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MacVoices #25225: Live! – Adobe’s PDF AI, Dia Browser Costs, and A Foldable Phone Test

Aug 28, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

Adobe introduces an AI tool for analyzing PDFs, prompting debate over its utility, security, and competition with academic research software. The team also explores DIA browser’s $20 subscription and how rising service costs echo streaming fatigue. They wrap with a humorous breakdown of foldable phone durability tests and what they reveal about hype, usability, and consumer expectations.

MacVoices #25224: Live! – Mixing Music, Filtering Searches, Choosing AI Models, Alexa Plus Woes

Aug 27, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/Mfv6JK-KnDI A wide-ranging MacVoices Live! panel discussion covers Apple’s upcoming AutoMix feature in Music, Spotify’s more granular playlist controls, and how DJs and party hosts might use transitions. The group debates Google’s new “preferred...

MacVoices #25223: Live! – Blood Oxygen Tracking Back On Apple Watch, Apple Card Satisfaction Slips

Aug 26, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/PHp921epPI4 Apple Watch users regain blood oxygen tracking via iPhone processing, while panelists debate its impact on Apple’s legal fight with Massimo. Security warnings about Plex servers and ESR power banks serve as public service announcements....

MacVoices #25222: Live! – A Falling iPhone, A Telescope Data Center, $1 ChatGPT, AOL Ends Dial-Up

Aug 25, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

An iPhone survives a dramatic fall from a plane, a Texas startup revolutionizes astronomy with hosted telescopes, and OpenAI shakes up AI adoption by offering ChatGPT Enterprise to the U.S. government for just $1. Plus, AOL officially retires its dial-up service, closing a chapter in internet history.

MacVoices #25221: Live! – John Prosser vs. Apple, Fintiv Lawsuits, and Apple’s First 50 Years

Aug 22, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

The panel examines John Prosser’s new iPhone leak video in the shadow of Apple’s lawsuit, the ongoing patent battles with Fintiv, and the rise of on-device AI tools for privacy. They also highlight David Pogue’s upcoming book chronicling Apple’s first 50 years and reflect on his legacy in the Mac community.

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MacVoices #25078: Live! – Netflix Backtracks, A Vision Pro Upgrade, Advanced Data Protection

Feb 24, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, Web Bixby, Jeff Gamet, and Jim Rea drew some unexpected conclusions about Netflix’ decision not to have their content listed on Apple TV as this edition of MacVoices Live! kicked off. The panel also looks at the Vision Pro getting Apple Intelligence (and why it has already had aspects of it), and why you might want to add Advanced Data Protection to your iCloud account.

MacVoices #25077: UK Security Demands, DeepSeek’s Servers, Password Don’ts

Feb 21, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

The UK has demanded a backdoor to iCloud that could affect Apple users worldwide…and Apple can’t talk about it. DeepSeek is sending information to ByteDance-controlled servers. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jeff Butts, Marty Jencius, Ben Roethig, Web Bixby, and Eric Bolden dig in to both of these security-related topics and why they should matter to you. The panel also covers a recommendation about what not to do with your passwords.

MacVoices #25075: Live! – New Beats Headphones, Consolidating Apple Accounts, Your Apple Watch On Your Ankle?

Feb 19, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jeff Butts, Marty Jencius, Ben Roethig, Web Bixby, and Eric Bolden look at the new model of Beats earphones and what they have that AirPods don’t (yet) and a surprise announcement that you can now combine your Apple accounts albeit with a number of requirements. Just for fun, the panel also considers a report that it is increasingly popular for some users to wear their Apple Watch on their ankle, and why one would want to.

MacVoices #25069: Live! – Tapestry, An Office 365 Price Increase, DeepSeek Comes and DeepSeek Goes

Feb 13, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

A new social media app has been launched by the Twitterific team. Tapestry combines Blue Sky, Mastodon, RSS, and YouTube feeds on your iOS device. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Guy Serle, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby discuss the implications of this app given its pedigree. We also look at an Office 365 price increase at the same time it drops a free VPN service, and its subscription model. Microsoft is also bringing DeepSeek to its Copilot service while, at the same time, DeepSeek was dropped from the Italian App Store.

MacVoices #25067: Live! – Bootable Backups Again, AppleCare, Godzilla Wins

Feb 12, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Guy Serle, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby re-look at bootable backups because one cloning software developer says the new version of the macOS has fixed a bug and that they work…sort of. The panel looks at a change in purchasing AppleCare that you need to be aware of, and how Apple TV+ and Godzilla got some respect at a recent awards event.

MacVoices #25063: Live! – 18 Years of Respect, Apple Music, An Unwelcome App

Feb 11, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

The MacVoices Live! panel discusses Apple having 18 years at the top spot in a satisfaction survey and a new Apple Music promotion tiled to the Super Bowl. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Guy Serle, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby also look at how and why an unwanted app showed up in the EU app store and who gets the credit or blame, and yet another innovative promotion for the Apple TV+ show, Severance.

MacVoices #25059: Live! – A Scam Story, Invites, and An Earnings Call

Feb 10, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

Host Chuck Joiner shares the lessons from a scam story, then the panel of David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Guy Serle, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby join in a discussion of the just-released Invites app by Apple. What are the benefits of operating inside the Apple ecosystem? How does it play with Android users? Wrapping up the conversation is a look at the recent quarterly Apple earnings call and what the results say about the past and the future.

MacVoices #25054: Live! – Watch Band Lawsuit, Subaru Tracking, Goodbye MiniDisc

Feb 6, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Web Bixby, Jim Rea, and Jeff Gamet discuss the “forever chemicals” (PFAS) lawsuit against Apple for their watch bands, and look at how, if you drive a Subaru, someone may know where you are going and where you have been. Some speculation on why some organizations may not be on Bluesky (yet) and the end of the MiniDisc and what industries it matters to finish off the conversation.

MacVoices #25051: Live! – Apple’s Sports App, In-App Purchase APIs, Tim Cook Joins Lumon

Feb 5, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

This MacVoices Live! session finds the panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Web Bixby, Jim Rea, and Jeff Gamet discussing improvements to Apple’s Sports app, who will be affected by the recent changes to in-app purchase APIs, and why only Tim Cook could pull off a promo cameo for the second season of Severance.

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