MacBreak Weekly

This week's stories: Rene Ritchie reviews the new iPad Pro Alex Lindsay explains how the new iPad Pro uses LiDAR Will Apple's AR camera will be a killer app or a gimmick? Does the iPad Pro keyboard make it a real computer? The MacBook Air is the perfect computer for everyone except Alex Lindsay Mac Mini is a good faith update How to use your iPhone as a webcam New Apple Watch bands Apple makes Mac Pro Afterburner card available as a standalone purchase Apple sign goes up for auction at $20,0000 Picks of the Week: Leo's Pick: Plague Inc fights Covid-19 Andy's Pick: Vagner Veek at the Met! Bryn Terfel! Stephanie Blythe! Rene's Pick: NetNewsWire Lory's Pick: Mujjo Leather Wallet Case in Slate Green Alex's Pick: Audio Implements In-Ear Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at . Sponsors:

This Week's Stories: Movie studios releasing first-run movies direct-to-stream to fight coronavirus Streaming services, online concerts, and Sick Burn on the roof Lots of leaks and rumors, but will Apple release anything soon? WWDC 2020 will be online-only Apple is donating $Millions, hoping to help 7 Bay Area counties issue shelter-in-place orders Apple launches new Powerbeats 4 headphones - Lory has an early review Apple stores are closed. Here's hoping there are alternate ways to get your Apple products fixed. Is Tim Cook sick? Uncertainty crashes Apple stock Apple TV+ shows shutting down production Apple TV and other streaming services offering great deals on streaming entertainment Apple Card offers users to skip March payment iOS 13.4 did not come out today. What happened? How is Apple dealing with privacy, security, and secrecy with all its workers at home? Apple NOT working on an "Apple Prime" TV+Music+News bundle Sacre Bleu! Apple fined $1.2 billion in France Apple pays $454 million to patent troll VirnetX Patent troll tries to shut down coronavirus tests iPhone 9 + iPhone 12 rumor alert! bigger screens and faster processors Apple patents an iMac with a built-in projector Picks of the Week: Leo's Pick: iBoy retro toy figure from Classicbot Andy's Pick 1: Joyce DiDonato streams "Werther" excerpts from her living room Andy's Pick 2: Free Korg and Moog apps this week Rene's Pick: EDITH Lory's Pick: Animal Crossing / Doom Eternal crossover memes Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at . Sponsors:

Stories of the Week: Coronavirus: Apple tells employees worldwide to work from home Coronavirus: Apple gives retail employees unlimited sick leave Coronavirus: iPhone 9 and 12 delayed Coronavirus: App Store rejects coronavirus apps Coronavirus: Irish Apple employee infected Coronavirus: Apple loses $100B in value in one day Coronavirus: Apple TV+ premieres canceled Coronavirus: Good news: you CAN use Clorox wipes on your iPhone. HUGE iOS 14 Leak: iPad mouse support, new smart keyboards with trackpad HUGE iOS 14 Leak: over-the-ear AirPod / EarPod headphones icon HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new iPhone 9 and iPad Pro with new triple-lens camera array and time-of-flight 3D sensor HUGE iOS 14 Leak: improved Express Travel tap-to-pay. Plus: Andy Ihnatko explains how to steal free transit codes! HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new Apple TV remote with Find My Remote scream HUGE iOS 14 Leak: AirTags Trackr competitor with user-replaceable batteries HUGE iOS 14 Leak: HomeKit will recognize your face, Atmos soundbar HUGE iOS 14 Leak: Apple Watch will have a tachometer, blood oxygen sensor HUGE iOS 14 Leak: Siri voices customizable by developers HUGE iOS 14 Leak: AliPay App, wallpaper app, kids mode, more HUGE iOS 14 Leak: homescreen list view with Siri suggestions HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new Apple AR app codenamed "Gobi" HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new sleep tracking app, fitness app codenamed "Seymour," GymKit HUGE iOS 14 Leak: massive improvements to Apple Pencil Good Apple: iPad Air 3rd generation get free repairs for screen blanking issue Bad Apple: Apple lets developers put ads in notifications Ugly Apple: ex-Apple tech support worker steals billionaires' identities, cops nab 55 stolen iPhones valued at $80k, and more in the MacBreak Police Blotter Apple Pay available in Mexico New jailbreak lets you install Android on an iPhone 7 iPhone can do whaaaat? HUGE iPhone 12 leak: bigger battery, 64MP camera, and 120Hz display Lory Gil and Apple celebrate International Women's Day Apple Music, Spotify, and others sued for music industry conspiracy Picks of the Week Andy's Pick: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy turns 42 Rene's Pick: Logitech Brio Lory's Pick: The Apple War. Max Von Sydow died on March 9th, 2020. Among his many legendary performances, Sydow starred in "The Apple War," a 1971 German film about Jean Volkswagner, a businessman who comes to Sweden to build Deutschneyland, a gigantic amusement park for German tourists. Roy Lindberg, played by Sydow, does not like the idea, and with the help of a little magic, his family starts scheming against it. Alex's Pick: Screen Leo's Pick: Subscribe to Hands-On Mac! Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at . Sponsors:

This Week's Stories Woz is NOT Patient Zero! Google has canceled I/O due to Coronavirus. Is Apple's WWDC next? Tim Cook addresses Coronavirus concerns in shareholder meeting Bad guys can't use iPhones How to steal malware from advanced nations Kuo: Apple is working on 6 mini-LED products Kuo: Apple is working on a 14.1" laptop How to set up a second screen for a Mac Apple tells Chinese game developers to get a license Plague, Inc. banned in China Apple must pay $25 per iPhone for battery kerfuffle Apple accused of using Chinese forced labor How to put your iPhone or iPad into DFU mode Your AirPods will die in 2 years Eero gets HomeKit support Picks of the Week: Leo's Pick 1: Notion Leo's Pick 2: Retroactive Andy's Pick: Filson Medium Rugged Field Bag Rene's Pick: Tot Lory's Pick: Binging with Babish Alex's Pick: Ntwrk Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at . Sponsors:

This Week's Stories: JIF vs GIF: The peanut butter weighs in on the pronunciation debate of the ages Let's just get rid of animated GIFs and use animated PNGs instead! COVID-19: Apple moves production to Taiwan, stocks down, but iPad purchases up Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR Tech Deep Dive Warren Buffett finally switches from flip phone to iPhone Apple might maybe think about letting you use Chrome on your iPhone Safari requires 13-month HTTPS certificates Apple wants you to secure your router with HomeKit, but only 3 routers use it Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple-designed ARM Macs coming in 2021 COVID-19: Apple asks shareholders to follow CDC coronavirus quarantine measures Steve Jobs would have been 65 yesterday Larry Tesler, the inventor of copy and paste, dies at 74 Bert Sutherland, who helped develop the ARPANET, dies at 83 Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician dies at 101 How often does your TV set off your HomePod, Echo, Cortana, and Home? Supreme Court: Apple must pay VirnetX $440 million Apple will soon let you text someone your car keys Bob Iger resigns from Disney Picks of the Week: Andy's Pick 1: Agrippina - Metropolitan Opera in HD Andy's Pick 2: Spend Stack Rene's Pick: Sachtler Flowtech 75: the world's fastest tripod legs Lory's Pick: Nintendo Switch Animal Crossing: New Horizons Edition Alex's Pick: Leica BLK360 LIDAR Imaging Laser Scanner Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at . Sponsors: