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This week on Mac Power Users, David and I chat with John Soliman, a 2nd Assistant Editor at Pixar about his workflows and how collaboration works at the studio.

What a cool find.

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This week on Connected:

Federico and Stephen are joined by John Voorhees to talk about the future of Craft and note-taking apps in general. The next wave of Apple silicon Macs is also discussed, as are vintage products the company should bring back with a modern twist.

A big thanks to John for joining us this week. For a nemisis, he’s not too bad.

Had you forgotten Apple is still selling the iPod touch?

Apple Support:

If your Fusion Drive appears as two drives instead of one in the Finder, it’s no longer working as a Fusion Drive. Here’s how to fix it.

Fusion Drive, a storage option on some iMac and Mac mini computers, combines a hard drive and flash storage in a single volume for improved performance and storage capacity. If your Fusion Drive appears as two drives instead of one in the Finder, it’s no longer working as a Fusion Drive. This can happen after replacing either drive of your Fusion Drive, or using software to intentionally split them into separate volumes.

You can continue using the two drives independently, or follow these steps to regain the benefits of having the single logical volume of a Fusion Drive.

It’s hard to believe that Apple relied on the Fusion Drive for as long as it did — especially in the iMac. In hindsight, it’s clearly such a weird bridge between two eras of technology.

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Apple’s VP of Product Marketing Stan Ng, and Evans Hankey, Apple’s VP of Industrial Design, have spoken with HYPEBEAST about the Apple Watch’s band system. It’s a fun look at what has turned into a whole world of products unto itself.

This week’s Mac Power Users is a very special one:

David and Stephen are joined by Apple’s Jeremy Butcher to discuss the company’s new Business Essentials program.

Then, the guys revisit iCloud storage management, clipboard apps and email providers. USB-C hubs and migrating to an Apple silicon Mac are also discussed.

I really enjoyed getting to chat with Jeremy about Apple Business Essentials, but if I have to install another clipboard manager, my Mac may explode.

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Well, this thing is on my Apple collection wishlist now: