Summary: Recorded 27th January 2019 This week it was 35 years since Steve pulled the Macintosh out of the bag to say hello, also it is 30 years since the launch of the SE/30. The latest iOS Beta holds clues about new iPads and even a possible new iPod Touch! Apple reassigned 200+ staff from the Titan project elsewhere (notice I said “reassigned” not laid off...). Apple got some flack about a photo competition and promptly did the right thing about it, while Zuckerberg continues to be a lying two-faced hypocrite (in Simon's opinion). To discuss all of that, and whatever else came to mind during the conversation, I am joined by Nick Riley (@spligosh) and Melissa Davis (@TheMacMommy / TheMacMommy.com) GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Ghostery has gifted us 10x Ghostery “swag bags” to give away! First 10 out of the hat! Email me on essentialapple@sudomail.com with your postal address and preferred T Shirt size to be in with a chance... One lucky listener can win a free entry to Dr Mac's Working Smarter for Mac Users Video course (worth $500), and also we have one copy of the Working Smarter book to give away. As usual email essentialapple@sudomail.com with the subject Dr Mac and you will be entered into the draw. Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HD 2019 use the coupon code EssentialApple at checkout for your extra discount! Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! We can now also be found on Spotify, Soundcloud and even YouTube. On this week’s show: MELISSA DAVIS – TheMacMommy @TheMacMommy on Twitter Blogs at TheMacMommy.com Appears on the Geekiest Show Ever NICK RILEY @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. He sometimes appears on Let's Talk Apple APPLE 35 years ago, Macintosh said hello – @tim_cook and last week the SE/30 turned 30 – Threadreader If you never experienced that era you can sample it with either James Friend's Mac Classic Emulator Archive.org iOS 12.2 beta includes references to new iPod touch, and four new iPad models – The Apple Post iOS 12.2 beta 1 brings Apple News to Canada – Cult of Mac Google nabs senior macOS engineer Bill Stevenson for Fuchsia OS – Cult of Mac Apple Says It Will Pay ‘Shot on iPhone’ Photo Contest Winners After Backlash – Gizmodo Apple Lays Off 200+ People From Project Titan, Its Self-Driving Car Effort – ExtremeTech TECHNOLOGY Zuckerberg's “facts about Facebook” - the peak of hypocrisy – Cliqz Zuckerberg wants to merge Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp messaging – Daily Dot SECURITY 2FA - What are the best apps? – 9to5 Mac I just ordered myself this to try out – Feitian ePass FIDO-NFC Security Key It's a U2F FIDO key with NFC support. Let's see what I think of it... How to Secure Your Accounts With a U2F Key or YubiKey – How to Geek WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS A shortcut that takes you to iTunes & App Store Subscriptions in one tap – https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/013a7fc44fc640eea1e2aa3fddba7473 This website that is a great GIF editor – EzGIF.com GoodNotes 5 Upgrade Bundle by Time Base Technology Limited – iOS App Store Hackintosher - Build Your Own – Hackintosher The Twitter thread with a host of “did you know” tips in it… Twitter and related to it this article *Nemo’s Hardware Store* () No hardware store this week as John is still awaiting post CES items for review. Essential Apple Recommended Services: Ghostery - protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – Get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... ProtonMail – End to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Fake Name Generator – So much more than names! Create
