MBW 1003: The Intersection of Greed and Delusion - The OS 26.2 Update Is Out Now!

MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

3.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

Apple releases OS 26.2 right before the holidays! Pluribus becomes Apple TV's most-watched show ever. And why you should consider backing up more of your stuff locally.

Apple releases OS 26.2 updates.
With iOS 26.2, Apple lets you roll back Liquid Glass again — this time on the Lock Screen.
26.2: Here are the security fixes for all of Apple's operating systems.
tvOS 26.2 brings kids mode to the Apple TV app.
iOS 26.3 beta reveals how Apple plans to handle EU-required notification forwarding.
Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case.
Japan law opening phone app stores to go into effect.
Pluribus becomes Apple TV's most watched show ever.
Cadillac and Chevy are getting native Apple Music.
Apple buys two new buildings in Cupertino, topping $1B spend.
UK to push for nudity-blocking software on devices to protect children.
20 years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple.

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0:00.0	It's time for Mac Break Weekly. Alex Lindsay has the week off. Andy and Jason are here. So is the snow.
0:06.2	We'll talk about 26.2. Some new features and very important security updates. Apple loses in court and in Japan.
0:15.7	And we'll talk about why you probably should be backing up your data right now. All of that coming up next
0:22.2	on Mac Break Weekly.
0:26.0	Podcasts you love from people you trust. This is Twit.
0:34.6	This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 1003, recorded Tuesday, December 16th, 2025,
0:41.8	The Intersection of Greed and Delusion.
0:46.0	It's time for Mac Break Weekly, the show we cover the latest Apple News on a freezing cold December day.
0:58.6	The sun has disappeared for the next few months.
1:03.4	Let's say hello to Andy Anato, where it really is cold, actually.
1:05.8	We've had a bit of a couple of days. As a matter of fact, so I've been not feeding the squirrel so much as like I've got a gift basket that
1:14.5	involves wall that has a contained walnuts.
1:16.9	And I thought, actually, you know, I'm going to keep like leave a walnut like at this
1:20.6	on this little rock on my walk like to the library.
1:23.3	And every day like I leave it when I come in and then when I come out, it's gone. For the past two days, however, Monday's walnut is still there. So it's too cold even for the squirrels. Even with the squirrels. Aren't you? I even put a little, I could have put like a little red bow on the top of it. And yet it was like, no, no, no, well, we're good for the at least until it gets into the high 30s
1:45.6	our cold squirrel lover now here jason and i are in california jason snell of six colors
1:51.2	com hello and even though i like to call california cold it's california cold which is i i when i
1:58.8	walk the dog i have to put on a jacket the heavy hoodie is not, I have to put on a jacket.
2:01.4	The heavy hoodie is not enough.
2:03.7	I have to put on an actual jacket.
2:06.5	And that is, that is when you know that it's in the 40s in San Francisco.
2:12.0	It's a damn cold, but not that cold from from L.A. story where Steve Martin plays a weatherman and he's he's
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