S1E282 - Essential Apple Podcast 282: Score one for the UK

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Bit late again with this one, sorry - Simon and Nick talk about the MBP M3s and is 8GB RAM enough, is it worth upgrading if you have an earlier M series, and a variety of other stuff (as they always do) including Nick’s NuKiand the UK bonus in ApplePay courtesy of the UK Banking's Open Banking API. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Get 2 months on the Kino Premium Plan with offer code KINOWITHJOHNNEMO Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Recorded 12th November 2023 On this week's show NICK RILEY Spligosh in the Slack Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube APPLE Steve Wozniak says he is ‘feeling good’ after being hospitalised in Mexico City — The Independent Apple Vision Pro 2 leak reveals what's coming next for Apple's headset — TechRadar Here's more proof that Apple is wrong about MacBook memory — Digital Trends M3 14-inch MacBook Pro teardown shows few internal changes in new models — AppleInsider Apple promises it doesn't increase product prices to offset the costs of its environmental goals — 9to5Mac M3 MacBook Pro vs M1: Worth upgrading? — 9to5Mac Forget the new M3 MacBook Pro — 3 Black Friday MacBook deals that are way cheaper — Laptop Mag What Else is New in iOS 17.2 Beta 2? — iDrop News Apple Wallet account balances now available for 10 UK banks — 9to5Mac WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS How to view Apple Notes attachments in small view in macOS Sonoma — AppleInsider 6 ways to customize your Mac's Menu Bar, and another to make it disappear — Popular Science NEMO’S HARDWARE STORE (1:09:15) Einova - Eggtronic Universal Ultra Fast Power Bank 63W – [$70 USD]((https://icuracao.com/default/einova-eggtronic-universal-ultra-fast-power-bank-63w-canvas.html) or unfortunatley currently £90 UKP where you can find it (not avallable via their store or Amazon UK atm) Pitaka MagEZ Slider 2 – about $130 USD, upto £185 UKP Essential Apple Recommended Services: All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers. Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J’s security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack <h4>You can follow us on:</h4> Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Soundcloud / Spotify / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.