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- Jackson and Adams Leaving Apple as Meta Legal Officer Steps In - Apple Issues Second RC for tvOS 26.2 - Report: Russia Bans FaceTime and Snapchat - Four iPhones Will Help Shoot Saturday's MLS Cup Final - Report Has "Severance" Season-Three Hitting Apple TV in 2027 - Apple TV's "Your Friends and Neighbors" Back in April 2026 - Apple TV Goes Back to "Tehran" on 9 January - Head to Fraggle Rock for the Holidays on Apple TV - Sponsored by OpenCase - MagSafe for iPhone Perfected. Build your own holiday bundle and save at TheOpenCase.com - Safe Holiday Shopping and Goodbye for Now on Checklist No. 451 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Report: India Reverses Course on Mandated Smartphone App Installation - Where Be Apple's (Reported) Resolve Elsewhere? - Apple's UI Lead Leaving for Meta - Meta Hire: A Coup for Whom? - Apple Seeds Release Candidates of blankOS 26.2 to Developers and Public Testers - Apple Expands Several Health Features to Several More Countries - Five New Titles Hit Apple Arcade - Sponsored by OpenCase - MagSafe for iPhone Perfected. Build your own holiday bundle and save at TheOpenCase.com - Safe Holiday Shopping and Goodbye for Now on Checklist No. 451 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- IDC Tracks Phenomenal Strength for iPhone in 2025 - Report: Apple Will Push Back Against Mandated Government App in India - Apple Urges Holdouts to Update to iOS 26 - Tap to Pay on iPhone Goes Live in Singapore - Apple Pledges Support for Parts of Asia After Devastating Rains - Apple Music Outs Final Replay '25 for the Year - Apple Music Lists Loads of Top 100 Charts - Sponsored by OpenCase - MagSafe for iPhone Perfected. Build your own holiday bundle and save at TheOpenCase.com - Safe Holiday Shopping and Goodbye for Now on Checklist No. 451 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Giannandrea is Out, Subramanya in as Apple's Head of A.I. - Report: India to Require "State-Owned Cybersecurity App" on All Smartphones - Apple Maps and Apple Ads Hit "Gatekeeper" Status in EU - Antenna: MLB Drew Big Subscriber Numbers for Apple TV - Apple Adds Five Products to Obsolete List - Folks on the HellSite Still Want PRODUCT(RED) Products - Sponsored by OpenCase - MagSafe for iPhone Perfected. Build your own holiday bundle and save at TheOpenCase.com - Safe Holiday Shopping and Goodbye for Now on Checklist No. 451 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Counterpoint: iPhone 17 Kept China's Singles' Day Smartphones Positive - Counterpoint: iPhone to Top Smartphone Through 2029 - TF International: Intel May Ship Apple Silicon in 2027 - Cook Pledges Apple's Support in Wake of Hong Kong Apartment Fires - Apple Pledges (RED) Donations Around World AIDS Day - iPhone Pocket Knockoff Pop Up on Amazon - Apple's Founding Documents Headed for Auction - Sponsored by OpenCase - MagSafe for iPhone Perfected. Build your own holiday bundle and save at TheOpenCase.com - Safe Holiday Shopping and Goodbye for Now on Checklist No. 451 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Counterpoint Tracked Staggering Global iPhone Sales in September - Singapore Gives Apple and Google Six Days to Stop Government Spoofing in Message Apps - Poland Investigates Apple Over App Tracking Transparency - Apple Incentives Reset as Planned NC Campus Gets Pushed Back - Plagiarism May Have Ended "The Hunt" - Let it Snow with the Holiday App Festivas - Safe Holiday Shopping 2025 on Checklist No. 451 - Find it early this week at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Apple Fires "Dozens" in Institutional Sales Reorganization - Report: Apple Warns Against iPhone Grey Market Activity in India - French Consumer Group Sues Apple Over Cost of Music Streaming Services - FT: Sources Say Spotify Raising US Prices in Q1 of '26 - Semafor: CNN Out of Apple News as Companies Negotiate New Deal - Apple TV Releasing "Pluribus" and "The Last Frontier" Early This Week - Dumb passwords in 2025 and real trouble from deepfakes on Checklist No. 450 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Waits for Base Model iPhone 17 Still Over 10 Days - Bloomberg's Gurman Kind of Argues Against FT Tim Cook Retirement Story - Limited Edition Hikawa Phone Grip Sells Out at Apple - Apple and Real Madrid Announce Immersive Documentary for Apple Vision Pro - Apple TV Puts Brad Pitt on Las Vegas Sphere to Promote F1 and 1/2-Off Deal - Dumb passwords in 2025 and real trouble from deepfakes on Checklist No. 450 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Apple Outlines Black Friday/Cyber Monday Shopping Promotion for 2025 - Apple Sells Accessibility Focused Hikawa Phone Grip & Stand - M5 Apple Vision Pro Up for Pre-Order in South Korea - Google Lets Pixel 10 Devices "AirDrop" to iPhone - Tyler, The Creator Named 2025 Apple Music Artist of the Year - Apple Music Launches Several "Best of 2025" Playlists - Apple TV Announces "The Unlikely Cook with Awkwafina" - Apple TV Removes All Mention of "The Hunt" - Apple TV Says "Pluribus" Was Streamer's Biggest Launch Yet - "The Family Plan 2" Hits Apple TV - Sponsored by NordLayer: Now through Dec. 10 get 28% off NordLayer yearly plans with coupon code macosken-28 at NordLayer.com/macosken - Dumb passwords in 2025 and real trouble from deepfakes on Checklist No. 450 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- MLB on Apple TV Stays Through 2028 - Cancelled "Time Bandits" Leads Apple TV's Children's and Family Emmy Noms - M3 iPad Air Hits Apple Refurbished Stores - Revisiting Tim Cook's 2017 Free Speech Award Speech - Sponsored by NordLayer: Now through Dec. 10 get 28% off NordLayer yearly plans with coupon code macosken-28 at NordLayer.com/macosken - A look at Background Security Improvements and not shopping through Meta services on Checklist No. 449 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Counterpoint: 25% of Smartphones Sold in China Last Month Were iPhone - Apple Expands AppleCare+ Offerings in India - Klarna BNPL Added to Apple Pay in Denmark, Spain, and Sweden - blankOS 26.2 Betas Out to Public Testers - Apple Seeds Developer Beta of AirPods Pro 3 Firmware - Illinois Adds Digital ID and Driver's License to Apple Wallet - Apple Settles Hazardous Waste Suit with EPA - Apple Podcasts Lists Best/Most Charts for 2025 - Steve Jobs Archive Posts Rare Jobs Interview on Pixar - Sponsored by NordLayer: Now through Dec. 10 get 28% off NordLayer yearly plans with coupon code macosken-28 at NordLayer.com/macosken - A look at Background Security Improvements and not shopping through Meta services on Checklist No. 449 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Apple Hits with New Rounds of blankOS 26.2 Developer Betas - iOS 26.2 Developer Beta Adds Code Option for AirDrop - Code in iOS 26.2 Beta Could Let User Replace Power Button Siri - 9to5Mac: Developer Doc Shows Siri Shift for Japan Only - Apple Sports App Expands Across Europe - M-Series Macs Mark Fifth Anniversary - Apple Posts Retro Wallpapers for New Beijing Store - Apple Outs Sneaky Sasquatch Sticker Pack for iMessage - Sponsored by NordLayer: Now through Dec. 10 get 28% off NordLayer yearly plans with coupon code macosken-28 at NordLayer.com/macosken - A look at Background Security Improvements and not shopping through Meta services on Checklist No. 449 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- FT: Apple's Board Paves Way for CEO Succession - COO Williams Officially Retired from Apple - California Jury Orders Apple to Pay Masimo $634 Million in Patent Suit - USITC Starts New Investigation Into Masimo Patent and Apple Watch - Report: Apple and MLS End Current Partnership Early - iPhone Pocket Sold Out in "Mere Moments" - Apple Books Promotes "Pluribus" Tie-In - Sponsored by NordLayer: Now through Dec. 10 get 28% off NordLayer yearly plans with coupon code macosken-28 at NordLayer.com/macosken - A look at Background Security Improvements and not shopping through Meta services on Checklist No. 449 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Apple Cuts Commission on Mini App Purchases to 15% - Report: Apple and Tencent Ink Mini App Commission Deal - Evercore Likes the Reported Apple/Tencent Tie-Up - New App Store Rules Apparently Seek to Stop Knockoff Apps - Public Testers Get Second macOS 26.2 - Apple Issues Firmware Updates for AirPods - Apple Updates Apple Store App with Liquid Glass Elements and Icon - Apple TV Subscription to Include MLS Starting Next Season - UK Tribunal Denies Apple Permission to Appeal Ruling It Can Appeal Anyway - Musk Suit Against Apple/OpenAI Continues - Report: Tesla Eyes CarPlay Amid Softening Sales - Apple TV's "Monarch" Returns in Late February - "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" Streams Free This Weekend - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - A look at Background Security Improvements and not shopping through Meta services on Checklist No. 449 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Developers Get Second blankOS 26.2 Betas - macOS 26.2 Sherlocks Physical Ring Lights with Edge Light - Apple's Not So Intelligent M1 Mac mini Mistake - Apple Funded Study: Virtual No Drop in App Prices Despite EU Rules - Apple Launches Digital ID in US - Apple TV Teases Return of "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters" - Apple TV Reportedly in for Momoa NZ Biker Club Series - Apple Opens Extended Holiday Returns Window - Listener Thoughts on iPhone Pocket - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - Safety and security features and fixes in updates and betas on Checklist No. 448 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Apple Intros Fashion Forward iPhone Pocket - IDC: iPhone Took Fourth in India in Q3 - iPhones in Mexico Get Emergency SOS via Satellite - Apple TV Green Lights French-Language Thriller "La Décision" - Season-Two of "Palm Royale" Hits Apple TV - Apple Releases "Flight Ready" Immersive Video for Apple Vision Pro - PlayStation VR2 Sense Controllers Now on Sale for Apple Vision Pro - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - Safety and security features and fixes in updates and betas on Checklist No. 448 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- HomePod mini Scarcity Could Signal Imminent Refresh - The Information: Apple Pauses Plans for Second iPhone Air - WSJ: iPhone Air Was a Sales Failure and a Marketing Success - IDC: Tablet Shipments Cooled in Q3 - Apple Pulls Top Gay Dating Apps from App Store in China Under Govt. Order - Apple TV Not Eyeing an Ad-Tier Nor a Warner Bros. Buy - Apple Watch Veterans Day Challenge Set for Today - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - Safety and security features and fixes in updates and betas on Checklist No. 448 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Report: iPhone Cracks India's Top-Five Smartphones for First Time in Q3 - Public Testers Get First macOS Tahoe 26.2 Beta - tvOS 26.2 Beta Adds Account Options for Non-Apple Account - Apparent Error Sees Apple Offer Four AirTags for $29 - Apple TV Garners First Ever Grammy Nominations - As "Pluribus" Began, Apple TV Crashed (Probably Coincidentally) - Pluribus Credits Proclaim Show "Made by Humans" - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - Safety and security features and fixes in updates and betas on Checklist No. 448 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Apple Seeds First Public Betas of blankOS 26.2 (Minus Tahoe) - Apple Seeds First Developer Beta of macOS Tahoe 26.2 - Aaron Perris Finds "Apple Creator Studio" in iOS 26.2 Developer Beta - Report: Apple Watch Wifi-Sync Likely to Stop Syncing in EU - Apple Complains of Contradictory EU Regulations - Apple Moves Max Trade-in Values - Apple Sets Window for 2026 Swift Student Challenge Submissions - New Apple TV Mnemonic Produced Using Practical Effects - Apple Original Films and Cernin Producing Air Traffic Control Thriller - Apple TV Announces International Espionage Series "Safe Houses" - Apple TV Sets February Premier for "Last Thing" Season-Two - Apple TV Outs Trailers for "The Hunt" and "Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age" - Apple TV Produces "Pluribus: The Official Podcast" - "Pluribus" Starts Its Run on Apple TV - Sponsored by NordLayer: Now through Dec. 10 get 28% off NordLayer yearly plans with coupon code macosken-28 at NordLayer.com/macosken - Safety and security features and fixes in updates and betas on Checklist No. 448 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Bloomberg: Apple to Pay Google About $1B Annually for Smarter Siri's A.I. - Google Offers Sweeping Play Store Changes to End Epic Antitrust Fight - iOS 26.2 Beta Supports Third-Party App Store in Japan - Report: Apple Pulls iOS/iPadOS 26.2 Betas for Machines with C1 Modem - Apple Gives old HomeKit a Few Extra Months of Support - Apple Brings Security Fixes with iOS/iPadOS 18.7.2 - Delta Adds Enhanced Boarding Passes to Apple Wallet - Hertz Car Rental Joins Apple Card 3% Daily Cash Back Club - Apple Dips Shazam in Liquid Glass - Three More Games Hit Apple Arcade Today - Sponsored by NordLayer: Now through Dec. 10 get 28% off NordLayer yearly plans with coupon code macosken-28 at NordLayer.com/macosken - Keeping bad guys out of your iPhone and busting ghost accounts on Checklist No. 447 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken