Mac OS Ken

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Wall St. Words and OS Updates - MOSK: 07.28.2026 Jul 28, 2026

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- UBS Sees Weakness for iPhone in Weakness for Verizon(?) - Goldman Sachs Raises AAPL Target to $370 - Yahoo! Finance: Investors Like How Much Apple's NOT Spending on A.I. Again - Apple Releases blankOS 26.6 - Literally Hundreds of Security Fixes in blankOS 26.6 - Apple Releases Security Updates for macOS Sonoma and Sequoia - Pocket Casts Launches App for Apple TV - Apple TV: Season-Four of "Silo" Set for Summer 2027 - Production Apparently Underway on "Severance" Season-Three - Sponsored by Coveron: Save up to 76% off with code macos at coveron.com/macos - 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

Device Prices, a Price Target, and Apple TV Trailers Go Up - MOSK: 07.27.2026 Jul 27, 2026

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- Google Says Prices Going Up for Next Pixel Phones - Roku Raises Prices on Streaming Devices - Qualcomm Raising Smartphone Chip Prices by Double Digit Percentage - Morgan Stanley Raises Apple Target to $364 - Apple Seeds Seventh Sonoma and Sequoia RCs to Developers - Apple TV Posts Teaser for "Neuromancer" - "Matchbox The Movie" Slated for October Apple TV Premier - Apple TV Drops Season-Two Trailer for "Dark Matter" - Sponsored by Coveron: Save up to 76% off with code macos at coveron.com/macos - 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

iPhone and Mac Buck Shipment Trends - MOSK: 07.24.2026 Jul 24, 2026

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- Counterpoint: Amid Slump, Q2 iPhone Shipments Up 23% in China - Counterpoint: Apple to Take Second in 2026 Foldable Smartphone Shipments - Counterpoint: Amid Slump, Q2 Mac Shipments Up 13% Globally - Ford Folds Apple Maps Into Ford's 2027 EVs - Updated Privacy Policy Shows A.I. Shopping Assistant Planned for Apple Store App - Tech Columnist, Pundit, and Podcaster John C. Dvorak Dies at 80 - Emergency SOS via Satellite Hits Two New Countries - Apple TV Announces Dating Documentary Series - Apple TV to End "The Morning Show" in 2027 - Now Streaming on Apple TV, "The Dink" - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two month free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at copilot.money/macosken - 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

Foxconn Staffs Up for iPhone Production - MOSK: 07.23.2026 Jul 23, 2026

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- Foxconn Reportedly Hiring Up for Fall iPhone Production - Second Beta of blankOS 27 Seeded to Public Testers - Bloomberg's Gurman Lays Out Mac Roadmap Into 2027 - Early '27 MacBook Neo Could Have 12GB of RAM - Dan Moren: Two Troubling Issues with Rumored Apple Upgrade Program - Part of Apple Park Visitor Center Temporarily Closed - Comedy and Romance Series Headed to Apple TV - THR Goes In-Depth on "Ted Lasso" Ahead of Season-Four Premier - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two month free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at copilot.money/macosken - 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

TSMC Raises Prices and a Rumored Apple Upgrade Program - MOSK: 07.22.2026 Jul 22, 2026

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- TSMC Raising Chip Prices 5% to 10% - Report: Apple Teams with Klarna for New Upgrade Program - Apple Reportedly Nixing iPhone Upgrade Program - Apple Upgrade Will Reportedly Exclude Entry Level Devices - 9to5Mac: iOS 27 Code Indicates Lender Kill-Switch for Bad Contracts - Apple Addresses Hide My Email Vulnerability - Apple Ordered to Pay Masimo $634M in Patent Case - Apple TV Drops Trailer for "Women in Blue" Season-Two - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two month free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at copilot.money/macosken - 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

Another AAPL Note, Another Round of Betas, and Another Oscar Run - MOSK: 07.21.2026 Jul 21, 2026

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- BofA Reiterates Positive AAPL Stance Ahead of Q3 Earnings - Apple Seeds Fourth Developer Betas of blankOS 27 - Apple Seeds Release Candidates for blankOS 26.6 - iOS 26.6 Starts Spotlight Indexing for iOS 27 - Apple Seeds Sixth RCs for macOS 14.8.8 and 15.7.8 - A Correction on Smarter Siri Availability - Apple Sports App Adds Still More Soccer - YouTube App Not Showing Picture-in-Picture for Some - Four Apple Stores Shuffling Locations This Month - "CODA" Director's Apple Original "Being Heumann" Set for Fall Release - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two month free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at copilot.money/macosken - 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

Legal Tussles and App Store Issues for Apple - MOSK: 07.20.2026 Jul 20, 2026

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- Bloomberg: Apple, DoJ in Early Settlement Talks Over Antitrust Suit - Apple Tells Former Employees to Keep Pertinent Data for ChatGPT Suit - SF City's Attorney Calls for Removal of "Nudify" Apps from Apple, Google App Stores - Report: Apps Hiding Gambling Rise in Apple's Brazilian App Store - Ann Arbor's Apple Briarwood Moving to Bigger Digs - Talk of A.I. Behind the Genius Bar - Apple TV Outs Trailer for UConn Huskies Doc - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two month free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at copilot.money/macosken - 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

Price tags, price targets, and Macstock - MOSK: 07.18.2026 Jul 18, 2026

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- Counterpoint: BOM on iPhone 18 Pro Max Going Up $300 - Apple Raises iPhone Prices in Japan - Apple Music Raises Prices - Apple Back to World's Most Valuable Company - HSCB Upgrades Apple on A.I. Excitement - Ken's Time at Macstock - Sponsored by OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MACOSKEN at oneskin.co/MACOSKEN #oneskinpod #sponsored - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - 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

An AAPL Note and Four More US TSMC Plants Planned - MOSK: 07.17.2026 Jul 17, 2026

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- Evercore Questions June-Q Hardware Revenue Due to Memory Crunch - TSMC Pledges More Money and Factories in US - Apple Launches Back-to-School Promo in Canada, Mexico, and US - A17 Pro iPad mini Hits Apple's Refurbished Store - Apple TV Announces August Return for "Stillwater" - A Question About Apple TV (X3) - LEGO Considering Official Bondi Blue iMac G3 Set - Sponsored by OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MACOSKEN at oneskin.co/MACOSKEN #oneskinpod #sponsored - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - 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 Intelligence is Headed to China - MOSK: 07.16.2026 Jul 16, 2026

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- Report: Alibaba Partnership Will Take Apple Intelligence to China - J.P. Morgan: China/Apple Intelligence News "Positive on Multiple Counts" - Apple Outlines Disallowed Advertisers in Apple Maps - Apple Launches Back-to-School Promos Across Asia - Apple Promos Tax Holidays in 10 US States - Cellular iPad Eligible for 36-Month Financing on Verizon, AT&T - AppleCare+ Prices Rise Slightly for New iPads and Macs - Apple TV Announces October Return for "Where's Wanda?" - MLS Is Back After World Cup Break - Sponsored by OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MACOSKEN at oneskin.co/MACOSKEN #oneskinpod #sponsored - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - 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

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