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The Rebound

The Reboundreboundcast.com
A technology podcast from Apple geeks Dan Moren, John Moltz, and Lex Friedman.

Episodes

452: Echosystem

Happy Prime Day to all who celebrate. Apple shipped some very important security updates... and then pulled them . Moltz is just now learning about Lucid cars . Turns out they have CarPlay . Our thanks to CleanMyMac X from MacPaw. CleanMyMac X includes 49 tools to find and delete invisible computer junk, organizes disk space and frees up tons of space so your Mac never runs into issues with storage. Get CleanMyMac X today with 5% off at macpaw.app/rebound . If you want to help out the show and g...

Jul 12, 202347 minEp. 452

451: Comcast Survivor

eSIMs, exercise goals and guillotining. Lex used the Airalo eSIM while in France. Craig Grannell wishes his Apple Watch would back off a bit . Our thanks to Zocdoc, a free app that shows you doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance and are available when you need them. So when you walk into that doctor’s office, you’re set up to see someone in your network who gets you. Go to zocdoc.com/REBOUND and download the Zocdoc app for free. Our thanks to Rocket Money, a personal finance app ...

Jul 05, 202340 minEp. 451

450: Each Object is an Object

James Thompson and Guy English join Dan and John to talk about visionOS. visionOS is available for developers . James has been playing around with it . Ben Thompson has some thoughts on the FTC case against Amazon. Our thanks to Indochino , where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and suits at a great price. Use the promo code "REBOUND" and get $50 off any purchase of $399 or more. Our thanks to Factor, America’s number one ready-to-eat meal kit. Ready in just two minutes, these delicio...

Jun 28, 20231 hr 14 minEp. 450

449: Viral Marketing

This week we discuss passkeys, Meta joining the Fediverse and Apples Visions Pros. John Gruber doesn’t think much of Mastodon instances pre-banning Meta. Dan has previously discussed how to use sudo in the Terminal sudo so more things can use TouchID. Our thanks to CleanMyMac X from MacPaw. CleanMyMac X includes 49 tools to find and delete invisible computer junk, organizes disk space and frees up tons of space so your Mac never runs into issues with storage. Get CleanMyMac X today with 5% off a...

Jun 21, 202345 minEp. 449

448: The Nerve™

Who wants to buy us Apple Vision Pros? A cheaper Apple Vision headset could arrive within the next 18 months . Jason takes a look at the new 15-inch MacBook Air . Dan thinks Apple's OS betas point to new hardware products . Reddit's CEO believes the furor over their API pricing will pass . Twitter's new CEO is off to a rough start . Our thanks to CleanMyMac X from MacPaw. CleanMyMac X includes 49 tools to find and delete invisible computer junk, organizes disk space and frees up tons of space so...

Jun 14, 202347 minEp. 448

447: Exploit For Goodness

We call 'em goggles. Jason Snell got some face time with the Apple Vision Pro headset . Dan has some thoughts on watchOS 10 . Our thanks to Zocdoc, a free app that shows you doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance and are available when you need them. So when you walk into that doctor’s office, you’re set up to see someone in your network who gets you. Go to zocdoc.com/REBOUND and download the Zocdoc app for free. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, c...

Jun 07, 202352 minEp. 447

446: Seven Minutes in Heaven (Take 2)

Come for our WWDC predictions, stay for... uh... Apple has invited members of the XR press to WWDC so it looks like the headset is happening. Our thanks to Sunday. Sunday makes taking care of your lawn easier than ever. Made with natural ingredients, Sunday takes the guesswork out of growing a greener, more beautiful lawn this Spring. Visit getsunday.com/rebound to get $20 off your custom lawn plan at checkout! Our thanks to Indochino , where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and suits...

May 31, 202346 minEp. 446

445: Siracusian Level Complaint

We're back to register our complaints. Ivory for the Mac is out. Max is also out. David Zaslav rightly got booed at Boston University . Dan notes Logic Pro for iPadOS isn’t ready for podcast editing. Our thanks to Memberful, the easiest way to sell memberships to your audience, used by the biggest creators on the web. Generate sustainable, recurring income while diversifying your revenue stream. Get started for free at memberful.com/rebound - no credit card required. Our thanks to Factor, Americ...

May 24, 202350 minEp. 445

444: I Do Not Really Do Outside Work

Apple's new accessibility features look interesting and has the headset operating system name been chosen? (Disclaimer: Lex's recording had some audio troubles this week, we hope we got them all sorted but apologies if we did not.) Apple announced new accessibility features coming to iOS 17. The company says it has stopped more than $2 billion in fraudulent transactions Apple has registered a tradmark on the name “xrOS”. The company also announced new concert discovery features . Our thanks to S...

May 17, 202340 minEp. 444

443: Myke Hurley

Moltz starts off discussing his mic problems, Lex isn't loving the Bluesky discourse and Dan has thoughts on Apple's new Pro iPad apps. Lex is huge on T2 . If you're having trouble logging into Bluesky on the web, it's here . Apple is shipping two Pro apps for the iPad . Dan and Moltz are enjoying Silo . Our thanks to Zocdoc, a free app that shows you doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance and are available when you need them. So when you walk into that doctor’s office, you’re set...

May 10, 202344 minEp. 443

442: If You Like It Then You Shoulda Put an AirTag On It

This is now an all-AirTags podcast. Apple and Google are working on a standard for AirTags and other tracking devices . The New York police department is giving away AirTags to fight car theft. The makers of Alto's Adventure have a new game out . Our thanks to Sunday. Sunday makes taking care of your lawn easier than ever. Made with natural ingredients, Sunday takes the guesswork out of growing a greener, more beautiful lawn this Spring. Visit getsunday.com/rebound to get $20 off your custom law...

May 03, 202344 minEp. 442

441: Feed The Rebound

Starving podcasters can be fed for pennies a day. Apple may be putting a mood tracker and AI-based health coaching in iOS 17 . iCloud mail has a long history of filtering some messages . Bluesky is the latest social platform from the guy who did so great with Twitter. Our thanks to Memberful, the easiest way to sell memberships to your audience, used by the biggest creators on the web. Generate sustainable, recurring income while diversifying your revenue stream. Get started for free at memberfu...

Apr 26, 202340 minEp. 441

440: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Why is Tim happy? Macs. Tim gets surprised in India . Is Apple going to enable side-loading in iOS 17 ? Substack? Not a great company. Our thanks to Sunday. Sunday makes taking care of your lawn easier than ever. Made with natural ingredients, Sunday takes the guesswork out of growing a greener, more beautiful lawn this Spring. Visit getsunday.com/rebound to get $20 off your custom lawn plan at checkout! If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebou...

Apr 19, 202341 minEp. 440

439: Maybe If I Spend More Money

We've replaced John Moltz with Guy English—let's see if anybody notices the difference. Should Lex return his HomePod mini? Is Apple's headset truly delayed ? If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to  prime.reboundcast.com  to check it out! You can now also support the show by buying  shirts ,  iPhone cases ,  hats and more items  featuring our catchphrase, "TECHNOLOGY"! Are we right?! Ou...

Apr 12, 202354 minEp. 439

438: Your Daily Dare

This podcast will sometimes start out quiet but then go hard at the end. GQ has an interesting interview with Tim Cook . Matt Howie blogged about removing cable clutter . Lex bought a Creative Stage Air v2 soundbar . He also got the Caldigit TS4 hub . Our thanks to Sunday. Sunday makes taking care of your lawn easier than ever. Made with natural ingredients, Sunday takes the guesswork out of growing a greener, more beautiful lawn this Spring. Visit getsunday.com/rebound to get $20 off your custo...

Apr 05, 202351 minEp. 438

437: C'mon, Six Eyes

After playing "What's on your desktop?" we discuss the Apple headset, Apple's classical music app and answer subscriber questions. Moltz likes Wallaroo . Wavelength is a new messaging platform advised by some guy named Gruber. The Apple headset is a real head-scratcher . Nintendo dropped a new look at the upcoming game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom . Dan took a look at Apple's new classical music app . Our thanks to Indochino , where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and su...

Mar 29, 202353 minEp. 437

436: How RAM Doubler Works

Dan is away so Lex and Moltz talk a little technology and a little more entertainment. The cast of Ted Lasso visited the White House . Our links on Mastodon are:  Dan , Moltz , and Lex . Amazon is laying off even more people . Matt Howie had a thread about his first trip in his Rivian. Lex goes to Locals in Manalapan. Moltz likes Cook’s Tavern in Tacoma. When in Asbury Park, eat at Mogo . Lex recommends this newsletter that talks about "LOST". You can apparently make an app with AI . David ...

Mar 21, 202341 minEp. 436

435: The Podcast Region of France

This week, enough hosts to play a bridge game. New AI just dropped . It still thinks Chris Breen is dead . Very cool that Microsoft laid off the ethics and society team for AI. The Financial Times has a report on Apple's headset which both John Gruber and the Macalope took a look at. Our thanks to Porkbun, a refreshingly different domain name registrar, with over 500 domain extensions available to show off exactly what you do. Porkbun has no upsells and is easy to use. Get $1 off your next domai...

Mar 15, 202340 minEp. 435

434: Sweating and Crying

Special guest Guy English joins us for an epically long episode in which we have nothing to talk about. Mark Gurman discussed the upcoming rev of the MacBook Air. The iPhone 14 now comes in yellow . Apple likes space content on TV+ and is doing a space race movie called "Project Artemis" . Storing your photo ID on you iPhone is going very slowly . "Silo" is an upcoming TV+ show based on the "Wool" book series. Dan uses Gifwrapped to organize his gifs. The Playdate now has a catalog of games you ...

Mar 08, 20231 hr 13 minEp. 434

433: I Don’t Know Why Either Of You Said The Things That You Said

We really enjoy using Oobontoo on Leeenawd. Joanna Stern looks at the problem of passcode theft . The Lastpass hack was done through an employees Plex. Akamai Cloud, formerly Linode, is raising some prices . Our thanks to Rocket Money, a personal finance app that finds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps you lower your bills - all in one place. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to rocketmoney.com/rebound . Our ...

Mar 01, 202346 minEp. 433

432: 2 Tired 2 Early

Dan's tired, Lex is itching to fight robots, and Moltz wants all the bread. Apple is making advances in blood glucose level testing. Microsoft is rolling its Bing AI out even more . The AI that doesn’t know what year it is . Could a patent suit agains Apple halt imports of the Apple Watch? Reports of Chris Breen's demise have been fabricated and exaggerated . Our thanks to CleanMyMac X from MacPaw. CleanMyMac X includes 49 tools to find and delete invisible computer junk, organizes disk space an...

Feb 23, 202341 minEp. 432

431: $100 An Inch

You'll be relieved to know that since this episode was recorded, we've all gotten the Ivory for Mac beta. Mona on the Mac is the next best option to Ivory, we feel. Elon Musk is having his tweets pushed into peoples' timelines . Ted Lasso S3 is coming in March . Jason Sudeikis is somewhat open to a season 4 but he says spinoffs are not likely . Is a 15-inch MacBook Air coming in April? Have you had the fish sandwich at Bonefish Grill ? Happy belated Valentine’s Day from the Kansas City Chiefs . ...

Feb 15, 202341 minEp. 431

430: Give Up On Your Dreams, Kids

Who's ready for inbox non-zero? Who wants to pay even more for an iPhone ?! Microsoft has release a new AI-powered Bing . Our vote for Apple's new design chief is Dana Sibera . If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Our thanks to Rocket Money, a personal finance app that finds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps you lower your bills - all ...

Feb 08, 202346 minEp. 430

429: PRAM vs PRAM

Which device will Apple fold first? Ming-Chi Kuo seems certain Apple’s going to ship a foldable iPad next year . Others say, nah, it’s a foldable notebook . Please do not upload our podcast to this service that simulates voices. Our thanks to Indochino , where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and suits at a great price. Use the promo code "REBOUND" and get $50 off any purchase of $399 or more. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebou...

Feb 01, 202346 minEp. 429

428: The Cobra System

Dan has a new Mini! If only he could keep it. Dan has an M2 Mac mini and a review to go with it. Jason Snell reviewed the new MacBook Pro . Dan recommends Jettison for dealing with pesky disks. Ivory is out for iOS. Our thanks to Memberful, the easiest way to sell memberships to your audience, used by the biggest creators on the web. Generate sustainable, recurring income while diversifying your revenue stream. Get started for free at memberful.com/rebound - no credit card required. If you want ...

Jan 25, 202346 minEp. 428

427: Basement Tim

Farewell, Tweetbot and Twitterrific and hello new Macs. Manton Reece has some thoughts on Twitter cutting off the API. Jason Snell has a nice retort for Twitter. New Macs are here . Moltz bought this MagSafe charger on Meh where it was cheaper but he really likes it. Our thanks to Rocket Money, a personal finance app that finds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps you lower your bills - all in one place. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expens...

Jan 18, 202346 minEp. 427

426: Receipt for Funyuns

Moltz has some Watch trouble, Dan plays with his cameras and Lex doesn't want a headset. Dan finally enjoys the Apple Watch camera control . Mark Gurman has some rumors about the next Mac Pro . Masto.host is accepting new users. Our thanks to Zocdoc, a free app that shows you doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance and are available when you need them. So when you walk into that doctor’s office, you’re set up to see someone in your network who gets you. Go to zocdoc.com/REBOUND and...

Jan 11, 202343 minEp. 426

425: 2400 Baud

It's a new year and an old podcast. Qi 2, The MagSafening You can make Carrot Weather look like Dark Sky . The Apple headset rumors are quite something . Apple's value has dropped below $2 trillion . Moltz's wife uses Harvest for time tracking. Lex is trying out Timery . He now has a consulting business ! Our thanks to Rocket Money, a personal finance app that finds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps you lower your bills - all in one place. Cancel unwanted...

Jan 04, 202347 minEp. 425

424: Five Stars

A short episode this week to break up the holidays. Lex recommends Spirited . Moltz thinks it was OK. But he did enjoy Glass Onion . If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! You can now also support the show by buying shirts , iPhone cases , hats and more items featuring our catchphrase, "TECHNOLOGY"! Are we right?!...

Dec 27, 202220 minEp. 424

423: Squirt Your Key

We're AirTagging other peoples' stuff because we're tired of being asked where it is. Apple has released an AirTags firmware update . Lately, Moltz has been listening to Star Trek bridge sounds to go to sleep. The M2 Extreme (or whatever) chip appears to have been scrapped . Moltz bought a Nuphy keyboard . Our thanks to Zocdoc, a free app that shows you doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance and are available when you need them. So when you walk into that doctor’s office, you’re s...

Dec 21, 202244 minEp. 423