The Mac & Forth Show 269 - When Doesn’t It Rain?

Alan, Dean, Steve, and Karl are back once again to face the week’s Apple-related news and offer their never sort-out opinions. Following the iOS updates last week it’s the turn for MacOS this week. Apple also drops iOS14.5 beta and gives us a sneak look at what will be coming soon. The new ‘nutrition labels’ for apps might be fibbing to us. Facebook hopes their new page prompt will fend off users blocking their tracking and the Weather app starts to let the UK when it is about to rain…when doesn’t it though? All this and slightly more on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden4 February 2021MacOS, iOS, Apple Car, FaceBookComment

The Mac & Forth Show 254 - WWDC Aftershow

Apple just wrapped its WWDC 2020 keynote and although it may have started out a bit slow it certainly ended on some big announcements. Karl is joined by his regular co-hosts of Alan, Dean, and Steve as we sort through the reveals and look forward to what lays ahead of us as users. All this and slightly more on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden22 June 2020WWDC, iOS, MacOS, iPadOS, TVOSComment

The Mac & Forth Show 253 - WWDC Preview

Alan, Dean, Steve and Karl are getting pretty excited as we near the start of WWDC 2020, especially for the Keynote on Monday. Here they share their thoughts, hopes and wishes on what might be announced for iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS, TVOS and MacOS, plus the possibility of ‘one more thing’ or maybe more that might be on the cards. All this and slightly more on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden18 June 2020Apple, WWDC, iOS, MacOS, iPadOS, TVOS, WatchOSComment

The Mac & Forth Show 250 - Bunch of Muppets

The ‘other’ half of the G-Men, GazMaz, from the MyMac Podcast, joins Alan, Dean and Karl this week, to sort through the recent Apple-related news. Apple TV+ adds old, and new, Fraggle Rock episodes to its library, with one big missing character if you’re an older UK viewer. MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 arrives, time for a restart. YouTube Kids arrives on AppleTV, which should please many harassed parents. What was with that huge influx of updates this week? Some EU states are still not happy with Apple/Google’s tracing efforts and the brother of a Columbian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar is suing Apple, so that should go well. All this and slightly more on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden28 May 2020Apple TV+, MacOS, YouTubeComment

The Mac & Forth Show 221 - What Would Mary Whitehouse Say?

This week Karl is flying solo so be ready for a few extended rants as the guys are not there to hold him back. Apple releases more updates to iOS13, Catalina and the AirPort app. Twitter returns to the Mac, Beats go more pro, Apple is gearing up for the upcoming release of Apple TV+ and the UK’s porn block is no more. All this and slightly more on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden18 October 2019Apple, iOS13, MacOS, Apple TV

The Mac & Forth Show 220 - R.I.P. Tunes

This week GazMaz from the MyMac Podcast joins Dean, Steve and Karl to discuss the week’s Apple and tech-related news. The new macOS, Catalina, has arrived and we share our thoughts and experiences installing and using the new OS. Apple starts another Repair Program, the Apple Arcade line up grows, SIRI now works with Spotify and Apple may have accidentally leaked, again. All this and slightly more on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden10 October 2019Apple, MacOS, Apple Arcade, Spotify, Gazmaz

The Mac & Forth Show 159 - WWDC Wrap Up

We return from our brief holiday and kick things off with a wrap up of Apple’s recent WWDC event. With software improvements across the board for Apple devices we examine those that caught out attention and that we are looking forward to come Autumn. Alan and Karl and joined by former host of the show Matt Barton, along with independent developer Andy Leigh to discuss the announcements.

PodcastKarl Madden9 June 2018Apple, WWDC, iOS, MacOS, TVOS, WatchOSComment

The Mac & Forth Show 140 - I am Root

On this week’s show Dean Murphy and Alan Vickers join Karl Madden to pour over the week’s Apple related news. It wasn’t a very good week for Apple in regards to discovered bugs and possible exploits. Google could be facing a bit of a fine. The first FDA cleared add-on for the Apple Watch appears along with the release of the Stanford Heart study…for the US. The guys also look ahead to possible gift ideas as Christmas approaches.

PodcastKarl Madden2 December 2017Apple, iOS, MacOS, RootComment

The Mac & Forth Show 132 - Wrist Radio

After the recent deluge of new Apple hardware and software, we return to a more regular news week. Alan Vickers and Dean Murphy join Karl Madden as they peruse their way through the week’s Apple and tech-related news, including radio coming to the Apple Watch and Amazon announcing some new Alexa related devices. Also, the first rumours for the iPhone 9...sigh.

PodcastKarl Madden1 October 2017Apple, MacOS, Alexa, Apple WatchComment

The Mac & Forth Show 129 - Our Place

With just a few days to go until Apple is unveiling its new iPhones, a possible new Apple Watch and Apple TV, along with the official releases of iOS11 and MacOS Dean Murphy, Alan Vickers and Karl Madden are joined by Don McAllister (of ScreenCastsOnline) to discuss what might be in store come Tuesday. They also discuss the Gold Master leak that appears to confirm a few items but keep that discussion separate if case you want to avoid any spoilers.

PodcastKarl Madden9 September 2017Apple, iPhone, iOS11, MacOS, Apple WatchComment