunes account) at a time.
Wynn Las Vegas is going to put Amazon Echos in its 4,700+ hotel rooms.
Wynn has not one but two resorts in Macau — Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace — neither of which can use Amazon Echo until Amazon adds support for Chinese.
Digital Trends: “A Holographic Virtual Girl Lives Inside Japan’s Answer to the Amazon Echo.
Tim Cook, in a company-wide Q&A: “Some folks in the media have raised the question about whether we’re committed to desktops. If there’s any doubt about that with our teams, let me be very clear: we have great desktops in our roadmap. Nobody should worry about that.”
Bret Victor: Touch Bar development started at Apple eight years ago. Follow-up tweets here, here, and here.
Mark Gurman, writing for Bloomberg: “How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists”.
Consumer Reports: “New MacBook Pros Fail to Earn Consumer Reports Recommendation”
Me: “That’s absolutely bonkers.”
Rene Ritchie: “Consumer Reports Fails to Earn MacBook Pro Credibility”.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
166: ‘Way of the Future’ With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show to discuss what we expect to see at Apple’s upcoming event in San Francisco: new iPhones (without headphone jacks, and with a radical new two-lens camera on the Plus-sized model), Apple Watch 2 (and a new fall lineup of watch bands). We also discuss Samsung’s recall of the Galaxy Note 7 (because of exploding batteries), when we’ll see new Mac hardware and new iPads, and more.
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Apple’s event invitation, suggesting depth-of-field camera effects.
Rene Ritchie: “How Apple Does Camera”.
Ming-Chi Kuo on what he expects from the iPhone 7 based on supply-chain sources.
Tim Cook’s possibly intriguing slip of the tongue regarding Apple Pencil working with iPhones.
Jason Snell on new Mac hardware: “If Not September 7, Then When?”
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
154: ‘Facebook on Your Face’ With Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new flagship retail store in San Francisco, recent improvements to App Store approval times, and Google’s announcements at I/O this week — Google Home and Google Assistant, Allo and Duo, and Android “N” and Android Instant Apps.
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Rene’s preview of the new SF Apple Store.
Apple Talk — iMore’s new podcast, with yours truly as their first guest.
App Store review times.
Privacy advocate Christopher Soghoian on Twitter.
Google I/O 2016 Keynote on YouTube.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
