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Upgrade looks at how technology shapes our lives, from the devices in our hands and pockets to the streaming services that keep us entertained. Hosted by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.

Copyright: Copyright © 2024 Relay FM

Latest Episodes:

211: You Will Pay Sep 17, 2018

Show notes

What a time! iOS 12 has arrived and we're waiting for delivery of new Apple products. This week Jason and Myke discuss their favorite features of the new update, which new devices they've bought, why phone carriers ruin everything, and the fallout from Apple's decision to focus on larger and more expensive phones this time around.

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.
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Green Chef: The first USDA certified organic meal delivery service. Get $50 off your first box.

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iOS 12: The MacStories Review – MacStories

iOS 12: The MacStories Review – Audiobook

Siri Shortcuts Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides

Logitech Crayon for iPad (6th Gen.) - Apple

Apple outlines Dual SIM support on iPhone Xs, coming in a future update to iOS 12 | 9to5Mac

Apple Event Notebook: iPhone - Six Colors

Apple Event Notebook: Apple Watch - Six Colors

Matthew Cassinelli - YouTube

Shortcuts – Tag Archive - MacStories

Myke's 'Keynote Day' Instagram Story

210: Tennis Macs Sep 13, 2018

Show notes

Jason's back from Apple Park, where he watched Apple unveil a new Apple Watch and three new iPhone models. We break down the naming choices and new features, the surprises and reveals, and (perhaps most importantly) the results of the 2018 Apple iPhone Event Draft.

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Zach Knox's Interactive Draft Scorecard

AirPower may not make 2018 deadline, AirPods product page suggests | 9to5Mac

How Apple Watch saved my life | ZDNet

Kate’s size Comparison Sketch

Apple's 2018 iPhones Continue to Ship With 5W Power Adapter - Mac Rumors

Here are all the phones with headphone jacks you can buy right now - The Verge

209: The 2018 iPhone Event Draft Sep 03, 2018

Show notes

It’s time for Jason and Myke to reveal their picks for what will happen on stage at the Steve Jobs Theater next week! They draft 10 different things they expect will happen--or not happen--next Wednesday. Did Myke's competitiveness serve him well, or do him harm? Is Jason convinced that the Mac won't make an appearance on stage? The winner could be crowned Upgrade Draft Champion for 2018.

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The 2018 iPhone Event Draft Scorecard PDF (Spoilers)

Zach Knox's Interactive Draft Scorecard (Spoilers)

Exclusive: This is ‘iPhone XS’ — design, larger version, and gold colors confirmed | 9to5Mac

Exclusive: Apple Watch Series 4 revealed — massive display, dense watch face, more | 9to5Mac

Daring Fireball: 9to5Mac Obtained Product Marketing Photos of 'iPhone XS' and Series 4 Apple Watch

This Week in Tech 682 I Speak for the Bezels

Six Colors liveblog (@sixcolorsevent) | Twitter

Our Full List of Available Picks

208: The Villain of the Macintosh Aug 27, 2018

Show notes

As Apple's much-rumored fall product launches get closer, Jason and Myke consider what the future holds for Macs and iPhones. And the Summer of Fun surfs into the sunset while hanging ten off of our favorite boards--keyboards, that is.

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Apple Is Said to Plan Revamped Low-Cost Macs to Ignite Sales - Bloomberg

The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 228, With Special Guest Jason Snell

Accidental Tech Podcast: 288: Rich Person's Raspberry Pi

Night of the living xMac | Ars Technica

Daring Fireball: Let’s Really Think About This ‘New Low-Cost Laptop to Succeed MacBook Air’ Thing

Apple to Expand IPhone X Design With New Colors, Big Screens - Bloomberg

Connected #206: A High Appreciation for Winning - Relay FM

Steve Troughton-Smith and the 'iPhone 7C'

Brydge 12.9 Series II Keyboard: This is the one... at least for now - Six Colors

Microsoft Surface Go Review: Hardware – BirchTree

Microsoft’s Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard – Marco.org

Cherry (keyboards) - Wikipedia

Leopold Mechanical Keyboards

Vortex Mechanical Keyboards

Multi-Color Gaming Keyboard - Razer Cynosa Chroma

Palm IIIxe - Wikipedia

Amazon.com: PalmOne Portable Keyboard for Palm m100/m105, III Series, and VII Series Handhelds: Electronics

207: Max Rebate Aug 20, 2018

Show notes

Is it finally time for the iPhone to support an Apple Pencil? Myke and Jason discuss the possibilities. And then the Summer of Fun rolls on with a mega-sized #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.
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Inboard Technology: Save $100 on your purchase of the M1 e-board with code Upgrade100

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Episode 264 – The Emoji Movie LIVE The Flop House

Myke at the Movies | "Say Anything" (Episode 6)

Space Station Trailer! A New Cortex / Upgrade Special Episode for Relay Members! - YouTube

Parsely Text Adventures - Memento Mori Theatricks

Marco Arment, Overcast, episode #149 of The Wolf Den on Earwolf

Another big sports deal for Facebook - BBC News

YouTube ‘Viper Club’ to Hit Theaters in Roadside Attractions Pact – Variety

Apple joins Alliance for Open Media, signaling support for AV1 video - Apple Insider

Alliance for Open Media – An Alliance of Global Technology Visionaries

Further report that this year’s OLED iPhones will support the Apple Pencil | 9to5Mac

2018 OLED iPhones to support Apple Pencil, with 512GB top tier – Trendforce | 9to5Mac

Here's How the iPhone X Plus Will Answer the Note 9 - Tom's Guide

Plex

GitHub - donmelton/video-transcoding-scripts: Utilities to transcode, inspect and convert videos.

MediaStation™ 16x Desktop BDXL Blu-Ray™ Writer | Buffalo Americas

MediaStation™ 6x Portable Blu-ray™ Writer with M-Disc™ Support | Buffalo Americas

Disney and the Resilient Cable Bundle, Disney’s Streaming Plans, ESPN+ and Serie A – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot showrunner clarifies: it’s not a reboot, it’s a sequel - The Verge

Apple registers six new Apple Watch models in Eurasian database ahead of announcement next month | 9to5Mac

Cortex #71: Dark Synergy - Relay FM

206: The Rings in a Tree Aug 13, 2018

Show notes

This week Myke breaks his iPad, Jason visits the Microsoft Store and leaves with an Xbox, and we pick our favorite video games of all time.

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Backblaze: Unlimited cloud backup for Macs and PCs for just $5/month.
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Instabug: In-App Feedback and Bug Reporting for Mobile Apps

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Anova Culinary | Cook sous vide at home

How to Cook a Roast Sous Vide - The New York Times

Due: The Superfast Reminder App for iPhone & iPad

Tabetha | Tablet Stand | Colebrook Bosson Saunders

Elon Musk says he might take Tesla private for $420 per share - The Verge

Liftoff - Relay FM

Small Fry | Grove Atlantic

Becoming Steve Jobs

Apple Orders Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney Comedy Straight to Series – Variety

iOS 12 and macOS Mojave won’t ship with Group FaceTime at launch | 9to5Mac

Xbox One X

Microsoft Surface Go review: a little goes a long way - The Verge

Playing for Fun - Relay FM

PlayingForFunFM - Twitch

Superman on Atari 2600, Speedrun 51 Seconds - YouTube

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 hands-on: it's all about the S-Pen | WIRED UK

Here's How the iPhone X Plus Will Answer the Note 9 - Tom's Guide

Membership - Relay FM

205: Monolithic Entertainment Console Aug 06, 2018

Show notes

It was a huge week: Apple broke a trillion dollars in market cap and Jason bought a new TV. And since money is on everyone's minds, Myke and Jason take Apple's $243B and go on a corporate shopping spree as a part of the ongoing Upgrade Summer of Fun.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

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Caseta® Wireless – Lutron

Tabetha | Tablet Stand | Colebrook Bosson Saunders

Amazon: TCL 65R617 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD Roku Smart LED TV

The Best TVs for 2018: Reviews by Wirecutter | A New York Times Company

Amazon: Panasonic TX-40DX700B 40-inch

Movies Anywhere

Vudu

Patrick Stewart to Reprise 'Star Trek' Role in New CBS All Access Series | Hollywood Reporter

Disney’s Streaming Service Starts to Come Into Focus - The New York Times

Apple results: $53.3B revenue sets a fiscal Q3 record - Six Colors

Apple Q3 2018 Results: $53.3 Billion Revenue, 41.3 Million iPhones, 11.6 Million iPads Sold – MacStories

Diving into the details of Apple's (boring?) record quarter - Six Colors

Revenue for iPhone - 4Q Average

Connected #203: Big Fancy Museum Boy - Relay FM

Apple Sold Fewest Macs in Any Quarter Since 2010 as Nearly Entire Lineup Was Outdated - Mac Rumors

Apple is now the world’s first $1 trillion company, following successful Q3 results from the company. - The Verge

Ferrite Recording Studio: Ferrite Recording Studio — Wooji Juice

PlayingForFunFM - Twitch

Twitter Text Adventure

204: Tap-to-Click Truther Jul 30, 2018

Show notes

Myke's back from his honeymoon, and the Summer of Fun continues as we discuss our dream iOS devices, YouTube's attempt to get into premium streaming, Adobe bringing Photoshop to the iPad, and the MacBook Pro performance scandal that turned out to be a minor bug.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

TextExpander, from Smile: Multiply your team’s productivity.
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Green Chef: The first USDA certified organic meal delivery service. Get $50 off your first box.

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Farewell Serenity Caldwell, hello (again) Lory Gil! | iMore

Upgrade #203: I Have Felt the Power of the Snell Zone - Relay FM

Canvas #65: Hands-On with the Shortcuts App - Relay FM

Tabetha | Tablet Stand | Colebrook Bosson Saunders

Bracket Tablet Holder – AboveTEK.com

Tablet Mount | Tablet Cradle for any Sized Tablet with Arm | Ergotron

Chart party: Using automation to eliminate image drudgery - Six Colors

TV Talk Machine - a podcast from The Incomparable

YouTube Premium's Fall Slate To Feature Will Smith, Robert Downey Jr., Kirsten Dunst - Tubefilter

Facebook Watch and YouTube Premium Not Yet Serious Threats | Hollywood Reporter

Accidental Tech Podcast: 284: Hotel California Keyboard

Apple releases software fix for MacBook Pro slowdown - Six Colors

Download #64: A Perfect Storm of Outrage - Relay FM

Adobe to Launch Photoshop for iPad in Strategy Shift - Bloomberg

Adobe's iOS app failure - Six Colors

Affinity - Professional creative software

Pixelmator for iOS

Six Colors liveblog (@sixcolorsevent) | Twitter

203: I Have Felt the Power of the Snell Zone Jul 23, 2018

Show notes

Federico Viticci and Serenity Caldwell join Jason and Myke to dive deep into how we use our iPads for business as well as creative pursuits, including writing and illustration. Why did Federico transform from a Mac user into one who rarely strays from his iPad? What keyboard and stand does Jason use to write? What apps is Ren using to draw? We break it all down.

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Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. Ever.

Guest Starring:

Serenity Caldwell and Federico Viticci

Links and Show Notes:

Originally recorded June 20, 2018. Serenity has since left iMore for a position at Apple. Congratulations, Ren! We'll miss you here at Relay FM.

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Google Docs

Google Sheets

Pages

Numbers

Chrome

Todoist

Spark

Pipedrive

Fantastical

Agenda

PDFpen

Workflow

Dropbox

Bear

PCalc

Trello

Ulysses

Writing on my iPad at home - Six Colors

Brydge 12.9 - Apple iPad Pro Keyboard | Brydge

Viozon iPad Pro Stand

Matias Laptop Pro Keyboard for Mac

1Writer

Editorial

Scrivener

DevonThink

Drafts

Things

Clean Text

Serenity's 2018 iPad video review

Linea

Animation Desk

Affinity Photo

Pixelmator

Procreate

Vectornator

Bez

AstroPad

iMovie

LumaFusion

VideoGrade

Videoleap

GIF Toaster

202: I’m Going to Counter Your Jaguar Jul 16, 2018

Show notes

Guest co-host Stephen Hackett joins Jason to discuss the new MacBook Pros and what they mean for Apple's product line at large, adventures with the macOS Mojave beta, and the new Sonos AirPlay 2 update. And since this is the summer of fun, we cap it all off with a quick Mac OS X draft!

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

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Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. Ever.

Guest Starring:

Stephen Hackett

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Sonos update adds AirPlay 2 support | Macworld

Apple updates the MacBook Pro in big and small ways - Six Colors

Apple updates MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros - Apple

Apple’s redesigned MacBook Pro keyboard uses new method for repelling dust, reports iFixit - The Verge

The T2 chip makes the iMac Pro the start of a Mac revolution | Macworld

On macOS Mojave’s Dark Mode – 512 Pixels

macOS Mojave: Back to the Mac - Six Colors

OS X Comes of Age | Macworld

Review: With OS X Yosemite, Aqua’s All Grown Up – 512 Pixels

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