Trump shooting; iPhone 16 rumors; ChatGPT security again; Cameras in airPods; Apple Mac sales surge but remain small compared to PC’s; PrePrime day Mac Deals; The Unofficial Mac Weblog is back and its a rip off site; Best Buy and Amazon discounting Apple Products; ITs our 4th anniversary for Generation Tech!
Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!
Mate Rimac is making a robot taxi too; Allstate is quietly buying your driving data; Apple is changing the Vision Pro Demo to use your photos; Apples AI features could be BIG; Apple is working to streamline its production lines; Final Cut Pro for iPad version 2 is out with new capabilities, but not background transcoding; Apple working on a Home accessory identified in beta code; ChatGPT app on Mac stores transcript in plain text?
Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!
Summer ramblings odds and ends, and a nuclear letter.
WWDC topics and more.
Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!
A meandering conversation the week before WWDC and some Microsoft discussion thrown in.
Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!
Update on M4 iPads, iFixIt tear down, It’s the Keyboard stupid!, Apple’s 100 best albums ever?, accessibility day and new features, iPadOS handicaps the iPads, Frankenstein Mac, and a Manifesto.
Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!
Our iPads are in hand. Jack shares his buying experience and Todd contrasts his. Thoughts on screens, speed and more speed.
Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!
Apple Event 5/7/24
iPad Air -
Camera to side
Center stage
Spacial audio more base
M2 processor
Pencil hover
Up to tb storage
$599 & $799
Order today, ships next week
iPad Pro-
Ultimate iPad experience
New design thinnest Apple product ever!!!
Silver, space black
OLED Display double panel (tandem OLED)
XDR display
“Ultra retina xdr”
Nano textured glass option for glare
M4 processor
2nd gen 3nm tech
Next gen cpu 4-6 (10 core)
Next gen 10 gpu (10 core)
4x speed of M2
Neural engine improved
4x faster than iPad w/M2
Pro Apps
Shaper 3D
Z brush
Final Cut 2 & Logic Pro 2
Live multicam 4 cameras
Final Cut camera app links to Final Cut
Logic Pro 2 session players AI instruments
Chroma glow simulator for tube amps
Team splitter creates accompaniment from vocal
12mp camera 4k video
Better scanner
Front camera on side & Face ID
New Magic Keyboard
Aluminum palm rest
Larger track pad
Haptic feedback
New Apple Pencil Pro
Squeeze
Double tap
Haptic engine
Orientation sensor (gyroscope) “barrel roll”
“Find my” if you loose it
Magnetic charge (Pencil 2 discontinued)
Procreate support
Procreate Dreams animation/drawing app
Works with iPad Air as well
Thinnest Apple product ever!!!
$999 $1299 iPad starting prices
$249 $399 keyboards
$129 pencil pro
Order today, ship next week
Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!
