Follow Up

You can now try Microsoft’s Recall AI feature on Intel and AMD Copilot Plus PCs

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24314795/microsoft-recall-testing-amd-intel-copilot-plus-pcs 

Brazilian court overturns injunction imposed on Apple’s App Store

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/05/brazilian-court-apple-app-store/

OpenAI announces full “o1” reasoning model, $200 ChatGPT Pro tier

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/openais-new-200-mo-chatgpt-subscription-will-buy-you-more-compute-time/

Apple Music’s yearly recap is finally available ‘in the app’

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24311987/apple-music-2024-recap-available-app

The Flexbar resurrects the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar as a standalone device

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24311935/flexbar-touchscreen-apple-macbook-pro-touch-bar-kickstarter 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1735591421/flexbar-a-versatile-and-fully-customizable-touch-bar-solution/description

https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/products/keyboards/mx-creative-console.html

Vodafone and Three merger given green light by CMA

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3z96x0199o

News 

Bloomberg: Apple ‘investigating’ bringing cellular to the Mac for the first time

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/06/apple-investigating-cellular-mac/ 

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24315099/apple-custom-modems-5g-macs-vision-pro

Anthem BCBS is reversing its anesthesia policy after online outrage

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24314770/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-limit-policy-health-insurance 

Microsoft Discontinues iMac Rival Surface Studio 2+

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/06/microsoft-discontinues-imac-rival-surface-studio/

Temporary printable tattoos could be the future of EEGs

https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/05/brain_boffins_eeg_tattoos/

US officials recommend encrypted messaging to evade hackers in telecom networks

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/4/24313187/encrypted-apps-salt-typhoon-hack-telecom-fbi-cisa 

UK CMA vs. Apple’s Browser Rules

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/12/04/uk-cma-vs-apples-browser-rules/

Jaguar’s bizarre rebranding continues with the Type 00 concept electric car

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/2/24311604/jaguar-type-00-concept-ev-copy-nothing 

Media 

Users fear the Sonos app could require a subscription; company says no plans in hand

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/02/users-fear-the-sonos-app-could-require-a-subscription-company-says-no-plans-in-hand/

Wolf Hall

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/wolf_hall 

Fly Me to the Moon on Apple TV+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0k04aH71UA

Dune Part 2 Rewatch

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dune_part_two 

Games

Valve’s master plan for Steam Machines is finally coming into focus

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24315098/valve-steam-machines-steamos-steam-deck-vr 

Ubisoft shooter XDefiant is shutting down and sending refunds to players

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24312584/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-refunds 

PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/dec/03/playstation-at-30-the-console-that-made-video-games-cool?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

Sony brings back original PlayStation boot screen with PS5 anniversary update

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/2/24311112/playstation-30th-anniversary-psx-boot-sequence-ps5-update

Commandos: Origins delayed until March 2025

https://blog.kalypsomedia.com/en/commandos-origins-dev-log/

Main Show

Splitting Apple iCloud Accounts shared on two iPhones

https://support.apple.com/en-us/109040

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252757845?sortBy=rank

iCloud Photo Sharing (Dedupe photos)

https://www.macworld.com/article/1366211/how-to-use-duplicate-detection-apple-photos.html

Car parking apps!

https://www.paybyphone.co.uk/

Phone Book

Emergency Contacts

https://www.howtogeek.com/768576/how-to-set-an-emergency-contact-on-iphone-and-why/

Legacy Contacts

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102631

macOS Migration for 10 year old laptop

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102613

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