A weekly podcast discussing the latest in Apple and technology.
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Zac and Benjamin break down Apple’s April event and give their first impressions of all the announcements from purple iPhones to crazy new iMacs.
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This week join 9to5Mac’s Zac Hall and Benjamin Mayo to discuss Apple’s upcoming Spring Loaded event, expectations for iPad Pro updates and Mac releases, iPhone 14 rumors, and much more.
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This week join 9to5Mac’s Zac Hall and Benjamin Mayo to discuss Zac’s switch to the iPhone 12 mini, iPad mini leaks, Find My updates, Kara Swisher’s interview with Tim Cook, and more.
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Apple announces WWDC 2021 for June 7th and overhauls the selection of Siri voices with iOS 14.5 beta 6. There are also rumors of matte black iPhone 13s and a new rugged Apple Watch. Plus, the Apple TV remote leaks weren’t quite as they first seemed.
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Zac and Benjamin touch on the state of iPad multitasking, Mac OS X turning 20 and its future, Apple accidentally breaking shared Shortcuts, HomePod and iPhone 13 rumors, and much more.
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This week on Happy Hour 9to5Mac’s Benjamin and Zac bid farewell to the big HomePod speaker amidst Apple’s confused smart home strategy, and discuss the latest iPad Pro rumors.
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Benjamin and Zac discuss the latest rumors surrounding the upcoming March Apple event. Kuo’s latest augmented reality report is (quite literally) far out, and Zac finally has something go wrong with his M1 Mac.
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This week join 9to5Mac’s Zac Hall and Benjamin Mayo to discuss Apple TV+ shows and movies, the launch of Paramount+, what’s new in the recent batches of betas, loads of rumors that cover the next few years of iPhones releases, and more.
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This week join 9to5Mac’s Zac Hall and Benjamin Mayo to discuss Apple in space, what ports might we see on the upcoming MacBook Pros refresh, where is Apple’s MagSafe battery case, Benjamin’s love/hate relationship with Apple Music Radio, and more.
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This week, Benjamin and Chance discuss the latest changes in iOS 14.5 beta 2 including shareable lyrics in Apple Music, as well as ponder the fate of the iPhone 12 mini and assess how much Apple services advertising and marketing is hurting the Apple software experience.
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This week Zac and Benjamin discuss Apple’s updated offer on the Developer Transition Kit, the stalled state of Apple Car talks, new features coming in iOS 14.5, Dan Riccio’s not so secret project at Apple, Apple’s first AR app for Apple TV+ shows, and more.
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This week 9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo and Zac Hall explain the fate of Apple’s Developer Transition Kit program, iOS 14.5 beta features, iPhone 13 hardware rumors, Apple Car developments, and much more.
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9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo and Zac Hall unpack the newest MacBook Air rumors about a thinner and lighter model with higher performance, iOS 14.4 and Apple’s latest software updates and new features, Dan Riccio’s mysterious new role at Apple, and the company’s big earnings results.
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9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo and Zac Hall discuss what came out at CES this week, Samsung beatS Apple to AirTags, Apple’s first AR device, 2021 iPhone rumors, and more on this week’s episode.
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9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo and Zac Hall unpack the latest 2021 rumors from Ming-Chi Kuo and Bloomberg including redesigned iMac, MacBook Pro, and Apple display hardware.
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9to5Mac’s Zac Hall and Benjamin Mayo discuss the latest Apple news of the week, including new rumors about Apple’s car project, loads of hardware rumors across this year, and new features likely coming to Apple Fitness+.
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9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo and Zac Hall discuss the latest with 5G UWB in the wild, iOS 14 Shortcut triggers, and Apple’s 2020 in product releases and service updates.
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9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo and Zac Hall discuss changes in watchOS 7.2, new features in HomeKit, HomePod audio with the Apple TV, the first anniversary of AppleTV+, and Zac’s impressions of the AirPod Max.
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9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo and Zac Hall discuss Stadia for iOS, App Store privacy labels, Facebook’s reaction to new tracking permissions, Apple TV+ in iOS 14.3, Tim Cook rejecting a series on Gawker after Apple bought it, and the launch of Apple Fitness+.
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9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo and Zac Hall discuss the launch of Apple’s new MagSafe Duo charger, the upcoming launch of Apple Fitness+, new features in iOS 14.3, high-end Apple silicon Mac expectations, and the surprise debut of Apple AirPods Max.
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Benjamin Mayo and Zac Hall discuss how Apple’s new leather sleeve for iPhone 12 works, MagSafe Duo launching, Apple Music Replay versus Spotify Wrapped, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air rumors for 2021, Apple’s apps of the year choices, Apple Fitness+ launching soon, and a mystery Apple product possibly launching on December 8.
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This week Benjamin Mayo and Zac Hall discuss the latest Ming-Chi Kuo rumors of redesigned MacBooks and Apple Watches, our time spent with macOS Big Sur so far, Apple’s plans for Black Friday, and much more.
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Benjamin and Zac discuss the first few days with the all-new HomePod mini and M1 Macs, macOS Big Sur experience, and much more.
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Benjamin and Zac discuss Apple’s major M1 chip event where it unveiled the first Macs to switch from Intel processors to Apple Silicon.
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