We're celebrating another major milestone in Apple history: the 20th anniversary of the announcement of the iPod. We cover its incredibly rapid development, its worldwide popularity, and the fact that we still carry widescreen iPods with touch controls today. Development The History of iTunes, part 1 and part 2 development timeline tweet Tony Fadell interview at Computer History Museum physical design styrofoam model BeoCom 6000 phone Braun T3 pocket radio technology Toshiba 1.8" hard drives FireWire the "digital hub" Pixo operating system the name Vinnie Chieco Wikipedia articles with ..read more

We're back with a special episode to mark the 20th anniversary of Mac OS X. We remember what it was like to enter the lickable world of Aqua, leave behind our Classic apps, and grow with macOS over two decades. If you want to keep listening to Brian and Ed, check out their current podcast, One More Thing! Pre-release e81 – The NeXT Transition Mac OS X Server Developer Preview 1 Developer Preview 3 the infamous menu Apple the also infamous single-application mode Public Beta Music Player Audion face Sketch HTMLEdit Bomb.app New features Darwin is OS X still part of iOS? Terminal ..read more

After over five years of producing Simple Beep, we've decided to stop recording on a regular schedule. We're really proud of the collection of episodes that we've created, and we plan on maintaining them for as long as possible for our friends in the Mac community. But just like shutting down a classic Mac, there is always the possibility to hit Restart. It won't be next month, but someday there will be big Apple news to put in historical perspective or another milestone anniversary to celebrate. When the time comes, we'll be back on the microphone for e89 ..read more

In our final regular episode, we celebrate a great milestone: the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the iPad. Follow Up General Magic site still live (thanks, @cabel!) breaking news being desktop-publishedFetch Before the iPad Multi-touchour iPhone at 10 episode Apple v. Samsung Steve's "design brief" Debug 41: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad The Keynote videos on Apple Archive never mind on YouTube Stephen Hackett watches the keynote "Last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it ..read more

A team of ex-Apple engineers in the early 90s made a product that flopped worse than the Newton but might be the reason we have iPhones today. We look at the little-known history of General Magic and the newly released documentary about the company. Follow Up "Bungie's Humble Beginnings" video General Magic the documentary iTunes link early Macworld writeup Flint Center2019 announcement of demolition The Aspen Institute folklore.org room metaphorGlider KidDesk Microsoft Bob first use of cloud Sony Magic Link Fadell interview at Computer History Museum ..read more

Apple hardly ever gives away information about upcoming products…unless you believe that there are secret clues in hidden places. We look at what Apple may (or may not) have signaled in event invitations and product codenames over the years. Follow Up QuickTake photos in 2019 RIP Ambrosia Softwarefinal WayBack capture ambrosia-archive EV Override rewrite Kremlinology event invitationsroundups at The Verge and Oak Innovations iPod – "Hint: It's not a Mac" iPod nano – change pocket iPod video – "One more thing…" movie store – "It's Showtime"Apple TV+ – "It's show time." iPhone – Welcom ..read more

Apple's online presence has evolved significantly since the days of the early web. From rainbow imagemaps to WebObjects to epic scrolljacking, we tour the technology and content of Apple dot com. Follow Up Easter eggsJames Thompson's talk Spitfire discovery… …and caveat the final word on ProDOS more modsG5 tower desk G5-style Cube optical drive in a Disk II Ed's Apple history quiz apple.com Version Museum gallery Kevin Fox's screenshotHTML <map> tag flat redesign QuickTime 4 host of Star Wars Episode I trailerhistory of Apple Trailers Apple Online Store WebObjectsWOWODC store.a ..read more