The latest In Touch With iOS Dave is joined by Chuck Joiner. Is iOS14.8 a thing before they released iOS15? It looks like its possible. What are our favorite items we use on our iOS and other devices? A hint: the iPhone and Apple Watch are our top 2 devices. Emergency alerts: do we keep them on or turn them off so we are not disturbed. You can get 4TB of iCloud storage with tip but you need the Apple One premier Bundle. Plus much more. 

The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com


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News

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Is Apple updating to iOS14.8? It's unusual that Apple would do this since iOS15 will be out very soon. Even With iOS 15 Coming Soon, Apple Appears to Be Working on an iOS 14.8 Update

New U.S. Antitrust Bill Would Require Apple and Google to Allow Third-Party App Stores and Sideloading

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Topics

Beta this week. iOS15 Beta 5 was released this week. 

Everything New in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 Beta 5

Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of watchOS 8 to Developers

iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 Developer Tool Can More Heavily Prioritize 5G Versus Wi-Fi Connections

Second AirPods Pro Firmware Beta Adds Conversation Boost

There has been quite a few weather related emergencies the last few weeks and we discuss why and how you can receive US government emergency alerts on your iPhone and how to turn them off if you desire, How to turn on/off test emergency alerts on iPhone

Both Dave and Chuck own all the great Apple products but what is the most valuable feature? They have a great discussion on this and discuss each one below. 

iPhone - Information management is top for both of us. Triage email on the go. 

iPad - another place to look things up. Using Trello. Dave uses it to consume video. Apple Pencil use. Also the Apple Watch, Apple TV, and HomePod.

Do you have the Apple One Premier bundle? Here is How to Get 4TB of iCloud Storage with Apple One Premier

Using the Auto fill passwords from iCloud keychain vs a password manager like 1Password. We review which one we use or do we use both?

Our Host

David Ginsburg is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users and his wealth of knowledge of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV.

Visit the YouTube channel https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65.

About our Guest

Chuck Joiner is the host of MacVoices and hosts video podcasts with influential members of the Apple community. Make sure to visit macvoices.com and subscribe to his podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @chuckjoiner and join his MacVoices Facebook group.