Consistently Informative in a highly palatable format....

I try to listen to this podcast about a subject I really enjoy, but the audio quality makes it unlistenable at times. The hosts also talk over each other, like there is 2 or 3 separate conversations going on simultaneously.

I have tried to give this show a chance multiple times. Sometimes the experience is better, but the thing that drives me away is the serious lack of consistency in not only audio volume, but audio quality. One of the hosts (usually the one who’s starting the show) has a mic that sounds like a tin can and a string sat next to a wax cylinder recorder.

As a computer technician and an owner of a small support company, I can say, hands-down that this is one of the best podcasts on the subject of Mac. You guys do a great job researching, understanding, and then explaining the world of Mac. Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to all of you, May 2024 be the best for al..

Very interesting and informative. Hosts are fun and enjoy the episodes.

The English guests are a bit negative towards Apple’s efforts! And I’m English… Excellent show…love it when, Michael makes Roman and Jason giggle! :)

This show is bizarre. It’s clearly a podcast for people who like Apple… by people who clearly don’t like Apple. (Who is listening to a niche Apple podcast who isn’t a fan of Apple? I’m sure there’s an exception, but there’s no way the vast majority of the audience isn’t people who are fans of Apple.) There isn’t even a sense that they’re going to be positive about Apple products, either. If someone said something unabashedly positive it would be awkward, because everyone else is bashing whatever the focus of the day is. It feels like listening to kids hate on Apple. Even if someone wants to be positive, the peer pressure just won’t allow it. They seem to think it’s not cool to be positive about Apple. Also, the audio quality of the main host is strangely poor. I just… I don’t get it. 🤷🏼‍♂️

You all need to check your math: $49 x 5 =$245 … still less than macOS’s $299 price.

This is such a great podcast! Very insightful, but the audio quality could use some work. I’m not going to be a jerk about like some of these people, but it would make this podcast even better then it already is if you polished up the sound quality. Thank you all so much for everything you do to get this show to my AirPods every Wednesday! It is always the highlight of my week! Thank you!

It’s painful to listen to at times. Please, please fix this!

Great content and point of view but please help us out with the audio quality. Consistent volume, mixing would make this shine vs cringe

Please, please, please…..get several RE 20 Microphones……This will GREATLY improve how your podcast sounds……..Use Logic Pro and mix this….PLEASE

Why is there such a wide variation in voice volume and fidelity? For instance, Roman’s voice often tapers down to less than a whisper. Fidelity often sounds like a 1920’s hardwired handset.

I am in love with a protective angel skin that I bought in Amazon and it is very versatile and very easy to put on I have always had headaches to put the protector on my phone but this protector is extremely generous and extremely easy to apply I love it I am amazed of the beautiful and the beautiful and how quickly I placed it very well very well I had never seen this…. I love🙏🏼❤️

Good chemistry between the hosts and I like the diversity of analysis.

Guys, PLEASE get Michael Simon a good microphone and teach him how to speak into it!! He is, mostly, soft and too quiet to hear

This is a great podcast with great perspectives and discussion!

I love this this podcast it tells me everything about the world of apple and it says I am all caught up! That means I listen to it a LOT.

Can’t hear well, and the people on this Podcast are not knowledgeable about Apple. I hear them laughing and giggling like teenagers about non-sensical crap! So long Macworld

While I love the content and personalities on this podcast, I do not love the inconsistency of publishing the videos. Sometimes Wednesday, sometimes Tuesdays, some weeks are just taken off for no apparent reason. Then some podcasts are ridiculously short, like 15 minutes length. Then there’s volume issues in many of their microphones. Not sure what you’re using but it needs to be upgraded or just speak up. There’s a good skeleton on this podcast but it could be way better to compete with the big boys. And I say this from a place where I don’t sign onto the site anymore because of all the ads, this podcast and the headlines of the stories is the few interactions I have left with Macworld

Dear god, please improve your audio quality!

SPEAK UP!

To me it’s the giggling. Downright goofy giggling. This somehow poisons anything else they might have to say. I don’t download a 30 minute podcast to be hearing grown men giggle.

The quality of this podcast is getting worse each week. I’m on the verge of removing it from my listening list.

This podcast’s quality has gone down hill considerably since I began listening a bout two years ago. First - GET A BETTER SOUND SYSTEM. Acoustics are horrible. Second STOP babbling and laughing like high school students. When you get to the facts it’s great, but the presentation change you made recently is bad. Starting to look for other podcasts that cover Apple/Mac topics.

I have been listening to the show for years and feel like lately some individuals on the show have voiced their opinion or there thoughts a little to much. The show is to talk about Apple stuff. A few individuals as the show transitions from one subject to another are making unnecessary comments. Example: the recent podcast was starting to transition into the MacBook 💻 pro 16 inch. As the host was like “regarding the 16 inch MacBook Pro” a comment of “oh my God” and laughing was not necessary. Why would you conduct a show to be negative about the subjects that you are bringing to the table. I agree that there is room for comments and feedback about the good and bad of apple, but feel like there is more unnecessary comments are being made to Apple and others people that may call in. If the show doesn't stop with some of the unnecessary comments then I will unsubscribe and no longer listen. Thanks.

The Hosts need to understand that many customers don’t want a device listening to them all of the time, such as with Google and Amazon’s devices! I don’t feel that Apple is behind them, or inferior to them, because my privacy is very important to me! There is a trade-off for the efficiency of the competing services. Technology writers and Tech journalists should know and recognize that there is a balance between privacy and convenience. Do I realize that there are many people that are critical of Facebook and Google? Why do you think we are critical of them?

You guys have to fix the quality of the audio. I can hear the main host fine but all the other hosts fade in and out and break up. It’s terrible. Other than that it’s an awesome podcast. I love the format and all the hosts are great. Keep up the great work and please fix the quality of the audio for Petes sake.

Hard to hear when several people are talking into the same mic at varying distances. One is norm the rest are distant. It's either that or they are not talking directly at the mic.

Used to be good. Now it’s pretty bad. The producer used to add next to nothing to the show commentary, but at least it sounded good at the time.

I use this show as a pallet cleanser for all the different tech podcasts I listen too. Nothing special about it, and kind of bland, but it serves its purpose. However, editing has gotten terrible. Ever since they stopped doing live video posts, it’s gone down hill. What’s with the random 2 second guitar music in between sections? It’s so bad. Quality seems to have gone down too since they stopped doing live streams. I’m not mad about the live streams, I’ve only ever listened to this via podcast, but still, quality has gone way down. A lot of people are complaining in the reviews, and it doesn’t seem like they are taking any user consideration or making any attempt to make it better. Also, a lot of this podcast is basically complaining about Apple, and everything they are doing wrong, or all the stupid decisions they are making. I can get behind those conversations if they are thoughtfully planned out, but most of their complaints are incredibly stupid. A lot of their opinions on what would make Apple more successful as a business are laughable at best. Like three old white guys doing a podcast know how to run a billion dollar company better then the people running it. They do have some interesting conversations, I just feel these tech bloggers and incredibly out of touch with the real world and what can realistically be expected from Apple. Someone else mentioned that it was annoying there was an host who was an Android fan boy in disguise, and I second that. Also their “two minute tips” would be helpful to a user not great with technology, but are incredibly obvious to the people that would actually listen to a tech podcast. Makes me feel like they think we’re dumb. That’s not exclusive to the two minute tips though, they all sound entitled a lot. That all being said, it’s not a bad podcast per say. They cover current events, and I guess that’s all you really want at the end of the day. It serves its purpose, but there is a lot of room for improvement.

What is it the like thing?? It seems sometimes every Three words spoken is the “like”. An example—I was LIKE in a hurry. Instead of I was in a hurry. Sometimes I just listen for the likes and count versus listening tho the topic.

I love the show. However, the sound quality has gotten so bad that I can’t listen to it in my car or on my headphones. Voices get too loud and sometimes too soft; there needs to be better a quality check to fix this.

This show used to be pretty good, fluid, and exciting. But ever since they decided to give it a new format, with only audio, and divided by segments, it has become trash. Roman’s audio is aweful, the music transitions are just terrible, with inadequate volume. In general, the editing is simply terrible, almost amateurish. I get that they didn’t want to continue to do the video part, but they could have just continued to make the audio podcast as it was, minus the ‘live’ part. I even miss Dan Mase...What’sHisFace (the producer). Such a shame.

It’s ironic, but the Macworld podcast is one of the most anti-Apple podcasts. Worse, so much if it is ill informed, snarky comments. It’s no wonder the magazine has failed and the website is struggling, why would any Apple enthusiast listen to you or read your stuff? I know you’ve struggled to get hosts, but you need a new crew modeled in the mold of Jason Snell, who can discuss Apple weaknesses in an informed way and from an enthusiast’s perspective.

They should be edited to about a tenth of the length. Make your points as reporters and get out of the way.

I have listened for several years now, but this podcast is becoming insufferable at times. Sorry, but Roman comes off as clueless and needs to stop saying “So” after every sentence or thought. So irritating. Leif is okay but needs to stop telling us how poor he is. You’re living in San Francisco, for God’s sake! What do you expect? Otherwise, he provides useful insights and I enjoy his reviews. Both Dan and the other guy (can’t think of his name) make great show contributions. Dan should do the hosting. If the current host would tighten things up a bit, the show would be very listenable.

Great show. Enjoy downloading each week’s podcast to hear new Apple news. Very detailed, knowledgeable staff sound out new news about everything Apple.

Macworld needs to go back to streaming live on Facebook where the other 597 live videos are. Because Macworld still puts post on their. It looks better and it’s easier to use and get to and the comments don’t disappear.

Mediocre Apple coverages with lots undercover Android fan boys and gals complaining how Apple services doesn’t work on their devices. Puzzling concept of a show. Oh lots of entitled complimenting and bragging… I guess that’s the funny part of the show.

The Macworld Podcast used to be a great place to get news and views from the Apple ecosystem. However, it seems that with the loss of Glenn Fleishman, Jason Snell, etc., it has declined. Currently it is headed by Roman Loyola, and he the other participants do discuss Apple news and products. Unfortunately, they then tell us how that these products miss the mark, how Google, Android, Amazon, etc., are better, and inform us that Apple gets everything wrong. This is not what I want to hear from an Apple-centric podcast. Fair criticism is fine, but these guys are becoming material for the Macalope’s articles. It would be great if Roman could get some actual Apple enthusiasts as guests, people who are actually fully knowledgeable about Apple’s products.

Since the hosts changed back in 2017 I haven’t found it very informative or helpful. More “why doesn’t Apple do what Android and Amazon are sound?”

Went from a great resource to a marginally listenable mess with the change of hosts some time ago. It's kinda wierd for a podcast called Macworld to spend so much time comparing Android hardware. Too bad. Unsubscribed.

The worst of the Apple-related podcasts. Can be silly and almost morning show-like in tone — Kathy Gifford, anyone? What's more, why are there several self-professed "Android guys" on a show called Macworld? And don't accuse me of being an Apple fanboy. That's not the point. If I tune into a Star Wars show, I don't expect to hear a ton of Star Trek news. Boo!

Terrible chemistry and they don't bother to even research what they are talking about. For instance, rather than try the commands used in the new Siri commercial with The Rock (which do all work in real life), they sit around speculating on whether the commands would actually work based on their biased and flawed feeling that Siri is supposed to be worse than that (and Alexa and Google). If this represents the level of journalism at Macworld these days, then I'm no longer listening to this podcast or reading their articles. Update: the coverage of the Apple Watch Series 3 was the worst form of second hand, fear mongering, and arm chair quarterbacking with absolutely NO UNDERSTANDING of the real issue that only two reviewers out of 20 encountered. Evidently Apple agrees these guys are idiots and didn’t even offer them a journalist review unit. What a sad fall. Avoid these pathetic losers at all costs if you value journalistic values or any sort of factual based reporting... or even entertainment. What a shame.

Macworld Podcast was the first podcast I subscribed to back around 2003 when Cyrus Farivar was the host. It has always been one of my favorites. Unlike other reviewers here I really liked the more recent hosts including Suzy Ochs, Serenity Caldwell, Chris Breen and Glenn Fleichman, despite their sometimes annoying verbal habits. (Glenn, finish a sentence, my friend!) But now I'm not sure I can tolerate it. It feels as if some kids broke into the podcave one night and made spoof episodes. I counted the word "like" being spoken 28 times in 90 seconds, as in "It's just like, you know... hahaha... yeah... I mean, like yeah." In fact, that exact quote is in every episode at least twice like some sort of Easter egg homage to the original valley girl. I miss the days of "iPhone, iPod, iPad, Mac and Apple News and Views here on the Macworld Podcast".

I have been listening to this podcast since it started in 2005 and this new incarnation is just not working for me. The new hosts just do not have the authority that previous hosts had. It's like I'm listening to Macworld TMZ. Definately unsubscribing from this one, very sad.

I've tried to give this version of the podcast a chance but really not liking it. I've been listening to the podcast since 2005 & this is by far is the lineup I've liked the least. Too much snark & uninformed conjecture. I really loved the version when Jason Snell was on it.

So far, the new incarnation of the podcast is a useless and dull chat session of too many people providing opinion and rumor speculation. Glenn may have been prone to meandering digressions, but at least he provided useful information. You guys produce a magazine that helps people do things with their Apple devices. How about showcasing some of that and sharing some useful tips and ideas?

I miss some of the previous hosts. I just cannot listen to the arrogance of the know-it-all, name-dropping, interrupting, Glenn.