251: And Then You Eat the Ice Cream

It's Public Beta season, and Jason's spent the last week reviewing macOS Catalina. Are the Catalyst apps better this year? And what features were pleasant surprises? We also discuss JJ Abrams's big new streaming deal, share our own iPhone home screens, and Myke at the Movies calls on "Kiki's Delivery Service."

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Jason's Home Screen

Myke Home Screen

Cortex Wallpaper | grafiksyndikat

Summer of Fun Desktop Wallpaper

Summer of Fun Mobile Wallpaper

Relay FM 5th Anniversary Live Show

J.J. Abrams Said to Be Near $500 Million Deal With WarnerMedia - The New York Times

Bad Robot Productions - Wikipedia

Netflix’s Latest Adam Sandler Comedy Gets 30.9M Viewers in 3 Days – Variety

First Look: macOS Catalina Public Beta - Six Colors

Jason's Beta Equipment

iTunes Column View - Google Image Search

Daring Fireball: The Talk Show

Apple's first 4 iOS apps for Mac are getting an upgrade. News needs it the most - CNET

Steve Troughton-Smith's Catalyst Messages App

Catalyst Can Rescue the Mac and Grow the iPad – MacStories

iPadOS public beta preview: top features - The Verge

Apple Releases First Public Betas of iOS 13 and iPadOS - MacRumors

Connected #248: There Will Be Consequences - Relay FM

Upgrade #200: The Podcasting and Anniversary Episode - Relay FM

Wooji Juice on Twitter: "Porting Pro iPad apps to Mac."

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) - IMDb

References to Miyazaki (Director) | The Incomparable

Myke at the Movies | "My Neighbor Totoro" (Episode 45)

The Incomparable | Wind is the Enemy (Episode 84)

The Incomparable | A Real Imaginary Friend (Episode 194)