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In the News blog post for January 12, 2024:
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00:00 We Don’t Need Roads Where We’re Going!
10:17 Clicking Into Place
15:13 Charging in to CES
18:52 Sparky Productivity
22:09 Non-Linear Shuffling Grief
237:28 Finding Our Limits (and Wallets!)
34:27 Magic Update
36:28 Where Y’at? Segment - Depressurized iPhone
42:48 Masters of the Air
46:20 Brett’s iTip: Switch between iPad apps on external keyboard with Command + Tab
49:26 Jeff’s iTip: Keep iPad video playing in background using Stage Manager

Apple Vision Pro: pre-order on Jan. 19, demo and buy in stores starting Feb. 2

Dan Moren | Macworld: Vision Pro is already changing everything we know about Apple

Nick Wolny | CNET: This iPhone Physical Keyboard Case Works Better Than You Might Expect

David Sparks: MacSparky Field Guide on Productivity (affiliate link)

Jason Snell | Six Colors: Grief and a Photo Shuffle

Jeff Review: Eufy SmartTrack Card vs. Rolling Square AirCard -- two ways to add Find My to your wallet

Oliver Haslam | iMore: Apple released a critical Magic Keyboard firmware update to fix a Bluetooth security flaw that could let someone snoop on your keystrokes

John Gruber | Daring Fireball: Passenger’s iPhone Survived, Intact, 16,000 Foot Fall from Alaska Airlines Plane

Brett’s iTip: Switch between apps on the iPad (with an external keyboard) using Command ⌘ + Tab. I use this shortcut ALL THE TIME on either Windows (Alt + Tab) and Mac (Command + Tab) and really appreciate that it’s available on the iPad as well (as long as you’re using an external keyboard).

Jeff’s iTip: Keep iPad Video Playing in the Background Using Stage Manager. For the times when you cannot Multitask with Picture in Picture. 

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In the News blog post for January 5, 2024:
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2024/01/in-the-news708.html

00:00 2024 iPredictions
08:24 Over Rated Double Tap
12:03 A Keyboard that Clicks
18:30 Shortcut Button
23:37 The iPhone’s Biggest Security Loophole: YOU!
27:25 Where Y’at? Segment - Phoneside Assistance
33:01 A Fifth Slow Horse!
35:57 Profiles & Hugs
36:34 Brett’s iTip: Add Shazam as a Lock Screen Widget
40:12 Jeff’s iTip: Filtering iMessages

Jason Snell | Macworld: Apple’s Vision for 2024: Moving beyond the iPhone

Wesley Hilliard | AppleInsider: Apple Watch Series 9 review three months later: Don't buy it for Double Tap

John Gruber | Daring Fireball: Clicks - New Hardware Keyboard for iPhone

George Tinari | Make Use Of: The 7 Best Shortcuts to Use With Your iPhone 15 Pro's Action Button

Joanna Stern | The Wall Street Journal: He Stole Hundreds of iPhones and Looted People’s Life Savings. He Told Us How.

YouTube | The Wall Street Journal: iPhone Thief Explains How He Breaks Into Your Phone

Juli Clover | MacRumors: Verizon Roadside Assistance Now Works With Apple's Satellite Connection

CBS News Philadelphia: Delaware student's Apple Watch saves her life after she passes out from carbon monoxide poisoning

Chance Miller | 9to5Mac: Apple’s Crash Detection feature again praised by first responders despite false alarms

A Toast to 2023 from Apple TV+

Brett’s iTip: Add Shazam as a Lock Screen Widget

Jeff’s iTip: Filtering iMessages from Lauren Goode (of Wired) on Threads and John Gruber’s reply on Threads

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In the News blog post for December 29, 2023:
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2023/12/in-the-news707-1.html

00:00 Watching All the Legal Drama
10:53 How to Hack an iPhone
15;59 Jason’s Favorites
20:06 Apple Pay for Plywood
24:32 AI @ Apple
31:09 SuperCarPlay
34:32 iPad Wishes
37:48 Where Y’at? Segment: Satellite Game Changer
43:08 Sci-Fi Done Right
46:31 Power Plug Lament
47:08 Brett’s Security Tips: TunnelBear VPN and 1Password
50:49 Jeff’s Security Tip: ALWAYS Protect Your iPhone Passcode!

Chance Miller | 9to5Mac: Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 sales in the US this week

Michael Potuck | 9to5Mac: ‘Most sophisticated’ iPhone attack chain ‘ever seen’ used four 0-days to create a 0-click exploit

Jason Snell | SixColors: Jason’s favorites of 2023: Apps, movies, TV, books

Chance Miller | 9to5Mac: Long-time holdout Lowe’s finally begins rolling out Apple Pay support

Jason Cross | Macworld: Wanna see something cool? Try this awesome AI feature built right into the iPhone

David Price | Macworld: The iPad doesn’t need a refresh–it needs a reboot

Mary Beth “Mouse” Skylis | BackPacker: One Year in, it’s Clear the iPhone’s Satellite SOS Feature Is Saving Lives

Brett’s Sites: Your Technology Security Resolutions for 2024 should be to use a VPN such as TunnelBear https://www.tunnelbear.com and a password manager such as 1Password https://www.1password.com. Both of these services have deals right now, and you can get $30 back by signing up through Rakuten (you can use my link https://www.rakuten.com/r/BBURNE17?eeid=28187), searching for TunnelBear or 1Password and making the purchase that way - you’ll get $30 back!

Jeff’s Sites: Your Technology Security Resolutions for 2024 is to use a complicated iPhone passcode and NEVER let someone see you enter it! You can read this story from the Wall Street Journal for more information. https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/he-stole-hundreds-of-iphones-and-looted-peoples-life-savings-he-told-us-how-fbd81ab5 

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In the News blog post for December 15, 2023:
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2023/12/in-the-news706.html

• 17.2 Journal Entries 
• watchOS 10.2
• Zooming In On the Apple TV
• Downloads Aplenty
• Best App Stories
• Honking Apple’s Horn
• Rolling Real Estate
• USB-C Case 
• Locking Up Your iPhone Charging Brick
• Bigger Badder Batteries
• Brett’s iTip: Quickly Open a Webpage from my iPhone on my Mac
• Jeff’s watchOS Tip: Turn Off Confirmation Alert to End Workout

Justin Meyers | Gadget Hacks: iOS 17.2 Has 59 New Features and Changes for iPhone You Won't Want to Miss

Dan Moren | Six Colors: iOS 17.2’s Journal app offers introspection, surface-deep

Chance Miller | 9to5Mac: Apple releases watchOS 10.2 for Apple Watch; here’s everything new

Jonny Evans | Computerworld: How Apple TV just became a Zoom meeting solution for SMEs

Chance Miller | 9to5Mac: Apple unveils the most downloaded App Store apps and games of the year

MacStories Team: MacStories Selects 2023: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year

David Pierce | The Verge: Beeper vs. iMessage is a fight about how tech works — and who’s really in charge

Zac Hall | 9to5Mac: You can finally buy a house using CarPlay

Michael Potuck | 9to5Mac: Review: Lock Socket is a clever way to keep iPhone chargers from disappearing

Rikka Altland | 9to5Toys: Tested: Anker’s new 250W USB-C Prime Power Bank is the ultimate MacBook battery pack

Brett’s iTip: You can quickly open a webpage from your iPhone on your Mac through Continuity by either clicking in your Mac’s Dock or I like to use the Command + Tab option to switch through apps where one of the options will be the Safari app on your iPhone. 

Jeff’s watchOS Tip: With watchOS 10.2 you can now turn off confirmation alert to end workout. Go to Settings - Workout - End Workout Confirmation and toggle off. You can turn off or on the “Start Workout Reminder” and the “End Workout Reminder.” 

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In the News blog post for December 8, 2023:
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2023/12/in-the-news705.html

• Pushy Government Notifications
• Mega-Power on a Chip
• Butterfly Power
• USB-C Power on the Go
• MagSafe Power on the Go
• Never Too Late for an iPhone 15 Review
• Name-Dropping Over the Air
• RIP to iTunes
• Zoom TV
• Where Y’at? Segment - Jacket Tracking
• Breakup Album Covers
• Brett’s iTip: Quick Action menu on the Settings App
• Jeff’s iTip: Presentation Tip - Video Background  

Raphael Satter | Reuters: Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications - US senator

Katie Tarasov | CNBC: Inside Apple’s chip lab, home to the most ‘profound change’ at the company in decades

Mitchel Broussard | MacRumors: Twelve South Launches 'ButterFly' 2-in-1 MagSafe Charger for iPhone and Apple Watch

Justin Duino | MakeUseOf: Nomad 65W Slim Power Adaptor Review: Your Travel Bag Needs This Charger

Max Buondonno | How-To Geek: The Best MagSafe Battery Packs of 2023

Stephen Hackett | 512 Pixels: Review: The iPhone 15 Pro Max’s Greatness is Thicker than Titanium

Jesse Hollington | DigitalTrends: iOS 17: How to share contacts using Apple’s amazing NameDrop feature

Tim Hardwick | MacRumors: Zoom App Comes to Apple TV 4K With Continuity Camera Support

Chance Miller | 9to5Mac: Washington, D.C. police tell residents to buy AirTags as thieves target Canada Goose jackets

Chance Miller | 9to5Mac: Apple Watch fall detection helps hiker get help after after near-fatal fall

iPhone 15 | Camera | Album Cover

Brett’s iTip: Quick Action menu on the Settings App. Quick Action menus have been around for a long time and I use them for Notes and Camera, but never really thought about using it on the Settings App. Nice shortcuts to Battery, Wifi and Bluetooth. You can also adjust the speed of the your “Touch Duration”

Jeff’s iTip: Presentation Tip - Video background. And Teams now offers different “

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In the News blog post for December 1, 2023:
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2023/11/in-the-news704.html 

• 17.1.2
• Year of the Year Awards!
• That’s a Wrap and a Replay
• Money for Nothing and Your Satellites for Free
• Bluescreens of Death on Your iPhone
• Sleepy Time Watch
• iFake
• Your Daily Video Tearjerker
• Brett’s Apple Watch Tip: Skip Your Wake-Up Alarm
• Jeff’s iTip: Make those Paste Alerts Go Away

Jason Cross | Macworld: iOS 17.1.2 is out now with two critical security updates

John Voorhees | MacStories: Apple Announces Close to 40 App Store Awards Finalists

Apple unveils the top books of 2023 and a new Year in Review experience

Apple shares the most popular podcasts of 2023

John Gruber | Daring Fireball: Apple Extends Emergency SOS Via Satellite For An Additional Free Year

John Gruber | Daring Fireball: The Perils Of Charging For Emergency Services

Tom Warren | The Verge: Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs

Ben Lovejoy | 9to5Mac: How my Apple Watch helped me stop stressing about insomnia

Ben Lovejoy | 9to5Mac: A close look at an insanely detailed fake iPhone 15 Pro Max

Brett’s Apple Watch Tip: Absolutely enjoy using the wake-up alarms on my Apple Watch, but of course there are some days when I don’t want the schedule to go off so I can easily “skip” the alarm for one day.
Skip a wake-up alarm
Update Next Wake-up Only

Jeff’s iTip: Make those paste alerts go away. If an app keeps asking you whether you want to allow something to be pasted into the app every single time, you can often can set the app to always allow. But you have to do it through iPhone settings, not the pop up. Go to settings, then find the app you want to always allow paste to, and select to allow for pasting from other apps. (Works with the Parcel app!)  

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In the News blog post for November 24, 2023:
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2023/11/in-the-news703.html

• Black iFriday
• iPhone JD 15.0
• Musical Phones
• The Breakfast of Browsers
• DAS Not Cool
• Apple’s Secret Security Lab
• Where Y’at? Segment: Satellite Roadside Assistance
• Fuzzy Feelings
• Brett’s Favorite Black Friday Deal(s)
• Jeff’s Favorite Black Friday Deal(s)

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Apple AirPods (2nd Generation)

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James Thomson Apps on Sale

Mac Power Users Episode 719: The 2023 MPU Gift Guide

Apple AirTag 4 Pack

Anker GaN Prime Chargers
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Anker MagSafe Charger Stand 3-in-1 Cube

Fifteen Years of iPhone J.D.

Michael Potuck | 9to5Mac: Here’s how to use the new Apple Music collaborative playlists in iOS 17.2

Niléane | MacStories: Quiche Browser Is a Beautiful and Modular Web Browser for iOS

Wired: Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records

Andrew Griffin | Independent: Why Apple is working hard to break into its own iPhones

Brian Tong: iPhone 14/15 Roadside Assistance via Satellite w/ iOS 17 Demo - How It Works!

Apple Holiday Film: Fuzzy Feelings

Brett’s Favorite Black Friday Deal(s):
Field Notes 25% off

iMazing 50% off sale

Rakuten $40 referral link (we EACH get $40 when you sign up!)

Jeff’s Favorite Black Friday Deal(s):
Apple Watch Series 9 - normally $399, now $329 [save $70]

Apple Watch SE - normally $249, now $179 [save $70]

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In the News blog post for November 17, 2023:
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2023/11/in-the-news702.html 

• The Essential Litigation Apps: https://www.litsoftware.com/
• The Bitterant is Back Baby!
• RCS - Really Cool Software
• Google Pays Up to Apple
• Apple’s Supportive and Sympathetic Satellite Stipend
• Giving Your Photos Some Spatial Space
• 17.2.Yay!
• HomeKit Home Camera Kit
• App Store Awards
• The Essential Litigation Apps: https://www.litsoftware.com/
• Jeff’s Overcast Tip: Using Playlists
• Brett’s Overcast Tip: An Overcast Gaming Easter Egg!

AirTag battery replacement: you can use some bitterant coatings

Chance Miller | 9to5Mac: Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year

Rohan Goswami | CNBC: Apple gets 36% of Google search revenue from Safari, Alphabet witness says

Dan Moren | SixColors: Apple Extends Emergency SOS Coverage for iPhone 14 Users

John Gruber | Daring Fireball: Vision Pro, Spatial Video, and Panoramic Photos

Justin Meyers | Gadget Hacks: 43 Cool New Features Coming to Your iPhone with iOS 17.2

Bradley Chambers | 9to5Mac: HomeKit Weekly: Aqara E1 camera delivers HomeKit Secure Video in a compact package

Apple: Meet the 2023 App Store Award finalists

Introducing the LIT SOFTWARE Enterprise Program!

Jeff’s Overcast Tip: Playlists that I use in Overcast: New (Include all episodes, Sort newest to Oldest, Exclude episodic shows, Select Priority podcasts), Episodic podcast list, In Progress [built-in], and Queue [built-in]

Brett’s Overcast Tip: An Overcast gaming Easter Egg! Found this little gem when I was recently downloading podcast episode to my watch:

The Essential Litigation Apps: https://www.litsoftware.com/ 

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In the News blog post for November 10, 2023:
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2023/11/in-the-news701.html

• The Essential Litigation Apps: https://www.litsoftware.com/
• Fixing the Snow Glitch
• Like Sand on a Beach
• iPhone from a Windows Perspective
• HomeKit 101
• Swiftie of the Year
• I Don’t Know if I Want an Adonit
• The Essential Litigation Apps: https://www.litsoftware.com/
• Where Y’at? Segment: Apple LifeSavers and CarTags
• Brett’s iTip: Limited Edition Veteran’s Day Challenge Badge
• Jeff’s iTip: iKlear

Zac Hall | 9to5Mac: Apple releases iOS 17.1.1 for iPhone with fixes for snow glitch and wireless charging

Zac Hall | 9to5Mac: Barbra Streisand once called up Tim Cook because Siri mispronounced her name

Paul Thurrott: Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max Review

Paul Lamkin | The Ambient: Apple HomeKit: Everything you need to know about living in an Apple Home

Andrew O’Hara | AppleInsider: Apple Pencil (USB-C) review: A new budget option in a temporarily confusing lineup

Rael Hornby | Laptop Mag: Adonit Note+ 2 review: An iPad stylus that’s a stroke of excellence

Jeff’s Review: TranscriptPad update lets you sync video, edit clips, and export trial-ready videos

LITSOFTWARE: Sync and Edit Video Depositions in TranscriptPad! (Part 1)

LITSOFTWARE: Sync and Edit Video Depositions in TranscriptPad! (Part 2)

Daniel Eran Dilger | AppleInsider: Apple's Crash Detection saves another life: mine

Ashley Belanger | ArsTechnica: AirTags are the new go-to tool for cops after spike in car thefts

Brett’s iTip: Earn your Limited Edition Veteran’s Day Challenge Badge in Apple Fitness by working out for at least 11 minutes tomorrow, Saturday, November 11 on Veteran’s Day. You can see your Limited Edition Challenge Badges by going to the Fitness app on your iPhone - Summary - Scroll down to Awards, tap Show More, then scroll down to “Limited Edition Challenges.”

Jeff’s iTip: iKlear screen cleaner for all your iPhone, iPad, and Mac screens. 

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In the News blog post for November 3, 2023:
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• Scary Fast M3s Shot on Scary Fast iPhone 15 Pros
• Happy Birthday Clippy!
• How Well Do You Know Your Apple Watch?
• iPhone Battery “Best By” Date
• Eerily Fast eero
• Motion Triggered Shortcuts
• Smart Plug Starters
• Where Y’at? AirTagged Luggage and Space Station Spotting
• Brett’s Mac App: Bartender 5
• Jeff’s Music Pick: Now and Then by The Beatles

Behind the scenes: An Apple Event shot on iPhone

Microsoft Word turns 40!

Alex Guyot | MacStories: watchOS 10: The MacStories Review

Jason Cross | Macworld: Six hidden iPhone 15 features you need to discover right now

Darrell Ehterington | TechCrunch: Amazon’s eero Max 7 mesh Wi-Fi router offers amazing speeds and few (if any) compromises

Benjamin Mayo | 9to5Mac: Review: Eve Motion, the best HomeKit motion sensor

Megan Wollerton | The Verge: The best smart plugs

Derek Wise | 9to5Mac: NASA launches new app to see the International Space Station

Brett’s Mac App: Bartender 5  for complete control over your Mac’s upper right menu bar. Here’s a great review from MacStories.  You can purchase it for $16 directly from the developer, or get it as part of a Setapp subscriptions (my link - also try Paste and AirBuddy!).

Jeff’s Music Pick: Now and Then by The Beatles 

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