(Podcast) Designed in California 7: Apple’s Mac OS Crisis: Plan Be (Part 3)

A possible replacement for Mac OS arrives in the form of a company founded by a charismatic former Apple executive—but not the one you’re thinking of.

A possible replacement for Mac OS arrives in the form of a company founded by a charismatic former Apple executive—but not the one you’re thinking of.
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.
It’s the year of Lex on the desktop, mobile and everywhere else.

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.
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!
Our Mac upgrade plans in the light of price hikes, YouTube view metric changes, our home internet speeds, and how many apps we have our phone.
Lex and Moltz talk new Macs, old games, Lex’s apps and Apple community drama before getting interrupted by some heartbreaking news.
The EU gives up and settles with Apple, John Ternus’s new home strategy starts to come into focus, and people at Apple just love the folding iPhone.
Tech bag or brand recommendations, Apple’s most overlooked feature, the app we’d vibe code for ourselves, and our thoughts on the leaked AirPods with cameras for Visual Intelligence.
Oops! All segments! This week we’ve got Snell Talk (tea), Upstream (Apple TV), Lawyer Up (regulations), Rumor Roundup (new iPhones), The Betails (final betas?), and Ask Upgrade!
Guy English joins us. We talk, of course, about John Gruber’s essay on Anthropic’s watermarking, Dan’s Six Colors response, and Gruber’s follow-up. We also talk about AirPods with cameras. 🎉 Lex had Eero troubles.
OpenAI’s hardware plans, our folding phone thoughts, smart lock experiences, and the future of the iPad.
We discuss the new betas, give Lex a live bug report and then hit the books.
After a visit to Jason’s backyard, we discuss OpenAI’s response to Apple’s lawsuit, the future of Apple’s wearable line, the return of “Ted Lasso,” and some starters for Spider-Man.
Our favorite ways to share data between devices, what we’d like to see iOS on next after PontoonPlay, whether Private Relay concerns us, and any “dead” media formats we still enjoy.
Moltz has a can-do attitude but it’s Lex and Dan who get the questions about actually doing things.
Dan Moren joins the Upgrade program to discuss the new Apple Upgrade program, along with Apple’s financial results, the approach of Apple’s new home strategy, and the perfect phone for iPhone 13 mini fans.
Ted Lasso’s return and Apple TV recommendations, a year of Apple Journal on Mac, our tech cleaning and maintenance habits, and old technologies we’ve fired up just to learn or relive.
Moltz is tired of renting and Lex must be tired of walking.
It’s a Summer of Fun takeover! Jason asks Myke about the state of his current workflows, and we both highlight our current Macs and current favorite Mac utilities.