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    #436: MPU+: These Things Are Like Tribbles

    June 25th, 2018 · 108 minutes

    We launch the new MPU Discourse community, talk about Siri Shortcuts, HomePod, David shares thoughts on the iOS Beta and his recent visit to Apple Park. We also tackle listener questions about messages in the cloud, iPad accessories and kids in college.

    #435: Catching up with Don McAllister

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    Don McAllister returns to talk about building a business around ScreenCastsOnline, building his team, delegation, project management, and more. We also talk chat travel and electric cars.

    #434: PDF Workflows

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    Katie and David talk about the state of PDFs in 2018, how the PDF format has evolved, and best practices for creating, naming, managing and working with PDFs.

    #433: WWDC 2018

    June 5th, 2018 · 89 minutes

    David and Katie share their thoughts on WWDC 2018 including thoughts on iOS 12, macOS 10.14, tvOS and watchOS 5

    #432: MPU+: Walking Down The Hallway On The Internet

    May 28th, 2018 · 101 minutes

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    #431: Mac Maintenance

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    #430: Catching up with Marco Arment

    May 14th, 2018 · 99 minutes

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    #429: iWork Deep Dive

    May 7th, 2018 · 96 minutes

    With the recent updates to iWork we thought it time to dive deep. We share the best uses for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. We discuss the pros and cons of the apps, collaboration, and try to tackle the question - can you get by with iWork alone?

    #428: MPU+: The Bedroom Episode

    April 30th, 2018 · 90 minutes

    This month David and Katie spend some time discussing bedroom tech, including our nightstands and sleep tracking. We also discuss David's new backup strategy, Drafts 5, returning a lost iPhone, Apple's Education Event, and Katie's lightning strike.

    #427: Creating the iPhone Field Guide

    April 23rd, 2018 · 89 minutes

    David has written a new book - the iPhone Field Guide. In this episode, we discuss his latest project, the process of creating a multimedia book, the state of iBooks Author and more.