In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to get weather information in your Mac's menu bar, useful if you, for example, want to be able to quickly access such information but don't want to deal with widgets or the Weather app.

To add weather information to your Mac's menu bar, go to System Settings > Control Center, and choose "Show in menu bar" from the "Weather" popup menu. The temperature for your current location, if the Weather app has previously been granted access to it, should then appear in the status menus. Clicking the temperature should reveal a dialog with the current temperature, other applicable information about current conditions, an "Hourly forecast" group showing the expected conditions for the next four hours, and a button to open the Weather app.

Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.

Hey, Apple Vissers, Tyler here, with a quick tip for how to get weather information in your Mac's menu bar.

This is something that you've been able to do with third-party apps for a number of years now, but with the release of macOS Sequoia 15.2, this functionality has been integrated directly into the operating system.

This may be useful if you want to get quick weather information such as the current temperature or hourly forecast for the next few hours without needing to deal with the weather app, a third-party app, or a notification center or desktop widgets.

I find the menu bar I can use with far fewer keystrokes than the weather app or widgets.

So to set this up, all I have to do is go into system settings, control center, and choose menu bar under the weather pop-up menu.

So to demonstrate that, I'm going to go to system settings on my Mac.

C for control center, control center, and interact with the scroll area.

And because weather is near the bottom, I'm going to jump to the bottom with V-O-globe-right arrow.

Weather, show in menu bar.

If it's off for you, just choose that from this pop-up menu.

So now I'm going to close out of this, and I'm going to press V-O-M twice to access the status menus.

Okay, and here I am on 29 degrees Fahrenheit.

To access more information, I'll just V-O space.

Okay, so this is the top of the dialog, V-O-R-A, we have hourly forecast.

Depending on the current conditions, there may be other information here too, such as a severe weather warning if one's in effect, or if the feels like temperature is significantly different from the actual temp.

But I'm going to interact with the hourly forecast group now.

And we have a few hours, so 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m., 9 p.m., 10 p.m., and that's it.

So not the full 24-hour forecast that you get in the weather app, but if you want to get hourly forecast for the next four hours, this is quite useful.

So I'm going to stop interacting, and V-R-A, open weather, and that's the only things you have in this dialog.

The temperature, any other information as relevant, the hourly forecast group, and the open weather button.

If I hit that, it'll just take me into the weather app.

Now to get out of this dialog, at the time of recording, January 2025,…

In this episode, Jessica Dale demonstrates how to send Messenger messages using Siri on iOS and iPadOS.

To set this up, go to Settings > Apps > Messenger > Apple Intelligence & Siri, and toggle the "Use with Siri requests" switch on. To send a message, engage Siri and say something like "Use Messenger to message [person]." Siri should then prompt you for the contents of the message and then offer to send it, as it does when sending a message using the built-in Messages app.

Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.

My name is Jessica Dale.

I'm going to show you how to use Messenger with Siri.

Yesterday they came out with a brand new update and it's really cool.

So I'm on my iPad Pro. I have the 2021 version and I am running iOS 18, which is a requirement for this.

I'll go to Settings, all the way down to the bottom of the screen to Apps.

There it is.

I'll double tap.

Now on the right hand side, I'll click on Messenger.

There we go.

Double tap, I'll click on Apple Intelligence and Siri.

Use with Siri requests.

That's what we want.

I'll double tap and there we go.

Now let's test it.

Use Messenger to message Vicky Wright.

I hope you have fun on your vacation, period.

I can't wait to hear all about it, period.

Your Messenger message says, I hope you have fun on your vacation.

I can't wait to hear all about it.

Send it?

Yes.

Done.

And there we go.

I've now sent a message with Siri.

Let's now go confirm that it actually went through.

And yes it did.

It's right there at the top.

Perfect.

I would like to thank you all for listening to this demonstration.

You can reach me via email at jldail13 at Outlook.com.

You can also reach me on Mastodon at ke8upe at mastodon.hams.sofa.

Or using the information found in my AppleViz profile.

Thank you and have a great day.

This podcast was b

In this edition of Apple Crunch, Thomas Domville, John Gassman, and Marty Sobo discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest.

Chapters:

• Introduction
• Results of the AppleVis Golden Apples Award for 2024
• Apple iOS 18.2 Goes Public
• Let's Talk Apple Hardware Rumors for Spring
• Let's Talk Apple Hardware Rumors for Fall
• Closing

Resources:

• Announcing the Winners of the 2024 AppleVis Golden Apples and David Goodwin Award
• iOS 18.2: Everything You Can Do With ChatGPT Integration
• Apple to Maintain iPhone Compatibility for iOS 19, But Drop Older iPads from iPadOS 19 [Rumor]
• Gurman: iOS 19 delays will cause more spread out, slow software rollout
• iOS 18's delayed feature rollout impacts iOS 19 development
• New MacBook Air Models With M4 Chip Expected to Launch 'Earlier' Than iPhone SE 4 and iPad 11
• Apple preparing iPhone SE 4 with all-screen design and Face ID, Gurman reports
• iPhone SE 4 may lack an Action button, but that's OK
• Apple reportedly releasing AirTag 2 next year with these 3 improvements
• What to Expect From Apple in 2025
• PiccyBot
• Introducing ally (public beta)

Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.

Hello and welcome to Apple Crunch for December of 2024.

This is our last podcast of the year before we head into the new year of 2025.

My name is Thomas Tomville, also known as Anonymous.

And along with me today to tie up the end of the year with the Apple Crunch, I have John Gasman.

How are you, John?

Doing fine.

How are you?

You know, I'm doing great.

I'm doing great.

I had a wonderful Christmas time, got lots of wonderful gifts and goodies and things like that.

And right over here we have Marty.

Marty, how are you doing?

Dude, thanks.

How are you?

I'm fine.

You guys have a good Christmas?

Oh, yeah.

In this podcast, Dennis Long showcases the Broadcasts app for iOS, a lightweight and user-friendly tool for streaming internet radio and organizing stations into a personalized library. Broadcasts supports a variety of online radio formats, enabling users to explore and enjoy their favorite stations from around the globe.

Key features of the app include:

Broadcasts is the perfect app for radio enthusiasts looking for a sleek and customizable streaming experience.

Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.

Hello everybody, this is Dennis Long and I am here with a demo of Broadcast.

Broadcast is spelled B-R-O-A-D-C-A-S-T-S. Broadcast is a radio app.

It is available on the following platforms, iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS, tvOS, MacOS, and Vision Pro. So it is available on everything.

It uses the radio browser directory as its source for the stations, which means you could add a station to the radio browser directory and then use Broadcast to find it.

Keep in mind it would take time for the radio browser directory to update or you can add a station manually and I'll show you how to do that here in a second.

Broadcast is free with a one-time purchase of ten dollars.

That's ten US dollars of course.

The ten dollars unlocks unlimited collections.

Collections are what we would typically refer to as favorites.

You are allowed to save five collections or favorites if you don't pay for it.

So without further ado let's get into Broadcast.

Okay now that read a station that is down in my collection.

So let's go to the top of the screen.

Okay toggle view.

Add station.

All stations and of course it's going to put me on my collections because that's where I last was.

You can search in your collections here.

My collection is where I'm at now so let's go down and explore the settings.

Let's check out the settings.

Now that is the last tab so let's go left to right.

Okay all stations is the first tab you have.

Browse tab to five.

Browse collections tab three or five.

Collections search tab four or five.

Search settings tab and buy that.

So here we go we're going to check settings out.

Settings heading view heading appearance dark list item size large button.

Okay so it's a large item button.

Now we can change that.

Let's tap on that here regular button dismiss context menu but selected large regular button.

Okay so we're going to dismiss…

In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to use Genmoji on iOS. Genmoji, introduced in iOS 18.2, is an AI-powered feature that allows users to create custom emojis simply by describing them in text. This innovative tool enables personalized and unique emojis, going beyond the standard set to enhance self-expression in messaging and other apps.

1. Update Your iPhone:

   • Make sure your device is running iOS 18.2.
   • Go to Settings > General > Software Update to check for updates.

2. Enable Apple Intelligence:

   • Open Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri, and turn on Apple Intelligence.

3. Access Genmoji:

   • Open the Messages app.
   • Start a new message or choose an existing conversation.
   • Double-tap the emoji icon on the keyboard.
   • Select "New Genmoji" in the top-right corner of the emoji keyboard.

4. Create Your Genmoji:

   • In the text field, type a description of your desired emoji (e.g., "a pink flamingo wearing tap-dancing shoes").
   • Double tap Submit.
   • Browse the generated options, then choose your favorite.
   • Double tap Add to include it in your message.

Device Compatibility:

Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.

Hello and welcome.

My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse.

I'm going to be talking to you today about a feature called Gemmoji.

I know, I know.

There's so many different emoji, Memoji, Gemmoji.

Thanks to Apple.

I know.

I hear you.

But that's what I'm here for.

I'm going to explain what Gemmoji is and how that's different from other emojis that you find throughout your iOS.

Now this is a really kind of a nifty kind of feature that I'm starting to like quite a bit.

So all of you probably are familiar with emoji, right?

So emojis are little characters, little design, this little artwork is very small and that you can put into your messages and to your WhatsApp and all sorts of different variety of ways of communication.

So you can send a little picture of something.

So usually they're kind of basic stuff like cows and food things like tomatoes.

And you probably know more the popular ones like a smiley face emoji or something or heart eyes emoji and things like that, red heart.

Those are emojis and I know there's plenty of those emojis, right?

There's like a thousand of these things, right?

However, sometimes you're going to find that there isn't quite the emoji that you want.

Let's just say I want a mouse wearing sunglasses, giving a thumbs up.

You probably not going to find that emoji, but now we are able to design and customize your own emoji called Gemmoji.

That allows you to create any emojis that you want to your heart consent.

The sky is the limit and what you can create, but I'll show you some quirks and some setbacks that you're not…

In this month's edition of Apple Crunch, Thomas Domville, Marty Sobo, and John Gassman discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest.

Chapters:

• Introduction
• Results of the AppleVis First Ever Survey by the Community
• Apple Intelligence has Arrived with iOS 18.1
• Looking Forward to iOS 18.2
• Apple is reportedly moving away from annual launches
• Closing

Resources:

• The 2024 AppleVis Community Survey: A Summary of the Results and Looking Ahead
• Apple Releases iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1; Bringing New Bugs and Some Fixes for VoiceOver and Braille Users
• Gurman: Apple internally believes that it’s at least two years behind in AI development
• Tim Cook defends Apple coming late to AI with four words - 9to5Mac
• iOS 18.2: New features coming to your iPhone (other than AI) - 9to5Mac
• Apple reportedly postponing a ‘larger-than-usual’ number of upcoming iOS 19 features
• Apple is reportedly moving away from annual launches
• The coffee table book of Apple Music's Best 100 Albums will set you back $450
• Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo – Announcement Trailer - YouTube
• Joker Greeting Endless Meowy Christmas With Glitter - Loops a meowy christmas song over 3 hours!

If you have feedback or questions for the Apple Crunch team, you can reach them at [email protected]

Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.

Hello and welcome to Apple this is Apple crunch and my name is Thomas Domville also known as AnonyMouse And along with me.

I found a couple guys here that came along with me to do this month Apple crunch.

Let's bring in Marty How you doing Marty?

Hey Thomas, how's it going?

I'm good.

Thank you.

I like that.

You're quick simple and fast Just like that bit it did it And and then we have John gaspman on the other end how you doing John just to be different I'll say that I really suck today Really?

Well, I was kind of I don't know you don't I don't think you do.

No, it's been a wonderful month I'm just if Thanksgiving time here in the states and getting the…

In this episode, Tyler demonstrates the basics of using iPhone Mirroring, a feature that allows you to use your iPhone from your Mac, with VoiceOver. Topics covered in this demonstration include:

• General description of the feature and its current issues and limitations
• System requirements and setup
• Navigating and dealing with various elements of the iOS user interface, such as the Home Screen, rotor actions, and context menus, using macOS
• Controlling which iPhone apps can forward notifications to your Mac

More general information about this feature can be found in the Apple Support article "iPhone Mirroring: Use your iPhone from your Mac."

Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.

Hey Apple visitors, Tyler here, with a demonstration and overview of iPhone mirroring. iPhone mirroring is a feature that allows you to essentially use your iPhone from your Mac.

This may be useful if you, for example, prefer a given service's mobile app over its desktop or web equivalent, or if what you're using doesn't have a desktop app or website.

In addition, as notifications from your iPhone can be forwarded to your Mac via iPhone mirroring, you may find it more convenient to receive and respond to the notification on your Mac than to switch devices if you're working on your Mac when the notification comes in.

With the initial release of Mac OS Sequoia 15.0, this feature was completely inaccessible with voiceover.

With the subsequent 15.1 update, it has become accessible to a point.

I say to a point because at the time of recording, October 2024, there are several issues that, in my opinion, make the experience less than refined from a voiceover perspective, which I'll elaborate on later in this demo.

To use iPhone mirroring with voiceover, you'll need an iPhone with iOS 18.1 or later and a Mac with Mac OS 15.1 or later.

All iPhones capable of running iOS 18 work with iPhone mirroring, as do all Macs capable of running Sequoia, with the exception of the 2019 iMac, as that model lacks the T2 security chip or Apple silicon.

To set up iPhone mirroring, just open the iPhone mirroring app on your Mac and follow the on-screen instructions.

I've already done that, so now I'm going to demonstrate the feature.

I'm going to open iPhone mirroring on my Mac.

So here I am prompted to authenticate.

By default, whenever you open the iPhone mirroring app, you are prompted to authenticate as a way to verify your identity before it gives you control of your iPhone.

If you'd rather, it didn't prompt you to authenticate each time you open the app, you can change this in iPhone mirroring settings.

Just choose settings from the menu bar or press command comma and it should be there.

But I'm going to authenticate with touch ID now.

Close button.

Okay, so here I am in the iPhone mirroring window.

Okay, so we have home screen and app switcher.

Now you can use those buttons to get to those locations, or I find it more convenient to use the view menu or keyboard shortcuts.…

Welcome to AppleVis Extra 101, where Dave Nason is joined by Xiaoran Wang and Huasong Cao from Agiga, the team behind the upcoming Echo Vision smart glasses.

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Hello there and welcome to the AppleVis Extra.

This is episode number 101.

My name is David Nason and I'm delighted to be joined by two fantastic guests from Agiga.

We have Xiaoran Wang and HuaSong Cao

Is that correct, guys?

Thank you, David.

Thank you for having us.

So yeah, delighted.

And the product you're going to talk to us about is the Echo Vision.

So before we get into that, though, do you want to tell us a little bit about yourselves, the company, what you do, really, and how it all came about?

Sure.

My name is Xiaoran.

I'm the CEO, and before doing this company, actually, I had long experience building and shaping intelligent devices.

I started my career at Amazon Level 26.

That's the first place of the world's first Kindle and also the world's first Alexa.

And I was actually in the early team that developed Alexa devices.

And this experience gave me good exposure and got me enough experience on how to build a good intelligent device.

I think that's one of the confidence I brought in when I was doing this company that we can build a great product for the community.

Brilliant, and obviously, Alexa, a device that's very popular, being a voice-first product, very popular in the blind and visually impaired community.

So yeah, that's really cool.

And tell us about yourself, Hua Song.

Yeah, thanks, David.

So my name is Hua Song, and I'm an engineer by training.

Before I started this company with Xiaoran, I was with Google for about nine to ten years.

I did various software projects, and the latest one is Google Assistant, the voice assistant similar to Amazon counterparts.

Yeah, I've been enjoying doing software, building stuff, both hardware and software.

And with Giga, what we are trying to do is really to use our expertise built prior to this company and take that to something that we can really use to help everyone.

That's brilliant.

So do you want to quickly tell us what the product is, and then we can delve into a bit more detail.

Yeah, so the product is called EchoVision.

By looking, it looks like a normal pair of glasses.

The key feature is to articulate visual information into voices.

Think about it.

If you can't see this, and there's someone next to you, how will this person help you?

So basically, he or she is going to describe it for you, like read it out for you.

And that's how we envision our product, basically.

It's like an assistant, a virtual assistant that does this work for you.

Well, I was going to…

In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to use Writing Tools in iOS 18.1. Writing Tools, released as part of the first set of Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.1 is an impressive feature that allows users to rewrite text in different tones, such as friendly, professional, and concise, with an added proofread option.

To use this feature, open the text you want to edit and highlight it. Within the Edit section of your Rotor, you'll find the Writing Tools option. Different tone options will appear for you to choose from. Select the desired tone, and iOS will automatically adjust the text accordingly. If you opt for the proofread option, it will check for grammatical and stylistic errors, providing suggestions for improvement. This feature makes it easier to tailor your writing for different contexts and ensure it's polished and effective.

Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.

Hello and welcome.

My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse.

I'm going to be talking to you about an Apple Intelligent feature called the writing tools.

Now this is one of my most favorite feature of the Apple Intelligent that Apple has to offer.

Now in order to be able to use the Apple Intelligent, you must need the following iPhone criteria, which is iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or newer devices.

If you have those devices, then you will earn luck.

The first thing we need to do is make sure that Apple Intelligent is turned on.

Simple enough to turn it on, you'll have to head over to your settings.

So let's head over to settings, and let's do one finger double tap and open this.

And now what we're looking for, we're looking for Apple Intelligent in Siri, so swipe to the right until you find that button.

One finger double tap, open that.

Now you may have heard the word beta.

Well, at this time of the podcast that's being recorded, it is in beta.

So Apple Intelligent is in beta at this moment.

Now if you don't hear the beta, don't worry.

That might mean that the beta is no longer in beta.

So to make sure we are in the same place in this right area, let's go to the very top left hand corner where you have the back button.

To get to there, you can either tap at the top left or use a forefinger tap on the top half of your device until you hear the back button.

Now if you swipe to the right, that's where you heard the beta.

Now in your case, if you don't hear the beta, have no worries, let's keep going to the right.

Now we're into the Apple Intelligent section.

Now if you go to the right here, a personal intelligence system integrated deeply into your iPhone apps and Siri, learn more link, use the rotor to access links.

You can do that if you wish.

If you want to find more information about the Apple Intelligent and all the features that has to offer, double tap that and I'll take you to the web page at Apple to talk to you about more about Apple Intelligent.

But what we're looking for is the option to turn the Apple Intelligent on and that should be the next item up.

If you go to the…

In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates the call recording and transcription feature in iOS 18.1. This update brings an exciting built-in call recording capability to iPhones. Recording a call is straightforward: just double-tap the Record button in the top left corner during a call (note that you might need to hide the keypad to see the button). A voice message will notify all participants that the call is being recorded. These recordings are saved directly in the Notes app, which uses end-to-end encryption to keep your conversations private. To review a call, simply go to the Notes app, and you'll find your recordings securely stored there. Additionally, iOS 18.1 offers automatic transcription, generating real-time captions and notes during your call. This feature makes it easy to reference important points later, with transcriptions handled entirely on your device to ensure privacy, with no data sent to external servers. Furthermore, supported iPhone models can provide summaries of these recordings, making it even easier to keep track of your conversations.

Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.

Hello and welcome.

My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse.

I want to show you a feature called call recording and transcription.

This is a beautiful feature that allows you to record your phone call.

And yes, you're able to get a transcription of what transpired within that conversation of the phone call.

Very useful for any time that you want to record a meeting or conversation.

Maybe perhaps you're doing an interview with somebody or just simply just want to record for keepsake.

Whether there's somebody close to your family you just want to have for record, for archival, or maybe you have a business transition or phone call you just want to make sure it's recorded.

Now a couple things I want to note about this feature is that I always like to let people know that I'm about to record them.

So it's kind of a respectful kind of a thing and not to get them caught off guard.

So some people can maybe kind of leery about those kind of things that you just all of a sudden you just pop on them that you're recording their phone calls and such.

Make sure you tell them that you're about to record them.

Now even though Apple put a great safety feature in this and if you begin the recording no matter what you do it's going to let that recorder know that the phone call is being recorded.

So that is a nice feature that Apple ensured that everybody knows that the phone call is being recorded.

Now before you can use this feature you'll have to turn this option on and that's within the settings.

So let's head over to settings.

Settings.

Double tap to open.

You one finger double tap on settings.

Settings.

Now what we're looking for and we're looking for the phone app.

Now the phone app now lives in the app section.

Yep.

So at the very bottom of the settings so I'm going to do a four fingers tap at the bottom half of my phone here.

Apps.

Button.

Which will directly to get me to the app…