Two weeks away and the GMen are getting into the spirit of the season! That season being “Why the heck is it so cold and windy?” Also, it’s looking more and more like Apple is going to be forced in the EU to allow 3rd party app stores and other alternative means to procuring and installing iOS/iPadOS apps outside of Apple’s own app store.

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None this week

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Guy and Gaz:- 

Timeout.com list of helpful Ukrainian donation sites

Ukrainian Red Cross

Doctors without borders

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We have just jumped into the holiday season with black Friday and all kinds of deals that really aren’t all that impressive. However, Guy has scoured the internet (at least 25 minutes of hard core searching!) and found a bunch of deals that REALLY made him want to buy stuff….but he didn’t

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Top 10 Black Friday deals Guy wanted but didn’t get!

Audio Technica AT2005USB $59 B&H

Rodecaster Pro 1st gen $430 B&H

Monoprice Indigo (Strat copy) $83 Monoprice

Apple 2nd gen AirPods $79 Walmart

Apple MacBook Air 2020 8GB RAM 256GB Disk (7 core model) $780 Microcenter. 8 Core model $899

Audio Technica AT2020 XLR condensor microphone $58 Amazon

OWC 14-port Thunderbolt dock $299

Sennheiser HD6XX headphones $179 Drop.com

Western Digital Elements 16TB external hard drive $279

Dark Matter by Monoprice 27in Gaming Monitor – 16:9, 2560x1440p, QHD, 180Hz $229

For Picks Sake

Guy and Gaz:- 

OneOdio Pro-50 Headphones

Timeout.com list of helpful Ukrainian donation sites

Ukrainian Red Cross

Doctors without borders

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Neither Guy nor Gaz are made out of money which is a good thing since random pieces of coloured paper can’t do podcasts, but we can afford a few luxuries or items to replace current luxuries. So in the section part 2 we’re going to talk about what we have, what we’d replace it with, and why.

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timeout.com list of helpful Ukrainian donation sites:

https://www.timeout.com/news/8-ways-you-can-help-the-people-of-ukraine-right-now-022422

Ukrainian Red Cross: https://redcross.org.ua/en/donate/

Doctors without borders: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/countries/ukraine

For Pick’s Sake

Guy:- Reincubate’s Camo Pro for all those that don’t want to get a separate webcam. Just use this software and your Mac. $40 https://reincubate.com/camo/

Gaz:-

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So many sales going on right now on Apple products from Walmart with its Walmart + Weekend sales or Amazon’s Amazon Prime Day events with HUGE discounts off Apple Products. Many pendants are saying, “Hey Apple, why don’t YOU do some of those discounts and get those shoppers on YOUR website!”. Except they’ve forgotten one important fact. Both Amazon and Walmart are still buying those products from Apple so without even cutting margins to near nothing, Apple still gets paid. Also apparently there’s a developer’s conference or something on Monday which I guess the GMen will talk about. Lastly, it’s the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee!

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Gaz’s mum wax in the papers!

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Guy:-

Gaz:-

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Gaz is off doing fun stuff and left Guy all on his own, a dangerous proposition no matter how you look at it. However, he (Guy) was also smart (for once) and invited David Ginsburg from the “In Touch with iOS” podcast to join in and give his thoughts on the upcoming WWDC which while still some time away, hasn’t stopped people from talking about it.

For Pick’s Sake (Where applicable you fool you fool)

timeout.com list of helpful Ukrainian donation sites

Ukrainian Red Cross

Doctors without borders

Guy:- If all you use is Safari then this won’t matter much, but 1Password is practically the defacto standard for password management. Available to you anywhere and practically from any device if you trust that device enough to remotely log into 1Password.
Gaz:-

Dave:- Rode NTH-100 Headphones

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According to some, Apple and Google’s market dominance in Smartphone operating systems is stifling competition. While some of their points are valid, they also are ignoring the consequences of opening the ecosystems to everyone.

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Guy’s microphone this week is the Audio Technica ATM510. This is a dynamic microphone that costs around $100.

43 years and 14 billion miles later, Voyager 1 still crunching data to reveal secrets of the interstellar medium

For Pick’s Sake

Guy:- Man, haven’t picked one of these in awhile. Zombie Tsunami for iOS (also playable on the Mac if running Big Sur). Easy side scroller with just two things for zombies to do. Eat and Jump. Free with in-app purchases.

Gaz:- Bitwarden

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Apple has their Spring Loaded event and all kinds of goodies have been pushed out, though will the GMen bite at some of them? Maybe or maybe not.

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The best video to the Bee Gees staying alive ever

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Guy:- Klark Teknik CM2 Mic Booster. Another Cloudlifter wannabe but this one will boost two mics for around $130

Gaz:- None this week

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So they’ve only gone and done it, Siri let the cat out of the bag and announced before the official announcement that there is going to be an Apple event next week, now granted someone had to ask the question, but hey if you get enough monkeys typing then they’ll produce Shakespeare, and no I’ve never believed that is true, but there are a lot of monkeys asking Siri questions!

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Winner winner chicken dinner

Everyone seems very upset with Apple for how hard it is to switch between iOS and Android if you decide to leave the platform. Is it all that hard and what are some of the costs involved? Also, we try to not curse on the MyMac Podcast, but sometimes we &#$@% it up.

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Apple Arcade: Ranked – Top 25

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Guy:- Zoom ZMD-1 Broadcast Dynamic Microphone

Gaz:- iCloud Pages

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No March event and the crop of “we don’t actually know anything, but refuse to shut up about it” websites and “journalists” seemed to maybe have learned a lesson about announcing Apple events and are staying quiet. I’m sure this will be the ways things are going forward and we can expect thoughtful analysis of Apple news and events AFTER they’ve happened and not before…APRIL FOOLS! Speaking of fools, Gaz asks Guy some serious questions and got semi-serious answers! Left us stunned too.

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Worst Apple Products

None this week

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Guy:-

Gaz:-

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Life was so much simpler back in the day. You’d grab a microphone, turn on something to record yourself, and you were good to go. Now it’s all about social media, multi-channel DAWs recording into a livestream while monitoring chat and trying to keep yourself from getting strikes that could collapse the whole house of cards. OH, and still trying to be interesting. Or maybe that’s just Guy.

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UK Uber drivers get minimum wage, holidays, and pensions – with a big catch

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Guy:- Acorn 7 Mac App Store currently $20 regular price $40. Great basic image editor if you don’t need all the bells and whistles. Big UI change for the better from the previous version.

Gaz:-

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Five MyMac Podcasts ago was our 550th one. It was mentioned just before and here we are mentioning it after but not exactly on the date. Why? There may be one of two reasons. Either we thought it would be funnier this way during our daily MyMac production meetings or…we forgot after talking about it the week before. Also there’s some stuff we’d like to see, go away, or come back. Sometimes all three at once.

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None this week

For Pick’s Sake

Guy:- Behringer UMC204HD audio interface $80 sort of

Gaz:-

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Other than rumours, there’s been no recent talk from Apple about the next round of M-series computers, but a lot of people (analysts…ugh) have been talking about the iMac as possibly the next Mac to get the MMMMMM put in it.

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British politician slated for buying engraved AirPods Pro on expenses

Google’s Search Results Have Gotten Worse

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Guy:- SuperLux TM58 microphone – $35

Gaz:- Loving the Logitech Combo Touch keyboard for my iPad 8th Gen

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Will there be a March Apple Event? What might be announced? Since we broke the ice with sheer speculation last week with all the talk about the fictional Apple Car that remains to be seen, why not shove our noses deeper into rumours since everything seems to be a bit rehash-y at the moment.

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Pigs can play video games with their snouts, scientists find

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If there is still one thing missing from the M1 Revolution, it’s Windows on the M1 for those that still need to run it. Can it be done in a way that makes sense? Also the GMen use Zoom to record this time. Better than Skype? Might have been if they knew what they doing.

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Making a ringtone from the Voice memo App

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Remini

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Working hard to bring you the latest and greatest in Mac news and information! Well SOME kind of news and information. Mostly true that we know of so sit back, relax and let the GMen take you on a journey of discovery and wonder!

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UK Environmental Committee Says Apple Contributing to ‘Throwaway Culture’ of ‘Short-Lived Products’

UK urges tech companies to help tackle excessive e-waste in damning report

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Sir Jony has left the building, and Apple’s leadership page on their website and there’s no coming back from that…probably. Thanksgiving was wonderful for Guy and Gaz is getting all his walks in. The big question, is it really necessary to constantly upgrade your Apple stuff each year? Can you let it go few a few cycles?