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FaceTime has a huge security bug. Apple announced its Q1 2019 financials. What’s new in the public betas of iOS 12 and macOS Mojave? Could an Apple gaming service succeed? We also respond to your comments and questions for Jason Cross, Leif Johnson, Roman Loyola, and Dan Masaoka in the Macworld Podcast, episode 638.

Apple’s holiday quarter of calendar-year 2018 was, by most measures, incredibly successful. Revenue of $84.3 billion, $20 billion of that profit. The second largest quarter in Apple history. And yet, the fact is, Apple’s holiday quarter was down five percent from the previous-year’s holiday quarter, and iPhone revenue dropped 15 percent year-over-year. And when the iPhone is hurting, Apple is hurting.

You can now play Fortnite on your iPhone with a MFi (Made for iOS) controller such as the SteelSeries Nimbus or the SteelSeries Stratus XL, and that’s a pretty big deal. The standard touch controls worked well enough when you were playing against other iPhone players, but they made you a walking target when you joined friends who were playing on the Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, or PC. True controller support, though, gives you a fighting chance.

Updated 01/29/19: Apple has not yet officially announced any events for 2019, but we have updated this article with our current best estimates.

FaceTime has a huge security bug. Apple announced its Q1 2019 financials. What’s new in the public betas of iOS 12 and macOS Mojave? Could an Apple gaming service succeed? We also respond to your comments and questions for Jason Cross, Leif Johnson, Roman Loyola, and Dan Masaoka in the Macworld Podcast, episode 638.