HomeKit and HomePod Home Theatre Mode With Jon Ratcliffe

Sigmund and Devon are joined by MacStories Managing Editor John Voorhees to take another look at Ridley Scott’s Napoleon upon the film’s streaming debut. They also dive into March releases on Apple Arcade and share who they think will take home the gold at this weekend’s 96th Academy Awards.

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• Highlight
• Napoleon
• Trailer Talk
• Sugar
• The Bloody Hundredth
• News
• MacPad: How I Created the Hybrid Mac-iPad Laptop and Tablet That Apple Won’t Make
• Apple Introduces New M3 MacBook Airs
• Apple Releases New Spring Colors for iPhone Cases and Watch Bands
• Belkin iPhone Mount with MagSafe for Apple TV 4K  
• Hacking an iPhone Stand to Create a Hideaway Mount for FaceTime on Apple TV
• Releases
• Great Movies on Apple TV+
• Lift
• ‎Crayola Adventures
• ‎Bloons TD Battles 2+
• ‎The Battle of Polytopia+
• The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy
• Extras
• The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin — An Inside Look
• To Josephine: Selected Love Letters from Napoleon
• Sago Mini Friends — Dress Up Tree (Music Video)
• Sago Mini Friends — Surprise (Music Video)
• Sago Mini Friends — Hugbot (Music Video)
• Sago Mini Friends — What's Got Into Hugbot? (Music Video)
• Up Next
• Roar
• The Regime

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Sigmund and Devon discuss new Apple Original comedy series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, Apple’s brand new Sports app for iPhone, and the potential for immersive video across sports, music, and live performances.

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• Highlight
• The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
• Main Topic
• ‎Apple Sports
• Apple Launches Free Sports App in the US, UK, and Canada
• Apple Says a 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs Film is ‘Coming Soon’ to the Vision Pro
• Trailer Talk
• Earthsounds
• News
• Belkin Auto-Tracking Stand Pro with DockKit
• ‎Television by Sandwich
• Supercut for Apple Vision Pro
• ‎Neuromancer by William Gibson
• Ted Lasso Stars Wear Matching Tracksuits at 2024 SAG Awards Afterparty to Celebrate Last Awards Together
• Releases
• Earthsounds
• ‎WHAT THE CAR? x Sneaky Sasquatch
• Argylle
• Extras
• Sago Mini Friends — Robin (Music Video)
• Sago Mini Friends — Train Your Tail (Music Video)
• Sago Mini Friends — Turkey (Music Video)
• Sago Mini Friends — Thankful Prize Bowtie (Music Video)
• Lily Gladstone: The Zane Lowe Interview
• Messi: The Warm-Up
• ‎Apps Every Messi Fan Needs
• MLS Season Pass Collection on Apple Podcasts
• Up Next
• Poor Things
• Spaceman
• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

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Sigmund and Devon highlight new Apple Original space adventure series Constellation, recap Criminal Record, and preview the upcoming season of Major League Soccer on MLS Season Pass.

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• Highlight
• Constellation
• News
• Apple in 2023: The Six Colors report card
• More references to new HomePod with a screen found in tvOS 17.4
• ‎HomeUI
• Vision Pro App Spotlight: HomeUI Enables Spatial Control over HomeKit Lights, Switches, and Outlets
• ‎Level Headed
• ‎News Ticker
• Day Peek
• Vision Pro App Spotlight: My Favorite Digital Clock Apps for Vision Pro
• Apple Spotlights 12 Spatial Computing Games Available on the Vision Pro along with More Than 250 Other Games That Can Be Played on the Device
• ‎TikTok for Apple Vision Pro
• Releases
• Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend
• Inter Miami CF vs. Real Salt Lake
• ‎Podcast: Offside With Taylor Twellman
• Apple Music Live: Jennifer Lopez
• MLS Is Back: LA Galaxy vs. Inter Miami
• Free MLS Game: LAFC vs. Seattle Sounders FC
• Free MLS Game: Orlando City vs. CF Montréal
• Free MLS Game: D.C. United vs. New England Revolution
• Free MLS Game: FC Cincinnati vs. Toronto FC
• Devon’s MLS Jersey Pick
• Extras
• Callum Turner Reads A Real WWII Love Letter From 1945
• Nate Mann Reads A Real WWII Love Letter From 1945
• Anthony Boyle Reads A Real WWII Love Letter From 1945
• Raff Law Reads A Real WWII Love Letter From 1944
• Austin Butler Reads A Real WWII Love Letter From 1945
• Barry Keoghan Reads A Real WWII Love Letter From 1944
• Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin — Robb Armstrong x Hello, Apple
• Shot on iPhone: USHER | Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show
• Sago Mini Friends — Sleepytime for Bread (Music Video)
• Sago Mini Friends — Having A Good Time (Music Video)
• Sago Mini Friends — Mustache (Music Video)
• Sago Mini Friends — Jinja (Music Video)
• Recap
• Criminal Record
• Up Next
• ‎Audracity
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch
• The Zone of Interest
• Memory
• All of Us Strangers
• Occupied City
• Priscilla
• The Promised Land
• Anyone But You

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Sigmund and Devon visit post-WWII Paris in style with The New Look, recap Usher’s performance at the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show, and catch up on all the latest news in the world of Apple TV.

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• Highlight
• The New Look
• Apple Vision Pro
• KIWI Design Lens Protector Cover Compatible
• Orzero IR Illuminator Infrared Light
• Beautiful Things - Spatial Objects
• The Wizard of Oz
• ‎Screens 5: VNC Remote Desktop
• ‎Castaway: Spatial HDMI Monitor
• Tailscale
• Trailer Talk
• Teaser: Dark Matter
• News
• Major League Soccer returns to MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app
• ‎Webex for Apple TV
• First Look at Steve!
• Releases
• Apple Arcade Update: ‎Sonic Dream Team
• The Dynasty: New England Patriots
• Welcome Home, Franklin
• BAFTA Film Awards
• Extras
• Take Up Space — Black History Month
• Constellation — An Inside Look
• Manhunt — An Inside Look
• Recap
• Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show
• Where’s Usher?
• Up Next
• Young Sheldon
• Oppenheimer
• The Color Purple
• Strange Way of Life
• The Iron Claw

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Apple Vision Pro Impressions, TCA Winter Press Tour 2024, and the Road to the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show

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Sigmund and Devon share first impressions of Apple Vision Pro, all of the Apple Original announcements from the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, and the lead up to the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show headlined by Usher.

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• News
• Here's What's New in 2024 | Apple TV+
• Apple TV+ 2024 Sneak Peek
• First Look at Acapulco Season 3
• First Look at Sugar
• First Look at The Big Door Prize Season 2
• First Look at Franklin
• Sneak Peek at Land of Women
• Trailers
• Welcome Home, Franklin
• Manhunt
• Palm Royale
• The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
• The Reluctant Traveler Season 2
• Releases
• MLB’s Carded
• Apple Music Live: SZA
• Road to the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show
• Shazam-Exclusive Super Bowl Wallpapers and Watch Faces
• COMING HOME by USHER
• Extras
• ‎Making Masters of the Air Podcast
• The New Look — An Inside Look
• Up Next
• The Floor
• American Fiction

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Sigmund and Devon discuss Apple Original Film Argylle ahead of its theatrical debut, our first look at changes coming in tvOS 17.4, the potential of game streaming on Apple TV, hints of our spatial computing future in Apple Original Film Swan Song, and the latest additions to Apple Arcade.

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• Highlight
  • Argylle
• Apple’s Response to the Digital Markets Act
  • Apple Details How It Plans to Comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act
  • Understanding Apple’s Response to the DMA
• News
  • Play’s Channel Inbox Comes to Apple TV
  • Use Tailscale On Your Apple TV
  • Subnet Routing with Tailscale on Apple TV
  • Severance Season 2 BTS Photo
  • David S. Goyer’s Foundation BTS Photos
• Releases
  • Killers of the Flower Moon Theatrical Re-Release
  • Al Nassr vs. Inter Miami
  • Death Stranding Director’s Cut
  • Backbone One - Death Stranding Limited Edition Controller
  • ‎BEAST: Bio Exo Arena Suit Team
  • ‎Words in Progress
  • Alicia Keys: Rehearsal Room
  • Adventure
  • Wild Life
  • Prehistoric Planet Immersive
• Extras
  • Argylle — “Electric Energy” Official Music Video
  • Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max | Chinese New Year - Little Garlic
  • Masters of the Air (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
• Recap
  • Swan Song
  • Swan Song | Territory Studio
• Up Next
  • The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard
  • Wonka
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith
  • Kings from Queens: The Run DMC Story
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm

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Show Notes

Apple Vision Pro Preorders, Masters of the Air, HFR, and an Historic Oscar Nomination

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Sigmund and Devon share their experiences with Apple Vision Pro preorders, highlight Apple Original war drama series Masters of the Air ahead of its debut this weekend, and break down all of the Apple FYC news in the wake of BAFTA and Oscar Awards nominations.

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• Highlight
• Masters of the Air
• ‎Masters of the Air (Novel)
• Apple Vision Pro
• Making Apple Vision Pro
• Apple Vision Pro - Guided Tour
• tvOS 17.3 and Other Updates
• Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 17.3 with Collaborative Playlists, Stolen Device Protection, New Black Unity Wallpaper, and More
• 2024 Black Unity Collection
• Trailers
• The New Look
• Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend
• Constellation
• News
• First Look at The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
• Matthew Cassinelli’s Netflix Shortcuts
• A Survey of Popular Apps Currently Compatible With Apple Vision Pro
• Extras
• Masters of the Air — An Inside Look
• Peek Into the Emmys Night Afterparty with Apple TV+
• Paul Walter Hauser’s Emmys Acceptance Speech
• ‎NASA Vending Machine: For All Mankind S4 Exit Interview with Ben Nedivi & Matt Wolpert
• ‎⁨HIIT with Jamie-Ray featuring Trainer Joe Wicks⁩
• ‎⁨Strength with Kim featuring Trainer Joe Wicks⁩
• Joe Wicks: Music That Moves Me
• 15 Minute High Energy HIIT Workout with Special Guests from Apple Fitness+ | Joe Wicks
• Up Next
• Echo
• Wish
• Migration
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
• Ferrari
• WWE Royal Rumble

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Show Notes

Magic Rays of Light Joins MacStories, Apple Vision Pro, Immersive Video Details, and Journaling What We Watch with Shortcuts

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Sigmund and Devon are joined by Federico Viticci and John Voorhees of MacStories for a special announcement as well as recaps of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and For All Mankind season four. Also, an overview of Apple Vision Pro release details and entertainment offerings, the latest Apple Original FYC and In Production news, and Devon’s new shortcut for journaling what you watch on Apple TV.

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Trailers:

- Sago Mini Friends — Season 2

- The Dynasty: New England Patriots

Recaps:

- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

- For All Mankind

Release: Killers of the Flower Moon

Extras:

- ‎The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.

- Masters of the Air — Opening Title Sequence

- Killers of the Flower Moon — Music by Robbie Robertson

- Talk: Kickstart Your Healthiest Year with Apple Fitness+

- The Argylle Experience

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Up Next:

- Self Reliance

- The Marvels

- Penith (The DAVE Soundtrack)

- True Detective: Night Country

- Succession

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Here to Help | Apple

Highlight: Criminal Record

Recap: Slow Horses

Argylle Signed Hardback

Argylle on Apple Books

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Apple Arcade Releases:

- ‎Tamagotchi Adventure Kingdom

- ‎Cornsweeper

- ‎Blackjack by MobilityWare+

Extras

- A Toast to 2023

- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters — Titan Sightings: Ep. 8 Endopede

- Apple TV on YouTube

Up Next Picks:

- What If...?

- Mr. Bates vs The Post Office

- 2024 Sundance Film Festival

Secret Santa Reviews:

- Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

- Beau Is Afraid

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tvOS 17: The MacStories Review

Apple TV Apps of the Year

- ‎TV Launcher

-‎ Play

Honorable Mentions: ‎Disney+, ‎Tailscale

Apple TV Games of the Year

- ‎Riptide GP: Renegade+

- ‎Sonic Dream Team

Honorable Mentions: ‎NBA 2K24 Arcade Edition, What the Car?, ‎TMNT Splintered Fate, ‎Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go

Sigmund’s Top Films of 2023

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
2. Past Lives
3. Oppenheimer
4. Anatomy of a Fall
5. Dream Scenario

Devon’s Top Films of 2023

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
2. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
3. Barbie
4. The Marvels
5. Super Mario Bros.

Honorable Mentions: The Boy and the Heron, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, The Eight Mountains, Godzilla Minus One, Occupied City, 20 Days in Mariupol, Beau Is Afraid, They Cloned Tyrone, Sharper, The Creator, Flora and Son, Still, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

First Look at Apex

New Release: Sago Mini Friends New Years Special

Extras

- Shape Island Make-Your-Own Yeti Flake

- Velveteen Rabbit Watch-Along Coloring Experience

- Killers of the Flower Moon — Directed by Martin Scorsese: Part Three

- Apple Music Live: NYE

- The Best of MLS 2023

MLS 2024 Season Schedule

Up Next Picks

- Home Alone

- A Charlie Brown Christmas

- A Garfield Christmas Special

- Elf

- How the Grinch Stole Christmas

- Violent Night

- Mr. Robot Season Four

- Let It Snow Baby… Let It Reindeer by Relient K

- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

- The Addams Family

- Bad Santa

- Black Christmas

- Carol

- Gremlins 2: The New Batch

- Good Grief

- Saltburn

- The Holdovers

- Dream Scenario

- Society of the Snow

- Time Bomb Y2K

- Pokémon Concierge

- What If...?

Secret Santa

- Beau Is Afraid

- Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

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