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We fact check the size of the original iPhones, and AI For Accessibility. Our #askMTJC covers a video on economic principals, and swinging cats in man caves. We follow up on inviting users to TestFlight, countries that support iPhone XS eSIMs, Super Bowl commercials in Canada, and sluggish iOS 12 adoption. Apple Watch Series 4 Fall Detection Tested By a Hollywood Stunt Double. Microsoft Surface event 2018: the 5 biggest announcements. Picks: Adding Device Frames to iPhone XS and XS Max Screenshots with Shortcuts, sudo from Touch Bar. Episode 215 Show Links: "#FactCheck @mtjc_podcast 320x480 iPhones are 3.5inch, not 3.75. https://t.co/GUIA7I3bQw… " TD Newsroom - Featured News - How will AI improve our lives? Q&A with a leading AI software engineer at Microsoft "@mtjc_podcast this is a great video, including how interest rates and central banks work https://t.co/toDSqiwzsN #askMTJC" "@mtjc_podcast #askmtjc Regarding the swinging of the cat in the mancave, it has happened, we have also pretended the cat was a machine gun once...

Our #askMTJC yielded a lot of feed back. SplitView mode on the Plus size iPhones. Paul Wilkinson illuminates Wifi Assist, Enterprise wifi routers can force devices to re-associate, and AP roaming & traffic priorities. Best Buy matches Freedom Mobiles $0 iPhone XS deals. iOS 12 improves iPhone app emulation with iPhone 6 resolutions and also fixes glitches with 2FA with multiple Apple ID users. AppleCare for iPhone X's. Amazon reveals 14 new devices. Headphone dongle missing. NSNorth 2019. What’s new in Swift 5.0. Supports opening documents in place. iPhones to be banned in South Korea? Picks: Supporting iPhone XS Max and XR, Using Command-Line Arguments to Configure In-App Dependencies, TD DaVinci API, Elevate Tech Fest Hackathon, Microsoft Build: AI for Accessibility, Why the metric system matters Episode 214 Show Notes: Wi-Fi assist under”Settings->Mobile” is the feature that lets your phone switch to mobile-data when wifi signal is poor… Enterprise WiFi systems from the likes of Cisco, Aruba etc can force a device to re-associate to a better access point… the NSHipster article also conflates two seperate features because Cisco has them in the same white paper. 802.11r & k provide better AP roaming; FastLane provides a way for iOS apps to mark traffic priorities that will be respected by a Cisco network. Interesting reaction to Freedom Mobile’s

We follow up on Mark's visit to petrified forests. We discuss the new screen size & shape of the Apple Watch Series 4, and type case format of the new iPhone XS and iPhone XR, as well as the unfortunate/confusing name iPhone XS Max. We follow up on the new iPhones; screen sizes, resolutions, pricing plans, and the discontinuation of the iPhone X, iPhone 6 and iPhone SE. We follow up as Microsoft acquires Lobe.ai and the leaked images on Google Home Hub. A new iPad Pro is coming this fall. NSHipster covers some lesser known iOS 12 features. Remote working tops job search perks. Apple sets the date for required building against iOS 12 SDK and watchOS 5 SDK. Picks 1Password with Autofill, and smooth Apple Store performance. Episode 213 Show Links: Greg Heo on Twitter: "38mm vs 40; 42mm vs 44… " Freedom Mobile iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max Pricing: $0 Upfront on Contract | iPhone in Canada Blog The Ultimate Guide To iPhone Resolutions Apple iPhone XS, XS Max, XR size comparison vs iPhone 8, 8 Plus, Galaxy S9, S9+, Note 9, OnePlus 6 (UPDATE: Confirmed) The iPhone X, iPhone SE, and iPhone 6s are all set to be discontinued today Microsoft acquires Lobe to help bring AI development capability to everyone - The Official Microsoft Blog Pictures leak of the “Google Home Hub,” Google’s version of a smart display | Ars Technica Which devices support iOS 12, watchOS 5, tvOS 12, and macOS Mojave? | Macworld iPad Pro with Face ID rumors bolstered by iOS 12.1 beta - The Verge Ryan Hoover on Twitter: "Let's say you're looking for a new job. What's most important to you?

We discuss the naming and iconography of the new iPhone models. We also discuss our "guess the name" twitter pole. How did Apple make the secret twitter list and send out the Keynote in 108 seconds. Apple shipped 4 million Watches in the past quarter. Oleg Begemann's What's New in Swift playground has been updated. The European regulators have cleared Apple's purchase of Shazam. We also cover the "Gather Round" iPhone & Watch event: Apple Watch Series 4, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR. Picks: Beyond Meat Burger supply, Fish shell, exa, bat, Trailer.io Episode 212 Show Links: Tim Mitra on Twitter: "TIL the “notch” is actually the “sensor housing”. #askMTJC… " Tim Mitra on Twitter: "What's your guess? #askMTJC" Roman numerals - Wikipedia Apple on Twitter: "@timmitra The all-new iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and Apple Watch Series 4 are here. #AppleEvent" Something about Apple’s new Twitter account is very strange Apple Watch leads the wearables market with 4.7 million units shipped Ole Begemann on Twitter: "I pushed a major update to my “What’s new in Swift 4.2” playground: https://t.co/DCqVjtr1M2. Added a number of new pages. It’s worth a second look if you’re preparing to upgrade your projects." Apple’s Shazam acquisition cleared by EU regulators | TechCrunch Building Apps for iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR - Tech Talks - Videos - Apple Developer Designing for Apple Watch Series 4 - Tech Talks - Videos - Apple Developer Developing Complications for Apple Watch Series 4 - Tech Talks - Videos - Apple Developer RIF.org | What's New in Core NFC - Tech Talks - Videos - Apple Developer 9 of the Best Selling Computers of All Time Total Failure: Creating The World's Worst Video Game : NPR Everything Apple Didn't Announce at Today's Event - Mac Rumors Episode 212 Picks: fish shell exa · a modern replacement for ls Trailer Atari: Game Over (2014) - IMDb

We're back and answering Greg's askMTJC on DuoTang portfolios. We follow up on alternatives to Back To My Mac, we have a date for the new iPhone & Watch announcements, new iPad renders, Tim Horton's and Stanford's Heart Study. Apple and developers suffered an CloudKit outage. Apple buys an AR glasses startup. New apps and updates will require a published privacy policy going forward. An iOS 12 alert is driving beta testers nuts. Picks: Carbon, 360|iDev, Apple IBM & SAP, Fan Expo Canada Episode 211 Show Notes: Greg Heo on Twitter: "@mtjc_podcast duotang follow-up: call it a "portfolio with prongs" #askMTJC… " Here are three quick and easy alternatives to Back to My Mac in macOS Mojave Apple sets Sept. 12 for its next big event, new iPhones on deck - CNET New iPad Pro Renders Depict Angular Chassis and iPhone-Like Antenna Lines - Mac Rumors LinkedIn Home | Apple Heart Study | Stanford Medicine Welcome | Magic Leap Skydio — The self-flying camera has arrived. Apple Buys Startup Focused on Lenses for AR Glasses | Investing News | US News New App Store rules will require all apps to have a privacy policy | 9to5Mac Apple's iOS 12 beta is driving everyone crazy Syncope (Fainting) | American Heart Association Episode 211 Picks: Carbon FAN EXPO Canada SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS | Software Download Register your accounts | IBM Core ML Code Pattern Getting started tutorial

In this best of episode we've picked some interesting clips. Starting with a discussion on refactoring recorded live at Indie Devstock 2017. Next we replay a discussion of the Apple command key symbol, which was debated at 360iDev's Stump last week. The much maligned Notch makes it's appearance on Android phones. We also discussed the 10 anniversary of the iPhone SDK, so we revisited our early iOS development. The Touch Bar is banned when taking the Bar exam and we chat about 32-bit app developer shaming. The Canadian's, Aaron, Greg & Tim, take over the show and argue about the weather, latin and poutine. Greg tells us about his first visit with Mark Rubin. Mark introduces Buckethead to Greg, We surprise Tammy with the Roundabout Creative Studio questions. Episode 201 Show Links: Alicia Ramirez on Twitter: "Do you ever look back at the code in your old apps, and cringe? Would you re-code them, or if it ain't broke... ? #askMTJC" Susan Kare, John Gruber - Layers 2015 on Vimeo The untold story of why the Command key replaced the Apple key on your Mac – BGR Tim Mitra on Twitter: "When did the Apple icon get removed from the Command Key? Trying to answer @DevWithTheHair’s question on @mtjc_podcast . NB the original keyboard, center, sans Apple icon. https://t.co/usRiHIHZl7 + assorted mice.… https://t.co/rW7eTMOY7L" Bonus Notches: Android smartphone vendors copy the striking design from Apple's iPhone X, with mixed results Android 9 features and APIs  |  Android Developers A Lot Can Happen in a Decade • The Breakroom Appillionaires: Secrets from Developers Who Struck It Rich on the App Store: Chris Stevens: 9781119978640: Books - Amazon.ca Touch Bar MacBook Pros are being banned from bar exams over predictive text | TechCrunch iOS 10.3 Beta Says 32-Bit Legacy Apps Will Not Work With Future Versions of iOS - Mac Rumors Parse + Open Source = ❤️ Smoke's Poutinerie - Global Domination of Poutine Fancy Franks The NSNorth Conference Buckethead - Wikipedia Buckethead on Spotify Inside The Chaotic Studios | Roundabout: Creative Chaos

This week we follow up on Greg's Hashing talk at SLUG, Slack raised 4M in venture capital, Apple plans to release a low-cost MacBook and Pro Mac Mini and 2 spaces after a period. A teenage hacker grabs 90 GB of Apple's files. Back To My Mac is not coming to macOS Mohave. Picks: Hug your old Mac with these retro pillows, Customizing the file header comment and other text macros in Xcode 9. After Show: Mastodon, Top iOS Dev Podcasts Episode 209 Show Links: Hashing, Hashable, and Hash Values - YouTube Slack confirms it has raised $427M at a post-money valuation of over $7.1B | TechCrunch Apple Is Said to Plan Revamped Low-Cost Macs to Ignite Sales - Bloomberg Are two spaces better than one? The effect of spacing following periods and commas during reading | SpringerLink Apple gets cored: 90GB of ‘secure files’ stolen by high schooler – Naked Security MacOS Mojave won’t support Back to My Mac; Apple suggests pricier alternatives | Ars Technica Chicken of the VNC - Wikipedia Edovia - Terrific apps for your Mac, iPhone and iPad. Prepare for changes to Back to My Mac - Apple Support Onavo | Home Facebook will pull its data-collecting VPN app from the App Store over privacy concerns - The Verge Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem - Wikipedia Xcode Treasures: Master the Tools to Design, Build, and Distribute Great Apps by Chris Adamson | The Pragmatic Bookshelf Mastodon 360iDev.com - 360iDev.com Best iOS Development Podcasts for App Developers – apps-top – Medium My Favourite iOS Development Podcasts | swift.with(justin) Episode 209 Picks: Hug your old Mac with these retro pillows - The Verge Customizing the file header comment and other text macros in Xcode 9 – Ole Begemann

This week we discuss RSUs vs stock options as well as why developers become frustrated. Google tracking continues even after users turn off location tracking. We discuss deploying new MacBook Pros in the enterprise and a hack uncovered that exploits a DEP mac before a user first logs in. Pick: Ongoing History Of New Music Podcast Episode 208 Show Links: Rene Ritchie on Twitter: "Talk about opening new doors!… " Shawn Marston on Twitter: "Been with you all the way. Congrats on 4 fantastically informative and insightful years. That’s got to be worth a couple of bucks a week. Much better than adverts. https://t.co/tjfSxu3v8O… https://t.co/K8jVDwlSCt" Marc Palmer on Twitter: "Thanks to @mtjc_podcast for the shout-out on the Xcode / git status bash prompt customisation post!" Should You Ask for RSUs or Stock Options? - Flow Financial Planning Jessi Charier - Wish I had That in High School - YouTube Inspiring the next generation of female engineers | Debbie Sterling | TEDxPSU - YouTube Why Developers Become Frustrated And Companies Can’t Find Talent How to Stop Google From Tracking Your Location | WIRED Are the new Apple MacBook Pros enterprise ready? | IT Management | Computerworld UK Hacking a Brand New Mac Remotely, Right Out of the Box | WIRED Amazon.com: Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (2nd Edition) (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) (9780321942067): Aaron Hillegass, Mikey Ward: Books Learn Objective-C on the Mac (Learn Series): Scott Knaster, Mark Dalrymple: 9781430218159: Amazon.com: Books Max Born - Wikipedia The Oblique Strategies Web Site Episode 208 Picks: Ongoing History of New Music by Curiouscast on Apple Podcasts Support the show

It's our 4th anniversary and we follow up on the Touch Bar tricks and old developer CDs. A larger iPhone X size is rumored. CBC's audio piece on Shipocalypse covers how shipping has changed. Android 9 gets named Pie. iOS 12 also may indicate an iPad with a rounded cornered display. We discuss the Apps of the World infographic. Steve Jobs final 5 words for Lisa. WannaCry worm attacks Apple Supplier. Picks: Xcode-install, Away Mode skill for Amazon Alexa, DarkCode, Extending UIActivityViewController, Elastic Tabstops Episode 207 Show Links: "More real-time follow up. Flick the sound icon on the Touch Bar…” "Tim! Touch bar tips for brightness and volume if you didn't know… #askMTJC" "@mtjc_podcast Just listening to episode 205. I sold most of the old Apple Developer CDs I had, …)” Larger iPhone X Plus seemingly confirmed by leak in iOS 12 beta - The Verge Shipocalypse Now: How online shopping is changing our cities and our lives | CBC Radio Android Developers Blog: Introducing Android 9 Pie iOS 12 beta 5 hints at rounded corners for this year’s iPad Pro | 9to5Mac Apps of the World [Infographic] - Marketing Resources, Inc. “I Have a Secret. My Father Is Steve Jobs”: Lisa Brennan-Jobs Recalls Memories of Her Famous Father | Vanity Fair Apple crushed Alex Jones — then tossed him a lifeline - The Verge Bricolage CMS -- Open-source, enterprise-class content management. Smappsoft's Upcoming Game, Pokertini, Puts An Exciting Spin On Video Poker Episode 207 Picks: KrauseFx/xcode-install:

We follow up on the new iPad Pro. We discuss Apple's stellar Q3 results. Apple is shutting down the affiliate program for the Mac App Store and App Store for iOS. We debate the merits of implicitly unwrapping optionals. Picks: RenoRun, Hacking my shell prompt so I make fewer mistakes working with Xcode projects, RESTed. After Show: We discuss the merger/shutdown of Slack and Hipchat. Between 47:00 - 15:00 Tim discusses meeting Justin Trudeau Episode 206 Show Notes: Jaime Lopez on Twitter: "Cute branding on the #gonorthwest conference badges… " Apple’s next iPad Pro will have tiny bezels, but no notch - The Verge Apple results: $53.3B revenue sets a fiscal Q3 record - Six Colors Diving into the details of Apple's (boring?) record quarter - Six Colors Apple races to become the first trillion-dollar company after strong Q3 earnings - The Verge James Thomson on Twitter: "Well it was nice while it lasted - apps are being removed from the affiliate program. That is going to screw a lot of websites, and we make a decent amount from it too…… https://t.co/yq8cMxa8pL" Tim Hortons - Wikipedia How To Keep Learning After 50 and Other Ways to Hack Your Brain at any Age 50+ Years of Self Portraits - Director's Cut - YouTube Welcome Hipchat and Stride Users | Slack | Slack 360|iDev 2017 Conference Highlights Howard Rideout on Instagram: “Our Prime Minister visiting the memorials along the Danforth today, and paying respect to the victims of last Sunday’s shootings.…” Episode 206 Picks: RenoRun - Construction Materials Delivered within 2 hours Hacking my shell prompt so I make fewer mistakes working with Xcode projects | Marc Palmer ‎RESTed - Simple HTTP Requests on the Mac App Store

We answer #askMTJC about Touch Bar tricks and Canadian geography. We fact check on Roger's Centre, Flixel subscriptions and the dots on Canadian Currency. We follow up on the new MacBook Pro keyboard, a fix for the heat based slow downs, as well as, Apple's new T2 chip causing crashing and Twitter's new requirements for developers. You can use the Apple Business Chat to order beer and water to your seat at Citizens Bank Park. NSHipster has a new article on Password Rules. iPhones, Apple Watches and Fibit devices can be hit by incoming US $500B tariffs on China. Picks: ShowSingleTouches on Simulator, LifetimeTracker, MacKiDo/CodeNames/DeveloperCDs. In the After Show we discuss Toronto leads Tech Jobs and Jaime's experience with Beyond Meat. Episode 205 Show Links: Greg Heo on Twitter: "Touch bar tips for brightness and volume..." Blind and Partially Sighted - Bank of Canada Canada put wrong maple leaf on new Canadian dollar 20 bill: expert | Reuters New MacBook Pro keyboard design may fix dust problems after all | Ars Technica Apple releases software fix for MacBook Pro slowdown - Six Colors Rene Ritchie on Instagram: “Apple Statements as Star Wars crawls are kinda my thing. ✨

We follow up on Greg's #askMTJC about how much of the US is north of Toronto, as well as fact check on Canada's north. Adobe announces that it plans to bring Photoshop to iPad. The Verge has a quick video on GDPR. An Ex-Apple engineer arrested on his way to China. Apple iOS 11.4.1 Has A Nasty New Surprise. Apple Memoji treatment of Apple Executives. New MacBook Pro with faster performance and pro features. An external GPU for the MacBook Pro. iPhone 2018 sizes leaked. EU fines Google $5B. Picks: xed, What's My Age Again?, Beyond Meat Vegetarian Burgers Arrive At A&W, Affinity Designer for iOS. Map by Greg Heo Episode 204  Show Links: Greg Heo: "@mtjc_podcast overdue follow-up: the map showing parts of the USA that are north of Toronto #askMTJC… " Adobe plans to bring full version of Photoshop to the iPad next year | Ars Technica GDPR: Why you just got bombarded with privacy policy updates - YouTube Ex-Apple engineer arrested on his way to China, charged with stealing company’s autonomous car secrets - The Washington Post Apple iOS 11.4.1 Has A Serious Problem Apple replaced its executive portraits with Memoji - The Verge Apple updates MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros - Apple Apple releases the ultimate dongle: An external GPU Ben Geskin on Twitter: "2018 Apple iPhone, iPhone X, iPhone X Plus front panels… " EU: Google illegally used Android to dominate search, must pay $5B fine | Ars Technica ‎Affinity Designer on the App Store Products | Beyond Meat - The Future of Protein™ Episode 204 Picks: Rob Napier on Twitter: "Learning about "xed ." to open xcode makes all the time I waste on Twitter feel like an investment." What's My Age Again? | recallact.com Beyond Meat Vegetarian Burgers Arrive At A&W Across Canada Affinity Designer for iPad: Everything you need to know! | iMore

This week we follow up on Air Pods as hearing aids and new hardware predictions for fall release. NB: This episode was recorded one day before Apple refreshed the MacBook lineup. The App Store Turns 10 and we reflect on our experiences and this very podcast's existence. We look at the 25 top games for commuters. Apple's iOS 11.4.1 now blocks passcode cracking tools. Picks: Stupid Enum Tricks in Swift and Kotlin, filtering Xcode warnings and errors, WWDC18 Video Transcripts Now Available and embedXcode. Episode 203 Show Links: Apple's AirPods and Live Listen are a revolution for the hearing impaired — Quartz Apple is reportedly upgrading most of its Mac lineup this fall, including the Mac mini - The Verge Apple reportedly won’t use Intel’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in 2020 iPhones - The Verge The App Store turns 10 - Apple Orbit Reader 20 – Braille Display, Book Reader and Note-taker – Orbit Research Apple reportedly launching new iPhones in blue, orange, and gold colors - The Verge Weekend Update - Chevy Chase & Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) - YouTube Best iPhone games to make your commute 97% better | GamesRadar+ ‎Old Man's Journey on the App Store ‎Alto's Adventure on the App Store ‎Her Story on the App Store ‎Mini Metro on the App Store Apple releases iOS 11.4.1 and blocks passcode cracking tools used by police - The Verge Apple’s iOS passcode cracking defense can be bypassed using a USB accessory - The Verge Episode 203 Picks: Stupid Enum Tricks - YouTube Are you scrolling through #Xcode warnings just to find your errors?… https://t.co/sZLQmDEOvQ" WWDC18 Video Transcripts Now Available - News - Apple Developer embedXcode - Home

We celebrate Canada Day and US Independence Day coast to coast almost. This weeks episode is hosted by Greg Heo as Tim was to be away with unpredictable internet access. We follow up on React Native and Excel. We discuss the Godfather of AI and Deep Learning. We revisit Mario Run's revenues and downloads. Jaime recaps his experiences at the We RISE tech conference. Picks: Xcode tip: Using behaviors to improve debugging, DevTube, Blynk, Pointfree.co Episode 202 Show Links: Canada Ranked The 2nd Best Country For Surviving A Zombie Apocalypse - Narcity React Native: A retrospective from the mobile-engineering team at Udacity Home - Excel Unusual This Canadian Genius Created Modern AI - YouTube iOS has accounted for over 70% of Nintendo’s revenue from Super Mario Run, data shows | 9to5Mac Ryan McLeod on Twitter: "Well this is new. ☎ #China… " CallKit Tutorial for iOS We RISE Tech Conference GitHub - pointfreeco/swift-prelude:

This week we look at hardware upgrade plans. We look at updating apps and choosing programming languages and frameworks. We follow up on Apple's repair program for faulty keyboards on MacBooks and MacBook Pros, as well as Airbnb's posts about withdrawing from React Native. Apple is hit with fines over "Error 53". Ustwo publishes a report on the first year of Monument Valley 2. Pick: Step into Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night and stay a while. Check it out on the Oculus Go! We discuss how to manage tasks and stay true to your goals. Episode 201 Show Links: Shawn Marston on Twitter: "You missed it for #Ep200: My upgrade sweet spot is: Y1: