MacBites

By Elaine Giles and Mike Thomas

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November 05, 20250194 - A Marriage Made in Ratners
In this episode, we have tea in Tokyo with copious grovelling geeks and flamboyant fashion statements
BackBites
Kim's Shock
Kim's Comment
Jami's Take on the Output
Jami's Comment
In The News
Timmy's Travels Continue Apace
Apple CEO Tim Cook dines with Trump in Tokyo | AppleInsider

Panorama - Trump and the Tech Titans - BBC iPlayer
ChatBites
Affinity by Canva
Everything You Need to Know to Get Started with Affinity by Canva

Gerald Ratner - Wikipedia
Excel Bites
Excel Bites - Formulas
Back to Basics: How to Create Simple Excel Formulas in Excel - YouTube
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1h 6min
October 28, 20250193 - Would You Like Pumpkin Pie with Your Windows Install?
In this episode, pumpkins, Parallels, and potty-cam pandemonium!
BackBites
Blue AI
Blue AI

Christmas Video
In The News
Genius or Waste of Time?
Kohler Launches $600 iPhone-Connected Toilet Camera That Monitors Your Health Through Waste Analysis
Dancing to the Don's Tune
Apple Donating to Trump's $350M White House Ballroom Project
Hardware Review
Mike's New Monitors
KTC 27 Inch Monitor - Amazon.co.uk
Focus
Windows Nightmare
Parallels: Mac & Windows Virtualization

Use virtual Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in Parallels Desktop

MacBites Episode 0191
Excel Bites
Mike's History with Spreadsheets
Sandwich degree - Wikipedia

IBM Personal Computer XT - Wikipedia

The Excel Trainer

Mike Thomas - YouTube
Events
Canva Serif Affinity Keynote
Canva Serif Affinity Keynote Watch Party
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48min
October 21, 20250192 - Business According to Arthur Daley's Dodgy Deals Handbook
In this episode, Clips collapse, corporate couplings, and cloud-based carnage
BackBites
Tangerine Gold
MacBites Episode 0191 | The MacBites Podcast - Jami
In The News
RIP Clips
RIP Clips: Apple abandons its quirky short-form video app

Clips (software) - Wikipedia
Apple wins US F1 TV rights
Formula 1: Apple wins US broadcast rights

Eddy Cue dancing at WWDC 2015 - YouTube
Age Verification Rides Again
Apple needs to comply with another App Store age verification law
Fifty Shades of AI
'Treat adult users like adults': ChatGPT to write erotica
Evernote's Big AI Update
Evernote unveils its biggest update yet- and unsurprisingly there's AI involved

Ribbon (computing) - Wikipedia
TimBuBu
Apple CEO Tim Cook Gifted Custom Labubu During China Visit
ChatBites
The Great Dropbox Shuffle
MacBites Episode 0162

pCloud

Dropbox
Take-Overs: Good or Bad?
Evernote Corporation - Wikipedia

Evernote Announces A Market For Physical Products, Including Post-Its ... And Socks?

Fiverr is acquiring online learning company CreativeLive

Chase Jarvis - Wikipedia

Obsidian's Manifesto

Ain't nobody acquiring us

The Affinity and Canva Pledge

Arthur Daley: The Original Dodgy Geezer Who Taught Us the Art of the Hustle

Minder TV series - Wikipedia
Focus
Mike's Training Spreadsheet
The Excel Trainer
Events
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46min
October 14, 20250191 - Stick a Bit of Beading on It
In this episode, blue screens, brilliant new toys and beading, lots and lots of beading!
BackBites
Retiring Apps Live
Jami's Comments

Retiring Apps Live

Anticipation Marketing: Crushing Your Next Launch Without Being Salesy : Social Media Examiner
In The News
Antenna-gate Solved
The 20 bytes of code that fixed Antennagate in the iPhone 4
Scratch-gate's Silicon Solution
Apple Stores update chargers to stop damaging iPhone 17 Pro
Samsung's Cosmic Orange Tribute
Samsung might copy Apple's Cosmic Orange with the Galaxy S26

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Leaks Reveal Bold Orange Colour Inspired by Apple
Blue Screen of Death
Apple Mocks Windows PCs in Humorous New 'Blue Screen of Death' Ad

The Underdogs: BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) | Apple at Work - YouTube
App Review
Telescore
Telescore on the App Store
Focus
How We Use AI
Expressions - the coolest app for regex - Apptorium

Sublime Text - Text Editing, Done Right

A Better Finder Rename

Yate | 2ManyRobots

Keyboard Maestro 11.0.4: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 15

Scrivener

ChatGPT

Claude

Amazon's shockingly bad James Bond posters have me worried about 007's future
Mike's New Mac
John Lewis
Events
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Mike on Bluesky

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46min
October 08, 20250190 - Microsoft? Kings of the Wild Frontier
In this episode, Microsoft mayhem, MacBites mischief, and a truly Magic Mouse
BackBites
Cosmic Orange Howling
Cosmic Orange Howling

Drafts Pro Patron Subscription - News & Updates - Drafts Community
In The News
Logitech MX4 Mouse
MX Master 4 Wireless Mouse | Logitech

Logitech MX4 Mouse - Amazon
Canva Affinity Keynote
A message to our amazing Affinity community

The Affinity and Canva Pledge

Affinity on X: "Ain't nobody acquiring us"
ChatBites
TNT Sports Debacle
Sky Sports

Discovery Plus
Microsoft Copilot Update
Microsoft 365 Premium - Microsoft

Microsoft 365 Premium - The Verge

Frontier program

MacBites Episode 0182
Calls in WhatsApp
How to make a voice call | WhatsApp Help Center
MacBites Birthday
The MacBites Story | The MacBites Podcast

Apple Special Event | The MacBites Podcast

MacBites After Hours
Focus
Mike's Use of AI
ChatGPT

Claude
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49min
September 30, 20250189 - Cuddle in a Huddle
In this episode, Timmy's travels, tech tantrums, and text-taming tortoises
BackBites
The Cosmic Orange One
Cosmic Orange Bathroom Accessories?
In The News
Scratch-gate 2025 Edition
iPhone 17 'scratch gate' is real - and it's worse than I thought

iPhone 17 scratches: Scratchgate is real, I've seen it myself!
Wi-Fi and CarPlay Connectivity Bugs
Some iPhone 17 users report Wi-Fi and CarPlay connectivity bugs

Multiple iPhone 17 models suffering from Wi-Fi bug -- what you need to know

How can I fix Wi-Fi and CarPlay issues - Apple Community

iOS 26.1 beta appears to fix iPhone Air, 17, and 17 Pro Wi-Fi issues
Timmy and Pikachu ... Sitting in a Tree
Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Pikachu During Japan Visit

Ginza Wallpaper
ChatBites
MS Office Incompatibility
The full list of all macOS versions until 2025
Dropbox Killing Support for Older macOS Versions
My computer is no longer supported. What should I do? - Dropbox Help
How Soon is Too Soon to Kill Support?
BBC iPlayer not working on iPad 1 - Apple Community

BBC Blogs - Technology + Creativity at the BBC - BBC iPlayer mobile apps: Reviewing operating system support
Apple Watch Password Farce
Watch - Apple ID Password Required
Focus
The Origin of the Drafts App
Drafts | Where Text Starts
Mike's Use of Drafts
In Memoriam Plugin
Elaine's Use of Drafts
Drafts on the App Store

Drafts on the Mac App Store

Drafts Pro | Drafts User Guide
Bartender v Ice
Bartender new ownership: be aware : r/MacOS

A New Chapter for Bartender

Bartender 5 - A New Chapter for Bartender

Bartender - Take control of your Menu bar

Ice

Vanilla - hide Mac menu bar icons for free

Free Bartender alternative Hidden Bar does everything needed
One More Thing
The Great MacBites After Hours Survey
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Mike on Bluesky

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41min
September 22, 20250188 - Cavalier Updates? Carefully Covering the Crown Jewels in a Cast Iron Codpiece
In this episode, we have the conundrum of the cloth compatibility crisis, cavalier codpieces, and course-crafting command centres.
BackBites
Jami's Moment of Fame!
Jami's Comment

How long until Scrivener is updated for macOS 26 Tahoe? - Scrivener / Scrivener for macOS - Literature & Latte Forums
Tracey's Plants
Tracey's Enquiry
In The News
Cleaning Cloth Upgraded
Cleaning Cloth Updated
Mac Studio M3 Ultra Installation Fail
Mac Studio M3 Ultra owners can't install macOS Tahoe yet
The Brain Drain Continues
Apple AI executive Robby Walker to exit in October
Timmy's World Tour
What's on the menu and who's on the guest list at state banquet? - BBC News

Tim Cook attends Windsor Castle banquet during Trump's UK visit - 9to5Mac
Elon's Spending Spree
Tesla shares soar as Musk goes on buying spree
ChatBites
Asana's Sunsetting
Discontinuation of Asana Personal Projects Spaces
The Great iPadOS 26 Upgrade
What's new in iPadOS 26 - Apple Support (UK)
iCloud Support Dropped
Apple Drops iCloud Support for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra

iCloud support culled for iOS 10, macOS Sierra users
PDF Expert Changes
The PDF Expert Billing FAQ | Help Center
Focus
Scrivener for Course Creation - Advanced Features
Scrivener Course Creation Blueprint
Obsidian
Obsidian

This is not just food. This is M&S Food - YouTube
App Review
TextSniper
TextSniper on the Mac App Store

TextSniper - developer's website

TextSniper on Setapp
Raycast & ScreenOCR
Raycast - Your shortcut to everything

Raycast Store: ScreenOCR
Text Extractor for Windows
PowerToys Text Extractor
One More Thing
Excel for Mac: Power Query Essentials
Excel for Mac: Power Query Essentials Waitlist
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48min
September 15, 20250187 - If All Else Fails ... Poke and Hope!
In this episode, we have rotten ripeness checks, recycled rhetoric, and repeated rancid rendezvous requests
BackBites
Copilot Overload
Copilot Overload for Jami
Another Criminal Use of Technology
Avo Scan Video

Tesco trials avocado ripeness scanners in five stores - BBC News

Ground-breaking avocado ripeness scanner to be trialled by Tesco

Boaty McBoatface - Wikipedia

Taylor Herring
In The News
Awe Dropping?
AirPods Live Translation Blocked for EU Users With EU Apple Accounts

Apple's new product roadmap makes October event seem likely - 9to5Mac
Atlassian Acquire Arc
Welcoming The Browser Company to Atlassian - Work Life by Atlassian

Dia and Arc maker The Browser Company is being acquired by Atlassian

Atlassian to buy Arc developer The Browser Company for $610M
Dropbox Streamlining
Dropbox Passwords discontinuation | Dropbox Help - Dropbox Help

FAQs on the Dropbox Paper app discontinuation - Dropbox Help

FAQs about ending support for Dropbox Capture - Dropbox Help
The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Apple Calendar spam on the rise again, mostly crypto scams - 9to5Mac

Liz Truss - Wikipedia
ChatBites
Twitter Lockout
MacBites (@MacBites) / X
Keyboards
Mechanical Keyboard

UK Matias Tactile Pro for Mac : FK302-UK : The Keyboard Company

UK Matias Wireless 2.4G Aluminum Mac Keyboard Silver : FK418DCS-UK : The Keyboard Company

Logitech MX Keys S for Mac

Logitech MX Keys Mini

Logitech MX Keys S White

MacBites Episode 0082

Keyboard keys are getting glossy. Its just been few weeks : r/macbookair

Does anybody have shiny keys? - Apple Community

Michael Tsai - Blog - Shiny MacBook Keys
Silverlight Shenanigans
Microsoft Silverlight - Wikipedia

How to Uninstall Silverlight on Mac
Focus
Using Scrivener for Training Notes
Home - Literature & Latte
App Review
Pro Audio Converter
Pro Audio Converter - Batch Convert Audio Files on macOS | Mark V Apps
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46min
September 08, 20250186 - Drop the Pilot!
In this episode, the politics of parking, presidential patio parties, and privacy pitfalls
BackBites
Jami's Hoovering
Jami's Comment
Wallet-Wilting Wheel Wells
Trafford Centre announces major change to parking that all shoppers need to know

MacBites Episode 0106 | The Trolley Dolly from Hell
In The News
Fair Competition
Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation
Party Time at the Boys Club
Apple's Tim Cook to attend Trump dinner and AI event

Apple CEO Tim Cook Invited Back to White House for Tech Event - MacRumors

Trump to host tech CEOs for first event in newly renovated Rose Garden
Self-Service Surveillance: The Sainsbury's Special
Sainsbury's to trial facial recognition to catch shoplifters

'I was misidentified as shoplifter by facial recognition tech'

AI facial recognition: Campaigners and MPs call for ban

Does exactly what it says on the tin - Wikipedia
ChatBites
Apple's "Awe Dropping" AI Brain Drain
Apple Continues Losing AI Experts to Meta

Apple Loses Robotics AI Researcher to Meta

Btootos Wireless Earbuds
Microsoft Lose the Plot
Word Docs Saved to Cloud: A Controversial Change - Office Watch
Focus
Microsoft Copilot
How to Use Excel's NEW COPILOT() Function: AI Formulas Made Easy

Download Microsoft 365 Copilot app
Events
Awe Dropping
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51min
September 01, 20250185 - Pull Up to the Bumper Baby
In this episode, we have tech tantrums, ticketing turmoil, and tacky trinkets.
BackBites
Jami on Elon's Divorce
Jami
Kim's Pandas
Kim
René's Animation
Discord | #tech-chat | MacBites

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Tea Update
Tea app: I joined for safety. Then my address was leaked and shared - BBC News
In The News
Elon Sues Apple
Elon Musk's xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over Siri partnership, App Store charts - 9to5Mac

The best Cadbury's Smash Aliens TV adverts compilation - YouTube

Smash Martians - Wikipedia
Manchester Buzzing with Apple Pay Express Mode
Greater Manchester Gets Support for Apple Pay Express Mode

MacBites Episode 0182 | The MacBites Podcast
Google Pixel 10
Google pokes fun at Apple during confident Pixel 10 event
A Dream Ticket to Chaos
Manchester City fans face delay after Etihad stadium entry issues - BBC News

Hillsborough Disaster - Wikipedia
The Bumper Rides Again
Apple has considered reviving the bumper for the iPhone 17

MacBites Episode 0045 | The MacBites Podcast

We Still Have a Lot to Cover | The MacBites Podcast

TechWoven v FineWoven replacement for iPhone 17 cases
Geeks Bearing Gifts
South Park ridicules Tim Cook over Trump plaque

South Park mocks Tim Cook's golden gift to Donald Trump - 9to5Mac

Apple's 'rare' gift for Donald Trump is kind of embarrassing | Creative Bloq

'South Park's Latest Episode Hits Trump For His 'Small' Manhood, D.C. Takeover, & More - YouTube
RizzOS
Apple Working on All-New Operating System

Rizz - Wikipedia
ChatBites
Camtasia Update?
Compare Camtasia Plans | TechSmith
Notion Gets an Offline Mode
Working offline in Notion--Everything you need to know

Notion Just Fixed Its Biggest Problem (And Nobody's Talking About It) | Activated Thinker
Focus
ChatGPT and Excel
TwistlyCells - ChatGPT For Excel | Excel AI Tool

Excel: Check Out These Incredible AI Functions!! - YouTube
iPhone iPhone iPhone
Time Travelling with iPhone 16
Events
Marooned at MacBites HQ
Day 2000 - 6 September 2025

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The iPhone 17 Launch Event
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