This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: Those EU technocrats plan to force Apple (and everybody else) to make batteries in their devices easier to replace. The specifics remain vague. But is forcing changes to the iPhone and iPad design a good thing or a bad thing?
Also on The CultCast:
- Apple gives us a peek at how the software sausage will be made for the upcoming Vision Pro headset. Looks promising!
- Some of the features coming to the Photos app in iOS 17 work wonders. Others not so much.
- HomePods are about to get a long-awaited feature — sort of.
- The latest Mac sales data seems impossible to believe.
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This week’s top Apple news
On the show this week: Your host Erfon Elijah (@erfon), Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) and Cult of Mac writer D. Griffin Jones (@dgriffinjones on Mastodon).
Here are the headlines we’re talking about on this week’s show:
- EU forces removable batteries on iPhone and iPad
- Devs can now start making apps for Apple Vision Pro AR headset
- 8 new photo features coming to iPhone in iOS 17 (MacRumors)
- iPhone media apps can play music on HomePod using Siri with iOS 17
- MacBooks make up a whopping 77% of Mac sales
- Graph showing Mac sales breakdown (R.J. Faas on Twitter)
Weekly Cult of Mac giveaway
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Win a 65W GaN travel charger you can plug in anywhere
This week, Cult of Mac is giving away two Ugreen 65W Nexode GaN Chargers. These fantastic travel chargers pack two USB-C ports and one USB-A port, so you can charge multiple devices simultaneously. Perfect for overseas jaunts, each charger comes with switchable plugs that work in the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
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