This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: Stephen Hackett joins Leander and Griffin to talk all about a big week of iPhone 17 Pro leaks. We have a camera rumor that’s absolutely bananas, models of the new colors — and a spy shot out in public?
Also: tips on customizing your Home Screen, an almost-normal Mac mini setup, and a big new Mac display!
The CultCast episode 710: with Stephen Hackett of 512 Pixels and Relay
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This week’s news stories:
- iPhone 17 Pro camera could zoom past expectations with 8x lens. The iPhone 17 Pro’s telephoto camera could get a bigger upgrade than initially rumored, with a new dual lens system for up to 8x optical zoom.
- iPhone 17 Pro could break tradition with bold new orange color. Alleged iPhone 17 dummy units showcase the color options for the upcoming lineup, including a bold orange shade for the Pro models.
- Masked iPhone 17 Pro prototype spotted in the wild. Blurry images of a supposed iPhone 17 Pro test unit have surfaced online after someone reportedly spotted the device in the wild.
This week’s how-to, setup and review:
- Stephen Hackett gives us a tour of Widgetsmith. Widgetsmith lets you personalize your device like never before with a wide range of highly-customizable widgets. Find it here on the App Store.
- Giant smart TV dwarfs 32-inch display in Mac mini rig. In today’s featured M2 Mac mini setup, a mammoth Hisense smart TV dominates its complementary 32-inch LG monitor.
- Under Review: BenQ PD3226G. Although this 32-inch display is only 4K and not 6K, it has a built-in Thunderbolt 4 dock with a KVM, highly accurate colors, a HotKey Puck remote control — and a gorgeous 144 Hz refresh rate.
If you want more, Stephen Hackett writes at 512 Pixels and hosts Mac Power Users and Connected; Griffin is on Mastodon and Bluesky @dgriffinjones; and Leander writes every day for the Cult of Mac Today newsletter, which you can get at newsletters.cultofmac.com.
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D. Griffin Jones is a writer, podcaster and video producer for Cult of Mac. Griffin has been a passionate computer enthusiast since 2002, when he got his first PC — but since getting a Mac in 2008, he hasn’t turned back. His skills in graphic and web design, along with video and podcast editing, are self-taught over 20+ years. Griffin has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and has written several (unpublished) apps for Mac and iOS. His collection of old computers is made up of 40+ desktops, laptops, PDAs and devices, dating back to the early ’80s. He brings all of these creative and technical skills, along with a deep knowledge of Apple history, into his work for Cult of Mac.
