MBW 900: Will Work For Eggnog - US Apple Watches Ban, CarPlay, Family Sharing
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2023
⏱️ 124 minutes
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Summary
iOS 17.2.1 has been released, fixing some bugs. Apple will be halting the sale of its Series 9 & Ultra 2 watches in the US starting on December 21st. And Apple is looking to attract developers to its App Store platform as it announces contingent pricing.
- Weird instance of iPhones shutting down randomly at Chicago holiday party.
- Apple releases iOS 17.2.1 with bug fixes.
- Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 sales in the US this week.
- Apple races to tweak software ahead of looming US watch ban.
- The case for clipboard managers.
- Ford CEO pokes fun at GM for CarPlay excuses, reiterates ongoing commitment.
- GM's latest excuse for dropping CarPlay is its dumbest yet.
- 'Privacy Nightmare on Wheels': every car brand reviewed by Mozilla.
- Tesla adds Apple Podcasts.
- Apple now requires a judge's consent to hand over push notification data.
- The Athletic joins Apple News+.
- Adobe gives up on $20 billion acquisition of Figma.
- With third-party app stores on the horizon, Apple is working on keeping developers loyal.
- Apple agrees to pay out $25M to settle lawsuit over Family Sharing.
- Apple loses one of the last remaining designers from Jony Ive era.
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac, break wiggly. Jason Snella's here, Andy Anakos here, Alex Lindsay's here, and we are going to celebrate our 900th episode. |
| 0:09.6 | Holy cow, last episode of 2023, we'll talk about Beeper. We'll talk about those iPhones that |
| 0:16.8 | shut down randomly in the Chicago holiday party and why it happened. We'll talk about the |
| 0:22.2 | Adobe Figma acquisition. I guess it's all over and a |
| 0:26.9 | whole lot more including why you won't be able to buy an apple watch in a couple of days. |
| 0:31.0 | Back Break Weekly is next. |
| 0:33.0 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:37.0 | From people you trust. |
| 0:39.0 | This is to it. |
| 0:54.0 | This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 900, recorded Tuesday, December 19, 2023. We'll work for Egg Nong. |
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