iTunes Match is a clever service for people who have huge music collections they want to sync to multiple devices. Apple Music is a fun streaming service for people who don’t want to manage big collections of their own. iCloud Music Library is a confusing bridge between those scenarios, helping you combine your own iTunes library with Apple’s streaming catalog, and now it’s going to match your owned tracks more intelligently, which should help avoid problems where songs are replaced with the wrong versions. You know, ideally. Kirk breaks it all down here, and on the podcast, Glenn and Susie discuss whether this fixes the whole confusing mess or what.
Elsewhere, Pokémon Go is making a real difference for kids in tough situations, even after barely two weeks of its existence. Susie thinks iOS 10’s learn-to-code iPad app Swift Playgrounds is gonna be huge. Ransomware hackers are focusing on customer service, of all things. And if your iPad or iPhone keeps pausing when you’re watching Real Housewives, someone found a fix, one simple trick if you will. (Spoiler: Turn off “Hey Siri.”)
Show notes
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The beginner’s guide to Pokémon Go: A FAQ on how to catch ’em all by Sarah Jacobbson Purewal
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How to dominate Pokémon Go without spending money by Andrew Hayward
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Harborview uses ‘Pokémon Go’ in patient recovery by Patricia Madej for the Seattle Times
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Meet Swift Playgrounds, the learn-to-code iPad app that feels like a puzzle game by Susie Ochs
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How Apple could improve Family Sharing by Jason Snell
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iCloud team reportedly plagued by infighting as Apple struggles to build new cloud infrastructure by Neil Hughes for AppleInsider
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Apple improves iCloud Music Library matching, ditches copy-protected matched files for Apple Music users by Kirk McElhearn
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Why these online criminals actually care about your convenience by Melissa at F-Secure
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Author: Susie Ochs, Contributor
Susie has been covering Apple since 2006, and when she isn't glued to her MacBook Air and iPhone, you can find her building sand castles at the beach or snowboarding in the mountains.