The new Mac Pro next to a Pro Display XDR. | Image: Apple Apple has completed the Mac’s move away from Intel. Now it needs to prove Mac Pro upgrades can keep up with pro users. In recent years, Apple’s Macs have been on not one but two journeys. The first is obvious; it’s the company’s transition away from using Intel chips toward its own Arm-based Apple Silicon. And with the new Mac Pro announced this week, this transition is complete. Intel’s chips have been expunged from Apple’s computers. But Apple has also been on a second journey: to build high-end machines for professional users that those pro users actually want. It’s been almost exactly a decade since Apple launched…
Screen for one, please. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Vision Pro is all about the ‘experience’ as you watch videos, FaceTime family, and get work done. But that experience looks awfully isolating. The year is 2025. I’m sitting on the couch next to my husband, who appears in my field of vision whenever we talk to each other. When we aren’t talking, he fades out of view so I can focus my attention on the screens in front of me. I’m editing a presentation for work, FaceTiming with my family across the country, learning Spanish, and watching cooking demos on YouTube at the same time. I get a notification — it’s time for my daily meditation. The…
In the year 2023, it's hard to imagine there's still room for Apple to "disrupt" anything anymore, but the company aimed high with its first augmented reality headset and managed to set a new standard for what this segment can achieve.Of course, Apple did it in a very Apple way. This new product, Vision Pro, is not cheap, is packed to the gills with features, and there's still a lot of room to grow.Apple's showcase of the new Vision Pro headset was also busy, with the company trying to present just about every single way someone might use this expensive kit when it finally launches early next year. Whether it's in the house or at the office, Apple wants everyone…
In the year 2023, it's hard to imagine there's still room for Apple to "disrupt" anything anymore, but the company aimed high with its first augmented reality headset and managed to set a new standard for what this segment can achieve.Of course, Apple did it in a very Apple way. This new product, Vision Pro, is not cheap, is packed to the gills with features, and there's still a lot of room to grow.Apple's showcase of the new Vision Pro headset was also busy, with the company trying to present just about every single way someone might use this expensive kit when it finally launches early next year. Whether it's in the house or at the office, Apple wants everyone…
Macworld iOS 17 is here and there are a lot of cool new features. You can get a live readout of a voicemail being left in case the call is more important than you thought. You can customize your contact to give a little personality to incoming calls. And if you flip your iPhone on its side when charging, you’ll enter StandBy mode with full-screen widgets, Live Activities, and Siri results. In iOS 17, you can now have verification codes be auto-deleted in both Messages and Mail pic.twitter.com/SOBLaRjl0W— Aaron (@aaronp613) June 5, 2023 But the coolest new feature is one you didn’t hear on the main stage. It’s a simple toggle in the Passwords settings that offers to automatically “clean…
There are several Apple headphones and earphones that cover a variety of use cases. Here's what students and their parents should look at when buying personal audio accessories for the school year ahead.A selection of AirPods and Beats earphonesSound is an important part of everyone's life for many reasons. For kids going to school or for students heading to college or university, getting audio right is especially crucial when it comes to studying and for personal time away from learning. Read more...
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