MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

Apple Is #1, the Final Intel iMac, Goodbye Phil Schiller

The Week's Stories:

• Phil Schiller becomes Apple Fellow; Steve Jobs-Wozniak promoted to Senior VP of Marketing

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: GitHub - felixrieseberg/macintosh.js

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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Apple TV+ Emmys, Big Tech Antitrust Hearings, CES 2021

The Week's Stores:

• AppleTV+ scores 19 Emmy nominations, and two daytime Emmy wins
• Tim Cook and three other big tech titans will testify on antitrust in front of Congress tomorrow. Here's what we would ask them.
• CES will be online-only in 2021. Pokemon Go Fest 2020 went off without a hitch. Maybe this COVID isolation stuff isn't so bad!
• iPhone launch might delay to October 2020 due to COVID - Will Apple Glass make an appearance?
• Bad journalism alert! WaPo blasts FindMy feature
• iOS 14 Beta Features
• macOS bug kills virtual machines
• What's the best alternative to Adobe Lightroom? Maybe Retrobatch by flyingmeat.com
• Intel puts off its 7nm process - Apple Silicon is looking pretty good right now
• Apple Q4 financial call this Thursday: preview
• Tenent will release in Europe before America
• Streaming in America
• AppleTV+ buys Werner Herzog meteorite documentary
• Apple sells a $129 Thunderbolt 3 Cable
• Woz vs. YouTube in Bitcoin kerfuffle
• r/appleboxes is the ultimate subreddit for Apple otaku
• Pokemon Go Fest 2020

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick:Bella Fino Leather Case for iPhone by Pad and Quill
• Andy's Pick: Western Digital EasyStore hard drives
• Andy's Pick 2: r/buildapcsales
• Rene's Pick: Sony A7Siii (for Alex!)
• Rene's Pick 2: Nebula
• Lory's Pick: Rene Ritchie Mug

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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New iOS 14 Emoji, Apple Carbon Neutral by 2030

The Week's Stores:

• iMore's Twitter account is still down, along with any verified Twitter account who recently changed their password.
• Apple shows off the new emojis coming in iOS 14
• Apple was the only Fortune 50 company to insure against Covid
• Apple wins court fight over $14.9 Billion Irish tax bill in EU
• Apple plans to be carbon neutral by 2030
• Apple spreads out their supply chain
• What Apple Silicon MacBook is coming out this year? What difficulties does Apple still face in the transition to Apple Silicon?

Picks of the Week:

• Andy's Pick: "The Sandman" on Audible
• Rene's Pick: VoiceMod
• Lory's Pick: Logitech Folio Touch for iPad Pro

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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iOS 14 Public Beta, Apple Silicon vs. Intel, Apple Glasses Lenses

The Week's Stores:

• iOS 14 public beta pros and cons: Pokemon Go is broken, and widgets are just big icons - no buttons allowed.
• Does Apple Silicon herald the death of Wintel?
• Foxconn making thousands of lenses for Apple Glasses
• Got an iPhone 6, 6s, or 7? Want $25? Submit your claim to the "Batterygate" lawsuit.
• Apple offices will stay closed until 2021. Retail workers encouraged to work from home.
• Tim Cook makes $133 million this year
• Don't cover your MacBook camera! You'll crack the screen.
• Softbank wants to sell ARM - should Apple buy it?
• iOS 14 busts LinkedIn, Reddit, Tik Tok, and more for copying the clipboard. Turns out it was Google's fault all along.
• Apple spends $400 million on affordable housing
• macOS Big Sur not ready for the public yet - whatever you do, don't install it on a 2nd partition
• tvOS upgrade isn't worth trying the public beta
• Our favorite changes in iOS 14 - jiggle mode and photos
• Apple doesn't want to own 95% of the market. They just want 95% of the money.
• Apple Silicon Macs will support Thunderbolt
• The ins and outs of podcast tracking and ad tech
• Leo loves Greyhound on AppleTV+
• AppleTV+ gets Idris Elba and Jake Gyllenhaal
• Apple offers free and cheap coding classes and books

Picks of the Week

• Andy's Pick: Ulysses 20
• Rene's Pick: Canon EOS R5 & R6
• Dave's Pick: Cloudflare for Families

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

Guest: Dave Hamilton

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Apple Silicon iMac, MmHmm, Apple Glasses

The Week's Stores:

• Our prediction: Apple is making a 30-Inch Apple Silicon iMac
• With Apple Silicon, Apple will pull away from the competition
• Apple's accessibility tools are a reason to switch
• Google buys North to make Google Glass competitive with Apple Glass
• iPad is the entry-level computer for the masses
• Apple is sending out surveys about the iPhone charger - will they skip the charger with the iPhone 12?
• Multi-touch Macs are the future
• Apple TV+ news: Where the Wild Things Are, Tom Hanks' Greyhound, and Will Smith's Emancipation
• Phil Libin's MmHmm dresses up Zoom calls
• Upgrade your iPod Classic with an SSD
• Forrest Gump's $100k Apple stock would be worth $49 billion now
• H.266 codec will make your downloads faster

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: Meat Church
• Andy's Pick: PlexAmp
• Rene's Pick: PCalc for iPad
• Lory's Pick: EatOkra

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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The most important stories from WWDC 2020

The Week's Stores:

• In a post-PC world, does it really matter what chips are in Macs?
• Related: Microsoft closes their retail stores
• Will the new Apple hardware require a signed operating system?
• WWDC should be virtual every year
• Macs will lose Boot Camp - how will Windows work in virtualization?
• How much will macOS merge with iOS?
• Will Macs get a touchscreen?
• Computing in the cloud is the future
• Apple ARKit will change how we see the world
• Apple makes small improvements to their App review processes
• watchOS adds handwashing sleep tracking, and dance - where is our teeth brushing app?
• The death of macOS 10 echoes the death of Mac OS 9
• macOS 11 design echoes iOS, and seems suspiciously touch-friendly
• iOS 14 just started making people very worried about ad tracking
• Ming-Chi Kuo: 13" MacBook Pro and 24" iMac will be the 1st Apple Silicon Macs
• Should you buy an Intel Mac now? should you risk buying the 1st ARM Mac?
• Apple Design Award winners
• No charger with the iPhone 12 - does this mean it won't have a charging port?

Picks of the Week

• Andy's Pick: Carl Reiner dies at 98: read his memoirs, particularly in audiobook...starting with "My Anecdotal Life"
• Rene's Pick: Rene's Apple iOS 14 & Privacy Interview
• Leo's Pick: 1st Space Force launch

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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• Macs switch from Intel to Apple Silicon
• Developer betas for all Apple OSes are available now
• iOS apps will run natively on Macs with Apple Silicon
• What is the future of the Apple ecosystem?
• Rumor: Apple Silicon on 2020 13"MacBook Pro and iMac, all 2021 Macs - how the transition will work
• Will Macs and iPads have the same chips?
• How limiting will the Mac ecosystem be?
• This is how they should do every WWDC
• iOS 14 adds widgets and App Clips
• watchOS 7 adds Face Sharing - here's how it will work
• watchOS 7 adds Sleep Tracking, iOS 14 adds Wind Down
• Sign of the times: watchOS 7 adds Hand Washing tracker
• More Fitness options: Dance tracking
• New Memojis: old people, masks, more hair options
• New iPhone accessibility features
• iOS 14 makes Messages better in so many ways
• Apple's focus on privacy is apparent at WWDC
• No widgets on iPadOS?
• What is the iOS 14 App Library?
• Scribble is the best new feature for iPadOS
• Hamilton comes to Disney+ on June 3rd

Picks of the Week

• Andy's Pick: G4 iMac
• Rene's Pick: Fantastical 3.1
• Lory's Pick: Nomad Rugged Folio

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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WWDC 2020 Preview, Mac ARM Transition

The Week's Stories:

• WWDC20 kicks off Monday, June 22nd
• Winners of the WWDC20 Swift Student Challenge
• How quickly will Mac transition to ARM?
• How will macOS change on ARM?
• Leaker gives the timeline for the Mac transition to ARM
• Will macOS and iOS merge on ARM?
• MacBook Pro gets AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, MacPro gets 8TB SSD
• Apple Card gets interest-free financing of all Apple products except Apple Watch
• Bezel-free iMac coming at WWDC?
• What other hardware will be announced at WWDC? Arm-based Mac Mini for developers?
• Mac on ARM will be the death of Boot Camp
• Apple reopening stores in the US, Canada, & UK this week
• Hey.com email service won't pay Apple its 30% Apple Store vig
• EU opens two investigations into Apple
• Open Core's Hackintosh seems to be dead already
• Pocket Casts removed from China App Store

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: Humble Bundle for Racial Justice
• Andy's Pick 1: Met Opera virtual meeting backgrounds
• Andy's Pick 2: Police Scanner Radio & Fire for iOS
• Lory's Pick: Casetify Heinz collection
• Alex's Pick: Bellus 3D

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Lory Gil, and Alex Lindsay

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WWDC 2020: Mac Dumps Intel, Switches to ARM

The Week's Stories:

• Apple will announce the transition to ARM-based Macs at WWDC
• With the transition to ARM, what will happen to Thunderbolt?
• How will the ARM transition affect GPUs?
• Mac developers should all be using Xcode. What else should they be doing?
• Apple will introduce a new iMac at WWDC with a T2 chip and AMD Navi GPU
• Tech conferences are so 2019. Here's what companies should do instead.
• Apple posts password manager resources on GitHub. We have a better idea.
• Buy Apple products interest-free with Apple Card
• The amazing Apple network adapter that you can't buy
• Apple will let people back in the office after temperature checks and COVID tests
• Apple adds symptoms and anonymous sharing to its COVID App
• Apple's new summer colors
• iPad Air will switch to USB-C
• How late will the iPhone 12 be out this year?
• Tim Cook praises Black Lives Matter, and Apple Maps features Black Lives Matter Plaza

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality
• Rene's Pick: WWDC Pins (RR pin for ACLU)
• Rene's 2nd Pick: RR Mug
• Lory's Pick: Black Lives Matter Carrd
• Alex's Pick: Mitti

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Rene Ritchie, Lory Gil, and Alex Lindsay

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WWDC Preview, iOS Update Blocks Jailbreak

The Week's Stories:

• Apple Music and Tim Cook support Black Lives Matter. Facebook is another matter.
• Tim Cook's George Floyd memo to staff
• iOS 13.5.1 update blocks Unc0ver jailbreak
• Apple updates macOS Catalina to 10.15.5
• Apple pays security researcher $100k for "Sign in with Apple" flaw
• WWDC Preview: Download the developer app now
• Alex Lindsay's Office Hours Zoom call and YouTube channel
• Italy launches "Immuni" COVID app using Apple/Google contact tracing API
• MacBook 13" RAM upgrade doubles in price
• Powerbeats Pro launches four new colors
• Apple TV+ gets Gal Gadot and Martin Scorsese. Theater owners should be scared.
• What could go wrong if you loot an Apple store?
• Want to own a former Apple CEO's mansion? Now is your chance.

Picks of the Week

• Andy's Pick: Anker Soundcore Life Q10 Headphones
• Alex's Pick: Yellow Duck
• Rene's Pick: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Alex Lindsay

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