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Rene Ritchie

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Daily news analysis and insight into the cultural and personal impact of Apple and related technologies, with weekly bonus reviews and deep-dives into the products and stories that matter most.
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iPad Pro — Apple Breaks the 5GB RAM Limit!

NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ For the vast, vast majority of apps and workflows — the vast majority of people — not only won’t a 5 GB RAM limit on iPad Pro apps ever be an honest-to-Jobs, actual, real-world type problem, but odds are you won’t even notice it. Much less be irked by it. At least if people didn’t publish first, research second… or never. Which irks me, obviously. For some very specific apps, t...

Jun 27, 20216 minEp. 261

Should Side-Loading Be Allowed on iPhone & iPad?

Side-loading on iOS — on iPhone and iPad — is back in the news thanks to Apple's new white paper on the risks and dangers, because of the pressure they're facing from U.S., E.U., and... nerds like me and you. Here's what's going on! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 25, 202112 minEp. 260

Apple's Coolest New Feature — Universal Control!

NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ Universal Control. Your Mac runs your iPad. Your Mac runs… your other Mac. It’s just… Total. Ecosystem. Escalation. And this is how it works… Time was, if you slid your iPad up next to your Mac, and you wanted to control it, you had to reach over and do it directly… tap, type, swipe… Like an animal. Now, with the upcoming macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15, you can just take it over ...

Jun 24, 20218 minEp. 259

YouTube PiP on iOS... But with a HUGE Catch!

NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ YouTube is just now going to start rolling out support for picture-in-picture in the official app. But with one giant catch: It’s only rolling out to people in the U.S., Americans, those of the States United. If you want to use it outside America, you know, in the other 96% of the known world, you have to pay for YouTube Premium. Which just makes all the kind of sense that does...

Jun 22, 20213 minEp. 258

How Apple Private Relay Shuts Down Data Profiling

SAVE with http://rene.ting.com and get a $25 service credit! Apple’s new Private Relay. Part of iCloud+. The not a geo-hop, not a corporate tunnel, not-a-VPN.... that will soon be protecting your IP… and identity online. But what does any of that even mean? What Private Relay will do, what it’s designed to do, is encrypt all your connections, including any legacy connections not using https, to obfuscate your real IP address, and to prevent anyone, even Apple, from knowing both who you are and w...

Jun 21, 202110 minEp. 257

Bad M1 iMac Hot Takes — Tech Reviewer Reacts!

SAVE with http://rene.ting.com and get a $25 service credit! One month later and reviews of Apple's all-new, all-colorful, all-custom silicon 24-inch M1 iMac are still coming in. Then... there's this! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 18, 202114 minEp. 256

Apple VP Answers YOUR Watch & Health Questions!

Apple's Kevin Lynch, VP of Technology, and Deidre Caldbeck, Product Marketing, chat with us about their histories with Apple Watch and Health, new features like ID cards and keys, how they decide on new features, how they made Assistive Touch for Watch, bringing Mobility to iPhone, the visual representation and security of Health information, security vs sharing, and the future of Apple Health! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pri...

Jun 16, 202131 minEp. 255

Beats Studio Buds — Better Than AirPods?

SAVE with Ting Mobile and get a $25 service credit 👉http://rene.ting.com Beats Studio Buds. Black. White. Red. Active Noise Cancelation and Transparency Mode. Small, medium, and large tips. Physical buttons. Full-on, native iOS *AND*… and Android Support. 8 hours of battery in the buds, 16 more in the USB-C charge case. No H1. No Lightning. No head-tracking. No stems. No inductive charging. But — $149. So, are they better than AirPods? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califor...

Jun 15, 202112 minEp. 254

Is Apple Leaving Intel Macs Behind?

NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ While all recent Macs are getting new macOS 12 'Monterey' features like Universal Control, AirPlay to Mac, Shortcuts (in AppKit!), redesigned Safari, and ecosystem features like SharePlay, Quick Notes, Spatial Audio, iCloud+, and more, Intel Macs aren't getting some Apple silicon-dependant features like Live Text, system-wide Translation, Portrait Mode in FaceTime, and Apple Ea...

Jun 12, 202113 minEp. 253

Why You Hate iPadOS 15

NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ I'd just posted my WWDC 2021 iOS 15 for iPhone keynote reaction video when you all started commenting — raging in the comments! — about iPadOS 15. So, I scrapped the video I was working on about that and, instead of talking about my thoughts, I decided I should listen to you and answer your questions and concerns. I asked you why you were angry or disappointed about iPadOS 15 —...

Jun 10, 202131 minEp. 252

iOS 15 for iPhone — MEGA REACTION! (WWDC 2021)

NO ADS + bonus content! CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ Apple has just announced iOS 15 for the iPhone and I'm watching along and give you my live analysis on all the new features and functionality, including FaceTime, Messages, Keys, Maps, SharePlay, Safari, Photos, and more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Jun 08, 202115 minEp. 251

M2 iPad Pro & A14 iPad mini — Reacting to NEW Leak Bombs!

Upgrade your brain with Brilliant and get 20% off — https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie Redesigned A14 iPad mini with… maybe no Home button? Updated M2 iPad Pro with a glass back for MagSafe charging! Thinner iPad 9 and, yeah, oh yeah, AirPower. Take 3. Again. Let’s do this! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Jun 06, 20218 minEp. 250

Intel ATTACKS... Intel Macs?!

Upgrade your brain with Brilliant and get 20% off — https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie "In a recent call with Intel's Ryan Shrout about the performance of its 11th Generation H-series laptop processors, he took some time out to throw some serious shade Apple's way. " Of course they did. And not just the new M1 Macs but the Intel MacBooks as well. Because it’s not like Intel has anything better to spend their brain-space on right now, do they? Oh… Wait... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.co...

Jun 04, 20219 minEp. 249

New M1X MacBook Pro Incoming? — ALL Leak Bombs!

Upgrade your brain with Brilliant and get 20% off — https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie 14- and 16-inch displays. Maybe… mini-LED displays! New, retro-future chic designs. Massively multicore M1X processors. Up to 64GB of RAM and 8TB of SSD. And ports… USB-C, MagSafe, Thunderbolt 3, HDMI, SD… all… the… ports… It’s what I’ve been waiting for, what so many of us have been waiting for, and it could be coming as soon as next week’s WWDC keynote… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and ...

Jun 02, 20218 minEp. 248

iPad Pro vs. iPad Air vs. iPad 8 — Don't Pick WRONG!

SAVE with Ting Mobile and get a $25 service credit 👉http://rene.ting.com 11-inch M1 iPad Pro vs. A14 iPad Air — Which is the best latest-generation iPad for you? And, ok, fine, we'll throw in the iPad 8 as well! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 01, 202111 minEp. 247

AirPods Pro 2 & Apple TV HomePod Theater — Reacting to ALL Leak Bombs

SAVE with Ting Mobile and get a $25 service credit 👉http://rene.ting.com New AirPods 3. New AirPods Pro 2. No new AirPods Max…? But new colors? New HomePod… Pad? New Apple TV HomePod FaceTime Theater… Chimera? And… so many questions… lossless questions. So let’s do this! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

May 30, 202110 minEp. 246

Apple June Event Details Revealed! —WWDC 2021

SAVE with Ting Mobile and get a $25 service credit 👉http://rene.ting.com The invitations are out! The website… has been up for a while! The YouTube stream prep is still… strangely still MIA. But Apple has just released a Craig-ton of info about their upcoming June event. Yeah, WWDC 2021 is a GO! That’s where we’ll see iOS 15, iPadOS 15, tvOS 15, watchOS 8, macOS 12, privacy, security, HomeKit, HealthKit, ARKit, maybe AudioOS and accessibility, unless Spatial Audio and AssistiveTouch for Watch w...

May 26, 20216 minEp. 245

M1X Pro & M2 Air Incoming! — Reacting to MASSIVE NEW Mac Leak Bombs!

NO ADS and bonus content — CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ New 14-inch M1X MacBook Pro. New 16-inch M1X MacBook Pro. New M1X Mac mini Pro. New M1X iMac Pro. New M2 MacBook Air. New M2 MacBook Pro So. Many. New. M&M-series Macs. But also some weird confusion and… some legit concerns. So let's do this! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

May 24, 202111 minEp. 244

Surprise NEW Apple Watch & iPhone Features!

CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ Apple doesn’t typically pre-announce new features, in this case, what’s assuredly coming to watchOS 8, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS 12, all of them, typically previewed this June at WWDC and rolling out later this fall. But to coincide with Global Accessibility Awareness Day, today, and to get the community and partners more involved, Apple’s doing just that. And I'm so entirely here for it! See Privacy P...

May 21, 20214 minEp. 243

Apple TV 4K (2021) Review

CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ In this video, I’m going to tell you if the freshly updated Apple TV 4K is… for you. If the increase in processing power, the escalation in audio and video quality, the complete redesign of the remote, are a box-office bomb or a total blockbuster. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

May 20, 202110 minEp. 242

M1 iPad Pro (2021) Review

CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ In this video, I’m going to tell you if Apple’s all-new, all-powerful M1 iPad Pro is for you. If the escalation in processing power, display technology, connection and cellular speed, memory and storage capacity, and camera smarts, are simply nice to have or absolutely must have. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-i...

May 19, 202113 minEp. 241

M1 iMac (2021) Review

Improve your thinking and learning at http://brilliant.org/reneritchie — sign up for FREE and the first 200 get 20% off Premium! In this review, I’m going to tell you if Apple’s all-new, all-colorful M1 iMac is for you. Your office, your shop, your home, your kitchen, your living room, your family, your kids….You! And, which one! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

May 18, 202116 minEp. 240

Apple Music Spatial & Lossless Audio ANSWERS!

Apple Music is getting two huge new features coming in June 2021 with iOS 14.6. Spatial audio with Dolby Atmos, which basically brings the immersive 3D, 360 degrees sound stage that’s been blowing minds for movies and TV to Apple Music. There’ll be thousands of spatial audio tracks at launch, and Apple Music will be constantly adding more Dolby Atmos tracks and playlists. And you can play them on any AirPod or Beats… pods with a W1 and H1 chip, which is almost everything since the headphone jack...

May 18, 20212 minEp. 239

Facebook DESTROYS Apple — The Truth

Improve your thinking and learning at http://brilliant.org/reneritchie — sign up for FREE and the first 200 get 20% off Premium! Facebook vs Apple: https://youtu.be/GcraNVouCxM Zuckerberg met with Cook and asked him, face-to-face, CEO-to-CEO, how Cook would handle the fallout from Cambridge Analytica? And Cook, acidly, told Zuckerberg that Facebook should delete any and all data collected outside their own apps. Zuckerberg was… stunned, obviously ignored the advice, and would go on to tell an em...

May 14, 202110 minEp. 238

M1 iMac — Buy Now or Wait for M1X iMac Pro?

Improve your thinking and learning at http://brilliant.org/reneritchie​ — sign up for FREE and the first 200 get 20% off Premium! The all-new M1 iMac has it all — unbelievable performance, terrific display, complete redesign, and colors…. So many colors! But… could you do with more? No, not more colors, but more ram, more storage, more cores, more redesign, and an even bigger display? Well, I’m here to help you decide whether you should buy the new hotness now, now, now or wait for the iMac… Pro...

May 11, 20218 minEp. 237

M2 MacBook Air COLOR Leak Bombs!

The MacBook Air. No, Not the M1 we just got. Best bang for the performance efficiency buck though it may well be. But the M2 redesign we all still want. The smaller, better, faster, longer… lasting model that might, just might, be as colorful as the all-new iMac. And as mini LED as the all-new iPad Pro! Yeah, spoilers... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

May 10, 20217 minEp. 236

RIP Xeon iMac Pro... RISE M1X Pro!

CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/​ Apple MDK’d, murder death killed, the iMac Pro. Not the 27-inch silver Intel non-Pro. But the Space Black. Massively multicore Xeon machine. And while we’ve since gotten an all new, all colorful M1 iMac, I want Apple to bring the iMac Pro back as well, in an all-new, all-better, all blacker, all M1X final form. And here’s why! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...

May 07, 20218 minEp. 235

M1 Mac — Camera Escalation!

CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/​ Apple’s M1 Macs. Massive computational power. Unbelievable value. Itty bitty webcams. Well, 720p-for-potato webcams on the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, a way better 1080p sensor on the brand-new iMac, but just nothing and more nothing on the Mac mini. So, if you need to up your Zoom or WebEx game for work or for school, super crispy things up for family FaceTime or to start full-on YouTube or Twitch ...

May 06, 20218 minEp. 234

The M1 iPhone

CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/​ When’s Apple putting M1 in the iPhone? If Apple puts M1 in the iPhone I will switch from Android! Apple simply must put M1 in the iPhone — nothing else will satisfy fans! Will the iPhone 13 arrive with an M1 inside? You all are seriously, seriously burning my comments and mentions and feeds to the ground with all this M1 iPhone lust in your hearts! And I am SO here for it! So, could an M1 iPhone happ...

May 03, 20216 minEp. 233

M1X vs M2 Macs — More 'WTF?' Leak Bombs!

Improve your thinking and learning at http://brilliant.org/reneritchie​ — sign up for FREE and the first 200 get 20% off Premium! M1, A14, and Apple Silicon Explained: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...​ M1X vs M2, the next extension vs the next generation of Apple silicon for the Mac. So... why does there seem to be so much confusion and misinformation just swirling all around it? Nikkei just pushed out a piece on the M2 and Bloomberg previously reported on what we’re colloquially calling...

May 01, 20219 minEp. 232
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