S1E199 - Essential Apple Podcast 199: The Essential Maccast

Recorded 22nd November 2020

This week Adam “Maccast” Christianson joins Simon, Nick and Donny to talk about M1 Macs, iOS on M1, Emulation, Apple’s App Store commission cut for “small” developers and more.

GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS

Glenn Fleishman’s Working From Home book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here and now he has also released Take Control of Zoom Essentials free as well.
Steve at Geeks Corner has restarted his podcast which is a 5-15 min show of his thoughts on tech. Also keep an eye on his site or follow him on Twitter @GeekCorner_uk to watch for regular giveaways.

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Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular – if you’re interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation.

On this week’s show:

ADAM CHRISTIANSON

@maccast on Twitter and Instagram
Maccast
Maccast podcast wherever you get your podcasts

NICK RILEY

@spligosh on Twitter very occasionally.
Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots’ Let’s Talk Apple
Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube

JAMES ORMISTON

MacJim in the Slack
In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr
Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop
Has videos on Vimeo

DONNY YANKELLOW

@rtteachr on Twitter
Find his work at hedgehogalley.com
Books in Apple Book Store
DesignBundles.net as Skrbly
Skrbly Studio on YouTube
Skrbly Store
Leo the Lonely Guitar
Donny’s Classes on Outschool.com for kids 7-18

APPLE

Watch Apple’s M1 MacBook Pro Obliterate 2020 Intel MacBook Pro in Speed Tests – Mac Rumors
Restoring Apple Silicon M1 Macs Leading to macOS Installation Errors – Mac Rumors
Apple cuts App Store commission to 15% for developers paid less than $1M per year – Apple Insider
Craig Federighi says Windows can run natively on M1 Macs but is ‘really up to Microsoft’ – 9to5 Mac
CodeWeavers gets Windows apps running on Apple Silicon – Apple Insider
Apple embraces iOS 14 home screen customization by fixing how app shortcuts work – TechCrunch
Apple aware of display issues affecting some iPhone 12 models –9to5 Mac
- Apple suggests display issue with iPhone 12 may be solved with iOS update – iMore
Apple has released a revised version of iOS 14.2 for iPhone 12 owners – iMore
Apple M1 Mac reviews: Impressive performance and battery life, iOS apps are a mixed bag – 9to5 Mac

TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft’s Latest Windows 10 Win Comes From An Unlikely Source… Apple – Forbes

SECURITY & PRIVACY

Most common passwords of 2020 – Nord

WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

Geekbench of M1 v Intel Macs
- M1 destroys all the other Macs in single core – comes 13th in multi core – as these are the first of their kind that’s pretty good I think – tw 13th might not sound too dope but that’s only the Xeon Macs (Pros and iMac Pro’s) and the latest 27in iMacs. That means M1 beats Trash can Pro and the 2020 MBP 16” and all the others
Is Apple Silicon Ready – isapplesiliconready.com
Jason Snell podcast 20 Macs for 2020

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Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online.
Doug.ee Blog for Andy J’s security tips.
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AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
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Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test.
Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need.
Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.

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