What do you make of the inspirational plaques on the walls around this M1 Max MacBook Pro-driven setup? Photo: [email protected]
We haven’t seen a tremendous number of computer setups centered on powerhouse 16-inch M1 Max MacBook Pros — much less such workstations featuring both dual displays and paired original HomePods!
But today’s featured setup is an exception. It boasts those impressive characteristics as well as a useful lesson about not judging a book by its cover as well as striving to be kind online.
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Disappointing M1 Ultra Mac Studio benchmarks leave us scratching our heads. Image: Killian Bell/Cult of Mac
This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: The first Mac Studio benchmarks make Apple’s much-ballyhooed M1 Ultra chip sound less amazing than we hoped. Maybe it’s not the unhinged beast we expected! But then, what do benchmarks really mean, anyway?
Also on The CultCast:
The new Studio Display suffers due to some odd choices on Apple’s part.
A software update might fix Studio Display’s tragic webcam.
A 15-inch MacBook Air would tick a lot of the right boxes.
And finally, a giveaway for the ladies!
Listen to this week’s episode of The CultCast in the Podcasts app or your favorite podcast app. (Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review if you like it!) Or watch the video livestream, embedded below.
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The new Ikea Vappeby is an LED lantern and a Bluetooth speaker with Spotify Tap. Photo: Ikea
Cue the lights, strike up the music and let the garden party begin. Ikea’s got a new outdoor lantern coming. What’s interesting is that it doubles as the first Bluetooth speaker on the market with Spotify Tap built in.
The one-touch Spotify functionality isn’t the only music streaming service you can use with the lamp, called the Ikea Vappeby. But it’s handy.
Lift your iMac with the Satechi Type-C Aluminum Monitor Stand Hub, and add some ports, too. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
The Satechi Type-C Aluminum Monitor Stand Hub for iMac adds some extra height to the all-in-one desktop. And it makes room for four additional USB ports, an SD card reader and an audio jack.
I put stand/hub combo through its paces to see how it stands up in everyday use.
This Mac Studio setup's owner said they had to go out and buy a Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse because they couldn't pair their Logitech input devices. Photo: [email protected]
Ever had trouble getting your Mac to recognize third-party peripherals, like a keyboard and mouse? Today’s featured setup is built around a brand-new Mac Studio mounted neatly on a pegboard behind a Samsung super ultra-wide display. But the Apple desktop computer refused to pair with a Logitech keyboard and mouse, according to the owner.
He said he had to go and buy Apple’s Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse to establish working input devices. So what happened?
When you buy Windows 10 at CDKeylord.com, you get a free upgrade to Windows 11. Photo: CDKeylord.com
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iMessage may not be an Apple exclusive for much longer. Photo: Cee Ayes/Unsplash
The European Union plans to break down the barriers between mobile messaging services. With its Digital Markets Act, it plans to force services like iMessage, WhatsApp, and smaller messaging platforms to play nicely together.
The move would be a major blow to Apple, which has long used iMessage — which it refuses to bring to Android — as a big selling point of iPhone.
If someone in 1985 imaginged a Mac made in 2022, it might look like SystemSix. Photo: John Calhoun
Imagine a 1980s-era Macintosh merged with today’s iMac. The result probably looks a lot like SystemSix. The creator calls it “a kind of love-letter to my first Macintosh.”
This hand-made device was assembled from an eInk display, an acrylic stand, a Raspberry Pi 3 and code written in Python.
How is macOS Monterey 12.3 holding up for you? Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
A growing number of Mac users are reporting issues with external monitors and game controllers after updating to macOS Monterey 12.3.
Some say their Mac no longer detects connected displays at all, while others are frustrated that their Xbox, PlayStation, and other third-party gamepads are not functioning over Bluetooth — even when the controller is connected.