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MacVoices #25102: Live! – A State Age Verification Effort, Metallica Inside Apple Vision Pro

Mar 28, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

Utah’s new law requiring app store age verification sparks debate about privacy, effectiveness, and youth circumvention tactics. Panelists Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby discuss on-device versus external data handling, parental controls, and implications for user privacy. They also discuss Apple’s immersive Vision Pro Metallica concert experience and explore whether the quality and versatility of virtual reality justifies its premium cost.

MacVoices #25101: MacVoices Update – 2025-03

Mar 27, 2025 | Updates

The MacVoices Update for 2025-03 features updates on the MacVoices Live! schedule update both past and future, a response to two contradicting emails, and a note about MacVoices Magazine. The update wraps with the monthly support and what our Patreon subscribers are more important and appreciated than ever.

MacVoices #25100: Live! – Sesame Gives Voice to AI, A New Main-Stream OnlyFans

Mar 26, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

The MacVoices Live! panel explores Sesame’s AI voice assistant, highlighting its realism and conversational depth, and discusses a razor brand’s surprising use of OnlyFans after being shadowbanned on TikTok. The conversation with Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby also touches on marketing strategies, and the evolving reputations of content platforms like OnlyFans and Reddit.

MacVoices #25099: Live! – Apple Watch Lawsuit, No More Space Gray, 1Password, A Digg Reboot

Mar 25, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

The panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby discusses Apple’s patent victory protecting Apple Watch, the discontinuation of space gray Macs, and the implications of Apple Silicon upgrades. They explore 1Password’s new location-based features, the practicality of high-end Macs, and share excitement over the revival of Digg.

MacVoices #25098: Live! – New Mac Studio, New MacBook Air, Apple Intelligence

Mar 24, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

This MacVoices Live! panel delivers their reactions to Apple’s latest hardware, including the Mac Studio and MacBook Air with M4 chips, and debates the implications of Apple Intelligence delays. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby discuss AI integration, Siri improvements, and compare Apple’s contextual approach to other generative AI tools. There’s also a exploration of creative uses for AI-generated content, who is using it, and what for.

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MacVoices #24128: Briefing – More On The Wacom One 13″ Touch Tablet with Jeff Gamet (2)

May 16, 2024 | Briefings

https://youtu.be/5RiOlARcYO4 The second part of our Briefing on the Wacom One 13” Touch Tablet begins with a discussion of styluses and how they affect tablet performance. Jeff Gamet shares his experiences with sensitivity, feel, battery charging, and build quality....

MacVoices #24127: MacVoices Briefing on The Wacom One 13″ Touch Tablet with Jeff Gamet (1)

May 15, 2024 | Briefings

https://youtu.be/zNFzI_zge2g To properly evaluate the Wacom One 13” Touch Tablet, Jeff Gamet joins this Briefing as someone who holds an expert status in creating art with tablets of all descriptions. What started as a normal Briefing turned into a deep discussion of...

MacVoices #24126: Kicking Off ‘The Road to Macstock’ 2024 with Mike Potter

May 14, 2024 | Events

https://youtu.be/8ICWKzTqGBA Our annual 'Road to Macstock' series kicks off as organizer Mike Potter talks about the changes to this year’s must-attend Apple event. Some of those changes include a new venue where everything is one place (conference, lodging and food)...

MacVoices #24125: MVL – John Stewart, Spotify, Peacock, and Godzilla

May 13, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/IfnMogztHCI This MacVoices session covers a lot of ground. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, Eric Bolden and Brian Flanigan-Arthurs touch on the challenges of Passkeys adoption, expressing skepticism about their...

MacVoices #24124: Apple’s ‘Let Loose’ Event: The Evolution of the iPad (3)

May 10, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/X7PB8dKa_0o We dig deep into the evolution of the iPad as part of the introduction of the M4 iPad. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Ben Roethig, Web Bixby, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, Mark Fuccio, and Eric Bolden explore the necessity for iPadOS to...

MacVoices #24123: MVL – Apple’s ‘Let Loose” Event – macOS on iPad? (2)

May 9, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/j-WHj_f1VPE Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Ben Roethig, Web Bixby, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, Mark Fuccio, and Eric Bolden fell into a debate over whether macOS should run on the new iPads, discussing the compatibility of the Apple Pencil Pro and engineering...

MacVoices #24122: MVL – Apple’s ‘Let Loose’ Event (1)

May 8, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/9kNX23viuQg The MacVoices Live! panel convened just hours after Apple’s ‘Let Loose’ event to discuss the new crop of iPads, including an M4 version, as well as a new Apple Pencil. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Ben Roethig, Web Bixby, Jim Rea, Jeff...

MacVoices #24121: MVL – Alarms, ‘A Microsoft Problem,” and a New UK Cybersecurity Law

May 7, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/sPNIeiWBwwg Chuck Joiner, Dave Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, and Eric Bolden consider the issue with iPhone alarms not riniging for some users and Apple’s response. The panel then looks at the cybersecurity challenges faced by...

MacVoices #24120: MVL – ‘Let Loose’ Predictions; Apple ID Resets

May 6, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/5icmI_hwLok This MacVoices Live! session starts out as we remember Charles Edge’s contributions to the Mac community. Two members of the MacVoices Live! panel have started a new Apple Vision Pro podcast; they talk about why, and what they have...

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