There's a lot happening in Apple land right now. Mac mini prices just went up, a Siri class action settlement might land in your inbox soon, and a fresh iOS 27 rumor has some good news for anyone who'd rather talk to Claude than ChatGPT. Tom and Jeff break it all down.

In this episode:

• Apple Notes tips: how search really works, Smart Folders, and ProNotes — a free plugin that brings markdown and slash commands to the Notes app
• Mac mini's base model is gone — the entry price jumps to $799, and Tim Cook says supply constraints won't recover for several months
• Apple Education Store now requires UNiDAYS verification, and Apple Watch just joined the discount program
• iOS 27 rumor: you may soon choose Claude or Gemini as your Apple Intelligence AI instead of ChatGPT
• Apple's $250M Siri lawsuit settlement — if you own an iPhone 15 Pro or 16 series, you might be owed $25–$95
• M5 MacBook Air first impressions: Jeff's testing one alongside his MacBook Pro — and Tom's university just ordered 100 of them

Links from the show:

• Apple Notes: Four Tips That Make Finding Things Effortless
• Four Fast Ways to Capture to Apple Notes
• ProNotes (free Apple Notes plugin)
• Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
• Playworld by Adam Ross

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