The holidays are nearly upon us and that means it's time to prepare and plan out your get-togethers. Rosemary Orchard and Mikah Sargent share some of the best apps to use to help your holidays run smoothly and charmingly.

• Reminders
• Notes
• Apple Maps
• Find My
• Glympse -Share your location
• Elfster: The Secret Santa App
• Polls for iMessage
• Numbers
• Paprika Recipe Manager 3
• Parcel - Delivery Tracking

News

• Emergency SOS via satellite available today on iPhone 14 lineup
• Apple to restrict 'Everyone' option in AirDrop to 10 minutes in China with iOS 16.1.1
• AirPods 2 drop below $90 again before Black Friday
• Apple is pushing a rare discount on Macs for small businesses
• Black Friday might be your last best chance to buy a Mac before prices skyrocket

Shortcuts Corner

• Rosemary shows off some holiday HomeKit automations
• Chris shares a Shortcut they created to manage podcast downloads.

Feedback & Questions

• Tanya shares an app to help manage podcast downloads and streaming: Pocket Casts.
• Travis shares another app to help manage podcast downloads: iCatcher.
• Chris shares a recently discovered feature on Apple TV: Activating the App Switcher.

App Caps

• Rosemary's App Cap: Redirect Web for Safari
• Mikah's App Cap: Mem

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

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