I’m sure it’s a bug, but it feels like yet another nudge to upgrade an OS I can’t run yet on my production machine:
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Inside the M1 Mac mini⇢
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.)
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.
Liftoff #137: Delicate Dance of Docking⇢
Commercial Crew has gotten official with the launch of Crew-1 over the weekend, the start of a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. That and the possibilities of Jim Bridenstine’s future. Oh, and kilonovas!
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.
Apple Celebrates 40 Years at Cork⇢
The real news is that a photo of the Macintosh Portable is on Apple’s website in 2020:
Kbase of the Week: Safely Open Apps on Your Mac⇢
After last week’s Apple server meltdown, this support article outlines what this system does, and how Apple will work to improve it.
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Mac Power Users #562: The First Apple Silicon Macs⇢
This week’s Mac Power Users is a special one. David and I were able to interview Kurt Knight, Senior Director of Platform Product Marketing at Apple about macOS Big Sur and the new M1 Macs.
After our interview, David and I spoke at-length about the new machines and what it means for the future of the Mac. It’s a good time to be a Mac user.
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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.