We talk about Apple Watch sales, then launch into a conversation about digital vs. analog, specifically related to doing tasks for work and life.

We cover a variety of news items, including iOS 12 adoption numbers, Goldman Sachs’s rumored relationship with Apple, Amazon counterfeiting, and apps that send your data to Facebook.

We cover a variety of topics, including Amazon’s Eero purchase, the rumored upcoming Apple News event, the “Marzipanning” of macOS, and the fact that it’s been five years since the last Macworld Expo.

We talk about the continued misunderstanding of what the iPad is, and how that misunderstanding is often fueled by Apple’s messaging, then we talk about selling iPhone on eBay, the iPhone XR, Facebook’s hot water situation with Apple, and Angela Ahrendts’s impending departure from Apple.

In an all-news episode, we talk Mojave’s Dark Mode, minimal iPhone home screens, the Mac Pro, the FaceTime bug, Apple’s Q1 results, and a lot of other stuff.

Ian welcomes Jeff Porten back to the show to discuss the role CES has in the tech world, and how it compares to the old days of Macworld Expo.

We talk about the iPhone Smart Battery Cases, then launch into a discussion about changing up the tools and methods we use to get things done.

We cover the news that Apple services will be available on non-Apple devices, including TVs from the major manufacturers, the kerfuffle of bending iPads, and what we hope to see from Apple in 2019.

In our final show of 2018, we talk about Kirk’s new car, Apple Maps, the death of Apple Connect, and Mac App Store analytics before briefly touching on several remarkable tech topics of the year.

We talk briefly about subscription models for software and universal Lightning/Micro USB cables, then cover a small selection of frustratingly non-intuitive features in iOS and macOS.