Apple iMac – Happy 25th birthday for the majestic Mac
The iMac is the Mac I still think of as being the Mac, and this week it turns a quarter of a century old. Humble beginnings Apple’s iMac was the second Mac I bought and was my first proper Mac. It all started with a MacBook Air which was good enough to get me hooked. […]
3 reasons Apple’s supply chain is broken
Apple’s broken supply chain system – the closed loop system As you’ll know if you read my blogs regularly, I have been ordering some new Apple gear recently. Over past weeks, I have talked about the supply chain system issues and global chip shortages. As it turns out, these are not just words on a […]
What next for the mighty Mac mini?
Plenty planned for this stunning desktop Mac mini It seems like only yesterday that we were shown the first Apple Silicon chip, the M1 range, and yet here we are, just over a year later, and the M2 successor is suddenly the talk of the town. Of recent, there has been a real purge on […]
New iPhone 15 leaks & the first renders
Apple View round-up 11th April – 15th April 2022 Again, news is thin on the ground for us Apple fans, but whatever there is out there, I have hoovered up for you in this week’s Apple Views blog – including news on iPhone 15! WWDC Update I reported last week on the confirmed date of […]
Why can’t we just be satisfied with Studio Display? The 1st affordable display in an age
The Apple Studio Display is barely 2 weeks old, yet already we are not content, it seems. When I was watching the Peak Performance event live, nearly two weeks ago, there was one standout announcement for me. Don’t get me wrong, an iPad Air with an M1 chip is very impressive. The iPhone SE 3rd […]
Have we seen the last of the big iMac’s?
Are these great machines now a thing of the past? Almost a week ago now, Apple unveiled their brand-new range of computers. Mac Studio, launched last week at Peek Performance, and it looks like it will pack quite some punch. Whilst we await the first review units to arrive and be put through their paces, […]
The 27-inch iMac is no more – RIP!
Overnight – the big 27-inch iMac is gone! What next 7 March – 11 March 2022 From Russia with no love Apple has paused sales in Russia, including shutting down its online store and stopping exports to Russia as well. Apple Pay has been massively restricted, whilst the traffic & live incidents features on Apple […]
WWDC 2022 the 1st Apple event of the year – what’s going to be new & great!
Not long now until Apple’s first event of the year….let’s look at what we may get WWDC 2022 can’t come too soon. I had to pinch myself this morning. Do you know, it’s approaching four months since our last Apple event! That’s right, hard as it may be to believe, but the M1 Pro & […]
Size REALLY does matter – my MacBook problem
my 16” MacBook conundrum I get it, honestly, I get it. If this title appeared on one of my YouTube videos, more than likely, I’d be accused of clickbait. It’s a habit we get in to, but, as you are here now, and I have your attention, let’s get in to it, shall we, and […]
Mac Mail – still the best?
despite the competition, I still love the native Mac Mail app Email is very nearly 50 years old. It is the one app, on a Mac, that every user will open and check multiple times per day. A staggering 98.4% of Mac users will open the mail app daily. The sheer volume of mail is […]