Apple’s new Touch Bar MacBook Pro, released last week, has a new keyboard that appears to be redesigned to fix the failure issue plaguing the 2016 and 2017 models.
Deep Dives: Photos, NAS, & Backups – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 718
Sometimes it’s time for a deep dive. Today it’s time for three! Listen as your two favorite geeks dive into Photos, NAS (Synology… and more!), and Backups.
An Amazing Review of 2018 MacBook Pro by a NASA Engineer
The new 2018 MacBook Pro has us all talking. But here’s the best review of them all that John has seen. From a NASA engineer.
Apple Launches Chinese Clean Energy Fund
Ten suppliers will jointly invest in Climate Change Solutions in China.
Breaking: Adobe is Building a Full Version of iPad Photoshop
I say this with sarcasm because the company can barely optimize it for Macs.
We've Got a Sneak Peak at the 2018 iDevices
If we take the Eurasian patent database at face value, we might see three iPhones and two iPads.
Pay What You Want for the Complete UI/UX Design Tutorial Lifetime Bundle
We have a new pay-what-you-want deal called the Complete UI/UX Design Lifetime Bundle, a comprehensive collection of design-related training courses. Photoshop, design, UI and UX, web design, and more are covered in eight different training courses. Pay what you want, even a penny, and you’ll get Photoshop, InDesign, And Illustrator 101. Beat the average price, which is currently $8.87, and you’ll get all eight courses. Beat the current Leader’s price, and you’ll be entered into a drawing for a Super NES Classic.
New Touch Bar MacBook Pro Supports True Tone on Some External Displays
Apple’s just released 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro is the first with a True Tone display, and that extends to a couple external displays, too.
The Mac mini Refresh Dream, Looking Towards ARM-based Macs - TMO Daily Observations 2018-07-13
Bryan Chaffin and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to debate what Apple could do with a Mac mini refresh versus what they’re likely to do, plus Jeff warms up to the idea of an ARM-based Mac.
The U.S. Government Plants Spy Phones on People
In certain situations, the U.S. government plants spy phones on people. In one case, the DEA sold encrypted BlackBerry phones to a suspected cocaine smuggler.
“If the government is distributing, effectively, bugging devices, without sufficient court oversight and authorization, I think that could really have a chilling effect on free expression, if people feel like they have to assume the risk that any phone they’re handed could have been bugged in a way that would violate their rights,” says Human Rights Watch researcher Sarah St. Vincent.
