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Title: Apple’s new Studio is the sweet spot the Mac’s been missing Post by: HCK on March 22, 2022, 04:05:10 pm Apple’s new Studio is the sweet spot the Mac’s been missing
<div id="link_wrapped_content"> <body><section class="wp-block-bigbite-multi-title"><div class="container"></div></section><p>Welcome to our weekly collection of all the Apple news you missed this week, in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a morning cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too.</p> <h2 id="meet-the-new-member-of-the-mac-family">Meet the new member of the Mac family</h2> <p>Last week we got the big performance, the fanfare, and glowing words at Apple’s “Peek Performance” event. But this week we got the reality. The company’s new products, the new iPhone SE, the fifth-gen iPad Air, the Mac Studio, and the Studio Display, dropped into the hands of reviewers, influencers, and the lucky (in some cases very lucky (https://www.macworld.com/article/623699/mac-studio-french-store-blunder.html)) first wave of customers, and will now have to prove their worth in the real world.</p> <p>Roman Loyola has been putting the Mac Studio (in our case an M1 Max model) through its paces in the Macworld labs and posted his 4.5-star review (https://www.macworld.com/article/622515/mac-studio-m1-max-review.html) on Thursday. It’s a favorable write-up, extolling the machine’s versatility, quiet operation, and exciting processing prowess. One could reasonably criticize Apple’s lack of originality in design terms, but this is a serious step up in power from the “basic” M1 chip.</p> <p>But the best thing about the Mac Studio might be what it isn’t. This isn’t an upgrade of the Mac mini, or the iMac, or the Mac Pro; this is something new. It sits in a category that Apple hadn’t yet catered for. As Roman observes, it’s a slab of processing muscle that’s perfect for the YouTuber or independent app developer, without being as expensive as the media-creation setups used in large-scale professional production houses.</p> <p>We’ve heard many times over the past few years that creative professionals feel Apple has abandoned them, and perhaps that is fair. But a bigger problem has been the company’s rigid adherence to a consumer/pro dichotomy that no longer makes sense. (By what criteria, other than high price, do the iPhone 13 Pro and AirPods Pro cater to the same market as the Mac Pro? For that matter, does anyone seriously think the two sizes of MacBook Pro are both targeted at creative professionals?)</p> <p>So as well as being a high-quality Mac, the Studio represents something more. It’s an acknowledgment that in 2022, Mac buyers don’t fit so neatly in two boxes and that the Mac range should reflect that.</p> <div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Mac-Studio-Display-01.jpg?quality=50&strip=all&w=1200" alt="Mac Studio Display" class="wp-image-623666" srcset="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Mac-Studio-Display-01.jpg?quality=50&strip=all 1500w, https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Mac-Studio-Display-01.jpg?resize=300%2C186&quality=50&strip=all 300w, https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Mac-Studio-Display-01.jpg?resize=768%2C477&quality=50&strip=all 768w, https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Mac-Studio-Display-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C745&quality=50&strip=all 1200w" width="1200" height="745" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><figcaption>The Mac Studio nestling beneath Apple’s new Studio Display.</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Willis Lai/Foundry</p></div> <h2 id="trending-top-stories-of-the-week">Trending: Top stories of the week</h2> <p>We’ve unearthed four cool hidden apps (https://www.macworld.com/article/623321/iphone-hidden-apps.html) you <strong>didn’t know were on your iPhone</strong>.</p> <p>Apple <strong>left out the ‘Pro’</strong> when it made Mac Studio, reckons the Macalope (https://www.macworld.com/article/623046/macalope-mac-studio-m1-ultra-imac-pro.html).</p> <p>David Price <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/623322/different-think-pro-ipad-air-mac-studio.html" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.macworld.com/article/623322/different-think-pro-ipad-air-mac-studio.html">wonders[/url] why Apple <strong>hates its Pro products</strong> so much.</p> <p>Dan Moren <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/621995/mac-studio-apple-studio-display-questions.html" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.macworld.com/article/621995/mac-studio-apple-studio-display-questions.html">argues[/url] that Apple’s new products raise <strong>as many questions as answers</strong>.</p> <p>Why can’t the iPhone SE be <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/624609/iphone-se-samsung-galaxy-a53-5g-camera.html" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.macworld.com/article/624609/iphone-se-samsung-galaxy-a53-5g-camera.html">as good as[/url] Samsung’s budget phones?</p> <h2 id="the-rumor-mill">The rumor mill</h2> <p>Recent <strong>iPhone 14 Pro leaks</strong> paint a near-complete picture of Apple’s biggest gamble (https://www.macworld.com/article/624105/iphone-14-pro-leaks-cad-display-camera.html).</p> <p>Apple’s newest processor changes everything. Here’s how the M1 Ultra paves the way (https://www.macworld.com/article/350372/apple-silicon-transition-m1-pro-max-ultra-roadmap.html) for the <strong>next “Extreme” Apple chip</strong>.</p> <h2 id="podcast-of-the-week">Podcast of the week</h2> <p>Life just got a lot easier, because iOS 15.4 is here! Jason, Michael, and Roman talk about the top features in the iPhone operating system, along with macOS, tvOS, and more in this episode of the Macworld Podcast.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Spotify Embed: Episode 784: Top features in iOS 15.4, macOS 12.3" style="border-radius: 12px" width="100%" height="152" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/7ypO8SBZ48PYWL3qX8pBbt?utm_source=oembed"></iframe> </div></figure><h2 id="bugs-problems">Bugs & problems</h2> <p><strong>iCloud Private Relay</strong> has come under fire in the UK as a supposed <strong>safety threat</strong>. But we’re not convinced (https://www.macworld.com/article/622735/icloud-private-relay-uk-mobile-networks.html).</p> <p><strong>macOS Big Sur and Catalina</strong> updates (https://www.macworld.com/article/623104/macos-big-sur-catalina-security-updates.html) this week brought a bundle of <strong>critical security fixes</strong>. We recommend installing them at your earliest convenience.</p> <p>Talking of updates, here are three reasons (https://www.macworld.com/article/622920/ios-15-4-ipados-15-4-upgrade-right-away.html) to <strong>upgrade to iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4</strong> right away.</p> <p>Apple ditched the optical drive from most Macs about a decade ago. You could still buy an <strong>Apple-branded USB SuperDrive</strong> for reading and burning CDs and DVDs, but the maker never updated it for more modern Macs and interfaces. With all this in mind, here’s how to connect an Apple USB SuperDrive to a newer Mac (https://www.macworld.com/article/619966/how-to-connect-apple-usb-superdrive.html).</p> <p>And with that, we’re done for this week. If you’d like to get regular roundups, sign up for our newsletters (https://www.macworld.com/newsletters/signup). You can also follow us <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=111346X1569486&url=https://twitter.com/macworld&xcust=1-1-622743-1-0-0&sref=https://www.macworld.com/feed" rel="nofollow">on Twitter[/url] for breaking news stories. See you next Saturday, enjoy your weekend, and stay Appley!</p> </body></div> Source: Apple’s new Studio is the sweet spot the Mac’s been missing (https://www.macworld.com/article/622743/apple-breakfast-march-19-2022.html) |