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Jason reviews his new base-model iMac Pro, we speculate about the unified (or not) future of Apple's software-development platforms, and there's an awful lot of news from the world of streaming media. 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. MissionU: An education for the 21st century. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership About | Welcome to Macintosh Ferrite Recording Studio: Ferrite Recording Studio — Wooji Juice The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 210, With Special Guest Jason Snell Download #36: Discomfortday - Relay FM Accidental Tech Podcast: 255: The Thermal Paste Lottery Download #35: Let Deadpool Be Deadpool - Relay FM My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman | Netflix Official Site David Letterman arrives on Netflix next week - Six Colors Amazon Installs Work-Around to Keep YouTube on Fire TV – Variety Google is introducing a new Smart Display platform - The Verge The iMac Pro has landed - Six Colors Analog(ue) #123: That Situation is Upon Us - Relay FM iZotope RX 6 | Noise Reduction & Audio Repair Software iMac Pro Teardown - iFixit The T2 chip makes the iMac Pro the start of a Mac revolution | Macworld Apple Plans Combined iPhone, iPad & Mac Apps to Create One User Experience - Bloomberg Accidental Tech Podcast: 254: Hot Box With Knobs Anker 60W 6-Port USB Wall Charger - Amazon What's on my desk - Six Colors The Best Standing Desks: Wirecutter Reviews | A New York Times Company Hover Series 2 Monitor Arms by RightAngle Products

Presenting the Fourth Annual Upgradies! In this episode Myke and Jason discuss their favorites of 2017 across many categories, with important input provided by you, the Upgradians! Only the finest will walk away with the coveted title of Upgradies Award Winner. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit with promo code ‘upgrade2018’ Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Casper: Start sleeping ahead of the curve. Get $50 off with the code ‘UPGRADE’. Links and Show Notes: Nominations: Best Overall iOS app Carrot Weather Overcast Scrivener Tweetbot 1Password Best Newcomer iOS App Files Affinity Photo Apollo Things 3 Best Overall Mac App Final Cut Pro X 1Password OmniFocus Safari Best Newcomer Mac App Forecast Twitterrific Pixelmator Pro Game of the Year Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild What Remains of Edith Finch Super Mario Odyssey Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) iOS Game of the Year Flipflop Solitaire Inside Life is Strange Jackbox Party Pack 4 Monument Valley 2 Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Favourite Movie: Baby Driver Spider-Man Homecoming Blade Runner 2049 Wonder Woman Favourite (Upgrade) Myke at the Movies Spider-Man Homecoming Blade Runner: The Final Cut Terminator 2 Favourite Book Borderline by Mishell Baker Turtles all the Way Down, by John Green The Caledonian Gambit, by Dan Moren Artemis, by Andy Weir Favourite Apple Product iPhone X iPad Pro 10.5 Apple Watch Series 3 Favourite Non-Apple Product Nintendo Switch Lutron Caseta Smart Switches Google Home Mini Amazon Echo Worst Gadget/Most Disappointing Tech Brydge Keyboard Smart Connector Pixel 2 XL MacBook Pro Apple TV Favourite Tech Story HomePod Firmware Leak Overreaching smartphones: Essential Phone and Red Hydrogen One Mac Roundtable Net Neutrality Favourite Tech Screw-Up HomePod Firmware Leak Juicero Uber Most Life-Changing Hardware iPad Pro 10.5 Amazon Echo AirPods Apple Watch Nintendo Switch Favourite Tech Podcast Canvas Connected The Talk Show Welcome to Macintosh Lifetime Achievement Award: ATP Favourite Non-Tech Podcast The Adventure Zone Dragon Friends Hello Internet Do by Friday Reconcilable Differences Lifetime Achievement Award: The Flop House Favourite Podcast Newcomer The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls 2 S-Town What Trump Can Teach us About Con Law Unmade Download Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership

Just in time for Christmas, Jason and Myke look back at the trends of 2017 and reveal their 2018 Apple wish lists. Then it's time for special guests Serenity Caldwell and Stephen Hackett to join us for a round of very special #askupgrade, the first-ever Upgrade Secret Santa, and a Myke at the Movies look at "Home Alone 2." This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: TextExpander, from Smile: Communicate smarter with TextExpander. Get 20% off your first year when you tell them you came from this show. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. AppOptics: A next-gen Application Performance Management system. Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Get a massive 50% off with the code RELAYXMAS. Guest Starring: Stephen Hackett and Serenity Caldwell Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Query - Relay FM All-New Kindle Oasis E-reader Kindle Paperwhite Comic Book Fidget Toys R2-D2™ App-Enabled Droid™ – Sphero Store Baratza Virtuoso Coffee Grinder Cortex Wallpaper | grafiksyndikat Heads Up! on the App Store Spaceteam - A Chaotic and Cooperative Card Game Exploding Kittens Telestrations Jackbox Games Hungry Hungry Hippos - Wikipedia Space Adventure Smartphone Magnifier Rotating Moon Star Projection Lamp Batman Stretch Armstrong Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) - IMDb Myke at the Movies | "Home Alone" (Episode 17) Talkboy - Wikipedia

Has Disney changed the future of streaming TV with its purchase of Fox? Has Jason bought himself an iMac Pro? Have Myke and Jason watched “The Last Jedi”? Yes to all of the above. (Don’t worry if you haven’t seen the movie, we’ll save that until the end and fire off the Spoiler Horn before we start talking details.) This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Balance Open: Find out more about Balance Open and get $2 in Ethereum. 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 Inquisitive #39: Favourite Album: Federico Viticci and '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' - Relay FM Inquisitive #41: Favourite Album: Jason Snell and 'Crowded House' - Relay FM Apple Orders Ronald D. Moore Space Drama Series | Deadline Amazon is selling the Apple TV and Google Chromecast again - The Verge Disney to Buy 21st Century Fox Assets for $52.4 Billion in Historic Hollywood Merger – Variety iMac Pro: 1 Week Impressions! - MKBHD - YouTube Cabel Sasser's Experience with the iMac Pro iMac Pro: The first shoe drops - Six Colors iZotope RX 6 | Noise Reduction & Audio Repair Software The Incomparable | An Old Sock Full of Diamonds (Episode 384) The Last Jedi | The Incomparable Star Wars (Franchise) | The Incomparable

What do Amazon's battles with Google and Apple say about the strategies of the tech giants? Also, Jony Ive returns to the White Room, and a meeting with the hosts of Jason and Myke's favorite podcasts brings some perspective regarding the connection between podcasters and their listeners. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Eero: Never think about WiFi again. Use code UPGRADE for free overnight shipping. Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Simple Contacts: Contact lens prescriptions from home: Use offer code AHOY for $30 off your contact lenses Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership The Fourth Annual Upgradies Voting Form PodCon Remote Attendance Pass McElroy Shows The Flop House The Incomparable | Tastes Like College (Episode 322) Download #33: Consensual Mass Hallucination - Relay FM Google is pulling YouTube off the Fire TV and Echo Show - The Verge Amazon Prime Video now available on Apple TV - Six Colors Amazon Prime on the 3rd Gen Apple TV Apple Discontinues Third-Generation Apple TV - Mac Rumors Apple's Ive Regains Management of Design Team After 2 Years - Bloomberg Authy - Two-Factor Authentication App 1Password When a specific hashtag is used on Twitter add the Tweet to a Google spreadsheet - IFTTT Incomparable at PodCon

All the Apple operating-system bugs in the world can’t stop us from discussing Jason’s office clean-out, holiday decorations, the new Kindle Oasis, and podcasting tools and techniques. And yes, in the end we have to discuss Apple’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Balance Open: Find out more about Balance Open and get $2 in Ethereum. Away: Travel smarter with the suitcase that charges your phone. Get $20 off with the code ‘upgradepodcast’. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership The Fourth Annual Upgradies Voting Form Myke at the Movies | "Empire Records" (Episode 36) Forecast: Podcast MP3 Chapter Encoder — Overcast CARROT Weather Adds Powerful, Redesigned Apple Watch App – MacStories All-New Kindle Oasis – Amazon Official Site Kindle Paperwhite E-reader – Amazon Official Site Free Agents #35: I Guess I'm Felix Unger - Relay FM Remaster - Relay FM HD60 S | elgato.com KALLAX - IKEA Call Recorder for Skype - Ecamm Network Call Recorder for FaceTime - Ecamm Network Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio on MacOS Audacity Cast Zencastr The Podcast Guest Guide Accidental Tech Podcast: 250: We're Doing a Show Developer goes public with macOS root vulnerability - Six Colors Apple patches macOS High Sierra root vulnerability - Six Colors A bit more about Apple's automatic security updates - Six Colors Alert: Apple Dec. 2 Springboard bug? - Six Colors Apple releases iOS 11.2 with ‘I.T’ autocorrect fix, faster wireless charging and Apple Pay Cash | TechCrunch Month 13 is out of bounds | The Robservatory mophie wireless charging base - Apple

Myke returns from his trip to catch up on everything Jason and John did on last week’s show: summoning Siri, selling merchandise, and proposing entirely new classes of Apple product. We discuss Myke’s travels with the iPhone X, a possible update to the iPhone SE, and whether or not Apple should one day make a laptop that runs iOS. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Balance Open: Find out more about Balance Open and get $2 in Ethereum. TextExpander, from Smile: Communicate smarter with TextExpander. Get 20% off your first year when you tell them you came from this show. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Upgrade #122: The 2016 Upgradies - Relay FM The Fourth Annual Upgradies Voting FormVoting open until December 14 Upgrade Logo T-Shirt (Cotton Bureau) Upgrade Hoodie (Cotton Bureau) Upgrade Logo T-Shirt (Teespring) Frame Case for iPhone X YouTube is back on Amazon’s Echo Show - The Verge iPhone SE 2 Again Rumored to Launch in First Half of 2018 - Mac Rumors Why Apple’s next laptop should run iOS | Macworld Kidney stones, electric cars, Pixelbooks and Twitter | Joe Posnanski Google Pixelbook, Laptop with Google Assistant – Google Store Brydge Keyboards Astronomy Picture of the Day Membership - Relay FM Every Default macOS Wallpaper – in Glorious 5K Resolution – 512 Pixels MarsEdit 3 - Desktop blog editing for the Mac. Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 12 Editorial for iOS Scrivener Features | Literature & Latte Ulysses

John Siracusa joins Jason to discuss the possibilities of an iMac with an A10 processor inside, the delay of the HomePod, whether Apple understands the concerns of professional Mac users, the return of Twitterrific for the Mac, and the proper way to refer to keyboard shortcuts. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. AppOptics: A next-gen Application Performance Management system. Guest Starring: John Siracusa Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Upgrade T-Shirt (Cotton Bureau) Six Colors t-shirt Upgrade Hoodie Upgrade t-shirt (Euro Edition) App Camp 2020: Help us expand to 3 new cities! | Indiegogo Apple’s laptop designs are cornering Mac users | Macworld What's a real computer? - Six Colors Microsoft CEO Nadella: here's how we're different from Apple and Google | TechRadar Apple's new iPad Pro spot asks 'what's a computer?' | iMore Spinner | Off-world: The Blade Runner Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia Charlie Sheen's Dodge M4S Turbo Intercepter From The Wraith Is For Sale - Thrillist Dual Lens Switching on iPhone X – Studio Neat The best laptop ever made – Marco.org Modifier key order - All this The order of modifier keys on the Mac - Six Colors Think Retro: Open Apple, closed Apple | Macworld Folklore.org: Swedish Campground

Jumping off from two Bloomberg reports about Apple hardware, Myke and Jason discuss the future of the iPad Pro and what in the world Apple is thinking as it develops an augmented-reality headset. We’ve also got updates on Apple’s television venture, the future and influence of the iPhone X, and Apple Pay for iMessage. 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. Mack Weldon: Smart underwear for smart guys. Get 20% off with the code UPGRADE. TextExpander, from Smile: Communicate smarter with TextExpander. Get 20% off your first year when you tell them you came from this show. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership National Novel Writing Month Free Agents - Relay FM Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon Morning Show Drama Lands at Apple | Hollywood Reporter TV Talk Machine | Gradations of Bad (Episode 153) KGI: Apple to Launch 6.5-Inch 'iPhone X Plus' and Lower-Priced 6.1-Inch Full-Screen LCD Model Next Year - Mac Rumors Apple Pay for iMessage Debuts in iOS 11.2 Beta – MacStories @_inside on Os update requirements for Apple Pay Cash @Panzer: Apple Pay Cash Card Effects Apple Is Ramping Up Work on AR Headset to Succeed iPhone - Bloomberg This Week in Tech 640 - Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Apple Is Working on 2018 iPad Redesign With Facial Recognition - Bloomberg What will the next iPad Pro look like? - Six Colors Picturing the bezel-less iPad Pro - Six Colors

Myke abandons the #plusclub for an iPhone X, and compares notes with Jason after a week of using Apple’s new phone, including cameras, OLED, Animoji karaoke, and Face ID. We also discuss Apple’s latest quarterly results, which show great news for the iPad and Mac and the promise of a record-setting holiday quarter to come. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Eero: Never think about WiFi again. Use code UPGRADE for free overnight shipping. Casper: Start sleeping ahead of the curve. Get $50 off with the code ‘UPGRADE’ Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership WatchDots - Customize your Apple Watch Leather Sleeve for 12‑inch MacBook - Saddle Brown - Apple Halide 1.5: A camera app made for iPhone X – Halide Apple’s new TV shows will be nipple-free - Recode Apple’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Hollywood Is the Opposite of Edgy - Bloomberg TV Talk Machine | We've Columboed Ourselves (Episode 152) Animoji Karaoke Takes Over Social Media Following iPhone X Launch - Mac Rumors How to Use Animoji on the iPhone X - Toms Guide Jason Snell - Get Lucky Animoji Khan - YouTube iPhone X review: The best damn product Apple has ever made | iMore Apple results: All systems go for a record holiday quarter - Six Colors This is Tim: Apple Q4 2017 financial call transcript - Six Colors