February 22, 2021

Apple unveils Mosquito Coast trailer

Apple TV:

High stakes, shocking twists, and a new adventure. Get a first look at the newest Apple Original series The Mosquito Coast, starring Justin Theroux and Melissa George and coming April 30th to Apple TV+

Adapted from the best-selling novel, The Mosquito Coast is a gripping adventure following the dangerous journey of a radical idealist and brilliant inventor, Allie Fox (Justin Theroux), who uproots his family for Mexico seeking a safe haven.

Watch the trailer, embedded below. This looks like it could be a ripping ride. As mentioned, the series premiere drops April 30th.

February 19, 2021

The Dalrymple Report: MacBook Pro, Apple Music, and Apple Watch

Dave and I discuss some of the changes rumored to be coming to the MacBook Pro and if they signify Apple is admitting it was wrong with some features. We also talk about a new Apple Music feature that allows you to share lyrics and snippets of songs with a friend. A surprising $922,000 pizza and Dave’s braided loop Apple Watch band.

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February 18, 2021

How Apple builds its stores

This is a love letter to the Apple Store, with lots of great beauty shots and a nice bit showing Steve Jobs at that first Apple Store back in 2001.

Drive around cities around the world, change stations as you drive ∞

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This is just super fun. Follow the headline link, scroll through the list of cities, pick one, and you’re instantly driving around the city.

If sound is on, turn on street noise and click through the local radio stations. So great!

Is Apple about to admit it was wrong about the MacBook Pro? ∞

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Jason Snell:

One of its most colossal flops, the Power Mac G4 Cube, was famously put “on ice” rather than retired, in a press release that fantasized that it might eventually return.

And:

Considering that pride, what happens when the company decides that many of the decisions it made a few years earlier were mistakes, actually? What does it look like when Apple makes a strategic retreat?

It feels like we’re about to find out.

And:

So here we are in early 2021, with a strong possibility that Apple is about to undo most of the big changes it made to the MacBook. The Touch Bar is rumored to be a goner, MagSafe is reportedly returning, and Apple may be adding other I/O—HDMI? an SD card slot?—to the MacBook Pro as well.

A very interesting look at Apple’s history of handling product retreats. Will we see the return of MagSafe for Mac? Will non-USB-C ports return to the high-end MacBook line? Will a new generation of M1 make its debut at this year’s WWDC? Good times for the Mac.