Mac OS Ken

- South Korea Says Apple and Google Have to Accept Alt Payment Methods in App Stores - U.S. Lawmakers Groove on South Korean Legislation - India Eyes App Store Antitrust Investigation - Apple to Let "Reader" Apps Link to External Account Management - Group Representing Apple Lobbies Against Biden Economic Agenda - "9/11: Inside the President's War Room" Up on Apple TV+ - "Being James Bond" Free on...

It's a thing we've done almost as long as we've been doing things. Mac OS Ken will be back to normal on Friday. In the meantime, be sure to check out "In a Few Minutes," wherever you find podcasts, PLUS - a new episode of "The Checklist by SecureMac" drops on Thursday. Ba De Ya! Talk to you soon!

Taking a few days off from Mac OS Ken. While I do, maybe give "In a Few Minutes" a try. This week, MacCast's Adam Christianson joins us. The blueness of hyperlinks is news to Adam to kick us off. Try it and see what you think. The show's available at MacOSKen.com or search for "In a Few Minutes" wherever you get podcasts.

- Apple Makes Peace with Small Developers - Apple Announces News Partner Program - Engadget: News Partner Program May Prompt Second Look from Publishers - As iPhone Launch Nears, Foxconn Seeks 200,000 More Workers - Counterpoint Research: Apple Watch User Base Crosses 100 Million - Beta 7 of watchOS 8 Out to Public Testers - Apple Updates Firmware for AirTag - U.S. Citizens Barely Used COVID Notif...

- CIRP: iPhone Users Love Apple Mobility, Not Big on Apple Home Devices - Seventh Betas of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, tvOS 15, watchOS 8 Out to Developers - Seventh Public Beta of iOS 15 Out to Testers - Seventh Public Beta of iPadOS 15 Out to Testers - iCloud Private Relay to Start as Public Beta This Fall - South Korea Delays Vote on App Stores and Payment Systems - White House Meets with Big Tech to Ta...

- Canalys: Mac and iPad Strong in Western Europe - Luxshare, Others in Apple Supply Chain See Stellar 1H2021 - South Korea Poised to Require Third-Party Payment Options in App Stores - Apple and Google Look to D.C. for Help Against Likely South Korean Law - Apple Releases Beta of TestFlight for Mac - Hulu Rolling Original Programming in HDR to Apple TV 4K and Later - Amy Brenneman Joins Cast of Ap...

- JP Morgan/Wave7: iPhone Sales Not Slowing Ahead of "iPhone 13" - 9 to 5 Mac: Apple Has Been Openly Scanning iCloud Mail for CSAM Since 2019 - Reported Former and Current Apple Employees Start #AppleToo Push - User Ratings Go Live in Apple Maps in U.S. - Report Has Apple CEO Headed to White House This Week - T-Mobile Giving Away a Year of Apple TV+ to Select Subscribers - Apple TV+ Drops Trailer...

- Lisa Jackson Twitter Profile Pic Teases Next Apple Event - Barron's Advises Owning "Big Tech" Despite Regulatory Concerns - Russia Orders Apple and Google to Pull "Navalny" App from App Stores - Apple Appeals Old Copyright Loss Against Corellium - Emails Show Coalition for App Fairness Started as Front for Epic Games Fight Against App Stores - Apple/Epic Australian Case Set for Late 2022 - Tim C...

- Apple Temporarily Closes Charleston, SC Store After COVID-19 Exposure - Apple Employees "Out of Office" Until Early 2022 - Yet Another Letter of Protest Against Apple's Expanded Protections Plans - CitizenLab Calls Out Apple for Apparent Censorship in China - J.P. Morgan Gives Apple Four-Month Price Target of $180 - Morgan Stanley: Institutional Ownership of Apple Was Up in June-Q, Still Down fo...

- Collision Course: Apple Says Potential CSAM Detection Exploit Not an Actual Concern - Fight for the Future Draws Up Petition Against Apple's Expanded Protections for Children Plans - EFF Draws Up Petition Against Apple's Expanded Protections for Children Plans - Public Testers Get Access to Sixth Betas of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 - Public Testers Get Access to Sixth Beta of tvOS 15 - Public Testers...

- Apple to Increase Testing for Employees, Postponing "Today at Apple" - Pulse Study: Apple Pay Facilitated 92% of Mobile Wallet Transactions in 2020 - Sixth Betas of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and tvOS 15 Out to Developers - Sixth Beta of watchOS 8 Out to Developers - Toggles in Recent Betas Give Users Choice on Safari Address Bar Location - Apple Delays SharePlay Launch - MacRumors: Apple Watch Series 6...

- Apple Re-Opens "Today at Apple" Registration for In-Store Classes - American Enterprise Institute Argues Against "Open App Markets Act" - Apple Hits New Intraday and Closing Highs - AppleCare+ for Mac Now Available as Annual Subscription - iCloud for Windows Update Adds Password Manager - Apple Working on Fix for Macs That Suddenly Cannot Scan - Study: Mics on Wearables Could Measure Respiratory...

- U.S. House Proposes Companion "Open App Markets Act" - Federighi Rehashes Hashes - Apple Posts More Detailed Explainer on Expanded Protections for Children - Apple Will Fight $300M Loss to "Patent Firm" Optis - Apple CEO Pledges Help to Earthquake Stricken Haiti - Apple Pledges Million on Homeless Outreach and Relocation in San Jose - IoT Interoperability Standard Matter Delayed Again - Apple Pu...

- Apple Employees on Slack Take Both Sides of Apple's Child Protection Plans - Evercore's Daryanani Sees Strong July Sales for iPhone in China - Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of macOS Monterey to Public Testers - Apple Tweaks iWork Icons in Latest Monterey Beta - Some See Lossless and Spatial Audio in Latest HomePod Beta Software - Spain Adds Apple Wallet Support to Official COVID-19 Documentation - App...

- Bipartisan Senate Proposal Set to Shake Up App Store - Apple Issues Bug Fixing macOS Big Sir 11.5.2 Update - Apple Releases Fifth Betas of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 to Public Testing Program - Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of watchOS 8 to Developers - Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of macOS Monterey to Developers - Apple and Affirm Partner on "Buy Now, Pay Later" Plan for Canada - Eighth-Gen iPad Hits Apple Refurbi...

- Analysts: iPhone Leading Apple to $3B in Revenue in India This Fiscal Year - iMore: Apple Confirms It Will Check Photos Already in iCloud for CSAM - Apple Seeds Fifth Betas of iOS/iPadOS/tvOS 15 to Developers - Report: iOS 15 Should Let You "Find My" AirPods Pro and AirPods Max - Days Before Trial, Apple and Corellium Settle Suit - Apple Teams with Green America to Limit Chemical Exposure in the...

- SellCell Survey: 44% of U.S. iPhone Owners Plan to Buy Next iPhone - Code Monkey Spots Reference to iOS 14.8 in Xcode 13 Beta - Apple Open to Expanding Expanded Child Protection Features to Third Parties - Washington, D.C. Offering Teens AirPods as COVID Vaccine Incentive - Arlo App Update Fixes HomeKit Glitch - Apple and Netflix Said to Be in Bidding War for Jennifer Lawrence Film - Apple Annou...

- Open Letter Asks Apple to Turn from Announced "Child Protection" Plans - Edward Snowden Among Critics of Apple Plan - Head of Facebook-Owned WhatsApp Sounds Alarm Over Apple Plans - Epic Games CEO Surprises Planet by Coming Out Against Apple Plan - Apple Posts FAQ on Expanded Protections for Children - Apple and NCMEC Laud Apple Workers for Their Work - Report: Wuhan Apple Store to Open Next Mon...

- Apple Announces Ecosystem-Wide Changes to Fight Child Sexual Abuse - MacRumors Dives Deeper on "Communication Safety" Changes to Messages - MacRumors Dives Deeper on CSAM Detection and iCloud - EFF Expresses Concerns Around Apple Announcements - Financial Times Eyes Privacy Concerns Around Apple Announcements - CNET Looks at Privacy Concerns Around Apple Announcements - Amazon Delays Return to O...

- Hinky Report Has Luxshare Making 3% of iPhones 13s - CIRP: Apple "Largely Absent" from U.S. Smart Speaker Market - Conversation Boost Shows Up in Second AirPods Pro Firmware Beta - iMazing Adds Free Spyware Detector to Spot Pegasus on Your iThings - Lawyer Uses AirTag to Track Illegal Property Disposal - Apple Green Lights "Physical" for a Second Season - "Little Voice" Cancelled at Apple TV+ -...

- South Korea Weighs Law to Require Multiple Payment Systems in App Store - International App Store Prices Moving Up and Down - South Africa's FNB Now Supports Apple Pay - Student ID in Apple Wallet Expands in US and Heads to Canada - Magic Keyboard with Touch ID Now Sold Separately, Too - Apple Updates Intel-Based Mac Pro with High-End GPU Options from AMD - Apple Debuts Redesigned Online Store -...

- New Models of Mac and Apple Watch Signaled in ECC Database - Fortune Global 500: Apple Tops in Terms of Profit, Sixth in Revenue - Case Against Apple Over Heart Rate Sensors in Apple Watch Can Proceed - Australians Can Put Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination in Apple Wallet - 9 to 5 Mac: Talk of Unintentionally Silent Movies from Apple - Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Sold to New Media Venture - COVID P...

- IDC: iPad Sales Trounced Other Tablets in June-Quarter - Apple Watch Series 6 Titanium in Short Supply - Anti-Vax App "Unjected" Ejected from the App Store - App Store, Apple Music, and iTunes Took a Power-Nap Saturday - Apple Podcasts App Resolves Background Download Issue - Health Insurance Cards Hit Apple Wallet in Australia - TAFE Queensland to Offer Apple Designed Program for iOS App Develo...

- Apple Seeks Vaccination Status from Office Workers - Apple Releases Security-Centric watchOS 7.6.1 - Motherboard: Why Apple Says It Wants Its Secrets to Be Secret - Motherboard: Apple Lawyers in China Make Demands of Secret Leakers - GarageBand for iOS and iPadOS Gets New Sound Packs and Producer Packs - Apple Posts "See" Season Two Trailer to YouTube - Applications Open for Apple's Second Entre...

- A Look at Financial Folks' Reaction to Apple Earnings - Apple Insider: Good Reasons for Wall Street's Whopping Misses - Bloomberg: Majority of Apple Stores Go Back to Mask Requirements for All - Facebook and Google Requiring COVID-19 Vaccines Before Return to Office - Apple Officially Pushes Return to Office to October, May Require Vaccines - Apple Disappears from NAB Attendee List - Third Betas...