Spreadsheet for Creators
Mon Feb 02 2026
Subtitle: Bright and Boring: Cupertino DriftWe break down Apple's latest financial results (including the potential supply-chain storm brewing on the horizon) and then discuss the difficult roll-out of Apple's new Creator Studio bundle.
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Subtitle: Bright and Boring: Cupertino DriftWe break down Apple's latest financial results (including the potential supply-chain storm brewing on the horizon) and then discuss the difficult roll-out of Apple's new Creator Studio bundle. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: <a href="https://sentry.io/">Sentry</a>: Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. New users get $100 in Sentry credits with code upgrade26. <a href="http://fitbod.me/upgrade">Fitbod</a>: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. <a href="http://squarespace.com/upgrade">Squarespace</a>: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UPGRADE. Links and Show Notes: <a href='https://relay.fm/upgrade/join'>Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. </a> <a href='https://relay.fm/upgrade/feedback'>Submit Feedback</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DUDkI6UEfwh/?igsh=Nm84ZmNmZ3kydGk5" target="_blank">Ted Lasso Season 4 Imagery – Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/28/apple-tv-brandon-sanderson-deal/" target="_blank">Apple Signs Deal for Brandon Sanderson's 'Cosmere' Universe Movies and TV Shows - MacRumors</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Cosmere/comments/1qps9wy/update_from_brandon/" target="_blank">Update From Brandon : r/Cosmere</a> <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/29/apple-second-biggest-acquisition-ever/" target="_blank">Apple Just Made Its Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever After Beats - MacRumors</a> <a href="https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hkb5cm98wx" target="_blank">What made Q.ai worth $1.5 billion to Apple | Ctech</a> <a href="https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bygjgvkl11e" target="_blank">“We sped research that should have taken 20 years”: Inside Q.ai’s Apple exit | Ctech</a> <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/apple-announces-all-time-quarterly-record-of-143-8b/" target="_blank">Apple announces all-time record in revenue, iPhone sales – Six Colors</a> <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/this-is-tim-complete-transcript-of-apples-q1-2026-financial-call/" target="_blank">This is Tim: Complete transcript of Apple’s Q1 2026 financial call – Six Colors</a> <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/apples-record-quarter-is-this-what-a-hit-iphone-looks-like/" target="_blank">Apple’s record quarter: Is this what a hit iPhone looks like? – Six Colors</a> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/29/apple-looking-at-a-range-of-options-to-offset-rising-memory-prices/" target="_blank">Apple ‘looking at a range of options’ to offset rising memory prices - 9to5Mac</a> <a href="https://stratechery.com/2026/tsmc-risk/" target="_blank">TSMC Risk – Stratechery by Ben Thompson</a> <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/hands-on-with-apple-creator-studio-a-bittersweet-bundle/" target="_blank">Hands on with Apple Creator Studio: A bittersweet bundle – Six Colors</a> <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/apples-creator-studio-has-a-rough-app-store-roll-out/" target="_blank">Apple’s Creator Studio has a rough App Store roll-out – Six Colors</a> <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/whats-the-real-value-in-creator-studio/" target="_blank">Picking up the missing pieces of Apple’s Creator Studio – Six Colors</a>