On the week my poor old Apple Watch was ripped from my wrist due to it needing a repair I take a look at a few stories from the world of Apple and technology.
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Only my second solo show and I’m already behind my release schedule. Sorry it’s a bit late but I had a very busy weekend test driving a Tesla, but more about that next week. This week Kanye takes to Twitter, iPlayer may cost you, Apple goes all Black Hat and what laws might you be breaking?
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The Mac & Forth Show is back...kinda. Yes, after a little break I have decided to re-instate the Mac & Forth Show..again. However, this time it is in a slightly different format. From now on it shall be a one man show.
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As the guys and I are no longer really able to produce the Mac & Forth Show we have all moved over to the Essential Apple Podcast hosted by Mark Chappell.
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It’s the last Mac & Forth Show of the year, but we will return in January (even if you beg us not too). This week Ric, Karl and Mark Chappell (EssentialMac and Rampant Mumberlings) are joined by Tony Blunt (The Airwaves Podcast) to discuss the Apple related news from the last 7 days. Huge iPads, Apple Music goes Android and Beats goes bye-bye plus new Apple Watches rumoured.
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The new iPad Pro’s are here and so are the entire team…for once. Find out if Matt, Barry, Ric, Karl or Mark Chappell (EssentialMac and Rampant Mumberlings) have ordered one (I know you’re dying to know right)? Also we circle back to the Governments Investigatory Powers Bill and cry ‘Liar, liar, pants on fire’ before rounding up the show by asking if it all now downhill for Apple…as we’re made to believe at least.
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This week Matt, Barry, Karl and Mark Chappell (EssentialMac and Rampant Mumberlings) discuss the new Apple TV….We may need to get the FanBoy Alert on standby. Also, the government has proposed it’s new form of spyin…errr…I mean snoopin….errr…I mean safekeeping the UK general public. What could possibly go wrong?
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This week Andrew Stephens (Dr. Happy Mac) joins Ric, Barry, Karl and Mark Chappell (EssentialMac and Rampant Mumberlings) to discuss the weeks Apple related news as well as the new Star Wars trailer and Back to the Future day….Yeah, it was ‘that’ kind of week.
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Apple has released some new iMacs so Matt, Karl and Barry joined by Alex G Fox discuss the new desktops and Magic devices. Will the new Retina Displays make the guys go all a flutter or will some of the limitations of the cheaper versions dampen their enthusiasm? Also, the soldered ram issues raises its ugly head once again. Well it couldn’t all be ‘FanBoy’ alerts through the entire show could it.
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This week Dean Murphy, the creator of Crystal, the content blocking app for iOS9, joins Ric, Matt, Karl, Barry and Mark Chappell (EssentialMac & The Rampant Mumblings Podcast) to discuss the recent turmoil that erupted last week regarding his app and what it is like when the tech media zero in on you. Also we discuss the new iPhones and look forward to installing the freshly released El Capitan on our Macs.
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