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This week on Connected:

The guys mark Relay’s 7th birthday by launching the annual Relay FM for St. Jude fundraiser! Then, discussions about Safari 15, 1Password and Federico’s switch to Android.

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I am thrilled to announce Relay FM’s annual fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital!

Treatments invented at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago, and St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer.

Our oldest son is a brain cancer survivor, and is about to turn 13 years old. That’s thanks to the hard work of St. Jude.

You can donate starting today!

Over the course of the next several weeks, you’ll be hearing us (and a bunch of our friends) talking about St. Jude’s mission. Your support helps ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

On September 17, from 12-8 PM Eastern, we’ll be hosting the 3rd Annual Podcastathon live on Twitch. We’ll be joined by some amazing guests and have some truly wacky things planned for the day. You won’t want to miss it!

Ah, the good old days of serial numbers for Apple software:

Not all iWork ‘05 serial numbers will work with Pages 1.0 and Keynote 2.0. If you’re having difficulty entering your serial number, updating the software may help.

The first time you open Keynote or Pages, you are prompted to enter a serial number. The screen should also contain a “Buy Now” button. If this button isn’t present, you may need to update your software before you can enter your serial number.

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This week on MPU:

Kathy Campbell is all over the Internet, as both a content creator and a business owner. She’s a podcaster, artist, task-doer and so much more. Stephen and David talk with her about how she uses a mix of an iPad Pro, iMac Pro and a bunch of apps and services to keep all the plates spinning.

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This could be the best change in Monterey; the current iWork icons are a travesty:

I’ve held off writing about all of this because it’s so complex and honestly, more than a little confusing. Not only does Joanna get C-Fed to explain these new features in a more clear way than the company has up to this point, but he opens it by acknowledging that the rollout of these announcements was confusing and muddled. This is well worth a watch.

I’ve never seen this prototype before, but it is pretty cool:

This week on Connected:

Instead of just texting him, Myke directs much of his follow-up directly an absent Federico. Then, he and Stephen talk about the latest iPhone 13 rumors and roast each other’s Docks.

Send Federico a non-weird fish emoji for his birthday, if you don’t mind.

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When I left the Apple Store in 2008, my team gave me a framed piece of art: a tree made up of these ambient light sensors from the iMac G5. We replaced a ton of parts in those machines and had these piled up everywhere.

During a move years ago, that piece was sadly broken, but I saved a bunch of the cables. I’ve had one framed to hang in my new studio as a reminder of those friends, including one who lost a battle with cancer within the last year. Andy, Ian, Kevin, Cole, Viki, Ryan, Kate, Zac, Steve, Brian and Marlena were the first people in my life who taught me that it was okay to be a big nerd.

This week on our space podcast, Jason and I are catching up on the news. Topics include SLS flight computers, Starliner’s continued struggles, the recent incident at the ISS and a lot more.

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