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The Context Machine — 256 episodes · page 1 of 3
Apple Goes All In on the Smart Home with HomeView
Apple Is Betting on LG for the Smart Home & Full Disk Access Changes
What John Ternus Could Fix at Apple
Hands-On with iPhone 18 Pro Camera and New iPhone Setup Tips
10 Awesome iOS 27 Features
iPhone 18 Pro vs. iPhone Duo vs. Your Old iPhone
John Ternus Takes Over as Apple CEO
Apple’s New Mac mini and Studio: More Power, Higher Prices
Bryan and Jeff’s Mac and iPad Text Editor Showdown
iPad Pro vs. MacBook Neo, AI Dominates Black Hat Conference
Apple OS 27 Updates: Genmoji Autoprompts and Getting Ready for Makers
Apple’s New iPhone Lease Program and $5T Valuation, Plus a Must-Have Mac Utility
OpenAI’s Sandbox Goes Awry & the EC Dictates OS Design
Apple Sues OpenAI, Apple Robots, Jeff’s AirPods Hearing Aids, and More
A Major Gesture Change in iOS 27 and Fun Lunar Rover News
AI Forces Apple’s Security Hand and Price Hikes, Too
Foldable iPhone Rumors, Meta’s Don Quixote Smartglasses
AI Slop: Cost Enters the Chat, and How AI Slop has Changed Choosing Books
Apple’s Hardware Choices for Siri AI, AI Doing Real Stuff, Favorite WWDC Things
Apple Posters, So Long British Tech Network, and Bill Splitting with Apple Pay Cash
Apple’s Accessible AI, Touch Screen MacBook Pro
Monarch’s Crown Slips, Bartender for Mac Makes a Comeback
Mac Locations, Handoff Tip, and a System Settings Shortcut
Ram Shortages Cause Apple to Pull Low End and High End Mac mini/Studio
Search for the Ultimate Remote, App Store Subscription Update
A Tale of Two Pens and Another Tale of Two Apple CEOs
Bitcoin’s Satoshi Nakamoto Still Unidentified, Folding iPhone Rumors, and Kindle’s Gonna Amazon
A Look Back at Steve Jobs’s Days at NeXT
Salute for John, Listener Feedback, Kagi, Apple’s 50th + the Next 50
Animated Firefly, FCC Bumble, and Audiobook Shenanigans
Tim Cook Says “Psych!” Plus Lil Finder Guy and AirPods Max 2
Apple Turns 50, Tim Cook Retirement Speculation, and the MacBook Neo
Jeff Prattles on about The Omni Group and Random Rosetta Issue
Apple Vision Pro’s Retrocade Is Magical, and John’s CNC Journey
AirTags 2, Apple Buys Q.ai, Plus Jeff Needs an Ear Horn
Apple Rumors: a Chatbot and a Wearable Pin?
Apple’s Creator Studio and an EU App Store Alternative Closes
Jeff’s Show & Tell: OmniOutliner 6 and AudioEngine HXL Portable DAC
Jobs and Cook Versus the Tech Bros, Getting Down with Plexamp
Google Ad Mac Malware, Festivitas, Nebula Awards Shoot Down AI
Turmoil or Cleaning House at Apple?
Apple’s Executive Leadership & CNN’s Deep Dive into a New Hole
Don’t Dismiss Apple Pocket, Canva’s Affinity Gamble
OmniOutliner 6, Jeff’s First Pen Show, and SPSFC 5
Slow Horses Season 5 (and New Book), Jeff’s Pen Show Plans
Apple’s OS 26 Upgrades: What We Like!
The Power of Quirk, and Apple’s New Watches, AirPods Pro, and Orange iPhones
The Rise of Kirk in Strange New Worlds, Looking Forward to Apple’s Fall
Neosynthesis Kickstarter and Strange New Worlds S3
Murderbot Eps Are Too Short, Department Q Is Great
Apple’s into Perplexity.ai, Judge’s Perplexing Ruling on Copyright AI Training
Bryan & Jeff’s WWDC 2025 Highlights
OpenAI Buys Jony Ive’s io, Murderbot on Apple TV+
Jeff’s Andor Faceplant, a Fun Mac Utility, and CarPlay Ultra
Going Deep on Andor S2
Mac Classics Myth and Marathon Get New Lease on Life
Adapting to GenAI – Spring 2025 Edition
Deep Dive on Robot Mops, Beginner Dive on 3D Printers
Apple Personal Robots, More on Fancy Fountain Pens
Our TV Catchup, Apple AI Catchup, and RCS Catchup
Bookshop.org and New Mac Studios, MacBooks Airs, and iPad Airs
France Gets Whacky on Apple and Other Privacy Things
Listener Email, Instagram Alternatives Update, and Collier’s
LG’s New 6K Display, Zuck Mucks Up Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Jeff’s Run-in with (Bad) Scammers
HomeKit Headaches and Apple Vision Pro Rumors
Choosing a Social Media Platform, Apple Media Events, and Dice Rolling Probabilities
Desecrating a MacBook Air, Get Ready for New D&D Changes
Noodling on New Apple Watch, iPhone 16/Pro, AirPods, and Apple Intelligence
Apple Lays Off Employees in Books (and News)
Apple Tabletop Adventure and NFC for the Masses
Apple’s Google Problem, The Kindle Unlimited Problem
Star Trek Archive, AAPL Brief, Fire Tracker, D&D
Hong Kong Ad Firm Poops on TUAW, Apple Avoids OpenAI Board
Meta Reminder, Ebooks and Audiobooks, Bartender Replacement
Apple’s New OS Announcements and Breaking Down Apple Intelligence
King Liam and Other Creative Works, Apple’s 100 Best Albums
Listener Email, Sugar, and Dark Matter
Apple’s Commercial Kerfuffle and a Deep Dive on New iPad Pro
Apple AI Mania and Jeff’s Walking Around Pen
Siri/HomePod Future, Apple Books and Indie Authors
Apple, Generative AI, and Licensing
DOJ Apple Antitrust Case, Apple’s Third Party AI Talks
Dune (Briefly), King Liam Update, and Apple’s Uber Ninja AI Moves
A Brief Goodbye to Bryan’s Apple Car, a Brief Introduction to D&D
Apple Gets Jiggy with Quantum Protections, the Rise of Apple Vision Pro
Hands-On with a Real Life Use-Case for Apple Vision Pro
The Apple Vision Pro Ep: Hands-on!
Rabbit R1’s Path to Being Bought, Apple vs. EU, and the Mac 40th Anniversary
Bryan Buys Apple Vision Pro, His Nibs Binges Stargate SG-1
Apple’s Vision Pro Ship Date, Transparent TVs, FTC Astroturfing Hearing, Jeff’s Fountain Pen Affair
Amazon Prime Video + Ads, 6-Episode Seasons, 2023 Update
GM’s CarFail, tvOS 17.2, Slow Horses, Supporting Authors
Could Apple Bring Credit Card Biz In-House, Name Drop Security Debacle
Cool Artists, Monarch, and Passkeys
Apple’s AI Plans, Elon’s Ad X-odus, Bodies on Netflix
Aliro Smartlock Standard and Smarthome Tech, Accidental Intelligence Reveal
Apple Scary Fast Predictions
Which Apple Pencil For You, and Aliens Should Be ALIEN
Threads and the Feels, Plus Medications in Apple’s Health