MacBreak Weekly (Video)

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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HBO Max vs. AppleTV+, New iPhone Jailbreak

The Week's Stories:

• HBO Max launches May 27th, and everyone is confused about it.
• New jailbreak works on all iPhones, even on the most recent iOS 13.5. Is there any reason to jailbreak an iPhone anymore?
• iOS 13.5 is out with the Apple/Google Covid contact tracing API. Here's why contact tracing apps will never work.
• Why the iPhone 12 won't have USB-C, and the next iPhone won't even have a charging port
• Apple fixes "This app is no longer shared with you" bug on iOS
• Apple will replace Mac Messages app with a Catalyst version when iOS 14 comes out
• Mythic Quest's Apple TV+ Quarantine Episode was shot entirely on iPhones. The episode was written, shot, and edited in 3 weeks. Apple likes it so much they are submitting it for an Emmy.
• Apple TV+ is the only streaming service that isn't booming in the quarantine - what Apple is doing to fix it
• Apple TV+ is signing deals with tons of big-name Hollywood production companies and stars
• Jean-Louis Gassée thinks Apple Car speculation is missing a few things
• Apple celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day with a new Today at Apple video and App Store features

Picks of the Week:

• Lory's Pick: Traeger Pro 780 WiFi Pellet Grill
• Andy's Pick: Science Channel coverage of SpaceX's first manned launch May 27th at 4:33 pm ET
• Rene's Pick: Sony Vlog camera ZV-1
• Leo's Pick: FileMaker 19 is the biggest release in 15 years

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

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Apple AR Glasses Coming in 2021

The Week's Stories:

• Jon Prosser: Apple Glass AR glasses will come out in March - June 2021, cost $499
• Apple will start returning workers to the office soon
• Apple starts opening stores in the US and Italy, currently offering only curbside service
• Apple ships iOS 13.5 to developers, includes the Apple/Google coronavirus contact tracing API and a way to quickly disable FaceID
• Apple TV+ pays $70 million to premiere Tom Hanks film "Greyhound"
• How to make the perfect popcorn: Amish popcorn with furikake, Alton Brown style
• HBO Max premieres 5/27, includes Criterion Collection and Studio Ghibli
• Logic Pro10.5 Easter Egg: how to find Billie Eilish's Ocean Eyes template

Picks of the Week

• Leo's Pick: Samsung T7 drives
• Andy's Pick: Charty for Shortcuts
• Lory's Pick: Bombas Pride Edition
• Alex's Pick: The perfect tutorial video: Make a pincushion
• Alex's Pick 2: Sound Devices Noise Reduction

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

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Apple re-opens USA stores, Mini-LED vs. LCD, Hamilton on Disney+

The Week's Stories:

• Elon Musk re-opens Tesla Factory, defying stay-at-home order
• Apple re-opens several stores in states that do not have stay-at-home orders
• Hamilton is coming to Disney+
• Apple is moving production out of China and into Vietnam, Taiwan, and India
• Apple COO Jeff Williams is "optimistic" about Apple, iPhone 12, and the economy
• Why is Mini-LED better than LCD?
• All the details about the biggest Logic Pro upgrade in years - why now is the best time to learn Logic
• X-Ray of iPad Pro Keyboard reveals some amazing engineering
• Rene Ritchie's 13" MacBook Pro review
• Macs vulnerable to new Thunderbolt hacking flaw - if they are running Windows
• Inventing the iPad cursor
• iPad Pro Magic Keyboard vs. Brydge iPad Keyboard
• Apple Watch will detect panic attacks with watchOS 7
• Tim Cook and others making graduation podcasts
• Disneyland Shanghai is open for business

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: TWiT Face Masks for sale! https://twit.tv/store
• Rene's Pick: MotionVfx
• Lory's Pick: Sick Burn T-Shirts
• Lory's Pick 2: The Office Slack
• Alex's Pick: Yousician

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

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13" MacBook Pro First Look, WWDC 2020 June 22nd

The Week's Stories:

• Apple releases new 13" MacBook Pro with Magic keyboard and physical escape key
• At long last, the butterfly keyboard is gone for good
• What are the specs for the perfect MacBook Pro?
• 13" MacBook Pro has one huge flaw
• The best setup for live streaming
• Office Hours YouTube series with Alex Lindsay
• Should Apple change all their Macs to ARM?
• Online-only WWDC 2020 starts June 22nd - is this the start of a trend?
• WWDC Swift programming contest for students
• Will work-from-home workers ever go back to the office?
• Apple Q2 earnings - up even in a pandemic
• Tim Cook gives an amazing virtual commencement speech for Ohio State graduates
• Tim Cook teaches Warren Buffet how to use an iPhone

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: Hands-On Mac
• Andy's Pick: Blender
• Rene's Pick: Here Kitty
• Alex's Pick: Frame.io Transfer
  

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

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