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M1X incoming?
What I'm expecting from Apple's October 2021 M1X Mac event
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New 14-inch MacBook Pro. New 16-inch MacBook Pro. M1X Pro-level Apple silicon. Maybe M2X? Maybe Mac mini Pro? Maybe iMac Pro? Maybe all the Pro. It's the next major Apple Event. The… Apple Event Pro! And it's coming our way as soon as this month!
A mini release
The wait for the next iPad mini was absolutely worth it
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The new redesigned, freshly powered up iPad mini 6 is here... but is it worth your money?
iPhone 13 first impressions — A cinema rig in your pocket
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We’ve all had photo studios in our pockets for a while now, but with the iPhone 13, Apple has put a full-on cinema rig in every pocket.
Lucky Number 13
What Apple didn't tell you about the iPhone 13
The iPhone 13 is here... but is it any good?
For the flex
The actual iPhone 13 upgrade cycle
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For the next few weeks, the vast, vast majority of iPhone 13 buying advice will be strangely fixated on whether or not it’s a compelling upgrade from… the iPhone 12. Spoiler alert: it’s not. It never is. Not year over year. Not any iPhone. No one expects it to be. Not even Apple.
Follow the signal
No, iPhone 13 won't be a satellite phone, but...
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5G is barely a mainstream technology at this point, but full-on satellite iPhone?
Fix it
iPhone 13 — Apple needs to fix this first!
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There are some things that Apple should probably fix before we see the iPhone 13.
Will the next iPhone be worth it?
Will iPhone 13 be enough of an upgrade?
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120Hz refresh rate. Always-on. Smaller notch. A15 chipset. X60 modem. Wi-Fi 6E. Bigger batteries. Bigger cameras. Better cameras. Better video. Mini, non-mini, Pro, Pro Max. Maybe 1TB. Maybe even Touch ID. It’s the iPhone 13… or iPhone 12s and it’s as close as a month away. So, should you start saving?
Privacy Panic
Apple Child Safety & CSAM Detection — Truth, lies, and technical details
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Apple will no longer abide CSAM on their servers and here's how they plan to get rid of it
Just say nope
How iOS 15 escalates the privacy war of Facebook vs. Apple
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If Mark Facebook thought Tim Apple enforcing Privacy Labels and App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14 was terri-bad… wait ‘till he gets a load of App Privacy Reports and Private Relay in iOS 15, because, well…
🚨🚨🚨
Pegasus Spyware — Is your iPhone at risk?
Pegasus is military-grade spyware sold at incredible expense to nation-states, governments, and agencies, ostensibly to fight crime and terrorism, but reports say it’s being abused by authoritarian regimes against journalists and dissidents. But what does that have to do with your iPhone?
Silicon Sequels
M1X vs M2X — What should Apple put in the next MacBook Pro?
Why would Apple put an M1X into the MacBook Pro and iMac Pro, if M2 is just around the corner? Why not just wait and use M2X? Well…
Should you wait?
Intel now or keep waiting on M1X pro-level Macs?
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It’s been.. one year since Tim Cook did it. Cocked his head at Intel and said, “get rid of it”. Seven months since the launch of M1. Saying, “performance efficiency’s why we’re making Apple silicon”. Three months since new colored iMacs. But still no pros, only Intel clap backs. WWDC had zero M1X time. But it’s still another year until the deadline...
High Frame Great
Apple TV 4K (2021) hands-on first impressions
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In this hands-on, I’m going to tell you if the freshly updated Apple TV 4K is for you. If the increase in processing power, the escalation in audio and video quality, the complete redesign of the remote, are a box-office bomb or a total blockbuster.
Taste the rainbow
With M1, the iMac moves to the next level
In this hands-on, I’m going to tell you if Apple’s all-new, all-colorful M1 iMac is for you. Your office, your shop, your home, your kitchen, your living room, you family, your kids….You! And, which one?
Power to the Pro
Why we need an M1X iMac Pro
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I want Apple to bring the iMac Pro back as well, in an all-new, all-better, all blacker, all M1X final form. And here’s why!
M1X vs M2 — What's in the next MacBook Pro?
Yeah, grab a beverage, maybe a snack. We’re getting super nerdy with this…!
For real?
M1 iPhone — Is Apple doing it?
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You all are seriously, seriously burning my comments and mentions and feeds to the ground with all this M1 iPhone lust in your hearts! And I am SO here for it!
Let's Try This Again...
My April 2021 Apple Event expectations
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September: Apple Watch and iPad. October: HomePod and iPhone. November: The Apple Silicon Macs. March: Crickets. But April, dear sweet April…
Who Googles the Google?
Why Google is immune to Apple's Privacy Protections
Is Google finally coming to terms with our right to privacy and to choose for ourselves? Nope. Hard nope.
Just. Stop.
iPhone 13 clickbait is the absolute worst this year
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Swear to jobs, if I see one more piece of iPhone 13 clickbait that’s not actually about the iPhone 13…