MBW 934: Screws, Not Glues - M4 Mac Mini, Patreon, Virtual Boy
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
The upcoming M4 Mac Mini is rumored to sport a new slimmer design. Apple is facing scrutiny for its decision to charge a 30% commission on Patreon subscriptions. macOS Sequoia is adding permission prompts for screenshots and recording apps. And a cool Nintendo Virtual Boy emulator is usable on the Vision Pro.
- Apple's Mac Mini with M4 chip will be its smallest computer ever.
- Apple comes under fire for Patreon commission; 'degrading its brand'.
- Apple's permissions features are out of balance.
- macOS Sequoia adds weekly permission prompt for screenshot and screen recording apps.
- It took Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro to make me appreciate Nintendo's Virtual Boy.
- Apple continuing work on smart glasses.
- Apple prototypes and corporate secrets are for sale online—if you know where to look.
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly, the first show from the new Twit Attic studio. |
| 0:04.7 | Jason Snell is here, Andy Anako, Alex Lindsay. |
| 0:08.2 | We'll talk about the fascinating rumor that there might be a smaller Mac mini in our future. |
| 0:14.8 | Apple AI versus Google AI. |
| 0:16.9 | We'll talk a little bit about what Google announced just minutes ago. |
| 0:21.0 | Plus the Vision Pro segment. |
| 0:23.2 | Yes, now with rhinoceroses. |
| 0:25.4 | It's all coming up next on Mac Break Weekly. |
| 0:28.6 | Podcasts you love from people you trust. |
| 0:35.0 | This is Twit. |
| 0:37.0 | This is Twit. |
| 0:48.0 | This is Mac Break Weekly episode 934, recorded Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Screws, not clues. |
| 0:51.4 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly, the show we cover the latest news from Apple. |
| 0:56.4 | And as I go to our rundown and see a big blank white screen, I'm thinking not a lot of this |
| 1:05.0 | from Apple this week, but thank goodness Andy and Aco is here, |
| 1:08.4 | WGBH at Boston, as he has for many months now, he has been populating the spreadsheets. Thank you, Andrew. |
| 1:18.6 | I appreciate it. |
| 1:19.6 | Happy to help, happy to prove my worth. |
| 1:21.2 | And I, no, no, there's no, no no no mystery here that there's not much news |
| 1:25.4 | everybody's terrified of the the pixel the new pixel announcement from well did you |
| 1:29.7 | watch it I didn't watch it so I was getting ready for the for this show but I was I've been keeping myself updated and |
| 1:36.8 | Interesting it's it's as with Google unlike Samsung is a company that can actually get things done, but they announce |
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