• Coming this fall: new MacBook Air with a retina screen and "Pro" Mac Mini.
• Also coming: iPhones and Apple Watches. All signs point to an announcement on September 12th.
• Also (maybe) coming: Apple car may launch between 2023 and 2025. Or never.
• MacBook Pro Speaker Crackling Issue is a real thing.
• Australian teen hacky hack hacks Apple.
• Apple vs Yahoo Japan
• Open the pod bay doors, Tim.
• Happy 20th B-day, iMac!

Tips and Picks

• Alex's Pick: Colie Wertz
• Rene's Picks: Pokemon Go Celebi quest and new Phillips Hue lights
• Andy's Tip: Apple Watches with swelled batteries are still under warranty!
• Leo's Pick: The Iconic Pillow Collection by Throwboy

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, and Rene Ritchie

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• Apple wants more subscription apps in the App Store.
• Macs get hacked at Black Hat and DEF CON.
• iPhone rumor roundup: 512gb, Pencil support, wireless charging.
• More rumors: new MacBooks and AirPods on the way?
• Opera hits Apple Music.
• The "It's Always Sunny" gang hits Apple TV.
• Ralph Nader hits Apple's supply chain wages.
• Doug Field returns to Apple from Tesla.

Picks of the Week:

• Andy's Picks: Butler Soy Curls and Spyglass GPS
• Rene's Picks: Vector Pins and Fantastical
• Alex's Pick: Pixel Conduit Leo's Pick: Sal Soghoian on Triangulation

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• Another great quarterly earnings report kicks Apple's market cap past the one trillion dollar mark.
• Apple Pay rated best for peer-to-peer payments.
• Safari is the #1 mobile browser in U.S.
• iOS 12 Beta shows icons for larger iPhone X Plus and home button-free iPad.
• Apple chipmaker TSMC hit by WannaCry.
• Android Fortnite to skip Google Play store.
• Alex Jones out of Apple podcasts, still in App Store.
• Apple Watch jailbroken.

Picks of the Week

• Alex's Pick: Illustrator to Keynote conversion tool
• Rene's pick: Teleprompter+ 3
• Andy's Pick: Fantastic Four relaunch by Dan Slott
• Leo's Pick: The Pudding

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, and Rene Ritchie

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• Will todays Q3 earnings report be enough to push Apple past the magic $1 trillion mark?
• iPad Rumors: goodbye headphone jack, hello Face ID.
• iOS 12 beta 5 looks like the last beta before the real thing.
• iPhone 8 beats iPhone 10.
• Time Bandits TV series coming to your Apple TV.
• Samsung's "Ingenius" ads take on the iPhone

Picks of the Week:

• Alex's Pick: The Economist (Audio version)
• Andy's Pick: MacBook Pro broken screen discussions
• Rene's Pick: Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda

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• The internet is in an uproar over supposed throttling issues with Apple's new 2018 i9 MacBook Pro. Is it as big of a deal as everyone is making it?
• Today Apple released a patch for the issue, and we test it out on air.
• Google Play Store gets more downloads, less money the App Store.
• Which is faster, iPhone X or Samsung S9?
• iPhone Photography Award 2018 winners.
• Planet of the Apps: marketing disaster or complete flop?

Picks of the Week

• Rene's Pick: Go-tcha for Pokemon Go
• Andy's Pick: Photoshop Training Channel
• Alex's Picks: Logos from Popular Fonts Facebook page and iWork
• Leo's Picks: BetterTouchTool and Hyperdrive Duo Hub for USB-C Macbook Pro

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• MacBook Pro gets a spec bump and a "quieter" keyboard
• Siri gets a new boss
• Apple execs get a Memoji makeover
• Apple gets sued over Do Not Disturb

Picks of the Week

• Alex's Pick: Video Compression Handbook
• Andy's Pick: LiquidText for iOS
• Leo's Pick: Thrifter.com

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• Apple gets serious about passwords.
• iOS 11.4.1 USB Restricted Mode keeps the police out of your iPhone, unless they know this hack.
• Apple still uses Intel for 5G chips, no matter what you heard.
• New Russian MacBooks and iPads?
• The App Store turns 10: how it changed the world.

Picks of the Week:

• Rene's Pick: Ridge Wallet
• Andy's Pick: Xero Hana Shoes
• Alex's Pick: Summer Spotify Playlist
• Leo's Pick: Tool & Craft Episode 1: Andy Hertzfeld

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• Apple slowly rebuilds Maps with their own data - without sacrificing your pirivacy.
• Who is reading your email? And, more importantly, who is writing sensationalist headlines about it?
• iOS 12 and macOS Mojave betas: they are called "beta" for a reason, folks.
• Is the Mac line withering away?
• Apple's plans for a music/tv/news bundle.
• DIY nerve gas detector with iPhone and Lego.
• Pikachu is hiding in the tall grass!

Picks of the Week

• Rene's Pick: AirFly for wireless headphones
• Andy's Pick: Google Play Music Desktop Player
• Alex's Pick: Audio Kit Sync One

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• How to use Memoji on your iPhone 10 with the new iOS 12 Beta.
• How to set up Siri Suggestions in iOS 12.
• No, hackers cannot brute force hack your iPhone passcode.
• Apple will fix your jammed butterfly keyboard for free.
• Where the heck is the AirPower wireless charger?
• Apple News unveils a new midterm election section.
• Apple orders more TV, this time from the makers of "The Big Sick".
• Woes at Intel

Picks of the Week

• Rene's Pick: Pokemon Go, now with friends and trading
• Andy's Pick: Libby app
• Alex's Pick: Anamorphic Pro App
• Leo's Pick: Classicbot

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• Rene Ritchie's favorite things at WWDC 2018
• iOS update will block GrayKeyUSB access to iPhones, hackers say they have a workaround to the update.
• iOS 12 will share emergency location data with 911
• Apple Park employees all get standing desks
• Free Summer 2018 Apple Camp reservations now open, sign up before they fill up!
• Apple fined $6.8 Million in Australia
• Oprah joins Apple TV, the animation studio behind The Secret of Kells to follow - but where how you be able to watch it?

Tips and Picks:

• Andy's Tip: How (and why) to reset your Mac System Management Controller
• Rene's Pick: Logitech Rugged Combo 2 iPad keyboard cover and Crayon stylus
• Alex's Pick: Notes App

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