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A quick announcement…

This week: An announcement on the future of the podcast, which will be taking a brief hiatus, returning with Leander and Lewis. Links: * Griffin is going independent (and open to new opportunities) [https://www.dgriffinjones.com/extraordinary/independence-day-derogatory.html] * Extra Ordinary email newsletter [https://www.dgriffinjones.com/newsletter.html]

Mac and iPad price hikes hit hard

This week, with special guest Mikah Sargent [https://chihuahua.coffee/]: Apple’s big price hikes hit hard, what iOS will look like on the folding iPhone, changes in iOS 27 beta 2, what to do if you’re stuck on Siri AI waitlist, and all about how you can podcast and livestream from a Mac. * Watch this episode on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqw9gB8eeMw] * Send us a text with comments, questions, feedback or a video to play on the show: cultofmacpodcast@icloud.com [sms:cultofmacpodcast@icloud.com] Sponsors: The Cult of Mac Today and Weekender newsletters. Cult of Mac Today is a rundown of the top daily news, plus reviews and how-tos, with commentary by Leander himself. And the Weekender is an easy-to-digest roundup of the week’s top stories. Sign up at newsletters.cultofmac.com [https://newsletters.cultofmac.com/]. Links: * Ouch: Apple’s Mac and iPad price hikes are brutal [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/ouch-apples-mac-and-ipad-price-hikes-brutal] * From the MacBook Neo to MacBook Pro to Vision Pro, Apple is raising prices across the board as soaring memory costs squeeze its margins. * Check out the best Amazon Prime Day deals on our favorite Apple gear [https://www.cultofmac.com/deals/best-amazon-prime-day-deals] * Resizable iPhone apps show what the folding iPhone will be like [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/resizable-iphone-mirroring-apps] * Now that you can resize iPhone Mirroring to any arbitrary size, you can stretch the screen to the dimensions of Apple’s folding iPhone. * Extra Ordinary: Hidden In Plain Sight—A History of iOS Foreshadowing iPhone [https://www.dgriffinjones.com/extraordinary/hidden-in-plain-sight.html] * iOS 27 beta 2: All the new features and changes [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/ios-27-beta-new-features-changes] * iOS 27 beta 2 introduces several hidden changes, including smarter HomeKit camera notifications, Write with Siri, and other quality-of-life improvements. * Hack to skip the Siri AI waitlist no longer works — but there may be another way [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/mac-hack-new-siri-ai-broken] * The hack that some Mac users were using to try out the new Siri AI, skipping the waitlist, no longer works — but there may be a new way. * How to file Apple bug reports (and why you should do it ASAP) [https://www.cultofmac.com/how-to/apple-bug-report] * Podcasting and live-streaming from a Mac * Dell UltraSharp U2719D Display [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JGSPQV2/?tag=cult087-20] * Elgato Prompter Display [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3P9K1X/?tag=cult087-20] * Sony ZVE10 II mirrorless camera [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D92VDW76/?tag=cult087-20] * Elgato Stream Deck MK.2 [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09738CV2G/?tag=cult087-20] * Heil PR 40 microphone [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SOYOTQ/?tag=cult087-20] * Sound Devices MixPre-3 II Audio Interface [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VQQ2J28/?tag=cult087-20] * Ecamm for Mac [https://www.ecamm.com/] * Restream [https://restream.io/] * Audio Hijack [https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/] * Hazel [https://www.noodlesoft.com/] * TextExpander [https://textexpander.com/] * Keyboard Maestro [https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/]

10 days in with Siri AI + iOS 27

This week: Testing Siri AI against Apple’s bold claims, tons of extra details we’ve found in iOS 27, the big features coming later, and Apple’s major product launches on course for next year. * Watch this episode on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wWiFPoH8tA] * Send us a text with comments, questions, feedback or a video to play on the show: cultofmacpodcast@icloud.com [sms:cultofmacpodcast@icloud.com] Sponsors: The Cult of Mac Today and Weekender newsletters. Cult of Mac Today is a rundown of the top daily news, plus reviews and how-tos, with commentary by Leander himself. And the Weekender is an easy-to-digest roundup of the week’s top stories. Sign up at newsletters.cultofmac.com [https://newsletters.cultofmac.com/]. Links: * I tested the new Siri AI against Apple’s own claims [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/new-siri-ai-test] * I replicated demos from Apple’s WWDC26 keynote, using questions based on my own personal context. Here's how the Siri AI test went. * 10 hidden iOS 27 features Apple barely mentioned at WWDC26 [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/hidden-ios-27-features-wwdc26] * Beyond Siri AI and Apple Intelligence, iOS 27 includes plenty of useful hidden features that make your iPhone smarter to use. * iOS 27 isn’t done yet: Additional features might arrive in September [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/ios-27-unannounced-features-rumor] * From a customizable Camera app to third-party AI in Siri, Apple may have three more surprises lined up for September. * Apple plans one of its most ambitious product waves ever for 2027 [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/apple-2027-product-releases] * Apple 2027 product releases ambitiously shape up to include camera AirPods, 2nd-gen foldable iPhone and 20th anniversary iPhone. * Trump says Apple and Intel will build chips together in US [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/trump-says-apple-and-intel-will-build-chips-in-us] * Listener Question * What’s up with the Kinghills Casino postings on Cult of Mac?

Siri AI & OS 27 updates unpacked!

This week: We’re unpacking all the week’s WWDC announcements — Siri AI, new Apple Intelligence features, Liquid Glass changes and all the software features Apple didn’t talk about! Plus: Our WWDC prediction results… * Watch this episode on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3swX9rXZOU] * Send us a text with comments, questions, feedback or a video to play on the show: cultofmacpodcast@icloud.com [sms:cultofmacpodcast@icloud.com] Sponsors: The Cult of Mac Today and Weekender newsletters. Cult of Mac Today is a rundown of the top daily news, plus reviews and how-tos, with commentary by Leander himself. And the Weekender is an easy-to-digest roundup of the week’s top stories. Sign up at newsletters.cultofmac.com [https://newsletters.cultofmac.com/]. Links: * Siri gets major redesign with chat interface and dedicated app [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/siri-gets-major-redesign-with-chat-interface-and-dedicated-app] * Apple reinvented its smart assistant Siri as “Siri AI,” with a new range of advanced capabilities and its own dedicated app. * Why the EU won’t get iOS 27’s biggest new feature [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/why-the-eu-wont-get-ios-27-biggest-new-feature] * Apple says EU iPhone and iPad users will miss out on Siri AI in iOS 27 due to ongoing regulatory disputes over the Digital Markets Act. * 15 great new Apple Intelligence features to try (beyond Siri AI) [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/new-apple-intelligence-features] * In addition to Siri's revamp, the WWDC26 keynote outlined a slew of new Apple Intelligence features. * macOS 27’s best new features go far beyond Siri AI and Liquid Glass tweaks [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/macos-27-new-features-beyond-siri-ai] * macOS 27 introduces a refined Liquid Glass design, Siri AI, deeper Apple Intelligence integration and a host of performance improvements for your Mac. * watchOS 27 brings Siri AI, smarter Workout Buddy and a lot more to the Apple Watch [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/watchos-27-new-apple-watch-features-siri-ai] * From Siri AI to smarter Workout Buddy, here's what watchOS 27 will bring to the Apple Watch this fall. * What it means for watchOS to drop support for your Apple Watch [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/apple-watch-watchos-27-support] * Our WWDC26 predictions [https://www.dgriffinjones.com/extraordinary/cult-of-mac-podcast-wwdc26-predictions.html] * Congratulations to listener Stephen Morgan, who scored 9 points.

Vision Pro isn’t dead yet + WWDC26 predictions!

This week: The leaked colors coming on the iPhone 18 Pro, the powerful software features coming to the folding iPhone, reports that the Vision Pro’s death are greatly exaggerated, reports that smart glasses are greatly delayed, and our WWDC keynote predictions! * Watch this episode on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiamT8KcEOk] * Send us a text with comments, questions, feedback or a video to play on the show: cultofmacpodcast@icloud.com [sms:cultofmacpodcast@icloud.com] * Submit your WWDC26 predictions [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLZa2UjsMrYgHuV52Hzes5dbWCiAyYw9Y1fHmHQtS9GxVeFw/viewform?usp=publish-editor] Sponsors: The Cult of Mac Today and Weekender newsletters. Cult of Mac Today is a rundown of the top daily news, plus reviews and how-tos, with commentary by Leander himself. And the Weekender is an easy-to-digest roundup of the week’s top stories. Sign up at newsletters.cultofmac.com [https://newsletters.cultofmac.com/]. Links: * Best look yet at four iPhone 18 Pro colors: Can dark cherry top cosmic orange? [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/iphone-18-pro-colors-dark-cherry] * Apple's iPhone 18 Pro color lineup may have just been revealed, thanks to images of a fresh batch of dummy units. * iOS 27 might finally bring split-screen multitasking to the iPhone [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/iphone-ultra-ios-27-multitasking-rumor] * With iOS 27, designed to support the folding "iPhone Ultra," Apple might solve one of the biggest problems with foldable devices. * First Apple smart glasses may not arrive until late 2027 [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/first-apple-first-smart-glasses-may-not-arrive-until-late-2027] * You will have to wait another year for Apple's smart glasses, with their launch supposedly only happening in late 2027. * They say Vision Pro is doomed, but I just bought one anyway [https://www.cultofmac.com/news/they-say-vision-pro-is-doomed-but-i-just-bought-one-anyway] * Is it weird that I just bought an Apple Vision Pro when everyone says the platform is dead? Maybe. But I have zero regrets. * Our WWDC26 predictions [https://www.dgriffinjones.com/extraordinary/cult-of-mac-podcast-wwdc26-predictions.html] * It is time for us on the Cult of Mac podcast to lay out our predictions for Apple’s WWDC26 Keynote. * Submit your own votes [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLZa2UjsMrYgHuV52Hzes5dbWCiAyYw9Y1fHmHQtS9GxVeFw/viewform?usp=publish-editor]