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In this episode, tech team turbulence with joyless jargon and mass migrations BackBites Crowning King Jami Crowning King Jami In The News MacPro RIP The Mac Pro is essentially dead | Macworld Staffing Woes and Layoffs Apple confirms recent sales team layoffs in uncharacteristic move - 9to5Mac AI Exodus OpenAI poaching Apple hardware engineers 'left and right' ChatBites YouTube Playback Speed Broken Premium users can now speed up videos up to 4x - Reddit Can't change the playback speed on videos anymore- Reddit Focus Options for Great Screenshots TechSmith Snagit | Screen capture and screen recording Eternal Storms Software - ScreenFloat - Power up your Screenshots CleanShot X for Mac Excel Bites Excel Bites - Lists and Tables Excel Tables - YouTube Events MacBites After Hours Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Create a Calendar in Affinity by Canva Create a Calendar in Affinity by Canva Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, Meta mayhem, malfunctioning mankinis, and membership meltdowns BackBites Panic at Jami Towers Panic at Jami Towers Shrek Green Reigns In The News End of the Line for Timmy? Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year' Are we nearing the end of Apple's Tim Cook era? Tim Cook retirement 'leak' is clearly a deliberate test of reactions Apple loses iPhone Air designer to unnamed AI startup Selling Siri's Soul Apple may finally let users switch from Siri to another voice assistant WhatsApp Number is Up WhatsApp security flaw exposed 3.5B phone numbers - inc yours Shopping with Mike Shopping with Mike Follow up Tesco Free From Tiffin Bauble Shopping with Elaine Shopping By Design Understanding ARN (Acquirer Reference Number) | NatWest Support Centre ChatBites Mike's New YouTube Studio Solid Wood Bookcase Yaheetech Adjustable Computer Armless Office Chair Costway Rolling Computer Desk HIBORI Projector Stand Focus Notebook Navigator for Obsidian Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking Notebook Navigator Excel Bites Excel Bites - Formatting The Excel Trainer Events MacBites After Hours Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Deep Dive Data Merge in Affinity by Canva Deep Dive Data Merge in Affinity by Canva Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, sexy socks, yellow icons, and Evernote extortion BackBites Jami's Coming of Age Jami's Comment In The News Continued Fallout from Affinity by Canva Launch I'm absolutely loving the Affinity rebrand | Creative Bloq Get Color Sidebar Icons Back in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Finder Windows Apple Unveils Revolutionary $230 Sock Technology Introducing iPhone Pocket: a beautiful way to wear and carry iPhone - Apple iPhone Pocket by Issey Miyake - Long - Black - Apple Apple launches the iPod Sock 2.0 for the iPhone--and it's weird iPod Sock is back, iPhone Pocket knitted strap holder Apple fans perplexed after launch of $230 iPhone Pocket in collaboration with Issey Miyake ChatBites Evernote Ride Again Evernote Increases Prices and adds new plans Focus Tesco's Big Let Down Tesco Gluten Free Yule Log Jus-Rol Gluten Free Ready Rolled Puff Pastry Sheet Excel Bites Excel Bites - Functions Dynamic Array Functions in Excel - YouTube Getting Started with Functions in Excel - YouTube Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, we have tea in Tokyo with copious grovelling geeks and flamboyant fashion statements BackBites Kim's Shock Kim's Comment Jami's Take on the Output Jami's Comment In The News Timmy's Travels Continue Apace Apple CEO Tim Cook dines with Trump in Tokyo | AppleInsider Panorama - Trump and the Tech Titans - BBC iPlayer ChatBites Affinity by Canva Everything You Need to Know to Get Started with Affinity by Canva Gerald Ratner - Wikipedia Excel Bites Excel Bites - Formulas Back to Basics: How to Create Simple Excel Formulas in Excel - YouTube MacBites After Hours Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Season Pass Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, pumpkins, Parallels, and potty-cam pandemonium! BackBites Blue AI Blue AI Christmas Video In The News Genius or Waste of Time? Kohler Launches $600 iPhone-Connected Toilet Camera That Monitors Your Health Through Waste Analysis Dancing to the Don's Tune Apple Donating to Trump's $350M White House Ballroom Project Hardware Review Mike's New Monitors KTC 27 Inch Monitor - Amazon.co.uk Focus Windows Nightmare Parallels: Mac & Windows Virtualization Use virtual Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in Parallels Desktop MacBites Episode 0191 Excel Bites Mike's History with Spreadsheets Sandwich degree - Wikipedia IBM Personal Computer XT - Wikipedia The Excel Trainer Mike Thomas - YouTube Events Canva Serif Affinity Keynote Canva Serif Affinity Keynote Watch Party MacBites After Hours Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, Clips collapse, corporate couplings, and cloud-based carnage BackBites Tangerine Gold MacBites Episode 0191 | The MacBites Podcast - Jami In The News RIP Clips RIP Clips: Apple abandons its quirky short-form video app Clips (software) - Wikipedia Apple wins US F1 TV rights Formula 1: Apple wins US broadcast rights Eddy Cue dancing at WWDC 2015 - YouTube Age Verification Rides Again Apple needs to comply with another App Store age verification law Fifty Shades of AI 'Treat adult users like adults': ChatGPT to write erotica Evernote's Big AI Update Evernote unveils its biggest update yet- and unsurprisingly there's AI involved Ribbon (computing) - Wikipedia TimBuBu Apple CEO Tim Cook Gifted Custom Labubu During China Visit ChatBites The Great Dropbox Shuffle MacBites Episode 0162 pCloud Dropbox Take-Overs: Good or Bad? Evernote Corporation - Wikipedia Evernote Announces A Market For Physical Products, Including Post-Its ... And Socks? Fiverr is acquiring online learning company CreativeLive Chase Jarvis - Wikipedia Obsidian's Manifesto Ain't nobody acquiring us The Affinity and Canva Pledge Arthur Daley: The Original Dodgy Geezer Who Taught Us the Art of the Hustle Minder TV series - Wikipedia Focus Mike's Training Spreadsheet The Excel Trainer Events MacBites After Hours Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, blue screens, brilliant new toys and beading, lots and lots of beading! BackBites Retiring Apps Live Jami's Comments Retiring Apps Live Anticipation Marketing: Crushing Your Next Launch Without Being Salesy : Social Media Examiner In The News Antenna-gate Solved The 20 bytes of code that fixed Antennagate in the iPhone 4 Scratch-gate's Silicon Solution Apple Stores update chargers to stop damaging iPhone 17 Pro Samsung's Cosmic Orange Tribute Samsung might copy Apple's Cosmic Orange with the Galaxy S26 Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Leaks Reveal Bold Orange Colour Inspired by Apple Blue Screen of Death Apple Mocks Windows PCs in Humorous New 'Blue Screen of Death' Ad The Underdogs: BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) | Apple at Work - YouTube App Review Telescore Telescore on the App Store Focus How We Use AI Expressions - the coolest app for regex - Apptorium Sublime Text - Text Editing, Done Right A Better Finder Rename Yate | 2ManyRobots Keyboard Maestro 11.0.4: Work Faster with Macros for macOS Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 15 Scrivener ChatGPT Claude Amazon's shockingly bad James Bond posters have me worried about 007's future Mike's New Mac John Lewis Events MacBites After Hours Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, Microsoft mayhem, MacBites mischief, and a truly Magic Mouse BackBites Cosmic Orange Howling Cosmic Orange Howling Drafts Pro Patron Subscription - News & Updates - Drafts Community In The News Logitech MX4 Mouse MX Master 4 Wireless Mouse | Logitech Logitech MX4 Mouse - Amazon Canva Affinity Keynote A message to our amazing Affinity community The Affinity and Canva Pledge Affinity on X: "Ain't nobody acquiring us" ChatBites TNT Sports Debacle Sky Sports Discovery Plus Microsoft Copilot Update Microsoft 365 Premium - Microsoft Microsoft 365 Premium - The Verge Frontier program MacBites Episode 0182 Calls in WhatsApp How to make a voice call | WhatsApp Help Center MacBites Birthday The MacBites Story | The MacBites Podcast Apple Special Event | The MacBites Podcast MacBites After Hours Focus Mike's Use of AI ChatGPT Claude MacBites After Hours Join MacBites After Hours Season Pass Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, Timmy's travels, tech tantrums, and text-taming tortoises BackBites The Cosmic Orange One Cosmic Orange Bathroom Accessories? In The News Scratch-gate 2025 Edition iPhone 17 'scratch gate' is real - and it's worse than I thought iPhone 17 scratches: Scratchgate is real, I've seen it myself! Wi-Fi and CarPlay Connectivity Bugs Some iPhone 17 users report Wi-Fi and CarPlay connectivity bugs Multiple iPhone 17 models suffering from Wi-Fi bug -- what you need to know How can I fix Wi-Fi and CarPlay issues - Apple Community iOS 26.1 beta appears to fix iPhone Air, 17, and 17 Pro Wi-Fi issues Timmy and Pikachu ... Sitting in a Tree Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Pikachu During Japan Visit Ginza Wallpaper ChatBites MS Office Incompatibility The full list of all macOS versions until 2025 Dropbox Killing Support for Older macOS Versions My computer is no longer supported. What should I do? - Dropbox Help How Soon is Too Soon to Kill Support? BBC iPlayer not working on iPad 1 - Apple Community BBC Blogs - Technology + Creativity at the BBC - BBC iPlayer mobile apps: Reviewing operating system support Apple Watch Password Farce Watch - Apple ID Password Required Focus The Origin of the Drafts App Drafts | Where Text Starts Mike's Use of Drafts In Memoriam Plugin Elaine's Use of Drafts Drafts on the App Store Drafts on the Mac App Store Drafts Pro | Drafts User Guide Bartender v Ice Bartender new ownership: be aware : r/MacOS A New Chapter for Bartender Bartender 5 - A New Chapter for Bartender Bartender - Take control of your Menu bar Ice Vanilla - hide Mac menu bar icons for free Free Bartender alternative Hidden Bar does everything needed One More Thing The Great MacBites After Hours Survey MacBites After Hours Season Pass Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, we have the conundrum of the cloth compatibility crisis, cavalier codpieces, and course-crafting command centres. BackBites Jami's Moment of Fame! Jami's Comment How long until Scrivener is updated for macOS 26 Tahoe? - Scrivener / Scrivener for macOS - Literature & Latte Forums Tracey's Plants Tracey's Enquiry In The News Cleaning Cloth Upgraded Cleaning Cloth Updated Mac Studio M3 Ultra Installation Fail Mac Studio M3 Ultra owners can't install macOS Tahoe yet The Brain Drain Continues Apple AI executive Robby Walker to exit in October Timmy's World Tour What's on the menu and who's on the guest list at state banquet? - BBC News Tim Cook attends Windsor Castle banquet during Trump's UK visit - 9to5Mac Elon's Spending Spree Tesla shares soar as Musk goes on buying spree ChatBites Asana's Sunsetting Discontinuation of Asana Personal Projects Spaces The Great iPadOS 26 Upgrade What's new in iPadOS 26 - Apple Support (UK) iCloud Support Dropped Apple Drops iCloud Support for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra iCloud support culled for iOS 10, macOS Sierra users PDF Expert Changes The PDF Expert Billing FAQ | Help Center Focus Scrivener for Course Creation - Advanced Features Scrivener Course Creation Blueprint Obsidian Obsidian This is not just food. This is M&S Food - YouTube App Review TextSniper TextSniper on the Mac App Store TextSniper - developer's website TextSniper on Setapp Raycast & ScreenOCR Raycast - Your shortcut to everything Raycast Store: ScreenOCR Text Extractor for Windows PowerToys Text Extractor One More Thing Excel for Mac: Power Query Essentials Excel for Mac: Power Query Essentials Waitlist MacBites After Hours Survey MacBites After Hours Survey Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, we have rotten ripeness checks, recycled rhetoric, and repeated rancid rendezvous requests BackBites Copilot Overload Copilot Overload for Jami Another Criminal Use of Technology Avo Scan Video Tesco trials avocado ripeness scanners in five stores - BBC News Ground-breaking avocado ripeness scanner to be trialled by Tesco Boaty McBoatface - Wikipedia Taylor Herring In The News Awe Dropping? AirPods Live Translation Blocked for EU Users With EU Apple Accounts Apple's new product roadmap makes October event seem likely - 9to5Mac Atlassian Acquire Arc Welcoming The Browser Company to Atlassian - Work Life by Atlassian Dia and Arc maker The Browser Company is being acquired by Atlassian Atlassian to buy Arc developer The Browser Company for $610M Dropbox Streamlining Dropbox Passwords discontinuation | Dropbox Help - Dropbox Help FAQs on the Dropbox Paper app discontinuation - Dropbox Help FAQs about ending support for Dropbox Capture - Dropbox Help The Gift that Keeps on Giving Apple Calendar spam on the rise again, mostly crypto scams - 9to5Mac Liz Truss - Wikipedia ChatBites Twitter Lockout MacBites (@MacBites) / X Keyboards Mechanical Keyboard UK Matias Tactile Pro for Mac : FK302-UK : The Keyboard Company UK Matias Wireless 2.4G Aluminum Mac Keyboard Silver : FK418DCS-UK : The Keyboard Company Logitech MX Keys S for Mac Logitech MX Keys Mini Logitech MX Keys S White MacBites Episode 0082 Keyboard keys are getting glossy. Its just been few weeks : r/macbookair Does anybody have shiny keys? - Apple Community Michael Tsai - Blog - Shiny MacBook Keys Silverlight Shenanigans Microsoft Silverlight - Wikipedia How to Uninstall Silverlight on Mac Focus Using Scrivener for Training Notes Home - Literature & Latte App Review Pro Audio Converter Pro Audio Converter - Batch Convert Audio Files on macOS | Mark V Apps Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, the politics of parking, presidential patio parties, and privacy pitfalls BackBites Jami's Hoovering Jami's Comment Wallet-Wilting Wheel Wells Trafford Centre announces major change to parking that all shoppers need to know MacBites Episode 0106 | The Trolley Dolly from Hell In The News Fair Competition Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation Party Time at the Boys Club Apple's Tim Cook to attend Trump dinner and AI event Apple CEO Tim Cook Invited Back to White House for Tech Event - MacRumors Trump to host tech CEOs for first event in newly renovated Rose Garden Self-Service Surveillance: The Sainsbury's Special Sainsbury's to trial facial recognition to catch shoplifters 'I was misidentified as shoplifter by facial recognition tech' AI facial recognition: Campaigners and MPs call for ban Does exactly what it says on the tin - Wikipedia ChatBites Apple's "Awe Dropping" AI Brain Drain Apple Continues Losing AI Experts to Meta Apple Loses Robotics AI Researcher to Meta Btootos Wireless Earbuds Microsoft Lose the Plot Word Docs Saved to Cloud: A Controversial Change - Office Watch Focus Microsoft Copilot How to Use Excel's NEW COPILOT() Function: AI Formulas Made Easy Download Microsoft 365 Copilot app Events Awe Dropping MacBites.fm Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, we have tech tantrums, ticketing turmoil, and tacky trinkets. BackBites Jami on Elon's Divorce Jami Kim's Pandas Kim René's Animation Discord | #tech-chat | MacBites Join the MacBites Community Tea Update Tea app: I joined for safety. Then my address was leaked and shared - BBC News In The News Elon Sues Apple Elon Musk's xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over Siri partnership, App Store charts - 9to5Mac The best Cadbury's Smash Aliens TV adverts compilation - YouTube Smash Martians - Wikipedia Manchester Buzzing with Apple Pay Express Mode Greater Manchester Gets Support for Apple Pay Express Mode MacBites Episode 0182 | The MacBites Podcast Google Pixel 10 Google pokes fun at Apple during confident Pixel 10 event A Dream Ticket to Chaos Manchester City fans face delay after Etihad stadium entry issues - BBC News Hillsborough Disaster - Wikipedia The Bumper Rides Again Apple has considered reviving the bumper for the iPhone 17 MacBites Episode 0045 | The MacBites Podcast We Still Have a Lot to Cover | The MacBites Podcast TechWoven v FineWoven replacement for iPhone 17 cases Geeks Bearing Gifts South Park ridicules Tim Cook over Trump plaque South Park mocks Tim Cook's golden gift to Donald Trump - 9to5Mac Apple's 'rare' gift for Donald Trump is kind of embarrassing | Creative Bloq 'South Park's Latest Episode Hits Trump For His 'Small' Manhood, D.C. Takeover, & More - YouTube RizzOS Apple Working on All-New Operating System Rizz - Wikipedia ChatBites Camtasia Update? Compare Camtasia Plans | TechSmith Notion Gets an Offline Mode Working offline in Notion--Everything you need to know Notion Just Fixed Its Biggest Problem (And Nobody's Talking About It) | Activated Thinker Focus ChatGPT and Excel TwistlyCells - ChatGPT For Excel | Excel AI Tool Excel: Check Out These Incredible AI Functions!! - YouTube iPhone iPhone iPhone Time Travelling with iPhone 16 Events Marooned at MacBites HQ Day 2000 - 6 September 2025 MacBites.fm The iPhone 17 Launch Event MacBites.fm Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, there's a tantrum in tech-land, at the billionaire's burger bar no less, while a new net nanny rampages into town, policing your pixels and vetting your videos! In The News Musk vs. Apple: App Store Mayhem Musk threatens Apple with lawsuit over rankings xAI to take legal action against Apple Musk reignites OpenAI feud over antitrust claims Musk says he plans to sue Apple Stock Drift: Tesla Up, Apple Down Tesla stock rises amid Musk-Apple feud Grok Gets Reprogrammed Grok reprogrammed -- no more Hitler jokes Pornographic Taylor Swift deepfakes generated by Musk's Grok AI Grok Imagine AI Allegedly Creates Explicit Taylor Swift Images Without Prompt: Report Grok's 'spicy' video mode instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes Elon Musk's AI Creates Deepfakes Of Scarlett Johansson, Taylor Swift Tesla Diner Sparks Protests Protesters Head to Tesla Diner Grand Opening ChatBites YouTube's AI Powered Age Verification No matter how old you are YouTube's AI age verification system should concern you YouTube backlash begins: "Why is AI combing through every single video I watch?" Tea app hacked: Images stolen from women's dating safety app that vets men YouTube Age Verification Has Begun YouTube's AI-powered age line is now live. Will it work as intended? Extending our built-in protections to more teens on YouTube - YouTube Blog Focus Raycast on Windows Quicksilver - macOS at your Fingertips LaunchBar 6 Alfred - Productivity App for macOS Raycast - Your shortcut to everything Monarch - Spotlight Search with Superpowers PowerToys Run utility for Windows Power Toys on MacBites After Hours ChatBites Apple Intelligence: AI Summaries Return Apple brings back AI notification summaries in iOS 26 Dancing Queen Siri could get Finder-inspired new visual appearance next year, per report Events Marooned at MacBites HQ Day 2000 - 6 September 2025 MacBites.fm The iPhone 17 Launch Event MacBites.fm Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky

In this episode, buckle up for dashboard diagnostics, wallet weary software updates and yet more supermarket security shenanigans BackBites Neil Tracey Jami ChatBites Tesco Ride Again Tesco shoppers in disbelief as they spot new security measure in supermarket aisle New Security Measures at Tesco Stores | TikTok Apple OS Updates iOS 18.4 includes eight new emoji Channel Islands - Wikipedia Hate the new Apple Mail app? Here's how to change it back on iPhone/iPad/Mac How to use the 4D Method for Email Management - Hiver Pages Update Authors can no longer publish to Apple Books from Pages Publishers can no longer send their work directly from Pages to Apple Books : Apple World Today Timmy’s in the Money Apple CEO Tim Cook Sells Stock Worth $24 Million Apple CEO Tim Cook sells $24 million in company stock By Investing.com Virgin: The Story Concludes MacBites Episode 0179 | The MacBites Podcast TechSmith Event: Future-Proof Your Workflows with TechSmith & AI TechSmith Apps Go Subscription Camtasia | TechSmith Video Editing and Screen Recording Software | ScreenFlow Compressor on the Mac App Store DEVONthink 4 Released DEVONtechnologies | Upgrader's Guide Focus Mike’s Techie Car Ford Ka - Wikipedia Contact Us Mail Us Contact Us Join the MacBites Community MacBites Mail Elaine on Bluesky Mike on Bluesky MacBites on Bluesky MacBites Siri on Bluesky