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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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With the 2010s coming to an end, I thought it would be a good time to talk about what I think were Apple’s most influential products in the last ten years. Today, let’s look at the iPhone.

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When the 2010s started, the iPhone was still gaining steam, with the iPhone 4 released in June 2010. Today, it’s a juggernaut, and it demands both larger prices and larger places in our pockets.

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With the 2010s coming to an end, I thought it would be a good time to talk about what I think were Apple’s most influential products in the last ten years. Up first: the Mac.

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When the original MacBook Air was introduced, it was positioned — both in price and marketing — as a high-end, ultra-portable notebook that was perfect for those who traveled a lot for work or just wanted the lightest Mac notebook possible.

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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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Jason and Myke have published an amazing holiday episode of Upgrade:

This week we try to solve a technology mystery. What if there was a murder, but no body? What if there were victims, but no crime? We all want answers: Who killed the butterfly keyboard, and why?

Find time this week to listen to this.

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Apple Support:

Set up your Pro Display XDR on a hard, stable work surface that allows for adequate air circulation under and around it. Never push objects into the ventilation openings. Your Pro Display XDR can be damaged if dropped, burned, punctured, or crushed, or if it comes in contact with liquids, oils, and lotions. Don’t use a damaged Pro Display XDR, such as one with a cracked screen, as it may cause injury.

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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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My thanks to Secure ShellFish for sponsoring 512 Pixels this week. It is a SFTP client for iPhone and iPad that gives you access to all the files on your server from the palm of your hand.

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OWC has launched a PCIe M.2 NVMe SSD card for the Mac Pro, and it looks pretty sweet:

Accelsior 4M2 NVMe SSD is OWC’s fastest SSD ever with over 6,000MB/s speed for large format video editing, VR/AR/MR environments, extreme gaming, and other high bandwidth needs. Available in capacities up to 8.0TB, Accelsior 4M2 is the ultimate performance drive for Mac Pro 2019, Mac Pro 2012 and 2010, and PC towers. It offers silent cooling via a finned heat sink cover and installation versatility with a half-length x8/x16 design.

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I’m not a big game player, but I am loving Two Spies. My brother and I have been playing each other every day at lunch this week and it’s a great turn-by-turn game with just the right amount of chance thrown in.

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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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Federico Viticci:

For the past several months, I’ve been working on a shortcut designed to be the ultimate assistant for Apple Music. Called MusicBot, the shortcut encompasses dozens of different features and aims to be an all-in-one assistant that helps you listen to music more quickly, generate intelligent mixes based on your tastes, rediscover music from your library, control playback on AirPlay 2 speakers, and much more. I poured hundreds of hours of work into MusicBot, which has gained a permanent spot on my Home screen. Best of all, MusicBot is available to everyone for free.

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