The Mac & Forth Show 298 - Updates, Updates

This week Mark Chappel joins Alan, Steve and Karl to share their views and opinions on the recent raft of updates for our favourite iOS updates. What do they make of the changes and what are their favourite new features? Spotify says they are aware that their app is a bit of a drain, on your battery that is. Apple has flexed their pricing muscles and upped the price of the Flex Headphones and there may be an issue with the Express Transit feature if tied to your Visa card, or there may not be. All this, and slightly more, on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden30 September 2021IOS15, FlexComment

The Mac & Forth Show 297 - Card At The Ready?

Tim has shown us Apple’s latest goodies so Alan, Dean, Steve and Karl cast their eyes over the latest product announcements. New iPad, iPad Mini, Apple Watch, iPhone and iPhone Pro but have any of them tempted the panel to break out their cards? All this, and slightly more, on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden16 September 2021iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini, Apple WatchComment

The Mac & Forth Show 296 - Let’s Get Dreaming

This week Alan, Dean and Karl return to discuss the week's Apple and tech-related news. As Karl predicted, Apple made their announcement of their announcement, it might have been pretty obvious but still, we’re counting it as a win. So what may next week’s presentation hold for us all? Well, again it’s probably pretty obvious but we’re still going to speculate, so there. All this, and slightly more, on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden9 September 2021iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, AirPodsComment

The Mac & Forth Show 295 - Madden Goes Virtual

Once again Alan, Dean, Steve and Karl return to discuss the week's Apple and tech-related news. Karl gets a new tech toy and it’s not even Apple related. Looks like some changes are afoot in the App Store, some by Apple, some forced on Apple. Today at Apple sessions return to UK stores. James Bond comes to Apple TV, kinda and Apple makes a classical move. All this, and slightly more, on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden2 September 2021VR, Apple PayComment

The Mac & Forth Show 294 - Tim At Ten

Back once again, Alan, Dean, Steve and Karl return to discuss the week's Apple and tech-related news. Tim Cook has been steering Apple for ten years, we reflect on his time as CEO. Apparently someone thinks if Apple doesn’t produce a folding iPhone this year then Apple is screwed…alrighty then. Google pays big once again to remain the default search option on Safari, luckily it’s easy to change and OnlyFans manage to annoy their creators and users but luckily there may be a happy ending. All this, and slightly more, on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden26 August 2021Tim Cook, Fold, Google, OnlyFansComment

The Mac & Forth Show 293 - Calling Time

Time flies by as once again as Alan, Dean, Steve and Karl return to discuss the week's Apple and tech-related news. The EU moves closer to standardising electronic device chargers. The Matter smart home standard gets delayed. Apple appears to be having some employee problems. SharePlay gets delayed and Apple appears to capitulate on its mobile Safari changes. All this, and slightly more, on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden19 August 2021Matter, SharePlay, Watch, SafariComment

The Mac & Forth Show 292 - Who’s Who?

Another week has passed so Alan, Dean, Steve and Karl return to discuss the week's Apple and tech-related news. Apple has caused a bit of a stir regarding the privacy of photos in iOS15, but is it as problematic as some are making it out to be? Spotify has cancelled Airplay 2, or has it? Apple Arcade now boasts 200 games, and we ‘hopefully’ clear up something that has been confusing one of our listeners. All this, and slightly more, on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden12 August 2021Privacy, iOS15, iDOS2, Apple ArcadeComment

The Mac & Forth Show 291 - Mark & Forth

This week Alan, Dean, Steve are joined by guest host for the show, Mark Chappel, to discuss the week's Apple and tech-related news. YouTube and Spotify look to be adding cheaper subscriptions for their services. You can now get a separate Touch-ID keyboard but it’s not cheap. Apple Store App Clips make it easier than ever to walk out of a store and look like you’re a thief, plus we finally discover the truth about the Ted Lasso curry scene. All this, and slightly more, on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden5 August 2021Spotify, YouTube, Apple Store, Ted LassoComment

The Mac & Forth Show 290 - Ted Talk

After an unexpected break Alan, Steve and Karl return to discuss the week's Apple and technology related news. Ted Lasso is back and the guys are pretty excited about it. Another bunch of updates are released. Apple shares some film-making techniques. The guys discuss what they would want and not want to see under any Right to Repair laws and some developers of free apps demand $200 billion in damages. All this, and slightly more, on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden29 July 2021Ted Lasso, Right to Repair, iPad MiniComment

The Mac & Forth Show 289 - We Might Be Closed

Once again Alan, Dean, Steve and Karl return to discuss the week's Apple and technology-related news. Dean has been playing with Windows…on his iPad. Today at Apple is coming to YouTube. Apple has reportedly crushed some recent annoying bugs. The new Apple Mag-Safe battery is here and an attorney has threatened that Apple might have to pull out of the UK market. All this, and slightly more on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden15 July 2021Comment