We're celebrating another major milestone in Apple history: the 20th anniversary of the announcement of the iPod. We cover its incredibly rapid development, its worldwide popularity, and the fact that we still carry widescreen iPods with touch

e89 – Mac OS X at 20

Mar 24th, 2021 1h 44m

We're back with a special episode to mark the 20th anniversary of Mac OS X. We remember what it was like to enter the lickable world of Aqua, leave behind our Classic apps, and grow with macOS over two decades.

e88 – The iPad at 10

Jan 27th, 2020 1h 59m

In our final regular episode, we celebrate a great milestone: the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the iPad.

e87 – Desktop Publishing

Dec 14th, 2019 1h 22m

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

e86 – General Magic

Nov 2nd, 2019 1h 21m

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 com

e85 – Apple Kremlinology

Sep 28th, 2019 1h 13m

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.

e84 – Apple.com

Aug 24th, 2019 1h 23m

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.

e83 – Mac Mods

Jul 13th, 2019 1h 16m

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-bearin

e82 – Pro

Jun 15th, 2019 1h 14m

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!

e81 – The NeXT Transition

May 18th, 2019 1h 29m

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 jus

e80 – Fictional Mac Draft

Apr 6th, 2019 52m 51s

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.

e79 – Bungie

Feb 23rd, 2019 1h 23m

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.

e78 – Apple Audio

Jan 19th, 2019 1h 4m

Apple has been building computers — and standalone products — with sound capabilities for over 40 years. We discuss 1-bit audio, incredible hardware hacks, usable and unusable old speakers, a CD drive with a horrible logo, and even the HomePod.

e77 - Word Processors

Dec 15th, 2018 1h 38m

This episode, we trace the evolution of Mac word processing from MacWrite to the present. Along the way we find a secret moose, complain about Microsoft, and learn that some apps have true staying power.

e76 – System Alert Sounds

Nov 17th, 2018 56m 22s

For our 4th anniversary episode, we return to our roots of discussing classic Mac sound design. We cover the tragic backstory of the Wild Eep, the immortal Sosumi, the poorly named "ChuToy", and much more.

e75 – MacAddict

Oct 20th, 2018 1h 16m

This episode we revisit MacAddict magazine and its freakin' awesome coverage of the Apple world in the late '90s.

Myst 25th Anniversary on Twitch

Sep 23rd, 2018 51s

We'll be doing our first live event on Twitch, on Monday September 24 at 8:30 PM Eastern time. We'll be streaming Myst on its 25th birthday!

e74 – The Rumor Mill

Sep 8th, 2018 1h 12m

With an iPhone event right around the corner, the rumor mill is operating at full capacity. We examine how this important part of the Apple world got to where it is today, from wild speculations, to Apple lawsuits, to outright hoaxes.

e73 – The iMac at 20

Aug 11th, 2018 1h 2m

We celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the original iMac, tracing how the revolutionary Bondi gumdrop evolved into flagship desktop Mac of today.

e72 – The App Store at 10

Jul 14th, 2018 1h 21m

We celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the App Store launching on July 10, 2008. After a brief history of the store itself, we pick some of our favorite, most influential early iOS apps.

e71 – Apple Typography

Jun 16th, 2018 1h 14m

Great typography has been part of Apple products since the original Macintosh. From 1-bit wonders to Thinking Different in Garamond to SF Mono, we examine decades of Apple's fonts on screen and in print.

e70 – AirPort

May 12th, 2018 1h 10m

Apple has officially discontinued its AirPort line of wireless products after nearly 20 years(!) We examine how our Wi-Fi has evolved from the original iBook until today.

e69 – Apple's Education Initiatives

Mar 31st, 2018 1h 1m

Apple's March 2018 event highlighted how they've been working in the education space for over 40 years. We pick some of our favorite products and programs they've developed for schools, students, and teachers.

e68 – Haxies

Feb 17th, 2018 1h 11m

The transition from Classic Mac OS to OS X was difficult for many users who felt like OS X removed their favorite features. Enter a little company named Unsanity, who solved those problems and created new ones.

e67 – Wish Lists

Jan 13th, 2018 1h 52m

To start 2018 off right, we run through our wish lists of what we'd like to see from Apple — in years past. What will System 7 bring? What will the iPod Phone look like? And will Apple ever make a TV set?