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- 304: Somebody’s Gotta Do It and It’s Gonna Be Us
This week we welcome Apple's Bob Borchers and Ronak Shah to the show to discuss macOS Big Sur, including all the new features in Safari. There's also an awful lot of follow-up from the busy WWDC week that was, and we discuss the possible features of new Macs running Apple silicon.
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Guest Starring:Ronak Shah and Bob Borchers
Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. WWDC 2020: The little stuff you might have missed – Six Colors WWDC 2020: All the Little Things in Apple's New OS Releases - MacStories Gestures - Interaction - watchOS - Human Interface Guidelines HomePod to add support for third-party streaming music services like Spotify - 9to5Mac Introducing Car Keys - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer Meet Nearby Interaction - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer Macs with Apple silicon will get new, refined boot and recovery mode – Six Colors Design for the iPadOS pointer - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer WWDC 2020 Thursday: Giving a few pointers – Six Colors Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast on Apple Podcasts Apple Responds to Your Comments! - MKBHD - YouTube The Talk Show Remote From WWDC 2020 - YouTube Meet the Surface Studio 2 – The Ultimate Creative Studio – Microsoft Surface Third-party accessories can now be integrated into the Find My app with iOS 14 - 9to5Mac Myke at the Movies | Myke at the Matinee: "Hamilton" (Episode 42)1 hr 51 min - 303: The Return of Two Old Friends
Myke and Jason break down the WWDC 2020 keynote, which featured changes to the Mac both expected and unexpected and some long-wanted updates for iOS. Did the iPad updates let us down? Are we ready for the Apple Watch to track our sleep? And who won the draft?
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. The Upgrade WWDC20 Event Draft Interactive Scorecard iPadOS 14 Preview - Features - Apple Watchsmith on the App Store1 hr 38 min - 302: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2020
It’s time for our fifth annual competition regarding what will happen at next week's WWDC keynote! Will there be a stage? Will there be enormous Mac announcements? Will iPadOS and Apple Watch get some love? This week is for guessing, and next week is for harsh reality. Also, we introduce Upgrade+.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Upgrade Keynote Draft 2020 – Interactive Scorecard Upgrade Keynote Draft 2020 – PDF Scorecard Apple reveals lineup for its biggest-ever Worldwide Developers Conference - Apple Tim Cook on Twitter: Announcing Apple's Racial Equity and Justice Initiative1 hr 31 min - 301: Show Me You’re Serious
With WWDC two weeks away, Myke and Jason share their wishes for iPadOS updates. They also analyze why they love certain kinds of games but are repelled by others and discuss Apple's inevitable move into streaming live sports.
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Links and Show Notes: Support this show and join the Relay FM Members Discord. Wish List: New Mac Alert Sounds - Six Colors SoundMaster - Macintosh Repository SoundMaster 1.8.5 - Macintosh Garden Speaking up on racism - Apple Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas | HBO - YouTube Italy and Latvia Launch Apps That Use Apple's Exposure Notification API - MacRumors Apple Offering Covid-19 Testing to Staff Returning to Offices - Bloomberg Peter Kafka on Twitter: "Tweetscoop: Apple has hired Amazon exec Jim DeLorenzo to head up sports for its Apple TV unit." Apple Releases 'Dear...' Documentary Series Inspired by Apple Watch Ad - MacRumors Netflix Closes Deal to Buy Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre – Variety iPadOS 14 wish list: Plenty of room for improvement | Macworld Episode 164: Our iPadOS WWDC Wishes – AppStories Guilherme Rambo's Emoji Picker iSH App Roundguard on the App Store Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch 1Password for Families NetNewsWire Reeder Apple reveals lineup for its biggest-ever Worldwide Developers Conference - Apple1 hr 28 min - 300: It's So Hard to Predict the Future
It's episode 300! This week we look to the future by drafting stories we'll be talking about over the next hundred episodes of Upgrade, and then we answer all of your questions about how the podcast got started, how we put it together, and where we're going from here.
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Links and Show Notes: Support this show and join the Relay FM Members Discord. Ways To Help – Black Lives Matter Fraggle Rock Reboot Headed to Apple TV+ Apple, Paramount To Team On Scorsese-DiCaprio-De Niro Drama ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ – Deadline Gal Gadot, Sarah Treem’s Hedy Lamarr Series Moves to Apple (EXCLUSIVE) – Variety Apple Music's Zane Lowe brings interviews with iconic artists to new podcast - 9to5Mac Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend | Netflix Official Site Liftoff - Relay FM Streamlabs Upgrade Episode 400 Keynote Draft Scorecard Report: Apple to partially make AirPods Studio in Vietnam as looks to shift away from China - 9to5Mac Clockwise - Relay FM Upgradies Hall of Fame Departures #1: Relay FM Family Feud - Relay FM Posterous - Wikipedia Inquisitive #41: Favourite Album: Jason Snell and 'Crowded House' - Relay FM Upgrade #16: The 2014 Upgradies - Relay FM Upgrade #237: New iMacs, iPads, and the 2019 March Event Draft - Relay FM Daring Fireball: Upgrade Episode 56: The Migration Experience Upgrade #216: The 2018 October Event Draft - LIVE in Chicago - Relay FM Upgrade #249: A Bridge to the Future - Relay FM Backstage - Relay FM1 hr 51 min - 299: My Gut Says Yes and No
There's a raft of media news this week, as Spotify removes a popular podcast from the ecosystem and Apple TV+ makes more content deals. We've got questions about the future of podcasting and whether Apple is committed to a video subscription service for the long haul. And when that's done, Myke at the Movies skips school and steals your dad's car to watch "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Save Ferris!
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Links and Show Notes: Support this show with a Relay FM Membership and join the Relay FM Members Discord. Upgrade #199: Puppet Series - Relay FM Upgrade #99: Disciplined Cash Machine - Relay FM Apple releases iOS 13.5, here are the new features - 9to5Mac Germany, Switzerland, Latvia, and Estonia said to have adopted Apple/Google API - 9to5Mac TV Talk Machine | Nature is Healing (Episode 250) Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge - Bloomberg Tom Hanks WWII Film 'Greyhound' to Premiere on Apple TV+ [Updated] - MacRumors Apple TV+ to debut 'Dads' documentary film on June 19, ahead of Father's Day - 9to5Mac Apple Inks Deal for 4-Part Docuseries From 'McMillion$' Directors - MacRumors The ‘Snyder Cut’ of Justice League is coming to HBO Max in 2021 - The Verge Spotify is hiring Joe Rogan, one of the world’s most popular podcasters - Vox Apple Ramps Up Original Podcasts, in Part to Help Promote TV+ - Bloomberg The PosCast - Podcasts - The Athletic Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) - IMDb Ferris Bueller (TV series) - Wikipedia2 hr 1 min - 298: Copy Copy Copy, Paste Paste Paste Paste
Apple Stores are reopening in many parts of the world, but should you go? (Not unless you must.) Also, Taiwan Semiconductor plans to build a factory in the U.S., TV shows are being produced remotely during the lockdown, and Apple News+ turns to audio in an attempt to improve its service.
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Links and Show Notes: Support this show with a Relay FM Membership and join the Relay FM Members Discord. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Wikipedia A Song for a New Day - Amazon Dave Grohl: The Irreplaceable Thrill of the Rock Show - The Atlantic Apple Acquires Startup NextVR to Gain Virtual-Reality Content - Bloomberg Logic Pro X gets significant update - Six Colors Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter: "It’s only a matter of time... Our Hamilton film. THIS July 3rd. On Disney+" The Blacklist Season 7 Finale Looks Like A PS2 Game – Kotaku Scoring a TV series remotely - Six Colors Apple Sets First-Look TV Deal With Ridley Scott’s Scott Free – Variety Apple TV+ Show 'Mythic Quest' Airing Special Episode Shot on iPhones - MacRumors Apple’s approach to reopening stores Apple chip maker TSMC officially announces plans for $12 billion fab in Arizona - 9to5Mac Taiwan and Tech’s Geopolitical Realities, ARM on Mac?, TSMC’s Choice – Stratechery by Ben Thompson LaunchBar Alfred Apple plans to add audio versions of publisher articles to Apple News+ - Digiday1 hr 24 min - 297: Factual Controller
This week Jason and Myke ponder the mysteries of the 13-inch MacBook Pro(s), including why the Touch Bar is frozen in time and whether there's a bigger change coming to Apple's laptop line. Also Jason makes another IKEA order, Myke shares some knowledge about unusual BBC job titles, Jason's iPhone X battery fails at an inopportune time, and WWDC gets a new date and format.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership and join the Relay FM Discord! Needs repair: A 5K iMac with spider retention issues - Six Colors Moving Forward - Relay FM Episode 162: iPadOS and Pointer Support with Craig Federighi – AppStories Upgrade #213: The California Environment - Relay FM Liftoff - Relay FM Apple Inks Deal With 'Desperate Housewives' Veteran Annie Weisman for Apple TV+ Content - MacRumors ‘Morning Show’ Showrunner Kerry Ehrin Extends Apple Overall Deal – Variety Apple TV Plus Hires BBC Factual Boss Alison Kirkham – Variety The Fat Controller - Wikipedia B-Sides #13: Sir Topham Hatt - Relay FM New Oscar Rules: Films That Didn’t Play in Theaters to Be Considered – Variety Apple awards $10 million from Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics - Apple Daring Fireball: Apple to Aid COPAN Diagnostics in Production of COVID-19 Testing Kits Apple-style contact tracing agreed by seven European countries - 9to5Mac France issues misleading statement about Apple contact tracing - 9to5Mac Report: UK NHS asks developers to 'investigate' switching its contact tracing app to Apple's API - 9to5Mac Apple/Google contact tracing now winning out over rival method- 9to5Mac Apple to host virtual Worldwide Developers Conference beginning June 22 - Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020) review: Two laptops, one keyboard - Six Colors Dithering If your AirPods Pro make crackling or static sounds - Apple Support 3rd Gen iPod Classic - Wikipedia Flashback #2: The Microsoft Zune - Relay FM1 hr 30 min - 296: You Wouldn't Believe The Stuff I Know
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman joins Myke and Jason to discuss how Apple's responding to the pandemic, the current state of iPhone development, and how he handles breaking major Apple news. Then Myke and Jason discuss the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Jason finally gets to tell his tale of Drobo devastation.
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Guest Starring:Mark Gurman
Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Apple releases iOS 13.5 beta with first version of its COVID-19 exposure notification API [U] - 9to5Mac iOS 13.5 beta makes it easier to skip Face ID if you're wearing a mask - 9to5Mac iPhone and iPad: How to stop moving faces in Group FaceTime - 9to5Mac Backstage - Relay FM B-Sides #41: Backstage 01: The Idea - Relay FM Apple Q2 2020 results: $58B revenue, but no guidance - Six Colors Apple’s Q2 2020 fiscal results: The Mac, iPad, and its big pile of cash are the company’s pandemic stars | Macworld Apple updates 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard, double the storage, and faster performance - Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020) vs 13-inch MacBook Pro (2019): What's the difference (and should you upgrade)? | iMore Accidental Tech Podcast: 372: Things Are Degraded Drobo Arq OWC ThunderBay 4 RAID 4-Bay Storage Enclosure Beyond Compare is the file-comparison tool you need - Six Colors Music | Louie Zong NHS rejects Apple-Google coronavirus app plan - BBC News Logitech Craft Wireless Keyboard for Advanced Creativity & Productivity Keychron2 hr - 295: Leave the Podcast at the Beep
Myke and Jason are the target audience for Apple's new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro, and they're here with their full reviews. (And Myke trolls the Internet with five space bars.) They also ponder the balance of power between governments and tech giants over COVID-19 Bluetooth tracking.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Apple and Google Strengthen Privacy of COVID-19 Exposure Notification System, Targeting Next Week for Beta Release - MacRumors Bill Gates explains his plan to end the coronavirus pandemic - Vox Germany flips to Apple-Google approach on smartphone contact tracing - Reuters Apple’s most important role: Keeping privacy at the forefront | Macworld HBO Max Sets Official Launch Date – Variety NBCUniversal officially enters the streaming wars with Peacock launch - The Verge Apple Music Is Now Streaming on Samsung Smart TVs – Variety Second report says Apple is in talks with the Pac-12 to bring live sports to Apple TV+ - 9to5Mac Conference expects digital giants to bid for media rights – Sports Business Daily Apple TV+ orders 'The Shrink Next Door' series starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd, based on podcast of the same name - 9to5Mac Apple Aims to Sell Macs With Its Own Chips Starting in 2021 - Bloomberg Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: Living the dream - Six Colors Myke's Current iPad Pro Set Up Roost Laptop Stand – Amazon Nulaxy Laptop Stand – Amazon Dygma Raise Logitech MX Ergo Wireless Trackball Designed for Comfort and Precision Overcast's Podcast Trends Info1 hr 36 min
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Upgrade looks at how technology shapes our lives, from the devices in our hands and pockets to the streaming services that keep us entertained. Hosted by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.
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