Season 19, Episode 2 (#442)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike, Eric and Darren kick off the holiday season by digging into their treasure trove of holiday gift ideas to share some favorite last minute gift picks for the Apple user in your life.

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Running Time: 2:04:15

Season 19, Episode 1 (#441)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric provide their Retro Reactions to Apple’s debut of three new M4-based Macs including an updated iMac, two new MacBook Pros, plus the newly redesigned Mac mini. Mike asks if Apple buying Pixelmator could be the beginnings of a new pro photo management app from Apple. Final Cut Pro 11 debuts with its amazing new Magnetic Mask feature. Mike and Eric cover a Mac migration question from Listener Michael who wants to avoid a lot of Intel garbage. And they wrap the episode with Mike’s Essential App pick: DeskPad

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Running Time: 1:34:40

Season 18, Episode 20 (#440)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric share more on Sequoia’s Screen Recording Permission issue and how to work around it using the Terminal or with an awesome new app, Amnesia! Tackling Mac migration questions from Listener Lisa, Mike and Eric cover how long you can safely keep using that old Mac, Photo library management including migration, moving, and merging your libraries, as well as keeping large libraries on external drives. Mike shares a tip to help you keep mousing when your Magic Mouse needs a charge, and they wrap the episode with Eric’s Essential App pick: DisplayBuddy

> Michael Tsai: Sequoia Screen Recording Prompts and the Persistent Content Capture Entitlement

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Running Time: 1:45:20

Season 18, Episode 19 (#439)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric dig into macOS Sequoia and discover a few surprises including the usefulness of iPhone mirroring, some Passwords app confusion, Window Tiling vs Exposé, a fantastic new Extensions Management tool, Messages newfound parity with the iPhone, and a new Dynamic Wallpaper celebrating the Mac’s history. We wrap the episode with Mike’s Essential App pick: FuzzyTime!

> macOS Sequoia

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Running Time: 1:25:28

Season 18, Episode 18 (#438)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Darren, Dave, and Chuck to provide their first-hand reactions* to Apple’s It’s Glowtime event where Apple announced the Apple Watch 10, the updated AirPods 4, the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Pro and a software update for the AirPods Pro 2 that enables a new Hearing Aid feature!

> Apple Watch series 10

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Running Time: 1:40:42

* Though this episode was recorded live as the keynote progressed, some portions of the recording have been edited for time and/or content.

Season 18, Episode 17 (#437)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric are joined by special guest, Darren Davies to share their Top 5 new features coming to macOS Sequoia including seamless drag & drop, new summarization and transcription features, Safari’s new reader mode, iPhone mirroring, plus a few extras including improvements coming to Messages and the new Passwords app. Mike dusts off his soapbox for a good old fashioned rant that leads to a discussion on Sequoia’s new privacy and app permission features. And we wrap the episode with Mike’s Essential App pick: BananaBin!

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Running Time: 1:41:05

Season 18, Episode 16 (#436)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric are joined by special guest, Dave Ginsburg to share Dave’s memories of Macstock plus his Top 5 favorite new features coming to our iPhones with the release of iOS 18. Closing the show, Dave provides this episode’s Essential App pick: MacUpdater.

> iOS 18 Preview

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Running Time: 1:13:44

Season 18, Episode 15 (#435)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric are joined by special guest and Macstock presenter, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, to discuss things you may need to consider before cutting the cord including live sports, special events, Mike’s antenna option, hardware and software requirements, as well as cost considerations. And we wrap with Brian’s Essential App pick this week: MacUpdater.

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Running Time: 1:34:34

Season 18, Episode 14 (#434)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Eric, Darren, and Dave to provide their first-hand reactions* to Apple’s WWDC 2024 Keynote Presentation where Apple announced macOS Sequoia, iOS 18, watchOS 11, and visionOS 2, plus a peek at the new AI initiative called Apple Intelligence!

> macOS Sequoia

> In Touch with iOS

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Running Time: 1:48:10

* Though this episode was recorded live as the keynote progressed, some portions of the recording have been edited for time and/or content.

Season 18, Episode 13 (#433)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Are desktop Macs dead? Mike and Eric discuss Macworld’s suggestion that Apple Silicon has left the future of the desktop Mac in doubt. Nick wonders the best way to get pics from his cellular security cam. And we wrap with Eric’s Essential App pick this week: Tot.

> Macworld: the state of Apple’s desktop Macs is bleak

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Running Time: 1:21:15