Macworld Podcast

A grab-bag of topics this week includes President-elect Trump's wish for Apple to build iPhones in the U.S.—and how Apple is responding so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rumor has it, Apple is getting out of the router game—for good, or just in preparation for a video streamer slash router slash home hub? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple's new design book annoyed us greatly, and so has Apple's attitude lately. But Susie's still really into the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susie's a little underwhelmed by the Escape Edition of the MacBook Pro, but more bullish on the Touch Bar. Glenn warns that USB-C isn't as simple as it seems, and wonders about the next big Mac innovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Glenn and Susie discuss their hopes and dreams for the new TV app coming to the Apple TV and iOS this December, plus more thoughts on the new MacBook Pros. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Roman talk about the MacBook Pro--is it enough to satisfy professional Mac users, former MacBook Air owners, and most importantly, you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reports that Apple is refocusing Project Titan on software rather than a car have us wondering. Maybe the key to everything is AI and augmented reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While we wait forever for new Macs, Apple is headed to the Supreme Court. The FBI needs to crack more iPhones, but at least none of them have caught on fire yet, unlike some other phones we could mention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Kirk talk about iTunes and Apple Music, then Glenn and Susie heap praise upon the iPhone 7 Plus and its dual-lens wonder camera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The iPhone 7 Plus is charming Glenn and Susie, but they have some issues with how Photos treats all the beautiful images the phone's dual camera setup takes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

macOS Sierra has hit the scene, so Glenn and Susie take a break from talking about the iPhone and iOS 10 for an hour to talk about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

iOS 10 is out and it's spectacular. But the iPhone Upgrade Program isn't proving to be so great for people who actually want to upgrade their iPhones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple unleashed details about the Series 2 Watch, the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, iOS 10 and watchOS 3’s shipping date, and…iWork real-time collaboration. John Moltz joins Glenn Fleishman to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we prepare for the launch of the next iPhone and Apple Watch, Apple has run into some tax trouble in Ireland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is an iPhone but an iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator--with a place to plug in wired headphones?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Susie chat about the next iPhone, and the new rumor of a third size for the iPad Pro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Susie talk about the end of free Hulu, Apple's next steps for the Apple TV, and why we have a public beta of iOS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susie and Glenn are joined by Jean MacDonald and Grey Osten of App Camp for Girls, who discuss their project, their curriculum, and the importance of snacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Susie discuss most promising Apple Car rumor yet, how the Apple Watch helped save our friend's life, how to protect yourself from ransomware, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple Music, iCloud Music Library, and iTunes Match just got slightly less confusing! Hooray! Elsewhere, Pokémon Go can't stop, Swift Playgrounds rocks, and everything got updated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Susie talk about the iOS 10 beta, macOS Sierra beta, new Mac malware, and whaaaaat is the deal with Pokémon Go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susie and Caitlin have a lot of feelings about the loss of Paper, which has been like rocks and scissors to our souls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's up with the headphone jack obsession with the upcoming iPhone 7 models? Also: iPhone 7 rumors, the end of Apple's sales of the Thunderbolt Display, whether new AirPort base stations are coming, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back for more followup from Apple's WWDC keynote and all the cool software that will come out in the next few months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Susie are joined by Macworld Staff Writer Caitlin McGarry to unpack all of Apple's WWDC 2016 keynote announcements. Or most of them, anyway! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Susie handicap the WWDC rumors, hope for some fun surprises, and praise the Apple TV for coming so far since launch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a smorgasbord of topics as we head into WWDC, from ticks and tocks to crowdfunding to cancer rats. But the thing we're most excited about is the rumored demise of the 16GB iPhone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google I/O is over, and WWDC is about to happen—it's the perfect time to compare Google's approach to Apple's, and wonder what will happen if we move from a mobile-first world to an AI-first one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Susie are joined by The iTunes Guy, Kirk McElhearn, for a rousing discussion on why iTunes gives us so much trouble, as well as whether Apple Pay really is faster than those poky chip-and-sign readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple Music doesn't just delete files willy-nilly, but it's way too easy to delete them by mistake—and if Connect goes away, will anyone notice? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Susie Ochs is off on assignment in the fens around Boston, regular host Glenn Fleishman is joined by frequent Macworld contributor John Moltz, who also writes at his Web site, Very Nice Web Site, and co-hosts The Rebound tech podcast and [Turning This Car Around dadcast. Glenn and John talk about the last week's reception to Apple's earnings, walk through Tim Cook's appearance on Jim Cramer's show, and explain that the company is doomed. Doomed, we tells ya! Or, more accurately, how Apple is navigating the aftermath of one great year while growth tapers and the Chinese economy shudders. John has an iPhone SE and he loves it. Courts can order you to unlock your phone with your fingerprint, so perhaps you need to re-consider Touch ID. And Dish Networks will come to your house and fix your iPhone—you might even want this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Susie discuss Macworld's review of the new MacBook, people dissing the Apple Watch on its anniversary, the missing iPhone SE, and if Apple's services can save it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, "newish" MacBooks anyway. They still only have one port, and it's USB-C, not Thunderbolt 3. But the battery life is improved, the chipset is faster, and Glenn is still satisfied with his first-gen MacBook after a year of heavy use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Glenn and Susie were recording this week, the news broke that TextExpander was responding to feedback by lowering the subscription price for existing users. Unfortunately, that's not our only problem with the service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Glenn interviews three people in vastly different professions who have brought the 12-inch iPad Pro into their work lives in a big way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sorry for the delay on getting this podcast to you. Glenn and Susie have a lot to say, and a few things cropped up at the last minute. Anyway, here we go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What. Just. Happened. Security expert Jonathan Zdziarski helps us unpack the FBI's sudden 180 in the San Bernardino case. How did they get into the phone? Will they tell Apple? Is this even over? Oh, and Susie got the iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Macworld podcast celebrates its 500th episode! 11 years ago, this podcast started humbly as an experiment by a Macworld intern turned staffer recorded partly in a conference room with a nerdy guest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aside from our regular discussion of the FBI kerfuffle and this week's side trip to Austin for SXSW Interactive, we wonder about how the rumored 4-inch iPhone will fit into Apple's world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nothing, it's not a real thing. Really. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Susie are back on the FBI's case, discussing the All Writs Act, whether software is speech, and more. Plus, we have big hopes for the smaller iPhone SE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Susie are joined by Rich Mogull, and everyone is angry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't set your iPhone to before 1970, don't update your Creative Cloud, and don't expect Apple executives to openly admit iTunes is awful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Humans need more than a two-digit number when their iPhones go completely dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To some people, it doesn't matter how many millions of something Apple can sell, or how happy the customers are with them. It's only growth, and that's too bad, because it seems like Apple is working on some great stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Security researcher Rich Mogull joins us to talk about security when traveling to countries where you might have a very good reason to be paranoid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump's fiat economy plan to make Apple produce its hardware in America, the New York Senate's desire to criminalize a lack of back doors in smartphones, and the return (or continued existence) of Gatekeeper exploits. Leah and Glenn also talk about VLC, a universal format player, for Apple TV; their continued irritation at some Apple TV features; and Netflix's plan to block more comprehensively subscribers outside the U.S. who aren't using their new 190-nation plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a grab-bag week of topics, from where we read news on our phones to how CES provides a glimpse into Apple's future products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Magnets? How do they work? Also, the latest security-reporting follies, more Apple TV thoughts, and bringing civility to commenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our last podcast of 2015, and we've got some Festivus grievances to air, as well as a few requests for the year to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices