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Lees meerApple’s first metallic silver laptop set the company on a path that it’s been on for two decades and counting, but it also proved that the company still had a lot to learn.…
Lees meerSteven Aquino, writing at Forbes: Apple on Thursday marked International Day of Persons with Disabilities with a slew of accessibility-centric announcements, spanning the company’s website and social media outposts. First is a redesign of the c…
Lees meerZack Sharf, writing at IndieWire: Warner Bros. Pictures Group has announced its entire 2021 film slate will open via a “distribution model in which Warner Bros. will continue to exhibit the films theatrically worldwide, while adding an exclusive …
Lees meerApple: The new App Store Small Business Program is designed to accelerate innovation and help propel your small business forward with the next generation of groundbreaking apps on the App Store. It features a reduced commission rate of 15% on pai…
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Lees meerWhen Apple announced the M1 processor, it highlighted the possibility of virtualizing Linux but remained coy about Windows. One of the great advantages of using Intel processors on the Mac is that Windows is also built for Intel processors. Even in …
Lees meerThis week, Apple added several machines to its list of vintage models: iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013) iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014) iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015) If you aren’t familiar w…
Lees meerHere’s a detailed post by Erik Engheim that breaks down how Apple’s M1 chip is structured and compares it with other PC chips: In Unified memory the GPU cores and CPU cores can access memory at the same time. Thus in this case there is no overhea…
Lees meerIn a surprise move, Amazon has jumped into the hosted Mac world, adding Mac minis to its EC2 service. As TechCrunch reports: The target audience here — and the only one AWS is targeting for now — is developers who want cloud-based build and testi…
Lees meerThis week Jason embraces the iPhone 12 mini and then reboots his complaints about Apple’s focus on Mac security leading to bad user-experience issues. Then we consider the future, as we interpret early reports about new Apple Watch, iPad, and MacBoo…
Lees meerImagine a slideshow of images of every portable Mac Apple has made, displayed in chronological order. It starts with the Macintosh Portable and ends with two M1 MacBooks. For a while, the slides are of chunky plastic laptops in light gray, dark gray…
Lees meerOne of my only opportunities for solace these days is taking walks. I try to get outside every day, not just to close the rings on my Apple Watch, but also because I need a break from staring at screens. My AirPods Pro have become my constant compan…
Lees meerThis is an M1 Mac show now.…
Lees meerSmart home automations, creativity in the time of pandemic, our Black Friday habits, and the impact of the latest improvements to Shortcuts.…
Lees meerIf there’s a single disappointment in the release of Apple’s first wave of M1 Macs, it’s the lackluster launch of iOS apps running inside of macOS. What should be an amazing unification of Apple’s platforms and a massive expansion of the Mac softwar…
Lees meerI love Rogue Amoeba’s audio apps and rely on them every day. Audio Hijack is the best. Loopback is a vital tool when I’m streaming video live. This year, though, Apple made some major changes to how audio on macOS is handled, and that required major…
Lees meerMyke and Jason have spent a week running Big Sur on M1 Macs and are here to report back on what the future feels like. Also, HBO Max gives up and plans a streaming release of “Wonder Woman 1984” so everyone but Myke can see it, and Apple pulls a PR …
Lees meerArs Technica’s Jon Brodkin: Comcast’s 1.2TB monthly data cap is coming to 12 more states and the District of Columbia starting January 2021. The unpopular policy was already enforced in most of Comcast’s 39-state US territory over the past few ye…
Lees meerThe M1 Macs have arrived. The benchmarks are in. And what we’ve seen is nothing less than mind-blowing performance from Apple’s own silicon, compared to the Intel chips that came before. But this, as we know, is just the beginning. The M1 is only th…
Lees meerSamuel Axon has a really nice interview with three Apple execs about the M1 processor. Here’s Craig Federighi: The M1 is essentially a superset, if you want to think of it relative to A14. Because as we set out to build a Mac chip, there were man…
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