In this episode, it’s glitter, rainbows and a record breaking delivery BackBites Kim - Kim’s Request Jami’s Sandwich - No Numbing! Review of the Year January - Mac mini at 20, Steve Jobs and the tiny Mac - Apple employees fired over donation scheme fraud February - AppleCare+ moves to subscription-only model - UK secretly orders Apple to let it spy on users worldwide March - Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new Magic Keyboard - Apple (UK) April - Apple’s entire supply chain hit by Trump ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs - Apple shares get hammered after Trump tariff news - Apple’s fight with Trump’s tariffs will shift the cost to customers - How and where Trump’s new tariffs affect Apple - New iPad Air gets revamped, lower-cost Magic Keyboard May - Apple debuts Apple Vision Pro’s Bono film at Cannes June - Apps Sherlocked, replaced by Apple, Raycast July - Apple reports third quarter results - Apple (UK) August - MacBites Episode 0184 | The MacBites Podcast September - Apple debuts iPhone 17 - Apple October - MacBites After Hours Season Pass - Affinity by Canva (Version 3) November - Introducing iPhone Pocket: a beautiful way to wear and carry iPhone - Apple (UK) December - December 2019 in review: Apple releases the long awaited new Mac Pro | AppleInsider - The good, the bad, and the ugly of Apple’s 2025 - 9to5Mac Looking Forward Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

BackBites Jami’s Sandwich 0199 - Jami’s Sandwich 0199 Jami’s Sandwich 0200 - Jami’s Sandwich 0200 - Tetracycline: MedlinePlus Drug Information In The News Texas Judge Blocks App Store Age Verification Law - Texas judge says Apple doesn’t have to check App Store ages | AppleInsider - Texas App Store Age Verification Law Blocked by Federal Judge - MacRumors - Texas judge blocks state’s App Store age verification law - 9to5Mac Timmy’s Christmas Shopping - Tim Cook just bought 50,000 Nike shares, and investors noticed - 9to5Mac ChatBites Bin Day Woes - MacBites Episode 0117 | The MacBites Podcast Mike The Oven Slayer - Ninja Combi 12-In-1 Multi-Cooker Focus Keyboard Maestro Magic - Keyboard Maestro - Raycast - Your shortcut to everything Excel Bites Excel Automation - Automate Excel for Mac: Record Your First Macro - YouTube Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, we went live! ChatBites MacBites 200 - MacBites 0000 - Episode 0: It Does Get Better! - 06 October 2007 - MacBites 0001 - Hello World! - 08 October 2007 - MacBites 0002 - Spamalot - 15 October 2007 - MacBites 0003 - I’m a Barbie Girl in a Barbie World - 25 October 2007 - MacBites 0004 - Leopard XL - 05 November 2007 - MacBites 0005 - Cheating the Cheetah - 08 November 2007 - MacBites 0006 - iPhone iPhone iPhone - 22 November 2007 - MacBites 0007 - Textual Intercourse - 10 December 2007 - MacBites 0008 - Flight of the Navigator - 07 January 2008 - MacBites 0009 - Back with a Bang - 09 June 2008 - MacBites 0010 - Seamlessly Synching and the Magic Witch Switch - 16 June 2008 - MacBites 0011 - Come On Baby Light My Fire - 23 June 2008 - MacBites 0012 - Rock Me Amadeus - 30 June 2008 - MacBites 0013 - iPhone iPhone iPhone Bursting the Bubble - 21 July 2008 - MacBites 0014 - Back, Sack and PAC - 04 August 2008 - MacBites 0015 - Boxing Clever - 18 August 2008 - MacBites 0016 - Don’t Be Koi - 08 September 2008 - MacBites 0017 - Headless Chickens - 08 June 2009 - MacBites 0018 - Diabolically Dodgy Doings in Didcot - 15 June 2009 - MacBites 0019 - The Koi Pond Mafia - 22 June 2009 - MacBites 0020 - Because ... Jane Said So - 29 June 2009 - MacBites 0021 - Strictly Adult Browsing - 06 July 2009 - MacBites 0022 - Growl on the Prowl - 13 July 2009 - MacBites 0023 - Piggybacking Palms - 20 July 2009 - MacBites 0024 - 24 Toys of an Adult Nature - 27 July 2009 - MacBites 0025 - A La Carte - 03 August 2009 - MacBites 0026 - Exploding iPod Pyrotechnics - 10 August 2009 - MacBites 0027 - Flashing Info Panels - 17 August 2009 - MacBites 0028 - Raiders of the Lost Mail and a Very Moist Minster - 24 August 2009 - MacBites 0029 - Eye of the Snow Leopard - 31 August 2009 - MacBites 0030 - Connectionless Customer Service - 07 September 2009 - MacBites 0031 - Domestic Strife Strikes at MacBites HQ - 14 September 2009 - MacBites 0032 - Hacking Narcoleptic iPhones Wearing Hot Pants - 21 September 2009 - MacBites 0033 - The Hidden Depths of Homer Simpson’s Library - 28 September 2009 - MacBites 0034 - You’ve Gotta Speed It Up and then You’ve Gotta Slow It Down - 12 October 2009 - MacBites 0035 - The Browser Queen Meets Jeremy Kyle - 19 October 2009 - MacBites 0036 - Increased Sensitivity it’s all in the Wrist Action - 26 October 2009 - MacBites 0037 - Impenetrable Permutations - 02 November 2009 - MacBites 0038 - Thongs Can Only Get Better - 16 November 2009 - MacBites 0039 - Wrist Action Redux - 07 December 2009 - MacBites 0040 - Desirable Naked Friends - 18 January 2010 - MacBites 0041 - Pink Buzzing Fingers and Thongs for the Memory - 22 February 2010 - MacBites 0042 - The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Free Software - 15 March 2010 - MacBites 0043 - Mickey the MacBites Magic Mouse Meets the Microwaveable Duck - 29 March 2010 - MacBites 0044 - Magically Multiplying iPads and Getting Giddy About iPhone 4 - 22 June 2010 - MacBites 0045 - The Car Park Strikes Back and Other iPhone 4 Goodness - 14 July 2010 - MacBites 0046 - Ribbed and Sensitive - 01 November 2010 - MacBites 0047 - Badly Behaved Batteries and Roaming RAM - 09 February 2011 - MacBites 0048 - Silicone Wraps and Magic Wands - 21 February 2011 - MacBites 0049 - An Amazing Apple Week and The Great Yorkshire Yomp - 02 March 2011 - MacBites 0050 - It’ll Be Alright on the Night - the Outtakes - 06 June 2011 - MacBites 0051 - All Done in the Best Possible Taste - 19 June 2011 - MacBites 0052 - Elaine Reveals All - 30 August 2011 - MacBites 0053 - Want, Need and Desire - 04 September 2011 - MacBites 0054 - The Curse of The X - 18 September 2011 - MacBites 0055 - Frictionless Sharing and Uncontrollable Teeth - 03 October 2011 - MacBites 0056 - Steve Jobs - 1955 - 2011 - 08 October 2011 - MacBites 0057 - Something Nasty Nestling in the Nail Brush - 12 October 2011 - MacBites 0058 - The MacBites Crew and The Holy Grail - 17 October 2011 - MacBites 0059 - Events Occur in Real Time ... Or Not - 26 October 2011 - MacBites 0060 - A Bit Chilly Around the Trossachs - 31 October 2011 - MacBites 0061 - Buzzing in the Bedroom - 11 December 2011 - MacBites 0062 - Bigger is Not Always Better - 24 December 2011 - MacBites 0063 - Pleasuring Jeremy Clarkson - 25 January 2012 - MacBites 0064 - MacBites The iBook - 02 February 2012 - MacBites 0065 - Rats the Size of Cats - 06 March 2012 - MacBites 0066 - Nude and Hairy - 10 June 2012 - MacBites 0067 - Amazonian Warrior - 17 June 2012 - MacBites 0068 - Rubber Ducks and Rampant Koi - 01 July 2012 - MacBites 0069 - Soixante-Neuf - 16 July 2012 - MacBites 0070 - Doing the Dirty and Dabbling on the Dark Side - 21 January 2013 - MacBites 0071 - The Old Razzle Dazzle - 29 January 2013 - MacBites 0072 - Five Play - 20 March 2013 - MacBites 0073 - A Vice, a 4 Inch Nail and Rubber Gloves - 08 April 2013 - MacBites 0074 - Meet The Hoccers - 22 April 2013 - MacBites 0075 - Tingling Down Under - 13 May 2013 - MacBites 0076 - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish - 09 September 2013 - MacBites 0077 - The Lion Sleeps Tonight - 16 September 2013 - MacBites 0078 - Where’s Wilson? - 08 October 2013 - MacBites 0079 - Bah Humbug - 25 December 2013 - MacBites 0080 - Monty Python’s Parrot - 26 March 2014 - MacBites 0081 - Pining for the Fjords - 27 March 2014 - MacBites 0082 - This is an Ex-Parrot - 28 March 2014 - MacBites 0083 - Mike Thomas and the Holy Grail - 29 March 2014 - MacBites 0084 - Come to Mummy - 30 March 2014 - MacBites 0085 - Office Politics - 31 March 2014 - MacBites 0086 - Put a Plaster on it - 01 April 2014 - MacBites 0087 - April Showers - 07 April 2014 - MacBites 0088 - Silver Lining - 14 April 2014 - MacBites 0089 - Untethered in Timperley - 15 July 2014 - MacBites 0090 - Rampant Scepticism - 23 July 2014 - MacBites 0091 - Summer Holiday - 28 July 2014 - MacBites 0092 - Date Night - 04 August 2014 - MacBites 0093 - Made to Measure - 11 August 2014 - MacBites 0094 - Mike’s Bot Bot - 19 August 2014 - MacBites 0095 - Plucking Plectrums - 27 August 2014 - MacBites 0096 - Naughty Narcolepsy - 05 September 2014 - MacBites 0097 - Gone to the Dogs - 16 October 2014 - MacBites 0098 - Ice Ice Baby - 18 November 2014 - MacBites 0099 - Without the Aid of a Safety Net - 23 March 2015 - MacBites 0100 - Kidnapping Craig’s Cat - 01 November 2015 - MacBites 0101 - Rude Awakening - 15 November 2015 - MacBites 0102 - Alarming Undulations - 08 December 2015 - MacBites 0103 - Dusky Peach with a Hint of Pink - 10 June 2016 - MacBites 0104 - We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off ... to Have a Good Time - 21 June 2016 - MacBites 0105 - Blofeld’s Cat and Dinner With George Clooney - 03 August 2016 - MacBites 0106 - The Trolley Dolly From Hell - 16 August 2016 - MacBites 0107 - Dithering Nits - 12 June 2017 - MacBites 0108 - Tiger Feet With Added Socks, Docks and Shifty Cows - 26 October 2017 - MacBites 0108A - Mutiny at MacBites HQ - 11 April 2018 - MacBites 0109 - Spotty Muldoon and the Secrets of the Knicker Drawer - 12 April 2018 - MacBites 0110 - Snow Flakes and Boxcar Willie - 03 May 2018 - MacBites 0111 - The 3 Lion’s Kings - 11 July 2018 - MacBites 0112 - Go Tell It on the Mountain - 30 July 2018 - MacBites 0113 - Top Gun Meets Deadeye Dick - 20 August 2018 - MacBites 0114 - Yosemite Sam and the Magically Multiplying Show Notes - 30 November 2018 - MacBites 0115 - Captain Sensible’s Happy Talk - 22 January 2019 - MacBites 0116 - Shooting Through 2018 - 26 January 2019 - MacBites 0117 - Bravo Sierra and the Science of the Bin Collection - 06 February 2019 - MacBites 0118 - High Jinks with Enterprising App Bandits - 18 February 2019 - MacBites 0119 - Road Warriors ... Doing the Dongle Dance - 01 March 2019 - MacBites 0120 - Radio Ga Ga - 03 June 2019 - MacBites 0121 - Predictive Analytics with Mrs Brown’s Bunions - 19 August 2019 - MacBites 0122 - Otis Rides Again ... While Playing Vatican Roulette - 09 September 2019 - MacBites 0123 - Jane’s Space Race and the 3 Foot Toblerone - 06 January 2020 - MacBites 0124 - The Drive to Subscribe ... While Doing the Icon Dance - 11 February 2020 - MacBites 0125 - Let’s Get This Show on the Road - 04 May 2020 - MacBites 0126 - Back Home ... Home Sweet Home - 18 May 2020 - MacBites 0127 - Otter-mating State Sponsored Stalking - 20 July 2020 - MacBites 0128 - The Covid Cat Collective Chatting with Norman Collier in a Time Warp - 28 July 2020 - MacBites 0129 - New Nagging Notifications For You - 11 August 2020 - MacBites 0130 - Like Buses! - 12 August 2020 - MacBites 0131 - An Unexpected Resurrection on Apple’s Stairway to Heaven - 18 August 2020 - MacBites 0132 - Paddle Powered Pandemonium in the Licensing Department - 26 August 2020 - MacBites 0133 - Playing Scrabble with Big Brother in the Bubble Boutique - 07 September 2020 - MacBites 0134 - Biggles Niggles and the Hungarian Keyboard - 03 December 2020 - MacBites 0135 - Mystic Meg and the Magic MacBites Maths for Muggles - 25 December 2020 - MacBites 0136 - On a Busman’s Holiday to the Finish Line in “Butt-Less” Jim-Jams - 08 April 2021 - MacBites 0137 - Seductive Cream Cakes and Guilt Inducing Traffic Lights - 29 April 2021 - MacBites 0138 - Wilson, Shergar and Timmy Jockeying the Wee Donkey - 20 July 2021 - MacBites 0139 - The Secrets of Harry Potter’s Magic Car Revealed - 27 July 2021 - MacBites 0140 - Killing Keynote and Taking Pleasure in PowerPoint - 03 August 2021 - MacBites 0141 - Talk to the Hand, Bezos - 10 August 2021 - MacBites 0142 - The Joy of Blinking Biometrics and Dating Dogs - 17 August 2021 - MacBites 0143 - Hunker in a Bunker - 24 August 2021 - MacBites 0144 - Beware! U-turn Ahead - 31 August 2021 - MacBites 0145 - Hue, Hue, Skip to My Loo - 07 September 2021 - MacBites 0146 - Ermintrude and That Friday Feeling - 13 September 2021 - MacBites 0147 - High-amplitude Vibrations in The Moo-Loo - 21 September 2021 - MacBites 0148 - Tracking Cognitive Decline in a Hypochondriac’s Paradise - 28 September 2021 - MacBites 0149 - The Fatal Dalek Defect on the Biggles Highway - 05 October 2021 - MacBites 0150 - Misunderstanding the Basics of Litigation in a Bleak House - 12 October 2021 - MacBites 0151 - Rewilding the Laptop Landscape - 21 October 2021 - MacBites 0152 - The Fully Monty Hits the Fan - 09 November 2021 - MacBites 0153 - Pearls Before Swine - 16 November 2021 - MacBites 0154 - An Inexplicable Oversight in a Tortuously Tangled Spreadsheet - 25 December 2021 - MacBites 0155 - With 2020 Hindsight: Quarter 1 - 31 December 2021 - MacBites 0156 - With 2020 Hindsight: Quarter 2 - 31 December 2021 - MacBites 0157 - With 2020 Hindsight: Quarter 3 - 31 December 2021 - MacBites 0158 - With 2020 Hindsight: Quarter 4 - 31 December 2021 - MacBites 0159 - Smoking Red Hot Motherboards with The Tractor Factor - 05 September 2022 - MacBites 0160 - Bringing Up the Rear With a Crafty Full Monty on the Highway to Hell - 05 October 2022 - MacBites 0161 - On Yer Bike - 12 October 2022 - MacBites 0162 - Prince Albert and His Outrageously Overgrown Bush - 30 October 2022 - MacBites 0163 - The Ritual Humiliation of One-Take Thomas - 10 November 2022 - MacBites 0164 - Robot Wars - 22 March 2023 - MacBites 0165 - Shakespearian Surveillance and Draconian Domination - 28 March 2023 - MacBites 0166 - Kettling Calendars in a 9 to 5 Nightmare - 25 July 2023 - MacBites 0167 - The Full Al Gore with Installation Origami - 01 August 2023 - MacBites 0168 - Is It The End of The Line?? - 08 August 2023 - MacBites 0169 - Beware Bid-a-Note Experts - 15 August 2023 - MacBites 0170 - The Tortuous Tangle of The Tech-challenged Tax - 22 August 2023 - MacBites 0171 - 3 Shades of Grey and Copious Knob Twiddling - 29 August 2023 - MacBites 0172 - Are We Coaxed, Cajoled or Captivated by Colour Coded Charging Cables? - 05 September 2023 - MacBites 0173 - Not So Politely Declined - 11 September 2023 - MacBites 0174 - Virtue Signalling On a Slow Boat From China - 19 September 2023 - MacBites 0175 - Elon’s Rocket Propelled Goat - 26 September 2023 - MacBites 0176 - The Heat is On - 26 October 2023 - MacBites 0177 - Apple Intelligence? I’m Missing My Billiards Lesson For This?!? - 12 June 2024 - MacBites 0178 - Mouse Jigglers of the World Unite - 24 June 2024 - MacBites 0179 - Goin’ on up to the Spirit in the Skype - 10 March 2025 - MacBites 0180 - Plumbing the Depths of Cookie’s Quarantine Quandary - 17 March 2025 - MacBites 0181 - Two Oven Thomas Has a Tech Enabled Bun in the Oven - 24 March 2025 - MacBites 0182 - From Fantastic Plastic to Voodoo Magic - 31 March 2025 - MacBites 0183 - Another Nail in the Retail Coffin - 09 April 2025 - MacBites 0184 - Blinking Banking Blunders in a Catfish Paradise - 20 August 2025 - MacBites 0185 - Pull Up to the Bumper Baby - 01 September 2025 - MacBites 0186 - Drop the Pilot! - 08 September 2025 - MacBites 0187 - If All Else Fails ... Poke and Hope! - 15 September 2025 - MacBites 0188 - Cavalier Updates? Carefully Covering the Crown Jewels in a Cast Iron Codpiece - 22 September 2025 - MacBites 0189 - Cuddle in a Huddle - 30 September 2025 - MacBites 0190 - Microsoft? Kings of the Wild Frontier - 08 October 2025 - MacBites 0191 - Stick a Bit of Beading on It - 14 October 2025 - MacBites 0192 - Business According to Arthur Daley’s Dodgy Deals Handbook - 21 October 2025 - MacBites 0193 - Would You Like Pumpkin Pie with Your Windows Install? - 28 October 2025 - MacBites 0194 - A Marriage Made in Ratners - 05 November 2025 - MacBites 0195 - The Great Yule Log Robbery - 12 November 2025 - MacBites 0196 - Timmy and the Trial Balloon - 19 November 2025 - MacBites 0197 - Paying Homage to Jony I’s Glowing Aura at a Snail’s Pace - 26 November 2025 - MacBites 0198 - Daylight Robbery, Google Style - 11 December 2025 - MacBites 0199 - Liquid Regret! The Arsonist Has Left the Building - 22 December 2025 Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, trust the parents, pay the premium, and pass the paracetamol BackBites Jami’s Gym Bound - Gym Bound Again In The News Timmy’s Campaigning - Tim Cook Goes to Washington to Fight App Store Age Verification Legislation ChatBites YouTube - Ad Blockers - AdBlock - uBlock Origin - YouTube Premium - YouTube YouTube - Download Live Chat - YCS - YouTube Comment Search (Continued) - Chrome Web Store Liquid Regret - Apple introduces a delightful and elegant new software design - Apple (UK) - Apple UI Design Chief Alan Dye Leaving for Metas Mike’s Power Query for Mac Course - Excel for Mac: Power Query Essentials Waitlist Events Create a Trifold Brochure in Affinity by Canva - Create a Trifold Brochure in Affinity by Canva Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, Shrek chic, Silicon shake-ups, and studio spotlight shenanigans BackBites Honoured Jami - Honoured Jami In The News Shrek’s Mankini Knock-off Edition - iPhone Pocket dupes hit Amazon after Apple’s sellout BRSK Data Breach - UK Broadband ISP BRSK Hit by Major Customer Data Breach - ISPreview UK - BRSK confirms breach as bidding begins for 230K+ records - The Register Google’s Billing Blunder More Shuffling at Apple - Alan Dye joins Meta and snark ensues - Apple UI Design Chief Alan Dye Leaving for Meta - Apple design boss Alan Dye departing for Meta - Apple’s human interface design chief Alan Dye poached by Meta - John Gruber Shares Scathing Commentary About Apple’s Departing Software Design Chief The One Man That’s Going Nowhere - Apple’s chip boss squashes exit rumors, says he’s not leaving the company Podcast of the Year - Apple Podcasts names ‘The Rest is History’ show of the year Snivelling and Grovelling - Gavin Newsom says Cook’s dealings with Trump ‘break his heart’ ChatBites Mike’s New Lights - NEEWER GL25C LED RGB Streaming Key Light - Amazon - NEEWER Studio App - App Store - LitONES Desk Lights - Amazon Excel Bites Excel Bites - Pivot Tables - Excel Pivot Tables for Beginners - YouTube - Pivot Tables in Excel for Mac (and how it Differs from Windows) - YouTube Events MacBites After Hours - Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Design a Photo Book in Affinity by Canva - Design a Photo Book in Affinity by Canva Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, tech team turbulence with joyless jargon and mass migrations BackBites Crowning King Jami - Crowning King Jami In The News Mac Pro RIP - The Mac Pro is essentially dead | Macworld Staffing Woes and Layoffs - Apple confirms recent sales team layoffs in uncharacteristic move - 9to5Mac AI Exodus - OpenAI poaching Apple hardware engineers ‘left and right’ ChatBites YouTube Playback Speed Broken - Premium users can now speed up videos up to 4x - Reddit - Can’t change the playback speed on videos anymore- Reddit Focus Options for Great Screenshots - TechSmith Snagit | Screen capture and screen recording - Eternal Storms Software - ScreenFloat - Power up your Screenshots - CleanShot X for Mac Excel Bites Excel Bites - Lists and Tables - Excel Tables - YouTube Events MacBites After Hours - Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Create a Calendar in Affinity by Canva - Create a Calendar in Affinity by Canva Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, Meta mayhem, malfunctioning mankinis, and membership meltdowns BackBites Panic at Jami Towers - Panic at Jami Towers - Shrek Green Reigns In The News End of the Line for Timmy? - Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO ‘as soon as next year’ - Are we nearing the end of Apple’s Tim Cook era? - Tim Cook retirement ‘leak’ is clearly a deliberate test of reactions - Apple loses iPhone Air designer to unnamed AI startup Selling Siri’s Soul - Apple may finally let users switch from Siri to another voice assistant WhatsApp Number is Up - WhatsApp security flaw exposed 3.5B phone numbers - inc yours Shopping with Mike Shopping with Mike Follow up - Tesco Free From Tiffin Bauble Shopping with Elaine Shopping By Design - Understanding ARN (Acquirer Reference Number) | NatWest Support Centre ChatBites Mike’s New YouTube Studio - Solid Wood Bookcase - Yaheetech Adjustable Computer Armless Office Chair - Costway Rolling Computer Desk - HIBORI Projector Stand Focus Notebook Navigator for Obsidian - Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking - Notebook Navigator Excel Bites Excel Bites - Formatting - The Excel Trainer Events MacBites After Hours - Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Deep Dive Data Merge in Affinity by Canva - Deep Dive Data Merge in Affinity by Canva Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, sexy socks, yellow icons, and Evernote extortion BackBites Jami’s Coming of Age - Jami’s Comment In The News Continued Fallout from Affinity by Canva Launch - I’m absolutely loving the Affinity rebrand | Creative Bloq - Get Color Sidebar Icons Back in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Finder Windows Apple Unveils Revolutionary $230 Sock Technology - Introducing iPhone Pocket: a beautiful way to wear and carry iPhone - Apple - iPhone Pocket by Issey Miyake - Long - Black - Apple - Apple launches the iPod Sock 2.0 for the iPhone and it’s weird - iPod Sock is back, iPhone Pocket knitted strap holder - Apple fans perplexed after launch of $230 iPhone Pocket in collaboration with Issey Miyake ChatBites Evernote Ride Again - Evernote Increases Prices and adds new plans Focus Tesco’s Big Let Down - Tesco Gluten Free Yule Log - Jus-Rol Gluten Free Ready Rolled Puff Pastry Sheet Excel Bites Excel Bites - Functions - Dynamic Array Functions in Excel - YouTube - Getting Started with Functions in Excel - YouTube Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, we have tea in Tokyo with copious grovelling geeks and flamboyant fashion statements BackBites Kim’s Shock - Kim’s Comment Jami’s Take on the Output - Jami’s Comment In The News Timmy’s Travels Continue Apace - Apple CEO Tim Cook dines with Trump in Tokyo | AppleInsider - Panorama - Trump and the Tech Titans - BBC iPlayer ChatBites Affinity by Canva - Everything You Need to Know to Get Started with Affinity by Canva - Gerald Ratner - Wikipedia Excel Bites Excel Bites - Formulas - Back to Basics: How to Create Simple Excel Formulas in Excel - YouTube MacBites After Hours - Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Season Pass - Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, pumpkins, Parallels, and potty-cam pandemonium! BackBites Blue AI - Blue AI - Christmas Video In The News Genius or Waste of Time? - Kohler Launches $600 iPhone-Connected Toilet Camera That Monitors Your Health Through Waste Analysis Dancing to the Don’s Tune - Apple Donating to Trump’s $350M White House Ballroom Project Hardware Review Mike’s New Monitors - KTC 27 Inch Monitor - Amazon.co.uk Focus Windows Nightmare - Parallels: Mac & Windows Virtualization - Use virtual Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in Parallels Desktop - MacBites Episode 0191 Excel Bites Mike’s History with Spreadsheets - Sandwich degree - Wikipedia - IBM Personal Computer XT - Wikipedia - The Excel Trainer - Mike Thomas - YouTube Events Canva Serif Affinity Keynote - Canva Serif Affinity Keynote Watch Party MacBites After Hours - Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, Clips collapse, corporate couplings, and cloud-based carnage BackBites Tangerine Gold - MacBites Episode 0191 | The MacBites Podcast - Jami In The News RIP Clips - RIP Clips: Apple abandons its quirky short-form video app - Clips (software) - Wikipedia Apple wins US F1 TV rights - Formula 1: Apple wins US broadcast rights - Eddy Cue dancing at WWDC 2015 - YouTube Age Verification Rides Again - Apple needs to comply with another App Store age verification law Fifty Shades of AI - ‘Treat adult users like adults’: ChatGPT to write erotica Evernote’s Big AI Update - Evernote unveils its biggest update yet- and unsurprisingly there’s AI involved - Ribbon (computing) - Wikipedia TimBuBu - Apple CEO Tim Cook Gifted Custom Labubu During China Visit ChatBites The Great Dropbox Shuffle - MacBites Episode 0162 - pCloud - Dropbox Take-Overs: Good or Bad? - Evernote Corporation - Wikipedia - Evernote Announces A Market For Physical Products, Including Post-Its ... And Socks? - Fiverr is acquiring online learning company CreativeLive - Chase Jarvis - Wikipedia - Obsidian’s Manifesto - Ain’t nobody acquiring us - The Affinity and Canva Pledge - Arthur Daley: The Original Dodgy Geezer Who Taught Us the Art of the Hustle - Minder TV series - Wikipedia Focus Mike’s Training Spreadsheet - The Excel Trainer Events MacBites After Hours - Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, blue screens, brilliant new toys and beading, lots and lots of beading! BackBites Retiring Apps Live - Jami’s Comments - Retiring Apps Live - Anticipation Marketing: Crushing Your Next Launch Without Being Salesy : Social Media Examiner In The News Antenna-gate Solved - The 20 bytes of code that fixed Antennagate in the iPhone 4 Scratch-gate’s Silicon Solution - Apple Stores update chargers to stop damaging iPhone 17 Pro Samsung’s Cosmic Orange Tribute - Samsung might copy Apple’s Cosmic Orange with the Galaxy S26 - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Leaks Reveal Bold Orange Colour Inspired by Apple Blue Screen of Death - Apple Mocks Windows PCs in Humorous New ‘Blue Screen of Death’ Ad - The Underdogs: BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) | Apple at Work - YouTube App Review Telescore - Telescore on the App Store Focus How We Use AI - Expressions - the coolest app for regex - Apptorium - Sublime Text - Text Editing, Done Right - A Better Finder Rename - Yate | 2ManyRobots - Keyboard Maestro 11.0.4: Work Faster with Macros for macOS - Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 15 - Scrivener - ChatGPT - Claude - Amazon’s shockingly bad James Bond posters have me worried about 007’s future Mike’s New Mac - John Lewis Events MacBites After Hours - Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, Microsoft mayhem, MacBites mischief, and a truly Magic Mouse BackBites Cosmic Orange Howling - Cosmic Orange Howling - Drafts Pro Patron Subscription - News & Updates - Drafts Community In The News Logitech MX4 Mouse - MX Master 4 Wireless Mouse | Logitech - Logitech MX4 Mouse - Amazon Canva Affinity Keynote - A message to our amazing Affinity community - The Affinity and Canva Pledge - Affinity on X: “Ain’t nobody acquiring us” ChatBites TNT Sports Debacle - Sky Sports - Discovery Plus Microsoft Copilot Update - Microsoft 365 Premium - Microsoft - Microsoft 365 Premium - The Verge - Frontier program - MacBites Episode 0182 Calls in WhatsApp - How to make a voice call | WhatsApp Help Center MacBites Birthday - The MacBites Story | The MacBites Podcast - Apple Special Event | The MacBites Podcast - MacBites After Hours Focus Mike’s Use of AI - ChatGPT - Claude MacBites After Hours - Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, Timmy’s travels, tech tantrums, and text-taming tortoises BackBites The Cosmic Orange One - Cosmic Orange Bathroom Accessories? In The News Scratch-gate 2025 Edition - iPhone 17 ‘scratch gate’ is real - and it’s worse than I thought - iPhone 17 scratches: Scratchgate is real, I’ve seen it myself! Wi-Fi and CarPlay Connectivity Bugs - Some iPhone 17 users report Wi-Fi and CarPlay connectivity bugs - Multiple iPhone 17 models suffering from Wi-Fi bug -- what you need to know - How can I fix Wi-Fi and CarPlay issues - Apple Community - iOS 26.1 beta appears to fix iPhone Air, 17, and 17 Pro Wi-Fi issues Timmy and Pikachu ... Sitting in a Tree - Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Pikachu During Japan Visit - Ginza Wallpaper ChatBites MS Office Incompatibility - The full list of all macOS versions until 2025 Dropbox Killing Support for Older macOS Versions - My computer is no longer supported. What should I do? - Dropbox Help How Soon is Too Soon to Kill Support? - BBC iPlayer not working on iPad 1 - Apple Community - BBC Blogs - Technology + Creativity at the BBC - BBC iPlayer mobile apps: Reviewing operating system support Apple Watch Password Farce - Watch - Apple ID Password Required Focus The Origin of the Drafts App - Drafts | Where Text Starts Mike’s Use of Drafts - In Memoriam Plugin Elaine’s Use of Drafts - Drafts on the App Store - Drafts on the Mac App Store - Drafts Pro | Drafts User Guide Bartender v Ice - Bartender new ownership: be aware : r/MacOS - A New Chapter for Bartender - Bartender 5 - A New Chapter for Bartender - Bartender - Take control of your Menu bar - Ice - Vanilla - hide Mac menu bar icons for free - Free Bartender alternative Hidden Bar does everything needed One More Thing The Great MacBites After Hours Survey - MacBites After Hours Season Pass Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, we have the conundrum of the cloth compatibility crisis, cavalier codpieces, and course-crafting command centres. BackBites Jami’s Moment of Fame! - Jami’s Comment - How long until Scrivener is updated for macOS 26 Tahoe? - Scrivener / Scrivener for macOS - Literature & Latte Forums Tracey’s Plants - Tracey’s Enquiry In The News Cleaning Cloth Upgraded - Cleaning Cloth Updated Mac Studio M3 Ultra Installation Fail - Mac Studio M3 Ultra owners can’t install macOS Tahoe yet The Brain Drain Continues - Apple AI executive Robby Walker to exit in October Timmy’s World Tour - What’s on the menu and who’s on the guest list at state banquet? - BBC News - Tim Cook attends Windsor Castle banquet during Trump’s UK visit - 9to5Mac Elon’s Spending Spree - Tesla shares soar as Musk goes on buying spree ChatBites Asana’s Sunsetting - Discontinuation of Asana Personal Projects Spaces The Great iPadOS 26 Upgrade - What’s new in iPadOS 26 - Apple Support (UK) iCloud Support Dropped - Apple Drops iCloud Support for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra - iCloud support culled for iOS 10, macOS Sierra users PDF Expert Changes - The PDF Expert Billing FAQ | Help Center Focus Scrivener for Course Creation - Advanced Features - Scrivener Course Creation Blueprint Obsidian - Obsidian - This is not just food. This is M&S Food - YouTube App Review TextSniper - TextSniper on the Mac App Store - TextSniper - developer’s website - TextSniper on Setapp Raycast & ScreenOCR - Raycast - Your shortcut to everything - Raycast Store: ScreenOCR Text Extractor for Windows - PowerToys Text Extractor One More Thing Excel for Mac: Power Query Essentials - Excel for Mac: Power Query Essentials Waitlist MacBites After Hours Survey - MacBites After Hours Survey Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, we have rotten ripeness checks, recycled rhetoric, and repeated rancid rendezvous requests BackBites Copilot Overload - Copilot Overload for Jami Another Criminal Use of Technology - Avo Scan Video - Tesco trials avocado ripeness scanners in five stores - BBC News - Ground-breaking avocado ripeness scanner to be trialled by Tesco - Boaty McBoatface - Wikipedia - Taylor Herring In The News Awe Dropping? - AirPods Live Translation Blocked for EU Users With EU Apple Accounts - Apple’s new product roadmap makes October event seem likely - 9to5Mac Atlassian Acquire Arc - Welcoming The Browser Company to Atlassian - Work Life by Atlassian - Dia and Arc maker The Browser Company is being acquired by Atlassian - Atlassian to buy Arc developer The Browser Company for $610M Dropbox Streamlining - Dropbox Passwords discontinuation | Dropbox Help - Dropbox Help - FAQs on the Dropbox Paper app discontinuation - Dropbox Help - FAQs about ending support for Dropbox Capture - Dropbox Help The Gift that Keeps on Giving - Apple Calendar spam on the rise again, mostly crypto scams - 9to5Mac - Liz Truss - Wikipedia ChatBites Twitter Lockout - MacBites (@MacBites) / X Keyboards - Mechanical Keyboard - UK Matias Tactile Pro for Mac : FK302-UK : The Keyboard Company - UK Matias Wireless 2.4G Aluminum Mac Keyboard Silver : FK418DCS-UK : The Keyboard Company - Logitech MX Keys S for Mac - Logitech MX Keys Mini - Logitech MX Keys S White - MacBites Episode 0082 - Keyboard keys are getting glossy. Its just been few weeks : r/macbookair - Does anybody have shiny keys? - Apple Community - Michael Tsai - Blog - Shiny MacBook Keys Silverlight Shenanigans - Microsoft Silverlight - Wikipedia - How to Uninstall Silverlight on Mac Focus Using Scrivener for Training Notes - Home - Literature & Latte App Review Pro Audio Converter - Pro Audio Converter - Batch Convert Audio Files on macOS | Mark V Apps Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, the politics of parking, presidential patio parties, and privacy pitfalls BackBites Jami’s Hoovering - Jami’s Comment Wallet-Wilting Wheel Wells - Trafford Centre announces major change to parking that all shoppers need to know - MacBites Episode 0106 | The Trolley Dolly from Hell In The News Fair Competition - Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation Party Time at the Boys Club - Apple’s Tim Cook to attend Trump dinner and AI event - Apple CEO Tim Cook Invited Back to White House for Tech Event - MacRumors - Trump to host tech CEOs for first event in newly renovated Rose Garden Self-Service Surveillance: The Sainsbury’s Special - Sainsbury’s to trial facial recognition to catch shoplifters - ‘I was misidentified as shoplifter by facial recognition tech’ - AI facial recognition: Campaigners and MPs call for ban - Does exactly what it says on the tin - Wikipedia ChatBites Apple’s “Awe Dropping” AI Brain Drain - Apple Continues Losing AI Experts to Meta - Apple Loses Robotics AI Researcher to Meta - Btootos Wireless Earbuds Microsoft Lose the Plot - Word Docs Saved to Cloud: A Controversial Change - Office Watch Focus Microsoft Copilot - How to Use Excel’s NEW COPILOT() Function: AI Formulas Made Easy - Download Microsoft 365 Copilot app Events Awe Dropping - MacBites.fm Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, we have tech tantrums, ticketing turmoil, and tacky trinkets. BackBites Jami on Elon’s Divorce - Jami Kim’s Pandas - Kim Reneé’s Animation - Discord | #tech-chat | MacBites - Join the MacBites Community Tea Update - Tea app: I joined for safety. Then my address was leaked and shared - BBC News In The News Elon Sues Apple - Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over Siri partnership, App Store charts - 9to5Mac - The best Cadbury’s Smash Aliens TV adverts compilation - YouTube - Smash Martians - Wikipedia Manchester Buzzing with Apple Pay Express Mode - Greater Manchester Gets Support for Apple Pay Express Mode - MacBites Episode 0182 | The MacBites Podcast Google Pixel 10 - Google pokes fun at Apple during confident Pixel 10 event A Dream Ticket to Chaos - Manchester City fans face delay after Etihad stadium entry issues - BBC News - Hillsborough Disaster - Wikipedia The Bumper Rides Again - Apple has considered reviving the bumper for the iPhone 17 - MacBites Episode 0045 | The MacBites Podcast - We Still Have a Lot to Cover | The MacBites Podcast - TechWoven v FineWoven replacement for iPhone 17 cases Geeks Bearing Gifts - South Park ridicules Tim Cook over Trump plaque - South Park mocks Tim Cook’s golden gift to Donald Trump - 9to5Mac - Apple’s ‘rare’ gift for Donald Trump is kind of embarrassing | Creative Bloq - ‘South Park’s Latest Episode Hits Trump For His ‘Small’ Manhood, D.C. Takeover, & More - YouTube RizzOS - Apple Working on All-New Operating System - Rizz - Wikipedia ChatBites Camtasia Update? - Compare Camtasia Plans | TechSmith Notion Gets an Offline Mode - Working offline in Notion--Everything you need to know - Notion Just Fixed Its Biggest Problem (And Nobody’s Talking About It) | Activated Thinker Focus ChatGPT and Excel - TwistlyCells - ChatGPT For Excel | Excel AI Tool - Excel: Check Out These Incredible AI Functions!! - YouTube iPhone iPhone iPhone Time Travelling with iPhone 16 Events Marooned at MacBites HQ - Day 2000 - 6 September 2025 - MacBites.fm The iPhone 17 Launch Event - MacBites.fm Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

Blinking Banking Blunders in a Catfish Paradise In this episode, there’s a tantrum in tech-land, at the billionaire’s burger bar no less, while a new net nanny rampages into town, policing your pixels and vetting your videos! In The News Musk vs. Apple: App Store Mayhem - Musk threatens Apple with lawsuit over rankings - xAI to take legal action against Apple - Musk reignites OpenAI feud over antitrust claims - Musk says he plans to sue Apple Stock Drift: Tesla Up, Apple Down - Tesla stock rises amid Musk-Apple feud Grok Gets Reprogrammed - Grok reprogrammed -- no more Hitler jokes - Pornographic Taylor Swift deepfakes generated by Musk’s Grok AI - Grok Imagine AI Allegedly Creates Explicit Taylor Swift Images Without Prompt: Report - Grok’s ‘spicy’ video mode instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes - Elon Musk’s AI Creates Deepfakes Of Scarlett Johansson, Taylor Swift Tesla Diner Sparks Protests - Protesters Head to Tesla Diner Grand Opening ChatBites YouTube’s AI Powered Age Verification - No matter how old you are YouTube’s AI age verification system should concern you - YouTube backlash begins: “Why is AI combing through every single video I watch?” - Tea app hacked: Images stolen from women’s dating safety app that vets men - YouTube Age Verification Has Begun - YouTube’s AI-powered age line is now live. Will it work as intended? - Extending our built-in protections to more teens on YouTube - YouTube Blog Focus Raycast on Windows - Quicksilver - macOS at your Fingertips - LaunchBar 6 - Alfred - Productivity App for macOS - Raycast - Your shortcut to everything - Monarch - Spotlight Search with Superpowers - PowerToys Run utility for Windows - Power Toys on MacBites After Hours ChatBites Apple Intelligence: AI Summaries Return - Apple brings back AI notification summaries in iOS 26 Dancing Queen - Siri could get Finder-inspired new visual appearance next year, per report Events Marooned at MacBites HQ - Day 2000 - 6 September 2025 - MacBites.fm The iPhone 17 Launch Event - MacBites.fm Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, buckle up for dashboard diagnostics, wallet weary software updates and yet more supermarket security shenanigans BackBites Neil Tracey Jami ChatBites Tesco Ride Again - Tesco shoppers in disbelief as they spot new security measure in supermarket aisle - New Security Measures at Tesco Stores | TikTok Apple OS Updates - iOS 18.4 includes eight new emoji - Channel Islands - Wikipedia - Hate the new Apple Mail app? Here’s how to change it back on iPhone/iPad/Mac - How to use the 4D Method for Email Management - Hiver Pages Update - Authors can no longer publish to Apple Books from Pages - Publishers can no longer send their work directly from Pages to Apple Books : Apple World Today Timmy’s in the Money - Apple CEO Tim Cook Sells Stock Worth $24 Million - Apple CEO Tim Cook sells $24 million in company stock By Investing.com Virgin: The Story Concludes - MacBites Episode 0179 | The MacBites Podcast TechSmith Event: Future-Proof Your Workflows with TechSmith & AI TechSmith Apps Go Subscription - Camtasia | TechSmith - Video Editing and Screen Recording Software | ScreenFlow - Compressor on the Mac App Store DEVONthink 4 Released - DEVONtechnologies | Upgrader’s Guide Focus Mike’s Techie Car - Ford Ka - Wikipedia Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky