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637: My Job Is to Eat the Marshmallow

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634: Crime River

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614: $100 Billion Is the Floor

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613: I Know I Picked Too Many iPods

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612: 'That Leader is John Ternus'

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611: Drain the Bin

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610: We Hear You're Good at Computers

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609: The Origin of Apple

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608: Pop and Lock

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607: Lime Has Left the Chat

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606: Photogenic Lemon

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605: The 2026 March Experience Draft

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604: The Shifting Sands of Liquid Glass

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603: Recalibrate the Quality Bar

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602: Get Our Necks Limber

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601: Spreadsheet for Creators

17

600: Based on Hopes and Dreams

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599: Free... Although

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598: Transparent Man of the People

20

597: Our 2026 Wish List

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596: The 2025 Upgradies

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595: Contrast in the Horse

23

594: Featuring Crimes

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593: Oops! All Departures

25

592: Metaphorical Pipeline

26

591: The Apple TV Draft

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590: Who’s This John Apple?

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589: The London Air

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588: Dodging the Question Intentionally

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587: My TestFlight Has a TestFlight

31

586: An LLM in the Woods

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585: Slide Over Sickos

33

584: I'm the Apple of Lasers

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583: It Feels So Good to Be Right

35

582: First Chance to Make One Impression

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581: A Very Dented Can

37

580: Iconic Plateau

38

579: The 2025 September Event Draft

39

578: The Woven Family of Materials

40

577: Apple's Own Tier List

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576: Resting Tim Face

42

575: I Love to Accelerate a Roadmap

43

574: The Shame Box

44

573: What a Bad Friend!

45

572: Grand modèle de langage

46

571: Am I a Legacy Node?

47

570: The Spite Tier

48

569: We Need More Rock Stars

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568: A Persona of a Bearded Man

50

567: Are We So Back?

51

566: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2025

52

565: The Scent of Humane

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564: California CarPlay Road Trip

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563: Peanut or a Banana

55

562: Let's Break the Law

56

561: International Intrigue

57

560: Thank All the Daddies

58

559: All Fingers Are Digital

59

558: My Bucket Is Full

60

557: I Will Run a Four-Minute Mile

61

556: This Photo Is Not 2000 Years Old

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555: What You Are Is What You Ship

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554: Level Zero Promise

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553: The Apple Monument

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552: Table for Six

66

551: The Paternity Draft

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550: The Tasty Part Inside Bad Bread

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549: (I Don't) Grade for the World

69

548: Hunched Over the Keyboard With My Eyes Closed

70

547: Figure Out and Find Out

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546: Headline Snob

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545: The Bee Bonnet Company

73

544: The 2024 Upgradies

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543: In the Pocket of Big Turkey

75

542: Wellies on the Ground

76

541: Nonotexture

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540: Validation for Shower Jason

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539: 98 Yards with My Boys

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538: A Lot of Mac in Your Face

80

537: Square Minus One

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536: The Sleeping Lifestyle

82

535: Little Spicy Peppers

83

534: The 2024 October Event? Draft

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533: A Conversation With Your Teeth

85

532: I Am Foreign Exchange Headwinds

86

531: Notifications in My Eyes

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530: I Am Beyond Recovery

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529: Grind Down That Silicon

89

528: Here's My Child Criminal

90

527: The 2024 September Event Draft

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526: Journal and Learnal

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525: Best of U3

93

524: We're Making a Trifle

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523: I Got It to Hallucinate Already

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522: Reserve Your Spot

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521: I Can Get Pineapple Into Anything

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520: Cruel Summer

98

519: The Intelligent Trinity

99

518: Having Lots of Money Doesn't Make You a Bank

100

517: Maybe It's Catchier in Japanese

101

516: I'm Suppressing My Feelings

102

515: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2024

103

514: European Beard

104

513: I Do Not Rock Anything

105

512: Pros Are the Little Boats

106

511: You’re Nice to Hold

107

510: Jason Is Cool GOTO 10

108

509: Save the Fines

109

508: You’re Judging It Wrong

110

507: Differently Social

111

506: Legacy When? Legacy Now?

112

505: Abolish Drafts: The 2024 iPad Draft

113

504: Tone 47

114

503: We Own the Refs, the Stadium, and the Field

115

502: It's the Way Towards Colour

116

501: The Perfect Noodling Computer

117

500: Core Face/Peripheral Face

118

499: We Have All the Cushions

119

498: Leap the Uncanny Valley

120

497: The Poison Pill

121

496: 40th Anniversary of the Mac Draft

122

495: Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong

123

494: Copyright Violation Machine

124

493: Upgradies Hall of Fame

125

492: The 2023 Upgrade Holiday Special

126

491: The 2023 Upgradies

127

490: The Cat Has a Team of Lawyers

128

489: The Future Is on CompuServe

129

488: The New Numbers

130

487: Under the Thumb of Qualcomm

131

486: On the Side of Reality

132

485: Best Witch and Beast Feature

133

484: Space Grayer

134

483: The 2023 October Event Draft

135

482: It’s Covered in Soap!

136

481: What If… Octobox?

137

480: Never Do a Deal with the Preference Daemon

138

479: The Three Oranges

139

478: Hi, We’re the Weirdos

140

477: Tails O'Clock

141

476: Friends in the Couch Cushions

142

475: The 2023 September Event Draft

143

474: I'm Not a Doctor, I'm an Auditor

144

473: I Can Talk About the George Foreman Grill Now

145

472: Step Aside, Bob!

146

471: A Technological 23rd Century Star Trek Thing

147

470: Magic Titanium

148

469: Bring in the Boffins

149

468: Nonstop Bangers Involving Saxophone Solos

150

467: The Least Important Mac

151

466: Try to Stop Me Now, Batman

152

465: No Dark Modes, Only Dark Rooms

153

464: Godzilla Is Always There

154

463: Respect the Tripod

155

462: Time Moves the Sun

156

461: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2023

157

460: Mr. QuickTime is Now Mr. Headset

158

459: I Appreciate Whopping

159

458: Weaving on a Thoughtful Basis

160

457: Subtle & Vibrant

161

456: The Official Journal of Journaling

162

455: QUADBOX!

163

454: The Home Home

164

453: At Large at Apple Park

165

452: Schrödinger's Killer App

166

451: I've Come Around to Reality

167

450: Funko Classicals

168

449: Dynamic Submarine

169

448: I'm Choosing Optimism

170

447: I've Got a Lot of Code in the Catalogue

171

446: The iPhone Abides

172

445: Headwinds

173

444: Greg

174

443: Core Variations

175

442: Zombie Arms and Toaster Fridge

176

441: Qi2: Qi Harder

177

440: Apple Bricked My House!

178

439: The 2022 Upgradies

179

438: Holiday Antitrust Special

180

437: Luxury Car for Nerds

181

436: I Bend So Many Spoons

182

435: OS 8, Not So Great

183

434: Bob to Bob to Bob

184

433: The Lava Lamp is Not Responding

185

432: Upgrade (With Special Offers)

186

431: Charty Charty Money Charts

187

430: Other Kickstands Are Available

188

429: Freedom Doors

189

428: (2)

190

427: He Renounced Lederhosen

191

426: Splash Hit!

192

425: This Intelligent Blob

193

424: Das Pro Plus Max Ultra

194

423: Ultra Wednesday

195

422: The 2022 September Event Draft

196

421: Summer of Automation

197

420: I Don't Want Your Jolly Ranchers

198

419: Modemtown

199

418: Cocktail of Headwinds

200

417: The Verticals

201

416: Shout-out to Bridget Knight

202

415: My Body Is My Studio, My Exercises Are My Canvas

203

414: The Meat Seems Questionable

204

413: Tall Is Small

205

412: Justin, Don't Do It

206

411: 180% Different for Me

207

410: Apple Park Vibe Check

208

409: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2022

209

408: Upgrade VR

210

407: Inexplicable Billboards

211

406: Are You Phishing Me Right Now?

212

405: Too Many Numbers

213

404: Convert Your Nostalgia to Money

214

403: This Episode is Forbidden

215

402: Very Important Developers

216

401: This App May Not Kill You

217

400: Draft of the Ages

218

399: The Mysteries of Thunderbolt

219

398: I Thought About the Ultra, Then I Laughed

220

397: My Favorite Amount of Transistors

221

396: The 2022 March Event Draft

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395: This App May Kill You

223

394: Historic Dongletown

224

393: Nothing Is So Perfect™

225

392: The Whimsy Committee

226

391: They're Great Uphill

227

390: 🦓🦅🦜🐧

228

389: I Have Extra Buttons

229

388: The Year of the Headset

230

387: The 2021 Upgradies

231

386: The Tube Man Ecosystem

232

385: Millie Metre

233

384: Don't Fear the Laser

234

383: Dongletown Hotel

235

382: Hey Car, Stop

236

381: Get Used to Disappointment

237

380: Hey Self, Don't Do It!

238

379: They Feed on Memory Bandwidth

239

378: The Maximum Macintosh

240

377: Most Importantly, Compressor

241

376: The 2021 October Event Draft

242

375: My Watch Is My Cake

243

374: Abnormal Within an Abnormal Group

244

373: We Will Give You Color... But It Will Not Be Fun

245

372: A Wrestling Match With App Icons

246

371: Midnight Is Starlight's Best Friend

247

370: The 2021 September Event Draft

248

369: The One With How Titles Are Made

249

368: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs

250

367: My Experience With the Floating Lozenges

251

366: The Node Legacy

252

365: Apple's Compromise

253

364: Content Arms Dealer

254

363: Our App Is a Game Now

255

362: He's Posting More Chickens!

256

361: It’s Not an Artistic Exercise

257

360: Big Minimizers

258

359: Hi Everybody... Pineapple

259

358: Apple Watch Extreme or Whatever

260

357: Collaborative Calculating

261

356: This Is Not for You, Developers

262

355: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2021

263

354: Even Safari Knows It's Yellow

264

353: Orange iMac in My Orange Office

265

352: Living Inside an Orange

266

351: Long Hair Is In, Disco Is Back

267

350: The Time for Color is Now

268

349: Six Colors and Not a Color

269

348: The 2021 April Event Draft

270

347: The Hubris of the HomePod

271

346: Float It Like a Hologram

272

345: Hovering Over My Desk on New Years Eve

273

344: Let's Call It 'Motorcycle'

274

343: Don't Call It a HomePod

275

342: 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 22 22 22 22

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341: Pale Shade of Fun

277

340: Secret Sauce

278

339: Dogcow and Spinning Rainbow Cursor in Finderland

279

338: Loved by Podcasters the World Over

280

337: No Appreciable Gates

281

336: Cool Report, Though

282

335: Repudiation of a Decade

283

334: Tina, If You're Tuna…

284

333: New Year, Same Old Prediction

285

332: The 2020 Upgradies

286

331: Mandatory Turkey Holiday

287

330: People Aren't Always Logical

288

329: The Stale Hot Dog Industry

289

328: Secure, But Terrible

290

327: The Future Doesn't Apply

291

326: The M1 Macs: Interview and Review

292

325: Johny for the Chips

293

324: The 2020 November Event Draft

294

323: The Edges are More Interesting

295

322: Aux In, Cows Out

296

321: It's the Hope That Kills You

297

320: Apple Silicon and the 2020 October Event Draft

298

319: I'm Gonna Drive My Ferrari Into the Sunset

299

318: Four Weeks Out or Tomorrow

300

317: Upsettings

301

316: Why Tomorrow?

302

315: The 2020 September Event Draft

303

314: Beta Tourism

304

313: Story of the Summer

305

312: Outgrade

306

311: Summer of App Store Problems

307

310: The Opposite of Shiny

308

309: Ancient Mac Archaeologist

309

308: The Adventures of Dr. Icon

310

307: Big Sur Sosumi

311

306: That's Beta Life!

312

305: A High School Production of Dracula

313

304: Somebody’s Gotta Do It and It’s Gonna Be Us

314

303: The Return of Two Old Friends

315

302: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2020

316

301: Show Me You’re Serious

317

300: It's So Hard to Predict the Future

318

299: My Gut Says Yes and No

319

298: Copy Copy Copy, Paste Paste Paste Paste

320

297: Factual Controller

321

296: You Wouldn't Believe The Stuff I Know

322

295: Leave the Podcast at the Beep

323

294: The Phone Was Full of Sawdust

324

293: Opt In Your Face

325

292: Don't Look Over There!

326

291: The Ugly Potatoes Are Used for Fries

327

290: You Are The Button

328

289: Not So Fast, Uma Thurman

329

288: Are We Being Punked?

330

287: Constant Applause

331

286: You Can't Make Me Change My Pocket

332

285: Mac Pros for Mac Pros

333

284: We're In the Ear Business

334

283: The Anger of the Panel

335

282: The iPad at 10

336

281: Your Historical Knowledge Has Been Noted

337

280: De Niro Can’t Bend

338

279: I Predict It Every Year, Why Stop Now?

339

278: The 2019 Upgradies

340

277: Who Killed the Butterfly Keyboard?

341

276: It’s Always the Chips

342

275: Remove All of the Holes

343

274: More Clunky!

344

273: Sideways the Game

345

272: Double Secret Vice President of Keyboards

346

271: The 16-inch MacBook Pro

347

270: The Toughest Compare

348

269: A Beep Beep from Far Away

349

268: Featchas in the Beatas

350

267: The Quiet Death of the Newton

351

266: Two iPads in a Sandwich

352

265: Nothing But Canned Answers

353

264: Beautiful Breakable Glass Objects

354

263: Extra Professional

355

262: The Skyscrapers of Camera Bump City

356

261: The 2019 iPhone Event Draft

357

260: It's Not Just a Desk

358

259: Get Ripped with Pro Max

359

258: Ten Hours Is Not All Day

360

257: The Amount of Money Available on the Planet

361

256: The Billion Dollar Show

362

255: Peacock Plus

363

254: Downgrade

364

253: Steal The Ball

365

252: The Hippie Gets a Haircut

366

251: And Then You Eat the Ice Cream

367

250: Building a Home Screen Together

368

249: A Bridge to the Future

369

248: Seven Layer Burrito of Innovation

370

247: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2019

371

246: You Can't Fight the Magnets

372

245: Get Ready for the Sensor Square

373

244: Push All the Sales Buttons

374

243: Fiddling Around With Folders

375

242: Myke and the Modems

376

241: The Tweaky Features

377

240: Dance on the Grave of iTunes

378

239: Fighting Against the Laws of Physics

379

238: The Future of TV Was Apps

380

237: New iMacs, iPads, and the 2019 March Event Draft

381

236: Whatever Keyboard Pleases Me

382

235: Don’t Be So Mean

383

234: The Ideological Folding Wars

384

233: Let's Start a Rumor

385

232: De-emphasis on Trees

386

231: The Upgrade Cycle Is Extending

387

230: The General Drift of Sentiment

388

229: A More Intentional Folding

389

228: The Proof is In the Dust Tray

390

227: Twenty Nine TeeVee

391

226: The 2018 Upgradies

392

225: An Upgrade Christmas Carol

393

224: A Bearded Man Is The Hero

394

223: Impressive and Stupid

395

222: That's Not a Plan

396

221: Dongleton-on-Sea

397

220: Mr. Apple Pencil

398

219: The Chicken Just Laid an Egg

399

218: Previously, on Apple Laptops

400

217: People in Dongletown Want to Dance

401

216: The 2018 October Event Draft - LIVE in Chicago

402

215: The Future of TV is the TV App

403

214: Nobody Seems to Know Anything

404

213: The California Environment

405

212: The Chocolate Phone Is No Good

406

211: You Will Pay

407

210: Tennis Macs

408

209: The 2018 iPhone Event Draft

409

208: The Villain of the Macintosh

410

207: Max Rebate

411

206: The Rings in a Tree

412

205: Monolithic Entertainment Console

413

204: Tap-to-Click Truther

414

203: I Have Felt the Power of the Snell Zone

415

202: I’m Going to Counter Your Jaguar

416

201: Full English Breakfast

417

200: The Podcasting and Anniversary Episode

418

199: Puppet Series

419

198: The Mac Is Dead, Long Live the Mac

420

197: Banana Royale

421

196: Workflow Siren

422

195: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2018

423

194: Game of Jenga with Drivers

424

193: This is Stephen Hackett’s Fault

425

192: People Like Colors and Fun

426

191: Alien Spacecraft Sitting on an End Table

427

190: Redefine It Upward

428

189: Obsolescence Isn’t What It Used to Be

429

188: An Elephant on the Bridge

430

187: Whiz-Bang Wonderfulness

431

186: Black Market Crayons

432

185: The March 2018 Apple Event Draft

433

184: The Claim Chowder Secret Society

434

183: It’s Dumb Until We Do It

435

182: March of Minor Products

436

181: Banana Slug Bookshelf

437

180: Too Much Speaker

438

179: Somewhere Between One and a Gabillion

439

178: On a Dark Desert Highway

440

177: Stuck in the Mud

441

176: Final Cat Pro

442

175: $4,999, Cheap!

443

174: The 2017 Upgradies

444

173: The 2017 Upgrade Holiday Special

445

172: My Brain Was Slowly Expanding

446

171: Really Weird Chess Game

447

170: The Rat King of Cables

448

169: Discontinue All Other Products

449

168: Hail Hydrant

450

167: The White Room of My Mind

451

166: The Machine That Makes Money

452

165: The iPhone X Review

453

164: The Lost Phone for Nerds

454

163: Kindle Bubbles

455

162: The Spider Is a Metaphor

456

161: I Look at My Phone and the Money Leaves

457

160: A Helipad on Your Table

458

159: Retcon Incident

459

158: New Theater Smell

460

157: The 2017 iPhone Event Draft

461

156: The Silly Season

462

155: Apple Hardware Draft

463

154: Masters of Automation

464

153: Three Ficuses

465

152: August State of Mind

466

151: Caulk and Spackle

467

150: I Worry About You, Jason

468

149: The Taste of Danger

469

148: I Think I Think What You Think

470

147: Outside the Zone of Secrecy

471

146: It's About the Journey

472

145: Wandered into the Unicorn Grove

473

144: Don't Call It the Finder

474

143: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2017

475

142: You Want Applause

476

141: I Export My Voice

477

140: Disappointed Dad Tim Cook

478

139: Make Money from the Money

479

138: Bad for the Person, Great for the Wizard

480

137: iTunes on a Shelf

481

136: My Screen, My Stuff

482

135: Trashed The Can

483

134: Steal Its Bezel Thunder

484

133: You're an Empty Row Person

485

132: Extra Lasers

486

131: It's Fine, Dude

487

130: Ron Has a Pretty Sweet Job

488

129: Disneyland for Developers

489

128: Is It Any Weirder than Dashboard?

490

127: Congratulations, You're an Analyst

491

126: Spinny Propellery Guy

492

125: A Bear Did it For Me

493

124: There Are Always Gates

494

123: Sheer Gadget Magnetism

495

122: The 2016 Upgradies

496

121: All Talk and No Trousers

497

120: Time Is a Better Indicator of Time

498

119: Make the Chart Bigger

499

118: Missed That by 100%

500

117: Sugar Christmas

501

116: Design Team Yearbook

502

115: Rubber Chicken Scenario

503

114: Get On Down to Dongle Town

504

113: It's An Honour and a Privilege to Defeat You

505

112: What I've Got Going for Me is Apple

506

111: I Keep Moving the Goalposts

507

110: Never, Not Ever, Not Once

508

109: YouTube Killed the Podcast Star

509

108: It's a Great Feature When It Works

510

107: The Upgrade Programme

511

106: I've Reached Acceptance

512

105: The Illusion of Clicking

513

104: I Really Do Want to Win

514

103: Significant Figures

515

102: Cautionary Tale of Laptops

516

101: It Works Great in California

517

100: The Least Less

518

99: Disciplined Cash Machine

519

98: Accidental Comics Podcast 🤓

520

97: We Used Our Power For Pizza

521

96: Two Ports is One More Port than One Port

522

95: Don't Bring the Pain without the Benefit

523

94: Users Use Computers

524

93: The Emoji Judgers

525

92: WWDC 2016 Draft

526

91: iMac Special

527

90: Nobody Should be a Siri Power User

528

89: Can We Use a Tracking Pixel?

529

88: Happy Apple Watch Users

530

87: Unchartable Tidbits

531

86: The Cloud With the Question Mark

532

85: Talk to this Cylinder

533

84: Peek it, But Don't Pop it!

534

83: I Love Infuriating You

535

82: Baby Pro

536

81: Live From Interstate 280

537

80: I Can Hear Your Future Screams

538

79: Turkey Dinner Pizza

539

78: Rename Everything

540

77: I Don't Know Why You'd Call Them Friends

541

76: You're Part of My System

542

75: You Are Terrible to Sick People

543

74: Tablet Incorporated

544

73: Put on your Rumor Pants

545

72: I Spent Four Months Not Buying It

546

71: Muffingate

547

70: I Could Call My iPhone a Muffin

548

69: The 2015 Upgradies

549

68: The Cryogenic Chamber of Topics

550

67: Part Spite, Part Strategy

551

66: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good Apps?

552

65: Holiday Firewall

553

64: The Law of the Large

554

63: Crying about the Peripherals

555

62: I Am Nerd Face Guy

556

61: Accidental Trek Podcast

557

60: Very Nice Button

558

59: You Need Faster Fingers

559

58: What’s Magic About That Keyboard?

560

57: Complex Feelings

561

56: The Migration Experience

562

55: Your Watch is Full

563

54: Put a Pen on It

564

53: Everything is Off The Charts

565

52: Click to Click

566

51: Fight Against the Fiddly Bits

567

50: Bing Bong

568

49: Huge Engine of Money

569

48: The Watercooler

570

47: Trust Us, It's Doing Well

571

46: The S Could Stand for Snell

572

45: Grandpa's Superhero

573

44: Tap the Ellipses

574

43: Haptic Skeptic

575

42: Shuttlecraft Wallet

576

41: Emoji Fragmentation

577

40: Emotion Palette

578

39: Developers do a Lot of Running

579

38: Titles Are Not Jobs

580

37: I Don't Have a Production Staff

581

36: Menu Bar at the Top

582

35: Where The Fluoroelastomer Meets the Road

583

34: The 1.0 Experience

584

33: Personal Electronic Notebooks

585

32: Uncompatible

586

31: MacBook Review Special

587

30: Boarding a Sinking Ship

588

29: Velcro Ball

589

28: Two Men in a Very Tiny Room

590

27: The Batman of Cheese

591

26: Ambushed on a Podcast

592

25: I Don't Need a Saturday Box

593

24: Because... Luxury

594

23: The Church of The Coverflow

595

22: I Didn't Hate This Movie

596

21: You Rolled 38

597

20: You Cannot Win an Effort War

598

19: Marco Marketing

599

18: Special Interface Snowflake

600

17: Somewhere on The Monorail

601

16: The 2014 Upgradies

602

15: Upgradians of the Galaxy

603

14: The Marvel of the Buttermilk Biscuit

604

13: #AskUpgrade

605

12: Plant and Analyze

606

11: Drifting Shower Schedule

607

10: Podcasting, It’s Great!

608

9: A Brain and a Drill

609

8: With Special Offers

610

7: Hot Dog Allergy

611

6: The Enemy Discount

612

5: Macworld Cosplay

613

4: I Regret My Endorsement of You

614

3: I Think You'll Find It's Bazqux

615

2: You Start From Zero

616

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