Intelligence Powered

It's been a hectic few months here for the team, but on November 4th 2024 we sat down with Alex Lowe for coverage of Apple's end of October announcements for their new m4 powered Macs. Apologies this episode is so late in coming to you, but we hope you enjoy the Christmas Present!

We discuss how these style of announcements works better for content creators, the power of the new m4 chips, and the unbelievable size of the new Mac mini.

Apple Intelligence played a major role in all of the product announcements, so we discuss our thoughts on the utility of Apple's AI efforts. Of course, this was recorded before Apple Intelligence came to the UK in the latest iOS and macOS updates.

Have you picked up any of the new m4 based Macs, or maybe you have some views on Apple Intelligence? We'd love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server.

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As you'll hear in the episode, Jae has recently gone through a difficult mental health journey and so as well as sharing her story, we're also trying to raise $1,000 for the wonderful mental health charity, To Write Love on Her Arms, and you can donate directly via https://crossedwires.net/charity. We use Tiltify, which means all of your donations go directly to the charity.

"Don't you people backup? I backup, and I don't even know what backing up means!" - Nicola Murray, Secretary of State for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship

If you have any kind of file that's important to you, be that a treasured family photo, your latest research paper, or just the list of the co-ordinates of your best places in Minecraft, you'll want to make sure it's kept safe, right? Well, just syncing that to the cloud isn't really enough, you need a proper backup strategy too.

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• Apple's Product Announcements:
  • iMac
  • Mac mini
  • MacBook Pro
• All of Apple’s Macs now start with 16GB of RAM (The Verge)
• Apple’s Craig Federighi Explains Apple Intelligence Delays, Siri’s Future and More | WSJ (YouTube)
• A new home for Pixelmator (Pixelmator Blog)

1. 00:00:04: Introductions
2. 00:04:23: Announcement Summary
3. 00:06:23: 16 Gigs!
4. 00:11:58: Bottom Charging
5. 00:14:29: iMac
6. 00:22:52: Mac mini
7. 00:38:46: MacBook Pros
8. 00:46:44: Bumping the Air & WiFi 7
9. 00:57:31: Apple Intelligence
10. 01:06:18: Pixelmator
11. 01:12:03: The Value of macOS
12. 01:18:20: Jae’s Mental Health Journey
13. 01:21:15: Wrapping Up

Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW