We start with the very sad news that Tim Roberton, founder of MyMac, podcasting pioneer, and mentor and enabler to many, many novices to podcasting has passed away, peacefully at home with his family after a short illness. I am sure you will all join myself and Nick in sending our deepest sympathies to all of his family and friends everywhere. After that Simon and Nick take their usual circuitous route through the “silly season” news they considered interesting enough and, as ever, some other stuff as well… Sound is back to normal btw… don’t really know what fixed it, I just fiddled a bit and tested and the problem was gone (thankfully!)

After the sad death of Tim Robertson, please consider making a donation, no matter how small, to the GoFundMe to help support Tim’s wife and four children at this difficult time.

Recorded 20th July 2025

On this week's show

NICK RILEY

• Spligosh in the Slack
• Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
• Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube

TIM ROBERSTON

• Tim’s Obituary
• TidBITS Tribute
• Tim’s Memorial Service
• Guy Serle and David Cohen discuss Tim and the future of MyMac
• GoFundMe for Tim’s family

APPLE

• 25 years later, Apples most infamous Mac can teach some valuable lessons – Macworld
• iOS 26s Liquid Glass design brings big changes to your iPhone – Tom’s Guide
• Apple Releases Third iOS 18.6 and macOS Sequoia 15.6 Public Betas – MacRumors
• New Apple Watch Gesture in watchOS 26 Limited to Newer Models – MacRumors
• Other Apple executives to take on retiring Jeff Williams’ duties – Apple Insider
• Meta just poached two more AI researchers from Apple – 9to5Mac
• Apple has now fully paid $16.5B to Ireland in back taxes – 9to5Mac
• Apple chipmaker TSMC might finish building its next U.S. plants early – BGR
• New Apple video comedically says: be careful what you remove from photos – 9to5Mac

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Anode-free battert tech – Battery Tech Online

SECURITY & PRIVACY

• Swiss tax probe sparks battle over Apple account records – Apple Insider

WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

• Mac Preferences/Settings through the ages – Aresluna
• Simon discovers Temu.com

Essential Apple Recommended Services:

• All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers.
• 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.
• Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
• Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with
• 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
• AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
• Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though.
• ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask?
• ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
• 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 and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
• Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.

Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion.

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Simon and Nick are back, after a series of “Calendar Difficulties” and then the fact that before WWDC unless you are into all the speculation and rumours there isn’t a great deal really going on. So anyway here we are and here it all is Apple OS’s 26, Liquid Glass everywhere and a lot more besides. As ever we discuss all of that and more. Sorry about my sound, something was making a horrible buzzing – I cleaned it up but if means my half of the recording is subpar. Will have to troubleshoot…

Recorded 15th June 2025

On this week's show

NICK RILEY

• Spligosh in the Slack
• Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
• Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube

APPLE

• Apples Liquid Glass design is paving the way for AR glasses – TechCrunch
• Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2025 – Wired
• Everything Announced at Apple WWDC 2025: Unified OS Redesign – CNet
• macOS Tahoe vs Sequoia:Whats different, whats new, should you update? – Macworld

Essential Apple Recommended Services:

• All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers.
• 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.
• Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
• Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with
• 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
• AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
• Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though.
• ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask?
• ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
• 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 and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
• Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.

Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion.

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No you're not going mad, and yes there should have been a show by now! Unfortunately with Bank Holidays, and Nick's Choir, and his Church Circuit commitments, and me being a bit unwell/under the weather it didn't work out. Besides which, I can't say there is a lot of news worth talking about to be honest! However, we will be back after WWDC to bring you all our thoughts on that – we promise. Anyway this a little Extra to give you a little update and to let you listen to Nemo's review of the excellent ThinkSound ov202w Wireless Over-Ear Headphones

Recorded 26th May 2025

On this week's show

NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE (00:05)

• ThinkSound ov202w Wireless Over-Ear Headphones John loves these and verified Amazon buyers agree with 5 stars abounding... Amazon – US $184 USD or UK £194 UKP

Essential Apple Recommended Services:

• All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers.
• 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.
• Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
• Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with
• 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
• AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
• Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though.
• ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask?
• ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
• 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 and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
• Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.

Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion.

Social Media and Slack

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• You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it.
• If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations)
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Simon and Nick are back, a week late because Simon forgot what date it was! Nick’s trusty microphone then decided to die completely, so he sounds a little different as he had to fall back on his headset, and the master recording crashed and deleted itself before Simon could save it, so this is the Piezo backup recording, which is perfectly OK but doesn’t have all the Audio Hijack niceness. Anyway in a month that saw new Apple Macs, and iPads, and Tariff Tomfoolery and much more the boys decide to talk about Simon ordering a 16e, and plastic eating mealworms, amongst other things!!!

Recorded 13th April 2025

On this week's show

NICK RILEY

• Spligosh in the Slack
• Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
• Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube

APPLE

• Simon orders the iPhone 16e
• Apple released: iPad Air M3 and A16 iPad launched on March 4 and MacBook Air M4 and M4 Max Mac Studio on March 5.
• Everything New in the iOS 18.5 Beta – MacRumors
• How to use Visual Intelligence on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16e – BGR
• Apple reveals details of security fixes added in iOS 18.4 and more – 9to5Mac
• Apple TV+ cancels Mythic Quest, allowing new season 4 ending – Cult of Mac
• The iPad Launched 15 Years Ago Today, Continues To Dominate The Tablet Market – WCCFTech

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Microsoft is now 50 years old – The Verge
• [Scientists break down cheap plastic using the air – LiveScience
• Plastic-eating mealworms native to Africa discovered – Live Science

SECURITY & PRIVACY

• Court confirms Apple is suing UK government over encryption backdoor – TechRadar

WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

• You can now buy an Apple Pencil Pro that looks like a crayon – 9to5Mac
• New Low Price: Add Ports Galore to Your Apple Mac Mini With Satechis – CNET
• Select Faster on iPhone With This Two-Finger Trick – MacRumors

Essential Apple Recommended Services:

• All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers.
• 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.
• Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
• Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with
• 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
• AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
• Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though.
• ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask?
• ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
• 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 and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
• Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.

Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion.

Social Media and Slack

Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Soundcloud / Spotify / Facebook / Pinecast

• Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement.
• You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it.
• If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations)
• And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do.

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Obscenely late putting this one up – Sorry! Also, yes I know it should be iCloud in the title but that typeface has no lowercase, and it looked silly all in capitals, don't @ me! Anyway, Simon and Nick got together to look at the news and the biggest things at the time were the iPhone 16e and the UK's disgraceful and abhorrent attempt to force a backdoor into iCloud not only for UK citizens but everyone, everywhere. Simon and Nick chat over those and a several other things (as ever).

Recorded 2nd March 2025

On this week's show

NICK RILEY

• Spligosh in the Slack
• Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
• Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube

APPLE

• 5 reasons to buy the iPhone 16e and 3 reasons to skip – Tom's Guide
  • Heres why the iPhone 16e doesnt have MagSafe, according to Apple – Macworld
  • How Fast is Apple's First-Ever 5G Modem? The Results Are Surprising – MacRumors
• The future of Apple Vision Pro is in medicine – Popular Science
• Watch Apple TV On Android – Apple Magazine
• A new Adobe Photoshop app is coming to iPhones – Engadget
• Apple's Acquisition of Pixelmator is Complete – PetaPixel
• Apple Launches New 'Invites' App – MacRumors

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Skype Is Finally Shutting Down on May 5 – MacRumors

SECURITY & PRIVACY

• Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row – BBC
  • What Apple pulling UK Advanced Data Protection means for you – BBC
• US Probes UK's Apple Encryption Demand for Possible Treaty Violation – MacRumors

Essential Apple Recommended Services:

• All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers.
• 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.
• Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
• Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with
• 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
• AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
• Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though.
• ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask?
• ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
• 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 and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
• Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.

Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion.

Social Media and Slack

Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Soundcloud / Spotify / Facebook / Pinecast

• Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement.
• You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it.
• If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations)
• And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do.

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Essential Apple Podcast 303: Zombies, Zombies

Well it is 2025! So guess what? The Essential Apple is back again, late as ever... anyway Nick and Simon talk about some stuff in the news and wander around as usual. Sorry it isn't the best recording we ever did, something was causing a bit of a buzz on Simon's mic, cleaed up as best as possible and hopefully fixed next time...

Recorded 2nd February 2025

On this week's show

NICK RILEY

• Spligosh in the Slack
• Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
• Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube

NEMO’S HARDWARE STORE (14:44)

• Macally Mac Keyboard with USB Hub | Dual USB C / USB A – Macally
• Plug In Night Light Desk Lamp with Safe Phone Charging – Macally

APPLE

• Apples reports record revenue for Q1 2025 (with charts) – Six Colors
• Reminder: You really need to update your Apple devices this weekend – MacWorld
• Why Apple Vision Pro’s $3,500 price is actually a selling point – 9to5Mac
• Apple AR glasses for Mac reportedly cancelled heres why – Tom's Guide
• Best cloud storage for Mac: online storage for Macs & Apple devices – Macworld

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Apple, Meta and Microsoft CEOs weigh in on AI startup DeepSeek – Quartz
• This Diamond Battery Last 5,700 Years – Popular Mechanics
• ‘Groundbreaking’ sickle cell disease treatment approved for NHS use – The Guardian.

SECURITY & PRIVACY

• Security Bite: Top macOS threat found riding the DeepSeek wave – 9to5Mac
• SLAP and FLOP security flaws affect all current Apple devices – 9to5Mac

WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

• How to reset an Apple ID password – Macworld
• RCS messaging on iPhone: New ways to chat with Android friends – Cult of Mac

Essential Apple Recommended Services:

• All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers.
• 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.
• Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
• Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with
• 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
• AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
• Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though.
• ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask?
• ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
• 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 and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
• Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.

Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion.

Social Media and Slack

Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Soundcloud / Spotify / Facebook / Pinecast

• Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement.
• You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it.
• If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations)
• And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do.

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On a week where Florida got mauled by Milton, Elon unveiled a CyberTaxi and what looked like humanoid robots, Russians on YouTube unboxed alleged M4 MacBook Pros and AAA Gaming comes to Apple Silicon (sort of) Simon and Nick get together to talk about that, and lots more...

MISSION TO SEAFARERS APPEAL

• The Mission to Seafarers is looking for donations of old, but working, smartphones and internet capable tablets to give seafarers far from home a way to talk to friends and family
• If you have any old smartphones or tablets cluttering your cupboard and drawers why not donate them to this worthy cause? If you are in the UK contact [email protected] or your nearest Mission to Seafarers Centre, or if you live outside the UK simply visit missiontoseafarers.org.

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!

Recorded 13th October 2024

On this week's show

NICK RILEY

• Spligosh in the Slack
• Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
• Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube

NEMO’S HARDWARE STORE (5:56)

• Pitaka Aramid Woven Cases – Not just for iPhones 16... prices from about $50 USD / £50 UKP – Some products can be found on Amazon...
• Catalyst Cases from about $40 USD / £40 UKP or on Amazon US / Amazon UK
• Scosche Magic Mount Flask – $40 USD

APPLE

• These M4 MacBook Pro leaks are a goldmine of secret info – Digital Trends
• iPhone 16 vs iPhone 16 Pro: Apple’s latest smartphones compared – TechRadar
• I upgraded to the iPhone 16 Plusa nd I have thoughts – Macworld
• Is the iPhone 16 Plus going to be Apple's last Plus model? – Tom’s Guide
• Apple officially cancels autonomous driving permit as Tesla unveils CyberCab – 9to5Mac
• Reasoning failures highlighted by Apple research on LLMs – Apple Insider
• Apple’s cheapest iPads are still steeply discounted following Prime Day – The Verge
• Apple’s New iPhone Update—Bad News Revealed For Millions Of Google Users – Forbes
  • RCS on iOS 18: Which UK networks support it (and how to enable it) – Trusted Reviews
  • RCS Arrives on iPhones: See which US Carriers Support the Feature – NextPit

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• AAA gaming comes to Apple M1 thanks to the latest Asahi Linux build – Tom’s Hardware

SECURITY & PRIVACY

• Apple Intelligence privacy features: Here’s what you should know – 9to5Mac
• Apple bug could expose personal info to your employer –MorningBrew

VINNE & THE SQUIRRELS VS THE ANALYSTS

• Report: Cheaper Apple Vision headset to cost around $2000; drop EyeSight – 9to5Mac

WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

• iOS 18: How to send iMessages via satellite – BGR
• You can now change your Apple ID email, as of iOS 18.1 – Apple Insider
• Apple TV hidden features: 9 helpful tricks everyone should know – [BGR]

JUST A SNIPPET

For things that are not worth more than a flypast

• SuperDuper! Sequia update – ShirtPocket
  • and so has Carbon Copy Cloner – Bombich
• iOS 18 fixed my motion sickness problem with one new feature – 9to5Mac

Essential Apple Recommended Services:

• All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers.
• 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.
• Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
• Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with
• 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
• AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
• Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though.
• ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask?
• ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
• 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 and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
• Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.

Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion.

Social Media and Slack

Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Soundcloud / Spotify / Facebook / Pinecast

• Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement.
• You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it.
• If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations)
• And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do.

Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show

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Eventually we return - after illness, a bad bout of depression followed by Summer ennui and a lack of real stories Simon and Nick rise again like an unwanted Phoenix to return to your Podcast feed... A few thoughts on a solid if not overly inspired Glowtime and a lot of rambling “catch up” conversation... Welcome back to the world of the EAP!

MISSION TO SEAFARERS APPEAL

• The Mission to Seafarers is looking for donations of old, but working, smartphones and internet capable tablets to give seafarers far from home a way to talk to friends and family
• If you have any old smartphones or tablets cluttering your cupboard and drawers why not donate them to this worthy cause? If you are in the UK contact [email protected] or your nearest Mission to Seafarers Centre, or if you live outside the UK simply visit missiontoseafarers.org.

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!

Recorded 29th Septempber 2024

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On this week's show

NICK RILEY

• Spligosh in the Slack
• Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
• Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube

NEMO’S HARDWARE STORE (12:14)

• • UZBL Cushy Case for iPad 10.2 and many other models https://uzbl.Com/collections/ipad-cases
• Catalyst full protection waterproof drop proof case for iPad Pro and all iPhones https://www.Catalystcase.Com
• Scosche Baselynx 2.0 modular charging for iPad, iPhone,AirPods Watch and all USB C gizmos https://www.Scosche.Com/collections/baselynx2-family-white

APPLE

• Glowtime Impressions
• iPhone owners warned of huge sacrifice to enjoy cutting-edge AI features – The Sun
• An ‘iPhone of AI’ Makes No Sense. What Is Jony Ive Really Building? – Wired
• 4 Underrated iOS And iPadOS 18 Features You Should Be Using – Slashgear

SECURITY & PRIVACY

• Why Apple cant decrypt iPhones of would-be Trump assassins – Cult of Mac

WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

• Apple Watch SE 2 is now cheaper than some Fitbits – Trusted Reviews
• Your Phone Has a Free, Hidden Scanning Feature – Reviews by Wirecutter

Essential Apple Recommended Services:

• All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers.
• 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.
• Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
• Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with
• 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
• AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
• Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though.
• ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask?
• ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
• 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 and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
• Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.

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This one is a bit late (nothing new there). Also I am sorry that the audio isn’t as good as normal - not sure what happened but there was a lot of crackling and some sort of stuttering/drop out. I have done my best to clean it up as best I can. Anyway, with all that said Nick and I got together to talk about what we thought of the WWDC announcements, Apple Intelligence and more.

MISSION TO SEAFARERS APPEAL

• The Mission to Seafarers is looking for donations of old, but working, smartphones and internet capable tablets to give seafarers far from home a way to talk to friends and family
• If you have any old smartphones or tablets cluttering your cupboard and drawers why not donate them to this worthy cause? If you are in the UK contact [email protected] or your nearest Mission to Seafarers Centre, or if you live outside the UK simply visit missiontoseafarers.org.

Recorded 18th June 2024

On this week’s show:

NICK RILEY

• Spligosh in the Slack
• Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
• Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube

Essential Apple Recommended Services:

• All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers.
• 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.
• Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
• Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with
• 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
• AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
• Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though.
• ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask?
• ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
• 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 and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
• Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.

Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion.

Social Media and Slack

Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Soundcloud / Spotify / Facebook / Pinecast

• Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement.
• You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it.
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WWDC is tomorrow, so Simon does a quick solo show with his pre show thoughts. Also Nemo is back to review a couple of portable Bluetooth speakers he crowns as his “best ever” so if nothing else listen for that!!!

MISSION TO SEAFARERS APPEAL

• The Mission to Seafarers is looking for donations of old, but working, smartphones and internet capable tablets to give seafarers far from home a way to talk to friends and family
• If you have any old smartphones or tablets cluttering your cupboard and drawers why not donate them to this worthy cause? If you are in the UK contact [email protected] or your nearest Mission to Seafarers Centre, or if you live outside the UK simply visit missiontoseafarers.org.

Recorded 9th June 2024

On this week's show

NEMO’S HARDWARE STORE (2:48)

• TRIBIT XSound Plus 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker – $70 USD (Father’s Day Offers available). Amazon – $70 USD / £65 UKP
• TRIBIT StormBox Flow Portable Speaker – $80 USD (Father’s Day Offers available). Amazon – $80
• Bonus: Nemo got these working as a stereo pair even though they are different models

APPLE

• I want Apple’s AI features at WWDC to be boringly awesome – ZDNet
• Can't wait for iOS 18? You still might want to skip the first beta release – TechRadar
• Here's why you should care about everything that happens at WWDC 2024 – and why it will change your Apple world – TechRadar
• 7 Things Apple Has Gotten Away with Because It’s Apple – iDrop News
• Apple adds iPhone 5s to Obsolete products list – The Apple Post

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• 50% OFF EVERYTHING – Affinity
• Microsoft reckons its new Prism x86 emulation for Arm PCs is as good as Apple's Rosetta – PC Gamer

SECURITY & PRIVACY

• PSA: Bartender Mac App Under New Ownership, But Lack of Transparency Raises Concerns – iDrop News
  • Hidden Bar – Mac App Store
• Microsoft rolls back ‘dumbest cybersecurity move in a decade’ – CyberScoop

Essential Apple Recommended Services:

• All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers.
• 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.
• Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
• Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with
• 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
• AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
• Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though.
• ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask?
• ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
• 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 and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
• Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.

Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion.

Social Media and Slack

Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Soundcloud / Spotify / Facebook / Pinecast

• Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement.
• You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it.
• If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations)
• And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do.

Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show

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