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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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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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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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Jami's Sandwich 0199

Jami's Sandwich 0200

Jami's Sandwich 0200

Tetracycline: MedlinePlus Drug Information

In The News

Texas Judge Blocks App Store Age Verification Law

Texas judge says Apple doesn't have to check App Store ages | AppleInsider

Texas App Store Age Verification Law Blocked by Federal Judge - MacRumors

Texas judge blocks state's App Store age verification law - 9to5Mac

Timmy's Christmas Shopping

Tim Cook just bought 50,000 Nike shares, and investors noticed - 9to5Mac

ChatBites

Bin Day Woes

MacBites Episode 0117 | The MacBites Podcast

Mike The Oven Slayer

Ninja Combi 12-In-1 Multi-Cooker

Focus

Keyboard Maestro Magic

Keyboard Maestro

Raycast - Your shortcut to everything

Excel Bites

Excel Automation

Automate Excel for Mac: Record Your First Macro - YouTube

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In this episode, we went live!

ChatBites

MacBites 200

MacBites 0000 - Episode 0: It Does Get Better! - 06 October 2007

MacBites 0001 - Hello World! - 08 October 2007

MacBites 0002 - Spamalot - 15 October 2007

MacBites 0003 - I'm a Barbie Girl in a Barbie World - 25 October 2007

MacBites 0004 - Leopard XL - 05 November 2007

MacBites 0005 - Cheating the Cheetah - 08 November 2007

MacBites 0006 - iPhone iPhone iPhone - 22 November 2007

MacBites 0007 - Textual Intercourse - 10 December 2007

MacBites 0008 - Flight of the Navigator - 07 January 2008

MacBites 0009 - Back with a Bang - 09 June 2008

MacBites 0010 - Seamlessly Synching and the Magic Witch Switch - 16 June 2008

MacBites 0011 - Come On Baby Light My Fire - 23 June 2008

MacBites 0012 - Rock Me Amadeus - 30 June 2008

MacBites 0013 - iPhone iPhone iPhone Bursting the Bubble - 21 July 2008

MacBites 0014 - Back, Sack and PAC - 04 August 2008

MacBites 0015 - Boxing Clever - 18 August 2008

MacBites 0016 - Don't Be Koi - 08 September 2008

MacBites 0017 - Headless Chickens - 08 June 2009

MacBites 0018 - Diabolically Dodgy Doings in Didcot - 15 June 2009

MacBites 0019 - The Koi Pond Mafia - 22 June 2009

MacBites 0020 - Because ... Jane Said So - 29 June 2009

MacBites 0021 - Strictly Adult Browsing - 06 July 2009

MacBites 0022 - Growl on the Prowl - 13 July 2009

MacBites 0023 - Piggybacking Palms - 20 July 2009

MacBites 0024 - 24 Toys of an Adult Nature - 27 July 2009

MacBites 0025 - A La Carte - 03 August 2009

MacBites 0026 - Exploding iPod Pyrotechnics - 10 August 2009

MacBites 0027 - Flashing Info Panels - 17 August 2009

MacBites 0028 - Raiders of the Lost Mail and a Very Moist Minster - 24 August 2009

MacBites 0029 - Eye of the Snow Leopard - 31 August 2009

MacBites 0030 - Connectionless Customer Service - 07 September 2009

MacBites 0031 - Domestic Strife Strikes at MacBites HQ - 14 September 2009

MacBites 0032 - Hacking Narcoleptic iPhones Wearing Hot Pants - 21 September 2009

MacBites 0033 - The Hidden Depths of Homer Simpson's Library - 28 September 2009

MacBites 0034 - You've Gotta Speed It Up and then You've Gotta Slow It Down - 12 October 2009

MacBites 0035 - The Browser Queen Meets Jeremy Kyle - 19 October 2009

MacBites 0036 - Increased Sensitivity it's all in the Wrist Action - 26 October 2009

MacBites 0037 - Impenetrable Permutations - 02 November 2009

MacBites 0038 - Thongs Can Only Get Better - 16 November 2009

MacBites 0039 - Wrist Action Redux - 07 December 2009

MacBites 0040 - Desirable Naked Friends - 18 January 2010

MacBites 0041 - Pink Buzzing Fingers and Thongs for the Memory - 22 February 2010

MacBites 0042 - The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Free Software - 15 March 2010

MacBites 0043 - Mickey the MacBites Magic Mouse Meets the Microwaveable Duck - 29 March 2010

MacBites 0044 - Magically Multiplying iPads and Getting Giddy About iPhone 4 - 22 June 2010

MacBites 0045 - The Car Park Strikes Back and Other iPhone 4 Goodness - 14 July 2010

MacBites 0046 - Ribbed and Sensitive - 01 November 2010

MacBites 0047 - Badly Behaved Batteries and Roaming RAM - 09 February 2011

MacBites 0048 - Silicone Wraps and Magic Wands - 21 February 2011

MacBites 0049 - An Amazing Apple Week and The Great Yorkshire Yomp - 02 March 2011

MacBites 0050 - It'll Be Alright on the Night - the Outtakes - 06 June 2011

MacBites 0051 - All Done in the Best Possible Taste - 19 June 2011

MacBites 0052 - Elaine Reveals All - 30 August 2011

MacBites 0053 - Want, Need and Desire - 04 September 2011

MacBites 0054 - The Curse of The X - 18 September 2011

MacBites 0055 - Frictionless Sharing and Uncontrollable Teeth - 03 October 2011

MacBites 0056 - Steve Jobs - 1955 - 2011 - 08 October 2011

MacBites 0057 - Something Nasty Nestling in the Nail Brush - 12 October 2011

MacBites 0058 - The MacBites Crew and The Holy Grail - 17 October 2011

MacBites 0059 - Events Occur in Real Time ... Or Not - 26 October 2011

MacBites 0060 - A Bit Chilly Around the Trossachs - 31 October 2011

MacBites 0061 - Buzzing in the Bedroom - 11 December 2011

MacBites 0062 - Bigger is Not Always Better - 24 December 2011

MacBites 0063 - Pleasuring Jeremy Clarkson - 25 January 2012

MacBites 0064 - MacBites The iBook - 02 February 2012

MacBites 0065 - Rats the Size of Cats - 06 March 2012

MacBites 0066 - Nude and Hairy - 10 June 2012

MacBites 0067 - Amazonian Warrior - 17 June 2012

MacBites 0068 - Rubber Ducks and Rampant Koi - 01 July 2012

MacBites 0069 - Soixante-Neuf - 16 July 2012

MacBites 0070 - Doing the Dirty and Dabbling on the Dark Side - 21 January 2013

MacBites 0071 - The Old Razzle Dazzle - 29 January 2013

MacBites 0072 - Five Play - 20 March 2013

MacBites 0073 - A Vice, a 4 Inch Nail and Rubber Gloves - 08 April 2013

MacBites 0074 - Meet The Hoccers - 22 April 2013

MacBites 0075 - Tingling Down Under - 13 May 2013

MacBites 0076 - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish - 09 September 2013

MacBites 0077 - The Lion Sleeps Tonight - 16 September 2013

MacBites 0078 - Where's Wilson? - 08 October 2013

MacBites 0079 - Bah Humbug - 25 December 2013

MacBites 0080 - Monty Python's Parrot - 26 March 2014

MacBites 0081 - Pining for the Fjords - 27 March 2014

MacBites 0082 - This is an Ex-Parrot - 28 March 2014

MacBites 0083 - Mike Thomas and the Holy Grail - 29 March 2014

MacBites 0084 - Come to Mummy - 30 March 2014

MacBites 0085 - Office Politics - 31 March 2014

MacBites 0086 - Put a Plaster on it - 01 April 2014

MacBites 0087 - April Showers - 07 April 2014

MacBites 0088 - Silver Lining - 14 April 2014

MacBites 0089 - Untethered in Timperley - 15 July 2014

MacBites 0090 - Rampant Scepticism - 23 July 2014

MacBites 0091 - Summer Holiday - 28 July 2014

MacBites 0092 - Date Night - 04 August 2014

MacBites 0093 - Made to Measure - 11 August 2014

MacBites 0094 - Mike's Bot Bot - 19 August 2014

MacBites 0095 - Plucking Plectrums - 27 August 2014

MacBites 0096 - Naughty Narcolepsy - 05 September 2014

MacBites 0097 - Gone to the Dogs - 16 October 2014

MacBites 0098 - Ice Ice Baby - 18 November 2014

MacBites 0099 - Without the Aid of a Safety Net - 23 March 2015

MacBites 0100 - Kidnapping Craig's Cat - 01 November 2015

MacBites 0101 - Rude Awakening - 15 November 2015

MacBites 0102 - Alarming Undulations - 08 December 2015

MacBites 0103 - Dusky Peach with a Hint of Pink - 10 June 2016

MacBites 0104 - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off ... to Have a Good Time - 21 June 2016

MacBites 0105 - Blofeld's Cat and Dinner With George Clooney - 03 August 2016

MacBites 0106 - The Trolley Dolly From Hell - 16 August 2016

MacBites 0107 - Dithering Nits - 12 June 2017

MacBites 0108 - Tiger Feet With Added Socks, Docks and Shifty Cows - 26 October 2017

MacBites 0108A - Mutiny at MacBites HQ - 11 April 2018

MacBites 0109 - Spotty Muldoon and the Secrets of the Knicker Drawer - 12 April 2018

MacBites 0110 - Snow Flakes and Boxcar Willie - 03 May 2018

MacBites 0111 - The 3 Lion's Kings - 11 July 2018

MacBites 0112 - Go Tell It on the Mountain - 30 July 2018

MacBites 0113 - Top Gun Meets Deadeye Dick - 20 August 2018

MacBites 0114 - Yosemite Sam and the Magically Multiplying Show Notes - 30 November 2018

MacBites 0115 - Captain Sensible's Happy Talk - 22 January 2019

MacBites 0116 - Shooting Through 2018 - 26 January 2019

MacBites 0117 - Bravo Sierra and the Science of the Bin Collection - 06 February 2019

MacBites 0118 - High Jinks with Enterprising App Bandits - 18 February 2019

MacBites 0119 - Road Warriors ... Doing the Dongle Dance - 01 March 2019

MacBites 0120 - Radio Ga Ga - 03 June 2019

MacBites 0121 - Predictive Analytics with Mrs Brown's Bunions - 19 August 2019

MacBites 0122 - Otis Rides Again ... While Playing Vatican Roulette - 09 September 2019

MacBites 0123 - Jane's Space Race and the 3 Foot Toblerone - 06 January 2020

MacBites 0124 - The Drive to Subscribe ... While Doing the Icon Dance - 11 February 2020

MacBites 0125 - Let's Get This Show on the Road - 04 May 2020

MacBites 0126 - Back Home ... Home Sweet Home - 18 May 2020

MacBites 0127 - Otter-mating State Sponsored Stalking - 20 July 2020

MacBites 0128 - The Covid Cat Collective Chatting with Norman Collier in a Time Warp - 28 July 2020

MacBites 0129 - New Nagging Notifications For You - 11 August 2020

MacBites 0130 - Like Buses! - 12 August 2020

MacBites 0131 - An Unexpected Resurrection on Apple's Stairway to Heaven - 18 August 2020

MacBites 0132 - Paddle Powered Pandemonium in the Licensing Department - 26 August 2020

MacBites 0133 - Playing Scrabble with Big Brother in the Bubble Boutique - 07 September 2020

MacBites 0134 - Biggles Niggles and the Hungarian Keyboard - 03 December 2020

MacBites 0135 - Mystic Meg and the Magic MacBites Maths for Muggles - 25 December 2020

MacBites 0136 - On a Busman's Holiday to the Finish Line in "Butt-Less" Jim-Jams - 08 April 2021

MacBites 0137 - Seductive Cream Cakes and Guilt Inducing Traffic Lights - 29 April 2021

MacBites 0138 - Wilson, Shergar and Timmy Jockeying the Wee Donkey - 20 July 2021

MacBites 0139 - The Secrets of Harry Potter's Magic Car Revealed - 27 July 2021

MacBites 0140 - Killing Keynote and Taking Pleasure in PowerPoint - 03 August 2021

MacBites 0141 - Talk to the Hand, Bezos - 10 August 2021

MacBites 0142 - The Joy of Blinking Biometrics and Dating Dogs - 17 August 2021

MacBites 0143 - Hunker in a Bunker - 24 August 2021

MacBites 0144 - Beware! U-turn Ahead - 31 August 2021

MacBites 0145 - Hue, Hue, Skip to My Loo - 07 September 2021

MacBites 0146 - Ermintrude and That Friday Feeling - 13 September 2021

MacBites 0147 - High-amplitude Vibrations in The Moo-Loo - 21 September 2021

MacBites 0148 - Tracking Cognitive Decline in a Hypochondriac's Paradise - 28 September 2021

MacBites 0149 - The Fatal Dalek Defect on the Biggles Highway - 05 October 2021

MacBites 0150 - Misunderstanding the Basics of Litigation in a Bleak House - 12 October 2021

MacBites 0151 - Rewilding the Laptop Landscape - 21 October 2021

MacBites 0152 - The Fully Monty Hits the Fan - 09 November 2021

MacBites 0153 - Pearls Before Swine - 16 November 2021

MacBites 0154 - An Inexplicable Oversight in a Tortuously Tangled Spreadsheet - 25 December 2021

MacBites 0155 - With 2020 Hindsight: Quarter 1 - 31 December 2021

MacBites 0156 - With 2020 Hindsight: Quarter 2 - 31 December 2021

MacBites 0157 - With 2020 Hindsight: Quarter 3 - 31 December 2021

MacBites 0158 - With 2020 Hindsight: Quarter 4 - 31 December 2021

MacBites 0159 - Smoking Red Hot Motherboards with The Tractor Factor - 05 September 2022

MacBites 0160 - Bringing Up the Rear With a Crafty Full Monty on the Highway to Hell - 05 October 2022

MacBites 0161 - On Yer Bike - 12 October 2022

MacBites 0162 - Prince Albert and His Outrageously Overgrown Bush - 30 October 2022

MacBites 0163 - The Ritual Humiliation of One-Take Thomas - 10 November 2022

MacBites 0164 - Robot Wars - 22 March 2023

MacBites 0165 - Shakespearian Surveillance and Draconian Domination - 28 March 2023

MacBites 0166 - Kettling Calendars in a 9 to 5 Nightmare - 25 July 2023

MacBites 0167 - The Full Al Gore with Installation Origami - 01 August 2023

MacBites 0168 - Is It The End of The Line?? - 08 August 2023

MacBites 0169 - Beware Bid-a-Note Experts - 15 August 2023

MacBites 0170 - The Tortuous Tangle of The Tech-challenged Tax - 22 August 2023

MacBites 0171 - 3 Shades of Grey and Copious Knob Twiddling - 29 August 2023

MacBites 0172 - Are We Coaxed, Cajoled or Captivated by Colour Coded Charging Cables? - 05 September 2023

MacBites 0173 - Not So Politely Declined - 11 September 2023

MacBites 0174 - Virtue Signalling On a Slow Boat From China - 19 September 2023

MacBites 0175 - Elon's Rocket Propelled Goat - 26 September 2023

MacBites 0176 - The Heat is On - 26 October 2023

MacBites 0177 - Apple Intelligence? I'm Missing My Billiards Lesson For This?!? - 12 June 2024

MacBites 0178 - Mouse Jigglers of the World Unite - 24 June 2024

MacBites 0179 - Goin' on up to the Spirit in the Skype - 10 March 2025

MacBites 0180 - Plumbing the Depths of Cookie's Quarantine Quandary - 17 March 2025

MacBites 0181 - Two Oven Thomas Has a Tech Enabled Bun in the Oven - 24 March 2025

MacBites 0182 - From Fantastic Plastic to Voodoo Magic - 31 March 2025

MacBites 0183 - Another Nail in the Retail Coffin - 09 April 2025

MacBites 0184 - Blinking Banking Blunders in a Catfish Paradise - 20 August 2025

MacBites 0185 - Pull Up to the Bumper Baby - 01 September 2025

MacBites 0186 - Drop the Pilot! - 08 September 2025

MacBites 0187 - If All Else Fails ... Poke and Hope! - 15 September 2025

MacBites 0188 - Cavalier Updates? Carefully Covering the Crown Jewels in a Cast Iron Codpiece - 22 September 2025

MacBites 0189 - Cuddle in a Huddle - 30 September 2025

MacBites 0190 - Microsoft? Kings of the Wild Frontier - 08 October 2025

MacBites 0191 - Stick a Bit of Beading on It - 14 October 2025

MacBites 0192 - Business According to Arthur Daley's Dodgy Deals Handbook - 21 October 2025

MacBites 0193 - Would You Like Pumpkin Pie with Your Windows Install? - 28 October 2025

MacBites 0194 - A Marriage Made in Ratners - 05 November 2025

MacBites 0195 - The Great Yule Log Robbery - 12 November 2025

MacBites 0196 - Timmy and the Trial Balloon - 19 November 2025

MacBites 0197 - Paying Homage to Jony I's Glowing Aura at a Snail's Pace - 26 November 2025

MacBites 0198 - Daylight Robbery, Google Style - 11 December 2025

MacBites 0199 - Liquid Regret! The Arsonist Has Left the Building - 22 December 2025

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