Whether to be be smiling wisely and frightened beyond measure, many analysts are agreeing with Gaz that Apple’s interest in cars is as a service, not in the actual manufacturing of automobiles. Bloomberg wants to talk about tables, Apple makes a big glass out of itself with Corning, and sure, let’s give big government agencies backdoor access because based on the current ransomware they’re SO good at keeping it secret.

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Bloomberg writes article related to Apple’s growth, but talks about tables

Apple tries to make big glass out of itself with it’s first award in $1B fund

And these were the people you wanted Apple to give a backdoor in iOS to?

Guy’s Pick: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on Steam.  $39.99

Gaz’s Pick/Tip: Been looking for a journal on my IOS device and the Mac at the moment it looks like Day One is the App everyone is shouting about, but I’m trying the free version of the App Reminisce which has an in App Purchase to get the full App of 2.99 on IOS and 4.99 for the Mac, so a really great price. The thing with these Apps are you really have to give them a good try before settling on them. So I’ll let you know how I get on but so far so good.

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Regardless of what we say, Apple is NOT doomed. Especially with over 250 billion in the bank. Which we talk about in this show along with our vacation plans (because we can), Apple competes with Square and Venmo, and Apple has 80% of the smartphone market in China that sell for over $600.

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Apple share of smartphone market drops in China, but they have 80% of all phones sold for over $600

Guy’s Pick: Hoggy by Raptisoft games free with in app purchases. Pink blobby ball looking for his blobby girlfriend while he dodges bad guys with gravity defying deafness.

Gaz’s Pick/Tip: Trying out a ‘Visio’ type programme on the Mac without paying a fortune, having fun with Diagrammix free 15 day trial and a pretty good $12.99 (£12.99 in UK App Store Grrrrr) or direct from diagrammix.com

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So yet another piece of Malware that relies on the gullibility of computer users to infect themselves. Are you “that” guy? Apple making chips, but not to serve with fish, free apps extravaganza, and cutting rates to affiliate commissions is bad! Wait, no it’s good! What does it mean anyway? Lastly why are they talking about Grandma’s bottom?

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Guy’s Pick: iCarMode An iOS app that sorta kinda acts like CarPlay on your phone. $1.99

Gaz’s Pick/Tip: Microsoft’s OneDrive 

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They said it couldn’t be done, but the Men manage to put out a podcast that is UNDER an hour! Apple’s car (or not), The Guardian newspaper drops Apple ads (or not), and Apple is building a space fleet (or not). SO much more too!

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Apple hires two Google satellite execs for new hardware team

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Guy’s Pick: Starcraft because it’s free!

Gaz’s Pick/Tip: Airport Utility for no other reason that I’ve been using it both on MyMac and my IOS devices. and yes I was able to do all I needed to do in it!

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iTunes is dead. Well not really, but it does seem like Apple is trying to make changes to it, one content category at a time. OS patches, Motion sensing passcodes, glucose monitoring watches, man we’re all over the place with this one.

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Apple patched iOS after researchers showed a website could use motion sensors to detect passcodes. This just makes me think how clever people are! (using the motion they could work out your codes)

Apple Has ‘Secret’ Team of Biomedical Engineers Developing Sensors for Non-Invasively Monitoring Blood Glucose. This is the future and I think a big money spinner for Apple, and I don’t mean this in particular but health related Apps and detectors in general.

We know it’s because we use our phones the way they’re supposed to be used!
Why Apple Is Beating (and Will Keep Beating) Google in Mobile Payments. “Apple Pay transaction volume up 500%”

Ah HA still Apple will have a car, well maybe. I still think that it’s the service that Apple are aiming for, a monthly subscription to traveullingggggg.
Apple gets the OK to test autonomous cars in California

Guy’s Pick: JustBroadcaster for Facebook.
$15 for a 1 year license/$29.99 for the lifetime version

Gaz’s Pick/Tip: Square IT IOS game 0.99 UK store free with Ads

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Well Apple is screwing with our Imagination, wait no, they’re screwing with Imagination Technologies because they are going to use their mobile GPUs anymore. Since that’s a main portion of their business, they have no imagination about what to do next. Also, Apple to sell a TV bundle which doesn’t exactly set the world on fire innovation-wise and apparently Apple is one of the few truthful companies when it comes to battery life

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Well we already knew this

Is this really re thinking TV Come on Apple, I don’t think so!

I know Companies do this for ‘Jobs for Sales’ but I thought Apple were above this, though I suppose the governments are trying to support their economy and Apple want the sales 🙁

Guy’s Pick: Clips by Apple. A fun, easy to use little recorder for audio and video.

Gaz’s Pick/Tip: I had to do a flowchart at work, now we used to use Visio which I liked, but that doesn’t seem to be available anymore well not at a price that the company is prepared to had out licenses for. Well I found DRAW.IO and it’s an online application so yes I completed the flow chart at home on mymac 🙂 Some things make this not as integrated as it could be but I found that it had all the tools I needed and I was happy with the finished product.

People’s (TIP): From Serenak Assasin! Cool Mini Twins Bluetooth earbuds

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The Turkish Crime Family have threatened the GMen! Yes, us and 559 million of our closest friends! Well, to be honest they have no idea who we are and we have no idea who they are. Apple knows though and iCloud users are being threatened with the destruction of their data if Apple doesn’t pay up! It’s all kinda Keystone Cop-like except this time the Keystoners are the criminals. Also, Guy MIGHT be right about something! Yeah, the GMen can’t believe it either.

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Guy’s Pick: Spreaker Studio app. Not only can you use it to upload to their service, you can also use it as a stand along podcast creator with built in effects and sound carts.When you’re finished, just hit export! http://spreaker.com.

Gaz’s Pick/Tip: This is a real cheat but I’m picking the pre order of Rogue One through iTunes, why am I picking that, because and I hang my head in shame I haven’t seen it yet!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story/id1179624268

People’s (TIP): Serenak Assassin http://designbundles.net are giving away a great collection of watercolor design assets (aka clip art) worth $168 in addition to their usual weekly giveaway… and their companion site font bundles who give away a font a week. Well worth taking if you are remotely interested in such stuff

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Guy and Gaz have a chat about taxes (who pays and who doesn’t), cloud services (who plays and who doesn’t), and how the press sometimes looks at Tim Cook (who neighs and who doesn’t). Also, vacations and repercussions afterwards.

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Apple have joined with SAP to deliver Cloud Platform, wait what!
So now you can put a third party screen on your phone and you won’t get a finger pointing you to the door when you go in to get your iPhone repaired under warranty.
Tim again talks about AR, crikey he’s on a AR date or something!
What are Tim Cook’s most notable successes and failures during his time as Apple CEO?
Apple declining reputation corporately (umm size sometimes does that)
Apple’s macOS is the safer choice – but not for the reason you think. Actually this is exactly what I thought (stupid headline writer, assuming they know better, shakes head)
A mini site dedicated to Apple’s Home App, we might be getting somewhere.
Apple Watch saw ‘best quarter ever’ with 4.6M units during holidays, estimate claims
Hey we only normally here about the ones that they have to pay, or what they might have to pay.
Thanks Amazon how about your video App on ATV
Actually this will be quite useful
Good news (if you like these channels for the US)
Still doesn’t mean they’re not evil 😉
Good news always

Guy’s Pick: Minefield by Long Han Free with in app purchases.

Gaz’s Pick/Tip: Odd pick this because it’s not a pick more watch out. Are you going to an event of any kind, if so keep an eye open for an App in the IOS store related to that event, these days the event organizers if they are good have an associated App that can be really useful. The problem is if you’re anything like me you’ll find the App at the event or half way through and not be able to make the best use of it!

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Some reputations can’t be fixed (like the hosts of this show) and some get changed over the course of time. One half the GMen (Guy) discuss this with Karl Madden while the other half (Gaz) is off on vacation. Why? Because he can.

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Guy’s Pick: BoosJock iOS podcasting app. $9.99 at the iOS app store
Gaz’s Pick: I said he went on vacation!
Karl’s Pick: FiLMiC Pro $9.99 –

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It’s dawn here in MyMac land except for Gaz where it’s almost noon. We talk about the differences between certain things and Shinola, podcasting while traveling at ludicrous speed, what the iPad might be good for in the future, why the Lightning port isn’t going anywhere, and just why eyeteeth are so darn valuable. Also nah nah to the people that pooh-poohed Apple stock recently and the questionable benefits of parallel parking a 1968 Mercury Colony Park Station wagon.

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Guy’s Pick: Almost hate to do it, but Adobe’s Premiere Elements is a pretty good reasonably fully featured video editor and best of all, doesn’t require a subscription. $100 from Adobe
Gaz’s Pick: I’ve been using QS Access to get the health data from my phone, I have used the health App itself but to be honest the format it spits it out in is a bit of a pain, QS Access gives you a much better improved format to use the n extract. It’s free, and you have to give access to the App.

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Another show with a variety of topics and longer than usual since we weren’t able to record last week. That’s a good thing right? On a weird note, Guy might be right about something and we’re told we’re a political show. What are the odds of that happening more than once?

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Really Apple I think if you are selling a product to replace your quality products then do a little research
Ummm Guy you might be right
Tim Cook Says this is why we want Augmented Reality
Sonos copy cats … really?

Guy: The house shown at about the 23rd second looks like Tim Allen’s house in Galaxy Quest. This is why so many people question my sanity! Other than, somehow a bluetooth speakers wakes people up, they now magically have children, and want to have sex. Heck I’d buy one just for two out of three of those
Apple joining the Wireless Power Consortium
Apple buys iCloud.net
New iPad Campaign, what have they got old stock to clear?
Apple Drops, well that’s what Newton predicted
4K Apple TV (about bloody timer
Apple the 4th most innovative company in the world.
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The GMen are NOT scammers, they just don’t necessarily tell the truth when or if they ever say they’re good podcasters. No, this time it’s about OTHER types of scams that can affect your Mac experience and what to do about it when it happens to you. And LOTS of Google + feedback once again proving Guy wrong about social media.

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Guy’s Pick: WALTR2 by Softorino. Great way to put content on your iOS devices without going through iTunes hell! $39.95
Gaz’s Pick: I’ve been refraining from repeating this Pick but as I’m still playing it, so that’s years of gaming and it keeps being updated I thought it was about time I gave it a shout out again: Yep Real Racing 3

So, Intel Macs? ARM based Macs? Just what’s coming down the road for Mac users everywhere? The GMen have their opinions which may or may not be based in anything that others consider reality. To be fair though, that’s never stopped them before.

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Guy’s Pick: MiDVD Pro from ShedWorx $9.99 on the Mac App Store. Do you miss iDVD and just how simple it was? Well this program will fill those “I need to send a DVD to grandma because she doesn’t get tech” blues in one simple easy to use package! It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that iDVD had, but you can add multiple movies, a soundtrack, and edit the titles. It also has a somewhat limited number of themes, but the message here is simplicity
Gaz’s Pick: I referred to it at the start but it ain’t cheap and that’s Screenflow.  $99
People’s (TIP) Allister Jenks recommends Pick: Affinity Photo

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Appfus? What the heck is Appfus? Sounds like a yummy German desert, but it’s actually something that will affect every Mac and iOS user very soon. Listen in while the GMen say things that may (or may not) be a topic of importance! No, we won’t make a regular habit of that. Also Guy gets taken to task for something said in a previous show.

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Guy’s Pick: Studio One DAW by Presonus. 3 versions available (one free but limited). I bought the “Artist” version ($99) and may incorporate that into the podcast instead of GarageBand.
Gaz’s Pick: iCloud I love the use between platforms, sad I know but true.

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Who doesn’t love to hear about failure? The Men talk about some of the biggest failures to come out of Apple and Google (mostly Google) and are serenaded by a Wookie. Well it sounded like one anyway

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Google Page Creator (make web pages filled with Google goodness!)
Jaiku (microblog service)
Google Lively (Second Life clone that no one asked for)
Google Health (Because they’re SO good at securing your privacy)
Google Wave (Instant messaging and social media service)

Failed Apple Services
Ping
MobileMe
eWorld
iTools
iDisk
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Guy’s Pick: Knox KN-UM01 USB/XLR Microphone $39.99.
Gaz’s Pick: Great Time zone aid or the IOS App is at I quite like this one nice and easy to use and understand.

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The GMen are “generally” happy about the state of Apple but wish someone other than Tim Cook would be the speaker of new stuff. Lots of feedback and Karl Madden SINGS! Notice how I made it sound like that’s a GOOD thing.

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And Tim says we love the Mac (well not directly he didn’t).

MACBOOK PRO ITEMS
Phil Schiller explains (defends) why the Mac Book Pro is limited (keeping costs down) to 16 GB
First impressions were wrong

Guy’s Pick: Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare $19.99 at the Mac App Store. A fun shoot em up.
Gaz’s Pick: The compass App with added tip L:)

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A weird show with a weird title that we have a terrible time pronouncing. We’ve got articles from MyMac and all over the Apple web since Apple can’t apparently make anything new for us to talk about. Like iPhone production reduction, Tim’s visit to Wall Street, Apple sued for driver stupidity, and AirPods condoms!

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Apple Reducing iPhone Production by 10%
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AirPods a runaway success…. Not for me they’re not!
This isn’t new we are just confirming, it happens every year from memory
Apple sued over a driver using FaceTime in a fatal accident

Guy’s Pick: Animationist by Synium Software. Currently $24.99 at the Mac App Store. Fun way to create text and logo animations. Pick your size, text, pictures and have them zoom all over the place like a Bad Robot logo before a Star Trek movie.
Gaz’s Pick: SpaceTeam a fun collaborative team game, a great hoot 🙂 Free with in App purchases.
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It’s a new year and Gaz is back and Guy is…still Guy. They talk about Apple Cars, Mac and iOS not merging, how vinyl sales beat downloads in the UK, and Apple passing 20 million subscribers for Apple Music. Lot’s of other nonsense too because that’s what they do.

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So are they doing a car or not?
Apple hires former Porsche race car director for alleged ‘Project Titan‘ role

Apple confirms work on autonomous systems to transform ‘the future of transportation’

MAC OS & IOS Discussion
Why Apple Will Never Merge iOS and MacOS
UK vinyl sales made more money than music downloads early in December
Yet iTunes has great subscriptions!

Guy’s Pick: HandBreak is finally out of beta after nearly a gazillion years! Still free too.
Gaz’s Pick: Notes Used so much.

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Ah the joys of the holiday season is upon us so naturally many people are unhappy because they didn’t or won’t get some doodad they wanted! I say, look on the bright side, 2016 is almost over and a more screwed up year might be possible, but I wouldn’t want to live through it. Another solo show, kinda short because Guy is busy! He talks about all the recent gloom and doom surrounding the Apple press because that’s SO festive!

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Guy’s Pick: Need to record a Skype Conversation and need it to be easy? eCamm’s Call Recorder not only does that, but has additional tools if you want them to separated between what you say and what they say. Other tools include the ability to encode it in different formats and it’s all integrated with Skype! $30 which includes lifetime updates.

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