MBW 1013: Boopgate - Steve Jobs' 71st Birthday
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 164 minutes
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Summary
Welcome, Christina Warren, to the MacBreak Weekly panel! Looking back at Steve Jobs and what would have been his 71st birthday. Jason Snell unveils the Six Colors report card. And Apple plans to manufacture Mac Minis in Houston.
- Remembering Steve Jobs on his 71st birthday.
- Steve Jobs Archive releases "Letters to a Young Creator" featuring Tim Cook, Jony Ive, and more.
- David Pogue shares first look at upcoming "Apple: The First 50 Years" book.
- Apple's next big thing is a push into visual artificial intelligence.
- The Six Colors report card.
- The evil LeapFrog tablet in Toy Story 5 appears to be running the macOS window manager.
- Disneyland's "MuppetVision 3D" will be released on the Apple Vision Pro. Here's why Brian Henson is okay with it.
- Apple plans to manufacture Mac Mini in Houston.
- iPhone satellite features helped Lake Tahoe avalanche survivors get rescued.
- Apple and Google employees customized their own Tudor watches. Now they're up for sale.
- PageMaker pioneer Paul Brainerd, 1947-2026: Aldus founder devoted his second chapter to the planet.
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- Christina's Pick: Updatest
- Andy's Pick: Acme Weather
- Jason's Pick: macOS 26 Tahoe
- Leo's Pick: Thaw
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly. We welcome our newest panelist, Christina Warren to the fold, |
| 0:05.6 | along with Andy Anacco and Jason Snell. Happy birthday to Steve Jobs. He would have been 71 today. |
| 0:12.0 | We'll talk about some memories of deep red color for the iPhone 18. That's the rumor. |
| 0:18.6 | And very poor marks on the Apple report card. Jason has the details, |
| 0:23.1 | all that and more. Coming up next on MacBrick Weekly. |
| 0:28.5 | Podcasts you love. From people you trust. This is Twit. |
| 0:37.2 | This is MacBake Weekly with Andy Anako, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren. |
| 0:42.6 | Episode 113, recorded Tuesday, February 24th, 2026. |
| 0:48.6 | Boop Gate. |
| 0:50.6 | It's time for MacBank Weekly. |
| 0:52.4 | All the Apple News News boys and girls. |
| 0:55.0 | Great to see everybody here. |
| 0:57.0 | Thank you for joining us and we have to make a very special welcome to the newest member of the Mac Break Weekly panel. |
| 1:05.0 | The wonderful Christina Warren Film Girl is in the house. |
| 1:08.0 | Woohoo! |
| 1:09.0 | Woohoo! |
| 1:10.0 | I am so excited to be here. Thank you so much for asking me. I know I have like very, very |
| 1:16.6 | big shoes to fill with Alex, but I'm honored to be here. This has been one of my favorite |
| 1:21.5 | podcast for as long as it's been around. So I'm so excited to be on this panel and to be on this show. |
| 1:26.7 | So Jason Snell and I both had you on our list, right, Jason? Yeah, absolutely. And Jason said, I didn't think you could get her. I didn't think you could get her. Yeah, I thought there's no way. But I said, you know what? It's my dream. I'm going to try. And if she says, no, well, we'll go to plan B. And thank you for saying yes. I appreciate it. Also, you're Andy Anako. |
| 1:47.2 | Andy, welcome. want to try. And if she says, no, well, we'll go to plan B. And thank you for saying yes. |
| 1:45.1 | I appreciate it. Also, you're Andy and Aco. Andy, welcome. Andy now, I think, is the longest |
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