Podcast appearances and mentions of karl madden

This week Guy has swanned off somewhere and can't be bothered to come and do a show, so we have a welcome guest on yes you've guessed it Mr Karl Madden, we thought we'd discuss a couple of topics and see where we go with with them.

Not one, not two, but three days of new Macs and it still feels a little disappointing. Yeah we got a newly designed Mac mini that's the smallest and fastest ever, an iMac with enough power for many Pro users, and an M4 MacBook Pro with a Maximum of power. Fantastic, but no M4 Mac Studio? No M4 Mac Pro? It's like the best chocolate cake ever that you forgot to put frosting on the top. Guest host Karl Madden joins in for one of the longest MyMac Podcasts in some while

Lately I've been experimenting with Livecasting on YouTube with a new short form podcast and our guest Karl Madden actually came up with the name. It's called The Daily Apple Dispatch and it should be roughly 5 minutes long per episode. So when will it begin? What have I done so far with it and how did the setup go? What programs did I use and what issues have come up?

Karl Madden from the Mac and Forth podcast is in to keep Guy in line (good luck with that) while Gaz is away on a well deserved vacation from retirement! Also, General Motors is about to make a big mistake. They are said to be removing both CarPlay and Android Auto from their vehicles with their own Ultifi (no I didn't make that up) platform. This is just one in a series of decisions GM is making to bring more people into the showroom by totally pissing them off. Because nothing enhances the car buying experience like making it even more frustrating..

Gaz is off having a good time so Guy is kidnapping…requesting the presence of Karl Madden from the Mac and Forth podcast to talk about their favourite AI programs and using them while recording the show. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

Karl Madden of the Mac and Forth podcast join the GMen to help answer a listener question asking about Power Adapters. This got us to thinking (and you know how hard that is), what kind of options are there to power our Apple gear away from wherever it is we call home. Not just that quick trip to Disneyland, but perhaps some far away land filled with wonder unlike anything we've experienced at home! Huh…,maybe we mean Disneyland after all.

Karl Madden of the Mac and Forth podcast join the GMen to help answer a listener question asking about Power Adapters. This got us to thinking (and you know how hard that is), what kind of options are there to power our Apple gear away from wherever it is we call home. Not just that quick trip to Disneyland, but perhaps some far away land filled with wonder unlike anything we've experienced at home! Huh…,maybe we mean Disneyland after all. Links: Gaz's Link:- Record breach of French government exposes up to 43 million people's data. Zut alors! Department for registering and helping unemployed people broken into Links to Power Adapters and Conditioners Mapambo Converter Bestek 250W Power Converter Key Power 200W Power Converter Apple World Traveler Adapter Kit Accell Power Conditioner

What happens when you get two podcasters playing with AI images? Unexpected results and lots of laughs. Karl Madden and Guy spent some time this morning trying to create images with AI and some crazy results occurred. Since this is more visual than usual, Guy will create a version of the podcast on YouTube that will just have the AI image discussion so you don't have to go through the whole thing.

What happens when you get two podcasters playing with AI images? Unexpected results and lots of laughs. Karl Madden and Guy spent some time this morning trying to create images with AI and some crazy results occurred. Since this is more visual than usual, Guy will create a version of the podcast on YouTube that will just have the AI image discussion so you don't have to go through the whole thing.   Link to mentioned video presentation

Karl Madden from the Mac and Forth podcast joins Guy in what's been an interesting week in which potential calamity after calamity occurred and we're tempted to say thank you, since not much else is really going on for us to talk about. So instead of more, “Hey how about those new HomePods that look amazingly like the ones Apple already discontinued once” or “Should I get a new Mac now or wait until the M3 miniPro UltraMax comes out?”, we're going to talk about what to do when your worst week ever happens…without it being like, actually life threatening or anything. Because that would REALLY suck. Links: None this week For Picks Sake Guy and Gaz:- Timeout.com list of helpful Ukrainian donation sites Ukrainian Red Cross Doctors without borders Contact Info: Karl's stuff: https://twitter.com/macandforth https://www.facebook.com/groups/1992793047633028/ macandforth@gmail.com Guy@mymac.com MacParrot on Twitter/ Gaz@mymac.com GazMaz on Twitter/ GuyandGaz on Twitter/ Feedback Skype +1 Area code 703-436-9501 Patron Link: Macparrot Ko-Fi link: Macparrot Paypal Link: Macparrot

Apple just released their Q3 earnings for 2022 and while the company met expectations, that's about the long and short of it. Mac sales in particular were way down by 20% year over year and the biggest problem seems to be supply constraints and a lot of China's capacity out due to lockdowns enforced by the government. Guest host Karl Madden from the Mac & Forth podcast comes in for Gaz (who's been walking Wilf for a REALLY long time now) and they talk a bit about just how many Macs Apple sells per year.   Contact Info: Mac & Forth Website: https://www.macandforth.com/ Mac & Forth Twitter: https://twitter.com/macandforth Mac & Forth Email: macandforth@gmail.com Guy@mymac.com, MacParrot on Twitter/ Gaz@mymac.com, GazMaz on Twitter/ GuyandGaz on Twitter/ Feedback@mymac.com/

Apple just released their Q3 earnings for 2022 and while the company met expectations, that's about the long and short of it. Mac sales in particular were way down by 20 year over year and the biggest problem seems to be supply constraints and a lot of China's capacity out due to lockdowns enforced by the government. Guest host Karl Madden from the Mac Forth podcast comes in for Gaz (who's been walking Wilf for a REALLY long time now) and they talk a bit about just how many Macs Apple sells per year.

We're calling it "a hibiscus situation" for our drink in this episode as we discuss the gripping departure from studio system traditions in this humanistic approach to moral conflicts in the face of adversity. We love On the Waterfront and consider it required viewing as it marks the beautiful, revolutionary, and slightly tragic beginning of the end of the Golden Age of Hollywood. So better get watching! Starring Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, and Karl Madden. Cheers! Check us out on the socials and engage with us! We love hearing from you: TikTok and Instagram: @hitchcockhappyhour --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Gaz is off doing all things Gaz this week so Karl Madden of the Mac and Forth Podcast graciously allowed himself to be blackmailed into being on. For fulfilling his end of the deal, those pictures will never be released to the general public. They go into their recording setup and gear because there's not really all that much else going on and Guy LOVES talking about that stuff.

BIG thanks to Karl Madden from the Mac and Forth podcast for stepping in and keeping Guy sane…company while Gaz was away. Apple is the company that gives and then takes away. Announcements have been made that they are going to start scanning users Photos library to help stop underage exploitation and while that is a lofty goal, what does it mean in regards to user's privacy that Apple has touted in their press clippings?

Gaz is off doing all things Gaz this week so Karl Madden graciously allowed himself to be blackmailed into being on. For fulfilling his end of the deal, those pictures will never be released to the general public. They go into their recording setup and gear because there's not really all that much else going on and Guy LOVES talking about that stuff.

Gaz is off doing all things Gaz this week so Karl Madden graciously allowed himself to be blackmailed into being on. For fulfilling his end of the deal, those pictures will never be released to the general public. They go into their recording setup and gear because there's not really all that much else going on and Guy LOVES talking about that stuff.

Recorded 29th November 2020 This week for show 200 Mark takes the chair and original co-host Karl Madden of the Mac & Forth Show joins Simon, and Donny to talk about new Macs, HomePod Mini, iPhone 12 Mini, Windows on M1 and more. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here and now he has also released Take Control of Zoom Essentials free as well. Steve at Geeks Corner has restarted his podcast which is a 5-15 min show of his thoughts on tech. Also keep an eye on his site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk to watch for regular giveaways. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: KARL MADDEN Host of the Mac & Forth Show MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeed, @essentialapple and @essentialmac on Twitter Puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube DONNY YANKELLOW @rtteachr on Twitter Find his work at hedgehogalley.com Books in Apple Book Store DesignBundles.net as Skrbly Skrbly Studio on YouTube Skrbly Store Leo the Lonely Guitar Donny's Classes on Outschool.com for kids 7-18 Skrbly Studio on Etsy for iOS custom icon sets APPLE M1 shiny talk... Rogue Amoeba - latest builds isapplesiliconready.com Carbon Copy Cloner Dev successfully runs ARM Windows virtualization on M1 Mac, says it's 'pretty snappy – 9to5 Mac Developer Successfully Virtualizes Windows for Arm on M1 Mac – Mac Rumors TECHNOLOGY Amazon Sidewalk comes to UK – BBC News (or doesn't... actually) SECURITY & PRIVACY iPhone ‘Weak Security' Wi-Fi Warning: Here's What It Means– Forbes Spotify Starts A Rolling Reset Of Passwords Following Security Issues – Ubergizmo Sophos notifies customers of data exposure after database misconfiguration – ZDNet WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS iMazing developers offer "Silicon" app for free; a tool for detecting supported architecture for Mac apps – Apple World Today Capto Cyber Monday 45% off at time of recording... JUST A SNIPPET For things that are not worth more than a flypast Pock – Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar Amazon Smile donate to charity as you buy. Go to smile.amazon.(your local Amazon) Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Soundcloud / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Recorded 18th October 2020 This week Nick, Mark and Jim join me again to talk about the just past event, unpack what we thought about it, and take a look at how the rumour mill panned out. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here and now he has also released Take Control of Zoom Essentials free as well. Steve at Geeks Corner has restarted his podcast which is a 5-15 min show of his thoughts on tech. Also keep an eye on his site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk to watch for regular giveaways. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: NICK RILEY @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube JAMES ORMISTON MacJim in the Slack In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop Has videos on Vimeo MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeed, @essentialapple and @essentialmac on Twitter Puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube Co-host of the The Watching Men Podcast with Karl Madden APPLE Extension of Apple TV+ Free Year is All About The Apple One Bundle – The Mac Observer Growth in Mac shipments leaves rivals in the dust – Cult of Mac Apple Event to Unveil First Apple Silicon Macs Could Happen on November 17 – Mac Rumors HomePod mini power cord ends with USB-C to connect to 20W power adapter – The Apple Post HomePod mini – Apple iPhone 12 MagSafe accessories: How Apple's new snap-on magnets work – CNET Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Soundcloud / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Recorded 11th October 2020 This week Mark and Jim join me to talk about the possibilities of the upcoming event… and take a quick gander at the news of the week. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here and now he has also released Take Control of Zoom Essentials free as well. Steve at Geeks Corner has restarted his podcast which is a 5-15 min show of his thoughts on tech. Also keep an eye on his site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk to watch for regular giveaways. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: JAMES ORMISTON MacJim in the Slack In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop Has videos on Vimeo MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeed, @essentialapple and @essentialmac on Twitter Puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube Co-host of the The Watching Men Podcast with Karl Madden APPLE Apple's next iPhone will be announced on October 13th – The Verge Apple's T2 Chip Has Unpatchable Security Flaw, Claims Researcher – Mac Rumors Apple's T2 security chip has an unfixable flaw – Ars Technica More Details on the Mac T2 Security Chip Jailbreak – The Mac Observer Comment from @Dougee: “My thoughts on this after reading the articles is that it's been blown out of all proportion and mostly click bait headlines as usual.If you are a high value target then you may have an issue. But as you have said you need physical access to the device with enough time to brute force the users password. The vulnerability is not persistent so for long term attack you would need multiple access to the device.A good strong login password would protect most users and if you have a high valuable data it would be best to use another encryption to protect the data, use file vault to do full disk encryption and then use something like Veracrypt to protect sensitive data.Where I think it will be used is in stolen devices as now there is a way to brute force the user login to wipe the device and then resell.When out and about always keep your device with you if you are a high value target.” Apple made ProtonMail add in-app purchases, even though it had been free for years – The Verge iOS 14 icon set nets designer six figures in six days – 9to5 Mac PSA: No, iOS 14 widgets can't secretly steal private info with your keyboard – 9to5 Mac Apple to extend Apple TV+ free year trials through February 2021 – 9to5 Mac Apple's Internal Networks Were Hacked for Three Months – The Mac Observer Judge denies preliminary injunction to Epic and Fortnite will remain banned from App Store – 9to5 Mac Apple using retail stores as distribution centers to speed up new product deliveries – 9to5 Mac TECHNOLOGY House Democrats push Congress to break up Big Tech monopolies – Engadget Needham: There's no real threat to Apple from regulators – CNBC Microsoft thumbs its nose at Apple with new “app fairness” policy – Ars Technica Microsoft digs at Apple with 10 principles for app store fairness, but they won't apply to Xbox – Geekwire My take is this is BS - The Mac is no less open than Windows and developers can be in the MAS or not. NOTE that Microsoft isn't including Xbox in this - that's a closed market just like iOS... There MS take 30% just like all the others... SECURITY & PRIVACY UK 'mass surveillance' regime is illegal, EU court declares – IT Pro Wi-Fi security risks during pandemic – FBI warning – 9to5 Mac WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS Sketchpad 5.1 - Draw, Create, Share! Sketchpad: Free online drawing application for all ages. Create digital artwork to share online and export to popular image formats JPEG, PNG, SVG, and PDF. Chairman of our MUG sent this to everyone as an interesting find maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side Mostly covers the UK but there are a couple of world atlases… The side by side bit is what makes it special JUST A SNIPPET For things that are not worth more than a flypast @Dougee says of the Blacklight tool: “Blacklight is an awesome tool as you can check the website without actually visiting it. When you visit a site with an ad blocker you don't know beforehand if the blocker can fully protect your browser, you still leave a fingerprint or get tracked. Blacklight does all this for you.” NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE (1:23:16) SOS Hydration Electrolyte Drink Mix or UK Store $10 US / £8 UK SOS Hydration Waterbottle or UK Store $7 US / £6 UK IO Gear Charger – Amazon $35 US doesn't appear to be in the UK store. Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Soundcloud / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Recorded 4th October 2020 This week Nick and Simon are joined by Mark (who has some trouble with his mixer so unfortunately his sound isn't as good as it should be - I did what I could to level it up – thankyou very much Chris' Dynamic Compressor – but in parts he is a bit faint or clipped) and we wander around the what is and isn't happening in the week in Apple. This week's show art was drawn by Jim - on his iPad using GoodNotes and the Apple Pencil. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here and now he has also released Take Control of Zoom Essentials free as well. Steve at Geeks Corner has restarted his podcast which is a 5-15 min show of his thoughts on tech. Also keep an eye on his site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk to watch for regular giveaways. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: NICK RILEY @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeed, @essentialapple and @essentialmac on Twitter Puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube Co-host of the The Watching Men Podcast with Karl Madden APPLE Tim Cook Could Earn One Million More Apple Shares by 2025 – The Mac Observer Apple launches the new detailed Apple Maps experience in the United Kingdom, Look Around in select cities – 9to5 Mac Google Project Zero Researcher to Join Apple to Improve iOS Security – iPhone in Canada Apple releases new macOS Mojave 10.14.6 supplemental update with important bug fixes – 9to5 Mac How to Fix the iOS 14 Bug That Causes Major Battery Drain – Gizmodo Why Your Next iPhone Might Come Without Any Apps – Inc. Pre-installed Apple apps could be banned in Europe – 9to5 Mac Apple Card mislabels AT&T bill as 'Waters, Hardy & Co', confusing users – iMore Apple says Apple Card billing mixup fixed, but tax firm still inundated with phone calls – AppleInsider Apple catches electronics recycler illegally reselling over 100,000 iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches – 9to5 Mac Apple kept iPhone recycling scandal secret for months – Apple 3.0 Judge Excoriates Epic's Dishonesty in Hearing Regarding Lawsuit Against Apple – Daring Fireball TECHNOLOGY Microsoft suffers second global outage in a week – IT Pro Windows on ARM is about to get lots of apps thanks to new x64 emulation – The Verge WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS Blacklight – The Markup NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE (28:49) Casely Tempered Glass iPhone Screen Protector – $10 US Casely Power 2.0 – $75 US FI Heart Tie Dye iPhone Case & Cover – The one John reviewed On site discounts plus free shipping available on orders over $20 US / $50 worldwide Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Soundcloud / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Recorded 30th June 2020** Nick, Jim, Simon and Nick get together once more to talk about more WWDC stuff basically - there was so much news, so much stuff, and so many changes ahead that we are probably going to all be talking about it for months. Still better than having nothing to talk about. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here and now he has also released Take Control of Zoom and Take Control of Slack too. Steve at Geeks Corner has restarted his podcast which is a 5-15 min show of his thoughts on tech. Also keep an eye on his site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk to watch for regular giveaways. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeed, @essentialapple and @essentialmac on Twitter Puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube Co-host of the The Watching Men Podcast with Karl Madden JAMES ORMISTON In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop Has videos on Vimeo NICK RILEY @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple APPLE Big Sur is officially macOS 11 First Apple Silicon Macs this year, and a two year transition Here's the full list of macOS Big Sur compatible Macs – 9to5 Mac iOS 14 Supported Devices: A Wide Range Of Compatibility – iGeeks Blog One of the Best Features of iPadOS 14- It Runs On 6 Year Old Devices – iPad Insight BootCamp won't make it to Apple Silicon and at least for now virtualisation apps won't be able to run x86 Windows (no news yet regards Microsoft's ARM version) Say Goodbye to Boot Camp and Windows Virtualization on Apple's New ARM-Based Macs – iDrop News Steven Sinofsky full of praise for Apple Apple's Relentless Strategy, Execution, and Point of View – Medium And a piece from directly before WWDC Apple Macintosh and ARM Processors – Medium And a more recent one posted after we recorded Apple Drags The PC Into The 21st Century – Seeking Alpha - Another long article from Sinofsky but it's worth the effort as he lays out a lot of info here Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak talk with Gruber – The Talk Show Craig Federighi talks to Marques Brownlee – 9to5 Mac First Dev Kit Benchmarks appear – 9to5 Mac 13 years of iPhone: Fans line up to get their hands on the very first iPhones – Cult of Mac SECURITY & PRIVACY Apple Reveals Touch ID And Face ID Are Coming To Safari – Forbes WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS @Dougee says “If anyone is looking for services like 33mail, I have been using both Anonaddy and Simplelogin. Both are very good services and don't seem to get blocked as often on sites like 33mail.” AnonAddy Simple Login GhoSTORIES – a new podcast by Pete Knowlton of Ghostery – Anchor NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE (1:17:31) Freemove Collapsible Trekking Poles – Amazon $35 US / Not in the UK store. AirTurn Stands, Tablet Holders and more – Nemo says “they have a ton of useful and affordable products for every possible situation, and that the MANOS clamp works with all iPads and all iPhones!” Probably best to either buy direct or search Amazon as there is a wide selection of clamps, pedals etc. Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses Simple Login – Another anonymisation service Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Recorded 23rd June 2020 Simon, Mark and Jim are joined by the wonderful Kelly Guimont of The Mac Observer to talk about WWDC 2020 and what it all means. In the usual Essential Apple manner we don't talk about WWDC so much as get into a conversation about a variety of things that WWDC kind of made our addled brains think about... GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here and now he has also released Take Control of Zoom and Take Control of Slack too. Steve at Geeks Corner has restarted his podcast which is a 5-15 min show of his thoughts on tech. Also keep an eye his site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk to watch for regular giveaways. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: KELLY GUIMONT @verso on Twitter Host of TMO Daily Observations Podcast The Aftershow Podcast Greetings from the Uncanny Valley (a Westworld podcast) Various other shows on the Incomparable Network MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeed, @essentialapple and @essentialmac on Twitter Puts Essential Apple related stuff on [YouTube] (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvXHkqN9IWFlKtQFptemRcQ/) Co-host of the The Watching Men Podcast with Karl Madden JAMES ORMISTON In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop Has videos on Vimeo NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE (1:18:43) Kensington Privacy Screens for MacBook 2016 & Later – ($50-$65 US) – Amazon £48 - £77 UK Full range from 2016-2019 and 13“, 15” and 16“) – Unable to find a sensible link on Amazon US from here in the UK... sorry! Diamond Dog DiamondClad Tempered Glass Screen Protector – Amazon $30 US – Doesn't appear to be available in the Amazon UK store. Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Recorded 8th June 2020** Part Two of our unstructured conversation with Jeff Gamet. In this part we actually get on to some Apple related matters including iPads, Apple Glasses and more. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here and now he has also released Take Control of Zoom too. Steve at Geeks Corner will be having more giveaways in the near future. Keep an eye on the site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk Serif have expanded their sale to everything in the Affinity store until June 20th Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeed, @essentialapple and @essentialmac on Twitter Puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube Co-host of the The Watching Men Podcast with Karl Madden NICK RILEY @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple JAMES ORMISTON MacJim in the Slack In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop Has videos on Vimeo JEFF GAMET @jgamet on Twitter and Instagram Itinerant podcast guest... NEMO'S SPECIAL REPORT (43:50) Interview with Wren on online learning Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Recorded 26th May 2020 This week I am joined once more by Jim and Nick and Mark and we talk Jailbreaks, get drawn back into the Apple Glasses thing and talk about Apple TV+ (and then someone went and mentioned the Picard thing and Mark goes off on one!) All this and more in this week's episode... GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here and now he has also released Take Control of Zoom too. Steve at Geeks Corner will be having more giveaways in the near future. Keep an eye on the site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeed, @essentialapple and @essentialmac on Twitter Puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube Co-host of the The Watching Men Podcast with Karl Madden JAMES ORMISTON MacJim in the Slack In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop NICK RILEY @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple APPLE Apple Reissuing Numerous iOS App Updates, Potentially Related to Recent 'This App is No Longer Shared' Bug – MacRumors Brand new jailbreak can 'unlock' any iPhone or iPad – BGR Welp, There's Already a Jailbreak Tool for Apple's Latest Version of iOS – Gizmodo Prosser and Gurman argue the toss over Apple AR Glasses... Apple plans a pair of ‘Steve Jobs Heritage Edition' AR glasses by Leander Kahney – Cult of Mac The Cultcast Jon Prosser FTP - YouTube Do I even need to say that this (along with the rest of the Apple AR glasses stories in the past week) is complete fiction? – @markgurman Apple TV+ tops 10 million subscribers, company buying TV show and movie back catalog to expand service – 9to5 Mac TECHNOLOGY Hey I'm watching The Story of Airlander. Check it out now on Prime Video! via Ivor Pope – Amazon Prime Ex-Apple designer targets HomePod with Syng 'Cell' speaker startup – Apple Insider Windows 10 update is causing critical laptop errors: What to do now – Laptop Mag Zoom has temporarily removed Giphy from its chat feature – The Verge OBS Studio for livestreaming – OBS Project Stream Deck Mobile – El Gato SECURITY & PRIVACY Judge Rules FBI Cannot View a Phone Lock Screen Without a Warrant – Mac Rumors Startpage and Vivaldi bring more privacy to your search – Vivaldi This is how UK coronavirus app could be used to spy on you – The National Coronavirus: Security flaws found in NHS contact-tracing app – BBC News WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS Why Did Nobody Tell Me The iPhone Calculator Has Had A Hidden Backspace Trick This Whole Time – Pedestrian Zhiyun Releases Tiny, Foldable 2-Axis Smartphone Gimbal for Just $60 – PetaPixel Courtesy of the BBC and tweeted by @MacandForth – BBC Star Trek Backgrounds for Video Calls – ARC Games Star Wars Backgrounds for Video Calls – Star Wars JUST A SNIPPET For things that are not worth more than a flypast The Free Operating System That's Identical To macOS – Forbes Actual OS files have been pulled unsurprisingly Take a screen shot on iPad with the Apple Pencil (probably the crayon too I would expect) Place pencil in bottom right or bottom left of screen and drag to the centre of the screen! NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE Basically waiting for the pandemic to pass... Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Recorded 11th May 2020 A full house of guests this week as Suffolk Pete, MacJim, Nick Riley and Mark Chappell join me - other than the new MacBook Pro, we didn't really have much news so we chat about Pete's SSD replacement in his 2014 MacBook Air and Nick's experiment with creating a cheap Hackintosh. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here Steve at Geeks Corner will be having more giveaways including Luminar 4 and Affinity softwares in the near future. Keep an eye on the site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeed on Twitter Puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube Co-host of the The Watching Men Podcast with Karl Madden JAMES ORMISTON MacJim in the Slack In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop SUFFOLK PETE On the Twitter a occasionally as @hermboy mostly about beer and footie NICK RILEY @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple APPLE Updated 13-inch MacBook Pro Dumps Butterfly Keyboard, Doubles Storage – TidBITS SSD REPLACEMENT Suffolk Pete: A few months ago I bought MacBook Air 2014 that ‘broke' when I tried to encrypt the SSD with FileVault. After talking to Mark at Suffolk Macs I decided to replace the ‘blade style' SSD. A little research soon showed that : Apple use a completely proprietary chip in the 2104 model with a non standard pin arrangement. Third party manufacturers have started to make adapters & even chips that mimic the Apple SSD. Plenty of people report problems using these 3rd party chips. I decided to stick with an Apple SSD. my Go-To store for 2nd hand parts is The Bookyard, they even format & install OS X on it for you! I purchased a 256GB recycled module that was pulled from a working MBA and guaranteed for 3 months. This also doubled my storage capacity. I had to buy the tools to take the back off the Air, because though I've taken apart several Macs & have a lot of tools, the Air uses 2.5 mm 5-point Pentalobe screws. Thanks to iFixIt I had a working MBA running 10.14 in about 15 minutes. All in all a good result! HACKINTOSH Technolli.com Technolli on YouTube Hackintosh.com TonyMacx86.com TECHNOLOGY Major Thunderbolt security flaws found, affect Macs shipped 2011-2020 – 9to5 Mac Microsoft's Office apps on iPadOS will reportedly get mouse support by this fall – NeoWin Facebook update crashes TikTok and other rivals – [BBC}(https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52572381) Square launches Online Checkout to take on PayPal – Venture Beat Newton Mail will be saved by fans after it was saved, and shut down again, by Essential – The Verge SECURITY & PRIVACY North Korean spies are attacking Macs with stealth Trojans – Tom's Guide WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS FusionCast is a new macOS app for quickly turning podcast episodes into videos — 9to5 Mac NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE Urbanista just launched the latest entry in its line of sleek earphones, the “London” earbuds with active noise cancelling for an immersive experience. It's got 25 hours of playtime, and comes in a range of four colors like Dark Sapphire Blue and Rose Gold. Each Urbanista product has an urban aesthetic, with models named after metro cities like New York, Athens, and Brisbane. London earbuds give AirPods a run for their money at a more attractive price. It's terrific for travelers, young professionals, and up-and-comers with a stylish vibe. www.urbanista.com London Press Release Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Recorded 3rd May 2020 This week I am joined again by MacJim and Mark to talk about Jim's new microphone, the iOS 13.5 beta, Apple bugs, Apple's earnings report, the NHS contact tracing app, and more. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here You can get Ghostery Midnight free for 3 months with the coupon code ‘w* Steve at Geeks Corner will be having more giveaways including Luminar 4 and Affinity softwares in the near future. Keep an eye on the site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeed on Twitter Puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube Co-host of the The Watching Men Podcast with Karl Madden JAMES ORMISTON MacJim in the Slack In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop APPLE Apple 13.4.5 Beta... becomes 13.5 – Forbes ‘Psychic Paper', an Extraordinarily Powerful But Easily Understood iOS Exploit – Daring Fireball Luckily it seems this bug wasn't widely known and is patched in 13.5 currently in Beta - but is/was a hell of a security miss! macOS bug fills your MacBook storage with blank files – Laptop Mag macOS JPG File -Truncation- Bug More Pervasive Than Originally Thought — One News Page Valve's SteamVR ends support for macOS after being introduced at WWDC 2017 – 9to5 Mac Apple is Making Face ID Unlock Easier While Wearing a Mask– iPhone Canada Total Revenue Grows, Services Revenue Reaches New All-Time High of $13.3 Billion – Apple Apple CEO Tim Cook says company saw an ‘uptick across the board' in late April thanks to stimulus and work from home – CNBC Apple Q2 2020 Results - $58.3 Billion Revenue – Mac Stories TECHNOLOGY NHS rejects Apple-Google coronavirus app plan – BBC News Disappointing to say the least - but unfortunately (in my view) unsurprising as the British government seem to have a dangerously high desire to know what and who we all interact with. Contact tracing app trial on Isle of Wight – BBC Cliqz closes areas for browser and search technologies – Hubert Burda Media SECURITY & PRIVACY Europe's GDPR legislation is proving worryingly toothless — Input Mag WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS Darkroom 4.6 Adds Video to Its Excellent Photo Editing Workflow – MacStories Google Meet will soon be free for anyone with a Gmail account – Engadget Apple MagSafe 1 to MagSafe 2 adapter £9 GBP on Amazon New Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera with interchangeable lens launches from $50 – Geeky Gadgets NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE Nemo's daughter Sheba reports on her new iPhone SE 2020. Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Apple, Google, Chargers, Bug Fixes, Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Recorded 27th April 2020 This week I am joined once more by MacJim and Mark and somehow we totally forget to mention that Uncle Tim appeared on the BBC Big Night in and pledged a “significant donation” as we get sucked into the ARM Mac thing (again), the downsides of annual OS releases (again) and CV-19 contact tracing (again), plus a few other rabbit holes. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here You can get Ghostery Midnight free for 3 months with the coupon code ‘workathome' Steve at Geeks Corner will be having more giveaways in the near future. Keep an eye on the site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk Skylum are giving away Luminar 3 for free - just sign up for their e-mail newsletter and claim a copy here Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeed on Twitter Puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube Co-host of the The Watching Men Podcast with Karl Madden JAMES ORMISTON MacJim in the Slack In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop APPLE Tim Cook joins BBC pandemic relief event, promises significant Apple donation – 9to5 Mac Here's why you shouldn't charge your MacBook Pro on the left side – Digital Trends Apple's First ARM Mac to Launch by 2021 With 12-Core Processor – Bloomberg Apple will reportedly sell a new Mac laptop with its own chips next year – CNet Apple Music Launches on 2018 and Later Samsung Smart TVs – MacRumors Two Apple Mail vulnerabilities being used to target iPhone, iPad users – Apple Insider New iPhone text-bomb bug: Just receiving this Sindhi character notification crashes iPhones – ZDNet Apple and Google will release COVID-19 contact-tracing tools next week – Engadget Switzerland, Austria align with Google and Apple's contact tracing approach – IT News Germany flips on smartphone contact tracing, backs Apple and Google – Reuters TECHNOLOGY The first ever YouTube video was uploaded 15 years ago today. Here it is – CNN Australia will make it a crime to use coronavirus tracing data for non-health purposes – Reuters Windows 10 update bug deletes your personal files: What to do now – Laptop Mag SECURITY & PRIVACY Hackers are exploiting a Sophos firewall zero-day – ZDNet WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS Zoom tip from Glenn Fleishman – @GlennF Don't buy a webcam. Use your phone instead – CNet Working from home and need a scanner? There's a free one built into your iPhone. – Mashable We're making GIF Creator □ Premium totally free, just to see what happens – Medium JUST A SNIPPET For things that are not worth more than a flypast ProtonMail for Android goes open-source, passes security audit – Android Police Vivaldi browser gets built-in tracking blocker, goes GA on Android – Tech Crunch NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE Nemo is taking a break for the obvious reasons. Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Recorded 20th April 2020 Apple launched the iPhone SE 2020 - and delivery dates have already slipped into May... Uncle Tim has been appointed to the Californian Economic Taskforce. Zoom in the press for the wrong reasons (again). Google warn Chrome users to update to latest version immediately. Simon is joined by Andy J, Mark Chappell and James Ormiston to try and make sense of it all. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn Fleishman's Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here You can get Ghostery Midnight free for 3 months with the coupon code ‘workathome' Steve at Geeks Corner was having another giveaway for a little game called Trance X head over there to enter if it's still running. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeed on Twitter and sometimes puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube Co-host of the The Watching Men Podcast with Karl Madden JAMES ORMISTON MacJim in the Slack In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop ANDY J (aka @dougee) @dougee in the Slackroom @dougee on the Twitter Just launched a new blog at doug.ee APPLE Apple's New $399 iPhone SE: Long Live the Small Screen and Home Button – WSJ iPhone comparison page – Apple iPhone SE vs iPhone XR comparison: Which should you buy? – 9to5 Mac $79 AppleCare for 2020 iPhone SE, $50 price drop compared to iPhone 8 – 9to5 Mac New macOS update can extend your MacBook's battery lifespan – Laptop Mag Watch Mac OS X Leopard running on 2020 iPad Pro – Cult of Mac Apple wins dismissal of lawsuit claiming it 'broke' FaceTime on older iPhones – AppleInsider Coronavirus: Disney's Bob Iger, Apple's Tim Cook, Arnold Schwarzenegger and more join California economic taskforce – Independent TECHNOLOGY GitHub sharply slashes plan pricing, offers core features for free to all – Ars Technica Apple and Google in standoff with NHS over contact tracing – Cult of Mac SECURITY & PRIVACY Google Issues Warning For 2 Billion Chrome Users – Forbes Facebook now shows what you're doing on your device when not using their app – Geeks Corner Facebook Container for Firefox Over 500,000 Zoom Accounts Sold on the Dark Web and Hacker Forums – Mac Rumors Hackers Are Selling a Critical Zoom Zero-Day Exploit for £400,000 – Vice Pi-Hole as mentioned by Andy Set up guide – Smart Home Beginner WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS Stream for free: Apple makes some Apple TV+ shows free for a limited time – 9to5 Mac JUST A SNIPPET For things that are not worth more than a flypast Researchers used PC fan vibrations to steal air-gapped data – Input NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE Nemo is taking a break for the obvious reasons. Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. 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Karl Madden from the Mac and Forth podcast join the GMen in a romping good time through pretty crappy news. But it's all about the fun of which there's plenty in the podcast!

Karl Madden from the Mac and Forth podcast join the GMen in a romping good time through pretty crappy news. But it's all about the fun of which there's plenty in the podcast!

Gaz is off walking (VERY GREEN) while Guy ropes in Karl Madden from the Mac and Forth Podcast to burn off electricity to make a podcast (not at all green). Besides the usual stuff, they talk about what carbon neutral means and doesn't mean and how power from all green sources isn't always what you might think it is.

Gaz is off walking (VERY GREEN) while Guy ropes in Karl Madden from the Mac and Forth Podcast to burn off electricity to make a podcast (not at all green). Besides the usual stuff, they talk about what carbon neutral means and doesn't mean and how power from all green sources isn't always what you might think it is.

And the lull ends, so there is an Apple event at the end of March and I think they’ve announced the timings for the WWDC ticket lottery. So the End of March event could have a Who’s who of celebrities turning up, I wonder why? Talking about celebrities as Guy is still frightening the locals somewhere in the depth south Karl Madden has joined me.

And the lull ends, so there is an Apple event at the end of March and I think they’ve announced the timings for the WWDC ticket lottery. So the End of March event could have a Who’s who of celebrities turning up, I wonder why? Talking about celebrities as Guy is still frightening the locals somewhere in the depth south Karl Madden has joined me.

Recorded 23rd December 2018 This week we are having a party... I am joined by Karl Madden, Guy Serle, Donny Yankellow, Bart Busschots and Mark Chappell. With six of us on the line I am afraid that some of the audio struggled a little but it held up and we had a pretty fun time. Thanks to all the listeners and guests over the last year. All the Essential Apple crew wish everybody a Merry Christmas (or your midwinter festival of choice) and all the best for 2019. GIVEAWAYS Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HD 2019 just use the coupon code EssentialApple at the checkout. Also we have a two Licenses for BeLight Live Home 3D to give away... 1x iOS and 1x Mac. DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MID JANUARY Email the show on essentialapple@sudomail.com mentioning Live Home 3D and the phrase I give out in the BeLight interview. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! We can now also be found on Spotify, Soundcloud and even YouTube. Essential Apple Recommended Services: 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – Get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... ProtonMail – End to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Fake Name Generator – So much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – Free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Everyone should have a font manager... I really do believe that. So I highly recommend FontBase — All platforms. Professional features. Beautiful UI. Totally free. FontBase is the font manager of the new generation, built by designers, for designers. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. On this week's show: KARL MADDEN Host of the Mac & Forth Show GUY SERLE On Twitter as @Macparrot and @VertShark Co-host of the MyMac show Mac to the Future and Guy's Daily Drive on YouTube All his stuff is now at vertshark.com BART BUSSCHOTS Find him at bartb.ie Host of the Let's Talk podcasts @bbusschots on Twitter DONNY YANKELLOW @rtteachr on Twitter Find his work at hedgehogalley.com Find his stuff in iBooks, a load of sticker packs in the App Store and DesignBundles.net as Skrbly His latest book is Artosaurus MARK CHAPPELL @oceanspeedon Twitter and occasionally puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube FEEDBACK Richard Easton gave us some feedback on the GPS show and says that there are some disputes over some assertions in the “Lonely Halls” documentary and refers us to this article GIVEAWAY WINNERS Luminar: Rob Rait, Howard Greenberg, Scott Willsey, Darren Hendley, Alan. Aurora: Andy Joyce, Steve Hammond, Paul Cruxton, Ray Parker, Ivor Pope. PARTY TIME Bring a bottle – feel free to be having a drink Highlight of the year, low point of the year (in tech story terms) Best tech / gadget of the year. Something old / something new (something we found, got, whatever) that we like this year and something old we are still finding to be great. APPLE Apple exec puts a number on what's acceptable for bendy iPads – Mashable UK Now is the time for Apple to really market privacy to mass-market consumers – 9to5 Mac VARIOUS STUFF MENTIONED The Grid Organisers Cardhop for Mac ATM510 Cardioid Dynamic Handheld Microphone Simply Sound Mic Pre Amp Old Call of Duty Games Camtasia smART Sketcher Projector Kit Nikon Coolpix W100 Camera My 2nd Brain® Briefcase 13 Affinity Publisher Beta Beer52 Club RCool Earbuds or the newer ones with charging case Nemo's Hardware Store (48:56) Grovemade Qi Charger – $79 US Silksmartish Cable Wrangler – $20 US Thinium Recharge Plus 2.0 – $70 US Tribit XFree Tune Headphones Woolnut Covers $78 US to $99 US Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. 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Recorded 25th November 2018 This week was of course Thanksgiving in the US, so naturally almost all the news was filled with Black Friday/Cyber Monday stuff (and I note that “Black Friday” now starts almost a week before and runs on for up to two weeks after the nominal date). Much more importantly though Mark and I are joined by Karl Madden of the Mac & Forth Show (and a keen Ferrite user) and Canis of Wooji Juice the makers of Ferrite Recording Studio. Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HD 2019 with discount code EssentialApple (If you buy Luminar 2018 you'll get all updates for free. Learn more (https://skylum.com/blog/new-luminar-with-libraries-no-paid-upgrades-and-more).) We have a two Licenses for BeLight Live Home 3D to give away... 1x iOS and 1x Mac. Email the show on essentialapple@sudomail.com with the phrase I give out in the show. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! We can now also be found on Spotify, Soundcloud and even YouTube. On this week's show: CANIS Ferrite Recording Studio and more @wooji on Twitter Ferrite tutorials on YouTube Vector with Rene Ritchie 044: Ferrite Recording Studio with Canis and Jason Snell iPad Pros 34: Ferrite Recording Studio 2 with Canis Hexterity KARL MADDEN Host of the Mac & Forth Show MARK CHAPPELL @Oceanspeed on Twitter and occasionally puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube APPLE Apple's new iPad Pro seems to bend pretty easily – The Verge Pietro from the Slack sends us a more humourous take on the whole Bendgate II theme YouTube BLACK FRIDAY/CYBER MONDAY Deals that might still be active when you hear this: Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HD 2019 with discount code EssentialApple (If you buy Luminar 2018 you'll get all 2019 updates for free. Learn more.) While software companies typically roll out paid updates every year, there will be no paid updates for Luminar until late 2019 at the earliest. From Libraries to innovative new editing tools, every monumental advance and every new feature will be provided as free updates for Luminar 2018 users. This is a reflection of how much we value our customers, and how confident we are in the incredible value of the features we've got coming! WORTH-A-CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS Paintcode Nemo's Hardware Store (52:57) Spigen Tempered Glass Screen Protector (2 Packs) Designed for Apple iPhone – Amazon: iPhone X or Xs $13 US £10 UK iPhone Xr $13 US £10 UK iPhone Xs Max $13 US £10 UK TripleLite 180° Wide Beam Flashlight - 420 Lumens Amazon $30 US £18 UK Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Well they certainly wouldn't respond to THIS show! Gaz is away and Karl Madden joins Guy which is a good thing because he had all KINDS of issues...tech related. Thought I better throw that in there.

Well they certainly wouldn't respond to THIS show! Gaz is away and Karl Madden joins Guy which is a good thing because he had all KINDS of issues...tech related. Thought I better throw that in there.

Gaz and Guy rope Karl Madden back to the show again to talk about iOS 12, new iPhones and watches, another Android phone maker trying to market their stuff off Apple, and where the heck are those AirPower chargers anyway?

Gaz and Guy rope Karl Madden back to the show again to talk about iOS 12, new iPhones and watches, another Android phone maker trying to market their stuff off Apple, and where the heck are those AirPower chargers anyway?

New Apple iPhones and a watch and nary a Mac in sight. Karl Madden from the Mac and Forth podcast joins Gaz and Guy to talk about and listen to Guy whine...I mean speak intelligently about this sad state of affairs.

New Apple iPhones and a watch and nary a Mac in sight. Karl Madden from the Mac and Forth podcast joins Gaz and Guy to talk about and listen to Guy whine...I mean speak intelligently about this sad state of affairs.

Gaz watches cars go zoom so Guy grabs Karl Madden from the Mac & Forth podcast to fill in. This will make up for when Guy is Driving to Chicago is a car going zoom on his way to Macstock and Gaz will do the podcast with someone else...maybe Karl. Technical difficulties wipe out the center section so they had to do it again, but this time is was better...which is not how that usually goes. Spotify, Mojave, disgruntled employees, and so much more!

Gaz watches cars go zoom so Guy grabs Karl Madden from the Mac & Forth podcast to fill in. This will make up for when Guy is Driving to Chicago is a car going zoom on his way to Macstock and Gaz will do the podcast with someone else...maybe Karl. Technical difficulties wipe out the center section so they had to do it again, but this time is was better...which is not how that usually goes. Spotify, Mojave, disgruntled employees, and so much more!

Al and Ben are joined by seasoned podcaster and Mac enthusiast, Karl Madden to talk about the latest iteration of Intelligent Tracking Prevention from Apple. Karl also advocates that every business should get into podcasting or video. Show notes and links available on https://ratherinventive.com/blog/something-inventive-26-a-very-friendly-bunch/

Recorded 17th June 2018 Well this week it has a bit of an odd one, quite a few stories but not much of any great import. Rogue Amoeba bemoaned the state of Mac hardware, while John Martellaro thinks the omens are good for new hardware soon. Developer Harley Turan showed us some AR that looked like the sort of real world use we've imagined. Apple closed down the lightning port to increase customer security while GrayShift claim to have already bypassed this defence (but then again they would wouldn't they). Karl Madden (@Claw0101) from the Mac & Forth Show joins me and we discuss all of it and more. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the shenannigans! Essential Apple Recommended Services: 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – Get up to 9 free “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. ProtonMail – End to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Fake Name Generator – So much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. On this week's show: KARL MADDEN On Twitter as @claw0101 Host of the Mac & Forth Show APPLE How Apple can fix 3D Touch – Eliz Kılıç – Medium Apple has some new Ads called “Behind the Mac” – Mac Observer Apple Maps suffers widespread search and directions outage – Cult of Mac The Future Was Posted to Twitter Last Friday – The Mac Observer Apple recruits senior Waymo engineer & NASA veteran for self-driving car project – Apple Insider On The Sad State of Macintosh Hardware – Rogue Amoeba However John Martellaro thinks the omens and portents may be looking favourable; Apple May Be Ready to Unleash a Slew of New Macs – Mac Observer SECURITY Apple acknowledges new efforts to thwart passcode brute forcing – 9to5 Mac Grayshift may have already found a way around USB Restricted Mode – Mac Rumors Private Internet Access' "No-Logging" Claims Proven True Again in Court – TorrentFreak JUST A SNIPPET For things that are not worth more than a flypast I wish I could buy Intel's cute little E Ink dual-screen PC. Part e-reader, part 8-inch tablet, the Tiger Rapids prototype is super nifty – Engadget WORTH-A-CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS Overflow 3 from Stunt Software Cmd-Ctrl-Space on the Mac brings up a searchable emoji insertion panel

Recorded 7th January 2018 Loads of news this week, not least of all Meltdown and Spectre (Boo!). App Store is booming, new battery tech gets touted, old computers are worth a lot (to someone at least), Apple agree to just swap batteries for £25 if you want, Mark is sick and Simon is joined by Donny Yankellow of MyMac and Karl Madden of Mac&Forth to talk about it all... On this week's show: APPLE Apple will replace your iPhone 6, 6s, or 7 battery for $29 even if it's not being throttled - BGR App Store and Play Store Mobile App Revenue Rose 35% in 2017 - Fortune Apple Says App Store Saw $890 Million During Holidays, $300 Million Sales On New Year's Day - Redmond Pie Somebody Is Selling a Rare Working Version of One of Apple's First Computers on Ebay - Fortune TECHNOLOGY This Inexpensive Battery Could Revolutionize the Clean Energy Industry - Futurism 'Smart' sunglasses from Vuzix work with Android and iOS, will debut at CES - Digital Trends Meltdown and Spectre are wakeup calls for the tech industry - Engadget Intel Says New Software Updates Make Computers ‘Immune' to Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities - Clotheshorse Nemo's Hardware Store (43:06) Macally Magnetic Suction Cup Phone Mount with Telescopic Arm Macally Ultra Slim USB Wired keyboard for Mac and PC Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: EssentialApple.com / Pinecast / Twitter / Facebook / Google Plus / Slack – ask us for an invite any way you can get hold of us. Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Gaz is away and Karl Madden is kind enough to jump in. They talk about the double standard of how the tech press treats Apple versus other tech companies. Karl talks about ordering the iPhone X, an Apple Watch with LTE, and health apps. Then weird tangents about Star Trek, media companies, and Guy ranting about paid services with ads.

Gaz is away and Karl Madden is kind enough to jump in. They talk about the double standard of how the tech press treats Apple versus other tech companies. Karl talks about ordering the iPhone X, an Apple Watch with LTE, and health apps. Then weird tangents about Star Trek, media companies, and Guy ranting about paid services with ads.

Again Yes again Guy is away but this time helping his Son Move (well that’s what I think he said! Karl Madden from the Mac and Fourth podcast and Alex Fox joins Gaz to go through the usual MyMac nonsense. The first section has a plethora of MyMac.com articles and the 2nd they have a discussion about the iPad.

Again Yes again Guy is away but this time helping his Son Move (well that’s what I think he said! Karl Madden from the Mac and Fourth podcast and Alex Fox joins Gaz to go through the usual MyMac nonsense. The first section has a plethora of MyMac.com articles and the 2nd they have a discussion about the iPad.

This Week Guy is away watching some Sun event or non sun event I don’t know, anyway Karl Madden from the Mac and Fourth podcast joins Gaz to go through the usual MyMac nonsense.

This Week Guy is away watching some Sun event or non sun event I don’t know, anyway Karl Madden from the Mac and Fourth podcast joins Gaz to go through the usual MyMac nonsense.

Some reputations can’t be fixed (like the hosts of this show) and some get changed over the course of time. One half the GMen (Guy) discuss this with Karl Madden while the other half (Gaz) is off on vacation. Why? Because he can.

Some reputations can’t be fixed (like the hosts of this show) and some get changed over the course of time. One half the GMen (Guy) discuss this with Karl Madden while the other half (Gaz) is off on vacation. Why? Because he can.

We warned you this might happen and it did. Some 6 and a half years later, the GMen have made 350 episodes since starting all that time ago and you’ve stuck with us. Again, sorry. Besides all the usual stuff, we read out all the reasons why you listen and frankly we’re still not convinced that many of you aren’t figments of our shared delusional imaginations. We think it counts anyway. Thank you Chris Leiter, Gerald Tevreden, Elisa Pacelli, Allister Jenks, John Nemo, Clive Hammett, Troy Muller, Warren Sklar, Alex Fox, Michael Lacey, Melissa (MacMommy) Davis, Karl Madden, Gary Apter, Erick Diaz, Andria Schell, Serenak, and Gordon Keenan for taking the time to write in!

We warned you this might happen and it did. Some 6 and a half years later, the GMen have made 350 episodes since starting all that time ago and you’ve stuck with us. Again, sorry. Besides all the usual stuff, we read out all the reasons why you listen and frankly we’re still not convinced that many of you aren’t figments of our shared delusional imaginations. We think it counts anyway. Thank you Chris Leiter, Gerald Tevreden, Elisa Pacelli, Allister Jenks, John Nemo, Clive Hammett, Troy Muller, Warren Sklar, Alex Fox, Michael Lacey, Melissa (MacMommy) Davis, Karl Madden, Gary Apter, Erick Diaz, Andria Schell, Serenak, and Gordon Keenan for taking the time to write in!

Sorry it's late ! Trying to upload an episode of the show whilst on holiday isn't easy. Dean Murphy and Karl Madden join me this week for a take on Apple, Google and Microsoft news.

Gaz is off doing stuff, so Guy bribed…coerced…threatened…invited (yeah that’s the word) Karl Madden and Mark Chappell from the Essential Mac and Mac and Forth podcasts to come on. Just so he wouldn’t feel UK deprived you know. The main topic being why Apple has held off on updated Macs for so long and various conspiracies behind it. Most of which is probably not true…probably.

Gaz is off doing stuff, so Guy bribed…coerced…threatened…invited (yeah that’s the word) Karl Madden and Mark Chappell from the Essential Mac and Mac and Forth podcasts to come on. Just so he wouldn’t feel UK deprived you know. The main topic being why Apple has held off on updated Macs for so long and various conspiracies behind it. Most of which is probably not true…probably.

On the show this week, hot on the heels from his MyMac 603 appearance is Mr Karl Madden and all the way from his special Apple secret bunker is our resident Canadian Matt. We discuss the future of intel, the future of apple music, the rise of the machines, the need for automated beer deliveries for Karl and how Tim should of responded to wall street. https://www.essentialmac.co.uk/in-the-news/essential-apple-podcast-001/ This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Gaz is off this week so Karl Madden of various other podcasts near and dear to our hearts graciously consented to join Guy on this week’s podcast. Karl, because of your dedication, the photos will not be released to the general public and your check is in the mail. They talk about Apple’s latest financials, butchers that perform eye surgery, how to turn Guy into a 3 year old (like anyone would notice), consumerism, Apple Watches, politics, and just how old can a Mac get and still be productive. Or in Guy’s case, stop being a cheapskate and get new stuff!

Gaz is off this week so Karl Madden of various other podcasts near and dear to our hearts graciously consented to join Guy on this week’s podcast. Karl, because of your dedication, the photos will not be released to the general public and your check is in the mail. They talk about Apple’s latest financials, butchers that perform eye surgery, how to turn Guy into a 3 year old (like anyone would notice), consumerism, Apple Watches, politics, and just how old can a Mac get and still be productive. Or in Guy’s case, stop being a cheapskate and get new stuff!

podcast In this weeks podcast episode Karl Madden and Rick Mccorriston join me right after the Apple 21st event. Well when I said sort of we did have a few technical issues but we got there in the end. Recorded an hour after a technical impressive but somewhat muted Apple event.Nemo's Hardware Store The Mapmaker FYL Back Pack   Show Support Amazon Affiliate link : If you do some shopping this week with Amazon, clicking this link gets us a small but apprecaited bit of comission from any purchase you make. Patreon.com : New: If you don't like shopping at the world's largest online website why not drop $1.50 a month? You'll get something back just as soon as we've worked out the details. (in other words who doesn't want another much in their life)o Where you can listen iTunes | Spreaker | Stitcher | TuneIn | Opinion | OverCast | RSS This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Well everyone else is talking about a rumoured Apple March 15th event for the Cupertino company and so we're going to be no different. Joining me again this week is Karl Madden from the Mac and Forth show. You can find the Rampant Mumblings Podcast via iTunes,Spreaker, Sticher, TuneIn, SoundCloud and Opinion. This week we discuss all the rumours pertaining to the rumoured March 15th Apple event, the iPhone SE. Karl points out that is someone trolling us because if you say SE quickly, doesn't that sound like the letter C and in iPhone 5c? The new iPad, will it be new, the longevity and can it ever step out as more than just a tool for consuming. Who's going to pre-order the new Apple watch and will it be announced in March but then ready in the fall, giving those who bought the first generation some time to appreciate it. (see the pun there) Show The Mumblings Some Love. If you shop at Amazon just by shopping normally at amazon but by going through our affiliate link. By using the Amazon link we get a very small amount of commission from whatever you buy and it doesn't cost you a bean. or you can leave some feedback on iTunes… which costs you nothing

So the holidays are upon us and how better to celebrate than an extra long podcast with crackly bits courtesy probably from Skype! Even though we said we wouldn’t. Fortunately we can blame Karl Madden from the Mac and Forth podcast who joined the GMen this week. They talk about Star Wars (of course) that Karl and Gaz has seen and Guy hasn’t. Also some stuff about malware and programs that might seem legit but probably aren’t. Ho-ho-ho!