112 - Productive Use of iPad and iPhone With Guest Brittany Smith
Release Date: 08/21/2020
343 - Apple Is Not Doomed
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342 - Vision Pro One Year and 20 Years of Mac Mini
In Touch with iOS
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341 - iCloud Needs More Storage and Carrot has CarPlay
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340 - Vision Pro New Video Playback and CES Accessories
In Touch with iOS
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339 - Marty Gamed the AirPods Pro Hearing Test and 2025 Predictions
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338 - Apple TV+and Vision Pro What to Expect in 2025
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337 - Watch For an Apple Rosie the Robot Vacuum
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336 - Strapping Two 5K Displays to Your Head
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335 - Guy is Outnumbered by Mac Mini’s
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334 - Vision Pro Spacial Computing Popular and Scosche Car mount Reviews
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info_outlineThe latest In Touch With iOS Guest Brittany Smith joins Dave and Warren. We talk productivity with your devices including using shortcuts. How many apps do you have on your device? Tip on News+ audio playback iOS14 Beta 5 and more.
The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com
New Guest
Because Brittany is a new guest on the show, we find out more about her and the Apple gear she uses.
News
Apple Worked With U.S. Government on 'Secret' iPod
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Warren Likes Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ it has already been renewed for a 2nd season. Dave likes it now too great show.
Apple becomes first public company to reach a $2 trillion market cap
Apple terminating Epic's developer account over Fortnite App Store protest
Adobe's Recent Lightroom iOS App Update Deleted User Photos and Lost Data is Unrecoverable
Topics
Beta this week. iOS14 Beta 5 was released to developers some things of note there is a way to turn on a hidden folder in Photos and lots of other tweaks. We find out what Warren thinks about the updates. What's New in iOS 14 Beta 5: Bigger Apple News Widget, Alarm Clock Wheel, Hidden Photo Album Changes and More
Apple Releases Fifth Betas of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14
iOS 13.6.1: Should you install it? Some think this small update has been causing more bugs have we experience that?
Productivity- Brittany is a productivity coach and we talk about ways to improve your productivity using your iPad and iPhone. We talk about using shortcuts and do not disturb.
Shortcuts Directory Brittany mentioned
How many apps do we have on our iPhones should you offload ones you don't need to keep you productive.
Tips
How to Listen to the news in the Apple News app This is the support article from Apple. This is not supported on the iPad.
Apps
Warren
Brittany
Dave
About our Guest
Brittany Smith is a Productivity, ADHD, and Technology Coach in Portland, Oregon. Life's Mission: making stuff suck less.
Giant nerd: Master's of Science degree in Cognitive Neuroscience, Star Wars-everything, Apple-enthusiast (obviously), and loves talking about the intersection of our brains and technology. Her website is Devise & Conquer Coaching
Tech Tips on YouTube: Devise & Conquer
Follow her on Twitter: @addliberator
About our Co-Host
Co-Host Warren Sklar @Wsklar is an IT Consultant and moderator of the Mac To The Future FaceBook Group with over 3000 members talking about all things Apple. Request to join this group to be among people who love Apple.