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326: ‘A Very Large Nap’, With John Moltz

Very special guest John Moltz returns to the show to discuss the products Apple has released this week.




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327: ‘Giddy With Mac-Ness’, With Daniel Jalkut

Special guest Daniel Jalkut returns to the show to talk about the new MacBook Pros.




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328: ‘The Warden’s Dilemma’, With Ben Thompson

Dithering CEO Ben Thompson returns to the show to go deep on the concept of the metaverse.




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329: ‘The Scotland Board of Tourism’, With David Smith

Special guest David Smith returns to the show to talk about Apple Watch Series 7 and the state of WatchOS, Apple suing NSO Group, and more.




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330: ‘Headline Goes Here’, With Jim Dalrymple

Special guest Jim Dalrymple returns to the show to discuss the past and future of Apple-centric reporting.




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331: ‘John Was the Problem’, With Merlin Mann

Merlin Mann returns to the show to discuss two brief topics (with a few asides): my dream of opening a steakhouse, and Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary “Get Back”.




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332: ‘The Post-Doom Era’, With Joanna Stern

Emmy Award-winning Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include: Apple's new iCloud "legacy contact" feature, the current state and future of VR headsets, Elon Musk, and more.




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334: ‘High-Margin Candy Bar’, With Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn joins the show to talk about his excellent new documentary, *Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone* — a history of Handspring and the creators of the original PalmPilot.




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336: ‘He Looked Like a Fred’, With John Moltz

Special guest: John Moltz. Special topics: Apple’s record-breaking but somehow yawn-inducing quarterly results, new features in the upcoming releases of MacOS 12.3 and iOS 15.4, the Neil Young–Joe Rogan Spotify saga, and more.




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337: ‘See Me After Class’, With Jason Snell

Jason Snell returns to the show to dissect the Six Colors 2021 Apple Report Card. Also: the care and feeding of mechanical keyboards.




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340: ‘Billionaires Have Beefs’, With Tom Watson and Daniel Agee

Special guests Tom Watson and Daniel Agee join the show to talk about Glass, their upstart photo sharing app and community.




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342: ‘Doggy Lake’, With Matthew Panzarino

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about Apple's new Mac Studio and Studio Display.




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343: ‘Fussy Typography Improvements’, With Paul Kafasis

Paul Kafasis returns to the show to talk about Friday Night Baseball, Rogue Amoeba’s new Audio Hijack 4 release, and a bit of speculation on WWDC.




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344: ‘Devastation, Pessimism, and Rage’, With Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman returns to the show to talk about Elon Musk’s impending acquisition of Twitter, Apple’s credibility problem when arguing against being required to allow sideloading on iOS, and Glenn’s new (and much-needed) book, “Take Control of Untangling Connections”.




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345: ‘A Fake Crank on the Web’, With Michael Simmons

Michael Simmons returns to the show to talk about the Studio Display's camera (and this week's beta firmware update to tweak its quality), how things have gone two years into Flexibits' move to subscription pricing for Fantastical and Cardhop, and Panic's now-shipping Playdate.




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347: ‘After Steve’, With Tripp Mickle

Special guest Tripp Mickle joins the show to talk about his new book, *After Steve*, reporting on the last decade at Apple.




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348: ‘Joe Biden’s Gum’’, With John Moltz

Very special guest: John Moltz. Very special topics: flat Apple Watches, USB-C iPhones, and more.




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349: ‘Live From WWDC 2022’, With Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak

Special guests Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss the news from WWDC 2022, in front of a live audience at the new Apple Developer Center at Apple Park.




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350: ‘Your Sack of Meat With Teeth’, With Jason Snell

Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss the biggest threads from WWDC 2022 — in particular, Stage Manager and the M2 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook “Pro”. No sports talk (unless you count soccer).




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352: ‘I’ve Kissed That Mouse’, With Marco Arment

Marco Arment returns to the show to talk about the new M2 MacBook Air and stuff.




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353: ‘Shop Different’, With Michael Steeber

Special guest Michael Steeber joins the show to discuss his new project, The Apple Store Time Machine — an intricately-detailed explorable walkthrough of four of Apple’s original retail stores.




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354: ‘Get Me to the Fainting Couch’, With John Moltz

Very special guest John Moltz returns to the show to talk about Center Stage, Stage Manager, and all the other stages.




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356: ‘An Unranted Rant’, With Rosemary Orchard

Special guest Rosemary Orchard joins the show to talk about her new book, “Take Control of Shortcuts”, and the state of automation on iOS and MacOS.




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358: ‘Double-Digit Domains’, With Paul Kafasis

Paul Kafasis returns to the show to talk about the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple Watch Ultra, AirPods Pro, and Rogue Amoeba’s 20th anniversary.




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359: ‘Big Booger Came After You’, With Merlin Mann

Merlin Mann returns to the show to talk about AI image generation (along with a few asides).




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364: ‘Spooky Hole’, With John Moltz

Friend of the show John Moltz returns to talk about Elon Musk steering Twitter into a multi-issue spat with Apple, Mastodon, and some streaming TV recommendations.




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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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366: ‘Measure Seven Times, Cut Once’, With Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman returns to the show to talk about reported setbacks in Apple's silicon division, the LastPass vault leak and password management, and the frontiers of social networking. Also, the joys of modern air travel during the holidays.




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367: ‘Slow-Moving Hurricane’, With Craig Hockenberry

Craig Hockenberry returns to the show to talk about the demise of third-party Twitter clients, the overall Twitter shitshow, touchscreens on the Mac, and the perils of autocorrect when you have a clever username.




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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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369: ‘18-Hour Bombing Mission’, With Marco Arment

Marco Arment returns to the show to discuss some genuinely startling revelations regarding iPhone and Apple ID security; the new HomePod 2; and our favorite electric vehicle maker. Also: coffee.




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374: ‘The Paul McCartney of Car Salesmen’, With John Moltz

John Moltz, ace reporter from The Daily Planet, returns to the show. Topics include Apple pushing ads through its own built-in apps, car shopping, and the burgeoning Twitter alternative Bluesky.




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375: ‘No False Humidity’, With Jason Snell

Special guest: Jason Snell. Topics: Headset, headseat, headset. And no baseball talk other than how games might look in VR. Also: Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad, and GM's dumb decision to drop CarPlay.




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378: ‘Live From WWDC 2023’, With John Ternus, Mike Rockwell, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak

Back in San Jose's historic California Theatre for the first time since 2019, special guests John Ternus, Mike Rockwell, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss the news and announcements from WWDC 2023.




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380: ‘The M Is for Magnificent’, With Matthew Panzarino

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show for a post-WWDC discussion about Vision Pro and VisionOS.




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384: ‘Pleading the Fifth’, With Michael Simmons

Flexibits co-founder Michael Simmons returns to the show to talk about his experience at Apple’s developer lab for Vision Pro, and his enthusiasm for the future of spatial computing.




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385: ‘Who’s Heef?’, With Matthew Panzarino

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about the new iPhones 15.




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386: ‘Gate Number Two’, With John Moltz

Special guest John Moltz joins the show to discuss the various iPhone 15 “-gates”, rumors of Jony Ive working with OpenAI on an “AI device”, and more.




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387: ‘Are There Ever Too Many Love Songs?’, With Sebastiaan de With and Ben Sandofsky

Special guests Sebastiaan de With and Ben Sandofsky, co-founders of Lux, join the show to talk about their apps (Halide, Spectre, and Orion) and speculate about next week’s “Scary Fast” Apple event.




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393: ‘An Asterisk on the Bento Box’, With Marco Arment

Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include the Apple-Masimo patent dispute over Apple Watch blood oxygen sensors, the new External Payment Links entitlement for the App Store, and more.




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395: ‘I’m a Real-World Man’, With Adam Lisagor

Adam Lisagor returns to the show to discuss, while wearing, Apple Vision Pro.




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397: ‘Less Space Than a Nomad? Lame’, With Jason Snell

Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple. And sports gambling.




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398: ‘You’ve Never Seen Email Like This Before’, With John Moltz

The one and only John Moltz returns to the show to talk about the relative dearth of original content for Vision Pro, WWDC rumors and guesses, and, yes, a wee bit about Apple's regulatory/antitrust tribulations.




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399: ‘I Decapitated the MacBook Air’, With Federico Viticci

Federico Viticci returns to the show to discuss MacStories’s 15th anniversary, Apple’s upcoming “Let Loose” keynote for new iPad hardware, and more.




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400: ‘Canadian Girlfriend Vibes’, With M.G. Siegler

Special guest M.G. Siegler returns to the show to talk about the new iPad Pros, the iPadOS/MacOS functional gulf, the OpenAI/Scarlett Johansson controversy, and M.G.'s new blog Spyglass.




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402: ‘Live From WWDC 2024’, With John Giannandrea, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak

Recorded in front of a live (and lively) audience at The California Theatre in San Jose Tuesday evening, special guests John Giannandrea, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss Apple’s announcements at WWDC 2024.




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403: ‘150 Million Calculator Apps’, With Quinn Nelson

Quinn Nelson, renowned host of [Snazzy Labs](https://www.youtube.com/@snazzy), returns to the show to recap the highlights of WWDC: Apple Intelligence, platform updates, and the latest salvos from the EC regarding Apple’s compliance with the DMA.




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404: ‘Curiously Short Episodes’, With John Moltz

John Moltz returns to the show for a holiday-week look at the best of recent prestige streaming content, particularly Apple TV+. And, yes, a bit on the latest Apple/EU/DMA drama.




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407: ‘Pinkie Swear’, With Chance Miller

Chance Miller, ace reporter (and editor-in-chief) for 9to5Mac, joins the show to talk about the latest changes to Apple's DMA compliance plans with iOS, expectations for the September Apple event, and more.




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409: ‘The Dynamic Paradox’, With Nilay Patel

Nilay Patel returns to the show to consider the iPhones 16.