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    #480: Never Do a Deal with the Preference Daemon

    October 9th, 2023 · 109 minutes

    Jason contacted technical support.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Tangelo - Wikipedia
    Upgrade Merch!
    Jason and his Tube Man – Instagram
    Upgrade Podcast - YouTube
    Apple to announce fiscal Q4 2023 results on November 2 – 9to5mac
    Review: iPhone 15 Pro & Pro Max – Six Colors
    Connected #470: Senior Vice President of Worldwide Nibbing - Relay FM
    The Pixel 8 and the what-is-a-photo apocalypse - The Verge
    Today on The Vergecast: we debate “what is a photo” for like three hours. - The Verge
    Photomator
    Steve Troughton-Smith: Apple Silicon for visionOS - Mastodon
    Steve Troughton-Smith: Swift Splash - Mastodon
    Apple Vision Pro to Support Screen Mirroring via AirPlay and Other Tidbits - MacRumors
    The unlikely persistence of AppleScript | Macworld
    Episode 480 on YouTube