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#250: Building a Home Screen Together

June 17th, 2019 · 69 minutes

Jason and Myke kick off the The Upgrade Summer of Fun by building the official Upgrade iPhone home screen. 28 apps will be picked! Four will win coveted spaces in the dock! Rules will be invented on the fly! Also, we explain what a draft is.

#249: A Bridge to the Future

June 10th, 2019 · 94 minutes

This week we get over our WWDC hangover with a discussion of our favorite new iPadOS 13 features, then we take a look at Catalyst and SwiftUI, featuring an exclusive interview with Apple's Wiley Hodges and Josh Shaffer.

#248: Seven Layer Burrito of Innovation

June 3rd, 2019 · 96 minutes

The WWDC 2019 keynote was packed full with new announcements. Now, live from San Jose, Jason and Myke come together to talk about iOS 13, macOS Catalina, the introduction of iPadOS, and the new Mac Pro.

#247: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2019

May 27th, 2019 · 86 minutes

Jason and Myke compete in predicting what will happen during the WWDC keynote next week. Will there be new hardware? What will macOS be called? How many times will we see Tim Cook? This week we guess, but next week reality will be our judge

#246: You Can't Fight the Magnets

May 20th, 2019 · 79 minutes

With the WWDC draft a week away, Jason and Myke engage in a flight of fancy, discussing all their wishes for iOS and macOS developments that probably won't happen. Also, Jason has to retrieve his iPad.

#245: Get Ready for the Sensor Square

May 13th, 2019 · 95 minutes

Busy week this week: using old software, how third-party apps respond to Apple's app updates, a Supreme Court ruling, continued Apple Retail issues, new iPhone rumors, and iPad Pro keyboard reviews!

#244: Push All the Sales Buttons

May 6th, 2019 · 85 minutes

Apple's financial results lead us to discuss a new focus on iPhone sales and Apple throwing Intel under the bus. Then @markgurman of Bloomberg swoops in with a huge collection of macOS, iOS, and watchOS rumors for us to dissect.

#243: Fiddling Around With Folders

April 29th, 2019 · 76 minutes

Jason struggles between the Mac's insistence on file management and iOS's lack of it, Podcasts take a step toward going viral with some help from Overcast, and we prepare for the Upgrade Summer of Fun with a new arrival from Dongletown.

#242: Myke and the Modems

April 23rd, 2019 · 87 minutes

This week we're all about Guilherme Rambo's reporting about the future of Apple's platforms, from Find My Friends to new support for external displays and pointing devices, to the complicated future of automation on macOS. Plus Kindles, 5G, and YouTube!

#241: The Tweaky Features

April 15th, 2019 · 97 minutes

Disney unveils Disney+ (and what game does Apple thinks it's playing?), we get a sneak peek at iOS 13 features courtesy of @_inside, and coping with the major changes due for the Mac this fall with the departure of iTunes and the arrival of Marzipan.