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Apple Planning Multiple Events For the Fall, M1X MacBook Pros To Be Available By November (macrumors.com) 55

Posted by BeauHD from the what-to-expect dept.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: Apple is planning to hold multiple events this fall, which will collectively include the launch of new iPhones, Apple Watches, updated AirPods, revamped iPad mini, and the redesigned MacBook Pros, according to respected Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman. In his latest weekly Power On newsletter, Gurman says that much like last year, Apple will hold multiple events this coming fall, with the first likely being in September for the iPhone 13. Last year, due to the global health crisis and production constraints, the iPhone 12 lineup was not announced until October. The 2020 September event, rather than focusing on new iPhones, showcased new Apple Watches, iPads, and services.

This year, Apple is expected to return to its tradition of announcing its flagship yearly iPhone update in September, according to multiple reports. In today's newsletter, Gurman reiterated his reporting from earlier last week, setting expectations for the iPhone 13 to include updates to the camera focused towards professional users, more advanced displays, and a smaller notch. Alongside the new iPhones, Gurman, as previously reported, says that Apple can be expected to launch the third-generation AirPods featuring an updated design, an updated iPad mini with a larger display, thinner borders, and improved performance, as well as the Apple Watch Series 7 with flatter and improved displays, and performance.

As for the highly anticipated MacBook Pros featuring mini-LED displays, updated designs, and the M1X Apple silicon chip, Gurman says they will be available by the time the current 16-inch MacBook Pro, powered by Intel, will celebrate its second anniversary. The 16-inch MacBook Pro was last updated in November of 2019. The first event of the fall in September will likely include the new iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods, while the new iPads and possible updates to some of the company's services could be reserved for a second event, with the final event of the season being focused on Apple silicon Macs.
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  • Waiting for the MacBook Pro... (Score:3)

    by Ecuador ( 740021 ) on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @09:22AM (#61700549) Homepage

    I've been waiting for those new MacBook Pros, despite it having some issues, I am still holding on to my 2015 model. Even though I have an M1 Mac Mini, so I can see how the Apple Silicon obliterates Intel's finest in most things I throw at it, I did not want to give away my tactile keyboard, my SD slot, my extra ports (mainly USB-A & HDMI), my magsafe. Rumours are that all those will be back, so that should make for a functional machine once more. I mean each one of those things is not THAT important, but Apple back in 2017 took ALL of them away at once, so I haven't really been able to upgrade since.
    Don't get me wrong, I work on Mac OS and my employer supplies the hardware, otherwise my personal machine is a Ryzen-powered Thinkpad, which has always been a better value (not to mention longer lasting).

    • Quite the opposite for me. My employer provides Intel, but I will certainly get the MacBook. That machine will run lapses arounds Intel/AMD.

  • Shocking no one (Score:3)

    by Anubis IV ( 1279820 ) on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @09:25AM (#61700553)

    Look, I’m fine with hearing reports about rumors of new products that are revolutionary—the M1 chip is absolutely incredible and a new entry in the AR/VR space could be interesting if Apple has a different take on it—but who at Slashdot cares about Apple rumors about the timing of incremental upgrades to existing Apple lines? Of course there’s going to be a new MacBook Pro with better chips. Of course there will be new iPhones with improved hardware. Mini-LEDs already launched in the last iPad Pro and didn’t exactly set the world on fire because most of us would rather have OLED or wait for micro-LEDs to finally reach consumer devices.

    Tell me when the products are announced. I don’t need to hear breathless rumors reported at Slashdot unless there’s a tech angle to them that’s actually interesting. I already have ample Apple rumor sites to give me that sort of reporting.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by GoTeam ( 5042081 )
      To be fair, without this article you wouldn't have known that "Gurman reiterated his reporting from earlier last week".

    • I don’t need to hear breathless rumors reported at Slashdot

      One simple fix for that, one that is entirely within your own sphere of influence, is to just not read or comment on articles like these. The headline made it clear that this article was about future events where new Macbooks are expected to be announced. The lead in even refers to the MacRumors site which takes few pains to hide that they are a rumors site.

      No one who is familiar with Apple's product launch process would expect anything more than that at this point. Generally Apple announces definitive d

    • Look, Iâ(TM)m fine with hearing reports about rumors of new products that are revolutionaryâ"the M1 chip is absolutely incredible and a new entry in the AR/VR space could be interesting if Apple has a different take on itâ"but who at Slashdot cares about Apple rumors about the timing of incremental upgrades to existing Apple lines?

      It's not an incremental update. According to all the stories I've seen it will have 8 performance cores and 2 low-power cores instead of 4+4 cores. That should be twice the performance of the M1, and about the same as a 12-14 core Intel processor.

  • Re: (Score:2, Interesting)

    by account_deleted ( 4530225 )
    Comment removed based on user account deletion

    • Re: (Score:2, Informative)

      by Anonymous Coward

      As along time Apple fan, I just finished building a new PC to replace my Mac after Apple decided it was going to install "Think of the children" spyware on my devices.

      Facebook, Microsoft, and Google have been doing it for a long time. Apple's only doing it on-device, and only if you're using iCloud Photo Library. So while it's annoying, it's still currently your best option. I'm skeptical that you were a long time Apple user and just dumped it all without looking further.

      • Re: (Score:1)

        by Anonymous Coward

        Apple's only doing it on-device

        Only? That's the place they absolutely shouldn't be doing it. You can at least make a case for why they have a right/duty to police what's stored on THEIR servers. They absolutely shouldn't be poking around on OTHER PEOPLE's devices. How fucking dare you pretend this is acceptable?

        • Re: (Score:2, Informative)

          by Dixie_Flatline ( 5077 )

          They're only doing it on device when the device is going to upload it to their service. If you turn of iCloud Photos, it doesn't do it at all.

          It's a bit of a wash, honestly. It doesn't meaningfully matter when they run the scan, and the hope is that this is the last step before Apple closes the iCloud backup encryption hole, where your iCloud backups aren't encrypted, even if all your other stuff (like Messages) ARE end-to-end encrypted.

          • Re:Good timing (Score:4, Insightful)

            by luvirini ( 753157 ) on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @11:13AM (#61700917)

            The encryption of backups is a bit.. complex problem.

            I agree that the lack is a real problem, but the thing is, how do you implement it so that thousands of the hundreds of millions of your users do not lose access to their data if they forget their password while at the same time encrypting it in a secure manner that cannot be bypassed with access to the device..

            The PR nightmare of thousands of idiots people losing access to the first pictures of their baby or wedding or whatever every month would be.. bad.

            Most solutions that I have seen fail at some point of the problem.

            • how do you implement it so that thousands of the hundreds of millions of your users do not lose access to their data if they forget their password while at the same time encrypting it in a secure manner that cannot be bypassed with access to the device..

              You could always ask them. If people want end-to-end encrypted backup then they can click the checkbox and accept the warning that all of their data will be lost if they lose their password.

            • Re: (Score:2)

              by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

              I agree that the lack is a real problem, but the thing is, how do you implement it so that thousands of the hundreds of millions of your users do not lose access to their data if they forget their password while at the same time encrypting it in a secure manner that cannot be bypassed with access to the device..

              That's what happens now. Getting locked out of your Apple account is a giant pain that can only be resolved by having everything wiped by Apple after providing proof of ID. A locked iPhone with unknown password can only be unlocked by wiping it.

              Google is the same, if you forget the password and all possible means of account recovery then your data is gone. Google is slightly better in terms of account recover options but still... This is already the reality for most phone users.

              • No, but Apple can actually give you access to your backups. If you've turned on iCloud Backups, they hold a key that can decrypt the backup if you need it. It's the way the FBI currently gets information out of Apple if they can't hack your phone. It really IS a great customer service feature for a lot of people, but it obviously compromises the security of your backups substantially.

                Where people expect Apple is headed is to fully encrypt the backup so even they can't get into it, which will lead to the sit

            • A few years ago, Apple hadn't solved this yet. I use Time Machine to back up my Mac, and I'd set it to encrypt the backup. Setup was easy: check one checkbox, create a password and you're done.
              This came back to bite me in the ass when a problem during an OS upgrade ended up corrupting the drive: I had to format and restore from backup.
              Oops: I didn't have the password written down, relying instead on the Keychain to store it [1]. That works fine as long as you have a functioning machine, but I was toast. Wel

              • That's a local backup, and there is indeed no solution for it. However, if you're doing iCloud backups of your phone, for instance, Apple keeps a backup key to decrypt things for you when you move devices. So, they've kind of solved the issue, but it also creates other issues, obviously.

    • Re: (Score:3, Insightful)

      by Dixie_Flatline ( 5077 )

      That's not how it works. If you're here on slashdot, you should really do yourself a favour and read at least a high-level overview of how it works.

      You can also turn it off if you turn off iCloud Photos, then no scanning will be done at all.

      I understand the apprehension; I'm still on the fence as to whether I think this is a good idea (scanning for this material is probably a good idea) or a bad idea (we don't know the state of the DB that Apple is hashing against, despite their assurances). Though as it's

      • Let me put here a couple of scenarios for you. #1. Someone has temporary access to your phone. Takes a couple of pictures of CSAM photos displayed on another phone. When you, unknowingly, unlock, your life is ruined. #2 Someone sends you a couple of CSAM pictures on an IM you have auto-download turned on, and then proceeds to delete such pictures from the chat. Your life is ruined. And I am not even a security expert...

        • 1. If someone temporarily has access to your phone, security concerns already go out the window. If you're that concerned, immediately wipe your phone and also contact the police if this has happened.

          2. If someone sends images to you over IM, there's a record of you receiving those images. Again, contact the police.

          It's clear that you're not a security expert because these are stupid scenarios.

          Not only is the Apple threshold for images currently unknown (though Federighi said it was somewhere on the order o

    • As along time Apple fan, I just finished building a new PC to replace my Mac after Apple decided it was going to install "Think of the children" spyware on my devices.
      On the bright side, it was easy to find someone to buy all my Apple stuff.

      If you think your CP collection is safe on that non-Apple PC, and that Google, FB and your local ISP don't scan for CP, think againâ¦

  • Unless one of those events includes news that Apple plans to abandon its "We will monitor all your photos because children" nonsense, they can go pound sand. Apple's willingness to lick the boot of any authoritarian government that threatens its bottom line is strong evidence that the snooping is unlikely to end there once a precedent is set.

    When my venerable iPhone 6 finally bites the dust, that will mark the end of my decades long involvement with Apple. I was an early adopter, but I've gradually moved

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