iOS 758: Spring/Summer Cleaning Your Devices - Precision Cleaning Kit, Apple Configurator, & more!
iOS Today (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.1 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Spring cleaning in the summer? Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard roll up their sleeves to tackle both physical and digital device maintenance, sharing expert tips for getting your Apple gear spotless inside and out.
- Physical iPhone cleaning - Apple's official recommendations for safe disinfecting using 70% isopropyl alcohol wipes and Clorox wipes, while avoiding bleach and hydrogen peroxide that can damage device coatings
- Specialized cleaning tools - iFixit's Precision Cleaning Kit featuring tiny brushes, foam-tipped swabs, and contact cleaner for getting into speaker grills and ports
- Digital decluttering - MacPaw's app CleanMyPhone uses AI to find duplicate photos, similar shots, and organize camera rolls while supporting Ukrainian developers
- Mass app deletion strategy - Using Apple Configurator to quickly remove unused apps in bulk, with Rosemary demonstrating how she went from 827 apps to a more manageable number
- AirPods deep cleaning - Apple's specific instructions for cleaning earwax buildup using micellar water and distilled water to break down waxes without damaging the mesh speakers
- Case and accessory maintenance - Importance of removing iPhone cases regularly to clean both the device and case interior, plus organizing charging cables in labeled mesh bags
- Cable management and recycling - Tips for checking cable condition, proper storage solutions, and donating old chargers to homeless shelters for those still using older devices
News
- Control Center transparency - Apple reduced the transparency to minimize distractions while maintaining the glass aesthetic
- Safari interface tweaks - Tab bar repositioned to the bottom for better usability after user feedback
- App Store accessibility section - New feature allowing developers to specify supported accessibility features on product pages
- Enhanced Wallet tracking - Siri can now scan emails for package tracking from any merchant, not just Apple Pay purchases
- Call transcription updates - Feature renamed to "save call transcripts" with clearer notifications that all participants will be informed before recording begins
Feedback
- VoiceOver PDF accessibility - Johnny, a blind user, seeks alternatives to Adobe Acrobat for filling PDF forms, highlighting ongoing accessibility issues with major software companies and poorly designed PDF forms
Shortcuts Corner
- HomeKit automation limitations - Bjorn's question about combining multiple triggers (window open/close) into single automations reveals fundamental HomeKit restrictions that require separate automations for each trigger
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on iOS today, Rosemary Orchard and I get out the brushes because it's time to spring, summer clean your devices. |
| 0:08.6 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:11.7 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:13.5 | From people you trust. |
| 0:16.1 | This is Twitter. |
| 0:20.4 | This is iOS today, episode 758 with Rosemary Orchard and me, Micah Sargent, recorded Tuesday, June 24th, 2025, |
| 0:30.8 | for Thursday, June 26th, 2025, spring slash summer cleaning your devices. |
| 0:40.6 | Hello, and welcome to iOS today, the show where we talk all things iOS, iPad OS, watch OS, home pod OS, TV OS, and all the OSS is that Apple has to offer. |
| 0:47.7 | We love to talk about them here on the show, help you make the most of your devices, and teach you |
| 0:52.5 | some cool things you can do to make everything great. |
| 0:58.0 | As far as, you know, your apps and your phones go, anyway. |
| 1:01.8 | I am one of your hosts. My name is Micah Sargent. |
| 1:05.3 | And I am Rosemary Oshod, your other host, and I'm very excited to be here and bring a nice herbal scent to the spring cleaning, though I have to say, Micah, I took my iPhone to the beach this weekend. |
| 1:18.9 | It was a gorgeous sandy beach, for those of you who know the UK, it was down in Weymouth, lovely sort of golden sands. |
| 1:27.7 | There was a military parade with a slightly out of tune brass band, and I don't quite |
| 1:31.8 | know how they managed that, which I mostly avoided. |
| 1:35.8 | I just wanted to hang out on the beach for an hour. |
| 1:37.6 | But I kind of got sand in my iPhone, and I was wondering, you know, like, do you have any |
| 1:43.4 | recommendations for like cleaning any of your Apple devices and things like that? |
| 1:48.0 | Because I feel like, you know, I didn't really get any sand in my iPhone. |
| 1:53.3 | But, like, there was a moment where I was like, no, no, I'm picking this up and shoving this in a very tight pocket that I know does not have sand in it. |
| 2:00.4 | Because otherwise, that USBC port not have sand in it because otherwise |
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