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iOS Today (Audio) episodes

April 14, 2020iOS 494: Our iPhone Home Screens
Leo and Mikah share the apps they keep on their iPhone home screens.

On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:
Our Home Screens: Simple, Due, Fantastical, Instagram, Pocket Casts, Cash App, Deliveries, Snowflake Weather, Cardhop, Any.do, Canary, Notion, Google Photos, Audible, Downpour.com, Drafts, Keybase, Kinsa, Oura, Jitsi Meet, Threader, Signal, Apollo for Reddit
News: Apple makes maps data available to aid COVID-19 efforts, Apple Maps will soon display COVID-19 testing locations, Meg Whitman says Quibi reached 1.7 million downloads in first week, Apple and Google are building a coronavirus tracking system into iOS and Android, the new iPad Pro has the same chip as the old iPad Pro, Today at Apple (at Home) brings Apple Store creativity to your living room, Facebook launches an experimental app for messaging close friends via Apple Watch
Listener feedback: Pay-as-you-go data for iPad, Apple Pay on Amazon's website, and a mouse recommendation for iPadOS trackpad support.
Mikah's App Cap: Watchsmith
Leo's App Cap: NextDNS
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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2 hr 7 min
April 07, 2020iOS 493: Apple Arcade, Six Months Later
Guildlings, Crossy Road Castle, Cat Quest II, Super Mega Mini Party, and more.

On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

Apple Arcade: Guildlings, Loud House: Outta Control, Super Mega Mini Party, Pilgrims, Cat Quest II, Butter Royale, Assemble with Care, Crossy Road Castle, Lifelike: Chapter One, Ballistic Baseball.

News: Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 13.4.1, Apple is shipping custom face shields to medical workers, Amazon may have escaped the App Store tax, the new iPad probably doesn't have a U1 chip, the iPhone 9 will likely launch soon, WhatsApp is trying to limit the spread of fake news, and video-streaming app Quibi nets 300,000 downloads on launch day.

Listener feedback: Adobe Premiere Rush lets you export video three times before you need a Creative Cloud subscription and Jan from San Francisco sheds a little light on weather and forecasts.

Mikah's App Cap: Apple Research

Leo's App Cap: Quibi

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to [email protected].
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1 hr 54 min
March 31, 2020iOS 492: Record & Edit Video on iOS
Adobe Premiere Rush, LumaFusion, GoPro's Quik, and more.
On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:
Video editing on iOS: Quik, DoubleTake, Adobe Premiere Rush, FiLMiC Pro, FiLMiC Remote, Musemage, LumaFusion.
News: Apple's secretive nature clashes with COVID-19 work-from-home requirements, Apple acquires Dark Sky, videoconferencing apps see a huge boost in downloads, Zoom meetings aren't end-to-end encrypted, Google Podcasts gets a huge update and comes to iOS, iMore's Rene Ritchie goes indie, Pokémon GO adds at-home raid battles and Adventure Sync updates.
Listener questions: Using the new trackpad and mouse features in iOS 13.4 and controlling an iPhone using screen mirroring features on macOS.
Mikah's App Cap: Pro Camera by Moment
Leo's App Cap: Jitsi Meet & Missile Command: Recharged
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to [email protected].
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1 hr 46 min
March 24, 2020iOS 491: Play These iOS Games With Your Family
On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:
iOS family games: Spaceteam, Scribble, Houseparty, Jackbox, Lichess.org, Chess.com.
News: Apple updates Siri with coronavirus self-check questionnaire, Audible offers free audiobooks for children, Instagram launches a co-watching experience for scrolling through your feed, the new iPad Pros get reviewed, PhotoCard will send out emails but no physical cards.
Listener questions and feedback: Tips on editing video and creating overlays for a YouTube channel and using a Mint SIM in an iPad.
Mikah's App Cap: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Leo's App Cap: Kinsa
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to [email protected].
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1 hr 48 min
March 17, 2020iOS 490: What to Do While You're Social Distancing
On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:
What to do while you're social distancing: Apple Arcade, FaceTime, Epic!, Houseparty, Endel, Sworkit Fitness, Swift Playgrounds.
News: Apple mistakenly lists new iPad models, Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will be held online, Apple extends return windows due to worldwide store closures, Universal offers $20 movie rentals of movies still in theaters.
Listener questions and feedback: Powering an iPad while using a device connected over USB and a fix for your uncomfortable Siri Remote. Get the HyperDrive 6-in-1 at https://amzn.to/2IQAZUO via affiliate link!
Mikah's App Cap: Apple News
Leo's App Cap: BritBox by BBC & ITV
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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1 hr 35 min
March 10, 2020iOS 489: How We Use Our Apple Watches
On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:
Apple Watch: Carrot Weather, Stopwatch, Timer, Deliveries, Due, ECG app, Heart Rate, Maps, Noise, Pad & Quill, Fantastical, Pillow.
News: Apple now says it's OK to disinfect your display and 9to5Mac goes diving into iOS 14 code to reveal loads of information about future Apple software and hardware.
Viewer Feedback: Coping with the loss of the App Store Wish List feature and whether it's OK to use high-powered chargers on lower-powered Apple devices. Get the Anker PD 2 at https://amzn.to/338OTLo via our affiliate link!
Mikah's App Cap: Scribble Together Whiteboard
Leo's App Cap: Bloom: 10 Worlds
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to [email protected].
Sponsors:
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1 hr 46 min
March 03, 2020iOS 488: Music Listening on iOS
On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:
Music listening on iOS: Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music Unlimited, Primephonic, Amazon Echo Studio - Get the Echo Studio at https://amzn.to/3cw3mFg
News: Mario Kart Tour is getting real-time multiplayer on March 8, Apple has revealed its selections for the best Night Mode photos shot on iPhone, Eero routers add HomeKit support, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. says its iPhone plants will return to normal "in coming weeks," Facebook releases a new Messenger app that's 75% smaller, an Australian Strategic Policy Institute report regarding Chinese forced labor implicates Apple, and a piece in Fortune suggests consumers should be wary of Apple's ECG Watch app.
Viewer Feedback: Migrating Keychain entries to LastPass and our WWDC predictions.
Mikah's App Cap: Flighty
Leo's App Cap: Enlight Pixaloop
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to [email protected].
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1 hr 41 min
February 25, 2020iOS 487: Using iOS With Your Family
On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:
Using iOS with your family: Family Sharing, Screen Time for Family, purchase sharing, iCloud storage sharing, and Life360.
News: The EU wants all phones to use interoperable chargers, iPhone 12 may feature a new short-range WiFi standard, AirTags may charge using an Apple-Watch-style charging puck, a research study aims to detect what causes smart speakers to trigger randomly, Apple and Johnson & Johnson team up for a stroke health study called Heartline, and Jif and Giphy are trying to tell everyone how to pronounce GIF.
Viewer Feedback: Audio streaming issues using AirPods and the Apple Watch and location data tracking and sharing on iOS.
Mikah's App Cap: Picsew
Leo's App Cap: The Criterion Collection
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to [email protected].
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1 hr 41 min
February 18, 2020iOS 486: Augmented Reality Apps on iOS
On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:
Augmented reality: Smash Tanks, Giphy World, Sky Guide, IKEA Place, ARia, Target, Pokémon GO, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
News: Instagram's CEO gives a perplexing excuse for the absence of an Instagram iPad app, Apple updates investors on guidance due to COVID-19, HQ Trivia shuts down, developer claims iOS is adware, Kuo claims Apple AirTags will launch in Q3 of 2020 due to increased ultra-wideband chip production.
Viewer Feedback: Intermittent habit tracking with Streaks, location tracking on iOS, and a topic suggestion for parental controls.
Mikah's App Cap: Pocket City
Leo's App Cap: Signal
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to [email protected].
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1 hr 25 min
February 11, 2020iOS 485: Get up and Go With These Apps for iOS
On this week's episode of iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Matthew Cassinelli:
Apps to help you get out of the house: Geocaching, Pokemon GO, Harry Potter Wizards Unite, Foursquare, Strava, Minecraft Earth, and GyPSy Guides.
News: Xcode 11.4 supporting universal purchases, NYPD replacing handwritten logs with an app, Apple Watch outselling the Swiss watch industry, France fining Apple $27 million, and more.
Feedback: 'Reminders' sharing is broken, plus some brand picks for a nice bag.
Matthew's App Cap: Endel
Leo's App Cap: Spelltower+
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Matthew Cassinelli

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1 hr 16 min

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