Cult of Mac Magazine: Inside Apple’s secret design studio, best Mac games of 2015, and more

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Get a glimpse behind the iron curtain with this week's Cult of Mac Magazine.
Get a glimpse behind the iron curtain with this week's Cult of Mac Magazine.
Cover design: Stephen Smith/Cult of Mac

Happy holidays, everyone! No matter what you celebrate (or don’t), we’ve got a ton of great stuff in the latest issue of Cult of Mac Magazine, right here for you.

There’s a sneak peek inside Apple’s secret design studio to start you off, plus the best games for your Mac from 2015, a deep dive on what the management shake-up means for you, how to maximize your MacBook trade-in, a look at new Siri-style voice technologies coming down the pike, and a bunch of how-tos and tips to keep you rocking all the way through your season.

Here’s the rundown this week:

Take a video tour of Apple’s secret design studio

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Very few outsiders have been inside Apple’s Industrial Design Studio, the amazingly creative product lab behind the company’s blockbuster hardware. But now you can take a virtual tour.

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The 10 best new Mac games of 2015

Simply the best.
Simply the best.
Photo: Stephen Smith/Cult of Mac

If you’re looking to stuff your stocking with the finest of games for our favorite platform, look no further.

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Apple’s management shake-up could make great gadgets even greater

The man described by Fortune as "Tim Cook's Tim Cook."
The man described by Fortune as “Tim Cook’s Tim Cook.”
Photo: Apple/Cult of Mac

Companies tweak their org charts all the time without much notice or disruption to the goods and services they create. But this is Apple, so the stakes are higher (at least for us).

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How to maximize your MacBook trade-in

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These three easy tricks will boost your profit when you finally decide to swap your old MacBook for cash.

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Siri technology is coming soon to more apps, fridges and even robots

Voice will soon be the way we command everything.
Voice will soon be the way we command everything.

Your smart life is about to get even smarter, as new tools let coders add world-class speech recognition and natural language processing to everything.

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