210: ‘Australian Battery Scam’ With Jason Snell
The Talk Show With John Gruber
12/30/17
•144m
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Special guest Jason Snell returns for the penultimate episode of 2017. Topics include the iPhone battery performance-throttling saga, Google Maps vs. Apple Maps, new versions of iOS running slow on older iPhones, the new iMac Pro, iOS file management, and more.
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Links:
- Apple: “A Message to Our Customers About iPhone Batteries and Performance”.
- Apple KnowledgeBase: “iPhone Battery and Performance”.
- Jason’s interview with Greg Joswiak back in 2007 on the original iPhone’s battery.
- Jason on transferring files from an SD card to iOS devices.
- Twitter thread on iOS devices and USB storage.
- Reddit thread on Android phones, including reports from people with older devices with failing batteries.
- Jason and Myke Hurley’s Upgrade Holiday Special.
- Apollo 13.
- Justin O’Beirne: “Google’s Maps Moat”.
- iZotope RX 6: de-noising, de-echoing software.
- Jason’s new iMac Pro.
- The Apple IIc from 1984.
- Font/DA Mover — this is how we installed fonts back in the day.
- SteerMouse — third-party mouse driver for MacOS that lets you set incredibly fast mouse speeds. Good for RSI sufferers.
- Samsung’s T5 SSD external USB 3.1 storage drives.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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209: ‘Blaming a Platypus’ With Matthew Panzarino
December 18, 2017
•127m
Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about Apple's new iMac Pro lineup: gaming, VR, medical use, software development video, and more. Also: a spoiler-free preamble on Star Wars Ep. 8: The Last Jedi.
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Links:
- Archive of Rian Johnson’s appearance on episode 21 of The Talk Show.
- My first look at iMac Pro.
- Panzarino’s iMac Pro first look.
- Rene Ritchie’s first look.
- Electronauts.
- Twinmotion.
- Gravity Sketch.
- OsiriX.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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As per holiday tradition at The Talk Show, a brief chat about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, with a cavalcade of special guests, including Guy English and John Siracusa.
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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