248 - I bought a Six Pack Of HomePod Minis - With Guest Barry Fulk, Jeff Gamet, Ben Roething

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest Barry Fulk, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roething, Barry returns to the show to talk about travel tips and tech he travels with. He also reviews some of the tech he needed to set up his remote location including multiple HomePod Minis (10 to be exact) iOS16.4 was released and an update to iOS16.4.1 is coming. Midwest Mac BBQ is back at Barry's his home. Come join us 2 days early July 20th before Macstock. Speaking of Macstock, come join us July 22-23 where Dave and Jeff are both speaking.

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News

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Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference returns June 5

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Topics

iOS 16.4 was released on 3/27/23

Apple Releases iOS 16.4 With New Emoji, Safari Web Push Notifications, Beta Changes, Voice Isolation for Calls and More

Apple Releases watchOS 9.4 With AFib History Expansion and Changes to Mute Gesture to Prevent Accidental Alarm Cancellation

Apple Releases tvOS 16.4 for Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD

Apple Releases HomePod 16.4 Software

iOS 16.4.1 Rumored to Launch Soon for iPhone With Bug Fixes

Apple Now Testing iOS 16.4.1 for iPhone With Bug Fixes Expected

Things that were added to iOS16.4 

iOS 16.4 Expands iPhone 14's Emergency SOS via Satellite to Six More Countries

PSA: Apple Has Made Its New Home Architecture Update Available Again

Beta this week. iOS16.5 Beta 1 was released. We discuss the new updates. 

Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5

Apple News App Gains Sports Tab in First iOS 16.5 Beta

iOS 16.5 Beta for iPhone: What's New So Far

Siri Can Start a Screen Recording in iOS 16.5 Beta 1

Apple Releases First Public Betas of iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5 

Apple Music Classical was released. Apple Announces Apple Music Classical, Now Available on the App Store      

Apple Music Classical Promoted With TV Ad Following Launch

Hands-On With Apple's New Classical Music App

Barry is an avid traveler and he shares some of his tips for traveling with Apple tech and gadgets. The best travel gadgets of 2023: Expert travel tech

Anker GaNPrime 65W Charging Station, 615 USB C Power Strip for Travel and Work, 5-in-1 Power Strip with 2AC,2 USB C, 1 USB A, 3ft, Power Delivery

https://amzn.to/3zJqDjS

 

 

MagSafe Duo Charger

https://amzn.to/3KlXRuG

 

Flighty App - Live Flight Tracking and Alerts

Flighty – Live Flight Tracker on the App Store

 

Jeff uses Flight Update Pro

Sports Alerts (not really travel related, but actually really handy for Live Activity within the Dynamic Island

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sports-alerts/id432450349

Midwest Mac BBQ and Wine Event 2023

Barry is hosting another Midwest Mac BBQ and WIne Event on July 20, 2023, two days before Macstock at his home. Time roughly 2:00PM CDT until ???

Macstock 7 is here! Tickets are now available and the speaker list is filling up as Dave again is speaking as well as Jeff Gamet. at the event. Please join in all the fun July 22-23, 2023! Speakers Link. 

Register Here for the Midwest Mac BBQ & Wine Event:

Midwest Mac BBQ | Macstock Conference & Expo

Our Host

Dave Ginsburg is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users and shares his wealth of knowledge of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and related technologies. Visit the YouTube channel https://youtube.com/intouchwithios follow him on Mastadon @daveg65, 

Twitter @daveg65.and the show @intouchwithios

 

Our Regular Contributors

Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s managing editor, and Smile’s TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Mastadon @jgamet as well as Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet  His YouTube channel https://youtube.com/jgamet

Ben Roethig Former Associate Editor of GeekBeat.TV and host of the Tech Hangout and Deconstruct with Patrice  Mac user since the mid 90s. Tech support specialist. Twitter @benroethig  Website: https://roethigtech.blogspot.com

About our Guest

Barry Fulk is an IT Professional, podcast enthusiast, and an avid traveler for work and leisure. You can follow him on Mastodon @fulkb Instagram @fulkb