Dec 13th 2016
MacBreak Weekly 537
Pickle or Eggplant?
AirPods available, but backordered.
Records live every Tuesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Apple quietly releases AirPods, and immediately runs out of stock. Beats X delayed until February. How to build a better Mac Pro. Super Mario Run coming this week. iOS 10.2 comes with new emoji and an improved TV app. MacOS 10.12.2 removes the "time remaining" battery estimate. Tim Cook joins the tech titans meeting with Trump this week. Apple works to fix Calendar spam. Apple Music hits 20 million subscribers. Lemmings and Pac-Man on the MacBook Pro Touch Bar.
- Andy's Pick: AlphaSmart NEO2 or Dana
- Rene's Pick: Apple AirPods
- Leo's Pick: Radio.Garden
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Links
- AirPods are now up for sale on Apple’s site, will start arriving just before Christmas
- Apple quietly releases delayed AirPods; shipping times slip to four weeks
- Apple officially delays Beats X release until February
- 'Designed by Apple in California' book review
- Phil Schiller Says November 2016 Had the 'Highest Monthly Sales Ever in App Store History'
- Mario-creator Shigeru Miyamoto talks about working with Apple ahead of Super Mario Run launch
- Apple’s CarPlay is now available in more than 200 different models
- How To Get The New iOS 10.2 Emoji & Finally Express The Depths Of Your Black Heart
- Apple releases iOS 10.2 w/ new emoji, Messages effects, TV app, wallpapers, more
- Apple Negotiating With Studios for Early Access to Films on iTunes
- Apple introduces ‘report junk’ option to deal with iCloud calendar spam
- Tim Cook and other top tech leaders reportedly headed for Dec. 14 summit at Trump Tower
- Kara Swisher: "As Trumplethinskin lets down his hair, shame on Silicon Valley for climbing the Tower in silence"
- Apple Music has hit 20 million paid subscribers
- Apple removes the ‘time remaining’ battery estimate in new macOS update
- Lemmings and Pac-Man Shown Off on MacBook Pro's Touch Bar
- Apple's Federighi suggests GPU issues on 2016 Retina MacBook Pro fixed in macOS 10.12.2
- TIL that Foxconn, the iPhone manufacturer, has reduced its employees from 110,000 to 50,000, thanks to the introduction of robot
- Gen 2 Pokémon Go are here: What you need to know!
- AlphaSmart NEO2 or Dana
- Apple AirPods