The Mac & Forth Show 271 - Mysterious Malware

This week Alan and Karl are joined by Simon from The Essential Apple Podcast to pour over the week’s Apple-related news. Apple looks to update its subscription payment policy to reduce egregious charges. Final Cut Pro may get its own subscription service. M1 Macs may be burning through the life of their SSD’s, or maybe not. A mysterious malware has been discovered but no one seems to know what it’s doing. iOS update will make it harder to exploit zero-click attacks…Oh, and we find out approximately when Ted Lasso shall return. All this and slightly more on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden25 February 2021M1, Malware, Simon, Essential Apple, FCP, TedComment

The Mac & Forth Show 255 - Shhh

On our last show before our Summer break (returning in August) Alan, Dean, Steve and Karl pour over the weeks Apple-related news. Benchmarks appear for the DTK Macs, despite Apple explicitly forbidding them. New ransomware is attacking via pirated apps. Apple pulling the plug on some Apple Arcade games and the new Apple Watch apps for sleep tracking hand-washing has been in development for years. All this and slightly more on this week’s episode.

PodcastKarl Madden2 July 2020Apple, Arcade, DTK, MalwareComment