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There’s a ton in his report about upcoming MacBook Airs, MacBook Pros and even the Mac mini, but I passed out at this subhead:

Company developing Mac Pro desktop with 40 cores

Jason Snell’s review of the new iMac is up, and it makes me all the more excited to get one in my studio later this week.

I standby my statement that orange is the right color.

Obviously hardly anyone can do this, so Jeff Nadeua has the rest of us covered:

Personally I think the best way to test out all of the different hardware-matched colors is to buy one of each iMac, but if that’s not in the budget, I guess you can look at this. I really love that teal-ish green color. pic.twitter.com/ECdP3QYBcB

— Jeff Nadeau (@jnadeau) May 18, 2021

Apple Support:

Learn about using the Apple MagSafe Adapter included with your Mac notebook computer and get tips for reducing wear on the adapter.

This article has been archived and is no longer updated by Apple.

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Ben Lovejoy has the details, but this is about the worst thing that could happen when it comes to having cameras in or around your home. Thankfully, if you have these and have switched them over to using Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video platform, you should be good.

Update: Eufy has commented that this was due to a software bug on their servers.

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This week on Mac Power Users, David and I talked with Sal Soghoian on the history of Automator and Services on the Mac, both of which are cornerstones of automation on macOS today. We then discussed how these tools came to be and how Apple has evolved them over the years, in addition to what can be done with them.

My thanks to Sal for joining us; it was a real honor to get to interview him.

I can’t really do this article justice with a single blockquote.

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My desire for a compact space gray Magic Keyboard is dead.

A few years ago, I started writing down my dreams in Day One. This morning’s entry shows what’s on my mind, I suppose.

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We were all back at WWDC. Myke and I didn’t have press access, but several of our friends were able to talk Eddy Cue into it. This conversation took place near the theatre across the street from the middle school I attended.

We then went inside, and ran into Craig Federighi. He was tense and and seemed a little on edge. I asked him if he still got nervous before keynotes and he said he did. We then talked a little about sports and he brought out a soccer ball from behind the check-in desk.

He kicked it past me, and some other people started playing with it, so Myke, Ticci, John, Marco and I started to go into the venue. I turned around to see someone drill the ball right into Craig’s face with a powerful kick. As he fell to the ground, someone else returned the kick with one that sailed into a large glass panel, smashing it.

At this point, we decided to find seats in the back of the theatre and pretend we had no idea about what was going on in the lobby.

That didn’t last long, as a bloodied Craig and an angry Eddy found us pretty quickly. They took our credentials and told us they’d make an example out of Relay FM on stage, in front of the world.

As we left, my friends were mad at me, thinking the soccer ball thing had been my fault. I insisted Craig had produced the ball but no one believed me. We were taunted on the street as we walked out of the venue and back down the street.

I flew home the next day in shame.

This week on Connected:

Federico is attempting to live that Thunderbolt life as Myke starts reviewing apps. Meanwhile, Stephen is the worst. Then, with WWDC a month away, the guys introduce a new segment.

Nothing ever goes to plan.

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