The Rebound

The one thing we're enjoying about Mojave is dynamic desktop: https://itnext.io/macos-mojave-dynamic-wallpapers-ii-f8b1e55c82f Slate looks at Apple News: https://slate.com/technology/2018/09/apple-news-media-slate-ad-sales-no-money.html Google announced then backtracked on Chrome auto sign-in: https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/26/17904762/google-chrome-sign-in-changes-feedback Amazon announced a bun...

Apple updated all the wares that are soft and shipped Shortcuts for iOS. Here's the user guide: https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/welcome/ios John Gruber's thoughts on the iPhone XS and the camera: https://daringfireball.net/2018/09/the_iphones_xs What went wrong with AirPower: http://sonnydickson.com/2018/09/16/what-really-happened-to-apples-airpower/ Some interesting stories in this oral...

Apple had an event where it announced some things: https://www.macstories.net/news/september-12-event-roundup-all-the-little-things/ Jason Perlow on how the Apple Watch saved his life: https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-apple-watch-saved-my-life/?ftag=TRE-03-10aaa6b&bhid=24609083512952939096533141361944 The Apple Watch Series 4 has an ECG: https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/12/apple-watch-ecg/ Apple has s...

9to5Mac obtained pictures of the upcoming iPhones: https://9to5mac.com/2018/08/30/2018-iphone-xs-design-larger-version-gold-exclusive/ And the new Apple Watch: https://9to5mac.com/2018/08/30/2018-iphone-xs-design-larger-version-gold-exclusive/ Brent Simmons on bringing NetNewsWire home: http://inessential.com/2018/08/31/netnewswire_comes_home Our thanks to Indochino (https://www. Indochino.com) wh...

Apple will be shipping something like 86 phones this fall so analysts expect them to sell a lot of phones: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/28/2018-iphone-shipments-highest/ A shout out to Panic's Prompt: https://panic.com/prompt/ This year's iPhones may lack 3D Touch: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/27/barclays-no-3d-touch-2019-iphones/ Apple may be discontinuing the iPad mini: https://www.mac...

Are a "low-cost" MacBook Air and a pro Mac mini coming? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-20/apple-is-said-to-plan-revamped-low-cost-macs-to-reignite-sales Nvidia is releasing new cards: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/nvidia-announces-new-raytracing-focused-rtx-2080-2080-ti-graphics-cards/ Look at this crazy big eGPU: https://twitter.com/LeifJohnson/status/1029799070091493376...

Moltz will be participating in DeactiDay: https://mashable.com/2018/08/15/deactiday-twitter-protest-alex-jones/#PxWC8ypmI5qs Did you know Moltz and Lex do another podcast? It's true: https://turningthiscararound.com Apple removes Group Facetime from iOS beta: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/13/group-facetime-removed-ios-12-and-macos-mojave/ Security researchers find a way to hack the Amazon Echo...

Apple is the first company to hit a valuation of $1 trillion: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/technology/apple-stock-1-trillion-market-cap.html Lex recalls the Encyclopedia Britannica kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMpgcz6s-eI Pick o' the week is Holedown: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/holedown/id1297270249?mt=8 Lex also uses Bankaroo for tracking his kids' allowances: https://itunes.app...

Lex likes his Eero setup (former advertiser): https://eero.com Apple fixed the issue with the 2018 MacBook Pros: http://www.loopinsight.com/2018/07/24/apple-identifies-and-fixes-thermal-bug-in-new-macbook-pro/ As we predict on this episode, Apple made a bunch of money: https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/07/the-good-great-and-mac-of-apples-record-quarter/ Our thanks to Jamf Now (http://jamf.com/reboun...

We discuss the i9 and predict that news will break about it 20 minutes after the podcast is over and THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED ARE WE THE LATHE OF HEAVEN: http://www.loopinsight.com/2018/07/24/apple-identifies-and-fixes-thermal-bug-in-new-macbook-pro/ Changes are coming to Twitter and they suck: https://blog.iconfactory.com/2018/07/push-nope-ifications/ Maybe you should switch to Orkut: https:/...

PRIME DAY!!! had some troubles: https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/16/prime-down-amazons-sale-day-turns-into-fail-day/ Apple updated the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar: https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/07/apple-updates-the-macbook-pro-in-big-and-small-ways/ Check out deeez bezels: https://twitter.com/VenyaGeskin1/status/1019123637939556352 What is this? Glass for gorillas?! https://www.macrumors.com/2018/0...

AgileBits denies Apple is in talks to acquire the maker of 1Password: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/10/apple-1password-deployment-acquisition-talks/ Apple is rumored to be shipping new iPhone colors in the fall: https://gizmodo.com/apple-rumored-to-make-iphones-colorful-again-1827359956 Security researchers claim to have found a way around USB Restricted Mode: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07...

Apple is switching to its own base maps for Apple Maps: https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/29/apple-is-rebuilding-maps-from-the-ground-up/ FaceID may be coming to the iPad: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/03/ios-12-hints-at-upcoming-ipad-with-face-id/ Some third party email apps are reading your Gmail: https://www.wsj.com/articles/techs-dirty-secret-the-app-developers-sifting-through-your-gmail-1530...

Public betas are out! iOS 12: https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/06/ios-12-public-beta-is-out-for-all/ macOS Mojave: https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/06/mojave-beta/ Apple announced MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboard service program: https://www.apple.com/support/keyboard-service-program-for-macbook-and-macbook-pro/ We are reminded of the cracking white MacBook case: https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-fixi...

Rogue Amoeba's Quentin Carnicelli on the state of Mac hardware: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2018/06/14/on-the-sad-state-of-macintosh-hardware/ John Gruber on adding a trackpad to the iPad: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/06/13/ipad-trackpad-idea Lawsuit against Apple over developers' cut of App Store revenue goes to Supreme Court to see if it can proceed: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a...

Stephen Hackett on macOS Mojave's Dark Mode: https://512pixels.net/2018/06/on-macos-mojaves-dark-mode/ Goodbye iBooks, hello Books: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/06/apple-books-all-new-for-iphone-and-ipad-celebrates-reading/ Lex and Dan talk about Gboard: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gboard/id1091700242?mt=8 Malicious Mac apps could look like they're signed by Apple: https://9to5mac.com/2...

The Six Color's liveblog from the WWDC Keynote: https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/06/live-from-wwdc-2018/ Apple announced Siri Shortcuts at WWDC: https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/06/siri-shortcuts-third-party-integration-by-another-name/ Daniel Jalkut on the changes to the Mac App Store: https://bitsplitting.org/2018/06/06/ersatz-free-trials/ Our thanks to the Huawei MateBook X Pro, winner of 27 glob...

iOS 11.4 brings AirPlay 2.0 to the HomePod. FINALLY. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/05/ios-11-4-brings-stereo-pairs-and-multi-room-audio-with-airplay-2/ ZOMG THE ECHO SENT A BUNCH OF RECORDINGS but it kinda did what it was supposed to do: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/business/amazon-alexa-conversation-shared-echo.html Pegatron is rumored to be producing an ARM-based Mac: https://www.mac...

The FBI over-counted the number of smartphones in criminal investigations it was unable to unlock by... a lot: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/23/613763355/fbi-over-counted-encrypted-phones-connected-to-crimes-by-a-lot Apple is taking on those iPhone hacking boxes by disabling the Lightning connector in iOS 11.4 if it's connected for seven days: https://forums.appleinsider.com/disc...

Just like the rumors, Dan and Moltz are conflicted over the iPhone SE2: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/05/14/iphone-se-2-not-finalized-macotakara/ Apple is being hit with a class action suit over the MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/05/14/macbook-pro-keyboard-class-action-lawsuit/ Fans of The Expanse paid to have a flyover of Amazon to try to get the company to pic...

Apple wins a patent for a round Watch face: https://9to5mac.com/2018/05/08/round-apple-watch-patent/ iOS 13 is rumored to have an iPad focus: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/05/04/ios-13-revamped-files-app/ The iMac turned 20: https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/05/the-original-imac-20-years-since-apple-changed-its-fate/ Apple discontinues AirPort: https://sixcolors.com/link/2018/04/its-official-apple-...

Apple Insider's look at MacBook Pro keyboard reliability: https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/04/30/2016-macbook-pro-butterfly-keyboards-failing-twice-as-frequently-as-older-models John Gruber on Marzipan, Apple's supposed cross-platform development scheme: https://daringfireball.net/2018/04/scuttlebutt_regarding_ui_project Many years ago (well, five) Moltz wrote about the possibility of a touch-...

Amazon will now deliver to the trunk of your car because, sure, why not: https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/24/17261744/amazon-package-delivery-car-trunk-gm-volvo SmugMug buys Flickr: https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/20/flickr-smugmug-acquisition/ Sorry, monkeys, you can't sue for copyright: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-monkey-selfie-9th-circuit-20180423-story.html Rumors of an iPhone...

Apple takes leakers pretty seriously: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-13/apple-warns-employees-to-stop-leaking-information-to-media Spotify and Hulu bundle their services together: http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/11/technology/business/spotify-hulu-bundle-subscription/index.html Apple expands its presence in Seattle: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/04/17/apple-expands-downtown-seattle-...

Apparently the HomePod isn't selling like homecakes: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-12/apple-s-stumbling-homepod-isn-t-the-hot-seller-company-wanted Worried about Siri's performance? Don't. She has all knew jokes: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/04/11/apples-siri-learns-new-jokes/ Apple hired Google's head of AI: https://sixcolors.com/link/2018/04/apple-hires-googles-chief-of-searc...