MacBreak Weekly (Video)

WWDC 2021: Breaking Down the Details

• SharePlay for FaceTime
• FaceTime Links bring FaceTime to Android and Windows
• Wallet can store state IDs and driver licenses
• Apple adds App Privacy Report feature
• Mail Privacy Protection hides your IP and circumvents tracking pixels
• Siri does on-device speech recognition
• iCloud+ adds iCloud Private Relay, lets you hide your email, and removes the limit on HomeKit Secure Video cameras
• iPadOS 15 sports a new Multitasking menu, Center window, and Shelf
• iPadOS 15 enables entire-screen widget placement
• Quick Notes let you quickly capture information from any app or screen
• Swift Playgrounds will let users create and publish apps from their iPad
• Universal Control lets you use a single keyboard and trackpad or mouse to move between Mac and iPad
• Photos comes to Apple Watch in a big way'
• Mindfulness updates in watchOS 8 bring updates to Breathe and a new feature, Reflect.
• Shortcuts comes to the Mac in macOS Monterey
• Xcode Cloud handles builds, bug reports, tests, and more for developers
• RealityKit 2's new Object Capture lets developers create high-quality, photo-realistic 3D models of real-world objects using photogrammetry
• Spatial and lossless audio is now available on Apple Music

Picks of the Week

• Andy's pick: "Adding HDMI to a Stock Macintosh Classic" | Adrian's Digital Basement, YouTube
• Alex's pick: Blackmagic Camera Control

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Alex Lindsay

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iOS 15, iPadOS 15, Spatial Audio, Apple Silicon M1X

• M1X MacBook Pro referenced in metadata for Apple's WWDC YouTube video
• The Secret Apple M1 Coprocessor
• Last Week on My Mac: The elephant at WWDC
• Apple's Eddy Cue Believes the Future of Music Isn't Lossless — It's Spatial Audio
• Challenge: Explore spatial audio soundscapes
• Apple Design Award Winners
• Playdate
• The Next Chapter of Day One at Automattic
• After more than 17 months, all 511 Apple Stores are open today
• One year Apple TV+ trial offer reduced to 3 months with hardware purchases, starting in July
• Pirated movies and TV shows app, disguised as Sudoku game, climbs App Store charts [update: gone]
• Apple Plans Faster Watch, Future Temperature, and Glucose Sensors
• Apple Hires Former BMW Executive for Its Rebooted Car Project

Picks of the Week

• Andy's pick: Amtrak Railpass
• Rene's pick: Beats Studio Buds

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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Self-Service Repair, Apple Sues NSO Group, Google RCS Messages

• Apple announces self-service repair, selling parts to the general public
• Apple posts internal memo affirming employees' right to discuss pay
• Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored spyware
• Italy's antitrust authority fines Amazon & Apple $225 million
• The perfect example of why you can't trust Apple's App Store review scores
• Tile selling its Bluetooth tracking business to Life360 for
• Google slowly starts rolling out updates, allowing Google Messages to show iMessage reactions as emojis
• iOS 15 feature that would allow you to add your driver's license to your iPhone delayed until early 2022
• No windows for ARM macs yet because of the secret exclusivity deal between Microsoft and Qualcomm
• Apple expedites work on a car project, aiming for fully autonomous vehicle
• Pixelmator Pro adds AI-powered background removal & advanced subject selection
• Wirecutter Union on strike

Picks of the Week

• Rene's Pick: MrBeast Squid Game
• Alex's Pick: PaperFeel Covering iPad
• Andy's Pick: CamelCamelCamel

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko

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