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This is daily Apple news. Monday through Friday, Ken Ray brings a short shot of tech happenings to your day. If it's Apple news, Apple-related news, or news related to Apple-related news, you'll hear about it here. News you'll like... this is Mac OS Ken.

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Mac OS Ken: 06.22.2021

June 22, 2021 07:48 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

- Wedbush Analyst Sees Good Tiding for Next Round of iPhones - President Biden Names Tech Critic Lina Khan to Chair FTC - Barron’s Eric Savitz Senses Sustained Change in Tech Regulation - Lobbyists Pen Letter Against House Bills Targeting Tech - German Regulators Assessing Apple Over Possible Competition Concerns - Wedbush Analyst: Regulatory Uncertainty Keeping Apple Shares Down - One-Month Trial of Paramount+ Available Through Apple TV App in U.S. - Apple TV+ Picks Up Two Critics Choice Rea...

Mac OS Ken: 06.21.2021

June 21, 2021 08:14 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB

- Goldman Sachs Sees Negatives in China’s May iPhone Numbers Compared to iPhone X - Chatterjee’s Look at China’s May iPhone Numbers Revisited - Evercore Sees Positives in China’s May iPhone Numbers - Digitimes (and Math): Intel Share to Fall as Apple Silicon Share Rises - Gartner Expects Semiconductor Shortage to Last Another Year - Proposed F.A.B.S. Act Would Incentivize Semiconductor Production in U.S. - Apple Updates iMovie, Final Cut Pro X, Motion, and Compressor - Security Researcher: Me...

Mac OS Ken: 06.18.2021

June 18, 2021 11:31 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MB

- Strategy Analytics: iPhone Still Leads 5G Handsets Despite Smaller Share - JP Morgan: iPhone Grows Share in Slowing China Market - Report: LG and Apple Talk Selling iPhone in South Korean LG Stores - Apple “Back to School” Promotion Launches in US - AppleCare+ Price Drops from MacBook Air and 13-Inch M1 MacBook Pro - Apple Awards $5M “Innovation Grants” to Four HBCUs - Apple Developer Academy Detroit Gets “Multi-Million” Dollar Grant from Gilbert Family Foundation - Apple Outs Premier Date ...

Mac OS Ken: 06.17.2021

June 17, 2021 10:04 - 14 minutes - 9.96 MB

- Proposed Law Could Keep Pre-Installed Apps Off of Apple Devices - Mark-Ups on Proposed Antitrust Legislation to Start Next Week - UK Competition and Markets Authority “Scrutinising” Apple and Google - Tim Cook: Sideloading Would Kill iPhone Security - Apple Pay Promotes Shopping at Black-Owned Businesses for Juneteenth - Apple Card Issue “Resolved” Over 48-Hours Later - Apple TV+ Drops Trailer and Premier Date for Season Two of “Truth be Told” - Catch “The Enlightenment of Steve Jobs” - Sea...

Mac OS Ken: 06.16.2021

June 16, 2021 08:20 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB

- COVID and the Current State of the States - Analysis: Game Downloads Up 30% in Q1, Spending Up 40% - Counterpoint: iPad Grew 33% in 2020 Versus Tablet Growth of 19% - More Old/New Games Headed to Apple Arcade - HomePod mini Up for Order in Austria and Ireland - Coming Soon to NZ - Third Betas of Some Current Apple Operating Systems Out to Public Testers - Lossless and Spatial Audio Land in Apple Music for Android Beta - Mayo Clinic Adds iPhone Health Records Option for Patients - Apple TV+ ...

Mac OS Ken: 06.15.2021

June 15, 2021 07:20 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

- AG Eyes Separation-of-Powers in Wake of DoJ Investigation of House Dems - Apple Card Hits Second Service Issue in as Many Weeks - Report: Some M1 iMacs Are Crooked - Beats Studio Buds Go Up for Pre-Order - Apple Releases Silicone Cases for iPhone 12 Line in Three New Colors - Apple Seeds Third Betas of Current Operating Systems to Developers - Apple Releases Security Update for iOS 12 Devices - Latest Boot Camp Update Makes Mac Trackpads More Responsive in Windows - Apple Sets Mid-September...

Mac OS Ken: 06.14.2021

June 14, 2021 08:57 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

- Report: Apple Retail Relaxing Mask Requirement in Some Areas - DoJ Shrouded Info Requests with Volume - Apple: Breadth of DoJ Info Request Made Nature of Requests Tough to Spot - Apple Put Limits on Requests After Volumes Tied to Leak Requests - Report: DoJ Also Requested Info on Trump Lawyer from Apple - DoJ Moving from “In It” to “Getting to the Bottom of It” - House Antitrust Subcommittee Introduces Five Bills Targeting Big Tech - Report: Japan to Launch Antitrust Investigation Against A...

Mac OS Ken: 06.11.2021

June 11, 2021 11:05 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB

- Apple Subpoenaed for House Democrat Data by Trump’s DoJ - Report: House Plans Five Bills Aimed at “Big Tech” - EU Competition Commissioner Pushing for Second App Store for iPhone - Apple Offers Canadians $75 Gift Card with iPhone 12/iPhone 12 mini Purchase - Report: Former BMW Exec and Canoo Co-founder Joins Apple - Dark Sky API and iOS App Will Last Through 2022 - Whoopi Goldberg Lends Her Voice to “Luck” - Season Two of “See” Set for 27 August - Catch “The Enlightenment of Steve Jobs” - S...

Mac OS Ken: 06.10.2021

June 10, 2021 10:56 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MB

- Marquee Monterey Features for M1 Macs Only - “Find My” in iOS 15 Can Find Yours Even If It’s Erased or Powered Off - iOS 15 Can Automatically Archive Expired Items in Wallet - iOS 15 Lets Photo Viewers Lose Memories - Apple Music Playlists Feature Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos - How to Activate Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio - Dolby Atmos “Coming Soon” for Apple Music on Android - Logic Pro to Get Spatial Audio Mixing “Later This Year” - International Day of Yoga Apple Watch Challenge Planned f...

Mac OS Ken: 06.09.2021

June 09, 2021 10:43 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

- A Look at Features Coming in tvOS 15 - A WWDC Keynote Privacy/Security Rundown - Apple Says No Private Relay for China - Newsletter Publishers Upset Over Upcoming Mail Protections - Health Improvements on the Way in This Fall’s Updates - Apple Announces Xcode Cloud - Apple Outs Screen Time API at WWDC - Swift Playgrounds for iPadOS 15 To Let Coders Submit to Apple from iPad - Munster: WWDC Keynote Was Calm Before “Innovation Storm” - Other Analyst Reactions to the WWDC Keynote - Catch “The ...

Mac OS Ken: 06.08.2021

June 08, 2021 10:04 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB

- Apple Updates the Operating Systems, and Then Some - A Great List of iOS 15 Features from The Mac Observer - iOS/iPadOS 15 Bring Major Customizations to Memoji - iDownloadBlog Outlines What iOS 15 Will Work On - High Points of the iPadOS 15 Announcement - iDownloadBlog Outlines What iPadOS 15 Will Work On - What's New in macOS Monterey - A Look at Safari Changes from Apple Insider - MacRumors Covers Which Macs Will Make It to Monterey - Features Found in watchOS 8 - iMore: If Your Apple Wat...

Mac OS Ken: 06.07.2021

June 07, 2021 07:02 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB

- COVID-19 Troubles Taiwanese Supply Chain - U.S. Pledges 750,000 COVID Vaccines to Taiwan - Apple Outs OS Adoption Rates Ahead of WWDC - Bloomberg and Loup Ventures See Changes Ahead for iOS Messages - CNET: Apple to Use WWDC as Pep Rally - Apple Music Holding “Spatial Audio” Event After WWDC Keynote - Morgan Stanley Analyst Expects MacBook Announcement at WWDC - Charles Schulz/Charlie Brown Documentary to Hits Apple TV+ on 25 June - Filming Wraps on “Ted Lasso” Season Two - Official "Ted La...

Mac OS Ken: 06.04.2021

June 04, 2021 09:50 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB

- Wedbush Analyst Expects New Macs, Privacy Focus at WWDC - MacRumors: Battery Regulatory Filings Indicate New 14-Inch and 16-Inch MacBook Pros Ahead - Wedbush Analyst Sees Increase in Initial Builds of “iPhone 13” - Wedbush Analyst Says Apple Goofed Not Buying MGM - Apple Strengthening AirTag Anti-Stalker Protections - American Heart Association: Seriously! Keep Your Phone Away from Your Pacemaker - Apple Pay Now Support current accounts at Irish Credit Unions - HBO App for Apple TV Reported...

Mac OS Ken: 06.03.2021

June 03, 2021 08:13 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

- Cook Preps Apple Corporate for September Return to Offices - Apple Card Out for Six-Hours on Wednesday - Apple Seeds Second Round of Betas to Developers - Reports Have iOS 14.7 Beta Killing SIM Support for Some - Apple Leaks and Cleans Up References to homeOS - Apple No. 3 on Fortune 500 - Study: App Store Ecosystem Facilitated $643B in 2020 Transactions - Evercore Notes Deceleration for App Store Growth in May - Flashback: Morgan Stanley Sees Surprising Growth for App Store in May - Judge ...

Mac OS Ken: 06.02.2021

June 02, 2021 07:02 - 14 minutes - 9.72 MB

- Apple Updates Developer App Ahead of WWDC - Apple Opens Developer Registration to WWDC Digital Lounges - Apple Publishes WWDC Keynote Live Link to YouTube - SCMP: Apple Supply Chain Reliance Increased Since 2017 - Construction Underway on Arizona’s First TSMC Plant - Apple Updates Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - Users Can Add Coinbase Card to Apple Pay - Apple TV App Lands on NVIDIA Shield Devices - Apple Taking “Look Around” Pics in Poland and Other Parts of Europe - Apple Music Plans Lots o...

Mac OS Ken: 06.01.2021

June 01, 2021 07:02 - 14 minutes - 9.75 MB

- Vietnam Supply Chain Petitions International Companies for COVID Vaccine - Apple SVP Deirdre O’Brien: “We intend to add more stores.” - Counterpoint Research: iPhone 12 Beating iPhone 11 in Comparable Times - ECG Goes Live for Apple Watch in Australia - Apple TV+ Beefs Up Unscripted Plans with Prominent Hires - Apple Hires WarnerMedia’s Jessie Henderson in Feature Film Push - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Power what we do nex...

Mac OS Ken: 05.31.2021

May 31, 2021 07:45 - 12 minutes - 8.81 MB

- Supply Chain Disruptions in Vietnam as COVID Cases Surge - Morgan Stanley Sees Better Than Expected App Store Revenue - Apple Pushes Paid Podcasts to June - Apple’s Jackson: Move to Clean Energy Creates Jobs - Apple Signs Straight-to-Series Order for “The Big Door Prize” - Jony Ive “Involved” in New iMac Design - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen ...

Mac OS Ken: 05.28.2021

May 28, 2021 09:09 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

- IDC: As Wearables Shipments Grow, Apple Marketshare Shrinks - Counterpoint: Apple Watch Marketshare Grows with Widened Protfolio - Kia “Giving Away” Apple Watch to Select Car Buyers - Report: Apple Watch Series 3 Updates Require Unpairing First - Apple Improves Developers Forum Heading Into WWDC - iCloud Data Center Goes Live in China - Report: Chinese Hackathon Exploit Used Against Uyghur Community - University of Nevada Freshmen Getting “Free” Apple Kit This Fall - Apple TV+ Up for Six Da...

Mac OS Ken: 05.27.2021

May 27, 2021 08:28 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB

- iFixit Tears Down Apple TV 4K and New Siri Remote - Bloomberg Turned on by AirTag + Hermès - Hermès AirTags On the Way to “On the Way” - Researcher Finds “M1RACLES” Flaw in Apple’s M1 - Apple TV+ Posts Promo for “Lisey’s Story” - Follow-Up Town Hall for “The Me You Can’t See” Hits Friday - Apple Looking for BizDev Manager with Alt. Payments Experience - Apple Opens New Store on Historic Site in Rome - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken -...

Mac OS Ken: 05.26.2021

May 26, 2021 08:46 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MB

- Reports: Intricate Shortcuts Noticeably Faster on iOS 14.6 - Tidal Follows Spotify Into Offline Playback to Apple Watch - Canada’s Telus Health Launches 24/7 Apple Watch Fall Detection Service - US ITC Agrees to Investigate AliveCor Claim Against Apple Watch - Apple Sued for Patent Violation Tied to iBeacon - WSJ: Insider Says Apple Really Looking Into the Car Thing - Apple Arcade Sweetener to Verizon “Unlimited” Deals - Apple TV App for Xbox Series X/S Gets Dolby Vision Support - 2021 Appl...

Mac OS Ken: 05.25.2021

May 25, 2021 09:11 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

Tim Cook Testifies: The VentureBeat Take - Apple Releases macOS Big Sur 11.4 Update - macOS 11.4 Update Addresses Permission Borrowing Malware - Apple Releases iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6 - Apple Releases watchOS 7.5 - Apple Releases tvOS 14.6 - Apple Releases Security Updates for Mojave and Catalina - Apple Confirms WWDC21 Opening Presentation for 7 June at 10AM PDT - Court Hears Closing Arguments in Epic v. Apple Trial - Evercore Analyst Predicts Win for Apple in Epic Fight - Hermès AirTag Acc...

Mac OS Ken: 05.24.2021

May 24, 2021 08:16 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MB

- Tim Cook Testifies in Epic v. Apple Trial - Counterpoint Research: iPhone 12s Snag 34% of Q1 Smartphone Revenue - Barclays Drops Apple Target from $138 to $134 on Tough Compares and Regulatory Concerns - Second RC of iOS 14.6 Out to Developers - Apple Outlines Lossless Audio Playability - Spotify Turns on Offline Listening to Apple Watch for Premium Subscribers - iPad 2 Obsolete the World Over - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - Power...

Mac OS Ken: 05.21.2021

May 21, 2021 08:27 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB

- iPhone 12 Gives Smartphones and 5G Major Boosts in Japan - UBS Analyst Likes iPhone Demand and Its Halo Effect - Apple Ad “Tracked” Illustrates ATT in Action - First Betas of iOS/iPadOS 14.7 and macOS 11.5 Out to Public Testers - Apple Splits “Gambling and Contests” Into Separate App Categories - Apple Launches Paid Podcast Affiliate Program - Apple TV+ Signs Straight-to-Series Order for “Wool” - Fundrise - The future of real estate investing. Learn more at Fundrise.com/macosken - Amazon Ph...

Mac OS Ken: 05.20.2021

May 20, 2021 07:08 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MB

- Morgan Stanley: AAPL Underperformance is Overdone - Federighi: More Malware on Macs Than We’d Like - Report: Greyed-Out ATT Toggle Getting Unstuck for Stuck Users - Apple Store App Gets iPad-Centric Update - Devs Get First Betas of Updates After Next - Apple Highlights New and Upcoming Features for Global Accessibility Awareness Day - Tim Cook Marks Apple Retail Anniversary on Twitter - Celebrating Apple Retail's 20th in Augmented Reality - Fundrise - The future of real estate investing. Le...

Mac OS Ken: 05.19.2021

May 19, 2021 08:11 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB

- Foxconn and Luxshare Plants in Vietnam Closed Amid COVID-19 Outbreak - iPhone Slips Behind Samsung in Latest ACSI Smartphone Satisfaction Survey - Engadget: Even Wired, AirPods Max Can’t Do Lossless Audio - Apple’s Self-Driving Fleet Grows as Test Driver Numbers Drop - Muted Parler Back in Apple’s App Store - Apple TV+ Green Lights Pre-Schooler Series “Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show” - Apple Offering ASL and VoiceOver “Today at Apple” Sessions for Global Accessibility Awareness Day - Apple ...

Mac OS Ken: 05.18.2021

May 18, 2021 09:51 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

- Apple Music Announces Spatial and Lossless Audio Coming in June - The Next Web Wonders Over Lossless Audio and Artists - Apple Insider: What Will Play Which Audio and How - Developers Get Release Candidates for Next OS Updates from Apple - New York Times Accuses Apple of Security and Privacy Compromises in China - Apple Statement on New York Times China Story - Schiller: Apple Park Getting a Dev Center, WWDC Costs Apple $50M Annually - Apple TV+ Releases Trailer for “The Me You Can't See” -...

Mac OS Ken: 05.17.2021

May 17, 2021 07:15 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

- Rumor Has New AirPods and Better Sounding Apple Music Announcements This Week - Apple Music Teases Music Changing Announcement - Mask Requirements Stay in Place for U.S. Apple Stores - Steeber: All Apple Stores in France Open Again by Wednesday - FDA Not Too Worried About Pacemakers and Consumer Electronics - Space Gray iMac Pro Accessories Only Available “While Supplies Last” - García Martínez Speaks Up on Being Fired by Apple - Apple Hires Design Heavyweight to Guide Beats - Thailand Will...

Mac OS Ken: 05.14.2021

May 14, 2021 08:44 - 17 minutes - 12 MB

- Mr. Munster Makes the Case for Apple - Strategy Analytics: Global Apple Laptop Shipments Up 94% in Q1 - IDC: 1Q Mac Sales in India Up 335.5% Y-o-Y - SellCell Survey: People Don’t Like App Tracking, Like Apple’s Device Tracker - Canadian Court Approves 2011 MacBook Pro Graphics Settlement - Cherry Jones Returns to Apple TV+ for “Five Days at Memorial” - Correction: Season Two of “Trying” Starts Friday 21 May - Apple Outs Season-Two Trailer for “Home Before Dark” Ahead of 11 June Premier - La...

Mac OS Ken: 05.13.2021

May 13, 2021 07:43 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

- Evercore Sticks with Outperform/$175 on Apple Despite iPhone Slowdown - Lunch: Apple Employees Question Hiring of Antonio García Martínez - Dinner: Antonio García Martínez Out at Apple - U.S. Rep. Asks Apple for Answers Around Forced Labor - Researcher Taps AirTag Network to Pass Secret Messages - Michigan Apple Stores Reopen as Express Storefronts - Apple Maps Takes “Look Around” to Atlanta - Joel Coen/Denzel Washington Macbeth Adaptation Headed to Apple TV+ - Season-Two Trailer for “Tryin...

Mac OS Ken: 05.12.2021

May 12, 2021 07:01 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

- COVID Cuts iPhone 12 Production in Half at Foxconn Factory in India - Apple, Other Tech Giants Seek Incentives for U.S. Semiconductor Production - Unity Says ATT to Cost It $30M Annually - UK Financial Ombudsman Investigating iPhone Upgrade Program - Visa Goes Live with Apple Pay Support in Japan - Amazon’s Wondery+ Signs on for Apple Podcast Paid Subscriptions - IoT Standard “Project CHIP” Shifts to “Matter” - Apple Taking Student/Mentor Applications for Detroit Developer Academy - Apple D...

Mac OS Ken: 05.11.2021

May 11, 2021 07:01 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

- UBS Survey: iPhone is Still Wicked Sticky - Report: Seven Companies in Apple’s Supply Chain Use Forced Labor - Corning Get $45 Million More from Apple Advanced Manufacturing Fund - Apple Seed Third Betas of Next Round of OS Updates to Developers - Third Betas of iOS/iPadOS 14.6 Out to Public Testers - Apple TV Adds Siri Support for Austria, Ireland, and New Zealand - Apple Maps Mapping Hong Kong for “Look Around” - Apple Sued Over 30% App Store Commission in UK - Report: Indy Repair Shops B...

Mac OS Ken: 05.10.2021

May 10, 2021 09:59 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

- Foxconn and Wistron Plants in India Hit with COVID-19 - Foxconn Staffing Up in China Ahead of Next iPhone Production - Epic/Apple Battle Reveals Interesting App Store Numbers - 2015: Apple Gives 128-Million Privacy Breaches The Silent Treatment - Stella Low Hired as Apple VP Worldwide Corporate Communications - Tile to Expand Reach Through Amazon Sidewalk - Hacker Hacks AirTag - Ladder - Smart, Dynamic, Term Life Insurance. Learn more at LadderLife.com/macosken - Upstart - Fair & fast perso...

Mac OS Ken: 05.07.2021

May 07, 2021 07:02 - 14 minutes - 9.67 MB

- How Did AOI Pre-Tax Profit Fall 19-Percent? - Flurry: 96% of U.S. Users Opt-Out Under App Tracking Transparency - Google Play Adding App Privacy Labels Next Year - More Australian Retailers Pause AirTag Sales - iOS 14.5 Gives Some Beats Headphones a Place in “Find My” - HomePod and HomePod mini Get Deezer Integration - Billy Crudup to Head “Hello Tomorrow!” on Apple TV+ - Second Season “Mythic Quest” Hits Apple TV+ Today - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS K...

Mac OS Ken: 05.06.2021

May 06, 2021 07:48 - 13 minutes - 9.02 MB

- Apple Advanced Manufacturing Fund Advances LiDAR-Maker II-VI $410M - Apple Adding Pre-Search Ad to App Store Search Page - Epic Says Rule-Breakers Get Kicked from Epic Platforms - Report: Some HomePods Missing Apple Music Since iOS 14.5 - BYU: Blue Light Not the Sleep Stealing Culprit - Apple TV+ Series “Servent” Nominated for UK’s TV Choice Award - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info...

Mac OS Ken: 05.05.2021

May 05, 2021 07:30 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB

- JP Morgan: Apple Controls 1/4 to 1/3 of Total Gaming Transactions - Epic CEO Says He’d Have Taken Special Deal for Epic Alone - Qualcomm Says EC/EU Case Shows Bias for Apple - Australian Retailer Pulls AirTag Over Fear of Kids Swallowing Batteries - Report: TSMC Planning Six Chip Fabs for Arizona - Apple Releases Security-Fixing Safari 14.1 for Mojave and Catalina - Price Changes Ahead for Four Regional App Stores - Apple Snags AI Researcher Samy Bengio from Google - Deadline: Apple Snags T...

Mac OS Ken: 05.04.2021

May 04, 2021 08:42 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

- Apple Patches Two Zero-Days with iOS 14.5.1 - Apple Says Vulnerabilities Patched in macOS 11.3.1 May Have Been Exploited in the Wild - Zero-Days Zeroed Out with iPadOS, watchOS, and iOS 12 Updates - Epic v. Apple Trail Gets Underway - Epic Fans' Epic Trolling Hinders Start of Trial - EC Levels Antitrust Charges Against Apple Over Spotify Complaint - IDC: iPad Still Tops Tablet Market - 2021 12.9-Inch iPad Pro Delivery Times Stretch to Early July - Old Magic Keyboard “Functionally Compatible...

Mac OS Ken: 05.03.2021

May 03, 2021 10:37 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

- Apple Q2 Sets Global March-Quarter Records - March-Quarter Earnings Lead to Many Raised Price Targets - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: [email protected] or call (716)780-4080!

Mac OS Ken: 04.28.2021

April 28, 2021 08:32 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

- Report: EU to Bring Antitrust Charges Against Apple as Soon as This Week - Australia Antitrust Wonks Worried Over Pre-Installed Apps iOS and Android - Russia Fines Apple US$12M for Monopolistic App Store Practices - German Orgs Bring Antitrust Complaints Over App Tracking Transparency - Apple Promotes Ad Attribution Tools in Place of User Tracking - Federighi: App Tracking Transparency Is About User Choice - App Tracking Transparency: Apple Posts Two-Minute Explainer to YouTube - Apple Says...

Mac OS Ken: 04.27.2021

April 27, 2021 08:48 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MB

- Tim Cook Pledges Apple Support for COVID Relief in India - Apple Releases iOS/iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, and tvOS14.5 - iDownloadBlog on Putting ATT in Action - MacRumors on Opening Your iPhone with Your Masked Face (and an Apple Watch) - Support for Xbox/PS Controllers and Color Balance Hit with tvOS 14.5 - Apple Insider: Several Small New Features for macOS 11.3 - macOS 11.3 Hammers Flaw That Let Bad Guys Bypass Mac Security - A Bevy of Security Updates in Monday’s OS Updates - Apple Updat...

Mac OS Ken: 04.26.2021

April 26, 2021 07:01 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB

- Report: Apple and Walgreens Vaccinating Apple Office Staff at Work - Old Magic Keyboards Incompatible with 12.9-Inch M1 iPad Pro - Ship Dates for AirTag Slip into May for Plain, June for Engraved - CNET: AirTag Accessories Run the Price Gamut - iMore: Hermès Offers AirTag Luggage Tag for $699 - MacRumors: Native Rating System My Ship in Apple Maps This Week - Apple Sued Over Some Fitness Functions in Apple Watch - Apple Seeks “Clinical Producer - Health” - Spotify Launching Paid Podcast Ser...

Mac OS Ken: 04.23.2021

April 23, 2021 12:32 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

- CIRP: U.S. Goes for Full-Sized iPhones - Morgan Stanley Ups Apple Target By a Buck After “Spring Loaded” Event - New Siri Remote Not Great for Some Games - Spring Fling Brings New Bands for Apple Watch - Apple Drops Nano-Texture Display Cost to $300 on 27-Inch iMac - Apple Suspends IAP Requirements on P2P Events Through 2021 - Apple Seeds First Betas of Next Round of Mobile OS Updates to Developers - Apple Seeds First Beta of macOS Big Sur 11.4 to Developers - Apple Being Sued Over Movies “...

Mac OS Ken: 04.22.2021

April 22, 2021 11:04 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

- Ars Technica Lists Lots of Tuesday’s Missed Messages - Developers Required to Implement ATT by Monday 26 April - iDownloadBlog: Touch ID on Magic Keyboard Works with Every M1 Mac - MacRumors: Touch ID on Magic Keyboard Does Not Work with M1 iPad Pro - Report: MacBook Manufacturer Quanta Tangled in Ransomware - Leaked Schematics of Unreleased MBPs Apparently Tied to Quanta Attack - Apple and Google Grilled on the Hill - Apple Watch ECG Going Live in Australia and Vietnam Next Week - AliveCor...

Mac OS Ken: 04.21.2021

April 21, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MB

- Apple Introduces Apple Card Family - Apple Introduces Podcast Subscriptions - Vox Details Some of the Apple Podcast Subscription Terms - Apple Introduces AirTag - Tile Takes Aim at Apple Over AirTag - Apple Outs New Apple TV 4K and New Siri Remote - Apple Insider: iPhone Color Balance Trick Works on Some Older Apple TVs - Apple Intros Purple iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini - Apple Intros Colorful Line of M1 iMacs - iPad Pro Now Powered by M1 - Apple 3.0: A Few “Loaded” Reactions from Financial...

Mac OS Ken: 04.20.2021

April 20, 2021 09:52 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

- Apple “Temporarily” Stops Accepting New Shows in iTunes Connect - Rumor and Speculation Around an Apple Premium Podcast Service - “Spring Loaded” Event Set to 10AM PDT/1PM EDT Today - Parler Headed Back to Apple’s App Store - Discord Relaxes Stance on NSFW Content for iOS and iPad Apps - Best Buy Goes Live with Apple Business Chat - Apple TV+ Announces Bilingual Thriller Series “Now and Then” - Report: Justin Timberlake Attached to Chuck Barris Series for Apple TV+ - Tom Holland to Star in ...

Mac OS Ken: 04.19.2021

April 19, 2021 09:17 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

- Apple Temporarily Closes Michigan Stores Amid COVID-19 Resurgence - MacRumors: 21.5-Inch iMacs Scarce Ahead of “Spring Loaded” Event - Wedbush Analyst Stoked for Anticipated “Spring Loaded” iPad Upgrades - Apple-Backed Project CHIP to Finalize IoT Protocols Late This Year - Jungle Runner 2k21: Kids Game Hides Secret Casino - Jungle Runner 2k21 Bounced from the App Store - Report: First Round of Roku Voice Remote Pros Missing TV+ Button - “The Problem with Jon Stewart” to Hit Apple TV+ This...

Mac OS Ken: 04.16.2021

April 16, 2021 10:42 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MB

- House Set to Move on Report Calling Big Tech “Monopolistic” - TSMC: Chip Shortage Will Last Into 2022 - Apple Fitness+ Adding Workouts for Pregnancy, Older Adults, and Beginners - Bay Area Clipper Card Now Works with Apple Pay - Adding Trees to Remove Carbon: Apple Announces Restore Fund - Apple Pay Donating to Conservation International for Earth Day - Lisa Jackson Addresses Equity and Environment in Time 2030 Essay - Apple Hosts Earth Day Focused Virtual “Today at Apple” Sessions with Oli...

Mac OS Ken: 04.15.2021

April 15, 2021 09:57 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

- Evercore: Apple “Well Positioned” to Beat March-Quarter Expectations - Discord Says NSFW Content Blocked from iOS/iPad Apps at Apple’s Behest - The Verge Sees Questionable Activity with an Apple Trade-In Partner - Apple Watch COVID Predictor Study Starting in Seattle - Apple Seeks Dismissal of $800 Million Coronavirus App Case - Apple/Epic Case in Australia Put on Pause - Epic Case Discovery Sheds Light on Lack of iMessage for Android - Judge Warns Apple and Epic Against Courtroom Surprises...

Mac OS Ken: 04.14.2021

April 14, 2021 10:46 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB

- Siri Nailed It: Virtual “Spring Loaded” Apple Event Set for Next Week - Apple Seeds Eighth Betas of iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 to Developers and Public Testers - Apple Seeds Eighth Beta of macOS 11.3 to Developers and Public Testers - NSFW Servers Blocked on Discord Apps for iPad and iOS - Republican Senator Proposes Killing M&A for Largest Large-Cap Companies - Apple Wants SEC to Require Corporate Climate Change Disclosures - Apple TV+ Announces “Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson” for Late Ju...

Mac OS Ken: 04.13.2021

April 13, 2021 09:43 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

- Siri Seems to Spill the Beans on Apple Event Next Week - UK Apple Stores Reopen as COVID Restrictions Ease - Apple and Google Deny UK COVID App Update Over Privacy Concerns - Apple Reworks Pro Display HRD Marketing for UK Regulators - iPhone Hits “Tough Compare” Territory in China - IDC: March-Quarter Mac Sales Surged 111% - Apple Reminds Developers of Upcoming ATT Changes and Warns Against Workarounds - Report: Proctor & Gamble Tries to Sidestep ATT Changes - Report: Marketers May Try “Ser...

Mac OS Ken: 04.12.2021

April 12, 2021 10:18 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB

- COVID Closes Apple Stores in France - Friday: Apple Declines Invitation to Senate Hearing on App Stores - Sunday: Apple Agrees to Attend Senate Hearing on App Stores - White House Holding Virtual Semiconductor Summit Today - KeyBanc: iPhone 12 Boosted by Stimulus Checks and Tax Refunds - Morgan Stanley Ups Services Expectations While Lowering Apple Target - Cowen: Subs + Ads = $2.2B for Apple News+ in 2023 - Apple Music TV Hits Canada and UK - Special Episode of “Mythic Quest” This Friday o...