Our thanks this week to Mack Weldon (https://www.mackweldon.com). Mack Weldon makes glorious underwear to hold your bits in the way they deserve, anti-microbially. It is truly awesome stuff. So go to mackweldon.com and use the promo code "REBOUND" to get 20 percent off your order. This week we wax nostalgic. Aldus PageMaker: http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Software/Pagemaker.html WordPerfect: http://main.system7today.com/software/wordperfect/screenshot.html Lex waxes nostalgic about w...
Feb 11, 2016•37 min•Ep. 72
The exec supposedly in charge of the Apple car has left the company: http://thenextweb.com/apple/2016/01/23/executive-overseeing-apples-titan-car-plans-is-leaving-the-company/ Don't worry. Apple's getting into VR: http://mashable.com/2016/01/22/apple-hires-vr-expert/#qCcxGFhiN5qh We talk about Google Cardboard: https://www.google.com/get/cardboard/ Birdly is an interesting Oculus demo: http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/23/birdly-sundance-vr/ Apple's Gatekeeper has a vulnerability: http://www.engad...
Feb 04, 2016•43 min•Ep. 71
Apologies for the recording quality this week as a problem with one track required the use of the Skype recording. There were no survivors. Donald Rumsfeld developed an app! No, really. Well, not himself. You can read his Medium post on it: https://medium.com/@DonRumsfeld/at-83-i-decided-to-develop-an-app-dadd4e53d342#.3rjwpamjy Really! Download it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/churchill-solitaire/id1030804846?mt=8 Apple reported its results after we recorded this episode: https://sixcol...
Jan 28, 2016•50 min•Ep. 70
Apple is discontinuing iAds: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=01152016a Apple Music has topped 10 million paying users: http://9to5mac.com/2016/01/10/apple-music-reportedly-tops-10-million-paying-subscribers/ Apple requires a court order for a widow to get into her husband's account: http://www.cnet.com/news/widow-says-apple-told-her-to-get-court-order-to-secure-dead-husbands-password/ Apple's diversity is better but has a long way to go: http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/19/10789052/apple-empl...
Jan 21, 2016•44 min•Ep. 69
Lex likes his Logitech keyboard for the iPad Pro now that there's a software update that makes it work better: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/create-ipad-pro-keyboard Dan likes his EasySwitch keyboard from Logitech: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/illuminated-keyboard-for-mac-ipad-iphone iOS 9.3 looks pretty neat: http://www.apple.com/ios/preview/ Amazon may make a portable version of the Echo: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/amazon-launch-portable-version-echo-speaker-wsj-181328914--s...
Jan 14, 2016•48 min•Ep. 68
Dan is on an island so Guy English joins Lex and Moltz this week. More rumors of Apple dropping the 3.5 mm audio jack: http://9to5mac.com/2016/01/05/apple-dropping-removing-headphone-port-iphone-7/ Griffin has a magnetic dongle thingy that gets you MagSafe on USB C: https://griffintechnology.com/us/breaksafe-magnetic-usb-type-c-cable Lex's new Watch, iPhone and iPad stand: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WUF4JHI Our thanks also to Casper (https://casper.com/rebound) for sponsoring this episo...
Jan 07, 2016•51 min•Ep. 67
Apple was highlighted on 60 Minutes: http://9to5mac.com/2015/12/20/apple-60-minutes-special/ They did not, however, leak a new MacBook: http://thenextweb.com/apple/2015/12/21/no-apple-didnt-leak-a-new-macbook-on-60-minutes-last-night/ A Washington Post column debunking Internet myths was canceled because people would rather believe the myths: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/18/what-was-fake-on-the-internet-this-week-why-this-is-the-final-column/ Dan recommends the ga...
Dec 23, 2015•41 min•Ep. 66
Craig Federighi appeared on the latest episode of The Talk Show: http://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2015/12/07/ep-139 Now it sucks to have been a MacKeeper "user" in more than one way: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/12/13-million-mackeeper-users-exposed/ Samsung created the most horrible ad ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8nJKWJTsUg Hey, did you know there's a new Star Wars movie coming out? http://mashable.com/2015/12/14/star-wars-fruit-vegetables/#T.Z7zeujkOqT Sonos rolls out Apple ...
Dec 17, 2015•52 min•Ep. 65
Apple has released its own iPhone battery case: http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MGQM2LL/A/iphone-6s-smart-battery-case-white Dan uses this Lightning adapter on his iPhone charger: http://www.amazon.com/Certified-Skiva-Lightning-microUSB-connectors/dp/B00HEU1JGI Apple also released an SD card to Lightning cable: http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJYT2AM/A/lightning-to-sd-card-camera-reader The iPad Pro has USB 3.0: http://www.macworld.com/article/3004647/ipad/ipad-pro-innards-pave-the-way-for-u...
Dec 10, 2015•56 min•Ep. 64
APPLE MIGHT REMOVE THE HEADPHONE JACK ON THE IPHONE 7 EVERYONE PANIC: http://www.macrumors.com/2015/11/27/iphone-7-no-3-5mm-headphone-jack-lightning/ Dan has a Logitech Smart Control and likes it: http://support.logitech.com/en_us/product/harmony-smart-control Lex likes these cheap iPad covers from Poetic: http://www.amazon.com/Poetic-iPad-Air-Case-Slimline/dp/B00EX9J95G/ Moltz is now a happy Plex user: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plex/id383457673?mt=8 Amazon may be making an Apple TV app: h...
Dec 03, 2015•47 min•Ep. 63
Lex and Moltz have a friendly competition going on in Pac-Man 256 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pac-man-256-endless-arcade/id1002340615?mt=8). Both Dan and Moltz's son like The Room 3 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-room-three/id918054748?mt=8). On the Apple TV, as on the iPhone or iPad, good games are Alto's Adventure (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/altos-adventure/id950812012?mt=8), Crossy Road (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/crossy-road-endless-arcade/id924373886?mt=8) and Chillaxia...
Nov 25, 2015•53 min•Ep. 62
BREAKING: John Gruber is not wearing his Apple Watch (https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2015/10/31/ep-134). Moltz is still wearing his and even has a new band from Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/244338843/apple-watch-band-strap-whiskey-brown?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=apple%20watch%20band&ref=sr_gallery_7 Dan likes Pedometer++: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pedometer++/id712286167?mt=8 Moltz likes Carrot Weather: http...
Nov 19, 2015•50 min•Ep. 61
This week, Guy English sits in for John Moltz, marking the first time Guy and Lex have been live on the show together! We discuss the iPad Pro and whether it will replace our Macs. Also, we focus on the keyboard a lot, which John Gruber talks about in his review" http://daringfireball.net/2015/11/the_ipad_pro Dan and Lex reminisce about the old Macintosh Quadra 610 DOS Compatible. http://lowendmac.com/1994/quadra-610-dos-compatible/ The Apple TV setup still leaves something to be desired. Dan's ...
Nov 12, 2015•50 min•Ep. 60
Twitter replaces stars with hearts: http://mashable.com/2015/11/03/twitter-stars-becoming-hearts/#nEFuvc71Imqp Dan has since confirmed that you can go forwards and backwards in a video by pressing on the trackpad on the right and left respectively. Dan likes the Plex app on the Apple TV: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3000896/streaming-media/plex-gets-an-apple-tv-app-for-streaming-your-media-library.html Amazon is opening a physical book store: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-...
Nov 05, 2015•40 min•Ep. 59
The Apple TV presents a question: What size will you get? https://sixcolors.com/post/2015/10/sizing-up-the-apple-tv/ Hey, who's still excited about CurrentC? http://recode.net/2015/10/26/chase-announces-chase-pay-its-own-digital-wallet/ We don't talk about Apple's quarterly results because they weren't out yet. You can read about them, though: http://www.macworld.com/article/2998544/business/the-5-biggest-takeaways-from-apples-q4-2015-quarterly-earnings.html Dan finally saw the Star Wars trailer...
Oct 29, 2015•50 min•Ep. 58
Dan does not want to talk about the Star Wars trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE Tim Cook says you can order a new Apple TV on the 26th of October: http://www.macworld.com/article/2995441/gadgets/tim-cook-shares-apple-music-subscriber-numbers-and-apple-tv-ship-date.html And he said some other stuff. Lex bought a TiVo Mini: https://www.tivo.com/shop/mini The Tesla has some self-driving feature: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-10-16/tesla-adds-self-driving-features-to-m...
Oct 22, 2015•45 min•Ep. 57
We talk about the Magic Keyboard: http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/10/apple-magic-keyboard-review/ And the Magic Trackpad 2: http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/10/apple-magic-trackpad-2-review/ Aaaand the 4K iMac: http://www.macworld.com/article/2991920/hardware/imac-with-4k-retina-display-review-a-high-resolution-desktop-mac-for-the-masses.html The new iMac looks super good when you compare it against the first iMac: http://www.apple.com/imac/then-and-now/ It's not even close! Forget the rant about S...
Oct 15, 2015•40 min•Ep. 56
Guy English joins Dan and Moltz this week as Lex is away. The new Porsche 911 only has CarPlay: http://www.motortrend.com/features/mt_hot_list/13_cool_facts_about_the_2017_porsche_911/ Late-breaking FU, Google says it's not asking for what Motor Trend said it was asking for: https://twitter.com/charlesarthur/status/651698998693220352 Microsoft made a Surface that "will replace your laptop": http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/6/9460651/microsoft-surface-pro-4-tablet-announced-specs-price-release-dat...
Oct 08, 2015•53 min•Ep. 55
Are you sticking with Apple Music? http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/09/apple-music-to-renew-or-not-to-renew/ Dan reminisces about the first iPod ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS8iHrNpc2I Dan finds an Apple support document that explains everything haha not really: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204962 Some crazy person put the 6s and 6s+ in water for an hour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_HbztTpL08 The iPhone 6s isn't waterproof but it's more water resistant: http://ifixit.org/blog/74...
Oct 01, 2015•46 min•Ep. 54
BREAKING: Apple has Rickrolled you: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204833 This is not the first time Apple has Rickrolled: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202769 Lex, Dan and The Wirecutter like this iPhone 6 case: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MUQ9IIC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00&tag=thelexfiles05-20 But Moltz bought this one because it's a few bucks cheaper: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VU8JQF6?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpa...
Sep 25, 2015•53 min•Ep. 53
Turns out (turns out) 3D Touch is pretty good: http://www.macworld.com/article/2984416/apple-phone/3d-touch-is-a-hard-problem-that-apple-got-just-right.html Apple says it's on track to sell more iPhones than it did a year ago: http://www.macworld.com/article/2983797/apple-phone/apple-says-new-iphone-sales-will-beat-last-years-record.html The iPad Pro keyboard is ... ooookay: http://www.macworld.com/article/2982813/ipad/hands-on-with-the-ipad-pros-smart-keyboard.html Apple TV apps are not really ...
Sep 24, 2015•44 min•Ep. 52
While Dan is busy touching these devices, Lex and Moltz discuss the new iPad Pro (http://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/), new Apple TV (http://www.apple.com/tv/), and the new iPhones (http://www.apple.com/iphone/). You can read some stuff about them on Six Colors (http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/09/notebook-apples-newest-product-announcements/). Moltz wrote a thing about round watch faces versus square watch faces (http://verynicewebsite.net/2015/09/the-watch-face-wars/). Lex has some thoughts about Pro...
Sep 11, 2015•50 min•Ep. 51
Guy English joins Dan and Moltz to talk about what Apple might announce next week. Probably an Apple TV and probably not a 4-inch iPhone: http://9to5mac.com/2015/08/30/apple-tv-4-200-october/ In talking about what the new remote for the Apple TV might be like, Guy fondly remembers the Open Office mouse: http://www.wired.com/2009/11/18-button-open-office-mouse-makes-a-keyboard-look-minimal/ Second generation Apple TVs go for a decent amount on eBay because they can be hacked: http://www.howtogeek...
Sep 03, 2015•59 min•Ep. 50
Apple avoided having its stock drop by having Tim Cook send an email to Jim Cramer and Lex believes Cook is going to jail: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-ceo-tim-cook-may-have-violated-sec-rules-with-jim-cramer-email-2015-08-24?link=MW_home_latest_news Is Apple renting out extra space for the iPhone event: http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/08/24/rumor-apple-to-rent-out-new-san-francisco-space-for-iphone-event The Best Buy CEO says Apple Watch sales are "so good", whatever that means: h...
Aug 27, 2015•46 min•Ep. 49
Windows 10 is a privacy-stealing machine: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/07/30/windows-10-privacy-settings/ Needless to say, Cory Doctorow doesn't like that: http://boingboing.net/2015/08/03/windows-10-defaults-to-keylogg.html And even when you turn it off, it still sends stuff back to Microsoft: http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/ APPLE BUILDING SELF-DRIVING CAR OR MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE: http://www.th...
Aug 20, 2015•42 min•Ep. 48
Marco Arment has some thoughts on web ads: http://www.marco.org/2015/08/11/ad-blocking-ethics James Thompson has some thoughts on web ads: http://www.imore.com/in-a-world-the-network Google has some thoughts on its reorganization: https://investor.google.com/releases/2015/0810.html HTC has no thoughts on how to secure fingerprints: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33847307 The movie Face/Off has some great thoughts on how to bypass biometric security: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119094/?ref_=...
Aug 14, 2015•35 min•Ep. 47
LEX HAS A NEW IPHONE! Thanks to T-Mobile, who are not advertisers on this podcast (http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/issues-insights-blog/iphone-offer-music-freedom-amped.htm). Craig Hockenberry had his credit card compromised, but saw no interruption of his Apple Pay enjoyment: http://www.imore.com/apple-pay-rescue Dan weighed in on the possibility of Apple making its own MVNO back in May: http://www.macworld.com/article/2919139/could-apple-become-its-own-cellular-carrier.html Apple is denying it's ...
Aug 06, 2015•47 min•Ep. 46
Lex is back! Remember Lex? You probably read this, but Jim Dalrymple went off on Apple Music: http://www.loopinsight.com/2015/07/22/apple-music-is-a-nightmare-and-im-done-with-it/ But then he got his music back. All he had to do is go to Cupertino: http://www.loopinsight.com/2015/07/24/i-got-my-music-back-at-least-most-of-it/ Jason Snell likes Apple Music in his library: http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/07/in-praise-of-apple-music-in-my-itunes-library/ T-Mobile added Apple Music to its Freedom Pla...
Jul 30, 2015•43 min•Ep. 45
Recurring special guest Guy English joins us as Lex is out striking important business deals (http://www.midroll.com/pr/). We recorded this before Apple's results were announced (http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/07/appleq3results/) but as Apple was having some uptime issues with its online services (https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/). People may really like their Apple Watches, if you believe surveys (https://techpinions.com/the-state-of-apple-watch-satisfaction/41126). Does the iPhone r...
Jul 24, 2015•47 min•Ep. 44
What did you do for PRIME DAY?! (It doesn't matter, it's over.) SEATTLE IS GOING TO FALL INTO THE SEAAAAAA!!! (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one) Apple has new iPods: http://www.apple.com/ipod/ More here on these new iPods: http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/07/new-ipod-touch-gets-iphone-6-power/ Could this mean a new 4-inch iPhone is coming? (http://www.macworld.com/article/2948815/apple-phone/is-the-new-ipod-touch-a-harbinger-of-a-4-inch-iphone-6c.html) There's a weak...
Jul 17, 2015•48 min•Ep. 43
