Special guest John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Larry Tesler and his “no modes” mantra for UI design, the state of malware on the Mac, third-party default apps on iOS, Apple and the coronavirus outbreak, and a record number of tips and tricks.
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<li>Larry Tesler:
<ul><li><a href="http://www.nomodes.com/">Tesler’s website</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/cdespinosa/status/1230366729412333568">Chris Espinosa on Tesler’s heuristic for smart paste</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/technology/lawrence-tesler-dead.html">John Markoff’s NYT obituary</a>.</li></ul></li>
<li>Malwarebytes’s “<a href="https://blog.malwarebytes.com/reports/2020/02/malwarebytes-labs-releases-2020-state-of-malware-report/">State of Mac Malware in 2020</a>” report:
<ul><li><a href="https://mjtsai.com/blog/2020/02/13/2020-state-of-mac-malware/">Michael Tsai</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2020/02/more-adware-targets-the-mac-but-apple-swings-the-hammer/">Jason Snell</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/mac-users-are-getting-bombarded-by-laughably-unsophisticated-malware/">Dan Goodin’s report last month for Ars Technica on scam “Adobe Flash” installers</a>.</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/02/21/gurman-default-apps">Mark Gurman claims Apple is considering third-party default apps for iOS 14</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/DylanMcD8/status/1230962794188722180">How to enable the startup chime on new Mac hardware</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/02/17/apple-store-employee-bag-checks">On Apple’s attempts to stiff retail employees for time spent waiting in bag-check lines</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-k2-wireless-mechanical-keyboard">The Keychron K2 mechanical Bluetooth keyboard</a> Jason Snell convinced me to buy. (I got brown switches.)</li>
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

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