John Gruber Podcasts

Jason Kottke returns to the show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kottke.org. Sponsored by: Trade Coffee: Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Kolide: The cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. …

Marco Arment returns to the show to discuss some genuinely startling revelations regarding iPhone and Apple ID security; the new HomePod 2; and our favorite electric vehicle maker. Also: coffee. Sponsored by: Trade Coffee: Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off you…

Special guest Dan Moren joins the show to talk about the new M2 MacBook Pros and Mac Minis, the state of Mac gaming, and the triumphant return of the full-sized HomePod. Sponsored by: Kolide: The cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off y…

Craig Hockenberry returns to the show to talk about the demise of third-party Twitter clients, the overall Twitter shitshow, touchscreens on the Mac, and the perils of autocorrect when you have a clever username. Sponsored by: Nebula: Videos. Podcasts. Classes. Creator-built and creator-owned. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from th…

Glenn Fleishman returns to the show to talk about reported setbacks in Apple's silicon division, the LastPass vault leak and password management, and the frontiers of social networking. Also, the joys of modern air travel during the holidays. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $10…

Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about recent news (Twitter, Freeform, iCloud Advanced Data Protection, the EU’s new Digital Markets Act) and Apple’s 2022 year in review. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in t…

Friend of the show John Moltz returns to talk about Elon Musk steering Twitter into a multi-issue spat with Apple, Mastodon, and some streaming TV recommendations. Sponsored by: Sofa: One place to organize your downtime. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Kolide: The cross-platform endpoint security so…

Christina Warren returns to the show to talk about the drama at Disney, tumult at Twitter, and how the hell to score Taylor Swift tickets. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Hover: Find a d…

Special guest: Anil Dash. A little about last week’s U.S. midterm elections, and a lot about what’s going on at Twitter under Elon Musk. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation. Kolide: The cross-platform endp…

Federico Viticci returns to the show to talk about iPads, Stage Manager, and Apple’s ill-considered foray into expanding ads in the App Store. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Hover: Find a domain name for yo…

Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the new 10th-gen iPad and M2 iPads Pro. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get $100 credit. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation. Indochino: Made for you. Promo code: thetalkshow. Backblaze: Ba…

Merlin Mann returns to the show to talk about AI image generation (along with a few asides). Sponsored by: Alex Weinstein: Handmade music for picture. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Hello Fresh: America’s #1 meal kit. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Li…

Paul Kafasis returns to the show to talk about the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple Watch Ultra, AirPods Pro, and Rogue Amoeba's 20th anniversary. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Retool: Build internal tools 10× faster. Indochino: Made for you. Use promo code thetalkshow for $…

Nilay Patel returns to the show to talk about Apple’s “Far Out” event, the iPhones 14, and The Verge’s redesign. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Hullo Pillow: Your favorite pillow, guaranteed. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation. Backbla…

Special guest Rosemary Orchard joins the show to talk about her new book, Take Control of Shortcuts, and the state of automation on iOS and MacOS. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Indochino: Made for you. Promo code: thetalkshow for $50 off any purchase of $399 or more. Kolide: An endpo…

Daniel Jalkut returns to the show. Topics include a serious discussion about CSAM detection at major cloud storage providers and messaging services. Also, a deep dive regarding the new iOS-UI-style rewrite of System Settings on the still-in-beta MacOS 13 Ventura, and thoughts on SwiftUI in general. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage …

Very special guest John Moltz returns to the show to talk about Center Stage, Stage Manager, and all the other stages. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation ShipStation: Shipping software for wherever you se…

Special guest Michael Steeber joins the show to discuss his new project, The Apple Store Time Machine — an intricately-detailed explorable walkthrough of four of Apple’s original retail stores. Sponsored by: Retool: Build internal tools 10× faster. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize…

Marco Arment returns to the show to talk about the new M2 MacBook Air and stuff. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters…

Rene Ritchie returns to the show for more on Apple’s announcements from WWDC 2022, locking devices out of Face ID and Touch ID, passkeys, and more. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Kolide: Endpoint security f…

Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss the biggest threads from WWDC 2022 — in particular, Stage Manager and the M2 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook “Pro”. No sports talk (unless you count soccer). Sponsored by: RevenueCat: In-app subscriptions made easy. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $…

Special guests Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss the news from WWDC 2022, in front of a live audience at the new Apple Developer Center at Apple Park. Sponsored by: MacStadium: Private Mac clouds built by developers, for developers. Atoms: The ideal everyday shoe. Links: This episode, in video, on YouTube. The WWDC 2022 Keynote. “…

Very special guest: John Moltz. Very special topics: flat Apple Watches, USB-C iPhones, and more. Sponsored by: Alex Weinstein: We’re all storytellers. And as a storyteller, you know that music is one of your essential tools. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Kolide: Endpoint Security for teams that S…

Special guest Tripp Mickle joins the show to talk about his new book, After Steve, reporting on the last decade at Apple. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Kolide: Endpoint Security for te…

Zach Gage joins the show to talk about game design and creativity, including his new game Knotwords. Transcript. Sponsors Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Kolide: Endpoint Security for teams that Slack. Try Kolide for free…

Michael Simmons returns to the show to talk about the Studio Display’s camera (and this week’s beta firmware update to tweak its quality), how things have gone two years into Flexibits’ move to subscription pricing for Fantastical and Cardhop, and Panic’s now-shipping Playdate. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the …

Glenn Fleishman returns to the show to talk about Elon Musk's impending acquisition of Twitter, Apple's credibility problem when arguing against being required to allow sideloading on iOS, and Glenn's new (and much-needed) book, Take Control of Untangling Connections. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Clo…

Paul Kafasis returns to the show to talk about Friday Night Baseball, Rogue Amoeba’s new Audio Hijack 4 release, and a bit of speculation on WWDC. Sponsored by: Drafts: Where text starts. Special 10th anniversary offer: get Drafts Pro for just $4.99 for the first year. The whole year. Seriously. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow f…

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about Apple's new Mac Studio and Studio Display. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Backblaze: Backblaze makes backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy…

Special guest Casey Liss joins the show to talk about Apple's new Studio Display and what makes a good martini. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Remote: Global HR solutions for distribute…

Special guests Tom Watson and Daniel Agee join the show to talk about Glass, their upstart photo sharing app and community. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Mack Weldon: Radically-efficient wardrobing. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation.…

Special guest Ken Kocienda, author of Creative Selection, joins the show to talk about his years at Apple and the creation of the original iPhone. Sponsored by: Remote: Global HR Solutions for distributed teams. Retool: Build internal tools 10× faster. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: Up Spell…

Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about unwanted AirTag tracking, and what we expect from Apple’s rumored March product event. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Links: Apple Support…

Jason Snell returns to the show to dissect the Six Colors 2021 Apple Report Card. Also: the care and feeding of mechanical keyboards. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Remote: Global HR solutions for distributed teams. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roaster…

Special guest: John Moltz. Special topics: Apple’s record-breaking but somehow yawn-inducing quarterly results, new features in the upcoming releases of MacOS 12.3 and iOS 15.4, the Neil Young–Joe Rogan Spotify saga, and more. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Member…

Guy English returns to the show to talk about video games, the cold, the Heat, and the state of streaming video services. Sponsored by: Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membersh…

Dieter Bohn joins the show to talk about his excellent new documentary, Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone -- a history of Handspring and the creators of the original PalmPilot. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Hello Fresh: America’s #1 meal kit. Earnest: Freed…

Apple’s 2021 year in review, with special guest Rene Ritchie. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Links: Jan…

Emmy Award-winning Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include: Apple’s new iCloud “legacy contact” feature, the current state and future of VR headsets, Elon Musk, and more. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. RevenueCat: In-app subscriptions made easy. Linode: Instantly deploy and m…

Merlin Mann returns to the show to discuss two brief topics (with a few asides): my dream of opening a steakhouse, and Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary Get Back. Sponsored by: Mack Weldon: Radically-efficient wardrobing LinkedIn Talent Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Links: W…

Special guest Jim Dalrymple returns to the show to discuss the past and future of Apple-centric reporting. Sponsored by: Mack Weldon: Radically-efficient wardrobing. LinkedIn Talent. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Links: MacCentral circa November 1996, as cached by the Internet…

Special guest David Smith returns to the show to talk about Apple Watch Series 7 and the state of WatchOS, Apple suing NSO Group, and more. Sponsored by: Hover: Find a domain name for your passion. Get 10% off your first purchase. Hullo Pillow: Your favorite pillow, guaranteed. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial…

Dithering CEO Ben Thompson returns to the show to go deep on the concept of the metaverse. Sponsored by: Rows: The spreadsheet with superpowers. Get started today. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Hello Fresh: America’s #1 meal kit. LinkedIn Talent: Find and hire the right person. Your first job post…

Special guest Daniel Jalkut returns to the show to talk about the new MacBook Pros. Sponsored by: sanity.io: The platform for structured content that lets you build better digital experiences. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Mack Weldon: Radically-efficient wardrobing. Links: Core Intuition. Red Swe…

Very special guest John Moltz returns to the show to discuss the products Apple has released this week. Sponsored by: Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Earnest: Freedom of choice meets student loans. LinkedIn Talent: Find and hire the right person. Your first job post is free. Links: Apple's $19 polishin…

Special guest: Nilay Patel. Special topics: the iPhones 13, Apple Watch Series 7, kids today and the file system, the Lightning / USB-C debate, and, of course, our speculation about next week’s “Unleashed” Apple event. Sponsored by: Backblaze: Get peace of mind knowing your files are backed up securely in the cloud with Backblaze. Squarespace: Make…

Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the new iPhones 13, new iPad Mini, Safari 15’s craptacular new tab UI, and the insightful questions posed to Kevin Durant on the Brooklyn Nets’ media day from Basketball Digest’s best NBA reporter. Sponsored by: Sanity.io: The platform for structured content that lets you build better digital experience…

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about the new iPhones 13 and their camera systems. Sponsored by: Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. LinkedIn Jobs: Find and hire the right person. Your first job post is free. Mack Weldon: Radically-efficient wardrobing. Links: Panzarino’s iPhone 13 review. My…

Rene Ritchie returns to the show for a recap of this week’s “California Streaming” Apple Event: the iPhones 13, Apple Watch Series 7, and new iPads. Also, last week’s decision in the Apple v. Epic lawsuit. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Hello Fresh: America’s #1 meal kit. Away: Design…

MG Siegler returns to the show to talk about last week’s surprise announcement from Apple settling a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of U.S. App Store developers, and the various reactions to it. Also, a bit on App Store payment processing, and some speculation on who might succeed Tim Cook. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use …