MBW 855: So Good, You'll Wanna Listen At 1x - HomePod Stains, Foldable iPad, Super Bowl
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2023
⏱️ 140 minutes
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Summary
- New HomePod can still stain some wooden surfaces.
- 4chan members allegedly used Eleven Labs to create disturbing audio content in celeb voices.
- Apple is planning both a foldable screen and a kickstand for the iPad.
- Apple's Superbowl coverage.
- New 256GB Mac Mini and 512GB MacBook Pro have slower SSD speeds than previous models.
- Apple beefs up smartphone services in "silent war" against Google.
- Apple extends Chinese censorship to Hong Kong users.
Picks of the Week
- Leo's Pick: Mac 30th Anniversary Icons as SVG
- Jason's Pick: Make.com
- Andy's Picks: HiDock & HandMirror by Rafael Conde
- Alex's Pick: The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac break weekly the show we talk about absolutely nothing Jason |
| 0:05.8 | Snell is here Andy and I go Alex Lindsay we're kind of in that dead period with |
| 0:09.8 | not a lot of new Mac news but breaking news breaking story the home pods the |
| 0:15.0 | new ones still leave a ring on your furniture that and a whole lot more we |
| 0:19.4 | actually gonna have a lot of fun next on Mac break week podcast you love |
| 0:26.1 | from people you trust this is it this is Mac break weekly episode 855 |
| 0:37.2 | recorded Tuesday January 31st 2023 so good you'll want to listen at 1x Mac |
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| 1:26.3 | from Apple of which there is precious little but that's okay because we've got |
| 1:31.0 | the best team of B.S.ers in the business now who do I start with wait a minute |
| 1:39.7 | you see the three the wonderful Andy and I co WGVH Boston's great to see Andrew |
| 1:45.7 | in your red socks cap getting ready for pictures and catchers to report yes |
| 1:51.6 | long just keep keep your knees and keep your knees and angles healthy that's |
| 1:55.6 | you though the golf is not that important in Florida it's good point it's |
| 2:01.5 | it's it's not been it's not been it's not been a few years between like |
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