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Mark Gurman, Bloomberg, in a report about next week’s event:

The new iPhone line will be Apple’s most important product launch of the year and follows the release of new Apple Watches earlier this month. The company is also preparing to announce its first Apple-branded over-ear headphones and a smaller version of the HomePod speaker as early as this month. The first Mac laptop with Apple’s own processor, among other products, will emerge at another launch in November.

This is an incredible amount of information from a Chinese leaker who has a fairly reliable source.

In the blink of an eye, another round of Rickies is here, this time for Apple’s October event.

On Connected Pro, we spoke about the end of Slack and what the show title could have been.

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This week on Liftoff, Jason Snell and I are joined by Dr. Katie Mack to discuss her book The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking).

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The typeface almost everyone loves to hate.

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— Stephen Hackett (@ismh) October 6, 2020

Apple’s next event is locked for a week from today, on October 13. According to Mark Gurman, 5G iPhones with squared-off sides and Lidar scanners are set to be the start of the show.

Apple Support:

Are you wondering whether your application is running with Rosetta or not? It’s easy to figure out if you have a Universal version of an application. Here’s how:

1. In the Finder, click once on the application icon, so it’s highlighted.
2. From the File menu, choose Get Info.
3. Find the section labelled General and toggle the triangle, if necessary, to open this section.
4. On the Kind line, Universal applications appear as “Application (Universal)”.

If your application is Universal but you want it to run with Rosetta, note that there is a checkbox that says “Open using Rosetta”. This can be useful if your Universal application uses plugins that have not yet been released in a Universal format.

Mark Gurman:

Apple Inc. has stopped selling headphones and wireless speakers from rivals including Sonos Inc., Bose Corp. and Logitech International SA as the company gears up to launch its own new audio products.

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The moves come as Apple develops multiple new products to expand on its audio strategy. The first Apple-branded over-ear headphones could be announced as early as this year, Bloomberg has reported. The company has also been working on a smaller version of its HomePod smart speaker.

I think next week is going to be fun, unless you’re Sonos.

Earlier today, we wrapped up Relay FM’s annual fundraiser for St. Jude. This yeah’s campaign was a massive success, raising $456,000 for the hospital. This is $141,000 more than last year, which is a mind-blowing. Thank you to everyone who donated, as well as the Relay folks who took part, and the guys at ATP and John at Daring Fireball for helping share the campaign with their audiences. I love that the wider Apple community joins us each year, and I can’t wait to see what we can achieve in 2021.

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This week on MPU:

Liana Lehua joins in this week to share the best workflows and gear for improving video conferencing and home audio and video. Liana and David also discuss business apps, widgets, and revisit the iPad vs. MacBook question.

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