Jason Snell of Six Colors got a sneak peek at the new Macs announced at yesterday’s Scary Fast Apple event. A lot of specs were thrown around by the company yesterday, but a software feature called Dynamic Caching really stood out because it’s clear…
Lees meerJess Weatherbed writing for The Verge: Behind-the-scenes footage of Apple’s Monday evening Scary Fast event reveals how it was filmed using an iPhone 15 Pro Max… with the aid of a full suite of professional recording equipment and studio lighting. S…
Lees meerThis week on AppStories, I was joined by Relay FM’s Stephen Hackett for a recap and thoughts on Apple’s Scary Fast event, which was recorded live in the Club MacStories+ Discord. Sponsored by: Notion – Do your most efficient work with Notion AI. Try…
Lees meerApple’s presentation moved fast this evening, and since the event concluded, more details have emerged about everything announced. We’ve been combing Apple’s product pages, social media, and other sources to learn more about everything announced, wh…
Lees meerToday’s Scary Fast online Apple event was packed with facts, figures, and statistics throughout the presentation and elsewhere. We’ve pulled together the highlights. M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max Chips These are the first chips built on a 3-nanometer proce…
Lees meerSource: Apple. One of the things I’ve enjoyed about the rollout of Apple silicon Macs is that the old rules don’t apply, and the new ones are still being written. The cadence of releases is still settling in, and today, in the face of speculation th…
Lees meerThe new iMac. Just over two years ago, I spent the summer with a 24” M1 iMac on my desk and loved it. The elegant simplicity of an all-in-one Mac with just a couple of cables trailing off the back side of the computer is wonderful. The all-in-one de…
Lees meerSpooky Ternus. At this evening’s ‘Scary Fast’ Apple event, the company announced the new generation of M3 chips – M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max – that will power three new models of MacBook Pro and the updated iMac, which is getting a refresh for the first…
Lees meerIf you didn’t follow the livestream of today’s ‘Scary Fast’ Apple event, you can replay it on Apple’s Events site or YouTube. The keynote video can be streamed here and on the Apple TV using the TV app. A high-quality version will also be available …
Lees meerIt’s been years since I took a serious run at handwritten notes on the iPad. However, that changed with my recent experiments with the Boox Tab Ultra, which led me back to the benefits of jotting down handwritten notes as a quick capture system whil…
Lees meerGetting OS updates installed on end user devices should be easy. After all, it’s one of the simplest yet most impactful ways that every employee can practice good security. On top of that, every MDM solution promises that it will automate the proce…
Lees meer0:0019:19 This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and I discuss the Ecobee HomeKit doorbell, an obscure USB-C adapter Federico discovered, and BBQ. Plus, with my Internet out for part of the week, we learn that my Internet service Plan B is rather …
Lees meerIn my watchOS 9 Review last year, I spent the introduction reminiscing on the more exciting days of watchOS yore. Those early years were full of whimsy and foolishness, with many wild and ambitious new features that failed far more often than they s…
Lees meerThe first developer beta of iOS 17.2 was released earlier today, and among a variety of new features (I’ve been sharing some of the highlights on my Mastodon), there’s the highly anticipated expansion of Tapbacks with custom sticker reactions. The p…
Lees meerJennifer Pattison Tuohy, writing for The Verge on the latest update to Matter, the interoperable home automation standard: Matter — the IOT connectivity standard with ambitions to fix the smart home and make all of our gadgets talk to each other — h…
Lees meeriOS 17.1. Today, Apple released iOS and iPadOS 17.1 – the first major updates to the operating systems that launched (and I reviewed) in September. I’ll cut to the chase: these are not big updates and don’t come with new emoji. Instead, iOS and iPad…
Lees meerToday, Shazam introduced a dedicated Concerts section in its music discovery app that lets you explore upcoming shows that are recommended based on your Shazam history. Users can look at all recommended shows or narrow recommendations to those that …
Lees meerAs Club MacStories members know, I’ve been spending time the past few weeks decluttering my digital life and setting up systems so it’s harder for things to come undone again. One of my strategies to make life easier for ‘future me’ is to minimize t…
Lees meerApple has announced an event will be held on Monday, October 30th, at 5:00 pm Pacific time. There’s no indication of what might be announced, but the announcement does include the obtuse teaser ‘Scary Fast’ in the email invitation that was sent to t…
Lees meerThis week on AppStories, we cover the web apps we use and why they’re sometimes preferable to native apps. Sponsored by: CleanMyMac X – Your Mac. As good as new. Get 5% off today. Electric – Unbury yourself from IT tasks. Get a free pair of Beats So…
Lees meerSource: Texts. Today, Automattic acquired Texts, a startup that’s been building a one-stop destination for managing your many chat and messaging apps in one place. Automattic, which runs blogging platform WordPress.com and Tumblr, has been acquiring…
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