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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

14

601: Spreadsheet for Creators

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600: Based on Hopes and Dreams

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599: Free... Although

17

598: Transparent Man of the People

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597: Our 2026 Wish List

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596: The 2025 Upgradies

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595: Contrast in the Horse

21

594: Featuring Crimes

22

593: Oops! All Departures

23

592: Metaphorical Pipeline

24

591: The Apple TV Draft

25

590: Who’s This John Apple?

26

589: The London Air

27

588: Dodging the Question Intentionally

28

587: My TestFlight Has a TestFlight

29

586: An LLM in the Woods

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585: Slide Over Sickos

31

584: I'm the Apple of Lasers

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583: It Feels So Good to Be Right

33

582: First Chance to Make One Impression

34

581: A Very Dented Can

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580: Iconic Plateau

36

579: The 2025 September Event Draft

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578: The Woven Family of Materials

38

577: Apple's Own Tier List

39

576: Resting Tim Face

40

575: I Love to Accelerate a Roadmap

41

574: The Shame Box

42

573: What a Bad Friend!

43

572: Grand modèle de langage

44

571: Am I a Legacy Node?

45

570: The Spite Tier

46

569: We Need More Rock Stars

47

568: A Persona of a Bearded Man

48

567: Are We So Back?

49

566: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2025

50

565: The Scent of Humane

51

564: California CarPlay Road Trip

52

563: Peanut or a Banana

53

562: Let's Break the Law

54

561: International Intrigue

55

560: Thank All the Daddies

56

559: All Fingers Are Digital

57

558: My Bucket Is Full

58

557: I Will Run a Four-Minute Mile

59

556: This Photo Is Not 2000 Years Old

60

555: What You Are Is What You Ship

61

554: Level Zero Promise

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553: The Apple Monument

63

552: Table for Six

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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

67

548: Hunched Over the Keyboard With My Eyes Closed

68

547: Figure Out and Find Out

69

546: Headline Snob

70

545: The Bee Bonnet Company

71

544: The 2024 Upgradies

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543: In the Pocket of Big Turkey

73

542: Wellies on the Ground

74

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

78

537: Square Minus One

79

536: The Sleeping Lifestyle

80

535: Little Spicy Peppers

81

534: The 2024 October Event? Draft

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533: A Conversation With Your Teeth

83

532: I Am Foreign Exchange Headwinds

84

531: Notifications in My Eyes

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530: I Am Beyond Recovery

86

529: Grind Down That Silicon

87

528: Here's My Child Criminal

88

527: The 2024 September Event Draft

89

526: Journal and Learnal

90

525: Best of U3

91

524: We're Making a Trifle

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523: I Got It to Hallucinate Already

93

522: Reserve Your Spot

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521: I Can Get Pineapple Into Anything

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520: Cruel Summer

96

519: The Intelligent Trinity

97

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

98

517: Maybe It's Catchier in Japanese

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516: I'm Suppressing My Feelings

100

515: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2024

101

514: European Beard

102

513: I Do Not Rock Anything

103

512: Pros Are the Little Boats

104

511: You’re Nice to Hold

105

510: Jason Is Cool GOTO 10

106

509: Save the Fines

107

508: You’re Judging It Wrong

108

507: Differently Social

109

506: Legacy When? Legacy Now?

110

505: Abolish Drafts: The 2024 iPad Draft

111

504: Tone 47

112

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

113

502: It's the Way Towards Colour

114

501: The Perfect Noodling Computer

115

500: Core Face/Peripheral Face

116

499: We Have All the Cushions

117

498: Leap the Uncanny Valley

118

497: The Poison Pill

119

496: 40th Anniversary of the Mac Draft

120

495: Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong

121

494: Copyright Violation Machine

122

493: Upgradies Hall of Fame

123

492: The 2023 Upgrade Holiday Special

124

491: The 2023 Upgradies

125

490: The Cat Has a Team of Lawyers

126

489: The Future Is on CompuServe

127

488: The New Numbers

128

487: Under the Thumb of Qualcomm

129

486: On the Side of Reality

130

485: Best Witch and Beast Feature

131

484: Space Grayer

132

483: The 2023 October Event Draft

133

482: It’s Covered in Soap!

134

481: What If… Octobox?

135

480: Never Do a Deal with the Preference Daemon

136

479: The Three Oranges

137

478: Hi, We’re the Weirdos

138

477: Tails O'Clock

139

476: Friends in the Couch Cushions

140

475: The 2023 September Event Draft

141

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

142

473: I Can Talk About the George Foreman Grill Now

143

472: Step Aside, Bob!

144

471: A Technological 23rd Century Star Trek Thing

145

470: Magic Titanium

146

469: Bring in the Boffins

147

468: Nonstop Bangers Involving Saxophone Solos

148

467: The Least Important Mac

149

466: Try to Stop Me Now, Batman

150

465: No Dark Modes, Only Dark Rooms

151

464: Godzilla Is Always There

152

463: Respect the Tripod

153

462: Time Moves the Sun

154

461: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2023

155

460: Mr. QuickTime is Now Mr. Headset

156

459: I Appreciate Whopping

157

458: Weaving on a Thoughtful Basis

158

457: Subtle & Vibrant

159

456: The Official Journal of Journaling

160

455: QUADBOX!

161

454: The Home Home

162

453: At Large at Apple Park

163

452: Schrödinger's Killer App

164

451: I've Come Around to Reality

165

450: Funko Classicals

166

449: Dynamic Submarine

167

448: I'm Choosing Optimism

168

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

169

446: The iPhone Abides

170

445: Headwinds

171

444: Greg

172

443: Core Variations

173

442: Zombie Arms and Toaster Fridge

174

441: Qi2: Qi Harder

175

440: Apple Bricked My House!

176

439: The 2022 Upgradies

177

438: Holiday Antitrust Special

178

437: Luxury Car for Nerds

179

436: I Bend So Many Spoons

180

435: OS 8, Not So Great

181

434: Bob to Bob to Bob

182

433: The Lava Lamp is Not Responding

183

432: Upgrade (With Special Offers)

184

431: Charty Charty Money Charts

185

430: Other Kickstands Are Available

186

429: Freedom Doors

187

428: (2)

188

427: He Renounced Lederhosen

189

426: Splash Hit!

190

425: This Intelligent Blob

191

424: Das Pro Plus Max Ultra

192

423: Ultra Wednesday

193

422: The 2022 September Event Draft

194

421: Summer of Automation

195

420: I Don't Want Your Jolly Ranchers

196

419: Modemtown

197

418: Cocktail of Headwinds

198

417: The Verticals

199

416: Shout-out to Bridget Knight

200

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

201

414: The Meat Seems Questionable

202

413: Tall Is Small

203

412: Justin, Don't Do It

204

411: 180% Different for Me

205

410: Apple Park Vibe Check

206

409: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2022

207

408: Upgrade VR

208

407: Inexplicable Billboards

209

406: Are You Phishing Me Right Now?

210

405: Too Many Numbers

211

404: Convert Your Nostalgia to Money

212

403: This Episode is Forbidden

213

402: Very Important Developers

214

401: This App May Not Kill You

215

400: Draft of the Ages

216

399: The Mysteries of Thunderbolt

217

398: I Thought About the Ultra, Then I Laughed

218

397: My Favorite Amount of Transistors

219

396: The 2022 March Event Draft

220

395: This App May Kill You

221

394: Historic Dongletown

222

393: Nothing Is So Perfect™

223

392: The Whimsy Committee

224

391: They're Great Uphill

225

390: 🦓🦅🦜🐧

226

389: I Have Extra Buttons

227

388: The Year of the Headset

228

387: The 2021 Upgradies

229

386: The Tube Man Ecosystem

230

385: Millie Metre

231

384: Don't Fear the Laser

232

383: Dongletown Hotel

233

382: Hey Car, Stop

234

381: Get Used to Disappointment

235

380: Hey Self, Don't Do It!

236

379: They Feed on Memory Bandwidth

237

378: The Maximum Macintosh

238

377: Most Importantly, Compressor

239

376: The 2021 October Event Draft

240

375: My Watch Is My Cake

241

374: Abnormal Within an Abnormal Group

242

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

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372: A Wrestling Match With App Icons

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371: Midnight Is Starlight's Best Friend

245

370: The 2021 September Event Draft

246

369: The One With How Titles Are Made

247

368: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs

248

367: My Experience With the Floating Lozenges

249

366: The Node Legacy

250

365: Apple's Compromise

251

364: Content Arms Dealer

252

363: Our App Is a Game Now

253

362: He's Posting More Chickens!

254

361: It’s Not an Artistic Exercise

255

360: Big Minimizers

256

359: Hi Everybody... Pineapple

257

358: Apple Watch Extreme or Whatever

258

357: Collaborative Calculating

259

356: This Is Not for You, Developers

260

355: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2021

261

354: Even Safari Knows It's Yellow

262

353: Orange iMac in My Orange Office

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352: Living Inside an Orange

264

351: Long Hair Is In, Disco Is Back

265

350: The Time for Color is Now

266

349: Six Colors and Not a Color

267

348: The 2021 April Event Draft

268

347: The Hubris of the HomePod

269

346: Float It Like a Hologram

270

345: Hovering Over My Desk on New Years Eve

271

344: Let's Call It 'Motorcycle'

272

343: Don't Call It a HomePod

273

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

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341: Pale Shade of Fun

275

340: Secret Sauce

276

339: Dogcow and Spinning Rainbow Cursor in Finderland

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338: Loved by Podcasters the World Over

278

337: No Appreciable Gates

279

336: Cool Report, Though

280

335: Repudiation of a Decade

281

334: Tina, If You're Tuna…

282

333: New Year, Same Old Prediction

283

332: The 2020 Upgradies

284

331: Mandatory Turkey Holiday

285

330: People Aren't Always Logical

286

329: The Stale Hot Dog Industry

287

328: Secure, But Terrible

288

327: The Future Doesn't Apply

289

326: The M1 Macs: Interview and Review

290

325: Johny for the Chips

291

324: The 2020 November Event Draft

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323: The Edges are More Interesting

293

322: Aux In, Cows Out

294

321: It's the Hope That Kills You

295

320: Apple Silicon and the 2020 October Event Draft

296

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

297

318: Four Weeks Out or Tomorrow

298

317: Upsettings

299

316: Why Tomorrow?

300

315: The 2020 September Event Draft

301

314: Beta Tourism

302

313: Story of the Summer

303

312: Outgrade

304

311: Summer of App Store Problems

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310: The Opposite of Shiny

306

309: Ancient Mac Archaeologist

307

308: The Adventures of Dr. Icon

308

307: Big Sur Sosumi

309

306: That's Beta Life!

310

305: A High School Production of Dracula

311

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

312

303: The Return of Two Old Friends

313

302: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2020

314

301: Show Me You’re Serious

315

300: It's So Hard to Predict the Future

316

299: My Gut Says Yes and No

317

298: Copy Copy Copy, Paste Paste Paste Paste

318

297: Factual Controller

319

296: You Wouldn't Believe The Stuff I Know

320

295: Leave the Podcast at the Beep

321

294: The Phone Was Full of Sawdust

322

293: Opt In Your Face

323

292: Don't Look Over There!

324

291: The Ugly Potatoes Are Used for Fries

325

290: You Are The Button

326

289: Not So Fast, Uma Thurman

327

288: Are We Being Punked?

328

287: Constant Applause

329

286: You Can't Make Me Change My Pocket

330

285: Mac Pros for Mac Pros

331

284: We're In the Ear Business

332

283: The Anger of the Panel

333

282: The iPad at 10

334

281: Your Historical Knowledge Has Been Noted

335

280: De Niro Can’t Bend

336

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

337

278: The 2019 Upgradies

338

277: Who Killed the Butterfly Keyboard?

339

276: It’s Always the Chips

340

275: Remove All of the Holes

341

274: More Clunky!

342

273: Sideways the Game

343

272: Double Secret Vice President of Keyboards

344

271: The 16-inch MacBook Pro

345

270: The Toughest Compare

346

269: A Beep Beep from Far Away

347

268: Featchas in the Beatas

348

267: The Quiet Death of the Newton

349

266: Two iPads in a Sandwich

350

265: Nothing But Canned Answers

351

264: Beautiful Breakable Glass Objects

352

263: Extra Professional

353

262: The Skyscrapers of Camera Bump City

354

261: The 2019 iPhone Event Draft

355

260: It's Not Just a Desk

356

259: Get Ripped with Pro Max

357

258: Ten Hours Is Not All Day

358

257: The Amount of Money Available on the Planet

359

256: The Billion Dollar Show

360

255: Peacock Plus

361

254: Downgrade

362

253: Steal The Ball

363

252: The Hippie Gets a Haircut

364

251: And Then You Eat the Ice Cream

365

250: Building a Home Screen Together

366

249: A Bridge to the Future

367

248: Seven Layer Burrito of Innovation

368

247: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2019

369

246: You Can't Fight the Magnets

370

245: Get Ready for the Sensor Square

371

244: Push All the Sales Buttons

372

243: Fiddling Around With Folders

373

242: Myke and the Modems

374

241: The Tweaky Features

375

240: Dance on the Grave of iTunes

376

239: Fighting Against the Laws of Physics

377

238: The Future of TV Was Apps

378

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

379

236: Whatever Keyboard Pleases Me

380

235: Don’t Be So Mean

381

234: The Ideological Folding Wars

382

233: Let's Start a Rumor

383

232: De-emphasis on Trees

384

231: The Upgrade Cycle Is Extending

385

230: The General Drift of Sentiment

386

229: A More Intentional Folding

387

228: The Proof is In the Dust Tray

388

227: Twenty Nine TeeVee

389

226: The 2018 Upgradies

390

225: An Upgrade Christmas Carol

391

224: A Bearded Man Is The Hero

392

223: Impressive and Stupid

393

222: That's Not a Plan

394

221: Dongleton-on-Sea

395

220: Mr. Apple Pencil

396

219: The Chicken Just Laid an Egg

397

218: Previously, on Apple Laptops

398

217: People in Dongletown Want to Dance

399

216: The 2018 October Event Draft - LIVE in Chicago

400

215: The Future of TV is the TV App

401

214: Nobody Seems to Know Anything

402

213: The California Environment

403

212: The Chocolate Phone Is No Good

404

211: You Will Pay

405

210: Tennis Macs

406

209: The 2018 iPhone Event Draft

407

208: The Villain of the Macintosh

408

207: Max Rebate

409

206: The Rings in a Tree

410

205: Monolithic Entertainment Console

411

204: Tap-to-Click Truther

412

203: I Have Felt the Power of the Snell Zone

413

202: I’m Going to Counter Your Jaguar

414

201: Full English Breakfast

415

200: The Podcasting and Anniversary Episode

416

199: Puppet Series

417

198: The Mac Is Dead, Long Live the Mac

418

197: Banana Royale

419

196: Workflow Siren

420

195: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2018

421

194: Game of Jenga with Drivers

422

193: This is Stephen Hackett’s Fault

423

192: People Like Colors and Fun

424

191: Alien Spacecraft Sitting on an End Table

425

190: Redefine It Upward

426

189: Obsolescence Isn’t What It Used to Be

427

188: An Elephant on the Bridge

428

187: Whiz-Bang Wonderfulness

429

186: Black Market Crayons

430

185: The March 2018 Apple Event Draft

431

184: The Claim Chowder Secret Society

432

183: It’s Dumb Until We Do It

433

182: March of Minor Products

434

181: Banana Slug Bookshelf

435

180: Too Much Speaker

436

179: Somewhere Between One and a Gabillion

437

178: On a Dark Desert Highway

438

177: Stuck in the Mud

439

176: Final Cat Pro

440

175: $4,999, Cheap!

441

174: The 2017 Upgradies

442

173: The 2017 Upgrade Holiday Special

443

172: My Brain Was Slowly Expanding

444

171: Really Weird Chess Game

445

170: The Rat King of Cables

446

169: Discontinue All Other Products

447

168: Hail Hydrant

448

167: The White Room of My Mind

449

166: The Machine That Makes Money

450

165: The iPhone X Review

451

164: The Lost Phone for Nerds

452

163: Kindle Bubbles

453

162: The Spider Is a Metaphor

454

161: I Look at My Phone and the Money Leaves

455

160: A Helipad on Your Table

456

159: Retcon Incident

457

158: New Theater Smell

458

157: The 2017 iPhone Event Draft

459

156: The Silly Season

460

155: Apple Hardware Draft

461

154: Masters of Automation

462

153: Three Ficuses

463

152: August State of Mind

464

151: Caulk and Spackle

465

150: I Worry About You, Jason

466

149: The Taste of Danger

467

148: I Think I Think What You Think

468

147: Outside the Zone of Secrecy

469

146: It's About the Journey

470

145: Wandered into the Unicorn Grove

471

144: Don't Call It the Finder

472

143: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2017

473

142: You Want Applause

474

141: I Export My Voice

475

140: Disappointed Dad Tim Cook

476

139: Make Money from the Money

477

138: Bad for the Person, Great for the Wizard

478

137: iTunes on a Shelf

479

136: My Screen, My Stuff

480

135: Trashed The Can

481

134: Steal Its Bezel Thunder

482

133: You're an Empty Row Person

483

132: Extra Lasers

484

131: It's Fine, Dude

485

130: Ron Has a Pretty Sweet Job

486

129: Disneyland for Developers

487

128: Is It Any Weirder than Dashboard?

488

127: Congratulations, You're an Analyst

489

126: Spinny Propellery Guy

490

125: A Bear Did it For Me

491

124: There Are Always Gates

492

123: Sheer Gadget Magnetism

493

122: The 2016 Upgradies

494

121: All Talk and No Trousers

495

120: Time Is a Better Indicator of Time

496

119: Make the Chart Bigger

497

118: Missed That by 100%

498

117: Sugar Christmas

499

116: Design Team Yearbook

500

115: Rubber Chicken Scenario

501

114: Get On Down to Dongle Town

502

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

503

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

504

111: I Keep Moving the Goalposts

505

110: Never, Not Ever, Not Once

506

109: YouTube Killed the Podcast Star

507

108: It's a Great Feature When It Works

508

107: The Upgrade Programme

509

106: I've Reached Acceptance

510

105: The Illusion of Clicking

511

104: I Really Do Want to Win

512

103: Significant Figures

513

102: Cautionary Tale of Laptops

514

101: It Works Great in California

515

100: The Least Less

516

99: Disciplined Cash Machine

517

98: Accidental Comics Podcast 🤓

518

97: We Used Our Power For Pizza

519

96: Two Ports is One More Port than One Port

520

95: Don't Bring the Pain without the Benefit

521

94: Users Use Computers

522

93: The Emoji Judgers

523

92: WWDC 2016 Draft

524

91: iMac Special

525

90: Nobody Should be a Siri Power User

526

89: Can We Use a Tracking Pixel?

527

88: Happy Apple Watch Users

528

87: Unchartable Tidbits

529

86: The Cloud With the Question Mark

530

85: Talk to this Cylinder

531

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

532

83: I Love Infuriating You

533

82: Baby Pro

534

81: Live From Interstate 280

535

80: I Can Hear Your Future Screams

536

79: Turkey Dinner Pizza

537

78: Rename Everything

538

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

539

76: You're Part of My System

540

75: You Are Terrible to Sick People

541

74: Tablet Incorporated

542

73: Put on your Rumor Pants

543

72: I Spent Four Months Not Buying It

544

71: Muffingate

545

70: I Could Call My iPhone a Muffin

546

69: The 2015 Upgradies

547

68: The Cryogenic Chamber of Topics

548

67: Part Spite, Part Strategy

549

66: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good Apps?

550

65: Holiday Firewall

551

64: The Law of the Large

552

63: Crying about the Peripherals

553

62: I Am Nerd Face Guy

554

61: Accidental Trek Podcast

555

60: Very Nice Button

556

59: You Need Faster Fingers

557

58: What’s Magic About That Keyboard?

558

57: Complex Feelings

559

56: The Migration Experience

560

55: Your Watch is Full

561

54: Put a Pen on It

562

53: Everything is Off The Charts

563

52: Click to Click

564

51: Fight Against the Fiddly Bits

565

50: Bing Bong

566

49: Huge Engine of Money

567

48: The Watercooler

568

47: Trust Us, It's Doing Well

569

46: The S Could Stand for Snell

570

45: Grandpa's Superhero

571

44: Tap the Ellipses

572

43: Haptic Skeptic

573

42: Shuttlecraft Wallet

574

41: Emoji Fragmentation

575

40: Emotion Palette

576

39: Developers do a Lot of Running

577

38: Titles Are Not Jobs

578

37: I Don't Have a Production Staff

579

36: Menu Bar at the Top

580

35: Where The Fluoroelastomer Meets the Road

581

34: The 1.0 Experience

582

33: Personal Electronic Notebooks

583

32: Uncompatible

584

31: MacBook Review Special

585

30: Boarding a Sinking Ship

586

29: Velcro Ball

587

28: Two Men in a Very Tiny Room

588

27: The Batman of Cheese

589

26: Ambushed on a Podcast

590

25: I Don't Need a Saturday Box

591

24: Because... Luxury

592

23: The Church of The Coverflow

593

22: I Didn't Hate This Movie

594

21: You Rolled 38

595

20: You Cannot Win an Effort War

596

19: Marco Marketing

597

18: Special Interface Snowflake

598

17: Somewhere on The Monorail

599

16: The 2014 Upgradies

600

15: Upgradians of the Galaxy

601

14: The Marvel of the Buttermilk Biscuit

602

13: #AskUpgrade

603

12: Plant and Analyze

604

11: Drifting Shower Schedule

605

10: Podcasting, It’s Great!

606

9: A Brain and a Drill

607

8: With Special Offers

608

7: Hot Dog Allergy

609

6: The Enemy Discount

610

5: Macworld Cosplay

611

4: I Regret My Endorsement of You

612

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

613

2: You Start From Zero

614

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