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In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:

1. Jon finished a project from April 2020- the great “Duplication” hunt on his NAS. What do people do for backups / redundancy at home?

   iMazing

   dupeGuru

2. Jon tried using Universal Control this week after he realized he could. Mixed reactions. Also making me wonder what I’m missing out by using a 10 year old Apple Cinema Display through a USB Hub versus something that natively would support Thunderbolt / USB 3 (Mine natively supports Mini Display port…). So when do you upgrade a monitor?!?
3. WiFi weirdness. My 2019 Macbook Pro can connect to some 11G access points, but not all. I sometimes see this on my 2018 iPad Pro too

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Apple iPadOS 16 with external display

In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss the Apple WWDC announcements that interested us the most

1. 

   Blue Yeti (left) & Blue Yeti Nano (right) microphones

   I used my new Blue Yeti Nano microphone for the first time for this podcast. It replaces the full-size Blue Yeti that I’ve used for years to record podcasts
2. These iPadOS 16 features only work on the M1 iPads
3. What’s Jon looking forwards to?
   Lock screen customizations look useful.
   Dictation and keyboard can be interchangeably mixed.
   Schedule email and undo send. Wonder if schedule email is client side or server side?
   Very interested to see if they can get Passkey to take passwords on. Moderately successful with Sign In With Apple ID, which I assume will definitely support it.
   Handoff expanding to FaceTime
   Redesigned Weather Apps across the board.
   WatchOS 9 has some nice workout tweaks – looking forward to custom workout?

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In podcast 409, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

1. Spotify Podcasters Are Making $18,000 a Month With Nothing But White Noise
2. What is it about Bluetooth keyboards with touchpads and warnings about iPad radios?
3. Arstechnica: What to expect at WWDC 2022: iOS 16, M2, and more
   MacRumors WWDC roundup
   FYI: Gmail Smart Reply
4. The too-good-to-be-true suitcase may arrive. Ordered 4/16. Shipped 5/1. No update from 5/12 (in mandarin) to 6/4. Now apparently in the country.

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In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

1. 9to5Google: YouTube offering podcasters $50-300K ‘grants’ to make video versions of shows
2. 
   MacRumors: Everything We Expect to See From the Apple Event on March 8
   iPhone SE 5G
   iPad Air
   Mac mini
   13″ MacBook Pro
3. What we wish Apple would announce
4. Discussion detour:
   The Oatmeal: How to Pet a Kitty
   The Oatmeal: How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell
5. Errant search results: Bag made of apple skins Samara mini bag made out of apple skins
6. There is a growing interest lately among millennial YouTubers to discuss throwback tech. What makes the 2000-2010 cell phone tech and 1995-2005 computer tech so interesting to them?
7. Remember when bags used to be able to carry EVERYTHING: THe Gadgeteer: Roadwired Megamedia Bag
   +the gadgets we used to tote that necessitated a giant bag

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First, a thank you and apology to my old friend Jason Dunn for my bungling the audio recording during our podcast last week.

This week Jon and I are taking a break from our Windows CE 25th anniversary reminiscing to look back at a truly world changing product anniversary

The Apple iPod was
1. first announced on October 23, 2001. Became available on Nov. 10, 2001
2. Jon bought an iPhone 13 Pro because of a great trade-in deal with Verizon. Camera does seem markedly better, which is saying something because the iPhone 12 Pro Max camera was no slouch!
3. Google Docs universal @ menu

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Jon Westfall and I are joined by frequent guest panelist Frank McPherson to reflect on Microsoft Windows CE’s 25th anniversary and Microsoft mobile journey over the decades.

We also discussed:

1. My $48 Bluetooth earbuds have two features my Air Pods Pro do not: (1) Over the ear “hooks” so they don’t fall out when walking and (2) a digital display on the charging case that shows the battery charge level for each earbud. It seems like a decent product so far. However, despite having “noise cancellation” in the product name, it does not have such a feature.
2. New this week: Apple pushes out AirPods firmware, enables “Conversation Boost” – “Apple says Conversation Boost is designed to help people with mild hearing challenges stay more connected in conversations. The feature uses the AirPods Pro’s beam-forming microphones to boost the volume of a person talking in front of you, making it easier to listen to a face-to-face conversation, and there is also an option to reduce ambient noise.” – How much longer until commercial BT headphones replace $$$ hearing aids? — Firware Version 4A400
3. Also, MacRumors has a massive iOS 15 tips/tricks document – some things I forgot about – drag and drop support greatly improved, square calendar widget (Month view!), iOS password manager now supports 2 factor codes, AR walking mode directions (would be great for cities), background sounds (e.g., rain, other ambient sounds to help improve concentration).

   And something I didn’t realize you could do – when sending a photo in messages, you can search by month/year. Really helps when you know you had a picture you took last March that you want to send someone now.

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