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In Touch with iOS, is a podcast that talks about iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and related technologies. Hosted by Dave Ginsburg and he is joined by different guests from the Apple Community.

May 22, 2021

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by Guest Guy Serle. Apple Lossless is here and it doesn’t with Apple Airpods or HomePods. iOS 14.6 RC 2 and iOS 14.7 Beta is out we discuss. You can already hack a AirTag, the new iPad Pro is shipping to everyone and Dave will receive his 11” model. We also talk about How to manage your iPhone and iPad storage on the device as well as managing iCloud.

The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com


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News

It's already possible to hack an AirTag

AirTags Work as an NFC Trigger for Apple Shortcuts

New 'Beats Studio Buds' Revealed in iOS and tvOS 14.6

Microsoft Teams now available to friends and family

Apple Store App on iPad Gets Redesign

New 12.9-inch iPad Pro 'Works Perfect' With Previous Generation Magic Keyboard, But Fit is a 'Little Bit Snug'

Apple Rolling Out Fix for Greyed Out App Tracking Transparency Toggle

Apple Music app repeatedly crashing for CarPlay users running iOS 14.5.1

Apple announces a slew of accessibility updates

Topics

Beta this week. iOS 14.6 RC and iOS 14.7 Beta 1 were released.   Apple Seeds iOS and iPadOS 14.6 Release Candidate to Developers Apple Seeds tvOS 14.6 Release Candidate to Developers Apple Seeds watchOS 7.5 Release Candidate to Developers

iOS 14.7 beta lets you set timers on HomePod using Home app

 Apple Releases First Betas of iOS 14.7, iPadOS 14.7, tvOS 14.7, watchOS 7.6 and macOS Big Sur 11.5 to Developers

iPad Pros have shipped and they are receiving rave reviews. Dave should receive his next week and we discuss what we use are iPads for and is it worth upgrading.

Apple Music with Lossless support, Spacial audio, and Dolby Atmos was announced this week. We discuss why the Apple Airpods, Pro, and Mac don’t work witt this and is this really a big deal. The links below review some of what was discussed.

Apple Music Gaining Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio in iOS 14.6, 

Not All Tracks Supported at Launch  

Apple Music Launching Spatial Audio With Dolby Atmos and Lossless Audio in June at No Extra Cost  

AirPods, AirPods Max and AirPods Pro Don't Support Apple Music Lossless Audio 

Apple Music Lossless: What Devices are Supported?

HomePod Will Support Spatial Audio for Apple Music, But Not Lossless Audio

AirPods Max Won't Directly Support Lossless Apple Music Over Lightning

How to listen to Apple Music Lossless, Hi-Res Lossless, Dolby Atmos

Tips

How to Reduce Your iCloud Backup Data Size on iPhone / iPad

How to Free Up Storage Space on iPhone and iPad

Apps

Award-Winning iPhone Camera App Halide Expands to iPad With New 'Pro View'

Camo 

Luma Fusion 

Our Host

Your Host Dave Ginsburg  is an IT Professional With over 22 years experience working with Mac and Windows as well as iOS devices. He is also President of The Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group


About our Guest

Guy Serle Is the host of the MyMac Podcast. Email: guy@mymac.com Twitter: @MacParrot or VertShark Podcasts: MyMac Podcast http://mymac.com ,  Mac to the Future GO! Podcast