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MacVoices #25234: Live – Apple’s ‘Awe Dropping’ Event Discussion (Part 1)

Sep 10, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

The panel breaks down Apple’s latest event, highlighting new AirPods with live translation, heart rate monitoring, better noise cancellation, and fitness tracking. They also explore updates to the Apple Watch lineup, including the affordable SE3 and the powerful Ultra 3. With insights on trade-ins, sleep tracking quirks, and upgrade choices, the group weighs which new devices are worth the investment.

MacVoices #24230: Live! – Discussing Apple’s Glowtime Event (2)

Sep 12, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/Q-7s1YRw1wE Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Ben Roethig, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, Web Bixby, and Patrice Brend’amour continue the discussion of Apple’s Glowtime event by finishing up on the Apple Watch...

MacVoices #24229: Live! – Discussing Apple’s Glowtime Event (1)

Sep 11, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

A bonus-sized MacVoices Live! panel assembled to discuss Apple’s Glowtime event, the announcements, and who is buying what. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Ben Roethig, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, Web Bixby, and Patrice Brend’amour start with the Apple Watch announcements. They outline their purchase decisions while clarifying confusion on which Apple Watch has the largest screen, cover some of the health metrics, and debate the blood oxygen sensor’s presence in U.S.-bound watches. (Part 1)

MacVoices #24203: Live! – An Apple Watch Copy; Squarespace Sites Hijacked

Aug 8, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

Chuck Joiner, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Dave Ginsburg, Mike Potter, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby disagree on the Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Ultra’s resemblance to Apple’s design, address the recent Squarespace security breach, and highlight platform developers’ role in ensuring user safety. The panel wraps up with a broader discussion of security on a variety of platforms.

MacVoices #23258: More With Jeff Carlson on Taking Control of Apple Watch (2)

Oct 18, 2023 | Apple Watch, Take Control

As we continue our conversation with Jeff Carlson, author of Take Control of Apple Watch, 4th Edition, we explore its hidden features and discuss the new Apple Watch Ultra. Jeff's book uncovers overlooked features, like the focus mode, dictation capabilities, and...

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MacVoices #23238: MacVoices Live! – Apple Drops Leather and CSAM Scanning (1)

Sep 20, 2023 | Apple Watch, Business, Graphics/Photos, iOS, iPhone, MacVoices Live!, Security/Privacy

A catch-up/pre-Apple Event MacVoices Live! session with Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, and Ben Roethig looks at Apple moving away from leather for their products, the decision to abandon CSCAM efforts, and the inevitable criticism that...

MacVoices #22223 – Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Apple Watch (2)

Nov 2, 2022 | Apple Watch, Author, Take Control

Our conversation with Jeff Carlson about his new edition of Take Control of Apple Watch continues with a discussion of the discoverability of features and controls on the Apple Watch and in the Watch app, what can you do Siri and the Apple Watch, and why it helps to...

MacVoices #22222 – Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Apple Watch (1)

Nov 1, 2022 | Apple Watch, Author, Take Control

Jeff Carlson has updated his Take Control of Apple Watch to the third edition, covering the Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch Ultra. We start with the general question of how important is an Apple Watch in today’s world for a variety of reasons and discuss the...

MacVoices #22204: – MacVoices Live! – Apple Product Choices, Apple Watch Cycle Tracking (2)

Oct 6, 2022 | Apple Watch, Audio/Music, Fitness/Health, Hardware, iPhone, MacVoices Live!

The MacVoices Panel of Chuck Joiner, Dave Ginsburg, Warren Sklar, Brittany Smith, Andrew Orr, Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’Amour, and Eric Bolden wrap up a discussion of iPhone photo sizes before revealing what new Apple products they purchased, what configurations they...

MacVoices 22203 – MacVoices Live! – Apple Watch Ultra, Satellites, Apple ProRAW Photo Size (1)

Oct 5, 2022 | Apple Watch, Graphics/Photos

This MacVoices Live! discussion starts off how the Apple Watch Ultra’s satellite option and what it will cost if one has to use it. That leads to an examination of the evolution of satellite networks for not just emergency services, but also phone and data use....

MacVoices #22191: Adam Engst Discusses Apple Announcements at LIMac (3)

Sep 19, 2022 | Hardware, UserGroups

? Adam Engst and Chuck Joiner wrap up their virtual visit to the Long Island Macintosh Users Group audience with a question and answer session that spanned topics from Apple’s “Far Out” event to AR, VR, and beyond. (Part 3) This edition of MacVoices is supported by...

MacVoices #22190: Adam Engst Discusses Apple Announcements at LIMac (2)

Sep 16, 2022 | Apple Watch, Audio/Music, Hardware, UserGroups

Adam Engst and Chuck Joiner continue their discussion in front of a virtual Long Island Macintosh Users Group audience about the “Far Out” announcements. The discussion picks up in the middle of the Apple Watch part of the conversation. Apple Watch Series 8 or Apple...

MacVoices #22189: Adam Engst Discusses Apple Announcements at LIMac (1)

Sep 15, 2022 | Apple Watch, Events, Hardware, iPhone, UserGroups

Adam Engst and Chuck Joiner made a virtual visit to the Long Island Macintosh Users Group just a few days after Apple’s “Far Out” event to review and analyze the announcements. Adam talks about why people upgrade based on “change my life” features, reveals what he...

MacVoices #22185: MacVoices Live! – “Far Out” Reactions (2)

Sep 9, 2022 | Apple Watch, Events, Fitness/Health, Hardware, MacVoices Live!

The discussion of Apple’s “Far Out” event announcements continued as Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Derek Miley, Brittany Smith, Web Bixby, Kelly Guimont, Patrice Brend’Amour, and Andrew Orr finished up with some final thoughts on the iPhones 14, then...

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