Apple recently updated the Mac mini and the Mac Studio, so on this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about the new chips in those Macs, the speed improvements, and what you get for the money.
This is episode 1002 with Michael Simon, Jason Cross, and Roman Loyola.
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We talked about the Apple Watch Series 12 last week, and said it’s the most significant upgrade since the Series 4. we got a few a comment sabout that on social.
It’s great but literally can’t set a cooking timer
Will.i.cook via TikTok
This is lacking AI. AI on watches where it is headed. This is an embarrassment
asg4aa via Instagram
I’m sure it’ll be great for people who actually use and understand all the extra data, but I’m not heavily invested/nerdy regarding this sort of thing so just seems like a lot of stuff I wouldn’t use. Same with all the new granular controls on the iPhone 18 Pro.
Isaac P. via Facebook
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