In this episode, feedback, flashbacks and fifty years
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Jami’s Sandwich
- Jami’s Comment on Episode 0203
Kim’s Thrilled
- Kim’s Comment
- Introducing Glaze - Raycast Blog
- Glaze by Raycast. Desktop apps, reimagined by you.
Allan
- Allan’s Comment
Focus
Apple at 50
- Apple’s 50 Years
Events
- ’Twas the Night Before the WWDC Keynote
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1 Jun 2026
0203 - Happy New Year
In this episode, Puppies, Pickles and Profit Margins
BackBites
Jami’s Sandwich
- Jami’s Comment on Episode 0202
- Jami’s Comment on Episode 1
Kim
- Kim’s Keeping Up Appearances
Pandamonium
- Pandamonium’s Comment
In The News
Logi Options+
- Options+ and G HUB macOS Certificate Issue - Logitech Support + Download
- Logi Options+ (Plus): Customization App for Logitech Devices
- No more Logi Options+ : r/logitech
CES Silly Season 2026
- The Verge Awards at CES 2026 | The Verge
- Ecovacs’ new launch nearly made me cry during my CES booth tour | TechRadar
- I’ve played with Lego’s new Smart Brick - here are my honest thoughts | Stuff
- BirdBuddy 2 mini smart feeder films wildlife with a 2K camera
Apple Creator Studio
- Apple Creator Studio bundles 6 apps
- Pixelmator Pro arrives on iPad with desktop-class image editing
- These Apple Apps Will No Longer Receive All New Features Without a Subscription
- Apple confirms Pixelmator for iOS will no longer receive updates
- Apple Says ‘Pixelmator’ App on iOS Will No Longer Receive Updates
- Pixelmator Pro arrives on iPad with desktop-class image editing | Cult of Mac
- Subscription fatigue is real, and 2026 will be the breaking point for artists
- Free Affinity app sparks huge debate among artists and designers
- Affinity’s free gambit could shatter Adobe (but if it doesn’t, that tells us a lot)
- Does Apple Creator Studio make subscription apps palatable?
- Apple Creator Studio is another step an app bundle future
- Paid features coming to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote
- Compared: Apple Creator Studio vs Adobe Creative Cloud Pro
- Apple invites creators to multi-day ‘Apple Experience’ next week
Is It an Ad?
- Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and search results
New Raycast
- New Raycast - Coming 2026
Grok’s “Undress Mode” and the One-Way Street of Digital Abuse
- Woman felt ‘dehumanised’ after Musk’s Grok AI used to digitally remove her clothes
- Ofcom asks X about reports its Grok AI makes sexualised images of children
- Government demands Musk’s X deals with ‘appalling’ Grok AI
- Apple asked to pull X and Grok apps over ‘sickening content generation’
- U.S. Senators Ask Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok Apps Over Sexualized Image Generation
- Have US senators told Apple and Google to remove X/Grok?
- X to block Grok AI from undressing images of real people
- As pressure mounts, xAI says Grok will stop undressing people
- Has Grok blocked non-consensual images?
- Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
In a Pickle
- Squinting Face, Pickle, and Lighthouse Among New Emoji Coming to iOS
- Pickle, lighthouse, and meetor among new emoji coming in 2026
- Here are the new emoji likely coming to iPhone with iOS 27
Icon Instructions ... Really!
- Dear Apple: if your new icons need a manual, they’re not working
- Google’s new app icons were desperately needed
- These parody Google icons are better than the new update
- Spotify’s New Disco Ball App Logo Is Terrible
Mike’s New Tech
- John Lewis
- Unboxing of Mike’s New Tech
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31 Dec 2025
0202 - Shrek's Mankini and Other Questionable Choices
In this episode, it’s glitter, rainbows and a record breaking delivery
BackBites
Kim
- Kim’s Request
Jami’s Sandwich
- No Numbing!
Review of the Year
January
- Mac mini at 20, Steve Jobs and the tiny Mac
- Apple employees fired over donation scheme fraud
February
- AppleCare+ moves to subscription-only model
- UK secretly orders Apple to let it spy on users worldwide
March
- Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new Magic Keyboard - Apple (UK)
April
- Apple’s entire supply chain hit by Trump ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
- Apple shares get hammered after Trump tariff news
- Apple’s fight with Trump’s tariffs will shift the cost to customers
- How and where Trump’s new tariffs affect Apple
- New iPad Air gets revamped, lower-cost Magic Keyboard
May
- Apple debuts Apple Vision Pro’s Bono film at Cannes
June
- Apps Sherlocked, replaced by Apple, Raycast
July
- Apple reports third quarter results - Apple (UK)
August
- MacBites Episode 0184 | The MacBites Podcast
September
- Apple debuts iPhone 17 - Apple
October
- MacBites After Hours Season Pass
- Affinity by Canva (Version 3)
November
- Introducing iPhone Pocket: a beautiful way to wear and carry iPhone - Apple (UK)
December
- December 2019 in review: Apple releases the long awaited new Mac Pro | AppleInsider
- The good, the bad, and the ugly of Apple’s 2025 - 9to5Mac
Looking Forward
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