This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon share the updates and enhancements they hope to see come to Apple TV at WWDC next month and recap Apple Original series Franklin.

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This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon highlight the return of Trying, recap the first season of Sugar, and revisit their 2023 WWDC hopes to see what came true and what remains on the wishlist.

Show Notes

• Opening Chat
  • Sigmund’s Modded Magic Keyboard
• Highlight
  • Trying
  • Trying Seasons 1–3 Recap
• Global Accessibility Awareness Day
  • Apple Marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day with a Preview of OS Features Coming Later This Year
  • Remaking the World: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
• News
  • Sonos Ace
  • ‎PPSSPP
  • ‎RetroArch
  • ‎Assassin’s Creed Shadows
  • First Look at Bad Monkey
• Releases
  • Apple Immersive: Parkour
  • Friday Night Baseball: Orioles vs. White Sox
  • Friday Night Baseball: Brewers vs. Red Sox
  • MLS Season Pass: Colorado Rapids vs. Minnesota United
• Recap
  • Sugar
  • ‘Sugar’ Is Not How American TV Usually Gets Made | IndieWire
• Up Next
  • Silicon Valley
  • The Emirates FA Cup
  • Dune: Part Two
  • The Fall Guy
  • Civil War
  • Stress Positions
  • Monsters at Work

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This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon discuss Apple’s evolving theatrical film strategy, highlight the debut of The Big Cigar, and recap Palm Royale.

Show Notes

• iPad Pro Reviews and Not-Reviews
  • Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn’t Get the Basics Right
  • AppStories: The Trouble with iPadOS
  • Upgrade: Pros Are the Little Boats
  • M4 iPad Pro Review: Here we go again | Jason Snell
  • M4 iPad Pro: A glimpse into Apple’s future | Tyler Stalman
  • 2024 iPad Pro Review: My Computer | Christopher Lawley
• Highlight
  • The Big Cigar
• Apple’s Film Strategy
  • Apple’s Come-to-Jesus Moment for Movies | Puck News
  • Apple, Netflix Amazon Want to Change How They Pay Hollywood Stars | Bloomberg
• Trailer Talk
  • Frog and Toad Season 2
  • Fancy Dance
• Apple TV News
  • ‎Gamma
  • Shazam on Apple Music
  • Apple Music 100 Best Albums
• Sigmund’s Favorite Albums
  • Stay What You Are – Saves the Day
  • The Artist in the Ambulance – Thrice
  • Under the Blacklight – Rilo Kiley
  • Black Sails In the Sunset – AFI
  • 2001 – Dr. Dre
  • The Fragile – Nine Inch Nails
  • In Utero – Nirvana
  • California Nights – Best Coast
  • Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar
  • The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
  • White Pony – Deftones
• Devon’s Favorite Albums
  • Ocean Eyes – Owl City
  • Five Score and Seven Years Ago – Relient K
  • Look Cat Meow – Secret Secret Dino Club
  • Underdog Alma Mater – Forever the Sickest Kids
  • 1989 – Taylor Swift
• Apple Original News
  • First Look at Lady in the Lake
  • First Look at Women in Blue
• Releases
  • Apple Music Live: Kacey Musgraves
• Extras
  • Dark Matter: An Inside Look
  • The Big Cigar: An Inside Look
  • Greetings From the Set of Acapulco
  • Maya Rudolph: The Zane Lowe Interview
  • Sugar: Season 1 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
  • Music From Sugar
• Recap
  • Palm Royale
• Up Next
  • Turtles All the Way Down
  • Sasquatch Sunset
  • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
  • Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
  • Challengers

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This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon break down all of the announcements from Apple’s Let Loose event, grade their event predictions, and highlight this week’s release of sci-fi series Dark Matter.

Show Notes

• Highlight
  • Dark Matter
• Let Loose Event Recap
  • Apple Event: Let Loose
  • Apple Announces New 11” and 13” iPad Pros
  • Apple Expands the iPad Air Lineup
  • Apple Reveals New Keyboards and the Apple Pencil Pro
  • Final Cut Pro 2 and Logic Pro 2 for iPad Updated Along with Their Mac Counterparts
• Trailer Talk
  • Presumed Innocent
  • Jake Gyllenhaal Recommendation: Nightcrawler
• News
  • Apple Announces New and Updated Apple Arcade Games Coming in May and June
  • Ted Lasso: The Complete Series on Blu-ray
• Releases
  • Hollywood Con Queen
• Extras
  • Argylle: Bryce Dallas Howard on Stunt Training for Her Action Star Role
  • Looks Like Loot with Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Joel Kim Booster
  • The Cast of Sugar Reads Fan Theories
• Up Next
  • Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
  • Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
  • Abigail
  • The Taste of Things
  • Hacks

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This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon make their long-awaited return to Las Colinas with Acapulco season three, share their predictions for Apple’s upcoming Let Loose event, and recap Constellation.

Show Notes

• Air Cover
  • Air Cover for Apple Vision Pro
  • Vision Pro Chronicles: My Custom ‘Dual Knit Open’ Setup for Maximum Comfort and Awareness
• Highlight
  • Acapulco
• Predictions
  • Apple’s Let Loose Event
• Trailer Talk
  • Hollywood Con Queen
  • The Big Cigar
• News
  • Beats Solo 4
  • Beats Solo Buds
  • Sofa 4.0: A Customizable Downtime Tracker Without Compromises
  • ‎Assassin’s Creed Mirage
  • First Look at WondLa
  • First Look at The Instigators
  • Ted Lasso Blu-Ray (Future Amazon Listing)
• Releases
  • ‎Dicey Dungeons+
  • ‎Summer Pop!+
  • ‎A Slight Chance of Sawblades+
• Extras
  • Apple Fitness+ Celebrates International Dance Day
• Recap
  • Constellation
• Up Next
  • Wonka
  • Remembering Gene Wilder
  • The Idea of You
  • Unfrosted

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This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon discuss TV technology and the pivot from OLED to mini LED, round up Apple-related announcements from this year’s National Association of Broadcasters Show, ask if season two of The Big Door Prize can fulfill its potential, and recap historical thriller Manhunt.

Show Notes

• Highlight
  • The Big Door Prize
• NAB Roundup
  • DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel
  • ‎Blackmagic Camera 1.3
  • Ninja Phone
  • Rode Mounts and Grips
  • Khronos Ecosystem for iPhone
  • Aputure INFINIMATs
  • Aputure Sidus One and Sidus Link Pro
• Apple TV News
  • IHG and Apple AirPlay
  • ‎Delta - Game Emulator
  • ‎Bezel — Phone Mirroring
• Trailer Talk
  • Acapulco Season 3
  • Trying Season 4
• Apple Original News
  • First Look at Sunny
  • Long Island Compromise (Hardback)
  • ‎Long Island Compromise (Ebook)
  • ‎Long Island Compromise (Audiobook)
  • Apple Studios Unveils Participants For Its Inaugural Episodic Directors Program
• Releases
  • ‎Solitaire Stories (Spatial)
  • ‎Crossy Road Castle (Spatial)
  • Prehistoric Planet Immersive: Triceratops Forest
• Extras
  • Electric Energy (Reimagination) by THE BOYZ
  • Argylle: Blooper Reel
  • Earthsounds: Outside For Innies
• Recap
  • Manhunt
• Up Next
  • American Idol
  • Freud’s Last Session
  • Monkey Man
  • Love Lies Bleeding
  • Adam Savage’s Beautifully Chaotic Studio Tour | Gerald Undone

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This week on Magic Rays of Light, Devon is joined by MacStories Community Manager Jonathan Reed to highlight Argylle, discuss Jonathan’s approach to tracking TV and films, and look ahead to an exciting summer of Apple Originals.

Show Notes

• Guest Cohost: Jonathan Reed
  • Mastodon
  • Threads
  • Letterboxd
• Highlight
  • Argylle
  • Inside Claudia Schiffer’s English Countryside Home Filled With Wonderful Objects | Vogue
• TV Tracking
  • Watch History Journal 1.1
  • Shortcut: Letterboxd Review to Socials
  • ‎Sequel
• Trailer Talk
  • Dark Matter
• News
  • YouTube’s Screen Stealer | Joe Rosensteel
  • First Look at Yo Gabba GabbaLand!
• Releases
  • Jane
  • Prehistoric Planet Immersive: Triceratops Forest
• Extras
  • Apple TV+ celebrates Earth Day with slate of award-winning programming for the entire family, featuring inspiring stories about our extraordinary planet
  • Argylle — An Inside Look
  • Palm Royale — Crafting the Glamour of 1969 Palm Beach
  • Franklin — An Inside Look: Michael Douglas on Playing Ben Franklin
• Up Next
  • Shogun
  • American Horror Story: Delicate

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This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon highlight American Revolution-era drama Franklin ahead of its premiere on Apple TV+. They also dive into new Apple Original documentary Girls State, spatial personas on visionOS, and the possibility of game emulation on Apple TV.

Show Notes

• Opening Topic: Apple Vision Pro and Spatial Personas
  • Vision Pro Chronicles: My Custom ‘Dual Knit Open’ Setup for Maximum Comfort and Awareness
• Highlights
  • Girls State
  • Franklin
• Trailer Talk
  • The Big Door Prize — Season 2
  • Fly Me To The Moon
  • Fly Me to the Moon First Look | People
• News
  • ‎Kung Fu Panda: School of Chi
  • ‎Supercut
  • Napoleon Soundtrack on Vinyl
  • Napoleon Soundtrack on Vinyl (US)
• Releases
  • Argylle
• Extras
  • aespa x Fraggle Rock — Get Goin’
• Up Next
  • Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
  • Ennio
  • Kung Fu Panda 4
  • Drive-Away Dolls
  • Fallout
  • Dune
  • Dune: Part Two

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