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  • Don't wait to update: iOS 18 introduces key security fixes

    Alex1NAlex1N
    Not so fast - the same list of fixes (as far as I can tell) has been released for iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 (as well as Ventura and Sonoma), making it unnecessary to update to 18 for the security fixes. And in my case I now wait until at least x.2 and the screaming and angst over .0 and .1 releases have subsided. I’ve been burnt before…
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  • New M4 Mac models being tested ahead of likely October release

    Alex1NAlex1N
    Given how these model names work, [...]
    Here's the identifiers (different from model numbers) since M2, when they began using "Mac" for all of them:

    M2

    Mac14,2 :: M2 MacBook Air 13"

    Mac14,3 :: M2 Mac mini

    Mac14,5 :: M2 Pro MacBook Pro 14"
    Mac14,6 :: M2 Pro MacBook Pro 16"

    Mac14,7 :: M2 MacBook Pro 13"

    Mac14,8 :: M2 Ultra Mac Pro

    Mac14,9 :: M2 Max MacBook Pro 14"
    Mac14,10 :: M2 Max MacBook Pro 16"

    Mac14,12 :: M2 Pro Mac mini
    Mac14,13 :: M2 Max Mac Studio
    Mac14,14 :: M2 Ultra Mac Studio

    Mac14,15 :: M2 MacBook Air 15"

    M3

    Mac15,3 :: M3 (8/10) MacBook Pro 14"

    Mac 15,4 :: M3 (8/8) iMac (Two ports)
    Mac 15,5 :: M3 (8/10) iMac (Four ports)

    Mac15,6 :: M3 Pro (11/14) MacBook Pro 14"

    Mac15,7 :: M3 Pro (12/18) MacBook Pro 16"
    Mac15,8 :: M3 Pro (12/18) MacBook Pro 14"

    Mac15,9 :: M3 Max (14/30) MacBook Pro 16"
    Mac15,10 :: M3 Max (14/30) MacBook Pro 14"

    Mac15,11 :: M3 Max (16/40) MacBook Pro 16"

    Mac15,12 :: M3 MacBook Air 13"
    Mac15,13 :: M3 MacBook Air 15"

    It's guesswork, but here's what I think the four in this most recent leak mean:

    M4 (projected)

    Mac16,1 :: M4 (8/8) iMac (Two ports)
    Mac16,2 :: M4 (10/10) iMac (Four ports)

    Mac16,3 :: M4 (10/10) MacBook Pro 14"

    Mac16,10 :: M4 (10/10) Mac mini

    Thanks for the M2 list and M4 projections, tenthousandthings. Given that list, with regard to the M2 Studio (Mac14,13/Mac14,14), it does appear that the M4 Studio won’t be released any time soon, ditto the M4 Pro mini - if that numbering scheme persists to the M4 Studio and mini ranges. 

    Unfortunately for me, the Studio is now my preferred option given that it has a fan and a great big copper heatsink, as opposed to the (currently) fan-less mini; and my 11,3 mid-2010 27” i7 iMac is really on its last legs.

    Given the time- and (likely) feature-gaps between the M2 and M4 ranges, at this stage I don’t want to have to cough up for an M2 Studio, and definitely not an M2 mini, but I may have to if the iMac croaks before the release of the M4 (Max) Studio. I’m not sure that M2 trade-ins would be worth as much as I would like and/or need. If only money weren’t an object.
    danox

  • iCloud Private Relay outage hits iPhone Safari users

    Alex1NAlex1N
    Private relay broken here on Mac in Aust, 6.30 pm  27 July.,affecting Safari. PR turned off now, Safari working again. I can live with that.
    watto_cobra

  • Late 2025 for M4 Mac Studio & Mac Pro seems more certain now

    Alex1NAlex1N
    mike1 said:
    Alex1N said:
    One of the main reasons that Apple gave at the announcement of Apple Silicon was its frustration with Intel not providing timely updates on its CPUs. And now, four years on, we appear (according to rumour at least, but the clock is definitely ticking) to be in a very similar situation - with Apple being the one to drag its feet. That’s not to say that Apple Silicon isn’t a vast improvement on the Intel offerings that it replaces, but timing issues are beginning to become apparent. It’s making purchasing a Mac much more of a gamble.

    What timing issues?!
    Is there another system out there that outperforms an M2 Studio? If so, then Apple might have a problem.
    If not, then you simply buy the best you can afford at the time you need the system.
    Your impatience doesn't drive Apple's product plans.
    There is always that someone who is waiting for something better/faster/smaller and never buys anything.

    Decades ago, I worked in an electronics store and we had a nice older gentleman as a regular customer. He had the means to buy nice stuff as evidenced by his purchases over the years. Yet, he only purchased inexpensive TVs and eschewed the better performing models. He kept saying he was going to wait for one of those "TVs you can hang on a wall". Well, he passed away a few years before the first plasma sets were introduced, never mind became mainstream. I know he would have been one of the first customers for a plasma.

    It’s not impatience - it’s frustration and the inability to afford a Mac Studio. I am still using a mid-2010 27” i7 32GB RAM iMac (running Ventura via OCLP) and its UI is annoyingly slow until you’re actually in an app. The display itself is as nice as it ever was, even if the GPU can’t use METAL.

    The distinct probability now of no M3 Pro Mac mini (which I had previously made the decision to wait for) and possibly no M4 mini until
    late 2025/early 2026 will blow my waiting period out even further. So it’d be back to waiting even longer. 

    My next cutoff is still the end of March 2025, after which I’m not sure what I’ll do (and I’ve said that before, too). Maybe just keep going on the old iMac until it croaks or Apple pulls the Intel Rosetta sub-system from macOS (that’s coming, sooner rather than later from what I read), whichever comes first.
    watto_cobra

  • Late 2025 for M4 Mac Studio & Mac Pro seems more certain now

    Alex1NAlex1N
    One of the main reasons that Apple gave at the announcement of Apple Silicon was its frustration with Intel not providing timely updates on its CPUs. And now, four years on, we appear (according to rumour at least, but the clock is definitely ticking) to be in a very similar situation - with Apple being the one to drag its feet. That’s not to say that Apple Silicon isn’t a vast improvement on the Intel offerings that it replaces, but timing issues are beginning to become apparent. It’s making purchasing a Mac much more of a gamble.
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