Apple accelerates U.S. manufacturing with Mac mini production - Apple
What the Apple press release seems to depict are workers building 2U rack servers. No Mac mini in sight. 🧐🤨
Ouch, 2025 was a tough year for Apple. I consider writing my own opinion on this, but it seems everything has already been said. Overall, it was a difficult year for Apple on many levels. Unfortunately, this isn’t yet clear in their financial reports; if it were, the executives might see things differently.
Apple is shipping a UI whose core identity depends on effects that many users can’t tolerate, so Apple has to provide ‘escape hatches’—which implies the identity is optional, and therefore poorly grounded as a universal interface language. 🙄
Microsoft finally makes OneDrive look like a Mac app as it gets an all-new UI — 9to5Mac
The all-new OneDrive Activity Center embraces the Swift UI design language, including support for Liquid Glass on macOS 26 and native accessibility options like VoiceOver and Full Keyboard Access.
Can we say: finally?
I have such a hard time explaining to people around me (family, friends and colleagues) that platforms like Meta are no good and that we should avoid them. 😔
Apple is Testing These iPhone 18 Pro and Foldable iPhone Colors — MacRumors
While it was previously rumored that Apple was also considering purple and brown finishes for the iPhone 18 Pro models, Gurman said he believes that those color options are “just variants of the same red idea — given that the tones are fairly similar.” In other words, it sounds like those two color options will not actually be offered.
I’m getting more and more nervous about Apple’s plans for the iPhone 18 Pro colors…
More MacBook Expectations
Here’s what I want for the upcoming entry-level MacBook:
- Size and design: thin and less boxy than two iPad Pro on top of each other.
- Just under 13-inch retina display.
- Full-size keyboard flush with the left and right device edges.
- 8GB of RAM with a 12GB option available.
- 256 GB of fast storage (120 GB/s) with a 512GB upgrade option.
- One fast USB-C port and MagSafe.
- Very thin bezel around the display to minimize the overall device size. Fingers crossed for a notch-less design.
- External display support (a bit far-fetched, though).
- Colors similar to the current iMac desktop.
What I don’t expect:
- Headphone jack
- Thunderbolt support
- More than one display
- Nano texture option
- Glowing Apple Logo on the back of the display
- The return of the wedge design
- Cellular option
Starting price: 599 US$.
Matt Birchler’s “[Apple will kill iPadOS] article: (https://birchtree.me/blog/apple-will-kill-ipados/)”:
Matt argues that Apple should discontinue iPadOS and instead fragment it into two distinct operating systems: iOS for casual iPads (iPad, iPad mini, iPad Air) and macOS for the iPad Pro, creating clearer software distinctions across the product lineup. This reorganization would address the current problem of one OS trying to serve devices ranging from 8" tablets to 13" laptop-style screens, and would make sense once foldable iPhones that expand to tablet size arrive. Matt contends that recent iPadOS updates have primarily added Mac-like features anyway, and that macOS’s UI elements are already compatible with touch input, making a touch-enabled macOS on iPad Pro a logical next step.
I don’t see that happening anytime soon. Way too much investment in iPadOS. While Matt isn’t wrong per se, I think we need to look at this from the normal, non-tech user’s perspective.
About This Tempting Light MacBook
If the rumors turn out to be true, Apple will announce a new entry-level MacBook line on March 4th. Why is this relevant to me? Well, I’m really curious to see what Apple will offer in terms of technical specifications and overall design, because I might be tempted to get one. But why? I already have an M2 MacBook Air 15"!
The short answer: to use while travelling instead of bringing my M4 iPad Pro! But I’ve always said that the iPad is a perfect device to bring on trips! That’s true, but it still lacks one thing: the flexibility macOS provides. Yes, we’re back to the Mac again!
My last trip abroad confirmed that my iPad was very suitable, but I sometimes wished I had the flexibility of a MacBook for certain tasks, as well as a larger keyboard. If the new MacBook offers reasonable power, dimensions close to those of the old 12" MacBook, a lightweight, and a fair price, I might be tempted.
I owned the 11-inch MacBook Air (as explained here), and I loved it. My hope is to see a blend between the 11-inch MacBook Air and the 12-inch MacBook.
It seems like it’s been a long time since I’ve been excited about the prospects of a new Apple product.
Early this morning, using Craft Agents, I created a new skill that enables me to save my Micro.blog Bookmarks into a Craft collection. The agent figured out the Micro.blog API, the new collection schema and how to move things around. So cool. Any questions?