At $450, this book makes my copy of Designed in California look like a deal at $299.
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Apple Music Classical Updated to Support CarPlay⇢
I really do not understand why this app is updated so slowly. It launched in March of 2023, but wasn’t available for the iPad until November 2023.
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Mac Power Users #770: The 2024 MPU Gift Guide⇢
This week on Mac Power Users, I got back from my sabbatical and join David just in time for some holiday shopping.
Making the M4 Mac mini a Mac Pro⇢
Jerrod Hofferth has done some very good work here.
Inside the M4 Mac mini⇢
Quinn Nelson bought a new Mac mini then took it apart for all of us:
Over on Mastodon, Paul Haddad pointed out some of the differences between the M4 and M4 Pro models:
I Don’t Need a Mac Mini, but I Want One⇢
Dan Moren has reviewed the new Mac mini, and has high praise for the small machine:
As the most versatile Mac, the Mac mini finds itself into all sorts of niches that no other Mac can easily (or cost-effectively) fill. Whether it’s rack-mounted as a server, hooked up to a TV, or even tucked somewhere in a car, the mini is the Mac of all trades.
Since the Apple silicon revolution, it’s also become more powerful than ever, and the new M4-powered models are no exception. The mini holds its own against consumer models like the iMac and MacBook Air, and can be upgraded into the mid-range with an M4 Pro chip, positioning it comfortably alongside some MacBook Pro models.
A New Look at the Arecibo Failure⇢
For all the crappy things that 2020 brought, the collapse of the Arecibo Observatory continues to sting. Since its demise, the failure has been under investigation, and a recent report sheds new light on what happened:
Long-term zinc creep-induced failure in the 57-year-old telescope’s cable spelter sockets was the root cause of the telescope’s collapse, the report says. Sockets filled with zinc held in place a set of cables suspending the telescope’s main platform over the reflector dish. Gradually the zinc lost its hold on the cables and allowed several of them to pull out, leading to the collapse of the platform into the reflector.
Connected #526: At Least Mine Has Four Legs⇢
This week on the podcast, Myke wades through some feedback, then we discuss my recent sabbatical and Apple’s AI image generation tools, and Federico considers the role of smart glasses in Apple’s ecosystem.
Saving iPod Clickwheel Games⇢
I don’t know how popular games proved to be back in the iPod days, but according to Kyle Orland at Ars, there are some folks out there who really care about them, and want to see them live on.
We need more of this sort of thing in the world.
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