On a very, very special episode of Mac Power Users:
Stephen marks the 500th episode of Mac Power Users by interviewing David about his career, technology and choice of light saber color.
We recorded the bulk of this episode back in July at MacStock, and I’m very happy with how it came out. I truly look up to David Sparks, and nine months in, I’m still so humbled he asked me to join him on the show.
As I’m typing this, our annual fundraiser for St. Jude just cracked our initial $75,000 goal, a mere 12 days into the month of September. I cannot tell you how much this means to me, my family and the kids of St. Jude.
Being the parent of a cancer survivor is not what I would have signed up for ten years ago when our son was diagnosed with a brain tumor, but the things I have experienced because of it have genuinely made me a better person. I learn so much from my son and the other kids at St. Jude, and it’s an honor to serve them this way every year.
Andrew Levitt has published a pretty cool video about the macOS wallpapers:
My friends and I visited and recreated every default Apple wallpaper on a one week road trip. Starting with MacOS Mojave in Death Valley National Park, we traveled to each of Apple’s California Locations to try and make an identical photo to their wallpapers that come installed with every new Mac computer.
We visited Mojave, Sierra, High Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, and Mavericks. Now we just have to go visit Catalina for the MacOS Catalina launch!
A new Chairman Ricky is named victorious and Apple’s new products are discussed, as are the leaks concerning the company’s AR headset plans.
There was a lot to talk about, so naturally this is the week I have a bit of a cold. It wasn’t enough to stop me from doing very well in The Rickies, however.
My thanks to our sponsors for this jam-packed episode:
It looks like AppleCare+ can now be in place for longer than two years, if you’re willing to pay monthly.
Apple’s 2019 iPhone event has come and gone, but calling it the “iPhone event” isn’t quite right anymore, as Apple’s handset shared the stage with the company’s growing collection of content services, the Apple Watch and even a new entry-level iPad.
The event started with a video and a quote from Tim Cook that I think sums up how Apple thinks about itself pretty nicely:
Give people wonderful tools and they’ll do wonderful things.
One of Apple’s most iconic Apple Stores, the all-glass cube on Fifth Avenue, has been under renovations since 2017. Last week, Apple revealed a new look for the cube that makes it shine with a rainbow iridescence — and we sent our photographer Amelia to capture it for you.
The new look is gorgeous, but also not permanent. Apple told The Verge that the iridescence is caused by a wrap covering the glass that is “temporary,” so see it while you can.
This week on Ungeniused, things get weird:
If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens when a cat falls off a table with a piece of toast strapped to its back?
My thanks to our sponsor:
The Chandrayaan-2 lander seems to have met its end on the lunar surface as SpaceX inches forward with its Raptor testing program. Then, NASA’s plans for commercial lunar landers and how the agency prepares Kennedy for hurricanes.
Got this one in under the wire before the iPhone keynote blows up the rest of the week. SPACE NEWS DESERVES ITS OWN TIME, TOO.
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This week on MPU, David and I talked through the various ways one can backup their Apple devices:
Backing up our Macs, iPhones and iPads is easier than ever, but many people don’t bother making sure their data is safe and sound. David and Stephen talk through some basic backup strategies before offering some advice when considering upgrading to new versions of macOS and iOS.
If you aren’t backing up your data on a regular basis, this one is for you.
Five years ago, Apple announced several products in its annual September event:
The keynote is on Apple’s official YouTube channel, which is handy:
I remember watching this keynote at work in the conference room with several of my co-workers, and the news of two bigger iPhone was a big deal, but that section was only 36 minutes long. Everything felt rushed. Then, an hour in, we got to the Apple Watch.
This month’s Bloomberg Businessweek is dedicated — in its entirety — to the periodic table, which turns 150 this year. It’s really something. via Kottke