receive to our hebdomadal 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 tree or tea , but it ’s coolheaded if you want to give it a read during dejeuner or dinner time of day too .
Meet the new member of the Mac family
Last week we have the handsome performance , the flourish , and shine words at Apple ’s “ Peek Performance ” event . But this week we got the reality . The company ’s new merchandise , the Modern iPhone SE , the fifth - gen iPad Air , the Mac Studio , and the Studio Display , drop into the hands of reviewers , influencers , and the lucky ( in some casesvery lucky ) first undulation of customers , and will now have to examine their Charles Frederick Worth in the real public .
Roman Loyola has been commit the Mac Studio ( in our case an M1 Max theoretical account ) through its paces in the Macworld lab and posted his4.5 - sensation reviewon Thursday . It ’s a lucky write - up , extolling the machine ’s versatility , subdued process , and exciting processing prowess . One could middling criticize Apple ’s lack of originality in design terms , but this is a serious measure up in power from the “ canonical ” M1 potato chip .
But the best thing about the Mac Studio might be what itisn’t . This is n’t an acclivity of the Mac mini , or the iMac , or the Mac Pro ; this is something new . It sits in a category that Apple had n’t yet catered for . As Roman Catholic observes , it ’s a slab of processing musculus that ’s perfect for the YouTuber or independent app developer , without being as expensive as the medium - creation setups used in turgid - exfoliation professional production house .
We ’ve hear many times over the preceding few year that creative professionals feel Apple has abandon them , and perhaps that is fair . But a bigger problem has been the company ’s fixed adhesion to a consumer / pro duality that no longer spend a penny sense . ( By what touchstone , other than high price , do the iPhone 13 Pro and AirPods Pro cater to the same grocery as the Mac Pro ? For that matter , does anyone seriously think the two size of MacBook Pro are both targeted at originative professionals ? )
So as well as being a high - quality Mac , the Studio represents something more . It ’s an cite that in 2022 , Mac buyers do n’t fit so neatly in two boxes and that the Mac range should reflect that .
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We ’ve unearthedfour cool hidden appsyoudidn’t know were on your iPhone .
Appleleft out the ‘ Pro’when it made Mac Studio , depend the Macalope .
David Pricewonderswhy Applehates its Pro productsso much .
Dan Morenarguesthat Apple ’s unexampled products raiseas many interrogative as answers .
Why ca n’t the iPhone SE beas good asSamsung ’s budget phones ?
The rumor mill
RecentiPhone 14 Pro leakspaint a near - over flick ofApple ’s big gamble .
Apple ’s New central processing unit change everything . Here’show the M1 Ultra pave the wayfor thenext “ Extreme ” Apple potato chip .
Podcast of the week
life history just got a lot easy , because iOS 15.4 is here ! Jason , Michael , and Roman public lecture about the top features in the iPhone operating arrangement , along with macOS , tvOS , and more in this episode of the Macworld Podcast .
Bugs & problems
iCloud Private Relayhas come under fire in the UK as a supposedsafety threat . Butwe’re not convinced .
macOS Big Sur and Catalinaupdatesthis workweek brought a bundle ofcritical security system fixing . We advocate installing them at your earlier convenience .
sing of updates , here arethree reasonstoupgrade to iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4right by .
Apple ditch the visual cause from most Macs about a decade ago . You could still purchase anApple - brand USB SuperDrivefor read and burn CDs and DVDs , but the maker never updated it for more modern Macs and interface . With all this in mind , here ’s how to connect anApple USB SuperDrive to a newer Mac .
