NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ Every year, on the year, for almost a decade, Apple’s September event meant new fresh iPhones. Except, of course, for last year which, thanks 2020, was all… Apple Watch and iPad. So what does 2020 Jr…. I mean, 2021 have in store for us? Literally… Well, it’s looking like a return to form with 120Hz iPhone 13, redesigned Apple Watch Series 7, refreshed iPad 9, redesigned AirPods...
Aug 21, 2021•7 min•Ep. 292
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ New design. Flat design. But not round design. New display. Fuller display. But not rugged display. New finishes. Color finishes. But not Edition finishes. New S7 chipset. Maybe new radios. But maybe, maybe not new sensors. Not blood sugar, not blood pressure, not body temperature. It’s the Apple Watch Series 7 and it’s as close as a month away. So, should you get ready to upgr...
Aug 18, 2021•7 min•Ep. 291
Go to MadeInCookware.com/RENE, and use promo code RENE for 15% off your first order! 120Hz refresh rate. Always-on. Smaller notch. A15 chipset. X60 modem. Wi-Fi 6E. Bigger batteries. Bigger cameras. Better cameras. Better video. Mini, non-mini, Pro, Pro Max. Maybe 1TB. Maybe even Touch ID. It’s the iPhone 13… or iPhone 12s and it’s as close as a month away. But is it can't miss or must skip? Let's break it down! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at htt...
Aug 17, 2021•9 min•Ep. 290
With Communication Safety in Messages and Image detection for iCloud Photo Library, Apple believes they’ve made the most privacy-respecting Child Safety Features in the history of… technology. Others believe Apple’s new system is dangerous, invasive, and… as anti-privacy as you can get. So, how can we fix this? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Aug 13, 2021•11 min•Ep. 289
Go to MadeInCookware.com/RENE, and use promo code RENE for 15% off your first order! Buttery Bokeh Portrait Mode for video. Higher quality ProRes formats. New, context-aware filters. And that’s in addition to better 5G, smaller notches, adaptive 120hz refresh rates, next-generation A15 silicon, and all the other leaks already swirling around the iPhone 13, iPhone 12s, iPhone Mother of Dragons, iPhone The Dark Knight Notches… or whatever Apple decides to call the next set of iPhones coming our wa...
Aug 11, 2021•7 min•Ep. 288
Apple’s new child safety features: Siri and Search intervention. Communication Safety. Image detection — Explained! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Aug 10, 2021•44 min•Ep. 287
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ In a declaration from the NSO Group’s CEO, he said two Facebook representatives approached them back in October 2017 and asked to purchase the right to use certain capabilities of ther military-grade Pegasus spyware on iPhone users. Why and what did Apple do about it? Pop a beverage and hit play! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at h...
Aug 05, 2021•9 min•Ep. 286
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ Apple just announced new AMD RDNA 2-fast-2-furious graphics options for the current Intel Mac Pro. Radeon Pro W6800X single or Duo MPX Module, and a full-on 22.2 teraflop Radeon Pro W6900X hellicarrier of a highest-end card. All available right now. But, one year into the Apple silicon transition and there’s still not a single, solitary goram ultra-high performance M1X MacBook ...
Aug 04, 2021•7 min•Ep. 285
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ Tim Cook calls up Elon Musk. “Good morning. Apple wants to buy Tesla. It’s incredible.” Elon’s into it but, one condition — “I’m CEO!” Ok, two conditions, Apple has to pay in DogeCoins. Kidding! I think! Kinda! Tim’s like, “stay CEO of Tesla? Cool, cool, cool, maybe” But Elon’s like, “Nope, hard nope. CEO of Apple.” Tim eye-rolls 360, “#$%^ off”, and then hangs up… Hangs up. Wa...
Aug 02, 2021•7 min•Ep. 284
Start learning with Brilliant (and get 20% off) https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie Live Text is one of the absolute best new features coming to the iPhone with iOS 15, iPad with iPadOS 15, and Mac with macOS Monterey this fall. And, as of this week, it’ll be also be coming to Intel Macs as well as the M1! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jul 29, 2021•9 min•Ep. 283
Start learning with Brilliant (and get 20% off) https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie The minute Tim Cook Mission Impossibled an M1 into the iPad Pro, a bunch of you started asking if Apple would Mission Even More Impossibler an M1 into the iPhone 13. But, as I explained, they already did. The M1 is basically just an A14 on Hulk serum. So that made the kind of sense that really, really didn’t. I mean, you can’t just keep the iPhone on the same Apple silicon generation two years in a row. But wha...
Jul 27, 2021•7 min•Ep. 282
Start learning with Brilliant (and get 20% off) https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie If Mark Facebook thought Tim Apple enforcing Privacy Labels and App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14 was terri-bad… wait ‘till he gets a load of App Privacy Reports and Private Relay in iOS 15, because, well… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jul 26, 2021•7 min•Ep. 281
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ Same iPhone 8 chassis. New iPhone 13-class A15 chipset and 5G radio. Coming next spring. Those are the latest leaks surrounding the iPhone SE 3 or iPhone SE 2022. Whatever. But… this story actually absolutely fascinates me and for a couple reasons, because… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-...
Jul 23, 2021•7 min•Ep. 280
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ I've got Apple's new MagSafe Battery Pack, I'm unboxing it, I'm trying it out on the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max, with and without a case, showing off AirPods charging, and comparing it to previous-generation iPhone Smart Battery Cases. Plus my first impressions! Oh, yeah! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...
Jul 21, 2021•8 min•Ep. 278
Jul 21, 2021•13 min•Ep. 277
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ So many leak bombs. So many Master Plans. So, so many release dates and prices, ends of Facebook, Wrong about, finallys, truths, confirmed, here you goes, and M1X and iPhone 13… galore. So. Much. Thirst. In all the titles and Tim Cook festooned thumbnails you see, I see, we all see, so always. But why? Why is it this way? Well… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy an...
Jul 20, 2021•11 min•Ep. 276
SAVE with Ting Mobile and get a $25 service credit! http://rene.ting.com 👀 Watch my interview with Kevin from last month! https://youtu.be/MEi0wlWYW_M Kevin Lynch, Apple’s vice-president of technology, who helped launch both Apple Health and Apple Watch, has reportedly taken on an even bigger, faster project — helping launch Apple Car. So, what does that mean? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jul 17, 2021•6 min•Ep. 275
SAVE with Ting Mobile and get a $25 service credit! http://rene.ting.com At WWDC 2021, Apple unveiled new interface designs for Safari on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. They're all radical but none as in-your-face radical as the iOS 15 version for the iPhone, which pulls the address bar to the bottom and hides a ton of controls behind a menu-hamburger button. And Daring Fireball's John Gruber and I have thoughts! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar...
Jul 14, 2021•11 min•Ep. 274
SAVE with Ting Mobile and get a $25 service credit! http://rene.ting.com Apple has just announced the new MagSafe Battery Pack for iPhone 12... all the iPhones 12 — iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max. It's like the previous Smart Battery Case but, without the case. Yeah, just the hump! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jul 14, 2021•4 min•Ep. 273
SAVE with Ting Mobile and get a $25 service credit! http://rene.ting.com Why would Apple put an M1X into the MacBook Pro and iMac Pro, if M2 is just around the corner? Why not just wait and use M2X? Well… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jul 12, 2021•10 min•Ep. 272
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ New iPhones. New Macs. Pro Macs! Resigned Pro Macs! New iPads. New Watches. Redesigned Watches. Maybe new AirPods. HomePods! Great thing about Apple is that no matter how dreary dull the summer feels, we’re only ever one good morning away from new products. We’re all just waiting for Tim to put sneaker back on stage and show us what’s next for 2021! See Privacy Policy at https:...
Jul 12, 2021•7 min•Ep. 271
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ Linus Tech Tips (née Sebastien) just posted a really great video on why PC laptop webcams still suck oh so very much. But that’s by no means limited to PC Laptops. I’ve been complaining about MacBook webcams being sucktastic for years now as well. Which is really hard to take, especially from Apple, who makes some of the best mobile cameras, and most expensive laptops, in the b...
Jul 09, 2021•4 min•Ep. 270
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ The original Mac OS X beta, way back in 2001, a Steve Odessy, was code-named Kodiak, after the Alaskan brown bear. After that, Apple switched Mac OS X codenames to the big cats, starting with 10.0 Cheetah and 10.1 Puma. But then… a funny thing happened on the way to the keynote stage. Steve Jobs decided to use the private codename… as a public marketing name. Instead of OS X 10...
Jul 08, 2021•5 min•Ep. 269
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ The ecosystem. It’s what everybody always talks about. What makes Apple products so damn sticky, competitors so hella jelly, regulators so silly salty, and customers just… so happy… if sometimes… straight jacket itchy? Your AirPods automatically switch between all your other Apple devices, sometimes miraculously, others times… way too promiscuously. Your Apple Watch unlocks you...
Jul 07, 2021•10 min•Ep. 268
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ Steve Jobs didn’t want an iPad mini. He hated the idea. The original iPad was the perfect size and anything smaller just wouldn’t be usable. He made fun of the tiny Android tablets already on the market, literally saying you’d have to shave down your fingers just to hit the tap targets, and that all they could run was blown up phone apps. An unbelievably ironic statement for re...
Jul 06, 2021•4 min•Ep. 267
NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ M1 let Apple take the existing MacBook Air chassis and… rip out the fan, let the Mac mini run on max… basically forever, and make an iMac almost as thin as an iPad. But those are all ultra-low power implementations of Apple silicon. The ones that put the efficiency in performance efficiency. One year later, and we still don’t have any ultra-high power implementations. Any that ...
Jul 05, 2021•7 min•Ep. 266
Improve your thinking and learning at http://brilliant.org/reneritchie — sign up for FREE and the first 200 get 20% off Premium! Photo Face. Photo Grid. Photo Share. Smarter Home. Status screen. Home Key. Car Key. Office Key. Hotel Key. All your IDs. Eventually. Super scribble. Editing schemes. Easy JIF GIF memes. Focus. Mindfulness. Respiratory rate. Health Trends. Tai Chi and Pilates bends. More always on. Better Contacts. Amazing Assistive Touch. And yes, Multiple timers. And more! It’s the w...
Jul 02, 2021•8 min•Ep. 265
Improve your thinking and learning at http://brilliant.org/reneritchie — sign up for FREE and the first 200 get 20% off Premium! New Safari Tab Bar. Tab Groups. Tabs Anywhere. Everywhere even. Universal Control for iPad… and Mac. AirPlay to Mac. AirPlay Speaker…from Mac. Spatial Audio with heads tracked. Shortcuts on Mac. New Books app. Hello screen savers and wallpapers for all. Privacy indicators. Privacy Protections. Split View Swapping. And a ton. An imperial metric ton of iOS cross-over fea...
Jul 01, 2021•12 min•Ep. 264
Improve your thinking and learning at http://brilliant.org/reneritchie — sign up for FREE and the first 200 get 20% off Premium! Multitasking menu. Center Window. Window Shelf. App Switcher on super-soldier serum. Keyboard shortcuts… on Hulk serum. Widgets unleashed. App Library added. Quick Notes. Tag Notes. Text magnifier… ish. Watch together, listen together, SharePlay, Screen Share, Shared with You, Focus, Status, Notification Summaries, Better Maps, way better Safari, Live text, Look Up, Sp...
Jun 30, 2021•9 min•Ep. 263
Improve your thinking and learning at http://brilliant.org/reneritchie — sign up for FREE and the first 200 get 20% off Premium! SharePlay. Screen share. Shared with You. FaceTime for everyone. Focus… for anyone. Status. Notification summaries. More better Maps, Notes, and Weather. Much better Safari. IDs. Keys. On-device Siri. Live Text and wide translate. Lens… I mean look up! Brighter Spotlight. More musical memories. Health Sharing. Mobility Caring. Privacy Reports. Mail Protection. Private ...
Jun 30, 2021•17 min•Ep. 262
