Episode Details

• Opening theme by Larry King (@laking).
• The case for a modernized AppKit in OS X 10.9 a la Chameleon/TwUI.
• The lack of official Apple Objective-C wrappers around old C APIs such as Keychain and Address Book.
  • Springboard #10
  • SMOP
  • Underscore
• Should Apple add type inference to Objective-C?
• Haswell Retina MacBook Pro predictions and the possibility of having only the integrated GPU in the 15".
  • gfxCardStatus
  • The only 15" with integrated-only GPU
  • The first unibody 15" with high-res, matte LCD
  • Haswell integrated GPU explained
• Mac Pro speculation.
  • John on Ad Hoc
  • Larrabee
  • Intel's custom CPU for the first MacBook Air
  • Thunderbolt problems on Xeon boards
  • Marco's Mac Pro post this week
  • Scaling down the Mac Pro/"xMac" challenges
  • Thunderbolt 2
  • Asus' 4K monitor
  • The first 27" iMac's panel economics
• Major iOS 7 API wishes: better inter-app communication mechanisms, "default app" associations, and periodic background updates.
• Quick WWDC tips.
  • Casey's WWDC predictions
  • Casey's WWDC tips from last year

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