Folding iPad or MacBook, Apps We Pay For vs Apps We're Using
02/06/23 • 57 min
In this episode:
- Jeff has not one, but two (!!) new Watch bands
- New 🔥 wallpapers from Basic Apple Guy
- Apple’s folding something though the “experts” don’t agree just what
- Apps we’ve bought and don’t use, and why we bought them
- Apps we are using (list and links below)
Links from the show:
- Basic Apple Guy: M2 Wallpapers
- Kuo: Apple to Release Foldable iPad with Carbon Fiber Kickstand in 2024
- Apple Working on 20.5-inch All-Screen Foldable Notebook for 2025
- Mark Gurman on iPad plans for 2024
- Highland 2 for writing
- Tyme for time tracking
- Fantastical
- Ivory Mastodon app
- Movetodon for moving your follows from Twitter to Mastodon
- Radio Paradise
- PocketCasts
- Craft
- CleanShot X
- Paste
- Athlytic
- MindNode
- YNAB
Question or Comment? Send us a Text Message!
Contact Us
- Drop us a line at [email protected]
- You’ll find Jeff at @reyespoint on Threads and reyespoint.bsky.social on Bluesky
- Find Tom at @tomanderson on Threads
- Join Tom’s newsletter, Apple Talk, for more Apple coverage and tips & tricks.
- Tom has a new YouTube channel
- Show artwork by the great Randall Martin Design
Enjoy Basic AF? Leave a review or rating!
- Review on Apple Podcasts
- Rate on Spotify
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Intro Music: Psychokinetics - The Chosen
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In this episode:
- Jeff has not one, but two (!!) new Watch bands
- New 🔥 wallpapers from Basic Apple Guy
- Apple’s folding something though the “experts” don’t agree just what
- Apps we’ve bought and don’t use, and why we bought them
- Apps we are using (list and links below)
Links from the show:
- Basic Apple Guy: M2 Wallpapers
- Kuo: Apple to Release Foldable iPad with Carbon Fiber Kickstand in 2024
- Apple Working on 20.5-inch All-Screen Foldable Notebook for 2025
- Mark Gurman on iPad plans for 2024
- Highland 2 for writing
- Tyme for time tracking
- Fantastical
- Ivory Mastodon app
- Movetodon for moving your follows from Twitter to Mastodon
- Radio Paradise
- PocketCasts
- Craft
- CleanShot X
- Paste
- Athlytic
- MindNode
- YNAB
Question or Comment? Send us a Text Message!
Contact Us
- Drop us a line at [email protected]
- You’ll find Jeff at @reyespoint on Threads and reyespoint.bsky.social on Bluesky
- Find Tom at @tomanderson on Threads
- Join Tom’s newsletter, Apple Talk, for more Apple coverage and tips & tricks.
- Tom has a new YouTube channel
- Show artwork by the great Randall Martin Design
Enjoy Basic AF? Leave a review or rating!
- Review on Apple Podcasts
- Rate on Spotify
- Recommend in Overcast
Intro Music: Psychokinetics - The Chosen
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Previous Episode
HomePod is back, new Macs, and Jeff’s “Ultra” experience.
Overview
It’s the debut episode of Basic AF: a mostly tech podcast, with Tom Anderson and Jeff Battersby! In this episode:
The HomePod is back!
New Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro
New MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and Max
After a not-so-great experience with the original Apple Watch, Jeff goes Ultra, but does it stick?
Links from the show:
Introducing the all-new HomePod | Apple
Meet the new MacBook Pro and Mac mini | Apple
Question or Comment? Send us a Text Message!
Contact Us
- Drop us a line at [email protected]
- You’ll find Jeff at @reyespoint on Threads and reyespoint.bsky.social on Bluesky
- Find Tom at @tomanderson on Threads
- Join Tom’s newsletter, Apple Talk, for more Apple coverage and tips & tricks.
- Tom has a new YouTube channel
- Show artwork by the great Randall Martin Design
Enjoy Basic AF? Leave a review or rating!
- Review on Apple Podcasts
- Rate on Spotify
- Recommend in Overcast
Intro Music: Psychokinetics - The Chosen
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Next Episode
Apple Services with Gannon Nordberg
In this episode:
- Apple security updates you should install
- Thoughts on the rumored MacBook Air 15”
- Gannon’s Apple products and his wild keyboard
- What we like about Apple Fitness+
- Saving money with Apple One
- Apple Pay, Apple Card, and Apple Cash
- Is AppleCare worth it?
Guest - Gannon Nordberg
Gannon is a Google Certified Educator, Apple Teacher, and a Canvas Advocate who aims to create polished and user-friendly instructional support resources, including help guides, webinars, videos, and course design elements that are entirely free from confusing techie jargon.
He has spoken at several national conferences, and won the national award for outstanding support to faculty and students in 2019 through the Instructional Technology Council, and the 2022 Excellence in Education Award for Collaboration within the Virginia Community College System.
He also feeds off an endless pile of productivity and self-help books surrounding focus, building margin, minimalism, reducing digital distractions, and using time intentionally.
Find more on Gannon at https://www.gannonnordberg.com.
Links from the show:
- Apple Security Updates Support Article
- MacRumors: 15-Inch MacBook Air Rumored to Launch in April
- Refurb Tracker: Track availability of Apple refurbished products
- Apple Studio Display
- ZSA Moonlander split ergo mechanical keyboard
- Magic Trackpad
- Elgato Stream Deck MK.2
- Elgator Wave:3 Microphone
- Apple Fitness+
- Apple Entertainment Services
Question or Comment? Send us a Text Message!
Contact Us
- Drop us a line at [email protected]
- You’ll find Jeff at @reyespoint on Threads and reyespoint.bsky.social on Bluesky
- Find Tom at @tomanderson on Threads
- Join Tom’s newsletter, Apple Talk, for more Apple coverage and tips & tricks.
- Tom has a new YouTube channel
- Show artwork by the great Randall Martin Design
Enjoy Basic AF? Leave a review or rating!
- Review on Apple Podcasts
- Rate on Spotify
- Recommend in Overcast
Intro Music: Psychokinetics - The Chosen
Show transcripts and episode artwork are AI generated and likely contain errors and general si...
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