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318: ‘Holes in the Blast Door’, With Matthew Panzarino

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include: Apple’s new MagSafe Battery Pack, the Amnesty-International-Led exposé of NSO Group’s state-sponsored phone hacking, Safari 15’s controversial new UI and Apple’s response, and a look back at year one of Apple silicon for Macs. Also: pizza.




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319: ‘You Called Him Pixel Mature’, With John Moltz

Special guest: John Moltz. Special topics: Playdate preorders, MagSafe battery packs, iPad keyboard covers, Facebook and NSO Group, Safari 15 betas, and “Loki”.




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320: ‘Paper Floor Mats’, With Christina Warren

Christina Warren returns to the show to discuss Apple’s controversial child safety initiatives, the tumultuous summer of Safari 15 beta UI designs, and a bit more on MagSafe battery packs.




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321: ‘Just a Standard Bird’, With MG Siegler

MG Siegler returns to the show to talk about last week’s surprise announcement from Apple settling a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of U.S. App Store developers, and the various reactions to it. Also, a bit on App Store payment processing, and some speculation on who might succeed Tim Cook.




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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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323: ‘Skeptical Not Cynical’, With Matthew Panzarino

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about the new iPhones 13 and their camera systems.




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324: ‘A Pretty Generic Thing You Stick in a Hole’, With Jason Snell

Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the new iPhones 13, new iPad Mini, Safari 15’s craptacular new tab UI, and the insightful questions posed to Kevin Durant on the Brooklyn Nets’ media day from Basketball Digest’s best NBA reporter.




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325: ‘The Negative Version of Icing on the Cake’, With Nilay Patel

Special guest: Nilay Patel. Special topics: the iPhones 13, Apple Watch Series 7, kids today and the file system, the Lightning / USB-C debate, and, of course, our speculation about next week’s “Unleashed” Apple event.




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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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333: ‘Schrödinger’s Feature’, With Rene Ritchie

Apple’s 2021 year in review, with special guest Rene Ritchie.




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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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335: ‘Blofeld-69-420’, With Guy English

Guy English returns to the show to talk about video games, the cold, the *Heat*, and the state of streaming video services.




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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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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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339: ‘2006: Hard Work’, With Ken Kocienda

Special guest Ken Kocienda joins the show to talk about his years at Apple and the creation of the original iPhone.




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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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341: ‘A Cold Glass in Hell’, With Casey Liss

Special guest Casey Liss joins the show to talk about Apple's new Studio Display and what makes a good martini.




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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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346: ‘Like Neo Dodging Bullets’, With Zach Gage

Zach Gage joins the show to talk about game design and creativity, including his new game Knotwords.




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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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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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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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355: ‘The Creaturest of Habits’, With Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut returns to the show. Topics include a serious discussion about CSAM detection at major cloud storage providers and messaging services. Also, a deep dive regarding the new iOS-UI-style rewrite of System Settings on the still-in-beta MacOS 13 Ventura, and thoughts on SwiftUI in general.




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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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357: ‘Fluent Cupertinoese’, With Nilay Patel

Nilay Patel returns to the show to talk about Apple’s “Far Out” event, the iPhones 14, and The Verge’s redesign.




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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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360: ‘Neither Fish Nor Fowl’, With Jason Snell

Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the new 10th-gen iPad and M2 iPads Pro.




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361: ‘A Fit of Pique’, With Federico Viticci

Federico Viticci returns to the show to talk about iPads, Stage Manager, and Apple’s ill-considered foray into expanding ads in the App Store.




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362: ‘Grand Scale Foot-Shooting’, With Anil Dash

Special guest: Anil Dash. A little about last week’s U.S. midterm elections, and a lot about what’s going on at Twitter under Elon Musk.




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363: ‘Deliberately Churned’, With Christina Warren

Christina Warren returns to the show to talk about the drama at Disney, tumult at Twitter, and how the hell to score Taylor Swift tickets.




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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.