Panel:

• Bart Busschots (host) - @bbusschots
• Nick Riley - @spligosh
• Gazmaz from the My Mac Podcast - @gazmaz
• Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast - @podfeet

The show starts with a quick look at some interesting numbers and a quick review of the month's legal news before getting stuck into the six main stories of the month: the XcodeGhost malware, the September keynote, the release of iOS 9, Watch OS 2, & Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, and Apple's new human-friendly privacy policy. The show finishes with a quick rundown of some other shorter stories that made the news in September.

You'll find detailed show notes below the fold, and if you enjoy this free show, please consider clicking on the donate button at the top of the left side bar - the show is free for you to listen to, but not for Bart to Produce!

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Noteable Numbers

• iOS 9 adoption hits 50% in less than a week - www.macobserver.com/...
• 451 Research find 87% satisfaction rating for Apple Watch - www.macobserver.com/...
• Adobe study finds that Apple already dominate the "TV Everywhere" market, with 67% - fortune.com/...

Legal Latest

• Apple reaches settlement with LA Schools district over failed iPad program - Apple will pay $4.2M to the School district (and Lenovo $2.2M) - arstechnica.com/...
• US Appeals Court finds that Apple were wrongly denied an injunction against Samsung, the case is returned to the lower court - www.imore.com/...
• Apple appeals eBook Anti-trust case to US Supreme Court - www.imore.com/...

Main Stories

1. Xcode Ghost - tidbits.com/...
   • Apple's official XCodeGhost Page - www.apple.com/...
   • Apple begin hosting official Xcode download servers in China - www.macobserver.com/...
   • Now blocked by XProtect on OS X - www.intego.com/...
2. Keynote - daringfireball.net/...
   • iPhone 6S/ iPhone 6SPlus - www.macobserver.com/... & arstechnica.com/...
     • Base model still only has 16GB, despite criticisms of that size for some time - e.g. david-smith.org/...
     • 3D Touch will work with screen protectors - www.imore.com/...
     • despite what the internet says, not actually water proof - www.macrumors.com/...
     • Over 13M sold in first 3 days - www.imore.com/...
   • iPad Pro - www.macobserver.com/...
     • iPad Pro -v- Microsoft Surface 3 - www.wired.com/...
     • Apple Pencil -v- Wacom Cintiq - www.lindadong.com/... & www.cultofmac.com/...
   • New Apple TV - www.macobserver.com/... & arstechnica.com/...
     • supports 3rd party controllers - www.cnet.com/...
     • VLC Media Player will be coming to the new Apple TV - www.imore.com/...
     • RELATED - Amazon remove Apple TV & Google ChromeCast from their store and market place - www.macobserver.com/...
   • iPad Mini gets quietly updated - www.imore.com/...
   • Apple quietly lowers iCloud pricing - tidbits.com/...
3. iOS 9 - www.imore.com/...
   • Works as far back as the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 - arstechnica.com/... & arstechnica.com/...
   • Content blockers - www.macobserver.com/...
     • The Peace Fiasco - www.marco.org/...&utmcontent=FeedBurner&utmmedium=referral&utm_source=loopinsight.com)
     • Apple propels an Ad-Blocking Cottage Industry - www.wsj.com/...
   • App Thinning - www.imore.com/...
   • Apple change how Enterprise apps are installed, closing a loophole exploited by malware - www.imore.com/...
4. WatchOS 2 - www.imore.com/... & www.imore.com/...
5. OS X El Capitan released
   • Apple's list of new features - www.apple.com/...
   • Detailed review from Ars Technica - arstechnica.com/...
   • Overview of security features - www.intego.com/...
   • Instructions for making an El Capitain boot drive - arstechnica.com/...
   • Office 2016 seems to have problems with El Capitain - www.imore.com/...
6. Apple re-vamp their privacy policy - social.techcrunch.com/...

Quick Stories

• Former Boeing CFO James Bell joins Apple's Board - www.imore.com/...
• Apple Music Launches in China - www.macobserver.com/...
• Apple Q4 earnings call will be on October 27 - www.imore.com/...