Here comes iPhone 16 and M4 Macs! (CultCast #662)

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🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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This week, it’s official — iPhone 16 is coming! Here’s what to expect. Also, M4 Macs are on the way and might ship with double the RAM, why Apple Intelligence isn’t far behind OpenAI, and the best Apple features you probably aren’t using!

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This week’s stories:

Apple September 9 event invite promises ‘It’s Glowtime’

Apple sent out invitations Monday for a press event on September 9.

MacBook Pros With M4 Pro and M4 Max Chips Reportedly Being Mass Produced This Month

Apple's supply chain is beginning mass production of next-generation 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips in August, according to Taiwanese industry publication DigiTimes.

Apple is definitely not behind in AI, research paper shows

A white paper on Apple Intelligence reveals two important facts about Apple’s homegrown LLM: it’s the safest in design and highly competitive with both Llama and GPT-4.
Extra Ordinary: Notes on the Apple Intelligence White Paper
Apple: Apple Intelligence Foundation Language Models

Apple Photos app’s Clean Up feature works great … unless it doesn’t!

The new AI-powered Clean Up feature in the Apple Photos app got people raving about the magical ability to “fix” pictures — and posting examples of when things go horribly wrong.

iPhone 17 Pro Max might exclusively ship with a superior cooling system

Apple will seemingly continue offering enhanced specs on its Pro Max iPhone to differentiate it from other models.

Apple’s entry-level M4 Macs might ship with double the RAM

Reportedly, the company is testing multiple M4 Macs with 16 or 32GB of system memory. The lack of an 8GB model indicates the company might do away with that configuration entirely.

6 mind-blowing Continuity features every Apple user should know

Nothing illustrates the power of Apple’s ecosystem like the Continuity features that help your Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch work seamlessly together.
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0:00.0	He's different
0:02.0	don't care who knows it.
0:05.0	At Apple, we build tools that help ordinary people do extraordinary things.
0:10.0	But sometimes it's more important to help extraordinary people to ordinary things.
0:15.0	I'm different.
0:18.0	Don't care who knows it.
0:20.0	They ain't gonna play your dumb old game.
0:24.0	And welcome the Kolkassi Best 30 Plus.
0:31.0	It's been an apple conversation.
0:32.0	You're going to hear all week long, I'm your host,
0:34.4	Airfern Last should join me today.
0:35.3	He recently suggested that they played loud
0:38.2	heavy metal music in the cul-de-mac rider room
0:40.8	in an attempt to keep them awake and productive during their 16-hour shifts.
0:45.8	But then several of them went mentally insane and that was a big ordeal and the
0:51.4	productivity dropped and so that practice was retired.
0:53.7	It's a good idea though. The magic editor of Kolta Mac is with us.
0:57.2	Louis Wallace is here. It's all about motivation. That's his creed.
1:04.0	Also with us, he's always been a fan of the tech of yesteryear.
1:08.0	And I've heard that he's decided his next car will be a buggy pulled by a horse.
1:14.4	He found that buggy in an old barn not far from his compound in rural Ohio.
1:19.6	Rider from Colton Mag Griffin Jones is here.
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