Essential Apple Podcast 285: Seafarers & The Wizard of Woke

This week Simon and Nick are joined by the Revd Canon Andrew Dotchin, Suffolk MUG member, longtime Mac user and Vicar of Felixstowe (Britain’s busiest port), to talk about Apple, 40 years of the Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro and lots of other stuff which may (or may not) be related to tech…

MISSION TO SEAFARERS APPEAL

The Mission to Seafarers provides help and support to the 1.89 million crewmen and women who face danger every day to keep our global economy afloat, transporting over 90% of the world’s goods and fuels.
Being able to contact home when making shore half way round the world from home is something priceless to these merchant matelots.
The Mission to Seafarers is looking for donations of old, but working, smartphones and internet capable tablets to give seafarers far from home a way to talk to friends and family
If you have any old smartphones or tablets cluttering your cupboard and drawers why not donate them to this worthy cause? If you are in the UK contact Rev. Andrew Dotchin Vicar@felixparish.com or your nearest Mission to Seafarers Centre, or if you live outside the UK and would like to help, simply visit missiontoseafarers.org and make a donation.

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Recorded 21st January 2024

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On this week’s show

REV CANON ANDREW DOTCHIN

Vicar St John the Baptist and St Edmund, King & Martyr, Parish of Felixstowe
@suffolkvicar on X/twitter
Vicar@felixparish.com
Felixstowe Parish https://felixparish.com

NICK RILEY

Spligosh in the Slack
Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube

APPLE

Forty Years Ago, the Mac Triggered a Revolution in User Experience – Smithsonian
- Computer History Museum in Mountain View celebrates Apple’s Mac turning 40 – NBC Bay Area
- Apple Execs Talk About the Mac’s 40th Birthday This Week – iPhone in Canada Blog
The one unbeatable benefit I’ve enjoyed by going all-in on Apple – Digital Trends
Apple had an update ready months ago to switch off the Apple Watch pulse oximeter – 9to5Mac
Apple Issues New Warning For Millions Of MacBook Users – Forbes
Apple Vision Pro is not wireless and this is driving some people to distraction – TechRadar
Apple Says Vision Pro Does Not Support Hard Contact Lenses – MacRumors
Scalpers are already hawking the Apple Vision Pro on eBay. Here’s why you shouldn’t buy from them – Fast Company
Apple offers to open iPhone tap-to-pay to other payment systems in the EU – Cult of Mac
Spotify Attacks Apple’s ‘Outrageous’ 27 Percent Commission From External Links – Daring Fireball
Apple Vision Pro content can be beamed to other Apple devices via AirPlay – TechRadar
Is the best Windows laptop an M3 MacBook Pro? It could be with Parallels Desktop – Windows Central
iPhone users left raging by ‘woke’ update that allows for pronouns to be added – Toronto Sun

SECURITY & PRIVACY

FTC Order Prohibits Data Broker X-Mode Social and Outlogic from Selling Sensitive Location Data – FTC
Meta faces another EU privacy challenge over ‘pay for privacy’ consent choice – TechCrunch
California’s Delete Act lets consumers make one request to delete personal data – The Verge

WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

7 Secret iPhone Tips You Should Know According to This Ex-Apple Employee – iDrop News
What Is Mail Drop, And How Do You Use It? – SlashGear

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