Mac and iPad price hikes hit hard

This week, with special guest Mikah Sargent: Apple’s big price hikes hit hard, what iOS will look like on the folding iPhone, changes in iOS 27 beta 2, what to do if you’re stuck on Siri AI waitlist, and all about how you can podcast and livestream from a Mac.Watch this episode on YouTubeSend us a text with comments, questions, feedback or a video to play on the show: [email protected]:The Cult of Mac Today and Weekender newsletters. Cult of Mac Today is a rundown of the top daily news, plus reviews and how-tos, with commentary by Leander himself. And the Weekender is an easy-to-digest roundup of the week’s top stories. Sign up at newsletters.cultofmac.com.Links:Ouch: Apple’s Mac and iPad price hikes are brutalFrom the MacBook Neo to MacBook Pro to Vision Pro, Apple is raising prices across the board as soaring memory costs squeeze its margins.Check out the best Amazon Prime Day deals on our favorite Apple gearResizable iPhone apps show what the folding iPhone will be likeNow that you can resize iPhone Mirroring to any arbitrary size, you can stretch the screen to the dimensions of Apple’s folding iPhone.Extra Ordinary: Hidden In Plain Sight—A History of iOS Foreshadowing iPhoneiOS 27 beta 2: All the new features and changesiOS 27 beta 2 introduces several hidden changes, including smarter HomeKit camera notifications, Write with Siri, and other quality-of-life improvements.Hack to skip the Siri AI waitlist no longer works — but there may be another wayThe hack that some Mac users were using to try out the new Siri AI, skipping the waitlist, no longer works — but there may be a new way.How to file Apple bug reports (and why you should do it ASAP)Podcasting and live-streaming from a MacDell UltraSharp U2719D DisplayElgato Prompter DisplaySony ZVE10 II mirrorless cameraElgato Stream Deck MK.2Heil PR 40 microphoneSound Devices MixPre-3 II Audio InterfaceEcamm for MacRestreamAudio HijackHazelTextExpanderKeyboard Maestro