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  • 558: A Podcast Drive-Thru

    Federico has been experimenting with KVMs, Stephen is fixing macOS between dreams, and Myke finally experienced iOS 26. After those conversations, the guys turn to a list of questions from listeners about WWDC, Apple's app strategy, and more.

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      • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback An iPad Pickle – AppStories Our Setups - MacStories Thunderbolt 4 KVM Switch - Sabrent TESmart KVM Interoperability - European Commission TRMNL | The Rickies Rickies API – Rickies.co macOS Tahoe Beta 2 Fixes the Finder Icon - 512 Pixels ATP 644: You Have to Invert — Accidental Tech Podcast Daring Fireball: Sorry, MacOS Tahoe Beta 2 Still Does the Finder Icon Dirty Pushing Tahoe's Finder Icon Even Further - 512 Pixels Everything New in iOS 26 Beta 2 - MacRumors Everything new in iOS 26 developer beta 2 – Apple Insider Here's Everything New in macOS Tahoe Beta 2 - MacRumors Apple tweaks Control Center visibility in iOS 26 beta 2 - 9to5Mac iOS 26 Beta 2 Fixes Frustrating Safari Design - MacRumors Everything new in iOS 26 beta 2 - 9to5Mac Generative AI Fill in Photoshop Feels Like Magic - 512 Pixels Stephen's Current Home Screen Apple's New Alarm Design in iOS 26 Might Make You Oversleep - MacRumors macOS Tahoe Beta 2 Lets You Add a Menu Bar Background - MacRumors Revisiting the Aqua Introduction - 512 Pixels Snow Leopard to Bring Unifying 'Marble' User Interface? - MacRumors Daring Fireball: Macworld Expo 2009 Predictions
      1 hr 18 min
    • 557: From a Place of Passion

      This week: Federico interviewed Craig Federighi about the past, present, and future of the iPad. Myke started a blog, and Stephen is hoping for change.

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        • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback macOS Tahoe 26 does away with the 'Mickey Mouse glove' cursor - 9to5Mac WWDC25: macOS Tahoe Breaks Decades of Finder History - 512 Pixels Proposal For A New Finder Icon | D. Griffin Jones Stephen's Motorola ROKR E1 – Instagram iOS 26 makes Apple Music Replay fully native inside the app - 9to5Mac Federico Viticci: "Kudos to the Reminders team" - MacStories on Mastodon Design interactive snippets - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer Interview: Craig Federighi Opens Up About iPadOS, Its Multitasking Journey, and the iPad's Essence - MacStories The Enthusiast
        1 hr 18 min
      • 556: The Last Thing You Touch
        Subtitle: Scoring The Rickies (June 2025)

        The guys learn how their predictions fared, talk about some of the news from WWDC25, and someone gets a trophy.

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          • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback WWDC25 - Rickies.net WWDC25 - Rickies.co Introducing Liquid Glass | Apple - YouTube Meet Liquid Glass - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and Liquid Glass: The MacStories Overview - MacStories WWDC25: macOS Tahoe Compatibility, Will Be Last to Support Intel Macs - 512 Pixels WWDC25: The End of the Intel Mac Era - 512 Pixels Apple Intelligence Expands: Onscreen Visual Intelligence, Shortcuts, Third-Party Apps, and More - MacStories Apple Execs Defend Siri Delays, AI Plan and Apple Intelligence | WSJ - YouTube Updates to Apple's On-Device and Server Foundation Language Models - Apple Machine Learning Research visionOS 26: The MacStories Overview - MacStories Introducing the Apple Games app: A personalized home for games - Apple Updates to Apple's On-Device and Server Foundation Language Models - Apple Machine Learning Research Foundation Models | Apple Developer Documentation Apple’s new research paper says AI reasoning isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. | The Verge The Prompt - Relay Develop for Shortcuts and Spotlight with App Intents - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer Mac Power Users #801: WWDC 2025: A Return to Form - Relay Apple unveils new Mac Studio and brings Apple silicon to Mac Pro - Apple

          From June 2023 :(

          WWDC25: macOS Tahoe Breaks Decades of Finder History - 512 Pixels WWDC25: Oh No, They Did It to Automator, Too - 512 Pixels
          1 hr 26 min
        • 555: The Rickies (June 2025)
          Subtitle: Can You Read the Three Secrets, Please?

          WWDC25 is next week, and Apple is poised to launch many things. This week, Myke, Federico, and Stephen must guess what those things may be.

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            • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback WWDC25 - Rickies.co WWDC25 - Rickies.net Physicality: the new age of UI – Sebastiaan de With How Much Longer Will New macOS Versions Support Intel Macs? - 512 Pixels Apple empowers developers and fuels innovation with new tools and resources - Apple
            1 hr 20 min
          • 554: It Was Felty

            The folks originally behind Shortcuts are back with a new app called Sky. Federico has written a preview of the new AI-powered assistant, which understands the content of your applications and windows, unlocking new types of interactions and automations.

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              • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Apple's Terrible iTunes Phone from 2005 - Michael MJD - YouTube After 15 years, WhatsApp is finally ready for the iPad | The Verge Our 2025 macOS and visionOS WWDC Wishes - AppStories Apple adds iPad to self-service repair – Six Colors Limited Edition Motorola Razr V3i DOLCE GABBNNA Unlocked Flip Mobile Phone | eBay Upgrade #565: The Scent of Humane - Relay Sam and Jony and skepticism – Six Colors Daring Fireball: The Talk Show: 'A Monkey on a Rock' Why the Original Macintosh Had a Screen Resolution of 512x342, and not 512x384 as One Might Expect - 512 Pixels From the Creators of Shortcuts, Sky Extends AI Integration and Automation to Your Entire Mac - MacStories Sky Workflow Co-Founders Want to Bring AI to the Desktop - MacStories OpenAI and Jony Ive are building a ChatGPT-powered super-gadget | The Verge Reverse Engineering App Intents Apple to Debut Dedicated Gaming App Within Days of Switch 2’s Arrival - Bloomberg Backbone Quinn Nelson's Ideas for Apple and Gaming
              1 hr 20 min
            • 553: We Have Jony Ive at Home

              The guys discuss Fortnite's return to the App Store, cover Google IO, and are interrupted by huge news from Sam Altman and Jony Ive. They then talk about feelings.

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                • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Review Connected on Apple Podcasts! Fortnite is finally back on US iPhones | The Verge Fortnite becomes top free game on U.S. App Store overnight, but nothing is settled  - 9to5Mac Apple to Open AI Models to Developers in Bid to Spur New Apps - Bloomberg iOS 19 Will Let Developers Use Apple's AI Models in Their Apps - MacRumors Sam and Jony introduce io | OpenAI OpenAI to Buy Apple Veteran Jony Ive’s AI Device Startup in $6.5 Billion Deal - Bloomberg Zoe's Very Good Post on Jony Ive's News Airbnb's Redesigned App Combines Stays with Services and Unique Experiences - MacStories Inside Airbnb's App Redesign: An AppStories Interview with Marketing and Design Leads - MacStories The 15 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2025 | The Verge Google’s AI enters its ‘agentic era’ | The Verge Project Astra 2025: Google’s universal AI assistant is now smarter and more proactive | The Verge Microsoft’s AI security chief accidentally reveals Walmart’s AI plans after protest | The Verge Google Beam hands-on exclusive: a futuristic upgrade to conference calls - YouTube Android XR hands-on: Google’s take on Meta Ray-Ban? - YouTube At Google I/O, everything is changing and normal and scary and chill – Platformer Model Context Protocol An Interview with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg About AI and the Evolution of Social Media – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Simon Willison’s Weblog I really don’t like ChatGPT’s new memory dossier – Simon Willison
                1 hr 33 min
              • 552: Stage Manager Could Never

                This week, Myke hosts The Quizzies, Apple announces new accessibility features, Federico explains vibe coding, Google makes announcements ahead of IO, and Stephen takes on xAI.

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                  • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Google's statement on May 7 press reports about Search traffic – Google Blog Apple opened the door to web paywalls — our test shows it might hurt conversions Initial Data Is In: App2Web Conversion Rates After the App Store Ruling — Superwall Apple unveils powerful accessibility features coming later this year - Apple The Android Show: I/O Edition - YouTube Android 16 Material Three Expressive UI coming in beta this month | The Verge The Swift Student Challenge Interviews and watchOS and tvOS Wishes Apple, Anthropic Team Up to Build AI-Powered ‘Vibe-Coding’ Platform - Bloomberg Good Vibrations Between Apple & Anthropic – MG Siegler Apple and Anthropic reportedly partner to build an AI coding platform | TechCrunch Andrej Karpathy on Vibe Coding Cursor OpenAI Is in Talks to Acquire Programming Tool Windsurf for $3 Billion - The New York Times Variant Junie App Store Vibes - MacStories VibeCode App Google confirms it’s close to getting Gemini support on iPhones | The Verge xAI in Memphis - Archives - 512 Pixels Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer stirs turmoil over smog in Memphis : NPR Protect our Aquifer Second xAI Datacenter Could Take Enough Energy to Power 40% of Memphis; Government Agency Charged with Studying Impact Targeted by DOGE - 512 Pixels Memphis Chamber of Commerce Claims No New Gas Turbines Will be Placed at Second xAI Location, Despite Documents to the Contrary - 512 Pixels Musk’s xAI explores another massive methane gas turbine installation at second South Memphis data center - Southern Environmental Law Center A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment – The Weird Turn Pro What's the carbon footprint of using ChatGPT? – Sustainability by numbers Relay 5 vs. ChatGPT
                  1 hr 40 min
                • 551: Boost Your Truck Parts

                  Stephen answers questions about his new two-phone lifestyle, Myke wonders what Eddy Cue knows that he doesn't, and then the guys discuss the Motorola ROCKR and last week's injunction against Apple over its App Store policies.

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                    • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Google just leaked Android’s new design language | The Verge Aaron Draplin - Skillshare Aaron Draplin's Backyard Studio Tour - YouTube CS193p - Developing Apps for iOS - Stanford University The ROKR E1 - 512 Pixels Steve Jobs Introduces the iTunes Phone Motorola ROKR in 2005 - YouTube [Rare, Collectible] Motorola ROKR E1 - Silver (Cingular) "The iTunes Phone" | eBay Add or remove your phone number in Messages or FaceTime - Apple Support A Breach of Trust: Apple Held in Contempt Over App Store Rules - MacStories Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers Hands Down Epic Ruling in App Store Case - 512 Pixels Apple Updates App Review Guidelines - 512 Pixels Upgrade #562: Let's Break the Law - Relay Our 2025 iOS and iPadOS WWDC Wishes – AppStories Daring Fireball: Amazon, Finally, Now Has a ‘Get Book’ Button in Its iOS Kindle App Apple approves Spotify app update that allows US users to access pricing info, external payment links | TechCrunch Patreon’s iOS update allows creators to bypass in-app purchases | The Verge ATP 638: Hop, Hop, Hop — Accidental Tech Podcast David Smith: "I've been mulling over the App injuction…" - Mastodon Apple SVP Eddy Cue says ‘you may not need’ iPhone by 2035 due to AI - 9to5Mac Apple to add AI search partners to Safari as Google usage falls - 9to5Mac Apple is looking at adding Perplexity and other AI search engines to Safari | The Verge ChatGPT is getting better for shopping | The Verge I’ll take “Bucket List” for $400, Ken – Six Colors Apple Plans Split iPhone Launch Strategy: Pro and Foldable in Fall 2026, Standard in Spring 2027 - MacRumors Mac Power Users #795: Our iPad Usage - Relay “Sidekick Pocket” graphic notebook by Cortex Brand
                    1 hr 23 min
                  • 550: Baby Jason Snell From 1886

                    This week: Myke is learning, Federico saw a rumor, Stephen comes clean, and Apple launched a weird webpage.

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                      • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback UniFi Camera Security - Ubiquiti Previewed: smart #1 Premium Interior | Carz Automedia Malaysia Slots of the Past: PDS - 512 Pixels Google is working on a big UI overhaul for Android: Here's an early look - Android Authority ‎Snapshot on Apple Apple launches a new celebrity hub that’s all about Apple | The Verge tvOS 18 is now available - Apple

                      "tvOS 18 introduces intelligent features like InSight, which displays timely information about actors, characters, and music from every live-action Apple TV+ movie and show onscreen in real time."

                      Raycast’s iOS app is now available for AI chat and notes | The Verge Moom · Many Tricks
                      1 hr 22 min
                    • 549: Lost Daddy Exclusivity

                      Myke is back from paternity leave and has some hot takes on the last two months of tech news. He and Federico accidentally have the same surprise, while Stephen wonders what Beats could slap its logo on.

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                        • Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Limitless AI In depth with Windows 11 Recall—and what Microsoft has (and hasn’t) fixed - Ars Technica HP reveals 'Beats Limited Edition' Envy 15 laptop | ZDNET 2-Pack USB-C to USB-C Cable (1.5 m/5 ft) - Beats Laptop With Dolby Atmos - Best Buy HTC One S - Wikipedia Dropping the Beats: A Review of the HTC Rezound - 512 Pixels Best AI transcription app for the Mac comes to iPhone and iPad - 9to5Mac 1 in 2 Surveyed Willing to Pay at Least $10/Month for Apple Intelligence - MacRumors We will pay for Apple Intelligence, even if the survey saying so is junk - 9to5Mac iPhone 17 Air's Extreme Thinness Demoed in New Video - MacRumors iPhone 17 Air Early Hands On - YouTube Readwise Reader Houseplant How Could Apple Use Open-Source AI Models? - MacStories Daring Fireball: Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino Corruption is Winning - 512 Pixels Tim Cook pressed for details on how Apple obtained Trump tariff exemptions - 9to5Mac EU Fines Apple €500 Million for Digital Markets Act Violations - MacStories Apple and Meta hit with the EU’s first DMA antitrust fines | The Verge The EU Busts Out the Kid Gloves for the First DMA Fines – Spyglass
                        1 hr 26 min

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