Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air | Image: Apple Apple has unveiled a new 15-inch MacBook Air at its 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference. Apple claims that the device will be “the world’s best 15-inch laptop.” It’ll come with Apple’s M2 chip. The new model is 11.5mm thick, which Apple says makes it the world’s thinnest 15-inch laptop, and it will weigh just over three pounds. It has two USB-C Thunderbolt ports (supporting up to a 6K external display), a MagSafe charging connector, and a headphone jack and will come in both midnight, starlight, space gray, and silver colors. Its 15.3-inch screen (sporting five-millimeter bezels) has 500 nits of brightness. There’s also a 1080p FaceTime HD webcam, three microphones with “advanced beamforming algorithms”,…

Macworld The MacBook Air is Apple’s most popular laptop, and for good reason. It’s thin and light, performs very well, and is the most affordable laptop Apple sells. At the end of 2020, it got its first major revision in a long time as one of the first Mac models to be powered by Apple Silicon. The M1 MacBook Air is a fantastic laptop, but in June 2022 at WWDC Apple announced an all-new MacBook Air with a better M2 processor, a new design, and several welcome new features and improvements. Now, in June 2023, another new MacBook Air is expected. A 15-inch version that may feature a M2 Pro chip. We are awaiting news on whether the 15-inch MacBook…

Macworld I recently squawked about how the Mac has taken a back seat at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, and as a fan of the Mac, I wish Apple would do more Mac stuff. Apparently, my prayers have been answered! According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, “several new Macs” will be one of the “three major focus areas” at the WWDC keynote on June 5. Several? What could those new Macs be? It’s not too hard to figure out, based on Apple’s release cycles. Mix that info with what’s been rumored, and we can come up with what Macs we could see at WWDC. Here’s a list, in order of likelihood. 15-inch MacBook Air This new model has been rumored so much…

Macworld Looking for an easy way to improve your webcam output without having to invest a lot of money on software and equipment? Then FineCam Pro is exactly what the doctor ordered. And since you can get a lifetime subscription on sale this week, it’s even more affordable than usual. FineCam Pro, which works with Mac and Windows systems as well as iOS and Android mobile devices, improves the production quality of any video. You can use a multi-camera setup to seamlessly switch between angles, blur your background or change it to something completely different, plus add chyrons and other text overlays for a professional touch. It even has AI enhancement features to make sure you always look your best.…

Macworld Looking for an easy way to improve your webcam output without having to invest a lot of money on software and equipment? Then FineCam Pro is exactly what the doctor ordered. And since you can get a lifetime subscription on sale this week, it’s even more affordable than usual. FineCam Pro, which works with Mac and Windows systems as well as iOS and Android mobile devices, improves the production quality of any video. You can use a multi-camera setup to seamlessly switch between angles, blur your background or change it to something completely different, plus add chyrons and other text overlays for a professional touch. It even has AI enhancement features to make sure you always look your best.…

Roll can simulate camera effects on stationary iPhone footage that typically require fancy camera equipment like a dolly or crane. | Image: Roll Roll AI is a new video creation and collaboration platform for iOS and web that allows users to add simulated video effects to iPhone footage that would typically require professional camera equipment to achieve, such as stabilized pan or crane shots. It’s one of the latest examples in a boom of new apps and services that utilize AI to simplify technical creative processes like photo and video editing. Roll AI uses its proprietary generative AI models to recreate the filming environment in iPhone footage as a 3D space, allowing users to add text overlay effects and simulate…