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Lachlan Hamilton is joined by Nic Jeffries, Mike Pensini and Mitch Bruzzese for a special MacMen MEGAPOD! We comb through Apple's WWDC 2020 announcements, including iOS 14, iPad OS, watchOS 7, macOS Big Sur and ARM Macs!

Mitch is welcomed back to the show to talk about his Twitch streaming, replacing default apps, his Apple TV+ review, and of course, the NBN.

Lachlan Hamilton is joined by Patrick Muldrew to talk about the NBN, Covid Safe app, Spotify, and music streaming services.

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Lachlan Hamilton is joined by Nic Jeffries to talk about the Apple TV, Apple's rumoured over-ear headphones, AirPods Pro, and some positive and negative support experiences. Also, iPhone 12 and Apple Glasses.

Welcome back and happy new year to all! Today, Rob and Lachlan discuss the launch of the HomePod, Apple's admission that they are indeed throttling performance of older iPhones, and Apple's biggest financial quarter EVER!

There were rumours late last week that Amazon would launch in Australia on Friday 24th November, based off an email sent to sellers that were inviting them to a soft launch of the seller's marketplace. [BLACK FRIDAY DISCUSSION]

Shipping estimates for the iPhone X have improved to 1 to 2 weeks on Apple's online store. KGI analyst Ming-Chi Quo puts this down to better than expected production, not weak demand.

After conducting an audit, Apple and iPhone assembler, Foxconn, have said that there are "confirmed instances of student interns working overtime" in Foxxconn's Chinese factory. The students worked voluntarily, were compensated and provided benefits, but they should not have been allowed to work overtime," the report added.

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Apple has delayed their smart speaker, HomePod, until 2018, saying "We can't wait for people to experience HomePod, Apple's breakthrough wireless speaker for the home, but we need a little more time before it's ready for our customers. We'll start shipping in the US, UK and Australia in early 2018."

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 has received a card within iTunes claiming that it is available to rent in 4K. Whilst the film is still only available in HD for now, this might indicate that Disney and Apple have come to an agreement to stream 4K content on iTunes.

iPhone X has been named one of the "25 Best Inventions of 2017" by TIME Magazine. Other products in the list include the Nintendo Switch, Tesla Model 3 and fidget spinners.

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There are reports of some iPhone X units displaying a bright green line vertically down the screen, with some suspecting this could be a hardware fault.

Some users have also reported buzzing and crackling from the earpiece speaker when playing loud audio.

Apple have said they are aware of some iPhone X units that become temporarily unresponsive to touch after a rapid change to a cold environment.

Apple is $100 Billion away from becoming the world's only trillion dollar company. Apple shares are currently trading for around $175, giving the iPhone maker a market cap of roughly $900 billion. The valuation puts Apple within $100 billion of becoming the world's only trillion dollar company.

Apple have released iOS 11.1.1, which fixes a bug that caused the letter "i" to auto correct to "A [?]"

Apple Pay Cash has released in beta form in iOS 11.2 beta. Apple Pay Cash is limited to the USA for now.

The iPhone X is here. One of the MacMen managed to get their hands on one on Day 1.

Apple and AT&T are teaming up to improve cellular service in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, with the activation of LTE Band 8.

Amid reports that say only 2 to 3 million iPhone X units will be available at launch, Apple Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Williams, will meet with Terry Gou, Chairman of Foxconn. Whilst it wasn't revealed what topics would be discussed, they will presumably be looking at ways to deal with the manufacturing bottleneck the upcoming iPhone is facing.

Apple's Craig Federighi has responded to a customer's email that was asking whether or not we would see an October keynote event. Federighi simply said, "I think we're all Keynoted out for the season!"

Apple is being sued by an app developer, Enrique Bonansea, who claims that he came up with the name "Animoji" in 2014, and registered it with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 2015.