App Store vibe coding, more
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Tim Cook names Apple's greatest contributions, talks tariff refunds and retirement rumors
- Apple pushing back on 'vibe coding' iPhone apps, developers say
- Apple executive overseeing home devices joins Oura
- iFixit teardown shows iPhone 17e back panel can add MagSafe to iPhone 16e
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 995 Mac Daily for Wednesday, March 18th, 2026. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.2 | We are sponsored this week by Backblaze. |
| 0:12.6 | Leading off today, after opening up the MacBook Neo, I Fix It, is back with a full teardown of the new iPhone 17E, |
| 0:19.8 | and it reveals a few surprising repair-friendly |
| 0:22.9 | changes inside. One of the biggest knocks against the iPhone 16E was its lack of MagSafe. Despite |
| 0:29.8 | the widely circulated notion that this wouldn't be a big issue for the devices target audience, |
| 0:36.0 | Apple cave to the pressure and introduced MagSafe support for the |
| 0:38.8 | iPhone 17E. I Fixit's teardown reveals that the iPhone 17E's MagSafe-enabled back panel |
| 0:46.3 | is actually fully compatible with the iPhone 16E. In practice, this means that iPhone 16E owners |
| 0:53.6 | could add MagSafe support to their devices by simply swapping the back panel. |
| 0:58.9 | Of course, there is no official way to do this, but it's likely something that will be common with aftermarket accessories sooner rather than later. |
| 1:07.1 | Additionally, IFixit notes that most components are cross-compatible between the 16E and the 17E, |
| 1:13.0 | and they even manage to boot an iPhone 17E using a logic board from the 16E. |
| 1:19.2 | All in all, the iPhone 17E scores a 7 out of 10 on IFixit's repairability scale. |
| 1:25.6 | This is mostly due to its high level of interchangeable parts |
| 1:29.1 | between the 17E and the 16E, which I-Fixit notes is either a deliberate attempt to make it |
| 1:34.9 | easier to repair, or a byproduct of Apple's efforts to simplify manufacturing. |
| 1:40.8 | You can watch the full tear-down at the link in the show notes below. |
| 1:44.8 | Next up today, Bloomberg reports that Apple's hardware chief for home devices, Brian Lynch, |
| 1:50.9 | is leaving the company to join Smart Ringmaker ORA. |
| 1:55.0 | According to Bloomberg, Lynch's departure is another setback for Apple's smart home initiatives. |
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