Rene Ritchie

HomePod mini Orange unboxing and hands-on

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The HomePod mini hardware hasn’t changed — the HomePod mini is still a 3.3-inch softball or… grapefruit-sized orb of Aldur that sits on your shelf, table, or desk and gives you a high-quality 3D audio soundstage, just not one as booming as the original HomePod biggie.

I still love the way it looks, classic white or black, and the new yellow, orange, and blue. Only regret is that Apple didn’t match all the new iMacs and go full in on green, purple, and red as well. But who knows, if these sell, maybe we’ll get more next spring or fall.

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* The antenna bands are made from upcycled plastic water bottles, and that's not all! Just this week, as part of doubling down on their pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030, Apple announced 10 new renewable projects around the world through their Power for Impact program, including partnering to protect and restore the 27,000-acre mangrove forests in Córdoba, Colombia.

When it comes to reducing plastics specifically, Apple is working on incorporating more recycled materials. Like the HomePod mini mesh, which is 90% recycled plastic. The Apple Watch Brained Solo Loop, which is 100 recycled polyester, and across the company, more than 70 parts now average 50% recycled plastics as of 2020, and 17 additional parts now use plastics made from bio-based content instead of fossil fuels.

They’ve also begun switching to paper wrapping for products, including the iPhone, avoiding 600 metric tons of plastics, and retail bags are now 80% recycled fiber. Overall, Apple has already reduced plastic in packaging by almost half in three years and they have a goal of removing it completely by 2025.

Other efforts include recycling aluminum and rare earth elements like magnets, and doing trade-ins and recycling programs for whole entire products, and it’s all designed to minimize the impact e-waste has on our planet, our oceans, and more accurately, our lives.

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Apple has just ended all other phone cameras!

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It’s here. It’s time. Apple ProRes is hitting the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max right now! 422 HQ to be exact. 6 gigabytes per minute to be even more exact. But what does that even mean and how would you even use it?

Alex Linsday joins me — The man who knows as much about ProRes as anyone outside Apple, and who you may know from ILM and Queen Amidala’s ship, or streaming pretty much every major event in big tech — to talk all about it!

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macOS Monterey is here but should you upgrade now or wait?

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Live Text, FaceTime for… lockdowns, Quick Notes, Focus Modes, Shortcuts… in progress, M1 Pro and Max acceleration, Safari redemption, and M1 Pro/Max acceleration! John Gruber of Daring Fireball, the Talk Show, and Dithering fame joins me for MacOS Monterey — the review! 

Note: Gruber's video was shot entirely with the new M1 Pro MacBook Pro 1080p camera

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AirPods 3 or... AirPods Pro Jr.?

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The AirPods 3 look like the AirPods Pro. Same oblong buds and shorter, more angled stems, with a virtual force sensor button for media control. But there are some critical differences: No silicon tips, for people who find that annoying or downright painful. Also, spatial audio for a truly immersive experience, but no active noise canceling. Adaptive EQ, which constantly corrects the audio based on how exactly the bud is sitting or moving in your ear, but no Transparency mode. Much better Find My, if you lose a pod, longer battery life, MagSafe and sweat and water resistance in the case, and so much more functionality thanks to years of AudioOS updates, that they’re not just a whole entire 3D sound stage in our ears — they’re basically external cybernetics. If only they weren’t so annoying sometimes. Let me explain!

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The MaxBook Pro review!

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I'm breaking down Apple’s brand new M1 Max 14-inch MacBook Pro. That’s 8 performance cores, 2 efficiency cores. 32 graphics cores. 64 gigs of unified memory. And 2 terabytes of ultra-fast SSD. Oh, yeah!

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Your MacBook Pro / Max questions answered!

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Why no Face ID? 14 vs 16-inch thermals? E-cores vs P-cores? M1 Pro vs M1 Max? M2 Predictions? Mac mini Pro? Mac Pro? Why the notch? RAM vs unified memory? Why so many SKUs? AAA gaming? Why no Center Stage? 10-bit panel?

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AirPods 3 are here!

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Apple has just announced new blue, orange, and yellow colors for the HomePod mini and — finally! — the 3rd Generation AirPods with spatial audio, Dolby Atmos, water resistance, longer battery life, and MagSafe charging. Here's my live reactions!

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New 14-inch and 16-inch M1 MacBook Pro!

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Apple has just announced the new M1 Pro and M1 Max 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with mini-LED display — and notches! — HDMI, SD-card, MagSafe, fast charging, 8 performance cores, 2 efficiency cores, up to 64 GB of RAM, up to 32 GPU cores, and 120Hz ProMotion! And these are my live reactions to the event!

Oh. Yeah!

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Apple takes M1 Pro... and Max!

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Live reaction to Apple announcing the new escalation to their custom silicon for the Mac — M1 Pro & M1 Max for the new MacBook Pro. 2 high-efficiency cores, 8 high-performance cores, 16 or 32 GPU cores, and up to 64 GB of Unified memory. Yeah, this is where you can watch me watch x86 die, Parappa!

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