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    #304: Somebody’s Gotta Do It and It’s Gonna Be Us

    June 29th, 2020 · 110 minutes

    This week we talk with Apple's Bob Borchers and Ronak Shah about macOS Big Sur! Plus, so much WWDC follow-up, including our speculation about what might be different about new Macs running on Apple silicon.

    Guest Starring: Ronak Shah and Bob Borchers

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    Links and Show Notes

    WWDC 2020: The little stuff you might have missed – Six Colors
    WWDC 2020: All the Little Things in Apple's New OS Releases - MacStories
    Gestures - Interaction - watchOS - Human Interface Guidelines
    HomePod to add support for third-party streaming music services like Spotify - 9to5Mac
    Introducing Car Keys - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer
    Meet Nearby Interaction - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer
    Macs with Apple silicon will get new, refined boot and recovery mode – Six Colors
    Design for the iPadOS pointer - WWDC 2020 - Videos - Apple Developer
    WWDC 2020 Thursday: Giving a few pointers – Six Colors
    ‎Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast on Apple Podcasts
    Apple Responds to Your Comments! - MKBHD - YouTube
    The Talk Show Remote From WWDC 2020 - YouTube
    Meet the Surface Studio 2 – The Ultimate Creative Studio – Microsoft Surface
    Third-party accessories can now be integrated into the Find My app with iOS 14 - 9to5Mac
    Myke at the Movies | Myke at the Matinee: "Hamilton" (Episode 42)