Category Archives: Apple

MobileViews Podcast 483: A tale of Apple Watch Ultra woe

iPadOS 17 audio redirect

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

Todd learned that the Yealink UH37 headset mutes itself if its boom mic is raised vertically
iPad external display defaults to HDR after iPadOS 17 update
iPadOS 17 lets you direct audio to the iPad’s speakers instead of non-existent or weak display speakers when using HDMI/USB-C for video out
Apple Journal app in the App Store but only downloadable and usable if you are using iPadOS 17.2 (currently in beta)
What not to expect during Apple’s Oct. 30 “Scary Fast” event
Rumor: A $700 MacBook in 2024?
Rumor: An $800 Apple assistant? HomePod + iPad Mini
Jon’s tale of Apple Watch Ultra 2 heat woe

In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:

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
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?!?
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

Apple iPadOS 16 with external display

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

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
These iPadOS 16 features only work on the M1 iPads
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?

In podcast 409, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

Spotify Podcasters Are Making $18,000 a Month With Nothing But White Noise
What is it about Bluetooth keyboards with touchpads and warnings about iPad radios?
Arstechnica: What to expect at WWDC 2022: iOS 16, M2, and more
MacRumors WWDC roundup
FYI: Gmail Smart Reply
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.

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

9to5Google: YouTube offering podcasters $50-300K ‘grants’ to make video versions of shows
MacRumors: Everything We Expect to See From the Apple Event on March 8
iPhone SE 5G
iPad Air
Mac mini
13″ MacBook Pro
What we wish Apple would announce
Discussion detour:
The Oatmeal: How to Pet a Kitty
The Oatmeal: How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell
Errant search results: Bag made of apple skins Samara mini bag made out of apple skins
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?
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

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

first announced on October 23, 2001. Became available on Nov. 10, 2001
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!
Google Docs universal @ menu