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This week’s Connected is a packed one:

Myke resumes his role as the tvOS guy and Federico’s Memoji have all been killed. Apple’s Public Betas have arrived, as have new rumors of a future small iPhone. Stephen preaches the good news of Carbon.

Yes, that’s right. Carbon.

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This is lovely.

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Brian Sutorius has quite the summer project on his hands.

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Just gonna leave this here.

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Juli Clover, MacRumors:

Apple today released the first public betas of iOS 13 and iPadOS to its public beta testing group, giving non-developers a chance to test out the software ahead of its upcoming fall release.

The first public beta of iOS 13 corresponds to the second developer beta released last week. Apple originally said that the public beta would be coming in July, but has apparently decided to release it a few days early. Apple’s public beta testing website is still down, so public beta testers will not be able to install the software until it’s up.

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Looks like today’s the day for the macOS Catalina Public Beta. You can learn more and enroll here.

I know this gets said every year, but at this point, unless you need to be running the next version of macOS for your work or cool side project, it’s never a bad idea to give these early betas more time in the oven before moving to them.

There’s a lot to this macOS release, so don’t miss Jason Snell’s excellent look at the release:

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This week on Mac Power Users:

Our digital devices make communicating with others easier than ever, but with that flexibility comes complexity. David and Stephen talk about what solutions they use for certain types of communication, then talk about Notifications and Do Not Disturb, which can help curb incoming messages when things get too hectic.

I think this was a really interesting conversation about to wrangle our ever-growing number of inboxes.

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I crashed this week’s episode of Analog(ue):

Stephen Hackett joins Casey to talk about the experience of having their spouses at WWDC, and their evolving feelings about sharing photos and stories about their kids online. Then, Casey is quizzed on his first year of indie life and the pair answer some #RelayYourFeels.

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Dr. Drang, weighing in on the design of the Mac Pro’s air vents:

This isn’t just marketing blather. The hole are a negative-space representation of a common atomic arrangement in metallic crystals, something that most engineers learn about in their introductory materials science class.

While I never took an introductory materials science class, this article helped me visualize the Mac Pro’s design better than anything else I’ve read about it.

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Apple has just launched a repair program for the Mid-2015 15-inch MacBook Pro, and it sounds really serious:

Apple today announced a voluntary recall of a limited number of older generation 15-inch MacBook Pro units which contain a battery that may overheat and pose a safety risk. The units were sold primarily between September 2015 and February 2017 and can be identified by their product serial number. The recall does not affect any other 15-inch MacBook Pro units or other Mac notebooks.

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David Sparks has been featured in the Mac App Store:

In the feature, David shares some of the Mac apps he depends on throughout his busy day.

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This week on Liftoff:

The Artemis Budget is becoming more and more real, as NASA promotes the number of companies involved in building its hardware. Elsewhere, ESA is preparing to go to Jupiter with the JUICE robotic mission and Bigelow has big plans for the ISS.

So. Much. Space. News.

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