Follow Up 

Tahoe’s Terrible Icons

https://onefoottsunami.com/2025/11/05/tahoes-terrible-icons/ 

Microsoft's data sovereignty: Now with extra sovereignty!

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/microsoft_announces_strengthening_of_sovereignty/ 

HOW ELON MUSK IS BOOSTING THE BRITISH RIGHT

https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487

Microsoft apologizes for not explaining cheaper no-AI M365 plans, and all it took was a government lawsuit

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/06/microsoft_copilot_m365_apology/ 

Epic and Google agree to settle their lawsuit and change Android’s fate globally

https://www.theverge.com/policy/813991/epic-google-proposed-settlement

Freeform not entirely dead shock 

https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/04/ios-26-2-gives-freeform-app-brand-new-tables-feature/ 

macOS Tahoe 26.1 adds new tools for Spotlight’s clipboard feature

https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/04/macos-tahoe-26-1-adds-new-tools-for-spotlights-clipboard-feature/

News 

This is what Apple has in store for the future of satellite connectivity on iPhone: report

https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/09/iphone-satellite-connecitivity-future-updates-and-features/ 

iOS 26.2 hints new ‘Apple Creator Studio’ could be coming

https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/05/ios-26-2-hints-new-apple-creator-studio-could-be-coming/

In-Depth iPhone Battery Experiment Pits Slow Charging Against Fast Charging 

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/07/iphone-charging-battery-experiment/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

IKEA announces new Matter-compatible smart home products

https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/ikea-announces-new-matter-compatible-smart-home-products-120013040.html?src=rss

Enhance your episodes with chapters, links, and more

https://podcasters.apple.com/support/5545-enhance-episodes-with-chapters-links-more 

Google Maps' Gemini integration will make hands-free navigation more conversational

https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-maps-gemini-integration-will-make-hands-free-navigation-more-conversational-140009629.html?src=rss 

Russian spies pack custom malware into hidden VMs on Windows machines

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/russian_spies_pack_custom_malware/ 

The App Store now has a pretty sweet solution for the web

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/11/the-app-store-now-has-a-pretty-sweet-solution-for-the-web/ 

Media

Pluribus

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

Carnage a Trois

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16246416/ 

Taskmaster Season 20 

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/taskmaster

Celebrity Race Across the World

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/articles/2025/celebrity-race-across-the-world-everything-you-need-know 

True Detective Season 1

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/true_detective/s01

Games

This is how you can play the real native Fortnite on an Apple Silicon Mac

https://github.com/isacucho/FnMacAssistant 

Main Show

Using a Mac for your day job (coming from an iPad)

Hardware

https://www.apple.com/uk/macbook-air/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/mac/microsoft-365-for-mac

Outlook

Teams 

OneDrive

App of the Week 

Cakebrew

https://www.cakebrew.com/ 

Thing of the Week 

Night Manager Series 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km31YaYY4zg

Contact

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