NeuralHash collisions, Safari design updates, Apple's recent PR war against itself, and Marco's experience at a Phish concert.
Please donate to St. Jude any amount of money, if you can.Follow-up:
A quick aside about battery health Apple’s PR war against itself
#askatp
How does one manage a large library of photos? (via Colin )
How does one search for specific tech problems? (via Sam )
Is there any point in updating Java anymore? (via Mark Slutsky )
Post-show: Marco went to a Phish concert!
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1Password, Electron apps, and the difficult problem of cross-platform UI development — especially for Mac apps.
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Apple's controversial new child-safety features.
Pre-show: Marco files a verbal Radar for Apple Music
Follow-up:
Apple’s New Child Safety Features
#askatp
What’s our current thoughts on accelerating the heat death of the universe cryptocurrency (via Lalo Vargas )
Is there any way to limit Messages’ size on disk? (via Richie Aharonian)
What camera/lens should I rent for a Disney World trip? (via Andrew Nelson )
Post-show: Some more camera banter
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Music apps, new Mac Pro GPUs, NSO and Apple's bug-bounty program, and how Apple knows you attended a concert.
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Playdate, Photo Memories, MagSafe Battery review, and the "quick, very very brief topic" of Apple Music and Spotify.
Pre-show:
Follow-up:
Casey’s Apple Music impressions
Casey’s iCloud Photo Library impressions
Casey’s MagSafe Battery Pack review
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An extremely minor aviation accident, apps for iCloud Photo Library, the state of MagSafe, and a very special after-show about Apple Watch app development.
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Spaces, Safari beta UI tweaks, the design feedback loop, photo-ingest updates, and shocking news from Casey.
Pre-show:
Follow-up:
Post-show bonus #askatp: Does Adam still wear his Apple Watch? (via Andrew Blomquist )
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Cases, cars, content-color coordination, Casey's cloud considerations, camera conundrums, console chips, and climate-control conflicts.
Pre-show: Case-Liss Casey Liss
Follow-up:
Managing Digital Documents (via Jason Abreu)
Casey’s Apple One Epiphany
#askatp:
What’s the desk chair update? (via Carlos Luis Portillo)
How do we import photos taken on a “big” camera? (via Stephen Kim)
Why wouldn’t Apple want to license the M1 to Nintendo? (via Zephyz Zhaar )
Post-show: Marco is a monster who doesn’t like air conditioning
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Anti-skip CD players, mouse traction, outlet timers, BitBar, and other ancient technologies.
Pre-show:
Nostalgia for compulsory technology
Being old in a college town
Follow-up:
Safari reload update in Monterey beta 2
HTTP Strict Transport Security
iOS 15 can adjust more than just text size
Settings → Accessibility → Per-App Settings
On the need for Apple to defend in-app purchase revenue (via Abel Demoz)
John’s Mouse Pad Woes
Cool, Geeky Mac Apps
#askatp:
What’s the deal with Matter (née CHoIP)? (via Jon Strand)
What’s the deal with Mighty ? (via Peter Waller)
Would Apple ever release a M1 card for Intel Mac Pros? (via Brian Hamilton )
Post-show: Dog boarding
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More WWDC tidbits, John's lucrative App Store career, Sega VR, and the risks of sideloading on iOS.
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Our childhood sports achievements, plus a ton more from WWDC.
Pre-show:
Follow-up:
Many macOS Monterey features are Apple Silicon-only
A trip down DOS gaming memory lane
Disk Utility has been updated in Monterey! 🎉
Monterey lets you Erase all content & settings !
How iCloud Private Relay Works
#askatp:
How is being a developer on Apple Silicon? (via Abel Demoz)
What year will be the final year of macOS on Intel? (via Ralf Krakowski)
How do the low-power M1 cores use only 1/10th the power of the high-power M1 cores? (via Brian Pirie)
Post-show Neutral :
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Our WWDC 2021 spectacular!
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We funded a study that concluded that we are awesome.
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Compacted sugar, Jade theories, TV-remote button feel, and looking — but not reaching! — very far upward.
Pre-show: Compacted sugar
Follow-up:
Apple TV 4K (2021 edition)
Matt Craig’s tweet Installation/Migration Process
One Home Screen
Settings → Users and Accounts → [you] → One Home Screen
Accessibility → Increase Contrast → Focus StyleHome-button function
Remote
Calibration
Casey’s Apple TV Woes
Post-show: Casey’s Fan Resolution
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Spatial audio, high-resolution music, lossless compression, the appeal of vinyl, and other completely safe topics that nobody will argue about.
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AirTag mounting options, Apple's bad hire, an epic (…😎) rant about Apple's in-app-purchase rules and developer relations, and discovering the slowest way to make a three-page website.
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Pre-show:
⅔ of ATP is “maxinated”! The vaccination train keeps a’chuggin’! Toot toot! 🚂💉
Colonial Pipeline
Follow-up:
Overpriced AirTag mounts
Unattended restart with FileVault enabled
sudo fdesetup authrestart
Or, optionally, sudo fdesetup authrestart -delayminutes 5
softwareupdate -ia
AppleTV and spatial audio
AppleTV supports Wi-Fi 6
Apple’s bad hire
Epic vs. Apple, and internal emails
#askatp
Hiding the Dropbox menu-bar icon? (via Jason Bates-Brownsword)
Could one swap a SoC ? (via Chandler Kent)
How does one back up a MacBook without a Time Capsule ? (via John Larson)
Post-show: Marco tried to use Ruby
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Basecamp, AirTag impressions, notes apps, and a scientific balloon situation.
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Follow-up:
The Basecamp fiasco
#askatp
What do we use to take notes? (via David Barber )
Would we prefer writing against an abandoned API or the new hotness? (via Xarph )
Where are the APFS de-duping space-saving scripts? (via whophd )
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A lot of follow-up in a race against an antihistamine.
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Pre-show: ⅔ of ATP has completed their journey on the vaccination train! Toot toot! 🚂💉
“Fully vaccinated”
Joanna Stern’s C-Fed Interview
Spring 2021 Apple Event
#askatp
What would it take to get you into this [phantom] Mac Pro, today, John? (via Brian Ashe)
Do we use FileVault on our personal Macs? How come? (via Lingxiu Zhang)
What’s the longevity of the M1 look like? (via Johann Neubert)
Post-show: Marco’s arms are on fire
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It really was a loaded baked potato!
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Spring 2021 Apple Event
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Home electrical work, dumb Wi-Fi networks for allegedly smart devices, and predictions for next week's Apple event.
Pre-show:
[Hopefully not] Burning Down the House
All of ATP is on the vaccination train! Toot toot! 🚂💉
Follow-up:
Smart outlet update
Reconcilable Differences For eero:Settings → Troubleshooting → My device won't connect → My device won't connect to my network → Temporarily pause 5 GHz
Electrical resistive heating
Casey has a CarPlay apostrophe epiphany
Charging the i3
Follow-out: Upgrade’s Discussion of TouchBar and HomePod
Apple event on 20 April #askatp
Single HomePod or dual HomePod Mini? What if there’s already a HomePod? (via Josh Errickson)
What’s the point of BCC
How long until we see Apple using Armv9 ?
Post-show Neutral
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Oracle v. Google, Tim Cook's interview, the next Apple CEO, and BMW vs. CarPlay.
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WWDC's announcement, WatchConnectivity, read-only Twitter apps, Ubiquiti's trouble, network-switch fashion, and the latest hot news about cryptocurrency.
Pre-show:
Follow-up:
[More] Tesla wheels of shame
AirPods Max warranty repairs (via Harrison Krebs)
WWDC 2021 Announced
New Siri Default Voices
Ubiquiti Breach
John’s Networking Situation
#askatp
Should one use a non-administrator user account? (via Michael )
How do I mash together 400 video clips into one file? (via Duncan Wilcock )
ffmpegCasey’s primer on ffmpeg In short:
Create a file that refers to all 400 file names. Call it, say, files.txt
Each line of that file reads file 1.mp4, file 2.mp4, etc. One file per line.
Maybe something like this? ffmpeg -f concat -i files.txt -vf scale=4096:2160 three-hour-movie.mp4
How does Overcast scrape iTunes? (via Brandon Wees)
Post-show:
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Our walls are full of pipes and wires, our wheels are covered in spray paint, our photos have left the filesystem behind, and our HomePods need to lose a few amps.
What would it take to get Marco into a concert?
Follow-up:
Tesla Wheel of Shame
App Store Pricing Policing (via Tim )
Games and Notarization
HomePod follow-up
Some Membership Housekeeping
Refunds for a very small group of you! 💰
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ATP’s mid-year 👕 (& more!) are coming soon! 🤑
Mac OS X 10.0 is 20 years old today!
Google Play Drops Commissions 30% → 15% for first $1M in revenue
#askatp
When did photos become more than just files? (via Matt Fenselau)
What’s up with Apple’s awful user experience with OS updates? (via Dan Young)
How would we wire our houses if we could do it all over again? (via Matt Youens )
Post-show Neutral :
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MagSafe in the car, more on family sharing, hope for colorful Macs, and a fond farewell to the HomePod.
Neutral:
Follow-up:
RIP HomePod
#askatp
Why aren’t there more background notifications from apps that aren’t running ? (via Nathanael Mol)
Why does Overcast do processing server-side? (via Michael Hellwig)
How much of iOS is still macOS? (via Surabh Kulkarni )
Post-show: iMac Color Rumor
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A farewell to the iMac Pro (and a tire), the state of iCloud family awareness, scam pricing in the App Store, and the Halloween costume that may never be.
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Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces, Overcast's latest update, how Swift is going, whether Electron apps are really that bad, and Apple's rumored car thing.
Follow-up:
John “tried” Twitter Spaces
Overcast 2021.1
How’s Swift going for us?
#askatp
Do we use non-ISP-provided DNS? (via Alex Guthman)
What’s our 🤬 problem with Electron , anyway? (via Nathan Roberts)
Would we enjoy an Uber clone powered by Apple autonomous EVs? (via Matt Steiner)
Post-show: Why would one buy an Audi ?
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John tried Clubhouse.
Pre-show diversions:
Posting the bootleg
Casey’s [hopefully useLiss] worries
Marco’s ball situation
Casey’s Compulsory Icebreaker
Follow-up:
Memory safe iBoot implementation
MacBook Pro models with HDMI and SD card readers ?
#askatp
Is it safe to use a High Sierra machine after security updates cease? (via John Hovland)
How do we store our parents’ names in our phone’s contacts? (via Colin Meney )
How do I clean up my Dock? (via Harjas Monga)
Post-show: Some more kvetching about app-quitting strategies
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Clubhouse, the Contacts API, iPhone 13 rumors, and somebody's new drone.
Pre-show: Join us in our Clubhouse ! (That’s a joke; not happening. —Ed. )
Follow-up:
Living outside the east coast… or America.
The Concert for Charlottesville was posted
Should timers sync? (via Richard Harris)
What can Mobile Device Management really do? (via Chris Harper)
An alternate way to think about RAM vs. SSD-wear tradeoffs (via Jonathan Dietz)
Ada and MISRA C for car-computer safety
T568A vs. T568B myths revisited (via Jon B.)
iPhone 13 rumors
Post-show: Casey’s new toy
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Beaches, California, resolved Apple drama, SSD wear, Docker, Tesla, Siri's music-service setting, timers on the Apple Watch, the AR rumor, corporate device management, prized personal media files, app-keyword spam, and puppy training. (Is that all?)
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Tech nostalgia, Apple developer drama, a special bug report, pro cameras, Tesla, Siri, filesystems, backups, and e-bikes: a typical ATP episode.
Pre-show: Strong corporate affinities
Follow-up:
Sony ɑ1
#askatp
Do we use CleanMyMac X /OnyX /etc? (via Donald Rabideau)
Does a small amount of RAM limit SSD lifespan? (via Dan Blondell)
How do simultaneous writes to a SSD work? (via Jan Philipp)
Would Apple ever offer iCloud Backup for macOS? (via Aidan Trager)
Post-show: Marco is snowed in
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Follow-up:
Marco’s new computer (This is not a joke. —Ed)
T568A vs. T568B myths bustedReminiscing about the PowerBook G4’s ethernet port (via Travis Pouarz )
The 30” Apple Cinema Display and print design (via Ted Barnes)
Audio accommodations (via Christpher Klein)
Dan Riccio goes into a bunker
More Mac laptop rumors
#askatp
How much do macOS and iOS cost? (via Brenden Becherer)
Do we care about the Sent with Siri footnotes in Messages? (via Rohit Sharma)
Post-show: What is Tesla doing‽
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How much could we possibly say about the rumored 2021 Mac changes?
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Apple's REJI projects, Marco's Pro Display XDR, John's AirPods anxiety, the right way to do "computer" speakers, and the olfactory peril of the Waffle House.
Follow-up: Casey makes John reminisce about Atlanta[’s food]
Follow-up:
“Is it bigger than a breadbox?” The Feedback app will automatically run a sysdiagnose
Casey’s bugs are still broken, even though Apple tried to 🤬 close them
The shocking conclusion to Marco’s Thunderbolt ethernet situation
Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative projects launchedMarco’s Pro Display XDR review
John’s AirPod Anxiety
#askatp
How is it going from shared-iTunes, separate-iCloud accounts to Family Sharing? (via Peter Yang)
What are we using for computer speakers? (via Genaro Diaz)
What do we use to keep track of finances? (via Gage Benne)
Post-show: CES: Worse Products Through Software
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A deep dive into Apple's Feedback system, first impressions of the OWC Thunderbolt Dock, Marco's other Christmas gift, and the best Liss pun to date.
Follow-up:
Accommodating hearing loss (via “Phredd Phlinstone”)
Settings → Accessibility → Audio/Visual → Headphone Accommodations → AudiogramExample app from
Maciej
Big Sur Update
Apple guidance on SMC reset via Tom Bridge
Nintendo Famicom had a microphone built into the second controller
PS5 controller weight and “following” games
The galaxy’s largest black hole
Marco Equipment Update
A brief #askatp interlude
How does Marco sell his unwanted computers? (via Brian)
Marco’s other Christmas gift
Post-show: New Liss
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Please attach a sysdiagnose to hear about Casey's endless bug, John's PS5 review, and Marco's first VR on the Oculus Quest 2.
Follow-up:
Casey’s MMS problems and Apple’s bug-reporting black hole (FB8893003, FB8952395)
sysdiagnose
Settings → Privacy → Analytics & Improvements → Analytics Data
More on Fitness+
HDR photos
Settings → Photos → View Full HDR
Screen brightness
iPhone 12: 625 nits typically / 1200 nits max
iPhone 12 Pro: 800 / 1200
displaymate.com
iCloud Photo Downloader (via Matthew Smith)OWC Thunderbolt Hub requires Big Sur 11.1 Big Sur Update
AirPods Max audio settings (via Matthew Taylor)
Settings → Accessibility → Audio/Visual → Headphone AccomodationsTune Audio for Brightness, Strong
AirPods Max “fat lightning” connector
AirPods Max Shield Case John’s iPhone 12 Pro case
The ghost of Marco’s computing past
The ghost of Marco’s computing future
Siracusa’s Playstation 5 review
Marco’s Christmas gift
Post-show: More on the PS5
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Casey's Fitness+ review, Thunderbolt hubs, Big Sur upgrades, HDR photos, and a generous stack of M1-powered waffles.
Pre-show: Living the M1 lifestyle
Follow-up:
Casey has tried Apple Fitness+
All three of us are having dangerous thoughts
#askatp
Why do HDR videos look so great but HDR photos … not? (via Chris Lenart)
Is there a way to prevent an application from stealing focus in macOS? (via Wes Chamness)
What’s the best way to back up your iCloud Photo Library if it can’t fit on your Mac?
Post-show: Living the M1 lifestyle (reprise)
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AirPods Max review, whether Chrome might be bad, and living the ultra… fine lifestyle.
Follow-up:
Group MMS issues persist, and Casey is over. it. (FB8893003)
AirPods Max and its competitors
Marco’s Computing Situation
Marco’s AirPods Max review
Chrome is Bad ?
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How much could we possibly say about headphones that we don't have yet?
Pre-show:
Casey’s great news!
Marco’s Slightly Unpopular Opinion
Marco’s new “experience”
Follow-up:
Is Apple-Silicon-Ready? brew and Rosetta
Chiplets & Multi-chip Modules (via Adrian Sampson)
Extracting images from a Google Doc
In the defense of Apple News
AirPods Max
Post-show: Marco has scheduled his walk of shame
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Marco's Mini reviews, more on M1 scaling, completely predictable computer waffling, and our problem with Apple News.
Pre-show: You heard it here first: Marco is really starting to justify a new Mac.
Follow-up:
Marco’s Mini Monologues
#askatp
Is it possible to disable the fan on the new M1 MacBook Pro? (via Matthew Taylor)
What’s our deal with Apple News+ anyway? (via Bryan Hoffman )
Component Motherboards : SoC :: ICE : Electric Cars? (via Kevin Doran)
Post-show:
Yes, John is aware of breadboxes.
Tesla’s “Mission Accomplished”
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Contact de-duping, rearranging apps, how the M1 architecture could scale to higher-end Macs, and reflections on a decade of podcasting.
Follow-up:
It’s been ≈10 years since Build & Analyze #1 . What’s changed?
Scaling the M1 architecture to higher-end machines
#askatp
Robot or Not : Cache edition (via Chris Cioffi)Are we concerned about the longevity of M1 chips? (via Colin Devroe)
Do we believe in cable management? (via Nick)
Post-show: Marco’s ruined backpack
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First impressions of M1-based Macs, Casey's cutting-edge purchase, and hell freezing over at the App Store.
Pre-show: Why are we recording early?
Follow-up:
Casey got new watches
M1 Mac Performance
M1 MacBook reviews
App Store Small Business Program
Post-show:
Casey is begging for help on FB8893003. Please, Apple. Please.
John’s iPhone 12 Pro cases sitrep
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Apple's M1 chip, the first Macs equipped with it, and Casey's latest "oops".
Pre-show:
THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY. Until the 14th. Act now!
iPhone 12 Mini, Max press reviews are out
Casey had an oops
Apple Event
The future of the Mac
Post-show: What did we order?
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John's bottom-covering issues, the AirPods Pro repair program, RIAA vs. youtube-dl, and what we hope to see at Apple's event next week.
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iPhone 12 Pro: the official ATP review.
Pre-show:
Please, please, please vote .
The ATP Store returns on 1 November until 14 November… in theory.
Follow-up:
iPhone 12 Pro Reviews
MagSafe at 15W speeds
Post-show: Marco’s iPhone 12 Thoughts
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We thoroughly broke the format of the show with HomePods, Sonos, MagSafe, a generous peppering of follow-up, and a giant stack of iPhone 12 waffles.
Pre-show:
Follow-up:
#askatp
Have we tried watchOS sleep tracking? (via Eduardo Berner)
What is taking up so much space on our phones‽ (via Jayanth Visweswaran)
Is John going to get an OLED TV? (via Tobo Granyte )
Post-show:
Ridiculousness in AT&T’s coverage maps
An attempted intervention regarding Casey’s 🍌 photo management setup
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The iPhone 12, 12 Mini, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, and HomePod Mini, all brought to you by the Verizon 5G Nationwide Ultra Wideband network. Oh, and Apple helped a bit.
Apple Event overviewHave you heard the good word about Verizon ’s 5G?
HomePod Mini
No, but really. Have you heard the good word about Verizon’s 5G?
iPhone 12 and 12 Mini
A14 iPhone 12 Pro
Grab Bag
“Environmental” changes
USB-C cable ↔ Lightning
$30 surcharge?
MagSafe
Ship Dates
Leather Cases
Purchasing Plans
#askatp
Is John going to get the new Apple sleeve? (via Lew Piper )
Post-show: Why is ATP worth it? A brief episode-400 introspection and retrospective.
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Who are you, Speed?
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Desks, cables, game discs, app stores, and first impressions of Apple Watch Family Setup.
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We should all have the freedom to make our phones look like Hotdog Stand.
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Apple's event unveiling the Apple Watch Series 6, new iPad and iPad Air, Family Setup, and Fitness+.
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