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Post-Wonderlust Presentation: Is It Time to Update Your Mac Stuff?

Apple had their Fall event last Tuesday and introduced the new iPhone 15 and updated AppleWatch. If you didn’t get a chance to watch the 82-minute event, the folks at the Verge did a great 17-minute version. Enjoy. So, is it time to upgrade or wait until a later product cycle? It’s good to remember that there might be another event/product announcement in October for iPads, but that guess is…

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308 We Want a Lego Apple Store Kit - With Guest Guy Serle, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest Guy Serle, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig. We talk to Ben about his new iPhone 15 Pro Max purchase and why Apple automatically transfers the phone number before its completed setup. Can email be the best social network? We talk about if email newsletters and blogs are a better option.There are so many Apple Pencil versions now we discuss the differences and doesn't give us easier choices, Jeff wants a Lego Apple Store kit and more. 

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Beta this week. Still no beta release iOS 17.5.1 is the current version. 

Ben buys an iPhone 15 Pro Max and has a bit of a challenge when he receives it. 

Ben’s New iPhone accessories links below:

ESR Find My Magsafe Wallet

ESR Case

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Screen Protectors

Is email the best social network? We discussed if it's possible. 

Email Is Now the Best Social Network 

We have a discussion on Apple News and why it's grown so much. 

Apple News+ subscriptions growing 4x faster than major publishers, says report - 9to5Mac

We explore the complicated Apple Pencil Differences Apple Pencil

Apple Pencil Pro Unveiled With New Squeeze Gesture, Haptic Feedback, Find My, and More

Here's the Apple Pencil Lineup With New Pro Model

Apple Pencil Buyer's Guide: Which Model Should You Choose

News

Jeff wants this, you know he does! ! Ever dream of a LEGO Apple Store? This fan built one - 9to5Mac Lego Ideas Apple Store

Apple Says Future iPads Could Feature Landscape Apple Logo 

T-Mobile Announces UScellular Acquisition, Promises Improved Connectivity in Rural Areas - MacRumors

CARROT Weather Gains Updated Design With Garden Layout and More - MacRumors

Halide Developers Launch New 'Kino' Pro Video Camera App for iPhone 

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Pre-Chat: Artificial Emotional Intelligence

Mike and Ting talk about the Inside Out 2 teaser trailer, the Humane Ai Pin and buying an Apple Watch.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Baldur's Gate 3.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club

Show Notes:

Pre-Chat

Inside Out 2 | Teaser Trailer (YouTube)

Inside Out (2015) - IMDb

Rule 34 - Wikipedia

How to Tell Whether You've Got Angst, Ennui, or Weltschmerz

Loving-Kindness Meditation | Practice | Greater Good in Action

This is the Humane Ai Pin (YouTube)

Her (2013) - Crowd scene (YouTube)

Jony Ive and OpenAI are planning the ‘iPhone’ of AI - The Verge

SoftBank paid WeWork lenders almost $1.5bn before bankruptcy filing

Millennials: It's ok to mourn the death of social media

YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers globally

It's Patty, chump! (YouTube)

Apple Watch Series 9 vs. Ultra 2 Buyer's Guide: 25 Differences Compared - MacRumors

Affordable Art Fair Singapore

Anchoring effect - Wikipedia

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The Robots Rise and Sandworm Strikes Back

Week in Review: Nov 6th - 12th

Welcome or welcome back! Plenty of interesting topics this week, which led to this growing longer. AI continues to dominate tech news cycles, instability on the web continues, and digital privacy is basically non-existent is most of the world.

Enjoy, and handle with care.

Technology

Nvidia Trains Custom Ai to Assist Chip Designers – Hackaday; Donald Papp

Nvidia has developed a custom AI system called DAPPER that can help chip designers optimize their layouts and improve performance.

The system was able to achieve a 40% improvement in power for performance.

iPhone 16 Likely to Get Exclusive AI Features in iOS 18 – MacRumors; Tim Hardwick

Apple is reportedly working on advanced face recognition, emotion detection, scene understanding, and natural language generation.

Note: More than any other tech company, Apple has been strictly avoiding talking about AI applications but has been cramming neural engines into all their chips faster than anyone. My prediction is that there is a major AI product to be released in the next year or so. Apple may think a revamped AI is essential to using the Vision Pro.

With the power of AI, you can be mediocre, too – TechCrunch; Haje Jan Kamps

Haje argues that AI is likely to lower the standards and expectations of quality of content.

Note: It is probably more complicated. AI is well suited to for certain tasks, and those likely will be ceded and widely understood to almost always be AI-generated. I think Haje’s argument holds up for pushing generative models to do ‘creative’ things.

AI is about to completely change how you use computers  - GateNotes; Bill Gates

Bill Gates predicts that AI will enable more natural and intuitive computer interfaces, such as voice, gesture, and eye tracking.

Gates suggests AI might also augment human memory, learning, and decision-making.

Las Vegas Sphere reports $98.4 million loss; CFO quits – Las Vegas Sun; Ray Brewer

Note: Realistically, how long can this place function? What happens when panels start burning out?

The AI Debate Is Happening in a Cocoon – The Atlantic; Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West

Kak and West argue that the AI debate is disconnected from the realities and perspectives of most of the world’s population.

Flipping Processor Design On Its Head – Semiconductor Engineering; Ann Mutschler

Mutschler discusses a new processor design approach called bottom-up design, which aims to optimize the processor for specific tasks and domains, such as image processing, natural language processing, and cryptography.

Bottom-up design should lead to higher performance, lower power consumption, and reduced complexity compared to the traditional top-down design.

Tesla plans to build its $25,000 electric car at Gigafactory Berlin – Electrek; Fred Lambert

Tesla’s “Model 2” will be Tesla’s cheapest and most affordable model, targeting the mass market but also featuring Tesla’s latest technologies like the 4680 battery cells, structural battery pack, and full self-driving system.

Samsung Introduces ‘Gauss’: A New AI-Language Model to Challenge the ChatGPT Reign – Marktechpost; Asif Razzaq

Samsung claims Gauss outperforms ChatGPT in accuracy, diversity, and coherence.

Note: I’m considering developing a set of test prompts to try to benchmark chatbots as they come up and get updates. Chime in if you’d be interested in seeing something like that, or have ideas for prompts that would test a certain aspect of the AI.

MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide – MacRumors; Hartley Chalton

Note: 15in M2 MacBook Air with 16gb of unified memory is probably the best computer for 90% of people, in my opinion. Personally - for the $300 premium- it would be hard not to splurge for the 14in M3 Pro. Apple pricing schemes are both evil and effective.

Quantum computing next (very) cold war? US House reps want to blow billions to outrun China – The Register; Tobias Mann

The US House of Representatives aims to boost the US’s leadership and competitiveness in quantum computing by allocating $10 billion over 10 years to fund research.

China-U.S. AI Arms Race Heats Up as Chinese Startup Unveils Powerful New AI – Motherboard; Maxwell Stachan

Chinese AI startup 01.AI released a large language model called Yi-34B that claims to outperform Meta’s LLaMA

01.AI is led by Kai-Fu Lee, a former Google executive and a prominent AI expert who advocates for China’s AI leadership

Beijing prepares for imminent rise of humanoid robots – The Register; Laura Dobberstein

Beijing issues guidelines on the development of humanoid robots, with the goal of mass-producing them by 2025 and having a reliable supply chain by 2027.

The engineering challenges were divided into three components: the brain, the cerebellum, and the limbs

The brain will use large AI models for environmental perception, behavioral control, human-machine interactions and cloud and edge integration

The cerebellum will control the robotic movements through an algorithm library and network control system architecture, with industry-specific simulation and training.

The limbs will rely on classic robotics, such as dexterous hands, lightweight materials, high-precision sensing, bionic transmission mechanisms, long-lasting batteries, and energy management solutions.

The Shifting Web

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg details Tumblr’s future after re-org – Tech Crunch; Sarah Perez

Tumblr's plans post-reorganization emphasizes community-building and user engagement.

Hope to revitalize the platform with content creation tools.

iOS 17.2 hints at Apple moving towards letting users sideload apps from outside the App Store – 9 to 5 Mac; Fillipe Esposito

Note: Apple must see the writing on the wall given the current regulatory environment. Will they wait for a court order or try to be preemptive? I’d wager they wait.

Tumblr is downscaling after failing to ‘turn around’ the site – The Verge; Adi Robertson

Note: I love the changes Tumblr has made recently, but it is difficult to imagine a major resurgence. If ActivityPub really takes off, it could be the interface of choice for many people, given how well it handles diverse types of content.

How The Hell Did We Let $20 Skins Become A Thing? — Kotaku; Zacl Zwiezen

Note: Gamers have shown the ability to be, opinionated, coordinated, and exert influence (often problematically). For whatever reason, there are blind spots for microtransactions and gambling mechanics. It never should have been able to get this bad.

Surveillance & Digital Privacy

Russian Hackers Sandworm Cause Power Outage in Ukraine Amidst Missile Strikes – The Hacker News – Newsroom

Sandworm caused a power outage in Ukraine during missile strikes.

Note: The extent to which Sandworm has maintained access despite previous attacks and the rapidly changing Ukrainian grid is remarkable. Highly recommend Andy Greenberg’s book on Sandworm to anyone interested in Cyber warfare.

Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland – The Register; Thomas Claburn

Note: Well done, Alexander Hanff. Hopefully this gets litigated, and others can replicate the suit in other jurisdictions.

It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs – The Register; Brandon Vihliarolo

The automotive industry needs privacy-focused regulations.

Bad eIDAS: Europe ready to intercept, spy on your encrypted HTTPS connections – The Register; Thomas Claburn

Note: Good to remember that the EU doesn’t have it all figured out, despite their recent efforts.

The Government Surveillance Reform Act Would Rein in Some of the Worst Abuses of Section 702 - Brendan Gilligan; Electronic Frontier Foundation

Note: One can hope.

New Jupyter Infostealer Version Emerges with Sophisticated Stealth Tactics – The Hacker News; Newsroom

Jupyter Infostealer, also known as Polazert, SolarMarker, and Yellow Cockatoo, uses manipulated search engine optimization (SEO) tactics and malvertising to trick users into downloading it from dubious websites.

The malware leverages PowerShell command modifications and signatures of private keys to appear as a legitimately signed file and aims to establish a persistent foothold on compromised systems.

The new version presents various certificates to lend a veneer of legitimacy, only to activate the infection chain upon launch.

Substack   Medium   Mastodon   Tumblr   The Bad Place

Handle with care.

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apple: 2022 Fall purchases for Watch and iPhone, hold for iPad and MacBook Pros

apple: 2022 Fall purchases for Watch and iPhone, hold for iPad and MacBook Pros

Well, it’s an interesting time in the Apple lifecycle, basically, the next generation chips are out, so the iPhone 14 Pro gets the new A16 in 4nm and the low-end MacBook Air and Pro 13 get the new M2 in 5nm. So the performance improvements are massive, about 20% for M1 to M2, but still pretty good. So if you look at the MacRumors Buyers guide, it’s an interesting picture with: Don’t buy the iPad…

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Apple may soon bring more ads to your iPhone

Apple could sooner or later convey ads to more of the applications that come pre-mounted on your Apple iphone and other Apple products, like Maps, Books, and Podcasts. In accordance to  a report from  Bloomberg ’s Mark Gurman , Apple has internally analyzed research advertisements in Maps, which could display tips when you lookup for places to eat, retailers, or other nearby businesses. 

 Apple now implements a identical advertising and marketing design on the App Retail store, as developers can spend to have their app promoted on a look for page for a individual question, like “puzzle games” or “photo editor.” As observed by Gurman, ads on Maps could get the job done in the exact way, with enterprises paying to look at the top rated of look for final results when people enter certain search phrases.

 Gurman believes that Apple could introduce adverts to its native Podcasts and Publications apps as nicely. This could probably enable publishers to position advertisements in spots inside just about every application, or pay out to get their articles put increased in search outcomes. Just like Maps, Podcasts and Books are currently advertisement-free of charge.

 And when the Application Shop presently has advertisements on the Search tab, Gurman expects Apple to develop adverts to the Now tab and application download web pages, which  tracks with preceding reports from  9to5Mac ,  Apple Insider , and  MacRumors  . In accordance to  9to5Google , advertisements on the These days tab will clearly show up as greater cards with the term “Ad” put beneath the app’s title, though advertisements on particular person application web pages will appear highlighted in blue in the “You Could possibly Also Like” part.

   Apple may possibly be on the lookout to expand its marketing business enterprise even much more    Gurman mentions the likely for advertising on Apple Television Additionally, way too, and says the business could opt to create a decrease-priced ad-supported tier, anything both of those  Netflix  and  Disney Plus  strategy on accomplishing by the end of this 12 months. Proper now, Apple Tv set As well as gives only a $4.99 / month ad-absolutely free membership strategy (while it has started out displaying ads in the course of its  Friday Evening Baseball livestreams ).

 Apple initial released adverts on the App Shop in 2016, and also displays apps on its Stocks and News apps. Past September, the firm  commenced asking buyers no matter whether they want to enable the Personalized Ads  that seem on these applications, in compliance with its  possess Application Monitoring Transparency (ATT) policy  that  price tag social platforms billions of dollars . 

 ATT provides customers the possibility of disabling the tracking instruments advertisers use to display specific adverts. It may possibly have contributed to the general progress of Apple’s promotion sector, as it has still left  firms scrambling to rethink their marketing approaches .  In accordance to knowledge that  Insider   obtained from  analysis company Omdia , Apple’s advertising organization grew 238 p.c to $3.7 billion in 2021.

 Apple’s transfer to open up far more ad slots on its App Keep — and perhaps on Maps, Podcasts, and Guides — could signal that Apple’s looking to grow its promoting business even extra. In Could, a report from  Insider  exposed that Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, is  reportedly arranging to restructure Apple’s solutions company  to immediate a lot more focus to streaming and advertising and marketing. Apple’s expert services arm, which consists of advertising and its different subscriptions,  noticed a 12 percent enhance in income previous quarter .

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Five Years Ago Today, Apple's Uncharacteristic Apology Set the Stage for the Mac's Renaissance

Five Years Ago Today, Apple’s Uncharacteristic Apology Set the Stage for the Mac’s Renaissance

Five years ago, the Mac lineup was in a bad state. Over three years had passed since Apple redesigned the Mac Pro with a sleek but constrained “trash can” enclosure, while the iMac, MacBook Air, and Mac mini had also gone years without updates. A snapshot of the MacRumors Buyer’s Guide from April 4, 2017: At the time, some users began to question whether Apple was still committed to the Mac,…

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Apple's AirPods Max headphones have dropped to $449.99 in all colors on Amazon, down from $549.00.

All models are in stock and ready to ship out today, except for Space Gray which has a shipping delay of about a week.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors.

When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

We've seen a few colors of the AirPods Max drop to $449 in 2022, but this is one of the first times where all color options have been discounted by $99.

In comparison to previous discounts, this is the second-best Amazon price we've ever tracked on the AirPods Max.

$99 OFF AirPods Max for $449.99 AirPods Max feature Active Noise Cancellation technology and the same Transparency mode, Adaptive EQ, and spatial audio features that are in the AirPods Pro.

For charging, the headphones come with a Smart Case made out of a soft material that puts AirPods Max in an ultra low-power state to preserve battery charge when not in use.

We track sales for every model of the AirPods in our Best AirPods Deals guide, so be sure to bookmark that page while you shop around for the wireless headphones.

Related Roundups: AirPods Max, Apple Deals Buyer's Guide: AirPods Max (Buy Now) Related Forum: AirPods This article, "Deals: AirPods Max on Sale for $449.99 in Every Color ($99 Off)" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums.

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Tech Tuesdays: Happy Amazon Prime Day & Apple Products Not to Buy Right Now

With Amazon’s Prime Day beginning today and Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference over a month ago, one might have questions about what Apple products one can safely buy and which produces to wait until Apple’s traditional Fall Announcements. To quote Wall Street Journal reporter, Joanna Stern: Never double dip a chip, Never talk on speakerphone in public, Never buy an iPhone in the…

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305 - iPad Air iPad Pro with M4 Let Loose! - With guest Kelly Guimont, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest Kelly Guimont, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig. Beta this week. Let it Loose Apple event recap we break it down and give our thoughts on the new iPads including the iPad Air, iPad Pro with the new M4 chip. iOS and iPadOS 17.5 Beta RC is released this week just in time for the new iPad. We would expect the final version to be released before May 15 iPad ship date. As well as iPad Air and iPad Pro details and things that were not announced dung the event including 16GB Ram in a 1TB and higher Pro. Apple Pencil Pro was announced and Jeff gives his insights on the really cool new pencil.

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Beta this week. iOS and iPadOS 17.5 Beta RC is released this week just in time for the new iPad. We would expect the final version to be released before May 15 iPad ship date. Apple Seeds iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 Release Candidates to Developers

Apple Says iOS 17.5 Coming 'Soon' With These New Features for iPhones - MacRumors

Apple Seeds Release Candidate Version of watchOS 10.5 to Developers

Apple Seeds visionOS 1.2 Beta 5 to Developers

Apple Seeds tvOS 17.5 Release Candidate to Developers

Apple's new release candidates betas arrive for everything but Mac and Apple Vision Pro

Let it Loose Apple event recap we break it down and give our thoughts on the new iPads. 

Apple Announces New iPad Pro With M4 Chip, OLED Display, and More 

Everything Announced at Today's Apple Event

The M4 chip the fastest chip in an Apple product

Apple Debuts Next-Generation M4 Chip

iPad Air and iPad Pro details and things that were not announced dung the event, 

iPad 9 Discontinued, iPad 10 Now Starts at $349

iPad Pro's $100 Nano-Texture Glass Option Only Available With 1TB and 2TB Models 

iPad Pro With 1TB+ Storage Has 16GB RAM, Other Models Have 8GB

Here's Apple's Full iPad Lineup With New iPad Pro and iPad Air Models

New iPad Pro With All Options Costs Over $3,000

Apple's New iPad Pro Models Weigh Less Than iPad Air Models 

New iPad Pro Lacks mmWave 5G and Ultra-Wide Camera

Hands-On With iPad Pro in Space Black: Apple's Thinnest Product Ever

iPad Pro 2022 vs. iPad Pro 2024 Buyer's Guide: 25 Differences Compared

New 2024 iPads Still Have 10 Hours of Battery Life 

Apple Launches New Smart Folio Cases for M4 iPad Pro and M2 iPad Air

Apple's New Cellular iPad Air and iPad Pro Models Are eSIM Only

Apple's May 2024 Let Loose Event: By the Numbers

Apple Announces Redesigned Magic Keyboard for New iPad Pro Starting at $299

New iPad Pros Support Lower Refresh Rate, But Lack Always-On Display

Apple Pencil Pro was announced and Jeff gives his insights on the really cool new pencil.

Apple Pencil Pro Unveiled With New Squeeze Gesture, Haptic Feedback, Find My, and More

Apple Pencil Pro: All the New Features

Here's the Apple Pencil Lineup With New Pro Model

Apple Pencil Buyer's Guide: Which Model Should You Choose?

Software releases

Apple Introduces Logic Pro 2 With New AI Features 

Apple Debuts New Final Cut Pro for iPad and Final Cut Camera App

News

Apple Unveils 2024 Pride Edition Braided Solo Loop Band and Watch Face

Apple Plans Apple Watch Activity Challenge for World Meditation Day on May 21

Apple to Power AI Features With M2 Ultra Servers - MacRumors

Apple apologizes for 'Crush' iPad Pro ad that sparked controversy

Apple is making it easier to develop your first app using Pathways

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Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s managing editor, and Smile’s TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Mastadon @jgamet as well as Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet  His YouTube channel https://youtube.com/jgamet

Ben Roethig Former Associate Editor of GeekBeat.TV and host of the Tech Hangout and Deconstruct with Patrice  Mac user since the mid 90s. Tech support specialist. Twitter @benroethig  Website: https://roethigtech.blogspot.com

About our Guest

Kelly Guimont is a podcaster and friend of the Rebel Alliance. She appears on The Incomparable network as well as hosts I Want My M(CU) TV. you can find her on Mastodon and Instagram @verso

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MacRumors Buyer's Guide: Know When to Buy iPhone, Mac, iPad

MacRumors Buyer’s Guide: Know When to Buy iPhone, Mac, iPad

Neutral Mid-product Cycle

Apple in July 2019 introduced a minor refresh for the MacBook Air, adding a True Tone display, updated butterfly keyboard, and most importantly, a more affordable price tag starting at $1,099. The MacBook Air continues to feature a Retina display, slim bezels, Touch ID, 8th-gen Intel chips, up to 16GB RAM, and up to a 1TB SSD.

MacBook Air Roundup

Days since last release

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The repair experts at iFixit have completed their teardown of the new MacBook Air, providing a closer look inside the notebook. iFixit started by confirming the keyboard on the new MacBook Air has the same silicone membrane under the keycaps as the latest MacBook Pro, as expected since they both use Apple's third-generation butterfly keyboard. Next, they flipped the notebook onto its bottom side and encountered Apple's usual pentalobe screws that require a special screwdriver to unfasten. On the inside, there is a compact array of components, including a small logic board, a fan, a pair of large speakers, and a "radiator-esque heat sink." iFixit proceeded to remove the logic board, providing a glimpse at the Apple T2 security chip, along with a Thunderbolt 3 controller from Intel, 128GB of flash storage from SanDisk, and 8GB of LPDDR3 RAM from SK Hynix. Diving deeper, iFixit discovered that the two Thunderbolt 3 ports in the new MacBook Air are modular, and applauded Apple for this repair-friendly design consideration. "This MacBook is off to a good start as far as we're concerned," they wrote. "All the ports sit on their own boards and are easily replaceable." Continuing the repair-friendly trend, iFixit uncovered ten pull-to-remove adhesive tabs securing the 49.9 Wh battery and speakers. "The mere presence of stretch-release adhesive generally means that someone at least thought about possible repair and disassembly situations," the teardown says. "Are you there, Apple? It's us, iFixit. Have you heard our pleas?" As first reported by MacRumors, the battery in the new MacBook Air is still glued into the top case — the aluminum enclosure that houses the keyboard and trackpad — but Apple will be providing Apple Authorized Service Providers with tools to remove the battery and reinstall a new one with no top case replacement required. In all other MacBook and MacBook Pro models with a Retina display released since 2012, Apple has replaced the entire top case when a customer requires a new battery, so the change is good news for both repairability and the environment. Last, iFixit confirmed that the Touch ID sensor is also modular in the new MacBook Air. According to the new MacBook Air's service guide obtained by MacRumors, the Touch ID button does not require a logic board replacement, but the notebook must pass Apple diagnostics in order for the repair to be completed. While the new MacBook Air has improved repairability relative to Apple's standards, the notebook earned a low 3/10 repairability score from iFixit. "The Air still uses external pentalobes to keep you out, requires lots of component removal for common fixes, and both RAM and storage are soldered to the logic board," said iFixit. "All together, that means Apple has an easy time with their knowledge and tools, but the average DIYer is left out to dry when it comes to upgrades." Nevertheless, iFixit said it hopes this is "just the beginning of an upswing in repairable design" for Apple products.

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Buon compleanno Mac mini: 4 anni e sentirli tutti

Tutti conosciamo la Buyer's Guide di MacRumors, dove vengono elencati i principali prodotti Apple con la data dell'ultimo aggiornamento ed un'etichetta che va da Buy Now, per quelli più nuovi, fino a Don't Buy, per i più datati, passando per Neutral nella fase centrale del loro ciclo di distribuzione. Voci di corridoio ci riferiscono che la testata stia meditando di aggiungere un ulteriore step dedicato al primato del Mac mini: Forgot.

Un anno fa, di questi tempi, ci stupivamo per i suoi tre anni di vita in condizioni immutate, rallegrandoci però della schietta affermazione di Tim Cook sull'argomento, il quale ha detto più o meno che il Mac mini avrebbe avuto un ruolo importante nella futura gamma di prodotti Apple. Era proprio ciò che desideravamo sentire. Noi, come i moltissimi che apprezzano il più piccolo dei desktop di Cupertino, quello che puoi mettere dovunque e che ti permette di scegliere e cambiare monitor liberamente. Non è che ci aspettassimo chissà cosa e neanche nel breve periodo ma di certo ci stupiamo di essere ancora qui, un anno dopo, a festeggiare il suo quarto compleanno. Proprio così, il Mac mini attualmente in vendita non viene aggiornato da 1462 giorni e il suo hardware non era nemmeno l'ultimo disponibile al momento del lancio, per cui risale più o meno a 5 anni fa. Se Apple ne vendesse anche solo 1 alla settimana si meriterebbe a pieno titolo l'appellativo di macchina fabbrica soldi, ma io temo che siano molti di più. Eppure qui è il computer a farle gioco: sono stati diversi i tentativi di imitarlo ma nessuno è riuscito e nessuno, ad ogni buon conto, fa girare macOS (in forma nativa, si intende).

È stato considerato il computer degli switcher al tempo in cui il fenomeno di migrazione da Windows era più pronunciato; ha attirato molte attenzioni in ambito media center; ha fatto parlare di sé persino in ambito server; e in tutto questo è stato dato per spacciato più e più volte. Ma anche nei momenti in cui si presagiva un algido futuro per lui, sono trascorsi al massimo 700 giorni prima di un altro update. Questa volta abbiamo superato il doppio. Ci auguriamo che sia il buon segno di un nuovo progetto davvero innovativo e il fatto che Tim Cook si sia espresso in tal senso aiuta. Probabilmente ne stanno provando una versione a base ARM, magari una variante ancora più compatta, anche se a molti piacerebbe che si andasse nella direzione opposta con una struttura modulare e maggiore potenza. Difficile, credo io, ma non impossibile considerando la Apple degli ultimi anni, meno determinata e più attenta a dare gli utenti quel che chiedono (con tutti i contro del caso). Quale che sia il suo futuro, non possiamo che sperare di averne notizia di qui a fine anno. Dopo la parentesi in cui le attenzioni saranno tutte per l'iPhone XR, a Cupertino si programmano diversi aggiornamenti a favore di iPad Pro, iMac, magari MacBook e forse proprio Mac mini. La speranza è l'ultima a morire, si dice, incrociamo le dita affinché il Mac mini non la bruci sul traguardo. Sarebbe davvero un enorme peccato.

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grumble via MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories Today marks the third anniversary of the last update of the Mac mini, Apple's most affordable and compact desktop computer. The Mac mini was refreshed on October 16, 2014, and since then, the machine has seen no additional updates. The Mac mini is positioned as a "bring your own" machine that comes without a mouse, keyboard, or display, and the current version is still running Haswell processors and integrated Intel HD 5000/Intel Iris Graphics. Pricing on the Mac mini starts at $499 for the entry-level base configuration, making it far more affordable than the iMac, which starts at $1,099 for a non-4K 21-inch version. With the 2014 refresh, fans were disappointed as Apple ceased offering a quad-core processor option and support for dual hard drives, features that have not returned. At this point, it's not clear if and when Apple will introduce a new version of the Mac mini. Prior to the 2014 refresh, the Mac mini was updated in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, so it's never before gone three years sans update. Many Apple customers are eagerly awaiting a new Mac mini, including businesses that rely on the machine, like Brian Stucki's MacStadium. When Apple announced plans for a modular Mac Pro, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller said the Mac mini "is an important product" in the company's lineup, suggesting Apple doesn't have plans to abandon the machine. He declined to offer up any information on a potential refresh, though. Aside from a single rumor from Pike's Universum hinting at a new high-end Mac mini with a redesign that "won't be so mini anymore," we've heard no details at all about work on a possible Mac mini refresh. If a new Mac mini is in the works, though, it could use either Seventh-Generation Kaby Lake chips or Eighth-Generation Kaby Lake Refresh chips, both of which are available now. The Mac mini typically uses the same 15W U-series chips that are found in the 13-inch MacBook Pro. With Intel's Eighth-Generation chips, the U-series all feature four cores, so should a future Mac mini adopt Kaby Lake Refresh chips or later, quad-core performance will return. Given that it's October and there are no rumors, it's not likely we're going to see a Mac mini refresh in 2017, but sometime in 2018 is fair game.

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