While we right here at Macworld learn and write about Apple all week lengthy, we completely get that you simply won’t. But because you’re right here now, permit us to catch you up on the entire stuff it’s essential to know from the previous week.
20 years of OS X
On Wednesday, March 24, macOS X marked the 20th anniversary of the day it shipped to customers. If you had been utilizing a Mac again then, you little doubt bear in mind what a momentous event it was. If you weren’t Jason Snell will let you know all about it. From the desperation to the enjoyment and the triumphant return of Steve Jobs, the previous Macworld govt editor remembers all of it so properly we couldn’t match it in only one article. Read them each here and here.
The case in opposition to an iPhone 13 mini
When a new 5.4-inch mini mannequin joined the iPhone lineup, we thought it was the reply to small cellphone lovers’ prayers. It seems that may not be the case. Amid indicators that the iPhone 12 mini isn’t promoting very properly, Macworld UK’s David Price makes the case that Apple shouldn’t make an iPhone 13 mini—and in all probability shouldn’t take heed to what clients say they need.
HomePod mini has a secret sensor
As Apple’s solely remaining sensible speaker, the $99 HomePod has a lot resting on its spherical shoulders. It’s already an essential component for a Siri-based smart home, however its full potential isn’t being tapped. Bloomberg reported this week that the HomePod mini homes a temperature and humidity sensor that lies dormant. Why is it there? Will it ever do something? We hope to study at some point.
Apple Watch rumors: Rugged and spherical?
While we’ve gotten our fill of iPhone 13 rumors, Apple Watch rumors have been tougher to return by. But we acquired a couple this week. The first comes within the type of a patent for a radical new design for the Apple Watch that might deliver the primary rounded design, although Macworld UK’s Karen Haslam doesn’t assume you need to maintain your breath for that. It’s not unlikely that we’ll see the expertise Apple describes make its manner into a wearable in some unspecified time in the future: a versatile show panel that may be personalized and conforms to the person’s wrist dimension.
Looking extra short-term, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg experiences that Apple is engaged on a rugged case option for the Apple Watch which will make an look this yr. He says the watch would compete with the G-Shock watches from Casio which are shock resistant.
Waiting for the iPad Pro
Another week glided by and the closely rumored iPad Pro didn’t make an look. But that didn’t cease Dan Moren from pontificating on how the upcoming pill will enhance on the present mannequin—and maybe become a little more like the Mac within the course of.
Michael Simon has been overlaying Apple because the iPod was the iWalk. His obsession with expertise goes again to his first PC—the IBM Thinkpad with the lift-up keyboard for swapping out the drive. He’s nonetheless ready for that to return again in fashion tbh.