MBW 940: NSA Grandmas - Halide App, RCS iMessages, 28 Years Later
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2024
⏱️ 131 minutes
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Summary
The panel talks about the new iPhone 16s, with some having the devices in hand. Why was the Halide camera app initially rejected from the App Store? Apple has updated its vintage and obsolete list: Is your device on the list now? The upcoming 28 Years Later film was apparently shot on the iPhone 15. Apple TV+ got 10 Emmys.
- iFixit tears down the iPhone 16.
- From Ming-Chi Kuo: Estimates of first weekend of new iPhone sales.
- Halide rejected from the App Store because it doesn't explain why the camera takes photos.
- iPhone 16 firmware can now be restored wirelessly from another iPhone.
- Apple working to fix iPadOS 18 bug that bricked M4 iPad Pro.
- Firefox no longer works after upgrading to macOS Sequoia.
- Apple adds these 12 Macs to vintage and obsolete products lists.
- RCS-enhanced iMessage in iOS 18 still has security issues when adding Android users.
- Wear OS watches might soon have an edge when it comes to blood oxygen.
- Apple Vision Pro's eye tracking exposed what people type.
- Oprah buys back her Apple TV+ documentary to lock it away.
- 28 Years Later: Danny Boyle's new zombie flick was shot on an iPhone 15.
- Apple TV+ gets GLAAD's only failing grade in annual LGBTQ representation study.
- Apple TV+ bags 10 Emmys, including first for Slow Horses.
- Apple Music Classical 2.0 adds thousands of full album booklets.
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly. I'm back. |
| 0:02.0 | Jason Snell, thank you for filling in. |
| 0:04.4 | There is something to talk about, |
| 0:06.2 | even though the iPhone is already out. |
| 0:08.3 | Jason's got him, many colors. |
| 0:10.0 | We'll talk about that. |
| 0:11.2 | We'll talk about flaws with the iPhone, why it might not be selling as well. |
| 0:15.0 | Where is Apple AI? Plus, what's coming in October? All that coming up and more next on Mac Break Weekly. Podcasts you love. |
| 0:26.0 | From people you trust. |
| 0:28.0 | This is Twit. |
| 0:37.0 | This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 940 recorded Tuesday, September 24, 2024, NSA essay grandma's. |
| 0:44.0 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly, the show we cover the latest Apple News. |
| 0:47.9 | Hello everybody, I'm back from vacation. |
| 0:50.5 | And I want to thank, first of all, I want to thank Jason Snell for doing such a |
| 0:54.8 | Marvy job last week. Can you knock it off please? All right. I'll be more boring and I don't know |
| 1:01.5 | It is fine Leo things are going great now I don't want to be |
| 1:04.8 | Wally piped here okay mr. Garrig no thank you I appreciate you did a great job everybody |
| 1:09.9 | was commending you and I understand that you mentioned me in the context of |
| 1:14.5 | Leo took the week the only week is a lot Apple News like. Two weeks we had two |
| 1:19.2 | probably two of the highest news content weeks of the year. |
| 1:23.0 | I'll see you guys later. |
| 1:24.0 | And Leo, who complains, I'll hold the whole summer, |
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