Episode 147: Apple and Storage

Follow Up

Apple quietly gave the M4 MacBook Pro a quantum dot display

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/15/apple-quietly-gave-the-m4-macbook-pro-a-quantum-dot-display/

Learned about this option today, helpful on the 256GB machines.

https://tapbots.social/@paul/113490344157847664 

M4 Macs Can’t Virtualize Older macOS

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/15/m4-macs-cant-virtualise-older-macos/ 

M4 Mac FOMO

https://christianselig.com/2024/11/mac-mini-m4-prints/

Are standing desks good for you? The answer is getting clearer.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/11/a-standing-desk-wont-improve-your-heart-health-but-it-wont-hurt-it-either/ 

AirPlay Mirroring on Mac Just Got a Huge Upgrade

https://lifehacker.com/tech/airplay-mirroring-on-mac-just-got-a-huge-upgrade

Apple Music Classical adds dedicated CarPlay app and Siri support

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/12/apple-music-classical-carplay/

MKBHD got himself in trouble again

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24294921/mkbhd-controversy-dji-sponsored-video-speeding

News

Apple hit with £3 billion claim of ripping off 40 million UK iCloud users

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/apple_sued_icloud_uk/ 

Elon Musk targets Microsoft in amended OpenAI lawsuit

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/15/24297271/elon-musk-openai-microsoft-amended-lawsuit

EU fines Meta €800 million for breaking law with Marketplace

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/eu-fines-meta-e800-million-for-breaking-law-with-marketplace/ 

AI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created by O2 to waste phone scammers' time

https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/ai-tool-sounds-like-elderly-30370351 

Apple receives EU warning to end ‘discriminatory’ geo-blocking practices

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24294554/apple-eu-warning-geo-blocking-practices-app-store

NOT A HEADLINE…?

https://nileane.fr/@nileane/113482851710113640 

Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/academic_papers_retracted_software_licensing/ 

NatWest blocks bevy of apps in clampdown on unmonitorable comms

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/natwest_blocks_bevy_of_apps/ 

OWC announces its first Thunderbolt 5 dock, compatible with latest M4 Macs

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/12/owc-thunderbolt-5-dock/

Media

Mythic Quest is getting a spinoff anthology series

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/14/24296445/mythic-quest-season-4-premiere-date-side-quest 

Amazon is shutting down Freevee

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24295129/amazon-shutting-down-freevee-prime-video

Channel 4 launches Vision Pro streaming app with a Taskmaster environment

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/12/channel-4-launches-vision-pro-streaming-app-and-it-even-has-a-taskmaster-environment/

Games 

Final Fantasy games are coming to Apple Arcade

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/13/24295537/final-fantasy-4-apple-arcade

Half Life 2 is 20

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/half-life-2-is-20-years-old-and-has-been-updated-with-steam-workshop-support-and-developer-commentary

Classic shooters Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free and preserved on the Internet Archive

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/classic-shooters-unreal-and-unreal-tournament-are-now-free-and-preserved-on-the-internet-archive 

GOG’s Preservation Program is the DRM-free store refocusing on the classics

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/gogs-preservation-program-is-the-drm-free-store-refocusing-on-the-classics/ 

Main Show 

What apps MUST you install on a new mac

1Password

https://1password.com/ 

Homebrew

https://brew.sh/ 

Maccy

https://maccy.app/ 

iTerm2

https://iterm2.com/

Linearmouse

https://linearmouse.app/

Grab2Text

https://www.softwarehow.com/grab2text/ 

Ivory

https://tapbots.com/ivory/ 

Raindrop.io

https://raindrop.io/ 

Reeder (5) 

https://reederapp.com/ 

What you must install on your iPad

https://1password.com/ 

Email: Outlook

Work: Microsoft Office suite of Apps 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/install-and-set-up-office-on-an-iphone-or-ipad-9df6d10c-7281-4671-8666-6ca8e339b628

iNews Paper

https://inews.co.uk/

Apple Office Suite (Numbers, Pages, Keynote)

https://www.apple.com/iwork/

Reeder

https://reederapp.com/ 

All the streaming apps

Channel 4

https://www.channel4.com/

iPlayer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

Prime, etc.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/storefront/ref=atv_hm_hom_legacy_redirect?contentId=IncludedwithPrime&contentType=merch&merchId=IncludedwithPrime

App of the Week

MX MASTER 3S

https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/products/mice/mx-master-3s.910-006560.html 

Thing of the Week 

Believe the Story Behind Ted Lasso

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Believe-Audiobook/B0CXBKS438?qid=1731833341&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=4HGFM9KXJW9XH5YT9Z9B&pageLoadId=mjSNc9cygEkk16uK&creativeId=41e85e98-10b8-40e2-907d-6b663f04a42d&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1

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