Essential Apple Podcast 193: Mark is fading away...

This week Nick and Simon are joined by Mark (who has some trouble with his mixer so unfortunately his sound isn’t as good as it should be – I did what I could to level it up – thankyou very much Chris’ Dynamic Compressor – but in parts he is a bit faint or clipped) and we wander around the what is and isn’t happening in the week in Apple.

This week’s show art was drawn by Jim – on his iPad using GoodNotes and the Apple Pencil.

GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS

Glenn Fleishman’s Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here and now he has also released Take Control of Zoom Essentials free as well.
Steve at Geeks Corner has restarted his podcast which is a 5-15 min show of his thoughts on tech. Also keep an eye on his site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk to watch for regular giveaways.

Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter!

Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular – if you’re interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation.

Recorded 4th October 2020

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On this week’s show:

NICK RILEY

@spligosh on Twitter very occasionally.
Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots’ Let’s Talk Apple
Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube

MARK CHAPPELL

@oceanspeed, @essentialapple and @essentialmac on Twitter
Puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube
Co-host of the The Watching Men Podcast with Karl Madden

APPLE

Tim Cook Could Earn One Million More Apple Shares by 2025 – The Mac Observer
Apple launches the new detailed Apple Maps experience in the United Kingdom, Look Around in select cities – 9to5 Mac
Google Project Zero Researcher to Join Apple to Improve iOS Security – iPhone in Canada
Apple releases new macOS Mojave 10.14.6 supplemental update with important bug fixes – 9to5 Mac
How to Fix the iOS 14 Bug That Causes Major Battery Drain – Gizmodo
Why Your Next iPhone Might Come Without Any Apps – Inc.
- Pre-installed Apple apps could be banned in Europe – 9to5 Mac
Apple Card mislabels AT&T bill as ‘Waters, Hardy & Co’, confusing users – iMore
- Apple says Apple Card billing mixup fixed, but tax firm still inundated with phone calls – AppleInsider
Apple catches electronics recycler illegally reselling over 100,000 iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches – 9to5 Mac
- Apple kept iPhone recycling scandal secret for months – Apple 3.0
Judge Excoriates Epic’s Dishonesty in Hearing Regarding Lawsuit Against Apple – Daring Fireball

TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft suffers second global outage in a week – IT Pro
Windows on ARM is about to get lots of apps thanks to new x64 emulation – The Verge

WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

Blacklight – The Markup

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Casely Tempered Glass iPhone Screen Protector – $10 US
Casely Power 2.0 – $75 US
FI Heart Tie Dye iPhone Case & Cover – The one John reviewed
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Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online.
Doug.ee Blog for Andy J’s security tips.
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AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
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Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test.
Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need.
Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
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