MBW 929: Honkin' Down Their Snorkel - DS_store, Epic Games App, Surface ARM Laptops
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2024
⏱️ 148 minutes
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Summary
Apple finally approves the Epic Games marketplace app after Epic Games calls out Apple. Do the new Microsoft Surface ARM laptops outperform Apple's MacBooks? Be careful when considering stealing campaign posters; they might have an AirTag in them. And could a HomePod with a touchscreen display be coming?
- Jony Ive shaped the iPhone. These are the songs that shaped him.
- On the origins of DS_store.
- Apple okays Epic Games marketplace app in Europe.
- Russia says Apple blocks 25 VPN apps in Russia, IFX reports.
- Microsoft Surface ARM laptops beat MacBook Air – but not MacBook Pro.
- Sign Snatchers beware, that campaign poster might have an AirTag.
- Tim Cook talks Apple Vision Pro as spatial computing goes down under.
- First teaser revealed for Apple Original Films' movie 'F1'.
- Touchscreen-ready interface hidden in tvOS beta amid rumors of HomePod with display.
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly, Andy and not go, Jason. |
| 0:03.0 | Now Alex Lindsey, they're all here. |
| 0:05.0 | There's absolutely nothing to talk about. |
| 0:07.0 | But there are some interesting rumors about how the home Pod may be changing. |
| 0:13.6 | We have some interviews with Apple CEO and Johnny I've, |
| 0:17.8 | and then Apple in Russia and China. |
| 0:22.2 | Two very different experiences. |
| 0:24.0 | It's all coming up next. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm Act Break Weekly. |
| 0:26.0 | Podcasts you love |
| 0:30.0 | from people you trust. |
| 0:32.0 | This is Twit. |
| 0:35.0 | This is Twit. |
| 0:38.0 | This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 929. |
| 0:42.0 | Recorded Tuesday, July 9, 2024, honking down their snorkel. |
| 0:47.0 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly, the show we cover the latest news from Apple and despite the fact that there is |
| 0:55.4 | zero news from Apple we even have a Vision Pro segment so prepare yourself that is |
| 1:00.2 | Andy you not go laughing at me in the back. |
| 1:03.6 | Hello Andy. |
| 1:05.4 | Da-du-do-doo-doo is all I want to say to you. |
| 1:08.0 | Lea da da da da da. |
| 1:09.5 | He is. |
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