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MacVoices #25090: Live! – Child Safety, Apple Watch on Ice, and Automatic Mac Updates

MacVoices #25090: Live! – Child Safety, Apple Watch on Ice, and Automatic Mac Updates

Mar 12, 2025 |

The MacVoices panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Jeff Gamet, and Jim Rea covers Apple’s new child safety tools, emphasizing parental control and user privacy by minimizing data collection. We also discuss NHL officials adopting Apple Watches with a custom app, enhancing game flow and safety. Lastly, the group addresses unexpected automatic MacOS updates, exploring user and enterprise approaches to managing software compatibility. 

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MacVoices #25088: Live! – New iPads, Apple vs. UK, iCloud Lawsuit Dismissed

MacVoices #25088: Live! – New iPads, Apple vs. UK, iCloud Lawsuit Dismissed

Mar 10, 2025 |

The MacVoices Live! panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Jeff Gamet, and Jim Rea discusses Apple’s newly announced iPad Air with M4 chip and the 11th-gen base iPad featuring an A16 processor, debating their value and audience appeal. They also explore Apple’s resistance to UK encryption backdoor demands, highlighting potential privacy implications. Finally, they cover Apple’s successful dismissal of an iCloud storage pricing lawsuit, affirming Apple’s right to set pricing despite criticism. 

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MacVoices #25086: Live! – Cheaper YouTube, Ad-Supported Office 365, A New Pantone Color

MacVoices #25086: Live! – Cheaper YouTube, Ad-Supported Office 365, A New Pantone Color

Mar 6, 2025 |

This MacVoices Live! discussion concludes with Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, and Mark Fuccio discussing YouTube’s rumored Premium Light tier, Microsoft testing an ad-supported Office 365 version, and Pantone naming a color after Drew Barrymore. The panel debates the value of YouTube Premium, subscription models, and Microsoft’s cloud push. They also discuss Kindle download restrictions and the impact of ad-supported services on user experience. 

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MacVoices #25085 – Live! – Arctic Surfing on Vision Pro, Photoshop on iPhone

MacVoices #25085 – Live! – Arctic Surfing on Vision Pro, Photoshop on iPhone

Mar 5, 2025 |

Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, and Mark Fuccio explore the increasing frequency of immersive video content for Apple Vision Pro, highlighting a new Arctic Surfing experience. The panel discusses its effectiveness, the evolution of spatial video, and potential smart home integrations for deeper immersion. They also debate Adobe’s long-awaited Photoshop release for iPhone, weighing its professional utility, subscription model, and integration with Creative Cloud against existing mobile editing tools. 

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MacVoices #25084: Live! – Apple Invests In The US, Apple News+ Cooks, AI on the Vision Pro

MacVoices #25084: Live! – Apple Invests In The US, Apple News+ Cooks, AI on the Vision Pro

Mar 4, 2025 |

Apple’s ongoing investments in U.S. manufacturing, enhancements to Apple News+, and Apple Intelligence on Vision Pro were the topics on this MacVoices Live!. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, and Mark Fucciol discussed Apple’s $500 billion commitment to U.S. facilities, clarifying that it aligns with long-term plans rather than a new shift. Apple News+’s new recipe and restaurant features were praised for adding value, while the iPhone 16e’s missing ultra-wideband and MagSafe raised concerns. Lastly, Vision Pro’s Apple Intelligence beta left panelists eager for more promised features in April. 

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

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

Feb 11, 2025 |

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. 

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

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

Feb 10, 2025 |

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. 

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

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

Feb 6, 2025 |

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. 

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

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

Feb 5, 2025 |

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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MacVoices #25042: Live! – A Deep Discussion About DeepSeek

MacVoices #25042: Live! – A Deep Discussion About DeepSeek

Jan 31, 2025 |

MacVoices Live! digs deep into the many questions surrounding the sudden rise of DeepSeek, a large language model that allegedly was trained at a fraction of the cost of what the “big LLMs” have required. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Web Bixby, Jim Rea, and Jeff Gamet have conflicting thoughts, opinions, and concerns over the what’s, hows’s, as well as whether it represents yet another threat to both the individual and U.S. security.

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