MacBites

By Elaine Giles and Mike Thomas

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June 24, 20240178 - Mouse Jigglers of the World Unite
In this episode, we have back, sack and … wait for it … hack - back, sack and hack!
BackBites
Barry
A Note from Long Time Listener Barry
In The News
Adobe’s Troubles Continue
US Government Sues Adobe Over ‘Convoluted’ Cancellation Process
The US government is suing Adobe over hidden contract changes and fees trapping customers
The FTC sues Adobe, accusing the creative software maker of locking customers into pricey subscriptions and hiding associated fees
Elon’s Exorbitant Wad
Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk’s huge pay package
Is Elon Musk worth his £44bn Tesla pay package?
Community Notes Coming to YouTube
YouTube Copies X With Community Notes
Dublin-NY portal temporarily shut due to ‘inappropriate behaviour’
Dublin-New York portal reopens with set hours
Affinity on X: “Ain’t nobody acquiring us 😎” / X
Canva acquires design platform Affinity to bring professional design tools to every organization
Mouse Jigglers Sacked
Wells Fargo fires workers over fake keyboard activity
Meatanty Undetectable Mouse Jiggler
McDonalds Drive Through AI Nightmare
McDonalds removes AI drive-throughs after order errors
Health Data Hacked and Shared
London hospitals hackers publish stolen blood test data
ChatBites
Google NotebookLM
NotebookLM | Note Taking & Research Assistant Powered by AI
Google’s NotebookLM Aims to Be the Ultimate Writing Assistant | WIRED
Focus
Mike’s New Work Laptop
Mike’s Unboxing (10:40)
Tech Stack
Vivaldi
Vivaldi Browser | Powerful, Personal and Private web browser
New tab page extension for Google Chrome and Firefox - Speed Dial 2
Copy Tab Info
Readwise Highlighter
1Password – Password Manager
Merge Windows
Eagle for Chrome
YouStopper for YouTube™
Evernote Web Clipper
Raindrop.io
Clip to DEVONthink
TubeBuddy
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1h 39min
June 12, 20240177 - Apple Intelligence? I’m Missing My Billiards Lesson For This?!?
In this episode, we have weasels, time travel and billiard balls!
In The News
Adobe Update Their T&C
Photoshop users have serious questions over new terms of use
Change to Adobe terms & conditions outrages many professionals
These are the Adobe alternatives that creatives are switching to
Instagram Fuel Cara’s Rise
Elaine on Cara
TechSmith Apps Go Subscription
TechSmith Transition to Annual Subscription Pricing Model in Fall 2024 – TechSmith Support
Bartender - What’s Going On?
Bartender new ownership: be aware : r/MacOS
A New Chapter for Bartender
Bartender 5 - A New Chapter for Bartender
Bartender 5 - Take control of your Menu bar
Ice
Vanilla - hide Mac menu bar icons for free
Free Bartender alternative Hidden Bar does everything needed
Focus
Apple Event: Scary Fast
Apple Event - Scary Fast Recording
Download the new M3 iMac and M3 MacBook Pro wallpapers
Apple Leadership - Johny Srouji - Apple (UK)
Apple Event: Let Loose
Apple Event - Let Loose Recording
Let Loose Event News
Apple Event: WWDC 2024
Apple Event - WWDC 2024 Recording
Guide to WWDC 2024
What to Expect News and Rumors
Preview of WWDC 2024
What to Expect from WWDC 2024
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1h 5min
October 26, 20230176 - The Heat is On
In this episode, we’ve finally beaten Notion into submission … hence we have a show!
In The News
iPhone 15 Pro overheating may arise from Apple ‘compromises’
Apple updates iPhone 12 software after radiation testing in France
Ryanair boss claims air traffic control engineers were ‘watching TV at home’ amid Bank Holiday flight chaos
Apple unveils cheaper Apple Pencil with USB-C port and more
Foldable iPad might launch in 2024
Apple’s corporate reshuffle promotes employees to VP roles
Surface Duo 2 – Dual-Screen Mobile Productivity
YouTube ‘like’ and ‘subscribe’ buttons get animated
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, tests making new users pay to post
Musk may block X in Europe, to avoid having to fix disinformation
Tinder: Friends and family can help you make a good match
Boaty McBoatface - Wikipedia
Amazon shows off latest delivery drone, plans liftoff in UK and Italy next year
Amazon to relaunch delivery drones in the UK next year
Manchester University claims huge drone record
Microsoft’s new AI assistant can go to meetings for you
ChatBites
Google Jamboard RIP
Google Jamboard is winding down - Jamboard Help
Jamboard - Wikipedia
Google Graveyard - Killed by Google
App Review
Windows PowerToys
Windows PowerToys
PowerToys Demo in MacBites After Hours 0189
Alfred
Raycast
LaunchBar 6
ColorSlurp
Caffeine
Amphetamine on the Mac App Store
TextSniper
A Better Finder Rename
Name Mangler - Many Tricks
PixelStick
Apple Remote Desktop on the Mac App Store
Screens 4 on the Mac App Store
Mouseposé - Highlight your mouse pointer and cursor position | Boinx Software
Timers and Practice Time
Timers - Repeat Interval Timer on the App Store
Practice Time! Interval Timer on the App Store
FlexTime for Mac OS X
FlexTime on the Mac App Store
Events
MacBites Live - Scary Fast
Scary Fast | The MacBites Podcast
Check the time of MacBites Live
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51min
September 26, 20230175 - Elon's Rocket Propelled Goat
In this episode, we’re blasting tartan clad rockets through Amazon’s ad powered Prime into Elon’s paywall!
BackBites
Jonathan’s Unboxings
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max Unboxing & Review - YouTube
Apple Watch Ultra 2 Unboxing & Review - YouTube
Rene’s New Tech Toy
Join Slack
In The News
Microsoft AI team accidentally leaks 38TB of private company data
Elon Musk says he will start charging people to use X (Twitter)
SpaceX on X: "Made on Earth by humans
Football club roasts Elon Musk over ‘stolen’ SpaceX logo
Mani on X: "@SpaceX What is this goat symbol ?
Musk start-up Neuralink seeks people for brain-implant trial
Elon Musk woos world leaders, courting controversy
Scotland’s answer to Elon Musk’s SpaceX is taking shape - and it’s only a few months away from launching
Amazon September hardware event going live at 11
Amazon Prime Video content to start including ads next year
Google accused of directing motorist to drive off collapsed bridge
ChatBites
Mike’s Work Tech Woes
Microsoft Teams
App Review
Default Folder X Version 6
Default Folder X 6 Released
Hyperionics - the best screen capture software - Free download
MacBites After Hours
MacBites After Hours 0210
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43min
September 19, 20230174 - Virtue Signalling On a Slow Boat From China
In this episode, we’re fuelling the drive to subscribe with radioactive cream cakes
In The News
Ryanair and family locked in £165 check-in row
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary laughs off getting pied in face - and brings spare shirt to AGM
Spotify boss denies claim 30-second repeat play trick can make you rich | Science & Tech News
Google accused of rigging market to secure dominant search monopoly in biggest US antitrust trial for years
ID card firm investigating impact of police data hack
The iPhone 12 emits too much radiation and Apple must take it off the market, French agency says
Apple told employees to keep quiet about iPhone 12 radiation
Apple to update iPhone 12 in France over radiation
ChatBites
Wonderlust or What Did We Buy?
AirPods Repair & Service - Apple Support
Elaine’s Earbuds
Focus
Subscriptions
ChatBites
Audio Player on MacBites FM
MacBites.fm
Hardware Review
Apple Watch Charger
iWatch Charger Stand
ChatBites
Mac or Windows at Work
Get a Mac - Wikipedia
MacBites After Hours
MacBites After Hours 0209
YouTube
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53min
September 11, 20230173 - Not So Politely Declined
In this episode, we’re forklifting fish fingers in the face of an Amazonian fiasco
BackBites
Jami’s Fish Fingers
MacBites Episode 0172 | The MacBites Podcast
Jami on X - Otherwise Known as Twitter
In The News
Airlines could face crackdown on hidden fees
Amazon to discontinue Kindle Classic app for Mac
Google Chrome reveals new look and features for 15th birthday
EU Digital Markets Act will open iPhone to sideloading of apps
Browser Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats
Brexit deal mentions Netscape browser and Mozilla Mail
Free audiobooks to be tested by Spotify; Audible competition plan
ChatBites
Personal Vivaldi Test Flight Update
Be part of Vivaldi on iOS: Get the preview and give us feedback. | Vivaldi Browser
More Fun with Camtasia
Camtasia Screen Recorder and Video Editor | TechSmith
App Review
ForkLift 4
Forklift 4
Showing Appreciation to Our Loyal Users – An Important Update
Shopping with Elaine
The Amazon Fiasco
Card Declined: Why Has My Card Been Declined?
MacBites After Hours
MacBites After Hours 0208
YouTube
Events
MacBites Live - Wonderlust
MacBites.fm
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53min
September 05, 20230172 - Are We Coaxed, Cajoled or Captivated by Colour Coded Charging Cables?
In this episode, we’re hoping Timmy is coaxing, cajoling and captivating
In The News
LockBit ransomware gang allegedly leaks MoD data after hit on supplier
PSNI chief constable Simon Byrne resigns ‘with immediate effect’
Apple faces renewed pressure to protect child safety
Apple explains why it dropped plan to scan iCloud Photos for CSAM
Apple finally admits the CSAM scanning flaw we all pointed out
Video and voice call features to be introduced on X, Elon Musk says
Microsoft PowerToys' Crop and Lock lets you make mini app windows
Microsoft is removing WordPad from Windows after nearly 30 years
ChatBites
Apple Event: Wonderlust
MacBites.fm
Focus
2018 MacBook Air v 2012 MacBook Air
MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012) - Technical Specifications (UK)
MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018) - Technical Specifications (UK)
MacBites After Hours
MacBites After Hours 0207
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Events
MacBites Live: Wonderlust
MacBites.fm
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37min
August 29, 20230171 - 3 Shades of Grey and Copious Knob Twiddling
In this episode, it's all sausages, knobs and fancy cables
BackBites
The Vagaries of Paying the Gas Bill
In The News
Met Police IT security breach could do 'incalculable damage in the wrong hands'

Apple's iPhone 15 USB-C may be as slow as Lightning cable

Apple decides to support Right to Repair Act bill in California

Pornhub has just started the year's most ridiculous logo battle

Folding iPhone demo, using two iPhones and a Samsung app
Hardware Review
Twelve South HiRise
Twelve South HiRise Pro for iMac

Twelve South HiRise Pro

Twelve South HiRise Pro refreshed for Studio Display and M1 iMac
Focus
Behind the Scenes of Mike's YouTube Studio - Part 3
The Best Microphone for Podcasting: Blue Yeti Microphone Review | Elaine Giles

M-Audio M-Track Solo -- USB Audio Interface for Recording, Streaming and Podcasting with XLR, Line and DI Inputs

H4N PRO Black

Neewer 700W Softbox Lighting Kit

5-Tier Book Shelf

White Brick Wall backdrop

Unboxing Mike's Birthday Present
MacBites After Hours
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41min
August 22, 20230170 - The Tortuous Tangle of The Tech-challenged Tax
The Tortuous Tangle of The Tech-challenged Tax
In this episode, we have more incompetence than even I thought possible, Google locking up the web and a tax on the tech challenged
BackBites
Muting Chrome
How to Mute Tabs in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari
Camtasia Audio Redux
MacBites Episode 0168 | The MacBites Podcast
In The News
Norfolk and Suffolk police: Victims and witnesses hit by data breach

PSNI data breach: Man charged over documents linked to FoI

Missing pages of notebook that fell from moving car contain details of 42 PSNI staff in latest data breach

Bank of Ireland glitch 'allowed customers with no money to withdraw funds from ATM' | World News

Er, the Twitter 'X' logo icon just changed again

Twitter Deletes All User Photos And Links From 2011-2014
ChatBites
DRM for the Web
Vivaldi, Mozilla warn of Google's proposed 'DRM for the Web' | PCWorld

Unpacking Google's new "dangerous" Web-Environment-Integrity specification
The Tech-challenged Tax
Couple 'horrified' at £110 Ryanair check-in fee

Man Utd respond to allegation of "attack on older fans" amid season ticket anger
App Review
MediaPlace
MediaPlace
Hardware Review
Logitech Casa
Logitech's cute pop-up desk could be a home office game-changer

Logitech Casa Pop-up Desk: the mobile work unit that's nearly perfect

Logitech MX Keys Keyboard

Logitech MX Master 3S
Focus
Behind the Scenes of Mike's YouTube Studio - Part 2
Teleprompter Premium

16" Autocue Teleprompter

Satechi Bluetooth Remote Control

iRig Foot Pedal / Page Turner
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52min
August 15, 20230169 - Beware Bid-a-Note Experts
In this episode, we're muting meetings, reviving kit and partying like it's 2001
BackBites
Phil's Fabulous Fujitsu Scanner News
ScanSnap Software Downloads | Global | Ricoh
In The News
Zuckerberg mocks X - and says he's 'not holding his breath' for Elon Musk fight

What is Amazon Prime Big Deal Days and when is it?

Jonathan's Amazon Kindle Scribe & Case - Unboxing & Review - YouTube

'Successful' cyber attack on elections body put details of more than 40 million voters at risk

Every police officer in Northern Ireland has data compromised in 'monumental' breach due to human error

Northern Ireland police investigate second data breach after documents containing officers' names stolen

Northern Ireland police declare 'critical incident' over data breach

Adopted children's names were disclosed on Scotland's People website

Facebook might actually benefit mental health, new study suggests

Zoom denies training AI on calls without consent

Zoom orders workers back to the office

Apple's Siri violated 'the privacy of millions,' says whistleblower
ChatBites
iStopMotion Returns
iStopMotion on the App Store

MacBites Episode 0008 | The MacBites Podcast

MacBites Episode 0153 | The MacBites Podcast

Good reasons for subscription-based models | Boinx Software

Chorlton and the Wheelies - Wikipedia

Cosgrove Hall Films - Wikipedia
Vision Pro Runs Windows XP
Apple Vision Pro can run Windows XP virtual machines

Windows XP - Wikipedia
Hardware Review
Zoom Muter
Zoom Meeting Mute Button
Focus
Behind the Scenes: Mike's Piece to Camera
Teleprompter Premium on the App Store

Bookcase Backdrop

Mike's Test Video on YouTube
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