Category: Podcasts

We had a really cool interview this time on Mac Power Users:

David and Stephen are joined by orchestrator and composer David Metzger, whose resume includes Frozen, Muppets Most Wanted, The Avengers, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and more. He shares his setup, which includes multiple Macs networked together, numerous music applications and (eventually) a full-blown orchestra.

I had always assumed that the music creation process for films was intense, and it was super interesting to hear more about it.

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I missed the show this week, but it is a good one:

Apple and Epic continue to fight; we continue to have opinions. Wireless chargers continue to be released, but Apple doesn’t have an option. iOS betas are appearing at an increasing rate, and Federico has anxiety.

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This time on Liftoff:

It’s a busy week on Florida’s Space Coast, and supernovas are in the news. Thankfully the two won’t cross paths. Neither will Earth and an asteroid the day before Election Day in the United States.

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This week on Mac Power Users:

RSS can bring news, blog posts and even podcasts to you, without needing to visit a bunch of different website. This week, Stephen and David talk about the rise of numerous RSS services and apps they’ve seen over the last few years, and share how this web technology makes their lives better.

On More Power Users, the members-only extended, ad-free show, I talked David through my Stream Deck setup. I’ve been totally converted to this way of life.

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This week on Connected:

Beats is being slowly absorbed by Apple Music, iOS 14 Beta 5 is here and Apple’s battle with Epic keeps heating up. Also: Stephen edited something very special and Myke is glad to never talk about Greengate ever again.

On Connected Pro, Relay FM forms an HR Department and I had a fight with my new cable modem.

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This week on MPU, Brett Terpstra returns to the show to talk about the Touch Bar, regular expressions, Markdown and what Apple Silicon Macs will mean for macOS applications and utilities.

On More Power Users, David talks about this Oculus Quest and getting his work done in VR. It was weird.

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This week on Connected:

Federico talks about watchOS 7 and Stephen takes the group down a trip of old Apple press releases, causing Myke to be relieved about his Apple Newsroom reading habits. Also: a pre-announcement and some peer-pressure about a purchase.

Here is a chart that will prove helpful in the last segment of the show:

On Connected Pro, I pop off, Myke has things to build and Federico describes a future business plan based on MySpace Tom.

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This week on Liftoff:

Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have splashed down after their historic mission to the ISS, and SpaceX’s finally gotten a Starship test article to hop in Texas and the OSIRIS-REx team is gearing up for their sample return flight. Also: Ceres’ bright spots, government contracts and an update on the SLS.

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This time on Ungeniused:

Rock Paper Scissors is an ancient way of solving problems and owning your friends.

My thanks to Adina Hurley for joining us this time.

This episode was sponsored by:

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This week on Mac Power Users, David and I get into Markdown in a big way:

From jotting quick notes to writing for the web, Markdown has become a very popular choice for formatting plain text. It’s syntax is human-readable and easy to learn. This week, David and Stephen teach Markdown 101 covering the more complex things the language can do.

On More Power Users, I shared some details of planning 2020’s Podcastathon for St. Jude and David made me buy a Stream Deck.

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Samuel Axon at Ars Technica:

I spoke at length with John Giannandrea, Apple’s Senior Vice President for Machine Learning and AI Strategy, as well as with Bob Borchers, VP of Product Marketing. They described Apple’s AI philosophy, explained how machine learning drives certain features, and argued passionately for Apple’s on-device AI/ML strategy.

This is a really interesting interview that’s well worth a weekend read.

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This week on Connected:

It’s been a busy start to August: Myke has LEGO on the way, Phil Schiller has a new job, the 27-inch iMac has been refreshed, and there are details out about third-party mail and browser apps being able to be set as default. The guys also talk through the new betas and their future Mac setups.

On Connected Pro, Federico is caught up on the news, including what’s going on with Samsung, TikTok and Instagram. Also: everyone has thoughts about tweets and Stephen had go to the bank.

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