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This week Myke and Jason discuss John Gruber's essay about Apple's App Store priorities and then assemble a list of apps that are missing key operating-system features. There's also more news about ARM Macs, Apple continues to make TV deals, and we discuss our favorite features of the iOS and iPadOS Public Betas. 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. DoorDash: Dinner from your favorite restaurant delivered to your door. Get $5 off your first order. KiwiCo: STEM, STEAM & Science Kits for Kids. Get 30% off your first month on select crates. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Formula 1: Drive to Survive – Netflix Kuo: New Apple Silicon Macs will include redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro in 2021 - 9to5Mac Apple Strikes Overall Deal With ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Creator – Deadline Apple Studios Snow Blind Jake Gyllenhaal Gustav Möller Graphic Novel Pic – Deadline War movie Greyhound appearing on Apple TV+ 'heartbreaking' - 9to5Mac CBS All Access to Stream UEFA Matches in Expanded ViacomCBS Deal | Hollywood Reporter Quibi Slams Report That It Lost 92% of Its Early Subscribers - Bloomberg First Look: iOS 14 Public Beta – Six Colors Daring Fireball: A Moment of Clarity Regarding the Raison d’Etre for the App Store Dithering JustWatch - The Streaming Guide TV Time | Your TV shows calendar (TVShow Time) TV Forecast Review: An Elegant Way to Track Your Favorite Shows - MacStories

Apple's services are in the spotlight, as Apple TV+ adds material, Apple News gets kicked to the curb by the New York Times, and Apple Arcade grapples with finding the right kind of games to publish. In other streaming news, we touch on Quibi and CBS before diving into Disney+--most specifically, Myke at the Matinee featuring "Hamilton." 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. ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Connected #301: We Should Be Developers - Relay FM Apple public interviews relating to WWDC 2020 Is Anyone Watching Quibi? – Vulture Lord & Miller Set Murder Mystery Comedy Series at Apple (EXCLUSIVE) – Variety ‘Defending Jacob’ Showrunner Mark Bomback Inks Overall Deal With Apple – Deadline Apple Studios Record Deal Emancipation Will Smith Antoine Fuqua – Deadline Tom Hanks on surviving coronavirus: 'I had crippling body aches, fatigue and couldn't concentrate' | Film | The Guardian CBS and NBC’s new deal shows how complicated keeping up with streaming is - The Verge NBCUniversal's Peacock strikes licensing deal for ViacomCBS content Magnum, podcast - a podcast from The Incomparable The New York Times Pulls Out of Apple News - The New York Times Daring Fireball: The New York Times Pulls Out of Apple News Apple Cancels Arcade Games in Strategy Shift To Keep Subscribers - Bloomberg iOS 14 can automatically redirect web links to Apple News+ for premium articles - 9to5Mac ‎Grindstone on the App Store ‎Roundguard on the App Store Myke at the Movies | Myke at the Matinee: "Hamilton" (Episode 42) Hamilton (2020 film) - Wikipedia Hamilton's America (TV Movie 2016) - IMDb Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter: "Appreciate you so much, @brokeymcpoverty. All the criticisms are valid." “First Burn” [Official Video] - YouTube Design for the iPadOS pointer - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer What changes might be coming to new Mac hardware? – Six Colors Game Show - a podcast from The Incomparable Parsely – Memento Mori Theatricks

This week we welcome Apple's Bob Borchers and Ronak Shah to the show to discuss macOS Big Sur, including all the new features in Safari. There's also an awful lot of follow-up from the busy WWDC week that was, and we discuss the possible features of new Macs running Apple silicon. 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. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. Bombas: Super comfortable socks. Shop the Pride Collection and get 20% off your first order. Guest Starring: Ronak Shah and Bob Borchers Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. WWDC 2020: The little stuff you might have missed – Six Colors WWDC 2020: All the Little Things in Apple's New OS Releases - MacStories Gestures - Interaction - watchOS - Human Interface Guidelines HomePod to add support for third-party streaming music services like Spotify - 9to5Mac Introducing Car Keys - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer Meet Nearby Interaction - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer Macs with Apple silicon will get new, refined boot and recovery mode – Six Colors Design for the iPadOS pointer - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer WWDC 2020 Thursday: Giving a few pointers – Six Colors ‎Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast on Apple Podcasts Apple Responds to Your Comments! - MKBHD - YouTube The Talk Show Remote From WWDC 2020 - YouTube Meet the Surface Studio 2 – The Ultimate Creative Studio – Microsoft Surface Third-party accessories can now be integrated into the Find My app with iOS 14 - 9to5Mac Myke at the Movies | Myke at the Matinee: "Hamilton" (Episode 42)

Myke and Jason break down the WWDC 2020 keynote, which featured changes to the Mac both expected and unexpected and some long-wanted updates for iOS. Did the iPad updates let us down? Are we ready for the Apple Watch to track our sleep? And who won the draft? This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. DoorDash: Dinner from your favorite restaurant delivered to your door. Get $5 off your first order. ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package. Fully: Everything you need to find your work flow. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. The Upgrade WWDC20 Event Draft Interactive Scorecard iPadOS 14 Preview - Features - Apple ‎Watchsmith on the App Store

It’s time for our fifth annual competition regarding what will happen at next week's WWDC keynote! Will there be a stage? Will there be enormous Mac announcements? Will iPadOS and Apple Watch get some love? This week is for guessing, and next week is for harsh reality. Also, we introduce Upgrade+. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: TextExpander, from Smile: Unlock your productivity with TextExpander. Get 20% off with your first year. 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. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. KiwiCo: STEM, STEAM & Science Kits for Kids. Get 30% off your first month on select crates. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Upgrade Keynote Draft 2020 – Interactive Scorecard Upgrade Keynote Draft 2020 – PDF Scorecard Apple reveals lineup for its biggest-ever Worldwide Developers Conference - Apple Tim Cook on Twitter: Announcing Apple's Racial Equity and Justice Initiative

With WWDC two weeks away, Myke and Jason share their wishes for iPadOS updates. They also analyze why they love certain kinds of games but are repelled by others and discuss Apple's inevitable move into streaming live sports. 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. Bombas: Super comfortable socks for you and someone in need. Use this link for 20% off. Ooni Pizza Ovens: Bring the world’s best pizza to your own backyard. Use the code UPGRADE for 10% off. Links and Show Notes: Support this show and join the Relay FM Members Discord. Wish List: New Mac Alert Sounds - Six Colors SoundMaster - Macintosh Repository SoundMaster 1.8.5 - Macintosh Garden Speaking up on racism - Apple Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas | HBO - YouTube Italy and Latvia Launch Apps That Use Apple's Exposure Notification API - MacRumors Apple Offering Covid-19 Testing to Staff Returning to Offices - Bloomberg Peter Kafka on Twitter: "Tweetscoop: Apple has hired Amazon exec Jim DeLorenzo to head up sports for its Apple TV unit." Apple Releases 'Dear...' Documentary Series Inspired by Apple Watch Ad - MacRumors Netflix Closes Deal to Buy Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre – Variety iPadOS 14 wish list: Plenty of room for improvement | Macworld Episode 164: Our iPadOS WWDC Wishes – AppStories Guilherme Rambo's Emoji Picker iSH App ‎Roundguard on the App Store Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch 1Password for Families NetNewsWire Reeder Apple reveals lineup for its biggest-ever Worldwide Developers Conference - Apple

It's episode 300! This week we look to the future by drafting stories we'll be talking about over the next hundred episodes of Upgrade, and then we answer all of your questions about how the podcast got started, how we put it together, and where we're going from here. 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. DoorDash: Dinner from your favorite restaurant delivered to your door. Get $5 off your first order. Cotton Bureau: Shop Graphic Tees, Hoodies, and More Links and Show Notes: Support this show and join the Relay FM Members Discord. Ways To Help – Black Lives Matter Fraggle Rock Reboot Headed to Apple TV+ Apple, Paramount To Team On Scorsese-DiCaprio-De Niro Drama ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ – Deadline Gal Gadot, Sarah Treem’s Hedy Lamarr Series Moves to Apple (EXCLUSIVE) – Variety Apple Music's Zane Lowe brings interviews with iconic artists to new podcast - 9to5Mac Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend | Netflix Official Site Liftoff - Relay FM Streamlabs Upgrade Episode 400 Keynote Draft Scorecard Report: Apple to partially make AirPods Studio in Vietnam as looks to shift away from China - 9to5Mac Clockwise - Relay FM Upgradies Hall of Fame Departures #1: Relay FM Family Feud - Relay FM Posterous - Wikipedia Inquisitive #41: Favourite Album: Jason Snell and 'Crowded House' - Relay FM Upgrade #16: The 2014 Upgradies - Relay FM Upgrade #237: New iMacs, iPads, and the 2019 March Event Draft - Relay FM Daring Fireball: Upgrade Episode 56: The Migration Experience Upgrade #216: The 2018 October Event Draft - LIVE in Chicago - Relay FM Upgrade #249: A Bridge to the Future - Relay FM Backstage - Relay FM

There's a raft of media news this week, as Spotify removes a popular podcast from the ecosystem and Apple TV+ makes more content deals. We've got questions about the future of podcasting and whether Apple is committed to a video subscription service for the long haul. And when that's done, Myke at the Movies skips school and steals your dad's car to watch "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Save Ferris! 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. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. Ooni Pizza Ovens: Bring the world’s best pizza to your own backyard. Use the code UPGRADE for 10% off. Links and Show Notes: Support this show with a Relay FM Membership and join the Relay FM Members Discord. Upgrade #199: Puppet Series - Relay FM Upgrade #99: Disciplined Cash Machine - Relay FM Apple releases iOS 13.5, here are the new features - 9to5Mac Germany, Switzerland, Latvia, and Estonia said to have adopted Apple/Google API - 9to5Mac TV Talk Machine | Nature is Healing (Episode 250) Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge - Bloomberg Tom Hanks WWII Film 'Greyhound' to Premiere on Apple TV+ [Updated] - MacRumors Apple TV+ to debut 'Dads' documentary film on June 19, ahead of Father's Day - 9to5Mac Apple Inks Deal for 4-Part Docuseries From 'McMillion$' Directors - MacRumors The ‘Snyder Cut’ of Justice League is coming to HBO Max in 2021 - The Verge Spotify is hiring Joe Rogan, one of the world’s most popular podcasters - Vox Apple Ramps Up Original Podcasts, in Part to Help Promote TV+ - Bloomberg The PosCast - Podcasts - The Athletic Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) - IMDb Ferris Bueller (TV series) - Wikipedia

Apple Stores are reopening in many parts of the world, but should you go? (Not unless you must.) Also, Taiwan Semiconductor plans to build a factory in the U.S., TV shows are being produced remotely during the lockdown, and Apple News+ turns to audio in an attempt to improve its service. 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. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package. Links and Show Notes: Support this show with a Relay FM Membership and join the Relay FM Members Discord. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Wikipedia A Song for a New Day - Amazon Dave Grohl: The Irreplaceable Thrill of the Rock Show - The Atlantic Apple Acquires Startup NextVR to Gain Virtual-Reality Content - Bloomberg Logic Pro X gets significant update - Six Colors Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter: "It’s only a matter of time... Our Hamilton film. THIS July 3rd. On Disney+" The Blacklist Season 7 Finale Looks Like A PS2 Game – Kotaku Scoring a TV series remotely - Six Colors Apple Sets First-Look TV Deal With Ridley Scott’s Scott Free – Variety Apple TV+ Show 'Mythic Quest' Airing Special Episode Shot on iPhones - MacRumors Apple’s approach to reopening stores Apple chip maker TSMC officially announces plans for $12 billion fab in Arizona - 9to5Mac Taiwan and Tech’s Geopolitical Realities, ARM on Mac?, TSMC’s Choice – Stratechery by Ben Thompson LaunchBar Alfred Apple plans to add audio versions of publisher articles to Apple News+ - Digiday

This week Jason and Myke ponder the mysteries of the 13-inch MacBook Pro(s), including why the Touch Bar is frozen in time and whether there's a bigger change coming to Apple's laptop line. Also Jason makes another IKEA order, Myke shares some knowledge about unusual BBC job titles, Jason's iPhone X battery fails at an inopportune time, and WWDC gets a new date and format. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: PDFpen, from Smile: The ultimate tool for editing PDFs on the Mac. 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. DoorDash: Dinner from your favorite restaurant delivered to your door. Get $5 off your first order. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership and join the Relay FM Discord! Needs repair: A 5K iMac with spider retention issues - Six Colors Moving Forward - Relay FM Episode 162: iPadOS and Pointer Support with Craig Federighi – AppStories Upgrade #213: The California Environment - Relay FM Liftoff - Relay FM Apple Inks Deal With 'Desperate Housewives' Veteran Annie Weisman for Apple TV+ Content - MacRumors ‘Morning Show’ Showrunner Kerry Ehrin Extends Apple Overall Deal – Variety Apple TV Plus Hires BBC Factual Boss Alison Kirkham – Variety The Fat Controller - Wikipedia B-Sides #13: Sir Topham Hatt - Relay FM New Oscar Rules: Films That Didn’t Play in Theaters to Be Considered – Variety Apple awards $10 million from Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics - Apple Daring Fireball: Apple to Aid COPAN Diagnostics in Production of COVID-19 Testing Kits Apple-style contact tracing agreed by seven European countries - 9to5Mac France issues misleading statement about Apple contact tracing - 9to5Mac Report: UK NHS asks developers to 'investigate' switching its contact tracing app to Apple's API - 9to5Mac Apple/Google contact tracing now winning out over rival method- 9to5Mac Apple to host virtual Worldwide Developers Conference beginning June 22 - Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020) review: Two laptops, one keyboard - Six Colors Dithering If your AirPods Pro make crackling or static sounds - Apple Support 3rd Gen iPod Classic - Wikipedia Flashback #2: The Microsoft Zune - Relay FM