Our relationship with telephoto lenses, whether Genmoji has gotten better, our thoughts on the iPhone Duo, and the sci-fi interfaces we’d love or hate to use.
Apple desperately needs a replacement for Mac OS, but negotiations with Jean-Louis Gassée’s Be are at the breaking point. But does CEO Gil Amelio have any other options?
The 27 OS releases have dropped. Jason has a review of macOS Golden Gate and Myke acts as the ambassador for Siri AI. And we’ve also got more reactions to just what makes the iPhone Duo so interesting.
On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I break down Apple’s September event, starting with the “Ternus Doctrine” and what it means for Siri AI. We compare the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro, then dig into the new Apple Watch and AirPods features. In More Power Users, we share what we ordered and why.
We break down Apple’s September 9 event, including the foldable iPhone Duo, the non-foldable iPhone 18 Pro, the surprising new Apple Watches that double as AI wearables, and the event debut of John Ternus as Apple’s CEO. And who won the draft?!
The ideal iPhone form factors we’d pick, whether we want a foldable iPhone for ourselves, the last project we got hyperfixated on, and our backup setups.
On this episode of Intentional AI, Chris and I look at how dictation went from a nine-thousand-dollar tool that needed hours of training to something you can whisper into your watch. We compare cloud and local options, including Wispr Flow, MacWhisper, Superwhisper, and Whisper Memos, along with the privacy tradeoffs that come with each.
We also talk about using your voice to give robots better context, then wrap up with Claude’s new browser and background computer use.
On this episode of Focused, Mike and I work through practical questions about capacity, chronotypes, delegation, accountability, and what to do when a careful plan collapses. We also talk about task overload and the difference between getting human help and handing work to a robot.
In Deep Focus, we look at systems for bad days and why my automated daily note lost to the paper cards sitting on my desk.
Teddy Svoronos returns to the Mac Power Users. Teddy explains how he uses tech to teach at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and the challenges of teaching in the age of A.I.
Designed in California, the Apple history podcast from Myke Hurley and Jason Snell, is now live on Relay with two new free episodes, plus more for Kickstarter backers and Relay subscribers.
Over the summer, Myke and Jason ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for the new show, which will be released as topical series. The first series about the Apple II was released over the summer as part of a preview for the Kickstarter campaign.
Now, the first two episodes of Apple’s Mac OS Crisis are out and available to listen to for free. Those episodes will be followed by five more weekly installments. However, if you backed the Kickstarter or if sign up to support the show via Relay’s website, you get all seven episodes of the series immediately.
Apple’s Mac OS crisis in the ’90s, leading to the company acquiring NeXT and bringing Steve Jobs back.
Apple’s Mac OS Crisis also features special guest John Siracusa, who knows a thing or two about ’90s Apple. In addition to the audio-only version of Designed in California, the show is available on YouTube.
It’s been great to see this show come together over the summer. I know it’s been a lot of work, which is clear from the depth and quality of the episodes. I fully expect Designed in California to become the definitive podcast for Apple history nerds.
Our thoughts on the Dyson CameraJet toothbrush, features or products we’d like to see return in the Ternus era, travel devices we brought but never used, and whether we’ve encountered AI-generated food menus.
Apple’s homegrown next-generating operating system fails to launch, leaving the company in dire straits and searching for a lifeline from outside the company.
In the August 2026 MacVoices Update, Chuck outlines how a little time off slowed down some projects, reviews new episode artwork designed to better communicate each show’s subject, discusses why feedback is so important to what you hear and see, and delivers the Support Report form the month. http://traffic.libsyn.com/maclevelten/MV26245.mp3 Show Notes: Support: Become a MacVoices […]
It’s time for another Apple event draft! But before we predict what Apple will introduce next week, we need to send off the Tim Cook Era and discuss a somewhat surprising announcement of new chips and new Macs!
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