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Essential Apple Podcast 237: A Fireside Chat with Nick and Simon

A slightly different sort of show this week – Jim was a bit under the weather so it is just Nick and Simon, and there wasn’t a huge amount of news that piqued our interest so we just settle down for a “bit of a natter” about a variety of things including Nick’s trip to a mini eco festival, Virtual Macstock 2021, and more. So pull up a chair, grab a beverage of your choice and join us by the fireside!

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.

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Essential Apple Podcast 155: A dunce’s cap for Simon and the show that got away

I’s a dunce and did a show with Guy and Nick, but forgot to check it was recording. Sorry about that – instead you just get me mulling over what we discussed. Apple effectively soft launched the recently rumoured 16“ MacBook Pro, with a ”new“ scissor switch keyboard, and some pretty impressive specs. A strange story emerged alleging to reveal Apple’s AR/VR Headset and Smart Glasses roadmap. FIDO2 support is coming to iOS 13.3. Apple Pay is growing fast, but Apple News+ isn’t, Apple are fixing an Apple Mail problem that means your mail wasn’t quite as encrypted as we thought, and a few other musings.

GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS

  • Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HD 2019 use the coupon code EssentialApple at checkout for your extra discount!
  • Get Donny Yankellow’s 2FunDads iMessage stickers for FREE

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Apple Blocked News App In MainLand China with Cell Tower Location.

What’s going on with Apple’s iOS news app in China? It’s unavailable. That by itself is not surprising the only place available officially is in the USA though tests are said to be underway in Australia and the UK.  Let’s say though that you have an iPhone or iPad purchased in the states and that that device had the news app downloaded in the states, then taken to China that news app on the US device will not work in China or near it even depending on how near near is.

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