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macOS is old. Like NeXTStep old. Steve Jobs introduced it in 2001 and, updated it years until 2004, then every two years until 2012, and now, every year again, ever since. Presumably this year as well, with macOS 10.15… I don’t know… what’s the Mojave High Sierra or El Cap? Joshua Tree? Whatever. As operating systems go, it’s beyond mature but it’s not entirely modern. Where Microsoft failed at mobile and was forced to bring Windows into the present, and Google never had a traditional operating system to split focus with Android… though they’ve managed to do that with ChromeOS all on their own. Apple, though, is trying to drag both forward, struggling to make iOS more functional while making macOS more mainstream. And, big surprise, I have some ideas on how Apple could do just that. Take macOS to the next level. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free for the first 30 days. LINKS: The Touch Screen Ma

Apple’s just announced new iMacs for 2019. Well, newly updated iMacs. Up front, they’re spec bumped versions of the previous models. Beyond that, though, I got to spend some time with Apple in New York looking at the specific updates and hearing all about the modern iMac in general. And, yeah — turns out there’s just a little bit more to the story. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free for the first 30 days. MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

What’s next? iPhone is doomed. What’s next? Peak iPad. What’s Next? Been 5 years since Apple Watch. What’s next? AirPods, seriously? What. The Fuck. Is Next. Yeah, it’s super annoying. Especially as the things that transform us move from being strictly atoms to the sublime combination of atoms and the bits on and packetized between them. But there is something undeniably, irresistibly tangible about the products, the toys, the nows. The phones, the tablets, the watches, the earphones, and, yeah, the latest rumored what’s next. Apple glasses. Apple googles. Apple specs or shades. Apple vision. Apple frames. Apple AR. For your face. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free for the first 30 days. MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket

It’s Friday, and that means I’m taking three stories that are important but that either wouldn’t fill a full video or I just dropped the ball on and didn’t manage to fit in during the week. It’s code-named The Wrap, because Smart YouTube Mafia was taken, and if you have stories you want to see covered next week or any week thereafter, just drop them in the comments or hit me up on Twitter. On deck for today are Apple Events galore, Facebook’s terrible very worst week, and Tesla’s new Model Y.

"Spotify has filed a complaint against Apple with the European Commission (EC), the regulatory body responsible for keeping competition fair and nondiscriminatory. That’s how Daniel EK, billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of Spotify, announcement his company’s action against Apple on March 14, 2019. So why is this happening and what's going on? SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free for the first 30 days. LINKS: Consumers and Innovators Win on a Level Playing Field — Spotify MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

(Apologies for the audio, had some issues on my end. Fixed for next time!) "It’s time to break up Amazon, Google, and Facebook" That’s how U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren began her explosive big tech takedown proposal on Medium on March 8. "Twenty-five years ago, Facebook, Google, and Amazon didn’t exist. Now they are among the most valuable and well-known companies in the world. It’s a great story — but also one that highlights why the government must break up monopolies and promote competitive markets." Needless to say, it got a whole lot of attention, especially in the tech press. Since then, Warren, who has a long history of consumer advocacy, has expanded and elaborated on who she’s targeting and what she means, especially when it comes to Apple and the App Store. Including in an interview that went live just last night, with my guest today, Editor-in-Chief of the Verge, Nilay Patel. SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and sign up for free. First 200 people get 20% off the premium course!

There’s a new Mac Pro coming, hopefully as soon as this year. We could see a preview of it as soon as WWDC 2019 in June. But, a preview of… what exactly? That Apple has even been talking about it before any kind of official introduction is unprecedented, but hints aside, we still have no idea what it will be. We do, however, know what we want it to be. So, let’s take a look at both. What Apple has said. And what pro users want. And, to help me out, I got a couple of the best pros in the business: SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and sign up for free. First 200 people get 20% off the premium course! LINKS: Marques Brownlee - YouTube Marco.org Daring Fireball: The Mac Pro Lives Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro | TechCrunch Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro will be shaped by workflows | TechCrunch Apple's 32" 6K Standalone Monitor / Modular Mac Pro Design - YouTube The New 2019 Mac Pro? - YouTube MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: h

On deck for today we’ve got Apple’s AR Glasses… wait, no, I think I’ll save those for a full video next week. Let me know in the comments if you want that ASAP. OK, so, rewind, we’ve got Facebook again, because of course we’ve got Facebook again, as well as significant step forward for right to repair, and, yeah, both Tim Apple and my giant head showing up in the darnedest places. SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and sign up for free. First 200 people get 20% off the premium course! LINKS: Jeremy Burge

Huawei is suing the U.S. government. Huawei, which makes everything from phones, like the just-announced Mate X, yeah the one that stole some of Samsung’s folding thunder, to the communications equipment that connects all phones, including the upcoming 5G networks, Huawei is claiming the United States is unfairly — unconstitutionally, even — keeping them out of the country, out of deals with major telcos like AT&T and Verizon, and out of the hands of consumers. The U.S. government claims Huawei’s close ties to the Chinese government make it a threat to national security and the privacy of American citizens. In other words, that Huawei equipment from handsets to infrastructure, will be used to spy on Americans, Canadians, Brits, and pretty much everyone else. And is pressuring other governments to keep them out as well. Huawei claims not. And Huawei is calling foul. So, are Americans being kept safe or are they simply being denied the best gear at the best price or maybe just cheaper gear for a cheaper pri

*Because reverse psychology totally works, right? Apple makes a ton of stuff. Compared to when Steve Jobs returned and drew that grid with notebooks and desktops, consumer and professional, and, yeah, of course, some accessories and ancillaries, Apple now makes a ton of stuff. Never mind Mac or even iPod. RIP. Almost. There’s Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, and HomePod, and all the cases and cables and dongles and software and services that tie them all together. And then there’s the new Mac Pro and Pro Display on their way. So. Much. Stuff. So much, Apple recently exited the AirPort router business because it was too much. But… Yeah… Here’s the thing: Part of me kinda wishes they’d make just a few more. A revolutionary television with computational audio. A secure home mesh hub. A video and entertainment system. Are you getting it yet? Yeah, sorry, Steve. So sorry. But I had to... SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and sign up for free. First 200 people get 20% off the premiu

First, it was a new product category that fit somewhere between iPhone and MacBook. That despite, of course, a decade of Tablet PC that had come before it. Then, it was the intersection of technology and the liberal arts. Most recently, it was the clearest expression of Apple’s vision for the future of computing… Even as Apple continued introducing new Macs. but what’s a computer, right? It’s the iPad, and rumor has it we’re about to get a new, slightly bigger, and overall improved entry-level model again this spring. But what does that mean, exactly? SPONSOR: Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this show! The first 500 of you will get 2 months of premium courses for FREE! LINKS: iPad mini 5 (2019): The Breakdown - YouTube Foldable Phones are the Future* - YouTube MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

I’m doing something fresh on Fridays. Picking up three stories that are important but either wouldn’t fill an entire video on their own, or I simply dropped the ball on and didn’t manage to fit in during the week. It’s code-named The Wrap, because Space Bear was all used up, and if you have stories you want to see covered next week or any week thereafter, just drop them in the comments or hit me up on Twitter. On deck for today we’ve got EFF calling for iCloud Backup Encryption, some really cool new Siri Shortcuts support, and not FaceTime but Duo for the web. SPONSOR: Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this show! The first 500 of you will get 2 months of premium courses for FREE! LINKS: Fix It Already 100 apps that work with Siri Shortcuts | iMore Google Duo Why you should NEVER* encrypt your backups - YouTube Siri Shortcuts: Tips and Favs from the Experts! - YouTube iMessage for Android — I was WRONG - YouTube MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: ht

Marzipan is the code name for Apple’s multi-year project to bring UIKit apps to the macOS. In other words, apps made in the newfangled iPad way, rather than the traditional AppKit way for the Mac. We saw the awkward early stages last year at WWDC 2018 with the release of Apple’s first iPad app ports, News, Home, Voice Recorder, and Stocks for macOS. And while they’re not good, or consistent, or inspiring, or good, at least not yet. They’re most definitely there. Apple said stage two begins this year, at WWDC 2019, when developers get their chance to creating and porting UKit apps to the Mac. Sure, that includes huge players like Netflix and Twitter, and more feature-complete versions of Apple’s own apps like Photos and Messages, it could also include iOS apps that previously made no economic sense to redo for the Mac, like Drafts and Overcast. Most recently, Mark Gurman rumored for Bloomberg that future stages also include a way to bring iPhone apps — the ones without existing iPad interfaces — over as well,

Samsung has shown off the Galaxy Fold. Hawaii the Mate X. Oppo... another Mate X? That Xiami tease. LG… whatever the hell this is. And, never mind the Royole FlexPai. Just, flashy thing me already. It’s foldapalooza 2019, but is any of it any good — and which of it the best? With thanks to MrMobile, Michael Fisher, and Alex Dobie of Android Central. SPONSOR: Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this show! The first 500 of you will get 2 months of premium courses for FREE! LINKS: themrmobile - Twitter Search Alex Dobie (@alexdobie) | Twitter Huawei Mate X Hands-On: The Folding Phone Is The Future - YouTube Huawei Mate X hands-on: This foldable phone is from the FUTURE - YouTube Huawei Mate X vs. Samsung Galaxy Fold: Which one should you save up for? | Android Central Foldable Phones are the Future* - YouTube MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overc

It’s disappointing if no longer surprising that Facebook and Google siphoning off your most private, personal data isn’t expressly illegal everywhere. Data theft is still theft and this type of stuff happens so frequently, even with policies, even with fines, that the only way to stop it seems to be by making sure it’s criminal. That if you fail to disclose what data you’re taking and who you’re sharing it with, you’ll face charges. You’ll go to jail. That the penalty will be so severe that if a founder, CEO, or developer even dreams of violating it, they’ll wake up screaming to delete the code. And until that happens, the platform owners, Apple, and Microsoft, and yes, even and especially Google, needs to hold every app and every developer accountable. Require them to disclose, as part of the store page, what data is collected and who it is shared with. In place that’s as easy to see as the price, the compatibility, and the parental guidance. Then do deeper inspection to detect what, if any, information is b

I’m trying something new on Fridays. Picking up three stories that are important but either wouldn’t fill an entire video all its own, or I just dropped the ball on and didn’t manage to fit in. I’m code-naming it The Wrap, because everyone loves code names and Yukon was already taken, and if you have stories you want to see covered next week or any week thereafter, just drop them in the comments or hit me up on Twitter. On deck for today we’ve got Apple reportedly getting into the credit card game, right to repair beyond the wall, and Samsung’s Galaxy Fold. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free for the first 30 days. LINKS: Apple, Goldman Sachs Team Up on Credit Card Paired With iPhone - WSJ Daring Fireball: WSJ: 'Apple, Goldman Sachs Team Up on Credit Card Paired With iPhone' Right to Repair Legislation Is Officially Being Considered In Canada - Motherboard Samsung Galaxy Fold: Everything you n

Whenever a new phone comes out, I do two things: Chew gum and figure out which of its features I’d love Apple to implement in the iPhone. No, not really. What I do is figure out which features I’d love to see Apple implement, and then figure out how Apple could take them even further. So, with the announcement of Samsung’s Galaxy S10, there’s a whole new list to get to. And I’m fresh out of gum. Fresh out. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free for the first 30 days. LINKS: Why 'Touch ID' will come back to iPhone - YouTube Android Central - YouTube Galaxy S10 vs. iPhone XS — Hands-on comparison - YouTube MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

Pop quiz hot takers: You gotta put Samsung’s new 2019 Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10 Plus head-to-head, phono-a-phono with Apple’s 2018 iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, but Samsung didn’t give you any early access to the hardware. So what do you do? What. Do. You. Do? You call in the pros who have the phones, that’s what. And for this Galaxy, that’s Daniel Bader, managing editor of Android Central. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free for the first 30 days. LINKS: Android Central - YouTube Galaxy S10 vs. iPhone XS — Hands-on comparison - YouTube Daniel Bader (@journeydan) | Twitter MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

Kuo Ming-Chi, financial analyst and supply chain exfiltrator extraordinaire — that is to say, the one person who’s somehow been most able to pry information out of all the companies assembling all the components and products for Apple — got a ton of attention again this week when he sent his clients a note covering what he expects to see in 2019. And, of course, that quickly echoed across the internet in ways both predictable and, in many cases, confounding. So, what did he cover and what does it mean? Spoiler alert. We’re going in. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free for the first 30 days. LINKS: Apple 2019 Product Preview - YouTube iPad mini 5 (2019): The Breakdown - YouTube iPhone 11 (2019): The Breakdown - YouTube AirPods (2019) Preview - YouTube MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://insta

Starting February 27, 2019, Apple is going to require developers to enable two-factor authentication — 2FA — on existing developer accounts. That's left a lot of developers scrambling to get themselves set up in time. Because… Connect wants unique IDs for every service. That means, even if you don’t have or work for a company, it’s quite possible you may have an iTunes and App Store account, iCloud account, developer account, Apple Books account, Apple Podcast account. And if you do work or contract for a company or several, maybe more than one of some of those. Hell, I do. Lest you think this video is all only for developers, if you have a significant other, child, parent, business partner, or anyone that would benefit from multiple people having 2FA codes, this can be for you as well. So, how are you going to get the 2FA codes for all the other accounts? LINKS: How to create a new user account on your Mac | iMore How to set up mail, contacts, and calendars on iPhone and iPad | iMore How to set up two-fact