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AppleInsider Podcast

AirPods Max, MacBook Neo, and Family Sharing on the AppleInsider Podcast

AppleInsider Podcast

AppleInsider

Ipad, Apple Tv, Mac, Imac, Apple Watch, Ios, Macbook, Mac Pro, Iphone, Tech News, Macos, Technology, News, Apple

4.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Apple unexpectedly launched yet another device, the very long-awaited AirPods Max, plus the MacBook Neo gets more real-world testing, and Family Sharing gets a great update, all on the AppleInsider Podcast.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (02:37) - AirPods Max
  • (11:42) - MacBook Neo and iPhone 17e
  • (38:39) - Apple celebrations
  • (46:30) - Staff exit
  • (51:15) - Family Sharing
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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Apple Insider podcast.

0:11.1

This is your host, Wesley Hilliard speaking.

0:13.4

Our sponsors this week are Masterclass, Nordsteller, and bartender.

0:18.3

I'm going to be joined by William today.

0:20.7

It's going to be a regular episode.

0:22.1

We're going to discuss Apple's surprise product drop from earlier this week and maybe a

0:27.5

little bit about Tim Cook.

0:28.5

But the after show, Apple Insider Plus, we're going to dive into a broader topic of what

0:33.7

does this Apple CEO even do?

0:35.8

Do we even need this guy?

0:39.5

What is he just a face? Does he actually make decisions that affect the company as a whole? Obviously, yes, to an extent, but maybe not

0:45.3

as much as we think. So, uh, we're going to be talking about Apple CEO and the history behind that and

0:51.8

how other companies kind of look like with that component. William,

0:55.9

how are you today? Well, good, but you just, the way you just said that about CEOs and things,

1:01.6

I'm suddenly brought in mind of the Peter principle. If you don't have to know that, we must discuss

1:05.9

it in the after show. Business thing, it's going to be funny. It be great i'm fine i'm playing with stream decks i'm

1:12.4

having a good old time but i don't know you are in a brand new situation at office and i kind of

1:18.5

envy how it looks yeah i'm i'm happy that last week's audio did not sound terrible it was obviously

1:25.7

different there's probably a few moments where the

1:27.7

blanket rubbed against the microphone or something. There was audible fuzz static, like a room

1:34.6

noise. And I'm not sure where that came from. So I will have to investigate. If that's here

1:39.5

this week, it's probably because, again, this is a new office, a new space that we're going to have to

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