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It's time to look back at the legendary iMac on its 27th birthday, but also time to look ahead to rumors of a future shakeup over iPhone launches -- and the present day shakeup in the App Store, on the AppleInsider podcast.

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Links from the Show:

• How Steve Jobs saved Apple with the iMac 27 years ago
• Apple's Eddy Cue is guessing that the iPhone will eventually be replaced by AI
• Apple is rumored to radically change up the iPhone 18 release schedule
• App Store Freedom Act hopes to bring alternative app stores to US iPhones
• Apple turns to Anthropic to speed up coding & fix buggy tools
• Apple working on adding AI-powered search to Safari
• Spotify app adds support for direct purchases & payments after court mandate
• Kindle adds 'Get Book' buy button to where it always belonged
• Apple files appeal against court ruling that mandated App Store changes
• Lawsuit hopes to return 15 months of commissions to developers after App Store ruling
• 'Fortnite' could return to the US App Store by Friday