MacBreak Weekly 692

This Week's Stories

• Mac Pro Teardown: yes, it grates cheese!
• Apple patents in-screen fingerprint reader
• BetterTouchTool is a great tool for MacBook Pros
• Apple Makes Mac Pros for the US in Texas, the rest of the world in China
• Apple dodges 15% tariff on Chinese imports
• AirPods make Apple $4 Billion per quarter
• HomeKit could be Apple's next big business
• Three Apple products make Time's top 10 gadgets of the decade
• Apple kills app that turns your iPhone into an iPod
• Apple is moving to Pittsburgh
• MKBHD's 2019 Blind Smartphone Camera Test
• Apple buys British company to make iPhone camera better
• Bug in iOS lets kids skirt parental controls in contacts
• Apple Arcade deal: get 12 months for the price of 10
• Apple Arcade gets Ultimate Rivals: The Rink
• Apple News gets election coverage from ABC
• Get your Christmas movie classics for cheap at the Apple store
• Tim Cook loves monopolies!
• Apple is hiring!
• Apple gives free genetic screening to its employees

Picks of the Week

• Leo's Pick: Peak Design Travel Tripod
• Andy's Pick: Inigo Gets Out on Archive.org
• Rene's Picks: Digital Sputnik Voyager, Snowflake Weather
• Lory's Pick: Spirited Away
• Alex's Pick: SKAAT Car Vent Magnet

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Links

• Mac Pro 2019 Teardown
• Happy Sunday, Mac Pro. GET TO WORK!
• Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro – First Impressions
• Mac Pro Configuration Recommendations
• Apple wins patent for under-display Touch ID, already uses tech in MBP 16
• Better Touch Tool
• Apple’s ‘Assembled in USA’ Mac Pro is made in China for international customers
• Apple averts $150 bump in iPhone prices following Trump trade deal with China
• Air Pods are a $4B per quarter business
• The 10 Best Gadgets of the 2010s - iPad, Apple Watch and AirPods makes the list
• Apple Kills App That Made iPhones Look Like iPods Because No Fun Allowed
• Rewound Web App and Android App GoFundMe
• MKBHD's Blind Smartphone Camera Test 2019
• Apple reportedly investigating new corporate lease in Pittsburgh
• Apple’s new iPhone software is supposed to limit who your kid talks to, but a bug lets them get around it
• Apple Arcade adds new annual $49.99 subscription option
• Apple Arcade launches “Ultimate Rivals”, licensing stars from NHL, NBA, NFL, MLB, WNBA and US Women’s National Soccer Team
• Apple News strikes election coverage deal with ABC News
• Apple’s Christmas movie sale includes classics from $4: Charlie Brown, Grinch, more
• Inigo Gets Out on Archive.org
• SKAAT Car Vent Magnet
• Digital Sputnik Voyager
• Snowflake Weather
• Peak Design Travel Tripod
• Spirited Away