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Apple executives defend location of the power button on the 2024 Mac mini

There are times when Apple’s product design makes perfect sense, is lauded by all, and a great new product rolls out the gates ready to go. And there are times wherein the company makes such a weird decision that its entire customer base wonders what they were thinking. Apple’s decision to place the 2024 Mac […]

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Rumor: Second-generation Vision Pro headset to debut in late 2025/early 2026, feature an M5 chip

Apple’s second-generation Vision Pro headset may be pushed back a bit to 2026, but also feature an M5 chip at its core. Per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the headset could see an upgrade to the as-yet-unannounced M5 chip. The unit it reportedly in active development, which Gurman has stated could be expected to arrive “between the […]

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M4 Mac mini SSD removal and upgrade are possible (albeit not easily)

The good news is that the new M4 Mac mini features an upgradable SSD that can technically be removed, upgraded, and data can be recovered from it. The bad news is that this is a fairly intricate process. The storage can be upgraded per Quinn Nelson’s teardown video of the new Mac mini desktop on […]

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tvOS 18.2 beta, AdBlocker framework hints at Apple devices being able to ignore “Hey Siri” commands from TVs in the near future

If you’ve been annoyed by various TV ads triggering the “Hey Siri” command on Apple devices over the years, this might be coming to an end. Per 9to5Mac, the latest beta of tvOS 18.2 released this week introduced a new framework called “AdBlocker.” Although at first glance the name suggests that this would be a […]

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Rumor: Apple Store retail locations to begin reducing Vision Pro retail/demo space

Apple may be reducing/consolidating the amount of space it dedicates to the Vision Pro headset in some of its retail store locations. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, while most stores have two tables dedicated to the ‌Apple Vision Pro‌, one for display units and one for customer demos, Apple is planning to move both the […]