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    #545: The Bee Bonnet Company

    January 6th, 2025 · 96 minutes

    A new year dawns! We consider what it has in store for Apple and why the company's A.I. features need to be judged critically. Then we turn back the clock to 2000 and consider the moment when Mac OS X changed everything.

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    Links and Show Notes

    The Rest Is History
    Apple Stops Selling iPhone 14 and iPhone SE in More EU Countries - MacRumors
    Apple Intelligence falsely claimed Luke Littler had already won - BBC News
    Jason's post on Bluesky
    2025 will be the year of Apple Intelligence (again) | Macworld
    Vision D’oh: The "Fun" Problem Facing Apple’s VR Ambitions – Julia Alexander
    Apple, Google, and Samsung will accept Matter certification of smart home products - The Verge
    25 years since the Dock’s debut – Six Colors
    25 years on, Mac OS X continues to be Apple’s standard bearer – Six Colors
    Looking back 25 years later, even Steve was wrong about Mac OS X | Macworld
    Macworld 2000 Keynote - YouTube
    Hypercritical: SwitchGlass