Apple Core
Episodes
Podcasts - How Apple made podcasting happen
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Apple Podcasts is one of the world’s most popular podcast players, with almost 25% market share. The app launched in 2012, but Apple’s support for...
iOS 7 - the battle for the future of software design
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2013, Apple launched a radical redesign of the iPhone’s user interface. iOS 7 represented more than just a fresh new look. It marked a major shif...
Sherlock - the mysterious case of how sherlocking became a thing
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sherlock was introduced in 1998, as a tool for finding files on Mac OS 8.5. It used advanced search technology harvested from the carcass of Apple’s...
Apple Park - a boondoggle or the greatest office ever built?
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2011, Steve Jobs made his final public appearance, presenting his plans for a second Apple campus to Cupertino City Council. He proposed a circular...
Leander Kahney - biographer of Tim Cook and Jony Ive
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode we interview Leander Kahney, editor of Cult of Mac, and author of New York Times best-selling biographies of Tim Cook and Jony...
Apple Maps - the unnecessary apology
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Apple Maps launched alongside the original iPhone in 2007. Initially, it relied on map data from Google. But in 2012, when the two companies became sm...
Mac OS X - how Steve Jobs saved Apple’s crown jewel
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1996, Apple was in serious trouble. The Mac was almost obsolete. Its multitasking was flaky, it couldn’t handle multiple processors, and it kept ...
NeXT - the secret to Apple’s salvation and success
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The iPhone in your pocket, the Mac on your desk, and even the watch on your wrist are all based on NeXTSTEP, an operating system developed by a long f...
Apple Watch - what Tim Cook’s first product launch tells us about the future of Vision Pro
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
These days, Cupertino describes Apple Watch as “the ultimate device for a healthy life.” But it didn’t start out that way. When Tim Cook origina...
iPhone 4 - Apple’s most painful product launch
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 4 at WWDC 2010, it surprised no one. Tech blog Gizmodo had already spilled the tea two months earlier by publishi...
Safari - how Apple built the engine that powers almost every modern web browser
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Safari is one of Apple’s most enduring and popular apps, with versions running on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and even Vision Pro. But it wasn’t always the...
Newton MessagePad - the little device that left a huge legacy
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Apple launched its first handheld computing device way back in 1993. With no internet access, flaky handwriting recognition, and an eye-watering price...
iWork - Steve Jobs’ secret weapon
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Jobs was famous for his keynote presentations, which combined showmanship with beautifully designed slides to generate his trademark ‘reality ...
Nike+iPod Sport Kit - Apple's first foray into fitness
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Apple’s interest in fitness products goes way back. In 2006, before Apple Watch was even a twinkle in Tim Cook’s eye, Steve Jobs took the stage wi...
Mac OS 8 - A 'better than nothing' update that became a best seller
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Steve Jobs returned to the company he founded in 1997, Apple was in disarray. After two failed attempts at a next-generation operating system, th...
AirPort - How Apple made wireless networking happen
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1999, Steve Jobs needed one more product launch to complete the four-computer matrix he introduced on his return to the company three years earlier...