Connected #276: Symbiosis, Osmosis, Whatever⇢

Connected is back, and we’ve started the year off with quite the episode:

The boys kick off 2020 with a lot of follow-up including clarifying what being a Chairman means, a challenge for the Upgradies and a debate about the iPad Air, then conversations about LaunchCuts and Twitter’s iPad app.

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Mac Power Users: #517: State of the iPhone⇢

This week on Mac Power Users, we start a new series in which we’ll be looking at each of Apple’s major platforms:

The iPhone has become many people’s primary device for many different types of tasks. On this episode, Stephen and David look at the current state of the hardware, software and services that make up Apple’s most popular product.

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Connected #275: The Rickies (Early 2020)⇢

This week, on a very special episode of Connected:

Federico, Myke and Stephen review their predictions for 2019 and a new Chairman is named before everyone makes their choices for 2020, including the Risky Picks. Also, one of them gets a very special delivery during the show.

Conspiracies abound, my friends.

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Mac Power Users #516: Looking Toward 2020⇢

This week on Mac Power Users, David and I review 2019, and the changes it brought to the Apple ecosystem before talking about our hopes for 2020, both nerdy and not.

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Mac Power Users #515: Stephen Takes One for the Team⇢

This week on Mac Power Users:

It’s feedback time! David and Stephen revisit media management and external drives, then talk about David’s 16-inch MacBook Pro, meditation apps and USB-C hubs. Then Stephen makes a confession, which David takes rather well.

I won’t ruin my confession here, but it is probably not that big of a surprise, really.

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Connected #274: 2019 in Review: The Date of November Came in September⇢

This week on Connected, we hosted our annual Year in Review:

2019 was a wild year, complete with the death of AirPower, the announcement of iPadOS, the release of the iPhone 11 and the return of the Mac Pro. This week, Stephen, Federico and Myke revisit the headlines that made this year so hectic.

My thanks to everyone who has been part of Connected’s crazy year. We’ll be off next week for Christmas, but back on January 1 with our annual predictions.

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Liftoff #114: A Pentagon of Storms⇢

This time on Liftoff:

2019 is coming to a close, but the news rolls on: NASA is close to having a new budget, Commercial Crew makes another step in the right direction and Jason ends things with a holiday message.

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Connected #273: Come on, Guys, Let’s Go to the Station⇢

This week on Connected:

Stephen and Myke are joined by John Voorhees to talk about the new Mac Pro, then Federico reflects on the 5th anniversary of Shortcuts.

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Mac Power Users #514: Apple is Listening — The 2019 Mac Pro, with Thomas Grove Carter⇢

The Mac Pro preorders are live, reviews are up and we have a special episode of Mac Power Users that is live now:

David and Stephen interview Thomas Grove Carter, a video editor who has been using Final Cut Pro X on the 2019 Mac Pro with the Pro Display XDR. They talk about the power of the new machine, it’s flexibility and how it unlocks new types of workflows for video editors.

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