The Future of Mac Apps and Nostalgia for Classic Games

Stephen and David talk through the ups and downs of the Mac App Store and share some of the hidden gems they've found there over the years. Then, they recap Apple's recent media event after being interrupted by Mother Nature in the Sparks' yard.

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Links and Show Notes:

Our First Mac App Store Apps:

• Twitterrific
• Twitter
• Evernote
• TextWrangler
• Swackett
• Kindle
• The Incident
• QuickCursor
• Flare

Our Most Expensive Mac App Store Apps:

• Final Cut Pro
• Logic Pro X
• Pixelmator Pro
• Affinity Photo
• Affinity Designer

Some of Our Currently-Used Mac App Store Apps:

• Copied
• Tweetbot
• Screens
• Mactracker
• Carrot Weather
• Tapes
• WiFi Explorer
• DaisyDisk
• Soulver
• Pixelmator
• Paprika Recipe Manager
• MindNode
• Fantastical
• OmniPlan
• iBooks Author
• Day One
• xScope

iOS Apps We Want on the Mac:

• Ferrite
• Overcast
• Carrot Weather
• Todoist
• RCT Classic
• LiquidText

Mac Startup Sounds Featured:

• Macintosh II
• Macintosh LC
• Macintosh Quadra
• PCI-based Macintoshes
• "Modern" PCI-based Macintoshes

Mac Startup Sounds Featured:

• Macintosh II
• Macintosh LC
• Macintosh Quadra
• Macintosh Power Mac 6100

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