Episode 256: Exploits, Recalls, Silent Updates, nil

We follow up on Sir Jony Ive's early innovations; Power Mac G4 Cube, Twentieth Anniversary Mac and USB (Hockey Puck) Mouse. Tim rememberers CADisplayLink. We also follow up on Apple's Design and Development Accelerator in Shanghai, a new scissor switch keyboard is coming for the MacBook Pro, and 4 major reasons why the MacBook Pro's suck. Apple discontinues the 12-inch MacBook and bumps up the MacBook Air with TueTone and adds TouchBar to the entry level MacBook Pro 13. Apple also cut SSD prices in half. The birthplace of the Mac & iPhone Flint Centre is to be demolished. Apple pushes a silent update to the Zoom apps. We discuss the 2015 MacBook Pro Battery Recall Program. 7-Eleven Japan shut down its mobile payment app. Face ID and Touch ID might be used to sign onto iCloud in iOS 13 Beta. Apple to ditch FaceID with through-screen Touch ID? Swift Property Wrappers by NSHipster. We also reminisce about Objective-C collections. Picks: Stranger Things-inspired retro trip to Windows 1.11, Apple’s Texas Hold’em game returns to the iPhone, SF Symbols Reference, TikTok, nil.

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Links:

• Power Mac G4 Cube - Wikipedia
• Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh - Wikipedia
• Apple USB Mouse - Wikipedia
• CADisplayLink - Core Animation | Apple Developer Documentation
• Apple’s first Design and Development Accelerator opens in Shanghai — Apple World Today
• Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in 2019 MacBook Air and 2020 MacBook Pro - 9to5Mac
• Apple USB-C MacBook laptops are the worst in the company's history - INSIDER
• Apple discontinues 12-inch MacBook - The Verge
• Apple adds True Tone display to the MacBook Air and Touch Bar to the entry-level MacBook Pro - The Verge
• Apple cuts prices of Mac SSD upgrades across lineup - The Verge
• Final look at historic venue where first Macintosh and Apple Watch were unveiled before demolition - 9to5Mac
• De Anza College - Wikipedia — 1971
• Steve Jobs (film) - Wikipedia
• Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoom web server | TechCrunch
• Apple Entrepreneur Camp - Apple Developer
• Damaged 15-Inch 2015 MacBook Pro Demonstrates Why Apple Initiated Battery Recall Program - MacRumors
• 7-Eleven Japan shut down its mobile payment app after hackers stole $500,000 from users - The Verge
• macOS Catalina and iOS 13 might use Face ID and Touch ID to sign onto iCloud - The Verge
• Apple developing in-screen Touch ID to remove iPhone notch - 9to5Mac
• Swift Property Wrappers - NSHipster
• Microsoft Windows 1.11 app: a Stranger Things-inspired trip back to 1985 - The Verge
• Apple’s Texas Hold’em game returns to the iPhone - The Verge
• SF Symbols Reference
• Font Awesome
• TikTok
• SF Pro Fonts - Apple Developer

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