Better Drawing, Better Sound, Fewer Apple Forums
33 min
It's show-and-tell time on The Context Machine. Bryan and Jeff check out Astropad's Rock Paper Pencil 4 for the iPad, along with Audioengine's HXL portable DAC. They also have some thoughts on Apple shutting down its Apple Support Community forums. SPONSOR: MacPaw CleanMyMac - Try CleanMyMac's new Browser Care and Email Cleanup features to free up space and unclutter Google Chrome and Gmail. Try 7 days free and use our code CONTEXTMACHINE for 20% off at clnmy.com/CONTEXTMACHINE. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:20 Rock Paper Pencil 4 from Astropad 14:08 Sponsor: CleanMyMac from MacPaw 17:00 Audioengine's Portable DAC 27:37 Apple Shuts Down the Apple Support Community 31:45 Outro Sources referenced in this episode: Astropad Rock Paper Pencil 4.0 https://shop.astropad.com/products/rock-paper-pencil Audioengine HXL Portable Balanced Headphone Amplifier and HiFi DAC https://audioengine.com/shop/components/hxl-portable-balanced-headphone-amplifier-and-hifi-dac/ End of an era: Apple Support Community forums will permanently close on November 20 https://9to5mac.com/2026/11/10/end-of-an-era-apple-support-community-forums-will-permanently-close-on-november-20/ Review the show on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-context-machine/id107629726 Where to find us: The Context Machine on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/contextmachine.bsky.social The Context Machine on Threads https://www.threads.com/@contextmachinepodcast The Context Machine on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/contextmachinepodcast/ The Context Machine on Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@contextmachine@mstdn.social The Context Machine on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ContextMachineShow The Context Machine Facebook Group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/contextmachine/
