The Talk Show With John Gruber

440: ‘Flush a Radar’, With Brent Simmons

Brent Simmons returns to the show. Topics include NetNewsWire 7, MacOS 26 Tahoe, and I guess, some other stuff. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code talkshow. Sentry: A real-time error monitoring and tracing platform. Use code TALKSHOW for $80 in free credits. Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good. Links: NetNewsWire 7. How to omit menu item icons on Tahoe. Rogue Amoeba, on omitting those icons. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

439: ‘A Mitigated Disaster’, With Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut returns to the show so we can both vent about MacOS 26 Tahoe. Sponsored by: Notion: The AI workspace where teams and AI agents get more done together. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code talkshow. Sentry: A real-time error monitoring and tracing platform. Use code TALKSHOW for $80 in free credits. Factor: Healthy eating, made easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year, with code talkshow50off. Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good. Links: Classic Mac OS Control Strip. Manu Cornet’s oft-cited cartoon caricaturizing the org charts of major tech companies circa 2011. Black Ink. MarsEdit. Rogue Amoeba: “Removing Tahoe’s Unwanted Menu Icons”. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

438: ‘2025 Year in Review’, With Rene Ritchie

A look back at Apple’s 2025, with special guest Rene Ritchie. Sponsored by: Factor: Healthy eating, made easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year, with code talkshow50off. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code talkshow. Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good. Links: The classic Mac OS Appearance Manager and its support for (rather garish) themes: ATPM, August 2000: “GUI Junkie: Schemin’ and Themin’” by Christopher Turner. Includes screenshots. Wikipedia: Appearance Manager. Luria Petrucci celebrates 20 years on YouTube. Steve Jobs on product people vs. sales/marketing people, back in the early 1990s. John Browett’s brief tenure running retail at Apple back in 2012. His sacking was effectively a footnote in the announcement that Apple had parted with Scott Forstall. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

437: ‘A Naughty Citizen’, With Quinn Nelson

Special guest Quinn Nelson returns for a two-part holiday spectacular: the iPad in the wake of iPadOS 26, and Apple's executive changes as Tim Cook seemingly nears the end of his time as CEO. Sponsored by: Notion: The AI workspace where teams and AI agents get more done together. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code talkshow. Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good. Links: Quinn on YouTube: "The iPad's Software Problem Is Permanent". "Apple Is Falling Apart (On Purpose)" (on executive shuffling). Spark -- Quinn's email app of choice. Yours truly back in January 2020: "The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10". Slide Over was originally eliminated in iPadOS 26 but came back in 26.1. Apple Notes extension apps, available on the Mac because they're only possible on the Mac because the iPad and iPhone are baby computers: ProNotes. NotesCmdr. Mark Papermaster, the hardware executive who took the fall for the iPhone 4 antenna saga. The classic cartoon from 2013: "Organizational Charts of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle". This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

436: ‘Financial Boner’, With Tyler Hayes

Special guest: Tyler Hayes. Topics include how to get a small phone today, which way foldables should fold, the state of Apple TV (including its new “sonic logo”), and some holiday gift gadget recommendations. Sponsored by: Clic for Sonos: No lag. No hassle. Just Clic. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code talkshow. Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good. Links: This Week The Trend. Tyler on the flip-style Motorola Razr as a small phone solution. DF: “Tyler Hayes Suggests Trying a Flip-Style Foldable If You Want a Smaller Phone”. Tyler: “Apple TV Is Finally Worth $99 Per Year”. Ad Age: “Apple TV’s Colorful New Branding Was Built With Glass and Captured In-Camera”. Aura Ink, $500 e-paper picture frame. Chargers: Anker Nano 70W 3-port charger — $50, on sale for $32 if you act fast. Nomad’s excellent “slim” chargers, in 40W (one port), 65W (two ports), and 100W (two ports) — I think the 65W one is the sweet spot. Nomad’s Wallet Tracking Card, compatible with Find My. (Not mentioned on the show, but very cool — Tyler and I both own one and recommend them.). Sharge’s Pixel 100W and 140W chargers, with cool fat-pixel dot-matrix displays on the side. The Sigma BF, a gorgeous, minimal L-mount camera. $2,200 at B&H Camera. Tyler’s August issue of This Week The Trend that mentioned it. GoVee Smart Christmas Lights. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.