Macworld Podcast: Apple AI and Siri progress report

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This week, we introduce a brand-new version of the Macworld Podcast. Our main topic of discussion is an update to Apple’s work in AI and Siri. Plus, the worst thing that happened this week, what happened this week in Apple history, and the Macworld Podcast Inbox. 

This is episode 946 with Michael Simon, Jason Cross,  and Roman Loyola. 

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AOL dial-up says goodbye. Without Apple, it might not have changed the world

ChatGPT 5 overview

Apple ‘ousts Siri boss,’ finally taking failures seriously

Apple is delaying the only Apple Intelligence feature everyone wanted

The Worst Thing That Happened This Week 

Tim Cook gifts Trump with ‘unique unit of one’ etched plaque with a 24K gold base

Macintosh HD and 20 other macOS Tahoe icons that will shock your eyes this fall

This Week in Apple History 

On August 7, 2006, Apple introduced the Mac Pro. The Mac Pro was part of the Intel rollout when Apple switched over from PowerPC chips. It replaced the Power Mac G5 as Apple’s top workstation. 

The Mac Pro had two 64-bit, dual-core Intel Xeon 5100 Woodcrest CPUs. The base model has a pair of 2.66GHz CPUs, but you could upgrade it to two 3GHz CPUs.  

It featured the same cheesegrater case as the Power Mac G5. Apple kept using this case until 2019. 

In our review of the 2006 Mac Pro, we said it was “just about the best high-performance workstations money can buy,” but we also said that “the Mac Pro also arrives in a world of software that’s still in flux.” Developers were still working on switching their apps from PowerPC code to Intel, so many apps had to use Apple’ Rosetta emulation on the Mac Pro. 

The Inbox 

These are the reader, listener, and viewer comments we discussed on the show. 

Apple Music 

Jason posted a video about the new ability to pin items in Apple Music. This feature will be available in iOS 26. But of course, people have thoughts about the Music app. 

How about Apple Music [lets] me search only my music instead of defaulting to their subscription service, which I don’t have. 
Nope & Nope on TikTok

I’m still waiting for the Music transfer feature so you can transfer music. 
Alex Crews on TikTok

I stopped using Apple Music and my legacy library there years ago. Still open the app randomly, but have moved on to services with more features. Sigh. 
DuaneForrester on TikTok 

google and spotify laughing in the corner
windows7xde on YouTube 

iPhone Fold 

In episode 943, we talked about iPhone Fold rumors. One listener had a comment.

Why is it that all the Apple Podcasters out there think the iPhone Fold is not necessary or not significant? If I could carry an iPhone that would fold out to an iPad mini, I would be ecstatic! Apple should have brought this out years ago! Samsung will be in generation 8 by the time Apple’s foldable comes out and that is just inexcusable! Apple needs to get off its butt and stop being a follower and start being an innovation leader! 
Medic458 on YouTube

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