MBW 1000: Death by Chocolate - The 1000th Episode of MacBreak Weekly

MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Iphone, Apple, Ipad, Macintosh, Ios, Twit, Mac, Imac, Technology, Mac Os X

3.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 145 minutes

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Summary

We celebrate 1000 episodes of MacBreak Weekly! The next iteration of iOS may be something similar to macOS 'Snow Leopard'. A breakthrough has been made in the iPhone Fold crease! And Gurman refutes the Financial Times report that Tim Cook could be stepping down as early as next year.

Apple announces 45 App Store awards finalists for 2025.
Apple iOS 27 to be no-frills 'Snow Leopard' update, other than new AI.
Jony Ive, Sam Altman: OpenAI plans elegantly simple device.
Around 100 iPhone Folds made after crease 'breakthrough'.
Retail chain accidentally sold iPad Airs for $17 – wants them back.
Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 family.
Apple and Delta join forces on new baggage tracking tech.
Poland probes Apple again over App Tracking Transparency rules.
New Apple Immersive content coming soon to Vision Pro from Real Madrid and Red Bull.
Vince Gilligan's 'Pluribus' sets record for biggest Apple TV drama series launch.
Gurman: 'Few signs internally' point to Tim Cook stepping down as CEO early next year.
Apple releases another limited-edition designer iPhone accessory.
New Apple video highlights vapor chamber liquid cooling in iPhone 17 Pro.
Google mocks iPhone in musical 'Wicked' ad claiming Pixel firsts.
Apple News loses CNN.

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Andy's Pick: Blip
Alex's Pick: UNI HDMI Adapter

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

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0:00.0	It's time for Mac Break Weekly. We celebrate our 1,000th episode with our stalwart's Andy,
0:05.5	Anako, Alex Lindsay, and Jason Snell, 45 App Store Awards finalists. We will not, I promise,
0:12.9	go through all of them. We'll talk about the no frills update for iOS 27, but two things
0:19.1	that may be pretty frilly in the upcoming version of iOS,
0:23.6	including that folding phone. Apple seems to figure out a way to get rid of the crease.
0:28.0	That and a lot more coming up next on Mac Break Weekly's 1000th episode.
0:35.5	Podcasts you love.
0:37.2	From people you trust.
0:39.6	This is Twitter.
0:44.0	This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 1,000 recorded Tuesday, November 25th, 2025.
0:52.4	Death by Chocolate.
0:54.8	It's time for Mac Break break weekly, ladies and gentlemen, the 1,000th episode.
1:02.4	Happy birthday to us.
1:05.4	Happy birthday to us.
1:07.0	Whoa.
1:08.7	Happy birthday.
1:10.2	Wait a minute.
1:10.6	Should I put it this way? Is that backwards? No, it's forward. Now it's, oh no, we're starting to live again. Oh no. I'm starting to go over again. You know what? I think Apple Talk is here to stay. I don't care about Ethernet any. That's like too far in the hands. You went and got flat balloons.
1:28.3	That's awesome.
1:29.3	I was going to get the real ones. And then the real ones were like six bucks each. And then I'd have to like walk through the neighborhood and through the library carrying balloons. You look like a moron. So this way you roll them up, you put them in your briefcase. I'm not afraid of looking like a moron so long as I look like a moron that's consistent with my idiom, and that would have been a different kind of moron.
1:48.0	No, a bloomin. case. Not, not, I'm not afraid of looking like a moron so long as I look like a moron that's consistent
1:45.0	with my idiom.
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