The Context Machine

Bryan and Jeff take a look at the new Apple Watch Ultra 2 and iPhone 15 Pro Max. Bryan has both and has been running them through his usual series of tests. They discuss performance, battery life, cameras, and more.

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Bryan and Jeff don’t get why people don’t like Apple’s Mother Nature environmental report video, Jeff share’s some tips on prepping for macOS Wine Country Sonoma, and Bryan has some gripes about iOS 17’s Messages app.

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Bryan and Jeff talk about Apple buying the BIS Records classical music label, and how that fits in with the company’s services business plan. They also talk about Bryan’s unfortunate data loss and the importance of backing up your iPhone and iPad before installing software updates.

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Bryan and Jeff talk about Apple buying the BIS Records classical music label, and how that fits in with the company’s services business plan. They also talk about Bryan’s unfortunate data loss and the importance of backing up your iPhone and iPad before installing software updates.

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Bryan and Jeff rave about Foundation season 2 episode 8, and then roll right into an IMDb rant. They also dive deeper into the Callsheet app for iPhone and iPad, and share a tip for fixing album ratings in Apple’s Music app on the Mac.

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Bryan and Jeff rave about Foundation season 2 episode 8, and then roll right into an IMDb rant. They also dive deeper into the Callsheet app for iPhone and iPad, and share a tip for fixing album ratings in Apple’s Music app on the Mac.

AppleScript to clear album auto ratings

AppleScript to activate album auto ratings

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Bryan and Jeff talk about why they’re enjoying Foundation season 2 on Apple TV+ so much. Jeff rants about Apple hobbling the iPad, and also has a cool IMDB replacement for Bryan.

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Bryan and Jeff talk about the possibility of a HomePod with a built-in display, and how they’re using their HomePods. Then Jeff gets a little rant going about his disappointment with Apple’s failure to adequately deal with the AirPods Pro’s crackly audio defect.

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Bryan asks Jeff all about his recent trip to the Macstock 7 conference. Jeff gets schooled by Bryan on the streaming TV shows he needs to be watching now.

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Jeff wants a consumer-focused app for managing all of the social media platforms he’s trying to use, and Bryan has plenty of reasons why he won’t get it. Their discussion weaves its way back to Threads and whether or not it will succeed.

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Ken Ray joins Bryan Chaffin to discuss Threads, Meta’s new Twitter competitor that has gained more than 70 million users in roughly a couple of days.

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