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Back from a hiatus Jonathan and Mark give their first impressions of Apple's California Streaming event. They unveiled a modern iPad mini, iPhone 13 & 13 Pro, Apple Watch Series 7 and more. Did the series 7 live up to expectations? Is this years iPhone a worthy upgrade? Mark and Jonathan talk about what they're excited for and what they would probably order. 

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Apple Watch Series 7 

iPad Mini 

iPhone 13 

iPhone 13 Pro

Relay FM for St.Jude 

In this episode Jonathan is joined by Apple Insider's Stephen Robles. Stephen talks about starting his career covering Apple. From the early days writing instructional how to articles to joining Apple insider and creating multiple podcasts. Then Stephen talks about the gear and workflows he uses to get his work done. Finally they chat about the Apple Watch, Movies and TV they're watching and more. 

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Stephen Robles Bio

Stephen's Apple Insider page

Apple Insider Podcast

Movies on the Side 

Audio Technical ATR 2100x Microphone 

Marco Arment's microphone reviews 

What we do in the Shadows

Jonathan has one of his apps on a shirt thanks to Josh Holtz's Indie Dev Monday shirt designs. Mark and Jonathan follow up on Panic's super successful Playdate launch. Then a worrying story comes up as Apple employee Ashley Gjóvik is put on administrative leave after speaking about sexism & discrimination in the workplace. Finally they chat about Apple's new keyboards and peripherals that are now on sale. 

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101: Long time listener first time caller

BasicAppleGuy.com

Basic Apple Guy Merch 

Basic Apple Guy Instagram 

Apple redesigns its online store

Lockne featured in IndieDevMonday merch

Apple engineering manager put on administrative leave after speaking about sexism at work 

First party Apple monitor rumors 

Apple redesigns its online store 

New Magic Keyboard 

Magic Keyboard with Touch ID for Mac models with Apple silicon

Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad for Mac models with Apple silicon 

New Magic Trackpad

New Magic Mouse

Jonathan is joined by Basic Apple Guy. Guy talks about how his online persona came to be. Shares some insight into how he creates content like wallpapers, concept art, and merch. Then they chat about gear and what might Apple release in the fall. Finally they share in their excitement for Panic's playdate pre-order and more. 

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BasicAppleGuy.com 

Basic Apple Guy Merch 

Basic Apple Guy Instagram 

CGP Grey 

Jonathan Morrison TLD  

Rene Ritchie 

Accidental Tech Podcast

The Talk Show with John Gruber 

Connected 

Playdate 

Panic Podcast 

Food tamagotchi with Christa Mrgan

This week Mark and Jonathan share in the excitement of hitting 100 episodes. Warby Parker has a new iOS update to let you update your prescription with just an iPhone. Then they chat about what might come for Apple as right to repair is about to take effect sooner rather than later. Finally they talk about the new iPad mini rumors and how it will be getting its biggest update ever. 

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Bricklink

We Bare Bears

Warby Parker can now renew prescriptions with new app update 

FTC unanimously adopts right to repair policy that will affect Apple and others

MKBHD's right to repair video

New iPad mini rumors 

Canoopsy portable iMac setup

Jonathan imagines an iMac G4 like iPad docking station

This week Apple releases beta 3 of its new operating systems. Mark and Jonathan talk through the changes Apple has made to Safari. Then they talk about Apple's new MagSafe battery pack that will probably work with future iPhones. Finally they chat about Apple's new in depth tutorials teaching people UIKit and SwiftUI.

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Apple officially releases the MacSafe Battery Pack for iPhone 

Anker's PowerCore Magnetic 5K Wireless battery

Apple publishes new App Dev Tutorials teaching UIKit & SwiftUI

Beta 3 iOS changes to Safari

macOS Monterey beta 3 Safari changes 

Kilo Loco's Youtube channel

This week Jonathan and Mark talk about a cool Apple themed calendar Stephen Hackett has put together. A weird leaked never released WWDC intro video that features Larry David as the head of App Review. Then they chat about the back and forth stories about Apple and its office and remote work plans. Finally they wonder what will come of new rumors for the highly anticipated 14 & 16-inch Macbook Pros. 

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Stephen Hackett launches his Kickstarter for a 2022 Apple Hardware Calendar

The Price is Right with Stephen Hackett

In a weird scraped WWDC video Larry David is the head of App Review

Apple's Deirdre O'Brien reaffirms past memo stating Apple employees must return back to work in the office

Gurman's Power On Newsletter July 4, 2021

Rene Ritchie explains Private Relay 

DigiTimes report says new 14 & 16 -inch MacBook Pros in September

This week Mark and Jonathan talk about beta life and what they're running on their devices. The new design changes in Safari and what its been like living with them for a few weeks. Then they talk about Apple's excellent WWDC session videos on inclusive design. Mark shares some of his experiences helping his job to be more inclusive to those who are colorblind like he is. Apple publishes their App Store protections PDF about how side loading apps is bad for the platform. Finally Jonathan talks about the new NetNewsWire 6 update, leading into an after show where Mark talks about getting 2 PS5's.  

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WWDC 2021 two part special

MPU 593 with Paul Kafasis

Text Sniper

Apple's Inclusive design WWDC session videos

Apple again tries to make a case for the App Store control

Gurman launches his own newsletter: Power On 

Taiwanese research firm TrendForce reports that iPhone 12 mini production ended early

NetNewsWire 6 is out with iCloud Syncing and interesting Twitter & Reddit integrations

NetNewsWire

Playdate

As WWDC 2021 has ended Jonathan got to hear from some members of the Apple community and find out their thoughts on the event. In part 2 of the WWDC special we hear from:  Zack Becker, KayDaCode, Ish Shabazz, Christian Selig, and Jeff Rames. So what were some of the things they were most excited for? What API's and announcements didn't we get this time around that they really wanted? These topics and more hopefully give good feedback to how the community thought this years WWDC went.

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kaydacode 

Capsicum

Apollo

Jeff Rames raywenderlich page

As WWDC 2021 draws to a close Jonathan got to hear from some members of the Apple community and find out their thoughts on the event. In part 1 we got to hear from: Becky Hansmeyer, Frank Foster, Mark Aupont, and James Thomson. So what were some of the things they were most excited for? What API's and announcements didn't we get this time around that they really wanted? These topics and more hopefully give good feedback to how the community thought this years WWDC went. 

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Becky Hansmeyer 

Yarnbuddy

Snapthread

Frank Foster

iOSDevHappyHour

Lickability 

PCalc 

Dice by PCalc