Bryan Chaffin is joined by Jeff Gamet to dive deep into Apple’s new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini, with special attention on the Apple M1 processor that powers them. They also talk about macOS Big Sur.
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Photo Editor ‘Darkroom’ is Ready for M1
The latest in the wave of M1-ready Mac apps is Darkroom, a photo management and editing app.
Everything is updated to reflect the new macOS Big Sur aesthetic with native components like the new translucent sidebar and native window toolbars. We also optimized all interactions for mouse, trackpad, & keyboard input, sparing no detail in making Darkroom feel at home on the Mac.
The First Benchmark Scores for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro With M1 Chip. And They're Impressive.
The first benchmark scores for Macs containing the M1 chips are emerging and they show the newcomers outperforming Intel-based devices.
It's 99.99% Not Playing The Harp – TMO Daily Observations 2020-11-12
Today Kelly is joined by OmniGroup CEO/Founder Ken Case to talk about the prep work needed for new hardware and impending software from Apple.
M1 Knowns and Unknowns – TMO Daily Observations 2020-11-11
John Martellaro and Dave Hamilton join host Kelly Guimont to discuss what we know about Apple Silicon, aka M1. And also what we don’t know!
Mac Search App ‘Alfred’ is Ready for the M1 Chip
Popular Mac app Alfred is ready for the new Apple silicon M1 chip after using the Apple DTK running macOS Big Sur.
Alfred has an exceedingly clean code base, so we were hoping for it to be reasonably easy to create our first Universal build. To our pleasant surprise, it was as straightforward as loading up Alfred’s code into Xcode 12 Beta, selecting the Universal architecture, and compiling. That was it, no other changes were needed, and we were immediately able to take full advantage of the new architecture.
Why The New Mac mini and M1 Chip is a Big Deal For Hollywood
Apple put creativity front and center when unveiling its new products on Tuesday. The Hollywood Reporter found that many in the film and creative industries are excited about the possibilities of the Mac mini with it’s new M1 chip.
Veteran editor Harry B. Miller III says the new Mac minis in particular “could be huge” for the editing community. “Most of the editing industry is either on old cheese-grater or trashcan Macs. It seems to me the Mac mini with this new chip could easily and fairly cheaply replace all those old units,” he says. “Fox Studios, for example, had been refurbishing cheese-graters to keep them up to date with CPU’s and memory for more complex workflows. It would now be cheaper to replace them with the new Mini.” Miller says he plans to buy one. “I’ve used a Mini for the past 18 months for Avid [Media Composer] and [Adobe] Premiere Pro work on all my projects,” he notes. “Because of the pandemic, I know there have been a lot of equipment investments into iMacs for remote work. I could see the Mini’s replacing them as well.”
Apple Silicon Now Has a Name: M1. And It's Impressive
Ever since WWDC 2020 we’ve wondered how Apple would brand its “Apple Silicon” chip for the Mac. Now we know, and it’s amazing.