Apple updated the MacBook Pro for the M2-series today. The updates were mostly a spec-bump as widely rumored, and that is fine with me. An M1-series MacBook Pro would provide what I need, but I've been waiting a bit since the M2 version was so close. In general, not much has changed. The form factors, …
My Apple Watch Series 8
The Series 8 is not a huge upgrade over the Series 7. It has the same design, same screen, and essentially the same chip. It includes a temperature sensor that is very good if you are tracking your cycle or temperature changes during sleep, but currently not much else. It includes an improved gyroscope and …
My iPhone 14 Pro
There are definitely some changes between the iPhone Pro 13 and iPhone Pro 14, but they are not necessarily huge, which is to be expected in a yearly upgrade cycle. The screen is always-on, the cameras are better, and the notch is now a Dynamic Island. That basically sums it up. That said, I'm still …
2022 iPhones & Stuff
Apple held its yearly Fall-ish iPhone event today and released new iPhones, watches, and Air Pods. Here's my take. AirPods Pro 2 The AirPods Pro 2 look the same as the current generation but offer up to 2x the noise cancelling magic due to the new H2 chip. Combined with better drivers and amps, they …
Mac Museum New Additions: August 2022
I've started spending time in the Mac Museum again and that means I'm on the hunt for well-priced additions. I've been lucky to find both a 2010 Mac mini and 2009 Unibody MacBook in great condition for great prices. Now's the time to get them before they get too old and get more expensive. I'm …
Time for a MacBook Pro (Again)?
I replaced my 15" Intel MacBook Pro with a M1 MacBook Air about 20 months ago and I've been pretty happy with it. In general, performance is great, battery life is great, the keyboard is great, the size is nice, it's light, and the screen is good. The issues pop up when I run Lightroom …
Resurrecting a Blue & White G3
I've been spending some time in my museum lately cataloging my collection. In particular I'm booting up all of my machines to verify their specs and whether they work. At last count I had a little over 100 machines, most of which work, but only about ⅓ of which I have cataloged. I pulled out …
March 2022 Apple Predictions
On occasion I try to predict what products Apple is going to release based on rumors. On occasion (ok, always so far), I'm wrong. But you know what they say - "if at first you don't succeed..." So here we are, try, trying again with another prediction, this time about Apple's March product release. There …
Lightroom Update for M1 Addresses My Issues
I wrote recently about my experiences running Lightroom on my M1 MacBook Air. Overall it was more performant than my 2016 MacBook Pro, but I often encountered slowdowns with brush edits and had to close most other applications to make my 8 GB RAM usable. Adobe released an M1-native update to Lightroom in June and …
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My iPhone 13
Apple announced the iPhone 13 lineup last week and pre-orders were available this past Friday. From my first iPhone 3GS in 2009 I've been on the off-cycle, buying Apple's "s" model and keeping it for two years each time. I didn't buy the hot new designs (iPhone 4, 5, 6, 7) but the next iteration …
Relatively Ambitious 