Apple kicked things off today with the iPhone 17e and a refreshed iPad Air powered by M4. Both look like solid updates. The iPhone 17e brings the A19 chip and doubles the base storage to 256GB while keeping the same $599 starting price. The…
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Five New Apple Products in 2026? Yes, Please.
If the rumors are true, 2026 is shaping up to be one of Apple’s most interesting hardware years in recent memory. According to the rumor mill, Apple has five all-new products in the pipeline: a foldable iPhone, augmented reality glasses, a HomePod with a…
Continue reading →New Apple Hardware
This week, Apple unveiled a bunch of new hardware, including the M4 Mac Studio, M4 MacBook Air, and the latest iPad Air. There’s a lot to discuss: M4 Mac Studio Apple’s new Mac Studio has two primary configurations: one with the M4 Max chip and another with the M3…
Continue reading →Pondering the iPhone 16 Capture Button
If the rumors are to be believed, with the upcoming iPhone 16 announcement Apple will introduce a new capture button that will be added to the phones across the line (both pro and non-pro models). The tea leaves also say that this new capture…
Continue reading →Farewell, Apple SuperDrive
Felipe Esposito wrote on 9to5Mac that it is no longer possible to buy the Apple SuperDrive through the Apple Store in the United States. While there has been no official announcement, it appears that Apple is selling out existing stock with no intention of…
Continue reading →M3 MacBook Air has Faster SSD Speeds
A bit of good news from iFixit on the teardown of the new M3 MacBook Air: they have now switched to two 128 GB storage modules. You may know that in the first two iterations of the Apple silicon MacBook Air, the base storage models…
Continue reading →The Vision Pro: Popularity, Availability, and Iteration
I’ll join the digital queue this Friday morning to purchase my Vision Pro. This is an interesting product as we head towards its launch because it appears that while it won’t be a big seller (on an Apple scale), it may still be hard…
Continue reading →Apple Vision Pro Thoughts
It’s a big week for those contemplating buying a Vision Pro. Apple has always prided itself on only releasing products when they are “done.” While I have no doubt that the Vision Pro is done, I also think the use case for the product is far from done…This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?
Some Hard Truths About My Keyboard(s)(MacSparky Labs)
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Apple and Support for Old Hardware
There are a lot of knocks against Apple that, when I hear them, I say, “Yup. That’s about right.” They charge too much for storage on new Macs. They’re secretive about new products, which is smart. But they are also often secretive about little…
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