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In Touch with iOS

Release Date: 06/11/2021

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In Touch with iOS

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest, Patrice Brend’amour, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig.Apple announced RCS for messages will be released in 2024. We discuss the impact and differences with MMS and SMS.  iOS 3rd party browsers are becoming more popular and new ones are released all the time.  We discuss the latest options on both the iPhone and iPad. We discuss iPhone and iPad backup ups and using iCloud along with iMazing. We review 3rd party browsers, Tips on messages, and more.  The show notes are at   Links to our Show Give us a...

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In Touch with iOS

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig. Jeff gives us his experience buying an iPhone at T-Mobile store or Apple Store and we know which is better. Apple is adding RCS support in iMessage finally. We talk about what is left using the lightning port. Apple announced the 2023 App Store award finalists. iPhone 15 is 54% faster than the iPhone 14 on 5G. Apple Classical is now on iPad but where is it on the Mac. Plus much more.  The show notes are at   Links to our Show Give us a review on Apple Podcasts! we would really...

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In Touch with iOS

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest Patrice Brend’amour, Chuck Joiner, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig. We celebrate Dave’s birthday with the biggest panel to date. USB-C cables for iPhone and iPad, how durable are they? We review Consumer Reports article on how many twists before failing and more. Dave does a review of the Apple Pencil USB-C. Chuck arrives in time to discuss why Microsoft is asking if you need to exit OneDrive. Important iOS updates and more.  The show notes are at   Links to our Show Give us a review on Apple Podcasts! we would...

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In Touch with iOS

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by Guy Serle, Chuck Joiner,  and Ben Roethig. OWC has a new drive speed app for your iPhone to test external drive speeds for your photos. iOS 17 features none seems to talk about including decoding those laundry labels with icons on how to wash. In Touch with Mac we review all the announcements on M3, Macbook pro, and iMac. Shazam now includes local concert info, and more.  The show notes are at   Links to our Show Give us a review on Apple Podcasts! we would really appreciate it!   Another way to support...

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In Touch with iOS

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest Kelly Guimonr, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig. Dave was able to goto the U2 concert at the Sphere Las Vegas and gives his review of the amazing tech at the show and how the iPhone 15 Pro Max camera photo quality is. Report says that those using CarPlay tend to listen to AM/FM radio instead. Many updates to iOS including older versions with the latest 17.1 now out. Apple is raising prices on 3 services including Apple TV+ News+ alongwith the Apple One bundle. Kelly brings us a great Qi charging stand as well Jeff does the unboxing....

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In Touch with iOS

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by Chuck Joiner, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig. We have a great discussion on Thunderbolt and USB-C that X-Ray shows you get what you pay for. Apple needs to give us more than 5GB free storage and improve syncing. Apple released a lower priced Apple Pencil that charges with USB-C we discuss if its worth the lower price and the 3rd party pencils. Apple can update the iPhone inside the box and more.  The show notes are at   Links to our Show Give us a review on Apple Podcasts! we would really appreciate it!   ...

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In Touch with iOS

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest Chuck Joiner, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig. iPhone 15 has CarPlay issues with USB-C and Jeff wants a new CarPlay unit in his car. Plus reviews of CarPlay apps. Are the days of Google as default search on iPhone numbered? Why has it been so slow for US states to adopt digital iD’s on the iPhone, Makes no sense streaming devices still have micro USB jacks.  The show notes are at   Links to our Show Give us a review on Apple Podcasts! we would really appreciate it!   Another way to support the show is to...

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In Touch with iOS

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guests Kelly Guimont, Holden DePardo, and Jeff Gamet. We talk about the action button on the iPhone 15 Pro and how you can use shortcuts for multi functions. Steve Jobs passed 12 years ago. iOS 17.0.3 fixes iPhone 15 overheating. Dave reviews Apple Watch Series 9 and watch OS 10. Holden gives us his thoughts on his new iPhone 15 Pro Max.  The show notes are at   Links to our Show Give us a review on Apple Podcasts! we would really appreciate it!   Another way to support the show is to become a Patreon member ...

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In Touch with iOS

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by Chuck Joiner, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig. Dave and Chuck have their iPhone 15 Pro Max and give first impressions after almost 1 week of use. This includes the Action Button, USB-C, and camera upgrades. Dave reviews the Catalyst Influence iPhone case. Dave also has one more thing: A review of the Airpods Pro 2 with USB-C and you will be surprised. The Apple Finewoven case is not good. Security update for iOS 17.0.2 and much more. The show notes are at   Links to our Show Give us a review on Apple Podcasts! we would really...

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In Touch with iOS

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest Jill McKinley, Chuck Joiner, and Ben Roethig. iOS 17 was released to everyone this week. We discuss some of the new features including live transcripts of voicemails, standby mode, and more.  Security updates released for all OS must install. Apple Watch double tap is not released just yet. iOS 17 tips including ping Apple Watch and Find My watch is set up. Much much more. The show notes are at   Links to our Show Give us a review on Apple Podcasts! we would really appreciate it!   Another way to...

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More Episodes

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave and Warren we are joined by Kelly Guimont and Jeff Gamet.  #WWDC21 is all the talk we love Live Text! iOS has 2 betas will iOS 14.7 Beta 2 and iOS15 was released this week. The iPad finally has Widgets on the home screen and the app library with app shelf . Great new privacy stuff added including iCloud Private Relay @davehamilton has a great article with an in depth review of this . iCloud+ and so many new privacy features at no cost and more.

The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com


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News

The news this week was #WWDC21 and what new things were released. We dig into this in the topics. 

Topics

Kelly and Dave review the WWDC predictions they gave from last week’s episode. 

Beta this week  iOS14.7 Beta 2 is still out and should be released soon. Meanwhile iOS15 and PadOS15 was announced at WWDC this week. It's a developer beta only and Apple will release the public beta in July. We talk about iOS15 iOS 15 Preview - Features and iPadOS15 iPadOS 15 Preview - Features what's exciting and what to look forward to as a few of us have it installed. iPadOS15 finally has widgets and Apple Library with a shelf stack plus the new live text feature. 

Apple Seeds First Beta of watchOS 8 to Developers

Apple Seeds First Beta of tvOS 15 to Developers

Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS and iPadOS 15 to Developers

iOS 15 Compatible With All iPhones That Run iOS 14

iOS 15 Preview - Apple 

iPadOS 15 Preview - Apple 

watchOS 8 Preview - Apple 

WWDC announcements were great but it was quite a bit to take in. 

We discuss

SharePlay

FaceTime

Live Text

Visual Look Up

iPadOS15  added Widgets to home screen, App Library,  and App Shelf Stack

Weather App more features added from Dark Sky App could Dark Sky days be numbered?

Here are some of the items we discuss beyond the OS releases. There are many features we may miss this week look to see us discuss in future shows. 

Privacy

iCloud+

Our friend Dave Hamilton from Mac Observer's Mac Geek Gab wrote this exciting article about iCloud Privacy Relay. Digging into Apple's iCloud Private Relay and we give our thoughts on this topic. 

Our Host

Your Host Dave Ginsburg  is an IT Professional With over 22 years experience working with Mac and Windows as well as iOS devices. He is also President of The Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group


About our Guests

Kelly Guimont writes for The Mac Observer and is the host of The Daily Observations Podcast. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @verso

Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s managing editor, and Smile’s TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet and YouTube https://youtube.com/jgamet

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.