Your hot takes on macOS Catalina, iOS 13, AirPods, and more

On this episode of the Macworld Podcast, it’s all about your hot takes. We’ll respond to your thoughts on macOS Catalina, iOS 13, Apple’s AirPods, and more.

This is episode 672 with Leif Johnson, Roman Loyola, and Michael Simon.

Listen to episode 672

Giveaway: iPhone 11 Pro Max and a copy of AnyTrans

Before we jump into the main topics of the podcast, we have a giveaway to talk about! Macworld has teamed up with AnyTrans—the iPhone manager that helps users transfer, manage, and back up their iPhone content from one place—to give away a free 64GB space gray iPhone 11 Pro Max to one lucky Macworld reader, along with a lifetime license of AnyTrans.

The giveaway ended, and the winner is Edward H.! Congratulations! We will contact Edward to make arrangements to get him the new iPhone and AnyTrans lifetime license.

Your hot takes

In this special edition of the show, we feature your hot takes from the Macworld social media feeds. The hot takes are your reactions to Macworld stories and other happenings in the world of Apple. We’ll share what you wrote, and we will offer our thoughts.

Sound good? Here we go!

Find My: from Frank Piccolo

macOS Catalina: from @Rafalko81

macOS Catalina: from @SugarGliderDude

iOS 13 updates: from Sam Barber, Marty McBride, Mel Temple, and Sandeep Roy

AirPods: from Geoff Emery

AirPods: from @cjina2

AirPods: from @iPhotoTheWorld

Mac Pro: from Peter Windle and Derek J. Fisher

iMac Fusion Drive: from John Varga

Google’s new products

Get more information about the products Google announced at its recent event.

• Google Pixel 4: The 5 things you really need to know (PCWorld)

• Google Pixel 4 hands-on: Once again, it’s about features, not design (PCWorld)

• The Pixel 4 has the same problem as the Pixel 3: It’s too expensive (PCWorld)

• Google Nest Mini arrives with same design as Home Mini, better sound, and a wall mount (TechHive)

• Google takes a second stab at Pixel Buds with a true wireless design (PCWorld)

• Pixel envy: Apple needs to rethink the entire Siri experience

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