
In our final regular episode, we celebrate a great milestone: the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the iPad.
Jan 27, 2020
1 hr 59 min

This episode we cover the desktop publishing revolution, the Apple-led trifecta that kicked it off in the late '80s, and how it's evolved over three decades. For a holiday bonus, Ed talks about how he used a Mac to design and lay out his family's Christmas cards in the '90s. And finally, we wrap up the year with an announcement.
Dec 14, 2019
1 hr 22 min

A team of ex-Apple engineers in the early 90s made a product that flopped worse than the Newton but might be the reason we have iPhones today. We look at the little-known history of General Magic and the newly released documentary about the company.
Nov 2, 2019
1 hr 21 min

Apple hardly ever gives away information about upcoming products…unless you believe that there are secret clues in hidden places. We look at what Apple may (or may not) have signaled in event invitations and product codenames over the years.
Sep 28, 2019
1 hr 13 min

Apple's online presence has evolved significantly since the days of the early web. From rainbow imagemaps to WebObjects to epic scrolljacking, we tour the technology and content of Apple dot com.
Aug 24, 2019
1 hr 23 min

Brian made a summer project of putting a Mac Mini in a Macintosh Classic and it got us thinking about all kinds of mods people have done with old Apple hardware. Besides the "Classic Mini", we cover Macquariums, unexpected iLamps, weight-bearing cheese graters, and more.
Jul 13, 2019
1 hr 16 min

The announcement of the 2019 Mac Pro got us thinking about what Apple has called "Pro" in the past. That includes incredibly expensive hard drives, printers with RAM slots, an OS patch release, and even its employees!
Jun 15, 2019
1 hr 14 min

Mac OS as we know it today can be traced to one major event: Apple's decision to scrap internal attempts at creating a new operating system and to acquire NeXT instead. We look at how influential NeXTSTEP was in the creation of Mac OS X and just how much of it still lives on in Apple's products…sometimes in surprising places.
May 18, 2019
1 hr 29 min

As Apple turns its attention to TV and movies, so do we! In this episode we pick our favorite appearances by Macs and other Apple products on the big and small screens.
Apr 6, 2019
52 min

This episode is all about the venerable game developer Bungie and how they got their start on the Classic Mac. We cover all their titles, including a trio of Marathons, terrible code names, and the coolest game Steve Jobs had ever seen.
Feb 23, 2019
1 hr 23 min
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