Essential Apple Podcast 234: Apple car this year? No way!!!

Wow – loads of Apple stuff this week that isn’t about leaks and speculations around what may come in September, and Simon thought this might be a no actual Apple show! Also as well as the regulars Nick and Jim we are joined by our very own iOS developer Weyhan Ng as we poke at this week’s news with a stick 😀

GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS

  • Glenn Fleishman’s book Take Control of Securing Your Mac can be found at takecontrolbooks.com along with many other titles by him, Joe Kissell, Jeff Carlson and others.
  • Steve at Geeks Corner has a podcast which is usually 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!

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Essential Apple Podcast 209: Unacceptable???

Nick and Simon get together again to take a look at the news stories that caught their eye this week, including an insane looking 7 screen laptop, some disappointing aspects of the App Stores, and Nick has an interesting discovery about his Alexa…

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.

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3 Intelligent Apps to Plan your Life

There’s an app for that – and that. These days, there’s an app for everything.   Some apps, however, are better than others; and some are definitely smarter than others. The smartest apps around are now taking the data you generate in your daily life and using it to anticipate where you’ll need to be – and what you’ll need to be doing there. They can even help you plan for it, so you’ll never have a crisis of organization again. Here are a few of our favourite apps designed to help you declutter your life.

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