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macOS Monterey review: A compelling refinement of Big Sur
Is Podcasts any better? It's absolutely awful in Big Sur. It rarely syncs from my iPhone, it's REALLY slow, the layout is beyond terrible. It's the worst app I've ever used on a Mac followed by its pal, Music.I listen exclusively to Rock and Metal. When I open Music and click Browse all I ever see is an endless list of pop, dance, and hip-hop, and a million other things that Music should know I have never, ever, listened to. It's unbearably slow too. When I search for a band it takes ages to bring up the info. And yet again I'm bombarded by suggestions for chart music, dance, chill etc... It knows what I like but continually tries to get me to listen to pop/dance etc... I'm totally offended, to be honest.
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Apple unveils 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Pro, M1 Max starting at $2499
If you want to use recycled aluminium and have space for a big battery there's not much room for styling I suppose. They're Pro machines that put performance above style and that's the way it should be. It looks like nothing on the other side will come anywhere even remotely close. Can't wait for the comparisons but these machines look like big gamechangers.
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Adobe Photoshop updated for native Apple Silicon support - with caveats
To be honest I would just be happy if they would fix the years-long file saving bug that highlights both the filename and file extension when you save. It might sound like a minor thing but you have to type out .psd .jpg .png etc... every single time you save a file. When you save a load of files per day it drives you CRAZY and slows down production hugely. Thousands of people have been complaining about this since back in Mojave and it's still not fixed.
Photoshop is just a 30-year-old bag of spanners at this point. I think the time is now right for an alternative.
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Apple continues to dominate tablet market with 19.2M iPads shipped in Q4 2020
"I would shut down Apple and give the money back to the shareholders.”
My mum has an 'iPad' as she calls it. It's made by Acer and is a piece of junk. She likes it though. I bought her a proper iPad for Christmas so the whole family can FaceTime and she's blown away with it. The comparison is night and day. I would like to know the tablet Apple vs Android comparison in revenue share terms. So many non-iPad tablets are low powered, low quality efforts that cost half or even less of the cheapest iPad.
I would guess that Apple has 60%-70% of all tablet revenue. I have to say that the latest iPad really are excellent. -
Apple's M1 MacBook Air smashes Windows on ARM in new benchmarks
The issue as I see it is if a Windows user wishes to buy a Windows computer that uses ARM for better battery life (and other advantages) vs a Mac user who wants to do the same thing.
The Mac user, even at the debut of the machine, appears to have to make few, if any, real compromises. The machine is so fast it runs software that's not complied for its processor at very acceptable speeds. Most software just works. Software that is compiled for it runs really quickly. Benefit = superfast machine for most software. Best in class battery life. Lots of other ARM related benefits that we all know about.
The PC user wanting to experience the benefits of ARM is hugely compromised. Microsoft is well behind the curve here and this issue is not likely to be fixed in the short term. The machine is expensive, extremely slow, with loads of software compatibility issues and the battery life is probably half what the Mac user is getting. All in all, it's an absolute turkey.
It does though help to highlight the fantastic job Apple is doing here. This is not easy. I'm sure next year will see some new form factors that take further advantage of Apple Silicon and Apple's excellent industrial design know-how.
