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Apple announced new Apple Watches and iPads on Tuesday, and here's our quick reaction to the news. Shockingly, we walk away feeling pretty good about… Apple's services? Plus: Surprise! Those operating system updates are coming sooner than anyone suspected! This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Mint Mobile: Cut your unlimited wireless bill to $30 a month. Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name. Matias: The Macintosh Keyboard Experts. Get 10% off. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Myke's Balloon Room Upgrade Keynote Draft What was new at the Apple Sept. 15 event – Six Colors ‎Dice by PCalc on the App Store Relay FM for St. Jude 2020 Relay FM Podcastathon for St Jude 2020 - YouTube

In the first of two episodes of Upgrade this week, Jason and Myke predict what will happen at September 15's Apple event in the traditional form of a draft! We'll be back on Tuesday for post-event reaction and the scoring of our picks. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: DoorDash: Dinner from your favorite restaurant delivered to your door. Get $5 off your first order. TextExpander, from Smile: Unlock your productivity with TextExpander. Get 20% off with your first year. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Connected #311: The Rickies (September 2020) - Relay FM The Upgrade September 2020 Event Draft – Interactive Scorecard Relay FM for St. Jude 2020

Jason dives into macOS Big Sur and has to podcast from exile, Apple gets excited about Emmy nominations while prepping for fall product launches, and the release of "Mulan" leads us to discuss which movie theaters are worth saving. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021, and can be used only once. KiwiCo: STEM, STEAM & Science Kits for Kids. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Relay FM for St. Jude 2020 Domikey SA Dolch Orange Doubleshot Keycaps (159 key set) | Flashquark Keychron K6 Mechanical Keyboard Apple lands “Five Days At Memorial,” from Academy Award winner John Ridley and Emmy Award winner Carlton Cuse - Apple TV+ Press Apple TV+ and accolades take over Apple․com homepage - 9to5Mac UK carrier EE launches 'first of its kind' iPhone cell plan bundling Apple Music, TV+ and Arcade - 9to5Mac Mulan Available to All Disney+ Subscribers in December, No Extra Fee - Variety Downlink macOS Big Sur Beta Update | Bartender 3 Rogue Amoeba | Current Software Status Prosser: iPad and Apple Watch Series 6 Press Release Planned for September 8 [Updated] - MacRumors The Test Drivers #9: Samsung's Laptop "Replacement" - Relay FM GMK Bento R2 (Traditional Base Kit) | Candykeys

Jason and Myke try to piece together conflicting rumors about Macs with Apple silicon, Apple TV+ embraces the UK and Mariah Carey, and Apple and Epic take it to the courts, and #askupgrade reaches its final form as #keyboardtalk. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021, and can be used only once. Fully: Workplace furniture designed for health, flow and balance. Take $30 off when you spend a minimum of $300. Things: The award-winning to-do app. Try it free. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Sunit Bhalla – Original Upgradian Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 13.7 to Developers With New Exposure Notification Opt-In [Update: Public Beta Available] - MacRumors Relay FM for St. Jude 2020 Relay FM - Twitch Keira Knightley To Lead ‘The Essex Serpent’ Adaptation For Apple TV+ – Deadline Apple TV Plus to Debut Docuseries 'Tiny World,' 'Becoming You,' 'Earth at Night in Color' - Variety Apple (AAPL) Plans Augmented Reality Content to Boost TV+ Video Service - Bloomberg Apple and global superstar Mariah Carey team up for “Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special” - Apple TV+ Press Apple picks up ‘A Christmas Carol’ musical with Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds - 9to5Mac Epic judge will protect Unreal Engine — but not Fortnite - The Verge Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account - MacRumors Epic versus Apple? I’m rooting for the users | Macworld Scriptable Apple Accidentally Approved Malware to Run on MacOS | WIRED Report: Apple Silicon iMac With Custom GPU to Launch in Second Half of 2021 - MacRumors Report: Super-Lightweight 12-inch MacBook Powered By Apple Silicon to Launch This Year - MacRumors Alleged iPad Air 4 pamphlet shows new full-screen design, Touch ID power button, USB-C - 9to5Mac Alleged 10.8-Inch iPad Design Schematics Emerge - MacRumors Relay FM Crossover feed – for Relay FM Members Memento Mori Theatricks Upgrade #280: De Niro Can’t Bend - Relay FM Dygma Raise Keychron K6 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard Vortex Race 3 GMK Future Funk – TheKey.Company WASD Cherry MX Switch Tester - WASD Keyboards

Jason and Myke take a walk in the woods while discussing Apple and Epic, the latest Apple TV+ news, the speed potential of Macs with Apple silicon, and how the pandemic has changed their working lives. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months free. DoorDash: Dinner from your favorite restaurant delivered to your door. Get $5 off your first order. eero: The WiFi every home deserves. Get your eero delivered with free next day shipping. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+, and get the 2020 Text Adventure. Carcassonne (board game) - Wikipedia Ticket to Ride (board game) - Wikipedia Cryptid | BoardGameGeek Join the Battle and Play in the #FreeFortnite Cup on August 23 – Epic Apple claims Epic asked for a ‘special deal’ for Fortnite payments - The Verge News publishers including Wall Street Journal join attack on App Store, ask for Apple's cut to be halved - 9to5Mac Idris Elba and Simon Kinberg Untitled Spy Romance Film Lands at Apple - Variety ‘For All Mankind’ Apple Drama Series Resumes Production On Season 2 – Deadline Apple TV+ debuting first music competition series with Reese Witherspoon’s ‘My Kind of Country’ - 9to5Mac Netflix still can’t figure out how to make talk shows work - The Verge Relay FM Crossover feed – for Relay FM Members Relay FM for St. Jude 2020 Fun With Charts, Apple Silicon edition – Six Colors Fun With Charts: Entirely speculative charts about Apple Silicon – Six Colors Logitech BRIO Reincubate Camo

Epic takes on Apple and Google's dominance of smart phone app stores with an app update and corresponding legal filings and publicity campaign. What's Apple's next move, and more importantly, what do we wish Apple would do to change its App Store policies? Also, Apple releases a bundle with the promise for many more, which leads us to get a little bit sad about the state of Apple's current service offerings. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Mint Mobile: Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month. Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021, and can be used only once. Bombas: Super comfortable socks for you and someone in need. Use this link for 20% off. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Relay FM - Twitch Martin Scorsese Apple First-Look film TV Deal For His Sikelia Banner – Deadline Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Inks First-Look Deal With Apple – Deadline Apple TV+ greenlights “Harriet the Spy,” starring Beanie Feldstein and Jane Lynch - Apple TV+ Press Fortnite vs Apple vs Google: a brief and very incomplete timeline - The Verge Tired of paying fees to platform owners, Epic Games goes to court – Six Colors Apple Threatens to Terminate Epic Games' Developer Accounts on August 28 - MacRumors WSJ plans to stick with Apple News+ because it attracts ‘a different audience’ - 9to5Mac Apple Readies ‘Apple One’ Subscription Bundles to Boost Services - Bloomberg Daring Fireball: Thoughts on an ‘Apple One’ Subscription Bundle Apple Developing Fitness App for iOS 14 That Lets You Download Guided Workout Videos - MacRumors Their Businesses Went Virtual. Then Apple Wanted a Cut. - The New York Times The Week Old Hollywood Finally, Actually Died - The New York Times Apple TV+ subscribers get CBS All Access and SHOWTIME bundle at a great value - Apple Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop Keyboard & Mouse | Microsoft Accessories Dygma Raise ErgoDox Logitech MX Ergo Logitech MX Master 3 Logitech MX Vertical

Jason reviews the new iMac (with nano-texture display) and the public beta release of macOS Big Sur. Myke thinks Apple's making a big mistake in keeping game streaming services off of its platforms. And in Upstream, the transformation of the film industry continues at a rapid pace. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: TextExpander, from Smile: Unlock your productivity with TextExpander. Get 20% off with your first year. KiwiCo: STEM, STEAM & Science Kits for Kids. Get 30% off your first month plus free shipping. Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Apple TV on Twitter: Ted Lasso Trailer Oprah Winfrey Sets New Interview Series at Apple - Variety Apple TV+ orders new thriller series 'Shining Girls' starring Elisabeth Moss - 9to5Mac Robert Downey Jr., Team Downey Set Apple Drama Series (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety Apple TV Sports Plan Still Not Clear – Sportico.com Mark Duplass: ‘The Morning Show’ Season 2 In Global News Rewrites – Deadline Mulan is heading to Disney Plus on September 4th for $30 - The Verge Judge Agrees to End Paramount Consent Decrees | Hollywood Reporter AMC Theaters is learning to embrace the streaming era, not fight it - The Verge 2020 iMac review: The last picture show – Six Colors First Look: macOS Big Sur Public Beta – Six Colors Apple confirms cloud gaming services like xCloud and Stadia violate App Store guidelines - The Verge Google Stadia, Nvidia GeForce, Microsoft XCloud Not On Apple iOS - Bloomberg Dithering ‎Dithering Preview on Apple Podcasts 20 Macs for 2020 – Six Colors 20 Macs for 2020 - Relay FM 20 Macs for 2020 - YouTube Macintosh Performa - Wikipedia

The summer gets a little more serious as we discuss Apple's newest iMacs, Phil Schiller's job transition, Apple emails disclosed by the House Antitrust Subcommittee, and Apple's surprisingly strong financial results. Also, Jason launches his new "20 Macs for 2020" project. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021, and can be used only once. DoorDash: Dinner from your favorite restaurant delivered to your door. Get $5 off your first order. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Last hurrah? 27-inch iMac get Intel processor upgrade, all-SSD storage, T2 chip – Six Colors Phil Schiller advances to Apple Fellow - Apple Apple Fellow | Apple Wiki | Fandom 20 Macs for 2020: An Introduction – Six Colors 20 Macs for 2020: #20 – Power Mac G5 – Six Colors 20 Macs for 2020 - Relay FM 20 Macs for 2020 - YouTube The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 291, With Nilay Patel Read Steve Jobs’ emails about why you can’t buy digital books in Amazon’s apps - The Verge ATP 390: I Invented This Anti-Pattern — Accidental Tech Podcast Mark Gurman on Twitter: "Now we know how Apple convinced Amazon to finally put Prime Video on the App Store in 2017" Apple Q3 2020 results: Everything up – Six Colors For once, the Mac and iPad lead Apple's record financial results | Macworld The new iPhone won’t ship until October – Six Colors Mark Gurman on Twitter: "Cook says Apple TV+ production has been impacted by Covid-19." Mark Gurman on Twitter: "Apple CEO Tim Cook tells @EmilyChangTV in interview that Apple has “kicked” U.S. employee return to offices until early 2021."

This week Stephen Hackett joins Myke and Jason to consider the best and worst changes to app icons in macOS Big Sur. What makes a good icon? How are books shaped? What is the origin of the term "email"? What happened to Lou? Staring at icons for a long time really makes you think... This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: PDFpen, from Smile : The ultimate tool for editing PDFs on the Mac. Upgrade+: More content, no ads. Fully: Everything you need to find your work flow. Get $30 off. Guest Starring: Stephen Hackett Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. There will be new emojis in 2021 after all – Emojipedia Connected #265: What Are You, a Dictionary? - Relay FM 'For All Mankind' Season 2 Trailer Shared on IMDb, with No Official Release - MacRumors Werner Herzog Sets Shooting Star Documentary 'Fireball' at Apple - Variety Apple eyes new streaming strategy after Tom Hanks drama breaks records – Fast Company macOS Big Sur Application Icons macOS Big Sur Utilities Icons Connected - Relay FM Mac Power Users - Relay FM Liftoff - Relay FM Six Colors liveblog (@sixcolorsevent) / Twitter

Apple's big design changes in macOS Big Sur aren't limited to visuals. The system's alert sounds have changed, too. What better way to run down those changes than on a podcast during the Summer of Fun? Also, Apple News adds some audio features Myke likes, while Jason remains skeptical of whether Apple News can really help the sad state of the news business. Plus: Peacock Premium... Plus. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package. Mint Mobile: Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month. Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021, and can be used only once. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Apple Pushes Home Work for Store Team, Doubts 2020 Office Return - Bloomberg Idris Elba Strikes First-Look Deal With Apple – Deadline Apple expands original film slate with “Palmer,” starring Justin Timberlake - Apple TV+ Press Tom Hanks-Starrer Greyhound Torpedoes Apple TV+ Opening Weekend Record – Deadline Netflix The Gray Man Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans Joe & Anthony Russo – Deadline Apple News launches new audio features, expands local news offerings for readers - Apple Shumita Basu (@shubasu) / Twitter Duarte Geraldino (@Duartegeraldino) / Twitter