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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

4

608: Pop and Lock

5

607: Lime Has Left the Chat

6

606: Photogenic Lemon

7

605: The 2026 March Experience Draft

8

604: The Shifting Sands of Liquid Glass

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603: Recalibrate the Quality Bar

10

602: Get Our Necks Limber

11

601: Spreadsheet for Creators

12

600: Based on Hopes and Dreams

13

599: Free... Although

14

598: Transparent Man of the People

15

597: Our 2026 Wish List

16

596: The 2025 Upgradies

17

595: Contrast in the Horse

18

594: Featuring Crimes

19

593: Oops! All Departures

20

592: Metaphorical Pipeline

21

591: The Apple TV Draft

22

590: Who’s This John Apple?

23

589: The London Air

24

588: Dodging the Question Intentionally

25

587: My TestFlight Has a TestFlight

26

586: An LLM in the Woods

27

585: Slide Over Sickos

28

584: I'm the Apple of Lasers

29

583: It Feels So Good to Be Right

30

582: First Chance to Make One Impression

31

581: A Very Dented Can

32

580: Iconic Plateau

33

579: The 2025 September Event Draft

34

578: The Woven Family of Materials

35

577: Apple's Own Tier List

36

576: Resting Tim Face

37

575: I Love to Accelerate a Roadmap

38

574: The Shame Box

39

573: What a Bad Friend!

40

572: Grand modèle de langage

41

571: Am I a Legacy Node?

42

570: The Spite Tier

43

569: We Need More Rock Stars

44

568: A Persona of a Bearded Man

45

567: Are We So Back?

46

566: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2025

47

565: The Scent of Humane

48

564: California CarPlay Road Trip

49

563: Peanut or a Banana

50

562: Let's Break the Law

51

561: International Intrigue

52

560: Thank All the Daddies

53

559: All Fingers Are Digital

54

558: My Bucket Is Full

55

557: I Will Run a Four-Minute Mile

56

556: This Photo Is Not 2000 Years Old

57

555: What You Are Is What You Ship

58

554: Level Zero Promise

59

553: The Apple Monument

60

552: Table for Six

61

551: The Paternity Draft

62

550: The Tasty Part Inside Bad Bread

63

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

64

548: Hunched Over the Keyboard With My Eyes Closed

65

547: Figure Out and Find Out

66

546: Headline Snob

67

545: The Bee Bonnet Company

68

544: The 2024 Upgradies

69

543: In the Pocket of Big Turkey

70

542: Wellies on the Ground

71

541: Nonotexture

72

540: Validation for Shower Jason

73

539: 98 Yards with My Boys

74

538: A Lot of Mac in Your Face

75

537: Square Minus One

76

536: The Sleeping Lifestyle

77

535: Little Spicy Peppers

78

534: The 2024 October Event? Draft

79

533: A Conversation With Your Teeth

80

532: I Am Foreign Exchange Headwinds

81

531: Notifications in My Eyes

82

530: I Am Beyond Recovery

83

529: Grind Down That Silicon

84

528: Here's My Child Criminal

85

527: The 2024 September Event Draft

86

526: Journal and Learnal

87

525: Best of U3

88

524: We're Making a Trifle

89

523: I Got It to Hallucinate Already

90

522: Reserve Your Spot

91

521: I Can Get Pineapple Into Anything

92

520: Cruel Summer

93

519: The Intelligent Trinity

94

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

95

517: Maybe It's Catchier in Japanese

96

516: I'm Suppressing My Feelings

97

515: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2024

98

514: European Beard

99

513: I Do Not Rock Anything

100

512: Pros Are the Little Boats

101

511: You’re Nice to Hold

102

510: Jason Is Cool GOTO 10

103

509: Save the Fines

104

508: You’re Judging It Wrong

105

507: Differently Social

106

506: Legacy When? Legacy Now?

107

505: Abolish Drafts: The 2024 iPad Draft

108

504: Tone 47

109

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

110

502: It's the Way Towards Colour

111

501: The Perfect Noodling Computer

112

500: Core Face/Peripheral Face

113

499: We Have All the Cushions

114

498: Leap the Uncanny Valley

115

497: The Poison Pill

116

496: 40th Anniversary of the Mac Draft

117

495: Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong

118

494: Copyright Violation Machine

119

493: Upgradies Hall of Fame

120

492: The 2023 Upgrade Holiday Special

121

491: The 2023 Upgradies

122

490: The Cat Has a Team of Lawyers

123

489: The Future Is on CompuServe

124

488: The New Numbers

125

487: Under the Thumb of Qualcomm

126

486: On the Side of Reality

127

485: Best Witch and Beast Feature

128

484: Space Grayer

129

483: The 2023 October Event Draft

130

482: It’s Covered in Soap!

131

481: What If… Octobox?

132

480: Never Do a Deal with the Preference Daemon

133

479: The Three Oranges

134

478: Hi, We’re the Weirdos

135

477: Tails O'Clock

136

476: Friends in the Couch Cushions

137

475: The 2023 September Event Draft

138

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

139

473: I Can Talk About the George Foreman Grill Now

140

472: Step Aside, Bob!

141

471: A Technological 23rd Century Star Trek Thing

142

470: Magic Titanium

143

469: Bring in the Boffins

144

468: Nonstop Bangers Involving Saxophone Solos

145

467: The Least Important Mac

146

466: Try to Stop Me Now, Batman

147

465: No Dark Modes, Only Dark Rooms

148

464: Godzilla Is Always There

149

463: Respect the Tripod

150

462: Time Moves the Sun

151

461: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2023

152

460: Mr. QuickTime is Now Mr. Headset

153

459: I Appreciate Whopping

154

458: Weaving on a Thoughtful Basis

155

457: Subtle & Vibrant

156

456: The Official Journal of Journaling

157

455: QUADBOX!

158

454: The Home Home

159

453: At Large at Apple Park

160

452: Schrödinger's Killer App

161

451: I've Come Around to Reality

162

450: Funko Classicals

163

449: Dynamic Submarine

164

448: I'm Choosing Optimism

165

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

166

446: The iPhone Abides

167

445: Headwinds

168

444: Greg

169

443: Core Variations

170

442: Zombie Arms and Toaster Fridge

171

441: Qi2: Qi Harder

172

440: Apple Bricked My House!

173

439: The 2022 Upgradies

174

438: Holiday Antitrust Special

175

437: Luxury Car for Nerds

176

436: I Bend So Many Spoons

177

435: OS 8, Not So Great

178

434: Bob to Bob to Bob

179

433: The Lava Lamp is Not Responding

180

432: Upgrade (With Special Offers)

181

431: Charty Charty Money Charts

182

430: Other Kickstands Are Available

183

429: Freedom Doors

184

428: (2)

185

427: He Renounced Lederhosen

186

426: Splash Hit!

187

425: This Intelligent Blob

188

424: Das Pro Plus Max Ultra

189

423: Ultra Wednesday

190

422: The 2022 September Event Draft

191

421: Summer of Automation

192

420: I Don't Want Your Jolly Ranchers

193

419: Modemtown

194

418: Cocktail of Headwinds

195

417: The Verticals

196

416: Shout-out to Bridget Knight

197

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

198

414: The Meat Seems Questionable

199

413: Tall Is Small

200

412: Justin, Don't Do It

201

411: 180% Different for Me

202

410: Apple Park Vibe Check

203

409: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2022

204

408: Upgrade VR

205

407: Inexplicable Billboards

206

406: Are You Phishing Me Right Now?

207

405: Too Many Numbers

208

404: Convert Your Nostalgia to Money

209

403: This Episode is Forbidden

210

402: Very Important Developers

211

401: This App May Not Kill You

212

400: Draft of the Ages

213

399: The Mysteries of Thunderbolt

214

398: I Thought About the Ultra, Then I Laughed

215

397: My Favorite Amount of Transistors

216

396: The 2022 March Event Draft

217

395: This App May Kill You

218

394: Historic Dongletown

219

393: Nothing Is So Perfect™

220

392: The Whimsy Committee

221

391: They're Great Uphill

222

390: 🦓🦅🦜🐧

223

389: I Have Extra Buttons

224

388: The Year of the Headset

225

387: The 2021 Upgradies

226

386: The Tube Man Ecosystem

227

385: Millie Metre

228

384: Don't Fear the Laser

229

383: Dongletown Hotel

230

382: Hey Car, Stop

231

381: Get Used to Disappointment

232

380: Hey Self, Don't Do It!

233

379: They Feed on Memory Bandwidth

234

378: The Maximum Macintosh

235

377: Most Importantly, Compressor

236

376: The 2021 October Event Draft

237

375: My Watch Is My Cake

238

374: Abnormal Within an Abnormal Group

239

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

240

372: A Wrestling Match With App Icons

241

371: Midnight Is Starlight's Best Friend

242

370: The 2021 September Event Draft

243

369: The One With How Titles Are Made

244

368: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs

245

367: My Experience With the Floating Lozenges

246

366: The Node Legacy

247

365: Apple's Compromise

248

364: Content Arms Dealer

249

363: Our App Is a Game Now

250

362: He's Posting More Chickens!

251

361: It’s Not an Artistic Exercise

252

360: Big Minimizers

253

359: Hi Everybody... Pineapple

254

358: Apple Watch Extreme or Whatever

255

357: Collaborative Calculating

256

356: This Is Not for You, Developers

257

355: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2021

258

354: Even Safari Knows It's Yellow

259

353: Orange iMac in My Orange Office

260

352: Living Inside an Orange

261

351: Long Hair Is In, Disco Is Back

262

350: The Time for Color is Now

263

349: Six Colors and Not a Color

264

348: The 2021 April Event Draft

265

347: The Hubris of the HomePod

266

346: Float It Like a Hologram

267

345: Hovering Over My Desk on New Years Eve

268

344: Let's Call It 'Motorcycle'

269

343: Don't Call It a HomePod

270

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

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341: Pale Shade of Fun

272

340: Secret Sauce

273

339: Dogcow and Spinning Rainbow Cursor in Finderland

274

338: Loved by Podcasters the World Over

275

337: No Appreciable Gates

276

336: Cool Report, Though

277

335: Repudiation of a Decade

278

334: Tina, If You're Tuna…

279

333: New Year, Same Old Prediction

280

332: The 2020 Upgradies

281

331: Mandatory Turkey Holiday

282

330: People Aren't Always Logical

283

329: The Stale Hot Dog Industry

284

328: Secure, But Terrible

285

327: The Future Doesn't Apply

286

326: The M1 Macs: Interview and Review

287

325: Johny for the Chips

288

324: The 2020 November Event Draft

289

323: The Edges are More Interesting

290

322: Aux In, Cows Out

291

321: It's the Hope That Kills You

292

320: Apple Silicon and the 2020 October Event Draft

293

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

294

318: Four Weeks Out or Tomorrow

295

317: Upsettings

296

316: Why Tomorrow?

297

315: The 2020 September Event Draft

298

314: Beta Tourism

299

313: Story of the Summer

300

312: Outgrade

301

311: Summer of App Store Problems

302

310: The Opposite of Shiny

303

309: Ancient Mac Archaeologist

304

308: The Adventures of Dr. Icon

305

307: Big Sur Sosumi

306

306: That's Beta Life!

307

305: A High School Production of Dracula

308

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

309

303: The Return of Two Old Friends

310

302: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2020

311

301: Show Me You’re Serious

312

300: It's So Hard to Predict the Future

313

299: My Gut Says Yes and No

314

298: Copy Copy Copy, Paste Paste Paste Paste

315

297: Factual Controller

316

296: You Wouldn't Believe The Stuff I Know

317

295: Leave the Podcast at the Beep

318

294: The Phone Was Full of Sawdust

319

293: Opt In Your Face

320

292: Don't Look Over There!

321

291: The Ugly Potatoes Are Used for Fries

322

290: You Are The Button

323

289: Not So Fast, Uma Thurman

324

288: Are We Being Punked?

325

287: Constant Applause

326

286: You Can't Make Me Change My Pocket

327

285: Mac Pros for Mac Pros

328

284: We're In the Ear Business

329

283: The Anger of the Panel

330

282: The iPad at 10

331

281: Your Historical Knowledge Has Been Noted

332

280: De Niro Can’t Bend

333

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

334

278: The 2019 Upgradies

335

277: Who Killed the Butterfly Keyboard?

336

276: It’s Always the Chips

337

275: Remove All of the Holes

338

274: More Clunky!

339

273: Sideways the Game

340

272: Double Secret Vice President of Keyboards

341

271: The 16-inch MacBook Pro

342

270: The Toughest Compare

343

269: A Beep Beep from Far Away

344

268: Featchas in the Beatas

345

267: The Quiet Death of the Newton

346

266: Two iPads in a Sandwich

347

265: Nothing But Canned Answers

348

264: Beautiful Breakable Glass Objects

349

263: Extra Professional

350

262: The Skyscrapers of Camera Bump City

351

261: The 2019 iPhone Event Draft

352

260: It's Not Just a Desk

353

259: Get Ripped with Pro Max

354

258: Ten Hours Is Not All Day

355

257: The Amount of Money Available on the Planet

356

256: The Billion Dollar Show

357

255: Peacock Plus

358

254: Downgrade

359

253: Steal The Ball

360

252: The Hippie Gets a Haircut

361

251: And Then You Eat the Ice Cream

362

250: Building a Home Screen Together

363

249: A Bridge to the Future

364

248: Seven Layer Burrito of Innovation

365

247: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2019

366

246: You Can't Fight the Magnets

367

245: Get Ready for the Sensor Square

368

244: Push All the Sales Buttons

369

243: Fiddling Around With Folders

370

242: Myke and the Modems

371

241: The Tweaky Features

372

240: Dance on the Grave of iTunes

373

239: Fighting Against the Laws of Physics

374

238: The Future of TV Was Apps

375

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

376

236: Whatever Keyboard Pleases Me

377

235: Don’t Be So Mean

378

234: The Ideological Folding Wars

379

233: Let's Start a Rumor

380

232: De-emphasis on Trees

381

231: The Upgrade Cycle Is Extending

382

230: The General Drift of Sentiment

383

229: A More Intentional Folding

384

228: The Proof is In the Dust Tray

385

227: Twenty Nine TeeVee

386

226: The 2018 Upgradies

387

225: An Upgrade Christmas Carol

388

224: A Bearded Man Is The Hero

389

223: Impressive and Stupid

390

222: That's Not a Plan

391

221: Dongleton-on-Sea

392

220: Mr. Apple Pencil

393

219: The Chicken Just Laid an Egg

394

218: Previously, on Apple Laptops

395

217: People in Dongletown Want to Dance

396

216: The 2018 October Event Draft - LIVE in Chicago

397

215: The Future of TV is the TV App

398

214: Nobody Seems to Know Anything

399

213: The California Environment

400

212: The Chocolate Phone Is No Good

401

211: You Will Pay

402

210: Tennis Macs

403

209: The 2018 iPhone Event Draft

404

208: The Villain of the Macintosh

405

207: Max Rebate

406

206: The Rings in a Tree

407

205: Monolithic Entertainment Console

408

204: Tap-to-Click Truther

409

203: I Have Felt the Power of the Snell Zone

410

202: I’m Going to Counter Your Jaguar

411

201: Full English Breakfast

412

200: The Podcasting and Anniversary Episode

413

199: Puppet Series

414

198: The Mac Is Dead, Long Live the Mac

415

197: Banana Royale

416

196: Workflow Siren

417

195: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2018

418

194: Game of Jenga with Drivers

419

193: This is Stephen Hackett’s Fault

420

192: People Like Colors and Fun

421

191: Alien Spacecraft Sitting on an End Table

422

190: Redefine It Upward

423

189: Obsolescence Isn’t What It Used to Be

424

188: An Elephant on the Bridge

425

187: Whiz-Bang Wonderfulness

426

186: Black Market Crayons

427

185: The March 2018 Apple Event Draft

428

184: The Claim Chowder Secret Society

429

183: It’s Dumb Until We Do It

430

182: March of Minor Products

431

181: Banana Slug Bookshelf

432

180: Too Much Speaker

433

179: Somewhere Between One and a Gabillion

434

178: On a Dark Desert Highway

435

177: Stuck in the Mud

436

176: Final Cat Pro

437

175: $4,999, Cheap!

438

174: The 2017 Upgradies

439

173: The 2017 Upgrade Holiday Special

440

172: My Brain Was Slowly Expanding

441

171: Really Weird Chess Game

442

170: The Rat King of Cables

443

169: Discontinue All Other Products

444

168: Hail Hydrant

445

167: The White Room of My Mind

446

166: The Machine That Makes Money

447

165: The iPhone X Review

448

164: The Lost Phone for Nerds

449

163: Kindle Bubbles

450

162: The Spider Is a Metaphor

451

161: I Look at My Phone and the Money Leaves

452

160: A Helipad on Your Table

453

159: Retcon Incident

454

158: New Theater Smell

455

157: The 2017 iPhone Event Draft

456

156: The Silly Season

457

155: Apple Hardware Draft

458

154: Masters of Automation

459

153: Three Ficuses

460

152: August State of Mind

461

151: Caulk and Spackle

462

150: I Worry About You, Jason

463

149: The Taste of Danger

464

148: I Think I Think What You Think

465

147: Outside the Zone of Secrecy

466

146: It's About the Journey

467

145: Wandered into the Unicorn Grove

468

144: Don't Call It the Finder

469

143: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2017

470

142: You Want Applause

471

141: I Export My Voice

472

140: Disappointed Dad Tim Cook

473

139: Make Money from the Money

474

138: Bad for the Person, Great for the Wizard

475

137: iTunes on a Shelf

476

136: My Screen, My Stuff

477

135: Trashed The Can

478

134: Steal Its Bezel Thunder

479

133: You're an Empty Row Person

480

132: Extra Lasers

481

131: It's Fine, Dude

482

130: Ron Has a Pretty Sweet Job

483

129: Disneyland for Developers

484

128: Is It Any Weirder than Dashboard?

485

127: Congratulations, You're an Analyst

486

126: Spinny Propellery Guy

487

125: A Bear Did it For Me

488

124: There Are Always Gates

489

123: Sheer Gadget Magnetism

490

122: The 2016 Upgradies

491

121: All Talk and No Trousers

492

120: Time Is a Better Indicator of Time

493

119: Make the Chart Bigger

494

118: Missed That by 100%

495

117: Sugar Christmas

496

116: Design Team Yearbook

497

115: Rubber Chicken Scenario

498

114: Get On Down to Dongle Town

499

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

500

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

501

111: I Keep Moving the Goalposts

502

110: Never, Not Ever, Not Once

503

109: YouTube Killed the Podcast Star

504

108: It's a Great Feature When It Works

505

107: The Upgrade Programme

506

106: I've Reached Acceptance

507

105: The Illusion of Clicking

508

104: I Really Do Want to Win

509

103: Significant Figures

510

102: Cautionary Tale of Laptops

511

101: It Works Great in California

512

100: The Least Less

513

99: Disciplined Cash Machine

514

98: Accidental Comics Podcast 🤓

515

97: We Used Our Power For Pizza

516

96: Two Ports is One More Port than One Port

517

95: Don't Bring the Pain without the Benefit

518

94: Users Use Computers

519

93: The Emoji Judgers

520

92: WWDC 2016 Draft

521

91: iMac Special

522

90: Nobody Should be a Siri Power User

523

89: Can We Use a Tracking Pixel?

524

88: Happy Apple Watch Users

525

87: Unchartable Tidbits

526

86: The Cloud With the Question Mark

527

85: Talk to this Cylinder

528

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

529

83: I Love Infuriating You

530

82: Baby Pro

531

81: Live From Interstate 280

532

80: I Can Hear Your Future Screams

533

79: Turkey Dinner Pizza

534

78: Rename Everything

535

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

536

76: You're Part of My System

537

75: You Are Terrible to Sick People

538

74: Tablet Incorporated

539

73: Put on your Rumor Pants

540

72: I Spent Four Months Not Buying It

541

71: Muffingate

542

70: I Could Call My iPhone a Muffin

543

69: The 2015 Upgradies

544

68: The Cryogenic Chamber of Topics

545

67: Part Spite, Part Strategy

546

66: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good Apps?

547

65: Holiday Firewall

548

64: The Law of the Large

549

63: Crying about the Peripherals

550

62: I Am Nerd Face Guy

551

61: Accidental Trek Podcast

552

60: Very Nice Button

553

59: You Need Faster Fingers

554

58: What’s Magic About That Keyboard?

555

57: Complex Feelings

556

56: The Migration Experience

557

55: Your Watch is Full

558

54: Put a Pen on It

559

53: Everything is Off The Charts

560

52: Click to Click

561

51: Fight Against the Fiddly Bits

562

50: Bing Bong

563

49: Huge Engine of Money

564

48: The Watercooler

565

47: Trust Us, It's Doing Well

566

46: The S Could Stand for Snell

567

45: Grandpa's Superhero

568

44: Tap the Ellipses

569

43: Haptic Skeptic

570

42: Shuttlecraft Wallet

571

41: Emoji Fragmentation

572

40: Emotion Palette

573

39: Developers do a Lot of Running

574

38: Titles Are Not Jobs

575

37: I Don't Have a Production Staff

576

36: Menu Bar at the Top

577

35: Where The Fluoroelastomer Meets the Road

578

34: The 1.0 Experience

579

33: Personal Electronic Notebooks

580

32: Uncompatible

581

31: MacBook Review Special

582

30: Boarding a Sinking Ship

583

29: Velcro Ball

584

28: Two Men in a Very Tiny Room

585

27: The Batman of Cheese

586

26: Ambushed on a Podcast

587

25: I Don't Need a Saturday Box

588

24: Because... Luxury

589

23: The Church of The Coverflow

590

22: I Didn't Hate This Movie

591

21: You Rolled 38

592

20: You Cannot Win an Effort War

593

19: Marco Marketing

594

18: Special Interface Snowflake

595

17: Somewhere on The Monorail

596

16: The 2014 Upgradies

597

15: Upgradians of the Galaxy

598

14: The Marvel of the Buttermilk Biscuit

599

13: #AskUpgrade

600

12: Plant and Analyze

601

11: Drifting Shower Schedule

602

10: Podcasting, It’s Great!

603

9: A Brain and a Drill

604

8: With Special Offers

605

7: Hot Dog Allergy

606

6: The Enemy Discount

607

5: Macworld Cosplay

608

4: I Regret My Endorsement of You

609

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

610

2: You Start From Zero

611

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