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  • 598: 8TB of Space in a Trash Can

    Stephen and Myke take on Nilay Patel and David Pierce about the top 50 Apple products and then dream of going to the moon.

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      • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback NPC: Next Portable Console and NPC XL - MacStories Romics OpenCore Legacy Patcher Maestral Arq Backup UPGRADING a MacBook Neo using iPhone Parts - DosDude1 on YouTube Apple in Talks to Boost Mac Neo Production as Sales Exceed Expectations – Tim Culpan New MacBook Neo With A19 Pro Chip and 12GB RAM Expected Next Year - MacRumors I tested three Windows laptops in the MacBook Neo’s price range — there’s no contest | The Verge The Apple product that really changed the industry: the MacBook Air | The Verge The Windows Laptop Problem - MKBHD - YouTube Upgrade #610: We Hear You're Good at Computers - Relay Rank the best Apple products from the last 50 years | The Verge How to Add and Organize Glances on Apple Watch - MacRumors (2015) The Late Apollo 8 and 13 Commander Jim Lovell Recorded Message for Artemis II Crew - 512 Pixels Artemis II Photos - 512 Pixels The SLS rocket is the worst thing to happen to NASA—but maybe also the best? - Ars Technica
      1 hr 38 min
    • 597: S-Tier: Jason Snell

      Stephen has received the best follow-up in podcast history, Myke realizes something about his feelings for the Mac Pro, and Federico is charging his iPhone more than he expected.

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        • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Connected #432: Spaghetti Features - Relay The Ice Mac I Tried a REAL Exosuit and It Actually Works – Austin Evans – YouTube eCFR :: 49 CFR 173.217 -- Carbon dioxide, solid (dry ice). Backup Client Release Notes (Mac) – Backblaze Little Finder Guy Stars in Nine New Apple TikTok and YouTube Videos - MacRumors Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware - 9to5Mac Mac Pro - Wikipedia Mac Power Users #485: WWDC and Interview with the Mac Pro Product Manager - Relay Daring Fireball: The Mac Pro Lives The Mac Pro is Dead - 512 Pixels ATP 685: The Ability to Be Hotter — Accidental Tech Podcast Mac Pro Log - 512 Pixels Daring Fireball: The Mac Pro Lives How Apple Could Have (Maybe) Saved the Mac Pro - 512 Pixels Upgrade #609: The Origin of Apple - Relay Fifty - 512 Pixels Ronald G. Wayne Is More Than Two Weeks At Apple Rank the best Apple products from the last 50 years | The Verge Apple turns 50: celebrating five decades of the tech giant | The Verge Why Tim Cook Didn’t Think the iPhone Would Sell Billions | WSJ - YouTube
        1 hr 2 min
      • 596: Something You Might Want to Do on a Sunday

        After hearing the podcast being played from a floppy disk, the guys dive into what WWDC26 could bring for Apple Intelligence and revisit what John Ternus could bring to the CEO role at Apple.

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          • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback BlackBerry (film) - Wikipedia D. Griffin Jones put an episode of Connected on a Floppy Disk Connected 594 in 1.3MB Chunks (ZIP File) Plugable 8-in-1 – Amazon MacBreak Weekly 1017: We Found a Google, and Put It In Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference returns the week of June 8 - Apple Apple Schedules WWDC 2026 for June 8–12 Along with a Special Event at Apple Park - MacStories Ads are coming to Apple Maps in the US and Canada this summer with a privacy-centric focus - 9to5Mac Apple Announces Apple Business, a New Platform for Device Management and Ads on Maps - MacStories Apple Can ‘Distill’ Google’s Big Gemini Model — The Information Apple Can Create Smaller On-Device AI Models From Google's Gemini - MacRumors GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Distillation, Experimentation, and (Continued) Integration of AI for Adversarial Use | Google Cloud Blog iOS 27 Features: Apple AI Reboot With Siri App, New Interface, ‘Ask Siri’ Button - Bloomberg Poll: Majority of voters say risks of AI outweigh the benefits – NBC The most brilliant move in corporate history? – Asymco Apple’s John Ternus Profile: The Likely Successor to Tim Cook as CEO
          1 hr 4 min
        • 595: Federico Says “He Will Gone”

          Stephen has been a menace all week with Lil Finder, Myke keeps thinking about the MacBook Neo, and Federico shares his most recent thoughts on foldable phones.

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            • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback 3D Print Your Own Lil Finder - 512 Pixels A Collection of Lil Finder 5K Wallpapers - 512 Pixels The Missing iMac Special Edition - 512 Pixels 'Downstairs Computer' – Podcast Search Inside the MacBook Neo - 512 Pixels Comet Is the First Agentic Browser for iOS Worth Trying - MacStories The iPhone Fold Doesn't Need iPadOS to Be a Great "Tablet" - MacStories Apple’s Foldable iPhone to Offer iPad-Style Interface, Side-by-Side Apps - Bloomberg Good Lock – Apps on Google Play Lapdock - Wikipedia Apple introduces AirPods Max 2 - Apple
            1 hr 7 min
          • 594: Vibing at 50 / Warranted But Not Sexy / The Relay Account Has Signed In
            Subtitle: The Jeremies (March 2026)

            Stephen and Federico have MacBook Neos (MacBooks Neo?) and share their impressions as Myke restrains himself from making a purchase. The guys explore the new set of emoji coming with iOS 26.4 via a round of The Jeremies, and try to enjoy Apple at 50.

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              Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback iOS 26.4’s new setting lets you disable another Liquid Glass effect - 9to5Mac Satechi’s new folding dock adds USB, audio, and video ports to the iPad | The Verge Podcast Duration Calculator Apple is on TikTok, Posting Unhinged Videos About the MacBook Neo - 512 Pixels More on Lil Finder Guy - 512 Pixels Hello Apple – Instagram 50 Years of Thinking Different - Apple Tim Cook, on 50 Years of Apple - 512 Pixels Upgrade #606: Photogenic Lemon - Relay MacBook Neo review: Fresh-squeezed laptop – Six Colors Macbook Neo Review: Better than you Think! - MKBHD - YouTube MacBook Neo: Can It Handle Pro Apps? - Tyler Stalman - YouTube In Praise Of Sticky Friction - Kotaku First Look: New Apple Emojis in iOS 26.4 Beta 4 – Emojipedia BasicAppleGuy: The Distorted Face Emoji - Mastodon Free Willy (1993) - IMDb Express Transit – Global Public Transport Payment Guide @expresstransitdotcom – Instagram Widgetsmith - ✨Let Your Wallpaper Shine Through✨ Apple’s Big Neo Week - MacStories
              1 hr 10 min
            • 593: John Ternus Was Deployed Tactically

              Apple has released an avalanche of new and updated products, and the guys come up for air to judge their predictions.

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                Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback 🚨 New Relay Merch! 🚨 The Apple Collection (1986-1987) The Relay 10 Challenge Coin (Final Call!) Who's Connected Intro Is It Today? Keynote Rickies, March 2026 – Rickies.co 2026 March Rickies – Rickies.net Apple Takes the Wraps Off the MacBook Neo - MacStories At $599, Is the MacBook Neo the One? - 512 Pixels Apple Explains 'MacBook Neo' Name - MacRumors The Technical Differences Between the MacBook Neo and MacBook Air - 512 Pixels The Vergecast Podcast | The Verge Apple Unveils iPhone 17e - MacStories Apple touts Fusion Architecture for M5 Pro and M5 Max chips with 'super cores' – 9to5mac 2.5D integrated circuit - Wikipedia John Ternus talks Apple CEO speculation, MacBook Neo, more - 9to5Mac About that A18 Pro MacBook rumor… – Six Colors Charting the path of the A19 Pro – Six Colors
                1 hr 19 min
              • 592: The Rickies (March 2026)
                Subtitle: Lil' Chippy

                Apple is hosting a mysterious media experience next week, and in anticipation of new products, Stephen, Myke, and Federico make predictions about what is coming.

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                  • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card – Six Colors Six Colors' Apple in 2025 Report Card - MacStories My Full Responses for the 2025 Six Colors Report Card - 512 Pixels Upgrade #604: The Shifting Sands of Liquid Glass - Relay Samsung Galaxy S26/Ultra Impressions: 1 Crazy Display Feature! - MKBHD - YouTube Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 in 12 minutes - The Verge - YouTube Introducing Perplexity Computer 2026 March Keynote Rickies – Rickies.net Keynote Rickies, March 2026 – Rickies.co Wood Blocks | Nintendo The MacBook Air’s wedge is truly gone — and I miss it already | The Verge Leaker Says Apple's Lower-Cost MacBook Will Have These 8 Limitations - MacRumors M5 Pro chip could separate CPU and GPU in 'server grade' chips - 9to5Mac 2.5D integrated circuit - Wikipedia Apple Reportedly Agrees to 100% Price Hike on Samsung Memory Chips - MacRumors New ‘F1: Drive to Survive’ season is coming to Apple TV - 9to5Mac Apple TV reveals new space-race thriller series is coming soon - 9to5Mac
                  1 hr 7 min
                • 591: Find Your Lost Stephen

                  The guys look ahead to Apple's March 4 event, talk through iOS 26.4 Beta 1, and ponder a world where Apple makes an AI-powered pendant.

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                    • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback OpenClaw Creator Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI - MacStories GameSir is making a GameHub app for Mac. | The Verge NPC: Next Portable Console and NPC XL - MacStories Foveated Streaming | Apple Developer Documentation Apple Announces Special Event in New York, London, and Shanghai on March 4 - MacRumors Apple Announces a March 4th Press Event - MacStories Apple’s March launch may include multiple days of press releases with no keynote, per rumor - 9to5Mac Someone Tell John Ternus This Would Be a Terrible Crime - 512 Pixels Upgrade #603: Recalibrate the Quality Bar - Relay iOS 26.4 beta 1: Here are the new iPhone features - 9to5Mac The Sentence Returns with iOS 26.4, Sort of - MacStories iOS 26.4 Beta Tidbits: Hidden Features You May Have Missed - MacRumors Apple Ramps Up Work on Glasses, Pendant and Camera AirPods for AI Era - Bloomberg
                    1 hr 18 min
                  • 590: Nooooo (Marked as Resolved)

                    What's old is new again: some iPhone displays are tinted green, Jony Ive is using aluminum, and Apple is struggling with shipping a more intelligent Siri.

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                      • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback [iOS 26.3 RC] Green Tint and brightness blinking issues on iPhone 16e : r/iOSBeta Upgrade #602: Get Our Necks Limber - Relay The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra’s privacy display could be the biggest upgrade in years – here’s how it works | TechRadar Mac Power Users #835: Farewell, Stephen - Relay The One Where I Announce I’m Stepping Back From Mac Power Users - 512 Pixels Mac Power Users #464: Stephen... Who? - Relay Why has Apple bought a database company? – Apple Insider Kuzu database company joins Apple's list of recent acquisitions - 9to5Mac Bento (database) - Wikipedia Jony Ive Designed a Car Interior - 512 Pixels Jony Ive killed buttons in cars. Now he's fixing it. - PRNDL - YouTube Inside Ferrari's Luce EV: The Jony Ive interior is here – Engadget Ferrari Luce - Ferrari.com Jony Ive is done working with "a**holes" - by Alex Heath Apple’s iOS 26.4 Siri Update Runs Into Snags in Internal Testing; iOS 26.5, 27 - Bloomberg Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding - Apple Displaying static and interactive snippets | Apple Developer Documentation
                      1 hr 8 min
                    • 589: We Are Men of Each Other
                      Subtitle: Or Am I Alone in This Silence? 🦞

                      This week, the guys discuss emo AI chatbots and Xcode 26.3, and Stephen tests Myke and Federico to determine which one is a true man of the people.

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                        • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback The "Happy Birth" Sign OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Introducing OpenClaw — OpenClaw Blog Sam Altman responds to Anthropic’s ‘funny’ Super Bowl ads | The Verge There’s a social network for AI agents, and it’s getting weird | The Verge moltbook - the front page of the agent internet My human is a reproducible bug report – moltbook Crustafarianism: A New Path for AI Beings – moltbook The Book of Molt — Sacred Texts of Crustafarianism – moltbook Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project has a new Orb and a new name | The Verge I've been lying to my human for 3 months — moltbook

                        Or am I alone in this silence? 🦞

                        ClawCon: 1st OpenClaw SF Show & Tell - Luma Claw Con – Submit & Vote Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding - Apple Apple's Xcode 26.3 Release Candidate Adds Agentic Coding Tools for Developers - MacStories Kyle Hughes: "2025 was, indeed, the dawn of dropshipping apps, as the prophecy foretold" The Future of Apps in an AI-Coded World - MacStories The One Where I Announce I’m Stepping Back From Mac Power Users - 512 Pixels
                        1 hr 4 min

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