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“M2” MacBook Pros are incoming, and we got details! (Cultcast #493)

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This week: the new M2 MacBook Pros are right around the corner, along with a new and larger “Pro” iMac. We’ll share the details! Plus: everything you need to know about Apple’s new Lossless audio format coming soon to Apple Music. This is going to be a huge leap in sound quality, and it’s totally free! And Lewis fills us in on Apple’s wild new accessibility features coming to Apple Watch.

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Redesigned MacBook Pro could arrive this summer, larger iMac in the works

  • A redesigned MacBook Pro could hit Apple Store shelves as early as this summer, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

Apple Watch Series 7 might feature flat-edged design, green color option [Updated]

  • The next-gen Apple Watch could get a huge makeover, with a new, flat-edged design and a green option reminiscent of the AirPods Max.

Apple Music will add lossless audio, Spatial Audio for no extra cost

  • Apple Music is going lossless — at no extra cost to subscribers. Apple revealed the free upgrade Monday, a day ahead of its rumored launch. The company said Apple Music will bring lossless audio to more than 75 million tracks starting in June so listeners can hear songs “the way the artists created them in the studio.”

Spotify HiFi: quality, price, release date, free trial and latest news

  • Spotify HiFi is the popular music streaming service's long-anticipated entry into CD-quality streaming. Set to launch in 2021, it will allow Spotify Premium subscribers to 'upgrade' their membership so they can listen to higher-quality, lossless audio streams.

AirPods, HomePod lose out on Apple Music lossless audio streaming [Updated]

  • Apple Music fans who are super-excited about the just-announced lossless audio option should be aware that it won’t work with AirPods or HomePod. Not even the $549 AirPods Max.

What you need to enjoy amazing lossless audio on Apple Music

  • You’ll be able to enjoy some of that magic with Apple headphones. Spatial Audio with support for immersive Dolby Atmos will be available on all AirPods and Beats with an H1 or W1 chip. You will also be able to listen to it through the built-in speakers on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

AirPods might offer lossless Apple Music after software update

  • On the new episode of his Front Page Tech YouTube show, Prosser said the limitation was because of Bluetooth. And that that restriction is about to be removed.

AssistiveTouch lets users control Apple Watch by clenching a fist

  • Apple plans to release software updates this year that will make its devices far easier to use for people with mobility, vision, hearing and cognitive disabilities.

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0:00.0

Using an apple, too, is very easy.

0:05.0

The only hard part is getting your kid away from it.

0:10.0

You see, apples are the leading computers in schools,

0:13.0

so even though you bought it to help you work at home,

0:16.0

your kid will want to use it for his own homework.

0:20.0

Of course, if oil fails, there's one last thing you can try.

0:24.0

Get him an apple of his own.

0:31.0

Hello, and welcome to Hokkaise Best 30 Plus,

0:35.0

an app conversation you're going to hear.

0:37.0

All week long, I'm your host, Irwin Lysha.

0:40.0

Join me today.

0:41.0

His new side hustle is recycling his empty stellar R2A bottles.

0:45.0

The California State gives five cents per pop,

0:48.0

which means he's already earned $1,700 this month.

0:51.0

He's the founder of Cultomac.

0:53.0

Oh, and the cane is here.

0:55.0

Look at that beautiful smile.

0:56.0

Also with us, he's a real nice guy.

0:59.0

Until he finds a typo in your Cultomac story,

1:02.0

when he turns to a vicious, crazy-eyed little pomeranian,

1:06.0

he's even been known to get on all fours

1:08.0

and come for your heels and shins.

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