Upgrade

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May 21, 2018194: Game of Jenga with Drivers
Myke just built a gaming PC, which prompts us to discuss the current state of the art of Windows and macOS, as well as a broader discussion of living a multi-ecosystem lifestyle.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Guillermo del Toro Horror Anthology Series Coming to Netflix – Variety Barack and Michelle Obama Sign Netflix Production Deal – Variety Remaster #58: Finally... - Relay FM Cortex - Relay FM A new Microsoft Store revenue share is coming - Windows Developer BlogWindows Developer Blog Castria Audio Hijack Total Recorder Download - Relay FM Subnet - Relay FM Marques Brownlee - MKBHD - YouTube Austin Evans - Austin Evans - YouTube PopSockets The Best Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS): Reviews by Wirecutter | A New York Times Company
1 hr 27 min
May 14, 2018193: This is Stephen Hackett’s Fault
The 25th anniversary of BBEdit and a visit with a friend lead Jason to take a deep dive into Mac history, Google shows a disappointing lack of forethought in its AI demo, and the future of TV is apparently Apple’s TV app.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Kindle Oasis - Amazon Kindle Paperwhite E-reader – Amazon LAYERS 2018 Jon Favreau’s Star Wars series will be set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens - The Verge Brooklyn Nine-Nine is back for a sixth season after NBC saved it - Polygon 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' 'Last Man Standing' the Latest Examples of Broadcasters' Push for Ownership | Hollywood Reporter ‘The Expanse’ Canceled By Syfy After Three Seasons, Will Be Shopped | Deadline Apple Plans to Sell Video Subscriptions Through TV App - Bloomberg BBEdit turns 25 (or 26, who's counting?) - Six Colors 1Writer - A beautiful and rich-featured Markdown editor for iPhone and iPad Power Mac G4 - Wikipedia 512 Pixels - YouTube Six Colors - YouTube Apple Cinema Display - Wikipedia Download #54: Give Me All the Nannies - Relay FM Connected #192: A Man of Movable Structure - Relay FM Google now says controversial AI voice calling system will identify itself to humans - The Verge Accidental Tech Podcast: 273: Playing You Like a Video Game Air Max - Nike adidas Pharrell Williams Tennis Hu Primeknit Shoes New Balance PopSockets
1 hr 32 min
May 07, 2018192: People Like Colors and Fun
The 20th anniversary of the iMac prompts a discussion of how it changed Apple and continues to define how Apple designs products, Jason has a theory about why so many people thought iPhone X sales were crashing when they weren't, and Upstream ponders the Arrested Development "remix edition."
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership 2D Glasses 4 Pack - Amazon 3D Clip-On Glasses - Amazon Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Hugo (2011) - IMDb BestPhotos on the App Store PowerPhotos Hulu Reveals Most-Watched Show, Touts 20 Million Subscribers | Hollywood Reporter YouTube Adds TV Inventory to Premium Ad Product | Hollywood Reporter ‘There’s not a playbook’ to address YouTube’s problems, CEO says - Polygon Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz is bringing his recut, chronological version of season 4 to Netflix on May 4th - The Verge TCAs: Mitch Hurwitz Talks Secret 'Arrested Development' Project | Hollywood Reporter Upgrade #91: iMac Special - Relay FM The original iMac: 20 years since Apple changed its fate - Six Colors Twenty Years Ago, Steve Jobs Introduced the iMac G3 – 512 Pixels Apple posts record Q2 profit: charts, live tweets - Six Colors 5 takeaways from Apple’s record second-quarter 2018 results | Macworld How Critics Got the iPhone X ‘Panic’ Story So Very Wrong - Tom's Guide Unroll.me to close to EU users saying it can’t comply with GDPR | TechCrunch Netflix is hiding Arrested Development’s original fourth season - Polygon TV Talk Machine | We Saw the End Coming (Episode 94)
1 hr 31 min
April 30, 2018191: Alien Spacecraft Sitting on an End Table
This week the Grim Reaper comes for AirPort, we imagine a future Apple AR/VR headset, and at the very end it’s time for Myke at the Movies to take on “Avengers: Infinity War.”
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership The Flop House The Adventure Zone | Maximum Fun My Brother, My Brother and Me | Maximum Fun foobar2000 VOX Music Tiny Player for Mac Swinsian Netflix Plans BuzzFeed-Set Docuseries 'Follow This' | Hollywood Reporter Comcast Makes Formal $31 billion Offer for Sky – Variety Apple Abandons Development of Wireless Routers - Bloomberg It's official: Apple discontinues AirPort - Six Colors Alternatives to AirPort - Six Colors The Best Wi-Fi Router (for Most People): Reviews by Wirecutter | A New York Times Company The Best Wi-Fi Mesh-Networking Kits for Most People: Reviews by Wirecutter | A New York Times Company Quick Tip: Make Time Machine backups over a network in High Sierra - Six Colors Apple’s working on a powerful, wireless headset for both AR, VR - CNET New 13-inch MacBook Air production reportedly pushed into second half of 2018 Photos: A Take Control Crash Course | Take Control Books An Update on Speaker Support For AirPlay 2 | Sonos Blog The Incomparable | Thoughts About Thanos (Episode 404) ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Closes in on All-Time Domestic Weekend Record – Variety Thoughts on Avengers: Infinity War (and Yes, There are Spoilers) – Whatever
1 hr 56 min
April 23, 2018190: Redefine It Upward
Tim Cook totally has an Mac on his desk and an iPad at home, but how can Apple advance both its platforms while allowing them to retain their individuality? Also, Amazon Prime has a big number and Apple puts a chill into leakers.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership More Color - Six Colors Free Agents - Relay FM Netflix 30-Second Mobile TV, Movie Previews Look Like Snapchat Stories – Variety Jeff Bezos Just Revealed How Many Prime Members Amazon Has - Buzzfeed Apple to launch a premium news subscription service, report says | TechCrunch Apple’s TV Plans: What We Know So Far, Including a List of Shows - IndieWire The complete list of Apple TV shows and series: Latest news, actors, and release dates | Macworld The Menu Bar – Worms and Viruses Daring Fireball: The Menu Bar Ferrite Recording Studio: Ferrite Recording Studio — Wooji Juice Upgrade #147: Outside the Zone of Secrecy - Relay FM Daring Fireball: Company-Wide Apple Memo on ‘The Impact of Leaks’ Leaks Mac Power Users #420: Presentation Workflows - Relay FM Amazon.com: Satechi Aluminum Wireless Presenter Pointer Remote Control Remotely Advancing iPad Keynote Slides — MacSparky iOS apps that need to be on the Mac | Macworld Canvas #58: The Multi-Pad Lifestyle, with Myke Hurley - Relay FM
1 hr 29 min
April 16, 2018189: Obsolescence Isn’t What It Used to Be
Special Guest Merlin Mann joins Jason to discuss the weather, old speakers, Apple's latest TV acquisition, the long slow fade of 32-bit Mac apps, and the arrival of a new version of his favorite iOS writing app.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Merlin's Weather Station Merlin's ugly monitor GitHub - matryer/bitbar: Put the output from any script or program in your Mac OS X Menu Bar LaMetric Time - clock for smart home and office My Airplay speakers have become obsolete because their app hasn’t been updated in four years - The Verge Apple's video service developing 'Foundation' - Six Colors Apple is developing a TV show based on Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series - The Verge TV Talk Machine - a podcast from The Incomparable Farewell and Thank You JustWatch - Streaming Search Engine for Movies and TV Shows Automatically track TV & movies you're watching - Trakt.tv TV Time - Your TV shows calendar (TVShow Time) List of Movies and TV Shows on Netflix | Flixable Letterboxd • Your life in film Apple activates warning for users of 32-bit apps in High Sierra - Six Colors How to Find All 32-Bit Apps on a Mac Vector 33: Drafts Overview for Drafts 4 Users | Drafts Drafts Pro | Drafts Download - Relay FM Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM
1 hr 37 min
April 09, 2018188: An Elephant on the Bridge
What is the future of the Mac? This week we connect the future of the Mac Pro, the possibility of Apple abandoning Intel processors, and the rumored unification of Mac and iOS development. Also, Jason reviews the new sixth-generation iPad.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership First iOS 11.4 developer beta | 9to5Mac Apple introduces iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition - Apple iPad 2018 review: Practicality over luxury - Six Colors Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro will be shaped by workflows | TechCrunch Matthew Panzarino on Twitter: "I didn't see any new Mac Minis." Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel - Bloomberg Bloomberg: Apple to use its own chips in Macs from 2020 - Six Colors Why the next Mac processor transition won’t be like the last two | Macworld Steve Troughton-Smith on Twitter: "It's possible that the 2019 Mac Pro is going to be introduced in the same keynote that Apple announces a transition to ARM 🤨" Parties for WWDC on the App Store Get tickets for Relay FM Live at AltConf
1 hr 31 min
April 02, 2018187: Whiz-Bang Wonderfulness
This week Jason steps up to the baseball plate and takes a second swing at the meaning of Apple’s education event, while Myke defends the viability of pen and paper. We also discuss what’s new in Apple’s latest software updates, and once again fail to solve the riddle of the HomePod.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Serenity's Confirmation of iBooks Author Amy Poehler to Direct, Star in and Produce Netflix Comedy 'Wine Country' (Exclusive) | Hollywood Reporter ‘Vulture Club’ Starring Susan Sarandon Coming to YouTube Red – Variety TV Talk Machine - a podcast from The Incomparable Apple Goes to Hollywood. Will Its Story Have a Happy Ending? - The New York Times Making The Grade: Why Apple’s education strategy is not based on reality | 9to5Mac Apple Renews its Love for Education not the Education Market – Tech.pinions Apple Releases iOS 11.3 with iPhone Battery Settings, ARKit 1.5, New Animoji, and More – MacStories Apple Releases watchOS 4.3 with iPhone Music Controls, Portrait Nightstand Mode, and More – MacStories Mac Desktop Extension Software Duet Display Rendered Inoperable in macOS 10.13.4 [Updated] - Mac Rumors MacOS officially gains support for external GPUs - The Verge First iOS 11.4 developer beta for iPhone and iPad coming today | 9to5Mac Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 11.4 to Developers - Mac Rumors Relay FM Live Show at WWDC
1 hr 25 min
March 27, 2018186: Black Market Crayons
Jason attended Apple's education event and reports live and direct from Chicago to discuss the new sixth-generation iPad, Apple's place in the education market, the relevance of the Apple Pencil for education, and the whole scene at Lane Tech College Prep High School.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Somehow I Manage - a podcast from The Incomparable Do By Friday Roboism - Relay FM The first Chrome OS tablet is here - The Verge App Camp For Girls Apple Staff in Lane Tech's Colors Jason's Class Schedule Out of School | At the intersection of technology and education. Formerly Of The Chicago Sun-Times – Andy Ihnatko Logitech announces $49 Crayon stylus, cheaper alternative to Apple Pencil | 9to5Mac
1 hr 24 min
March 19, 2018185: The March 2018 Apple Event Draft
Apple’s holding a media event at a school in Chicago, and next week Jason will be there to report back about what got announced. But in the meantime, it’s time for another draft, as Myke and Jason attempt to predict what will be shown on stage in Chicago. Apple also announced WWDC dates this week and made some more moves to grow its unannounced video service.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership The March 2018 Apple Event Draft Scorecard Fancy Prince | Do By Friday #47 iOS 11.3 beta 2 adds brand new ClassKit framework for educational apps | 9to5Mac Families - Apple New lower-cost 13-inch Retina MacBook reported to debut in June, iPad refresh coming | 9to5Mac WWDC 2018 Relay FM Live at WWDC 2018 — Relay FM AltConf Tickets Apple Watch Bands - Apple NIKEiD - Custom Shoes, Trainers and Bags Sonos Material Dock | Studio Neat W3 Vintage Stand - ELAGO Six Colors liveblog (@sixcolorsevent) | Twitter
1 hr 26 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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