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While Rene is away moving, we journey back into the Debug vaults for one of the all-time classic episodes. Before there was iPhone it was the Purple Experience Project. Nitin Ganatra was there from the beginning. And here's how it happened.

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• @nitinganatra on Twitter
• Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon
• Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS

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Apple is rumored to be planning unified development of iOS and Mac apps to create a single user experience. Rene is joined by developer Guilherme Rambo to discuss some of the possibilities.

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• Marzipan
• Apple Plans Combined iPhone, iPad & Mac Apps to Create One User Experience
• @_inside on Twitter
• ChibiStudio on the App Store
• Animoji Studio on GitHub

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Eleven years ago today Steve Jobs announced a wide-screen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet device. But it wasn't three products. It was one product. And we got it, Steve. We got iPhone.

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• 11 years ago today, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone

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Moving. Jury duty. These things get in the way of new shows. So, a classic! From the Debug archives: Back before they joined Apple, the Workflow team sat down to chat… with a surprise guest.

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• Workflow on the App Store
• Getting started with Workflow

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Intel now claims to be "immune" to Meltdown and Spectre. Meanwhile, Apple has patched Meltdown. Ish. And is working on Spectre. Here's the update you need to listen to.

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• 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre' FAQ
• About speculative execution vulnerabilities in ARM-based and Intel CPUs [Apple]
• About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.2, Security Update 2017-002 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-005 El Capitan
• Intel issues updates to protect systems from security exploits

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Meltdown "melts security boundaries which are normally enforced by the hardware". Spectre exploits how "speculative execution" is handled in almost all modern CPU. This is what you need to know

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• 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre' FAQ

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Rene provides a wish list of what "could be" for Apple hardware releases in 2018.

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• What I'd like to see from iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, and Mac in 2018

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Rene speaks with FanWagon founder, Dexter Talbert, about hardware considerations in the Mac ecosystem for software development, including GPU performance, eGPU support, and the yet-to-be-unveiled next-gen Mac Pro.

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• Dexter Talbert on Twitter

• FanWagon on the App Store

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Apple has provided additional technical information and rationale for intentional CPU throttling based on battery health and thermal performance. The issue is far from over, but Rene provides a mid-mortem analysis.

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• Samsung, HTC, LG comment on #iPhoneSlow despite awkward histories of cheating on benchmarks

• Apple addresses #iPhoneSlow, offers steep discounts on battery replacements

• iPhone Battery and Performance

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Apple has problems. Every company does. These are the ones Rene considers most critical to the company's long-term success — the ones they need to start aggressively addressing in 2018.

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• Biggest problems facing Apple in 2018

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