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I don’t like to toot our own horn (actually, I do, but never mind that), but Cult of Mac writer Ed Hardy has done another great job of rounding up the latest Apple rumors.
This time it’s what to expect for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, which we’re likely to see in about four short weeks.
You’ve likely seen some of the rumors already: the new dark cherry color, or the faster A20 processor that’ll power these handsets.
Ed does a great job of pulling it all together and putting it in the proper context.
His post is well-written and structured, and at the end of it, you could probably ace a Ph.D.-level thesis defense about the new phones.
The bad news is that after reading it, you’re gonna be even more conflicted about what new iPhone to buy (if any). That variable aperture camera is going to be a big draw, though.
Also in today’s newsletter:
Apple patched a nasty screen-sharing bug last month, but a lot of people clearly haven’t installed it — and now it’s being exploited in the wild.
If you use Logitech’s marvelous keyboards or mice, here’s a great recommendation for much better software to control them.
Also on the security front, Apple just updated its major operating systems with some important patches.
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This story about Steve Jobs’ stolen iPad is a hoot (with a great headline, if I do say so myself), and the detail about his wallet is 🤌 💋.
— Leander Kahney, EIC.
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I love what we're doing at Apple now — I think it's the best work that Apple's ever done. But I think all of us on the Mac team point to that as the high point of our careers. It's like The Beatles playing Shea Stadium. We were really working 14-to-18-hour days, seven days a week. For, like, two years, three years. That was our life. But we loved it, we were young, and we could do it.
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