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Jason’s iMac gets a unwelcome visitor and he ponders an upgrade--but is the iMac Pro overkill, or a wise investment? Also, an influx of new emoji are coming to iOS and macOS in the near future, which is more important than you’d think. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy. FlightLogger: Real-time flight tracking for worry-free travel Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Release Notes 2017: Chicago : Conference : Everything But the Code Pen Addict Podcast & Field Notes Open House - Facebook Half - Cut Photo/Video Storage in ½ Twitterrific for Mac Schedule - Relay FM Needs repair: A 5K iMac with spider retention issues - Six Colors iMac Pro - Apple iZotope RX 6 | Noise Reduction & Audio Repair Software Removing podcast room noise, hum, and echo - Six Colors Total Party Kill - a podcast from The Incomparable Apple reveals new emoji coming to iPhone and iPad, including “I love you” - Apple New Emojis in iOS 11.1 - Emojipedia iOS 11 Installed on 25% of Devices One Week After Launch - Mac Rumors Gboard on the App Store 1️⃣ Will You Be My Emoji? 💍 | Welcome to Macintosh WhatsApp Unveils Its Own Emojis - Emojipedia Apple's New Animoji - Emojipedia Rocket — the fastest emoji app for your Mac Photos: A Take Control Crash Course | Take Control Books

Myke and Jason have taken delivery of the Apple TV 4K and have some initial thoughts, Apple gives us a deeper dive into how Face ID works, and Amazon introduces many Echos and gets in a fight with YouTube. Plus, this entire description now fits in a tweet... if you’re special. 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. Away: Travel smarter with the suitcase that charges your phone. Get $20 off with the code ‘upgradepodcast’. Timing: The automatic time tracking app for macOS. Use this link to get 10% off your purchase of Timing. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Shazam Launches Redesigned, Faster Apple Watch App – MacStories Myke at the Movies | "Kill Bill" (Episode 31) Giving you more characters to express yourself - Twitter Blog Twitter just doubled the character limit for tweets to 280 - The Verge Notes.app: Everyone's favorite Twitter extender - Six Colors Face ID Security White Paper About Face ID advanced technology - Apple Support Privacy - Apple Apple TV 4K review - YouTube Daring Fireball: Thoughts on Apple TV 4K The Verge's Apple TV 4K review is a mixed bag - Six Colors TV Talk Machine - a podcast from The Incomparable Google pulls YouTube off the Amazon Echo Show - The Verge Spot and Catch Fire (TV): A round-up of yesterday's Amazon announcements - Six Colors Amazon announces $20 Echo Buttons for playing trivia games with your family - The Verge Panasonic TX-50DX700B 50-inch 1400 Hz 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV with Freeview Play (2016 Model) - Silver: Amazon SmartCast P-Series 4K UHD with XLED Pro & XHDR Home Theater Display | VIZIO Apple Watch Support in Apple’s Upcoming AirPower Mat Limited to Series 3 Models - Mac Rumors

Jason and Myke discuss the new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus and the Apple Watch Series 3 with cellular, plus there’s a little bit about macOS High Sierra. And then Myke at the Movies is back with “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: PDFpen Family, from Smile: Everything you need for more powerful PDF editing Blue Apron: A better way to cook. Get three meals free with your first purchase, and free shipping. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Mack Weldon: Smart underwear for smart guys. Get 20% off with the code UPGRADE. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Sorry! (game) - Wikipedia Carcassonne (Game) - Wikipedia Galaxy S7 Wireless Charging Battery Pack Mobile Accessories - EP-TG930BBUGUS | Samsung US Charge Force Case Made for Galaxy S8 - Mophie Myke at the Movies | "Blade Runner: The Final Cut" (Episode 28) TechCongress — Applications for 2018 are now open! Safari 11 now available for macOS Sierra and OS X El Capitan | 9to5Mac A11 Bionic Chip in iPhone 8 and iPhone X on Par With 13-Inch MacBook Pro, Outperforms iPad Pro - Mac Rumors Review: The iPhone 8 is a look into the augmented future of photography | TechCrunch Material Dock | Studio Neat Apple admits to Apple Watch LTE problems just before it ships - The Verge Apple Watch Series 3's "LTE problems" are actually an existing Wi-Fi bug | iMore Upgrade #107: The Upgrade Programme - Relay FM Upgrade #56: The Migration Experience - Relay FM What we need from Apple to make standalone Apple Watch podcast apps – Marco.org Under the Radar #98: The Accidental Episode - Relay FM iOS 11, HEVC, HEIF: Learn all about the new video and photo formats - Macworld Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) - IMDb Apple Watch Sport Loop: an up close look at the new Midnight Blue band | iMore

Our wallets much lighter than last week, we discuss what new Apple products we’ve ordered and what we’re still waiting for. We also spend a lot more time dissecting the iPhone X and Face ID, and leave room for plenty of follow-up and #askupgrade 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. Balance: Find out more about Balance Open and get $2 in Ethereum. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Apple Watch — Dear Apple - YouTube 365 - Kyle Seth Gray Stuart Breingan; The ‘Standing Up in the Office Guy’ One Year with Apple Watch — SBREINGAN.COM Analog(ue) - Relay FM Myke at the Movies - a podcast from The Incomparable LTE in Apple Watch Series 3 Models Only Works in Country of Purchase - Mac Rumors Apple bumps prices on higher capacity iPad Pro models - Six Colors PCalc's iPhone X Layout Carrot Weather's iPhone X Layout Why I'm not getting a $999 iPhone - The Verge How the iPhone X and cellular Apple Watch fulfill Apple’s design ideals | Macworld The New iPhone Will Complete Apple’s War on Buttons - The Ringer The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 200, With Special Guest Craig Federighi Interview: Apple’s Craig Federighi answers some burning questions about Face ID | TechCrunch Apple's Craig Federighi Answers Face ID Questions in New Interview - Mac Rumors iPhone X Leather Folio - Apple PCalc updated for new Apple hardware and... augmented reality? - Six Colors PCalc James Thomson Screenshot of a Non-Optimized iPhone X App IKEA | Wireless Charging

Apple unveiled three new iPhones, a new Apple Watch, a 4K Apple TV, and the new Steve Jobs Theater at its September media event. Jason was there and returned home just in time to join with Myke in recapping and analyzing everything that went on at Apple Park. 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. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Sanebox: Clean up you inbox in minutes. Sign up for a two-week free trial and get a $25 credit. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Apple iPhone Event blog and photos - Six Colors Here's our first look inside Apple's new campus - The Verge The Special Event Pins Kyle Seth Gray's Blog Amazon's merging the Fire TV with the Echo - Six Colors James Thomson's iPhone X Work Dan Moren's 'Tale of the Tape' Kate's Overlaying Sketches On That Face ID Keynote Goof – 512 Pixels Apple's first Face ID demo failed - The Verge iPhone X: Hands-on and first impressions with Apple’s new iPhone | Macworld Connected - Relay FM

It’s time for Jason and Myke to reveal their picks for what will happen on stage at the iPhone launch event next week! They draft 12 different things they expect (or hope) to happen at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino next week. Who will pick wisely? We’ll know in less than a week. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Casper: Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code ‘UPGRADE’ Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Peek inside the Steve Jobs Theater ahead of Apple’s iPhone 8 event - The Verge Apple's Other Big Reveal on Sept. 12 - Bloomberg Google’s ARCore brings augmented reality to millions of Android devices | Ars Technica Apple shows off new AR apps just as Google launches ARCore - The Verge How Apple Plans to Change the Way You Use the Next iPhone - Bloomberg The Second Annual Upgrade iPhone Keynote Draft Scorecard

Special guest Merlin Mann joins Jason to talk about Apple event rumors, why we care about Apple kremlinology, our approaches to keeping and deleting files in our digital libraries, and Jason's recent 11-day road trip to the total eclipse. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Eero: Never think about WiFi again. Use code UPGRADE for free overnight shipping. TextExpander, from Smile: Communicate smarter with TextExpander Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Guest Starring: Merlin Mann Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Membership - Relay FM Episode #187 – Fateful Findings The Flop House Accidental Tech Podcast: 236: Irresponsible Use of Infinite Terabytes Apple event Sept. 12? DaisyDisk - Analyze disk usage and free up disk space on Mac Mac Backup Software | Carbon Copy Cloner | Bombich Software SuperDuper! NOVA - Official Website | Eclipse Over America Liftoff #54: Live from the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse - Relay FM Notes from a road trip - Six Colors The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 198, With Special Guest Jason Snell

The Upgrade Summer of Fun continues! A special panel of guests convenes to draft our favorite hardware created by Apple. And in an unprecedented installment of Myke at the Movies, John Siracusa joins us to discuss the Final Cut edition of "Blade Runner." This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Blue Apron: A better way to cook. Get three meals free with your first purchase, and free shipping. Ting: A smarter way to do mobile. Save $25 on selected devices or keep it as Ting credit. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Mack Weldon: Smart underwear for smart guys. Get 20% off with the code UPGRADE. Guest Starring: Stephen Hackett, John Siracusa, and Alex Cox Links and Show Notes: Please consider becoming a Relay FM member to support this show Draft picks (below here there are spoilers!) John: SE/30 Stephen: Bondi iMac Myke: iPod mini Alex: iPod touch first-gen Jason: MacBook Air (2nd wave) John: (Original) Macintosh (128K) Stephen: Original AirPort Base Station + iBook Toilet Seat Myke: iPhone 6 Plus #mykewasright Alex: iPhone 4 Jason: Apple IIe John: Mac IIfx Stephen: Titanium PowerBook G4 Myke: iPad Pro 12.9 Alex: Black MacBook Jason: LaserWriter Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Steve Jobs says "Jump!" and Phil Schiller does - YouTube Versions of Blade Runner - Wikipedia

From Automator to Workflow, automation can make regular users (who are definitely not programmers) more productive. This week Jason talks to Myke about why he cares about automation, and then we've got a special automation panel discussion featuring a bunch of special guests. Plus, the Upgrade Summer of Fun begins! 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 websites and servers today. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Guest Starring: Shelly Brisbin, John Welch, David Sparks, Sal Soghoian, and Allison Sheridan Links and Show Notes: Please consider becoming a Relay FM member to support this show Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Guilherme Rambo on Notification Supressing Jonty's Jailbreak Screenshot iOS 7 Jailbreak Tweak: AltKeyboard 2 - YouTube CMD-D | Masters of Automation Omni Group Automation iOS Access for All » Your comprehensive guide to accessibility for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. by Shelly Brisbin The Parallel | a tech podcast with accessibility sprinkles Podfeet Podcasts – A Technology Geek Podcast with an EVER so Slight Macintosh Bias!

Myke reports in from New York as we discuss a grab bag of Apple news, including a possible cellular Apple Watch, even more details from the HomePod firmware leak, the surprising strength of iPad sales in Apple’s quarterly results, and next year’s crop of emoji. 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. Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Kangaroo, Softball, Frowning Poo Emojis Possible For 2018 - Emojipedia The New Screen Savers 115: Do You Speak Emoji? Bloomberg: Cellular Apple Watch coming - Six Colors Apple Plans to Release a Cellular-Capable Watch to Break iPhone Ties - Bloomberg Under the Radar #91: Removing Features - Relay FM Daring Fireball: Bloomberg: Apple Plans to Release a Cellular-Capable Watch New iPhone leaks show tap to wake, attention detection, and virtual home button - The Verge Benjamin Geskin on Twitter: "HomePod firmware shows Apple Watch with LTE" Download #15: Taken Behind the Shed - Relay FM Apple's Q3 FY17 financial results - Six Colors Transcript: Tim Cook and the Apple Analyst Call (Q3 2017 edition) - Six Colors Did the iPad turn the corner this quarter? - Six Colors Apple’s Tim Cook talks Q3 2017 financial results: 7 highlights - Macworld Microsoft launches 'Surface Plus,' adapting iPhone Upgrade Program concept to PCs - Apple Insider