Every day is beautiful in the Mac world, but now and then storms gather in the iCloud. Let this podcast be your umbrella, and I promise to stop with the strained weather analogies. This week Glenn and Susie discuss/kvetch about the confusion over the collision of Apple Music, iCloud Music Library, and iTunes Match. Because it’s still pretty confusing.
Glenn also updated us on a couple very scary-sounding vulnerabilities that could affect Macs. Security research is good and necessary, and you shouldn’t be too freaked out—Glenn can explain why. There’s other news too, like Apple denying Business Insider’s report that it was starting an MVNO, and another rumor about Siri transcribing your voicemail someday.
Show notes
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Update: Apple denies testing its own mobile service plan in the U.S. and Europe by Oscar Raymundo
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Apple may add voicemail transcription to Siri’s abilities by Caitlin McGarry
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Macs can be remotely infected with firmware malware that remains after reformatting by Darlene Storm
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Bug in latest version of OS X gives attackers unfettered root privileges by Dan Goodin for Ars Technica
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Private I: El Capitan’s System Integrity Protection will shift utilities’ functions by Glenn Fleishman
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Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It by Andy Greenberg, for Wired
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After Jeep Hack, Chrysler Recalls 1.4M Vehicles for Bug Fix by Andy Greenberg, for Wired
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Apple Music is a nightmare and I’m done with it by Jim Dalrymple at The Loop
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I got my music back. At least most of it. by Jim Dalrymple at The Loop
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Yes, iCloud Music Library has metadata-matching issues, but you don’t need to panic by Serenity Caldwell at iMore
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Apple Music Matches Files with Metadata Only, not Acoustic Fingerprinting by Kirk McElhearn at Kirkville
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How iTunes Match and Apple Music work together by Kirk McElhearn
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How to photograph the moon by Dave Johnson
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