After 22 Years, Apple’s Very First Retail Store Is Reopening Its Doors in a New Location Source: After 22 Years, Apple’s Very First Retail Store Is Reopening Its Doors in a New Location | Inc.com I re-watched the video, where Steve Jobs is touring the very first Apple Store. It’s … read more

We used to be excited about new iOS releases, weren’t we? Even for small bug fixes releases like iOS 16.5 today, we would be drooling about any small improvements or additions to what constitutes the logic that brings the iPhone experience to life! The excitement over the slow progress bar on a black screen he behind us.

A recent report on Apple’s upcoming headset: Key figures including software chief Craig Federighi have also kept their distance from the headset during its development and have seemed wary of it. Apple’s senior vice president for hardware technologies, Johny Srouji, is believed to … read more

Report reveals Android users switching to iPhone at 5-year high 15% of new iPhone owners report having an Android device as their last smartphone. That’s a 4% increase from what CIRP saw last year, and 5% higher than the data seen in 2020 and 2021. The last time new Android switchers made up 15% of … read more

The case for Ethernet on Macs: Here’s how much speed you lose with WiFi Source: Ethernet vs WiFi: How much speed is lost? - 9to5Mac

At home, in my office room, my Macs are wired through 1GB Ethernet. It’s been only recently that I cabled my office so that Macs get a direct connection to my router. No more Wifi. I never look back.

Today, Apple announced upcoming features for people with critical disabilities. Here are some thoughts. First, Personal Voice is incredible! I can’t wait to try this out. I always feared being diagnosed with ALS, but I can see this new accessibility feature, coupled with Live Speech real game … read more

I really can’t wait to see this movie about Apple’s Lisa computer. My journey with computers started with the Apple ][+, then came the //e, the Mac. But I do remember the Lisa… on paper, and I never had a chance to touch one.

It took like 10 years to get FinalCut Pro on the iPad and now we’re reading that it could run on the upcoming VR/AR headset??? Really? Come on.

By making FCP finally available on the iPad, is Apple getting ready to bring more flexibility to iPadOS audio handling too? I read somewhere that there are missing pieces on iPadOS to make it comparable to macOS for handling complex audio setups. Answers are probably coming in iPadOS 17.

Watch this space. This week is FCP and Logic for the iPad, next week? If Apple keeps releasing new things each week leading to WWDC, it certainly could mean that they have a packaged agenda for the Keynote. We already know that iOS 16.5 is coming out next week, but what else?

The best UI, the ultimate interface, is the one that you don’t see.

It’s been quite a while since I visited an Apple Store. Last I went for a quick stop after work since I was working at my downtown offices. There are soooo many iPad models to choose from! Too many? The 12.9-inch iPad Pro screen is unbelievably gorgeous!! I wish it would come to the 11-inch version. … read more

Who’s actually using Apple’s Quick Notes feature? I never do because I always forget about its existence. It’s probably because it’s not useful or because it is tied to Apple’s Notes.

Arm-based notebooks will gain share over Intel and AMD, almost doubling their shipment share to 25% by 2027 from 14% today.

Arm-based PC SoCs are highly customizable. Unlike x86 CPUs, which are designed to be general-purpose processors, Arm-based SoCs can be tailored to specific use cases. This means that SoCs can be designed with a greater number of high-performance CPU cores and highly integrated memory, enabling them to compete with x86 CPUs

Arm-based SoCs offer several advantages over x86 CPUs, including lower power consumption and improved thermal efficiency. Additionally, their integrated AI-feature cores make them superior to x86 CPUs.

Source: Arm-based PCs to Nearly Double Market Share by 2027

One question: how is Intel going to fight back against ARM? Is this even possible without starting over? ARM advances are, simply put: massive.

As reported by the Wall Street Journal (since it’s paywalled, look at MacRumors report instead), Apple is supposedly working on its own journaling application. Code named « Jurassic », many interesting details are emerging from this report. As an avid user of Dayone (read « Documenting My Numeric … read more

I read the “Making Something Wonderful” book during my vacations. It’s full of great reading moments, for sure. Albeit not as personal as I would have liked, that last picture of Steve Jobs glasses took me off-guard and got me on the verge of crying. Go and find them.

iPhone 15 Pro ‘Action’ Button to Replace Role of Volume Buttons When Performing a Power Off/Force Restart

the leaker also claimed that the “Action” button will replace the volume up button for taking photos in the Camera app, with force-sensitivity enabling a light press to auto-focus the camera, a hard press to take a picture, and a hard/long press to record video.

Ok, this is a rumour, but it’s an interesting one. If Apple does this, it would bring the iPhone 15 Pro / Max closer to traditional camera behaviour. Coupled with the upgraded cameras and possible addition of the periscope lens, Apple seems geared to make the next iPhone iteration another potential winner.

Going on vacation for a week. Leaving my MacBook Air behind, but bringing my iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard with me. It’s the only time that I use the iPad Pro with its Magic Keyboard since getting my MBA in 2021, otherwise, it’s my MacBook Air while at home.

I’m late in my readings. I’m not sure what to think of this weird take about the iPad and Mac future from Jason Snell.

The key to the Mac’s survival isn’t a new Air–it’s the next iPad Pro

Would it be such a cataclysm if I could simply reboot that iPad into macOS or run macOS inside a virtual machine?

Yes, it would be. What a weird idea. I’m nearly baffled by this article. How many of these ideas and requests are age-dependent? How does the younger generation view those perceived limitations of the iPad or the Mac?

For us who have experienced both computing paradigms, it is tempting to ask for one paradigm to borrow some of the other paradigm traits. Does it make them better? I’m resigned and unexcited to the prospect of getting the touch screen trait on the Mac, but having to reboot an iPad to get the Mac experience is ludicrous, IMO.

Even if Apple releases a HomePod with a screen in a form of a “iPad-like” device, I don’t see them beating Nixplay digital photo frames anythine soon. I recently got one for my home office and I’m really impressed with this very focused product. From the unboxing, to the frame setup and to the moment of my first uploaded photos started displaying on it, it was a great user experience. Very Apple-like.