Synopsis
This is daily Apple news. Monday through Friday, Ken Ray brings commute-sized tech news to the podsphere. If it's Apple news, Apple-related news, or news related to Apple-related news, you'll hear about it here. News you'll like... this is Mac OS Ken.
Episodes
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Mac OS Ken: 04.21.2020
21/04/2020 Duration: 14min- More on Munster’s iPhone SE Response - Sensor Tower: App Downloads Surge in Pandemic’s First-Quarter - Conversocial Adds Support for Apple Business Chat - Apple Updates HealthKit Human Interface Guidelines - Apple Holds Pre-WWDC DC Focused on Accessibility - France Wants Apple to Drop Bluetooth Restrictions for Contact Tracing App - American Idol to End Season Shot on iPhone - Cut your wireless bill to 15-bucks a month at MintMobile.com/MACOSKEN - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 04.20.2020
20/04/2020 Duration: 14min- iPhone SE Wait Times Extend to First Half of May - Goldman Sachs Slaps “Sell” Rating on Apple Shares - Daryanani Bullish on Apple Long-Term - Apple Donates 160K Face Shields to Logistics Victory Los Angeles - Apple Shares Face Shield How-To for Manufacturers - Ontario Picks Up iPads for Home Schooling - Cook on California’s Business Recovery Team - President of Beats Leaving at End of Month - Apple Releases Second First Look at “Defending Jacob” - Cut your wireless bill to 15-bucks a month at MintMobile.com/MACOSKEN - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 04.17.2020
17/04/2020 Duration: 14min- Cook Talks COVID-19 on Call with Apple Employees - Apple Reopening Store in South Korea - Connecticut Senator Questions Trustworthiness of Apple/Google Contact Tracing Plan - Deutsche Bank Ups Apple Target to $285 on iPhone SE Intro - Apple Over Ear Headphones Rumor Resurfaces - Apple Music Web Player Moves Out of Beta - Apple Music Takes Third in Ridiculous Brand Ranking Subset - Addigy - An Apple Device Management Solution That Scales With You. Learn more at addigy.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 04.16.2020
16/04/2020 Duration: 18min- Apple Announces New iPhone SE - No U1 Ultra Wideband Processor for iPhone SE - (PODUCT)RED iPhone SE Sales to Benefit COVID-19 Relief - Analyst Reactions to iPhone SE - Apple Starts Selling Silicone and Leather Cases for iPhone SE - AppleCare+ Costs Less for iPhone SE - iPad Pro Magic Keyboard Set to Ship Next Week - Logitech Combo Touch Keyboard Shipping Now - Apple Selling Replacement Tips for AirPods Pro - Mac Pro Gets AMD W5700X GPU Option - Apple Sells Mac Pro Wheels Kit for $699 - Addigy - An Apple Device Management Solution That Scales With You. Learn more at addigy.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 04.15.2020
15/04/2020 Duration: 15min- Morgan Stanley: Good News, Bad News, and Really Bad News for Apple - UBS Analysts Expects No June-Quarter Guidance from Apple - Check Point: Apple Most Imitated in Brand Phishing Attempts in March-Quarter - Apple Uses Travel Trends in Maps to Fight COVID-19 - App Store Prices Rising in Barbados, Moldova, and Uzbekistan - Oprah Talks COVID-19 – The Deathly Impact on Black America - India’s Eros Now Select Joins Apple TV Channels - Report: “Stay Home” Orders + New Shows = More Eyes on Apple TV+ - Addigy - An Apple Device Management Solution That Scales With You. Learn more at addigy.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 04.14.2020
14/04/2020 Duration: 15min- Raymond James Analyst Drops Apple Target to $305 - Evercore Sees March Resilience for iPhone in China - Barclays Sees 5G Pressure on Apple’s 4G Phones in China - Apple Responds to COVID-19 Screening Questions - Engadget: A Look at the Apple/Google Contact Tracing Initiative - BBC: NHS Plans Contract Tracing Initiative, Too - Apple/Google Contact Tracing Plan Will Require Diagnosis Verification - Apple Registers AppleCoronavirus.com - Addigy - An Apple Device Management Solution That Scales With You. Learn more at addigy.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 04.13.2020
13/04/2020 Duration: 18min- CIRP: iPhone Accounted for 44% of US Smartphone Activations in Q1 - GF Securities Sees iPhone SE2/9 Any Day; Staggered Release for iPhone 12 - Canalys: Mac Sales Dropped 21% Y-o-Y in March-Quarter - Mac Pro Hits Apple’s Refurbished Store - Instinet Ups Apple Target to (Underwater) $240 and Keeps “Neutral” - Apple and Google to Work on COVID-19 Contact Tracing While Protecting User Privacy - Apple Maps to Pinpoint COVID-19 Testing Cites - HBO Extends Go/Now Support on Older Apple TVs - Apple Launches “Today at Apple (at Home)” - Addigy - An Apple Device Management Solution That Scales With You. Learn more at addigy.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 04.10.2020
10/04/2020 Duration: 16min- Retailers in China Drop Prices on iPhone 11 (Really This Time) - KeyBank: U.S. iPhone Sales Down 56% for March - Foxconn Enacts Strict Measures Restarting the Supply Chain - Apple Pay Express Transit Adds 275 Cities in China - Apple Updates Its COVID-19 App - Apple Helps Stanford on COVID-19 Testing App for First Responders - Apple Holding COVID-19 Q&A Call with Employees This Month - Apple Music to “Stream Local” in South Africa - COVID-19 Likely Sinks 2021’s Emoji Update for iPhone - Some Apple TV+ Shows Go Free Without Subscription - Apple Posts 30 Creative Activities for Kids - Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with coupon code macosken at Squarespace.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 04.09.2020
09/04/2020 Duration: 19min- Wedbush Sees Ugliness for the Next Few Quarters - JP Morgan Drops Apple Target to $335 - Piper Sandler Ups Apple Target to $300 - Apple Releases watchOS 6.2.1 - Apple Outs Supplemental macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Update - Report: Single Replacement AirPods Shipping with Mismatched Firmware - Some YouTube Videos Fritzing for 3rd-Gen Apple TV - HBO Killing Go and Now Support for 2nd and 3rd-Gen Apple TVs - Apple Still Working for 1,000+ Interns This Summer - Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with coupon code macosken at Squarespace.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 04.08.2020
08/04/2020 Duration: 12min- Apple Q2 FY2020 Earnings Set for 30 April - Apple Releases iOS/iPadOS 13.4.1 - Apple Tweaks Maps App for COVID-19 Priorities - Apple Update Clips to v2.1.1 - Apple Posts Support Doc for COVID-19 Face Shield - Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with coupon code macosken at Squarespace.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 04.07.2020
07/04/2020 Duration: 20min- Cult of Mac: Carriers and Retailers Prep for iPhone SE2-Niner - Wedbush Analyst Expects iPhone SE Launch by Mid-April - Foxconn Q1 Revenue Down 12% Y-o-Y - Suning.com Drops Prices for iPhones - Sales of Computers and Peripherals Spike As Work Stays Home - Former Apple Modem Exec Now on Microsoft Mixed Reality Team - Several Apps Go Live with “Sign in with Apple” - Apple (and Everyone Else) to Broadcast COVID-19 Relief Show - Apple Donates $10M to “One World” Initiative - Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with coupon code macosken at Squarespace.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 04.06.2020
06/04/2020 Duration: 18min- Online Apple Store Gives New Hint Around iPhone SE - Apple Stores In U.S. to Stay Closed at Least Until May - Morgan Stanley Drops Apple Target to $298 - Cowen & Co. Drops Apple Target to $335 - Counterpoint: Apple Music Subscriptions Grew 36% in 2019 - U.S. Senators Quiz Apple Over User Privacy and COVID-19 Screening App - Cook: 20M Masks Procured and New Face Shield Initiative in COVID-19 Fight - Apple Acquires Natural Language Startup Voysis - Apple Offers HomePod to Employees for $149 - Tim Cook to Somehow Deliver Ohio State Commencement Address - Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with coupon code macosken at Squarespace.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 04.03.2020
03/04/2020 Duration: 18min- Rumor: New iPhone SE Could Hit Today - Apple Subsidizing AASP Repairs at a Social Distance - Some 2013/2014 MacBooks Designated “Vintage” by Apple - Apple Acknowledges New Stance for Amazon Prime Video Sales - Apple Leaks Existence of AirTags - App Annie Sees Marked Increase in Game Download in 1Q 2020 - App Store Marks World Autism Awareness Day - Emerson Collective, Apple, and Ford Foundation Donate $12M for America's Food Fund - Amazon to Host SXSW Film Festival Online - Apple Outs Trailer for “Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth” - HBO Streaming 500+ Hours of Content for Free Through Its Apps - BetterHelp: Professional, licensed, and vetted counselors that you can trust. Get 10% off your first month with discount code MACOSKEN at BetterHelp.com/MacOSKen - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macos
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Mac OS Ken: 04.02.2020
02/04/2020 Duration: 19min- Report: Foxconn Ready to Roll on iPhone 5G - Report: TSMC Ready with Chips for iPhone 5G - Report: Apple Using Video Calls with Foxconn for iPhone 12 Assembly - Evercore Still Bullish on Apple (Because Poor People Have Always Been Poor) - Argus Maintains “Buy” Rating and $350 Price Target on Apple Shares - Prime Video Processing Own Sales/Rentals Through Apple Apps - Apple Donates 1.9-Million Masks to New York with More on the Way - Apple Ups COVID-19 Recovery Donations in China to ~$7M - Apple Card Allowing April Payment Deferral - Latest Apple Updates Kill FaceTime Connectivity with Older Devices - Updated iWork Apps Will Not Upload to WebDAV Servers - U.S. Census Bureau Using 500,000 iPhones for the Count - BetterHelp: Professional, licensed, and vetted counselors that you can trust. Get 10% off your first month with discount code MACOSKEN at BetterHelp.com/MacOSKen - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a m
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Mac OS Ken: 04.01.2020
01/04/2020 Duration: 17min- Rumor: iPhone SE92 Coming Soon - Reports: Apple Shifts Stay-at-Home Store Workers to Phone Support - Apple Updates Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for macOS - Apple Updates iWork Titles for iOS - Apple Updates iMovie for iOS/iPadOS to v2.2.9 - Apple Partners with Dent Reality on Indoor Mapping - Apple Buys Hyperlocal Weather App Dark Sky - Russia Pushes Software Mandate on Imported Tech to 2021 - Apple Will Keep Paying Janitorial and Shuttle Driver During Shutdown - Publix Appears to Be Getting Apple Pay - Come Together: Apple Music Playlists for the Coronavirus Lockdown - Season 2 of “Helpsters” Hits Apple TV+ This Friday - BetterHelp: Professional, licensed, and vetted counselors that you can trust. Get 10% off your first month with discount code MACOSKEN at BetterHelp.com/MacOSKen - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an emai
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Mac OS Ken: 03.31.2020
31/03/2020 Duration: 14min- UBS Drops Apple Target to $290; Maintains “Buy” Rating on Shares - Foxconn Profits Dropped ~24% in December-Quarter - Bloomberg: iPhone 12 “On-Time,” While Future Products Face Delay - Bloomberg: Apple Product Development Continues During Lockdown - Cult of Mac: Don’t Use Safari When Applying for SBA Relief Loans - Apple Sends 100K Surgical Masks and 100K N95s to Alabama - Cook Tweets Support for Doctors and Everyone Else Around COVID-19 - Apple TV+ Outs Trailer for “Trying” - BetterHelp: Professional, licensed, and vetted counselors that you can trust. Get 10% off your first month with discount code MACOSKEN at BetterHelp.com/MacOSKen - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 03.30.2020
30/03/2020 Duration: 14min- The Supply Chain is Back. Will demand Be There? - Wedbush Ives Still Still Bullish on Apple Still - Bloomberg: COVID-19 Prompts Manufacturing Moves Outside of China - Apple Outs COVID-19 Screening App and Website - Apple Acknowledges Issues with AR Coating on Retina display MacBook Airs - Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to Launch Several ARM-Based Macs in 2021 - Savings May Be Offset by Need to Replace Intel Function in ARM-Based Mac - Apple Turns on New Music Notifications for Users - How to Turn Off New Music Notifications from Apple - BetterHelp: Professional, licensed, and vetted counselors that you can trust. Get 10% off your first month with discount code MACOSKEN at BetterHelp.com/MacOSKen - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 03.27.2020
27/03/2020 Duration: 14min- Wedbush Lowers Release Expectations While BofA Lowers AAPL Target - Apple Updates Developer App Ahead of WWDC 2020 - Apple Extends New Developer Requirements to 30 June - Sensor Tower: US Per-User App Store Spending Doubled from 2016-2019 - Apple Offers 10% Bonus to Funds Added to Apple ID - App Store UK Highlights COVID-19 PSA - Apple Teaches Teachers to Teach from Home - Beats 1 Hosts Hosting from Their Homes - Beats 1 Turns to FaceTime for Celebrity Interviews - Apple Offers 90-Day Trials of Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X - Cut your wireless bill to 15-bucks a month at MintMobile.com/MACOSKEN - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 03.26.2020
26/03/2020 Duration: 18min- JP Morgan Sees 1-2 Month Delay for “iPhone 12” - Nikkei Says Apple Considering “iPhone 12” Delay - Loup Ventures: iPhone 5G Still on for the Fall - Indian iPhone Production Halted with India on Lockdown - Deutsche Bank: Time to Buy AAPL - T-Mobile Now Takes Apple Pay for Bill Payments - Apple Updates Privacy Policy and Charge Itemization for Apple Card - iFixit: New MacBook Air Has Slightly Thicker Keyboard - Apple TV+ Drops Trailer for “Defending Jacob” - Plague Inc. Pledges $250,000 to Fight COVID-19 - Tim Cook Posts COVID-19 News and PSA to Twitter - Cut your wireless bill to 15-bucks a month at MintMobile.com/MACOSKEN - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!
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Mac OS Ken: 03.25.2020
25/03/2020 Duration: 16minReport: Apple Plans to Reopen US Stores in April - Apple Valuation Pops Back Over $1T - Piper Sandler and Oppenheimer Reduce Apple Revenue Expectations - Ireland Can’t Touch the $14.4B in Escrow from Apple - VP Pence: Apple’s Donated 9-Million Masks in the States to Fight COVID-19 - Apple Outs iOS/iPadOS 13.4 and HomePod v13.4 - iPadOS 13.4 Brings Management Tools for Shared iPads in Business - Apple Releases macOS 10.15.4 and tvOS 13.4 - Apple Releases Security Updates for Mojave and High Sierra - Safari Updates Support Full Blocking of Third-Party Cookies - Apple Releases watchOS 6.2 - Cut your wireless bill to 15-bucks a month at MintMobile.com/MACOSKEN - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!