Apple Vision Pro disappointments and beta frustrations on the AppleInsider podcast

It's six months since the Apple Vision Pro was released and there is so much to like -- yet still so much missing. Plus for alll the great features in Apple's beta updates, there are some real gripes too.

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Links from the show:

• M4 Mac mini rumored to get a redesign making it smaller than ever before
• Apple bows to EU pressure over App Store anti-steering practices
• Rumor Roundup: What the 2025 iPhone 17 family may bring to the table
• iPhone 17's front camera may double the resolution to 24MP
• iPhone Fold rumored to launch with foldable iPad in 2026
• iPhone Fold - what the rumor mill thinks is on the way, and when
• Hands on: Siri starts to get better thanks to Apple Intelligence
• Discovered Apple Intelligence prompts show Apple's attempt at preventing AI disaster
• Safari's Distraction Control will obliterate annoying website elements
• How iOS 18's Web Eraser content-blocker morphed into a distraction-hiding tool
• Photos jettisons the Carousel in fifth iOS 18 beta
• Disney+ adds Iceland immersive environment to Apple Vision Pro
• Apple removes Control-click option for skipping Gatekeeper in macOS Sequoia
• Users have to confirm screen recording permission every week in macOS Sequoia
• Judge rules Google is a search and advertising monopoly
• End of an era: Apple's SuperDrive has finally sold out after 16 years
• Another Apple ad campaign crashes and burns under pressure from viewers

Links from AppleInsider+

This week's AppleInsider+ segment for subscribers was replete with enthusiastic recommendations for podcasts ranging across topics from design to, of course, Apple.

Wes Hilliard's picks:
Twenty Thousand Hertz

ATP

Upgrade

Connected

Roboism

Comfort Zone

Cortex

Focused

Do By Friday

Back To Work

Reconcilable Differences

Jon Stewart

Apple News Today

Apple Music Today

Apple News in Conversation

William Gallagher's picks:
Automators
Mac Power Users
99% Invisible
Articles of Interest
The Economics of Everyday Things
Acquired
The Omni Show

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