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Mr. Rambo, writing at 9to5Mac:

Fellow developer Steve Troughton-Smith recently expressed confidence about some evidence found indicating that Apple is working on new Music, Podcasts, and perhaps Books apps for macOS, to join the new TV app.

I’ve been able to independently confirm that this is true. On top of that, I’ve been able to confirm with sources familiar with the development of the next major version of macOS – likely 10.15 – that the system will include standalone Music, Podcasts, and TV apps, but it will also include a major redesign of the Books app. We also got an exclusive look at the icons for the new Podcasts and TV apps on macOS.

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I know a lot about Apple history, and I’ve never come across this device until today. Juli Clover writes:

Unsurprisingly, the W.A.L.T. takes a while to start up given its age, but it’s functional, running Mac System 6. The W.A.L.T. featured a touchscreen, fax functionality, on-display caller ID, a built-in address book, customizable ringtones, and online banking access.

As shown in the video, it had a series of hardware buttons for activating various functions, and it worked with a connected stylus that could be used for navigation and writing. There’s a ton of lag when using the stylus, though, so writing doesn’t look great.

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This time on Liftoff:

Rocket Lab has a new satellite platform, while methane cycles have been measured on Mars. Elsewhere, NASA continues to work through the details of its new 2024 lunar goal and 2007 OR10 needs a name.

Landing Americans on the moon within five years will require incredible funding and detailed plans. So far, NASA hasn’t produced either, but details should be coming soon. I’m looking forward to seeing the agency rise to meet this goal, assuming Congress agrees to fund it.

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I recently joined Timothy Buck on his UNCO podcast to talk about podcasting, the history of Relay FM and building a relationship with your listeners.

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This week’s Ungeniused was recorded live in Atlanta over the weekend, and in it, we talked about discuss extreme ironing, lawn mower racing and egg tapping.

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Mmmmm, specs.

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This week on Mac Power Users, our special guests goes into the ins and outs of creating music with iOS devices:

Jakob Haq is a musician and YouTuber from Sweden who create, edits and publishes all of his content with his iPhone and iPad.

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Good news for buyers, but $249 would be even better.

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The venerable text editor is back on the Mac App Store, as noted by Zac Hall at 9to5Mac:

BBEdit 12.6 in February introduced support for Sandboxing on the Mac, a major overhaul that secures how the app interacts with the operating system and other apps, which is a requirement for software distributed through the Mac App Store.

As we mentioned earlier this year, Bare Bones famously pulled BBEdit from the Mac App Store almost five years ago, but Apple announced at WWDC 2018 that BBEdit and other apps including Transmit and Microsoft Office would return or debut on the new Mac App Store.

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This week on the show:

AirPower is dead, Powerbeats Pro are here, Federico is having a good week on Twitter and iCloud Drive deserves some attention from Apple.

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For a while now, if you’ve been looking at a high-end iMac, there has been an obvious, looming question:

Should I just buy the iMac Pro instead?

Jason Snell, writing at Macworld, tackles this dilemma:

What this all suggests is that the iMac Pro is exactly what Apple says it is—a high-end iMac with a whole bunch of special high-end features that’s most appropriate for people who use high-end professional apps that have been optimized for Apple’s professional Mac architecture. If that sounds like you, congratulations—you’re ready to take the leap across the iMac Pro gap. (You may want to consider buying an even higher-end iMac Pro than the base model—many of my friends agree that the 10-core model might be the best mix of price and performance.)

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I joined John and Gui over on the newest episode of Stacktrace to talk through Apple’s 40-year history, and how it is a company that is always changing. It was a lot of fun to nerd about about the Apple II vs. Macintosh wars, and apply it to today.

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