
The Mac & Forth Show 392 - Tapper Beware
05/30/24 • 62 min
In this week's episode of The Mac & Forth Show, Alan, Dean, Steve, and Karl delve into the UK’s new Digital Markets Act, fast-tracked to regulate Big Tech, especially US companies. They also discuss an alarming Apple study on tinnitus and hearing health. Listeners will get tips on avoiding Apple Pay scams, explore Apple's extensive durability testing, and uncover Apple's AI plans involving a mysterious "black box" for cloud data management. All this, and slightly more on this week’s episode.
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In this week's episode of The Mac & Forth Show, Alan, Dean, Steve, and Karl delve into the UK’s new Digital Markets Act, fast-tracked to regulate Big Tech, especially US companies. They also discuss an alarming Apple study on tinnitus and hearing health. Listeners will get tips on avoiding Apple Pay scams, explore Apple's extensive durability testing, and uncover Apple's AI plans involving a mysterious "black box" for cloud data management. All this, and slightly more on this week’s episode.
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We really would appreciate it if you could take a few moments and submit a review on iTunes. We won’t ply you with adverts, just a little review is all we ask...go on, you know you want to really, don't ya?
The Mac & Forth show Patreon Page.
- This Month's Wonderful 'The One with the Shout Out' Funders: Teresa Hummel, Matt Barton, Ron Poyotte, Gordon Jackson, Paul Beattie, Jane, Alan, Frank Jacobsen, Keith Yarbrough, David Dean, Barry Gentleman, Chris Fields, Allister Jenks and Zareef Saadat, John Mainwearing. Also, thank you to all our contributors for other donations. Your support is always greatly appreciated.
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The Mac & Forth Show 391 - Album Agony
In this week’s episode of The Mac & Forth Show, Steve, and Karl, are joined by GazMaz, from the mighty MyMac Podcast, to dive into the latest iOS and iPadOS updates that fix the reappearing photos bug, analyze an iPad Pro battery teardown video, and explore Apple’s new promotion increasing trade-in values for older iPhones. They also discuss the controversy surrounding Apple Music’s list of the 100 best albums and cover Apple’s legal battle with the EU over a $2 billion fine related to Apple Music. All this, and slightly more on this week’s episode.
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- This Month's Wonderful 'The One with the Shout Out' Funders: Teresa Hummel, Matt Barton, Ron Poyotte, Gordon Jackson, Paul Beattie, Jane, Alan, Frank Jacobsen, Keith Yarbrough, David Dean, Barry Gentleman, Chris Fields, Allister Jenks and Zareef Saadat, John Mainwearing. Also, thank you to all our contributors for other donations. Your support is always greatly appreciated.
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The Mac & Forth Show 393- WWDC 2024 Preview
In this week’s episode of The Mac & Forth Show, Dean, Steve, and Karl are joined by Steve Durbin from GeeksCorner to discuss their expectations and hopes for WWDC 2024. As always, this is an exciting time of year for Apple fans, filled with anticipation over what Tim Cook might unveil. The team shares their predictions and speculates on potential announcements, from software updates to new hardware, or lack of it. All this, and slightly more on this week’s episode.
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- This Month's Wonderful 'The One with the Shout Out' Funders: Teresa Hummel, Matt Barton, Ron Poyotte, Gordon Jackson, Paul Beattie, Jane, Alan, Frank Jacobsen, Keith Yarbrough, David Dean, Barry Gentleman, Chris Fields, Allister Jenks and Zareef Saadat, John Mainwearing. Also, thank you to all our contributors for other donations. Your support is always greatly appreciated.
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- Theme Music: Russ Clewett
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