The Keynote For The Rest of Us

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

Tech News, Technology, How To, News, Education

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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The Keynote For The Rest of Us — Mac Geek Gab 1054 episode image

This week’s Mac Geek Gab dives into Apple’s Glowtime event, with Jeff Gamet, Pilot Pete, Adam Christianson, and Dave Hamilton debating their next Apple purchases. Everyone’s eyeing the iPhone 16 Pro, but there’s a tug-of-war between the Pro and the regular iPhone 16. With new features like the camera control button and iOS 18’s Apple Intelligence Summaries, they weigh the pros and cons. AirPods Pro Gen 2 get serious attention too, with their hearing aid features and active earplugs, sparking a discussion on managing hearing loss and breaking the stigma of wearing hearing aids.

The Apple Watch Series 10’s upgrades, including a titanium option and faster charging, are tempting, but the team’s decisions are still up in the air. With the costs adding up, Jeff suggests checking Best Buy Open Box and Apple Refurbs to avoid overpaying. As the hosts navigate their potential purchases, their advice is clear: don’t get caught buying the wrong tech for your needs.

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1054 for Monday, September 9th, 2024
- September 9th: Wonderful Weirdos Day
- Special Guest Co-host: Jeff Gamet
00:02:01 Apple’s Glowtime Event
00:02:57 Do We Think We Know What We’re Buying?
- Adam: iPhone 16 Pro
- Pilot Pete: iPhone 16 Pro Max (Maybe), Apple Watch Series 10 (Daughter), AirPods Pro 2
- Jeff: iPhone 16 Pro (Probably), Apple Watch S10 (Maybe)
- Dave: iPhone 16 Pro (Probably), AirPods Pro Gen 2 (Probably)
00:06:47 iPhone 16 & iPhone 16 Pro
- Camera Control Button (What about left-handed people?)
- Cases need to accommodate the capacitive nature of the Camera Control button
00:15:56 QT-Create shortcuts so the Action button does different things at night vs. during the day
00:17:54 Adam’s reasons for the iPhone 16 Pro
iOS 18’s Apple Intelligence Summaries for Notifications
00:25:50 iPhone 16 vs. 16 Pro — Which to Buy?
- Computational Photography
- Personal Symantec Index (local LLM on iPhone)
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00:37:47 AirPods Pro Gen 2
- Hearing Aid, Hearing Test
- Active EarPlugs
- Managing Hearing Loss
- Tinnitus
- Reducing the Stigma of Wearing Hearing Aids
- TheRightOne.com for replacement AirPods
00:50:14 AirPods Gen 4 & AirPods Max
- Comply Foam for AirPods
- The Keynote For The Rest of You (also, Cerumen is Not to Be Shared)
00:56:45 Apple Watch Series 10
- Titanium: $300 surcharge
- Health and Fitness forefront
- Apple Watch S10 Gets a Speaker
- 30minutes to 80% charge
01:05:06 AppleCare+ Month-to-Month
01:06:33 Do We Still Know What We’re Buying?
- Check Best Buy Open Box and Apple Refurbs
- Adam: Still iPhone 16 Pro, adding AirPods Pro Gen 2
- Pilot Pete: Changing to iPhone 16 Pro (Maybe), Apple Watch Series 10 (Daughter), Already has AirPods Pro Gen 2
- Jeff: iPhone 16 Pro (Probably), Apple Watch S10 (Changing to Probably Not), Possibly adding AirPods Pro Gen 2
- Dave: iPhone 16 Pro (Probably, but maybe just iPhone 16), AirPods Pro Gen 2 (Definitely)
01:17:16 MGG 1054 Outtro

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0:00.0	It's time for Mac Geek Cab because there was a keynote today and we have a lot of things to talk through new
0:08.1	iPhones 16 and pro new Apple watches new AirPods, Gen 4, and lots of software tweaks that really
0:17.8	seem to enhance existing hardware and
0:25.0	maybe that will we be buying and maybe that'll help you decide what you'll be buying
0:30.0	all of this today on Mac Geekab, 1054 for Monday, September 9th, wonderful weirdos day.
0:38.8	Boy, are we in the right place?
0:40.1	2024. Thanks folks and welcome to Matt Geek Cab the show where we usually answer your questions and share your tips and cool stuff found.
1:04.6	As I said today, we are going to be talking about the Apple event and digging into all of that.
1:10.4	Sponsors for this episode include one password extended management at the number one
1:15.6	password.com slash MGG as well as BB at barebones.com. We're going to talk
1:22.0	more about each of those in a little bit.
1:24.0	For now, here in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton.
1:28.0	And here in South Dakota, I'm Adam Christensen.
1:32.0	And here in Boulder, I'm Jeff Kammett.
1:36.0	And here are also New Hampshire.
1:38.0	It's Pilot Pete.
1:39.0	Good to be with all you guys today.
1:41.0	This is cool.
1:42.0	Yeah. Here we are. Nine nine. The last time there was a
1:46.3	major apple thing on nine nine or maybe not the last time but one time there was a
1:51.6	major apple thing on nine, it was when the Beatles
1:54.2	catalog came to Apple Music, right? Wasn't, didn't that happen on a September 9th?
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