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Apple Posts Acoustic Performance Information on M1 iMac⇢
So, uhhh, this thing is quiet. 7 decibels is practically inaudible.
Scorecard⇢
Scorecard is a new $5 app from the fine folks over at Lickability that makes it easy to track scores without the need of notebooks, pencils and arguments. It all syncs with iCloud and can track multiple different games over time. As you’d expect from Lickability, the polish on this app is outstanding.
My Next MacBook Pro⇢
Sami Fathi, writing at MacRumors:
Apple supplier TSMT, a key vendor involved in the production of mini-LED displays in the newly announced 12.9-inch iPad Pro, has been able to address technical challenges for the production of mini-LED displays to be used in the upcoming 14 and 16-inch redesigned MacBook Pros.
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The redesigned 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pros are expected to feature next-generation Apple silicon chips, the removal of the Touch Bar, the return of the MagSafe magnetic power cable, and an overall new design with an HDMI port and SD card slot.
Sponsor: Switch to iPad⇢
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Mac Power Users: #586: iPhone Productivity⇢
This time on MPU, David and I cover some ways the iPhone can become a surprisingly useful tool for getting things done.
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2001 Revisited: The iBook Settles Down
In my series 2001 Revisited, I’m covering Apple’s major announcements from 20 years ago.
On May 1, 2001, Steve Jobs unveiled an all-new iBook, and the new notebook was a huge departure from what came before it.
This came at a special on-campus event1 at Infinite Loop, and a somewhat-janky video of the event is still online:
This event came just a few months after the launch of the Titanium PowerBook G4, and Apple’s notebook game had never been stronger. In fact, Jobs announced that notebooks accounted for nearly 30% of the company’s Mac sales, up from less than 20% just a year before.
MarsEdit⇢
My thanks to MarsEdit for sponsoring 512 Pixel this week.
It’s a great Mac app that can make a better blogger with its streamlined editor and other tools. It is great for WordPress, Micro.blog and more. In fact, I’m writing in it right now.
Download MarsEdit today and see what all the hype is about.
VMWare Provides Update on Fusion Running on M1 Macs⇢
Michael Roy, giving an update on how development work on Fusion of Apple silicon is going:
You can see here that I have 7 ARM VMs booted at once… 2 are CLI only (Photon and BSD), the others are full desktops… each is configured with 4CPU and 8GB of RAM. 6 different Linux flavors and 1 FreeBSD… MacBook Air. On battery. No fans. Yep.
Of course, just booting a bunch of VMs that are mostly idle isn’t quite a ‘real world experience’, nor is it the same as doing some of the stress testing that we perform in the leadup to a release. Even with that said, and note that I’m using ‘debug’ builds which perform slower, in my 12 years at VMware I’ve never seen VMs boot and run like this. So we’re very encouraged by our early results, and seriously can’t wait to get it on every Apple silicon equipped Mac out there.
Apple Outlines iMac Retail Availability⇢
From a press release about pre-orders opening tomorrow:
iMac configurations in green, pink, blue, and silver will be available to purchase directly at apple.com and Apple Store locations, and all seven colors will be available at apple.com.
I guess people won’t be able to just walk in off the street and buy the orange iMac, which will be the best one.
Connected #343: The Jeremies (April 2021)⇢
Myke explains what admiration means, then the guys talk about what’s new in iOS 14.5 before getting into what’s going on at Basecamp. Then in a radical change of gears, Federico has to name some emoji and Stephen surprises the guys with some news.
On Connected Pro, a confession is shared and words with different meanings are discussed. Then, a problem with a neighbor.
My thanks to our sponsors:
Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins Has Died⇢
Michael Collins—a two-time astronaut who piloted the command module during the historic Apollo 11 mission that landed the first humans on the Moon—died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his family said. He was 90 years old.
“He spent his final days peacefully, with his family by his side,” the family said in a statement. “Mike always faced the challenges of life with grace and humility, and faced this, his final challenge, in the same way. We will miss him terribly.” With Collins’ death, only 10 of the 24 humans who have flown into deep space remain alive: Collins’ colleague on the Apollo 11 mission, Buzz Aldrin, as well as Bill Anders, Frank Borman, Charlie Duke, Fred Haise, Jim Lovell, Ken Mattingly, Harrison Schmitt, David Scott, and Tom Stafford.