Sure looks like there is room in there for a larger, more powerful Mac mini down the road…
(Here’s a link to the original source, but the site seems to be down.)
Category: Apple
Apple Reduces App Store Comission to 15% for Small Developers⇢
This morning, Apple announced a change coming to the App Store next year:
Apple today announced an industry-leading new developer program to accelerate innovation and help small businesses and independent developers propel their businesses forward with the next generation of groundbreaking apps on the App Store. The new App Store Small Business Program will benefit the vast majority of developers who sell digital goods and services on the store, providing them with a reduced commission on paid apps and in-app purchases. Developers can qualify for the program and a reduced, 15 percent commission if they earned up to $1 million in proceeds during the previous calendar year.
macOS 11.1 in Beta⇢
I guess whatever comes after Big Sur will be macOS 12, then. Or maybe Apple just skips ahead to share the same version number across everything next year? EVERYTHING IS UP IN THE AIR.
The MacStories Big Sur Review⇢
Big Sur is a big deal. The OS picks up where Catalina left off, further rationalizing Apple’s product lineup through design, new ways to bring apps to the Mac, and updates to existing system apps. The approach realigns functionality across Apple’s platforms after years of divergence from their common foundation: Mac OS X. The result is an OS that walks a perilous line between breaking with the past and honoring it, acknowledging the ways computing has changed while aiming for a bold future.
A Visual Tour of macOS Big Sur⇢
macOS Big Sur is here. As always, you should give it a little while before upgrading to it in a production environment, but in the mean time, check out its entry in my macOS Screenshot Library.
On Running Virtual Machines on M1-Powered Macs
With M1 Macs mere days away for early adopters, those who need to run virtual machines on their Macs may have a bumpy time ahead.
Here’s Nick Dobrovolskiy with Parallels:
It is important to note that currently available versions of Parallels® Desktop for Mac cannot run virtual machines on Mac with Apple M1 chip. Good news: A new version of Parallels Desktop for Mac that can run on Mac with Apple M1 chip is already in active development.
Three More Things
At its event today, Apple unveiled three new Macs, all powered by the new M1 chip. The MacBook Air and Mac mini are now powered by Apple’s own silicon, as are two of three default configurations of the 13-inch MacBook Pro.
Apple isn’t saying anything about the clock speed of the M1, just like they’ve remained silent about these figures when announcing new iPhones and iPads. One can assume that future M-class chips will be faster than these, but it’s all Bezos Charts from here:
Re-watching the Intel Announcement⇢
Yesterday I re-watched the Intel announcement from WWDC 2005 over on my Twitch channel. On Friday at 11 AM Eastern, I’ll be doing another stream, this time of Macworld 2006, where the first two Intel Macs were unveiled.
Matthew Panzarino, on Apple’s MagSafe Duo Charger⇢
The MagSafe Duo does work, and there are a couple of engineering bright spots. But you will not feel that it’s worth the money by the time you purchase the $129 charger and the $19 20W power brick to go with it, and there are many third party accessories on the market that do this job just fine.
This accessories feels like a one-and-done for sure.
The 12 Mini and 12 Pro Max Get Sized Up⇢
Seeing the 12 Mini next to the iPhone 5S is rather surprising. This phone is going to be small.
Bloomberg: Apple Silicon Tower in Development⇢
Mark Gurman and Debby Wu, in a report about Apple getting ready to pull the plug on Intel starting with next week’s event:
The company is already at work on a redesigned iMac, the company’s all-in-one desktop, and a new Mac Pro model, Apple’s highest-end desktop, other people familiar with the company’s plans said.
Apple engineers are currently developing a new Mac Pro that looks like the current design at about half the size. It’s unclear if that Mac will replace the current Mac Pro or if it’s an additional model. Apple’s chip designs could help the company reduce the size of its computers due to increased power efficiency, but the current Mac Pro is large, in part, to fit components like additional storage drives and graphics chips.
