Nov 5th 2019
MacBreak Weekly 686
Everybody Wants to Kick a Goose
AirPods Pro Review, Photoshop for iPad Review, AppleTV+ Review
Records live every Tuesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
This Week's Stories
- Apple Quarterly Earnings report: it's all about the services.
- Apple names 5 new VPs, including a VP of Acoustics.
- Apple offers $2.5 Billion to fight the California housing crisis, which apparently makes some people cranky.
- AirPods Pro review: comfortable, great noise reduction. Pro tip: try the smallest size tips first.
- People pay more than $700 million annually to replace their lost AirPods.
- AppleTV+ is the best streaming service out there - if you only judge by the video quality.
- How to claim your free year of AppleTV+ - maybe even if you don't deserve it.
- Apple is spending half as much advertising Apple TV+ as the iPhone, which is actually huge.
- AppleTV+ is pretty good, but the AppleTV app is still terrible.
- Adobe Photoshop for iPad review: not feature-complete, but still lets you kick geese, which is awesome.
- Adobe Aero is Adobe's new AR tool for the iPad.
Picks of the Week
- Mikah's Pick: MyQ Smart Garage Door Opener
- Andy's Pick: Adobe Creative Cloud for Photography
- Andy's Tip: iPhone Battery Replacement
- Alex's Pick: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 6k
- Lory's Pick: Mujjo Insulated Touch Screen Gloves
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Links
- Apple results: $64B in revenue on record Services income
- Apple names five executives to VP
- Apple commits $2.5B to combat housing crisis in California
- Apple AirPods Pro review: perfect fit
- People love AirPods so much they spend more than half a billion a year replacing them
- iFixit AirPods Pro Teardown - Repairability Score: 0 out of 10
- Apple TV+ now live, with one year free for new iOS, Apple TV and Mac purchases
- Apple TV+ boasts highest bitrate of any 4K streaming service, report says
- Some users unable to redeem free year of Apple TV+, others get it despite not buying an Apple device recently
- Behind Apple’s ‘Slow-Roll’ Marketing Push for Its New Streaming Service
- Opinion: The worst part of Apple TV+ is the TV app
- Adobe’s Photoshop for the iPad is finally here, with more features to come
- Adobe Aero for iOS turns Photoshop layers into interactive AR experiences
- MyQ Smart Garage Door Opener
- Adobe Creative Cloud for Photography
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 6k
- Mujjo Insulated Touch Screen Gloves