Happy Halloween!
If you and your family enjoy watching‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ every year, you might be disappointed to learn it’s no longer broadcast on a regular TV network.
But fear not. The classic Peanuts special is available for free on Apple TV+, and can be streamed on a very wide variety of devices.
So settle down in front of the TV after trick-or-treating and enjoy the Peanuts gang spooky antics.
— Leander Kahney, EIC.
Apple is done introducing Macs in 2022, according to a reliable source of insider information. The MacBook Pro models with the M2 Pro and M2 Max allegedly won’t be out until late in Q1 2023. The report is unconfirmed, but it fits with a recent warning from Apple’s CFO that Mac sales this quarter will be much slower than during the same period of 2021.
Even though ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ is on Apple TV+, it’s still possible to watch it for free in 2021. Here's how.
Apple is reportedly sticking with a two-year replacement cycle on its budget handset line. That means the iPhone SE 4 won’t be out until 2024, according to a reliable source. The launch is apparently far enough away that Apple hasn’t settled on a final design.
iPad shipments declined during the September quarter, but Apple blames the drop on launching the latest models in October, a month later than usual. This is only the latest problem to bedevil iPad in 2022.
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If you’re looking for quality audio at an affordable price, you can certainly do much worse than Edifier products. The Chinese company consistently comes across with great value, and that’s the case with the Edifier MS50A powered wireless smart speaker. The company sent me one of the handsome, wood-paneled speakers to test out. Though it’s not the smartest smart speaker on the block, it looks and sounds great for the price.
The 13.3-inch M2 MacBook Pro is down to $ 1,149 on Amazon after a massive $150 discount. You can get the 512GB configuration with a slightly lower $100 discount.
If you were a kid, wouldn’t you like to use a remote control to just “turn off” your parents for a while? But what if you couldn’t figure out how to turn them back on? That’s one of many scenarios that flash past in the trailer for Circuit Breakers Apple TV+ released Monday.
In the world of computer setups, sometimes it seems like some sort of display arms race is going on. Even five or six screens isn’t uncommon anymore, with a few external displays added to the devices with built-in screens, and all in play in the workstation. But how about no external displays? Does that work for you? It does for today’s featured MacBook Pro and iPad Air setup. And don’t overlook that unassuming but very special desk lamp, either.
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"I'm as proud of the products we have not done, as of the products we have done." — Steve Jobs, All Things D, 2004.