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

In this episode, Buzzing bells and shattered, sobbing, travellers ready for some extreme airport action BackBites Tracey - More than a Food Processor - The Best Multi Cooker | Thermomix® USA Jami Apple AI Updates - iOS 18.4 adds new Apple Intelligence features, here’s what’s coming - 9to5Mac - PSA: iPhone Mirroring not coming to EU with iOS 18.4 ChatBites Browser Choice on iOS - EU to Close Antitrust Investigation into Apple’s Browser Choice Screen - Apple may not be fined for browser choice in EU - Apple won’t be fined by the EU over browser choice after 2nd change A Camera on Your Watch? - Apple Watch could gain cameras to improve AI features - Apple files patent for foldable Apple Watch with two screens Fantastic Plastic? - Apple Watch SE With Colorful Plastic Design ‘Remains in Development’ - Apple Watch SE With Plastic Design Now in ‘Jeopardy’ for Two Reasons - Design, cost issues stall plastic Apple Watch SE project - Apple’s rumored plastic Apple Watch SE has reportedly hit a serious snag - A plastic Apple Watch SE doesn’t make sense - Donald Trump signs order shifting US back towards plastic straws - BBC News Household Tech: New Doorbell - Philips Hue doorbell accidentally leaked - with one big limitation Google’s Great Tech Fail - Google confirms it deleted Maps Timeline data for some | The Verge - ‘This is heartbreaking’ Google Maps users sob after tech giant admits it accidentally DELETED data Tech Successes - How an iPad under the Thames solved museum thieves’ murder plot - BBC News - Is tapping in and out on Bee Network trams and buses really ‘seamless’ and easy? - Greater Manchester Bee Network to get 300 more e-bikes - Bee Network app users told to walk across runway to reach Manchester Airport Tech Stack Microsoft 365 Price Rise & Copilot - Copilot is now included in Microsoft 365 Personal and Family | Microsoft 365 Blog - Understanding AI credits - Microsoft Support - Microsoft Copilot: Your AI companion - The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster | ZDNET - BBC News | FA CARLING PREMIERSHIP | Keane rejects price claims Events WWDC 2025 - WWDC 2025 | The MacBites Podcast 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’re cashlessly counting the cornflakes in the midst of chocolate wars with some seriously sharp kitchenalia BackBites Tesco Strike Again - Frustrated Tesco shoppers slam new ‘crazy’ security devices - Urgent ‘do not eat’ warning issued for cereal sold at major supermarkets as it may contain INSECTS - Tesco has made a ‘bonkers’ change to using cash so we tested it out - 6 major high street brands stop accepting cash payments with card-only | Personal Finance | Finance | Express.co.uk Community Bluesky - Bluesky - Bluesky - Wikipedia - Bluesky now lets users upload longer videos, improves DMs, more - Developers behind Tweetbot and Ivory working on a Bluesky app - Phoenix for Bluesky - Phoenix by Tapbots (@phoenix.tapbots.com) — Bluesky - Tweetbot. April 2011 - January 2023 Marooned at MacBites HQ Follow Up - Marooned at MacBites HQ – Day 1826 | MacBites.fm - Calendar | The MacBites Podcast ChatBites Day One Comes to Windows - Journaling for Everyone: Day One Comes to Windows Apple AI and Rockwell - Apple’s “ugly and embarrassing” AI debacle is causing tension in the company - Apple’s new shake-up proves Siri’s now being taken seriously, here’s why - Vision Pro Creator Taking Over Siri After Apple Intelligence Setbacks - ChatGPT falsely told man he killed his children - Inflation: Yoga mats and VR headsets used to measure cost of living Do You Want a Portless iPhone? - EU confirms Apple can make a portless iPhone without USB-C - What Was Inside Every iPhone Box: From iPhone 2G to iPhone 16 Pro Max Focus Mike’s Ovens - Ninja Foodi 10-in-1 Large Countertop Oven DT200UK Tech Stack Customizing Your Launchers - Alfred Gallery - Workflows - Alfred App Community Forum - Raycast - Store - Exclude Apps from Alfred : r/Alfred - How to remove application (or move it down) in suggestions - Alfred App Community Forum - Give Your Files Helpful Nicknames to Find Them Faster - Alfred Blog - Alfred not finding alias to application - Discussion & Help - Alfred App Community Forum - Alfred Powerpack - Take Control of Your Mac and macOS 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 reach a high water mark, wrangle with a weighty shopping problem and watch the widdle-watchers watching widdlers. BackBites Emirates v Etihad - Man City will rename the Etihad Stadium in time for Brighton game - B of the Bang - Wikipedia - Toughsheet Community Stadium - Wikipedia - Stadion Wankdorf - Wikipedia - 50 Examples Of Architecture Expectations vs. Disappointing Reality - Manchester United unveil plans for 100,000-seater new stadium in regeneration project | UK News | Sky News - First Look At Our NEW Stadium - YouTube - Manchester United’s new stadium design is drawing some unfortunate comparisons | Creative Bloq - Man City’s own £1bn stadium is Manchester United’s blueprint for Old Trafford masterplan - Manchester Evening News - Naming rights, ticket prices, Old Trafford plan - every word from new Man United stadium meeting - Manchester Evening News - What happened the last time Manchester tried to build a super stadium as Old Trafford plans unveiled - Manchester Evening News - Taller than Blackpool Tower and visible from Liverpool - Inside Man United plans for new Old Trafford - Manchester Evening News - Crackdown on Manchester United fans causing ‘major issues’ around Old Trafford - Manchester Evening News - Lancashire cricket club slams hotel developer for ‘unacceptable’ plans - Manchester Evening News - The signs have gone up outside Stockport Pyramid ahead of major change - Manchester Evening News Tracey Jonny Jami Community Community Update - The MacBites Community Bluesky - Bluesky - Bluesky - Wikipedia - Bluesky now lets users upload longer videos, improves DMs, more ChatBites A Dead Weight - Tesco trials giant trolley scales in Gateshead - Tesco anti-theft trolley weighing trial causes controversy - Tesco trials giant trolley scales as shoppers say they’re being ‘treated like thieves’ - Tesco has made a ‘bonkers’ change to using cash so we tested it out - MacBites Episode 0106 | The MacBites Podcast Quarantined Files - Trusted Execution Problems Focus Mike’s New Audio Setup - DJI Mic 2 - DJI Lavalier Mic - Konig and Meyer Double Microphone Bar Tech Stack Launchers - 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 - Logi Options+ (Plus): Customization App for Logitech Devices One More Thing Stopcocks - Stopcocks 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 say goodbye to Skype, hello to BRSK and discover Mike’s new field of dreams! In The News New Apple Store - Trafford Centre - Apple Store - Apple (UK) - Manchester UK Apple Store expanding to larger premises - Photos from Opening Day New Apple Toys - Tim Cook teases M4 MacBook Air launch - M4 MacBook Air: Stunning new sky blue color, even lower price - 11th-gen iPad 2025 Corel Rides Again - Corel just stealth launched its most exciting app in years - Corel has a new name and logo (and I have some questions) - CorelDRAW Go - YouTube ChatBites Skype RIP - Skype is retiring in May 2025: What you need to know - Microsoft Support - The next chapter: Moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams | Microsoft 365 Blog - Skype Ending: Timeline and Alternatives Explained - Office Watch - Skype announces it will close in May Focus Internet & Network Upgrade - BNC connector - Wikipedia - Telnet - Wikipedia - Brsk | High Speed Fibre Broadband Provider UK - EX820v | AX6000 Dual Band Wi-Fi 6 VoIP Router | TP-Link United Kingdom - YuanLey 2.5G 16 Port Network Switch - BUSOHE Cat 8 Ethernet Cables - Amazon eero 7 dual-band mesh Wi-Fi 7 router – Supports internet plans up to 2.5 Gbps - 1200 Coloured Cable Ties - 3mmx100mm BackBite Mike’s AZ Exodus - The Excel Trainer - The Excel Trainer - Live Training 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 back, sack and … wait for it … hack - back, sack and hack! BackBites Barry - A Note from Long Time Listener Barry In The News Adobe’s Troubles Continue - US Government Sues Adobe Over ‘Convoluted’ Cancellation Process - The US government is suing Adobe over hidden contract changes and fees trapping customers - The FTC sues Adobe, accusing the creative software maker of locking customers into pricey subscriptions and hiding associated fees Elon’s Exorbitant Wad - Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk’s huge pay package - Is Elon Musk worth his £44bn Tesla pay package? Community Notes Coming to YouTube - YouTube Copies X With Community Notes - Dublin-NY portal temporarily shut due to ‘inappropriate behaviour’ - Dublin-New York portal reopens with set hours - Affinity on X: “Ain’t nobody acquiring us 😎” / X - Canva acquires design platform Affinity to bring professional design tools to every organization Mouse Jigglers Sacked - Wells Fargo fires workers over fake keyboard activity - Meatanty Undetectable Mouse Jiggler McDonalds Drive Through AI Nightmare - McDonalds removes AI drive-throughs after order errors Health Data Hacked and Shared - London hospitals hackers publish stolen blood test data ChatBites Google NotebookLM - NotebookLM | Note Taking & Research Assistant Powered by AI - Google’s NotebookLM Aims to Be the Ultimate Writing Assistant | WIRED Focus Mike’s New Work Laptop - Mike’s Unboxing (10:40) Tech Stack Vivaldi - Vivaldi Browser | Powerful, Personal and Private web browser - New tab page extension for Google Chrome and Firefox - Speed Dial 2 - Copy Tab Info - Readwise Highlighter - 1Password – Password Manager - Merge Windows - Eagle for Chrome - YouStopper for YouTube™ - Evernote Web Clipper - Raindrop.io - Clip to DEVONthink - TubeBuddy Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - MacBites Mail - MacBites on Twitter - Elaine on Twitter - Mike on Twitter - MacBites Siri on Twitter