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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.

My thanks to our sponsors:

• Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code LIFTOFF at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
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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:

• Mint Mobile: Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month.

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Apple Support:

Learn what to do if you are unable to choose a desired startup volume using the Boot Picker, or if you no longer remember the EFI firmware password that you’ve set on your MacBook Air (Original), MacBook Air (Late 2008), and MacBook Air (Mid 2009).

I’m so excited to see what comes next.

If you cannot remember the EFI firmware password for your MacBook Air, please schedule a service appointment with either an Apple Retail Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider.

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SheetPlanner helps you organize information, manage your projects, and schedule your tasks and activities with unparalleled power and flexibility.

Get organized…

Organize information using the Outliner to provide structure. Populate the start, finish and progress columns to create a schedule and track progress. Add custom, text, number, date, symbol, list and picture columns to track additional information.

Make a plan…

Visualize tasks with start and finish dates on the Timeline. Change the Timeline scope to get a high level view of your project over multiple years or zoom in to weeks or even days for more precision. See the progress of each task in the Timeline. Customize the color of Timeline bars. Preview and print the Timeline.

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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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Jason Snell has an in-depth look at what you can expect from macOS 11.

I’ve been running it on my secondary Mac, and while there are rough edges, overall, I’ve been spending most of my time with it considering the design. This has caused me to re-read my review of OS X Yosemite, which was the first release with the “flatter” design we still see today in Catalina. In it, I wrote:

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Loopback is a powerful, uniquely-Mac utility that makes it easy to route audio in between any number of applications and hardware devices. Think about those old-timey patch panels with cables running everywhere, but for macOS.

Download the free trial of Loopback to take a test drive! Through August 15th, 512 Pixels readers can save $20 with coupon code 512LB.

My thanks to the folks at Rogue Amoeba for sponsoring 512 Pixels this week.

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Pre-ordered. Look for a video from me on these when they ship.

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James Vincent at The Verge:

There are tens of thousands of genes in the human genome: minuscule twists of DNA and RNA that combine to express all of the traits and characteristics that make each of us unique. Each gene is given a name and alphanumeric code, known as a symbol, which scientists use to coordinate research. But over the past year or so, some 27 human genes have been renamed, all because Microsoft Excel kept misreading their symbols as dates.

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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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I recently chatted with Joe Casabona about the business of running a membership program for podcast projects.

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