By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) The month-end special knocks $230 off the latest 14-inch MacBook Pro with an upgrade to 1TB of storage. Grab the exclusive deal for three days only.Save $230 on Apple’s latest MacBook Pro 14.To activate the exclusive deal on the current MacBook Pro 14-inch, shop through this special pricing link* from a laptop or desktop computer (the offer cannot be activated in the B&H and AppleInsider apps at this time).Buy for $1,969 Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Sometimes you need to sign or fill out PDF forms while you’re away from your Mac. Here’s how to get that paperwork done on your iPhone or iPad.Filling out and signing forms using only an iPhone is easier than you think.Having to fill out a form is an inevitable fact of life, and digital forms continue to be based on their paper-oriented cousins. The Mac has long had tools available to help manage, fill and sign forms, but sometimes you only have an iPhone or iPad available where you are.Recent updates to iOS and iPadOS make it much easier to complete these documents on your smaller-device screens, without any requirement for third party apps. If you fill out a lot of forms on a routine basis, one of those apps may be of even more help. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) The upgraded M2 MacBook Air featuring 16GB unified memory and 512GB of storage is $260 off, marking the lowest price on record — just in time for graduation and Father’s Day gift-giving.Save $260 on a popular MacBook Air spec.AppleInsider readers can take advantage of the all-time low price of $1,239 on the upgraded configuration in the popular Midnight and Space Gray finishes at Apple Authorized Reseller B&H Photo. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) A Lego Apple Store has surfaced on Reddit as its creator hopes to get enough votes to make it into an official Lego set — but it probably won’t happen.Image credit: Reddit u/legotrumanRedditor legotruman has created a fan-made Lego Apple Store in hopes of it one day becoming a real LEGO set and is now asking folks to go vote for it on the Lego Ideas platform.”The model is not based on any single Apple store location. We looked through a number of popular and famous Apple stores, tried to find to consistent design style, and made this model that can fit inside a Lego city (along with other Lego modular/ city sets),” the creator’s comment on the post reads. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) In a rare interview, key Apple designers reveal why they gave the new Apple Pencil that digital shadow, and how it’s part of their overall goal for the iPad Pro.An iPad Pro showing designs for the digital shadow of the Apple Pencil ProWhen Apple launched the latest iPad Pro with an M4 processor, it also introduced the new and well-received Apple Pencil Pro. What it didn’t do was point out a design feature that was delightfully spotted by users.If an iPad Pro user is hand writing on the device, the Apple Pencil Pro appears to throw a shadow that looks like a fountain pen. Or if the user is painting, the shadow is of a paintbrush. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew O’Hara) On this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, Sonos launches a pair of new smart products, a new affordable Home Key lock emerges, and Ecobee CEO Greg Fyke joins us to talk about the future of home automation.HomeKit Insider PodcastIn the news this week we saw the launch of the Aqara U50 smart lock. This is a more affordable version of the U100 and lacks the fingerprint reader.It connects over Zigbee or Bluetooth and works with Matter when paired to a hub. There’s an integrated keypad and it supports Apple home key. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) At launch, Apple said that the M3 MacBook Air is the fastest consumer-grade AI laptop, and Microsoft’s has arrived to challenge it. Can Microsoft claim the crown with the Surface Laptop Copilot+?MacBook Air vs Surface Laptop Copilot+During Microsoft’s special event on May 20, the company launched a new set of Windows PCs under the banner “Copilot+ PC.” The initiative is to signal to consumers that they can take advantage of AI processing on sleek notebooks.Given Apple’s use of the Neural Engine in its products, this is something the Mac lineup has had for years. First, it was used in its A-series chips for iPhone and iPad, before becoming a core part of its Apple Silicon strategy. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple is anticipating a large number of orders for its OLED iPad Pro, with shipments now anticipated to reach over 9 million.iPad Pro M4 with Nano-textureThe launch of the new iPad Pro with Tandem OLED is set to make a big mark on the OLED market as a whole, according to a Monday report.Research firm Omida predics that the OLED shipment volume for tablets could hit 12.1 million units, reports DigiTimes. Approximately 8.12 million units will be for hybrid OLEDs, which so far the iPad Pro is the only iPad to use. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Apple Authorized Resellers Amazon and B&H Photo are engaged in a price war on the M3 Max MacBook Pro 16-inch, driving the high-end model with a top-of-the-line 40-core GPU and 48GB RAM down to $3,699.Save $300 on a loaded M3 Max MacBook Pro.This loaded 16-inch MacBook Pro is equipped with Apple’s top-of-the-line M3 Max chip that has a 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU. The Space Black laptop also has 48GB of unified memory, which is three times the 16GB found in the standard 16-inch model that’s on sale for $2,299. The M3 Max system also has 1TB of storage. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
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