Apple has released its own Thunderbolt 5 cable

Apple has finally released its own Thunderbolt 5 cable, promising creative professionals serious performance gains over Thunderbolt — with the right peripherals. On Tuesday, Apple announced the release of the new M4 Mac mini, the second of three announcements it planned on making during the week. And, just as it did on Monday with the…

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iOS 18.1 with Apple Intelligence is here—here’s how to get it on your iPhone

With new iOS releases, Apple typically starts testing the x.1 version right after the main release. We expected the iOS 18 beta to continue through the summer until its release in September, followed immediately by the iOS 18.1 beta. Then, iOS 18.1 would be released in October, and 18.2 beta testing would begin, and so…

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The M4 iMac has 16GB RAM and a 12MP Center Stage camera standard

Apple on Monday unveiled the new iMac. The design of the iMac hasn’t changed, but the company has upgraded the chip, added more unified memory, updated the colors, and changed the input devices to USB-C. At the heart of the new iMac is an M4 chip, which was introduced this past spring in the iPad…

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Apple releases new M4 Mac mini announcement video

Apple has welcomed the refreshed Mac mini with an Apple Event-style video, the second of three "exciting announcements" set to occur over the week. Tuesday's video, which runs for just over 12 minutes, is designed to give viewers a quick look at Apple's "tinier, mightier, and even more versatile Mac mini." Like Monday's video, this…

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Final Cut Pro will gain AI effects and text captions

Apple shows off forthcoming update to Final Cut Pro -- image credit: Apple During its Mac mini launch, Apple showed off some previously unannounced AI features coming to its Final Cut Pro video editor. As part of the M4 Mac mini launch video, Shloka Kini, Apple's Mac mini product manager, revealed new AI-based features coming…

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A smaller Mac mini brings big problems for third-party firms

The smaller size of the M4 Mac mini (right) means certain accessories will no longer fit -- image credit: Apple The greatly reduced size of the new M4 Mac mini is fantastic, but will be trouble for colocation services, rack mounters, and folks with hubs that will no longer fit neatly under the computer. It's…

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