MBW 963: The Blue and the Gray - M4 MacBook Air, M4 Max Mac Studio, Apple Intelligence

MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Iphone, Apple, Ipad, Macintosh, Ios, Twit, Mac, Imac, Technology, Mac Os X

3.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 147 minutes

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Summary

Is Apple's 'Sky Blue' really blue? Apple is delaying its 'more personalized Siri' Apple Intelligence features. Is anyone excited about RollerCoaster Tycoon coming to Apple Arcade? And Dropbox now supports Live Photos! ... after ten years.

Sky (blue)'s the limit: M4 MacBook Air offers lower price, improved camera, and new color.
New Mac Studio spans the generations with M4 Max, M3 Ultra chips.
Apple is delaying the 'More Personalized Siri' Apple Intelligence features.
Apple readies dramatic software overhaul for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
On Apple Exclaves.
Apple Arcade announces six new games coming, including RollerCoaster Tycoon.
Apple reportedly planning 'feature-packed' visionOS 3 update.
Dropbox now supports this innovative iPhone photos feature...10 years later.
SpaceX urges FCC to block Globalstar's cellular satellite plans.
Ben Stiller gives backstory on 'Severance' Grand Central stunt, jokes budget with Apple boss.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

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0:00.0	It's time for Mac Break Weekly, Andy, Alex, and Jason are here.
0:04.9	Jason's back from his vacation.
0:06.3	And guess what?
0:06.9	He did get an Apple briefing.
0:08.6	All the deets on the new MacBook Air with the M4 in it.
0:14.7	And the Mac Studio with the M3 in it,, it might be the fastest Mac ever,
0:23.8	and the best AI machine anybody sells.
0:25.0	That and a whole lot more.
0:26.9	Coming up next, I'm Mac Break Weekly.
0:30.9	Podcasts you love.
0:32.6	From people you trust.
0:35.3	This is Twit.
0:45.6	This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 9663, recorded Tuesday, March 11th, 2025.
0:48.0	The Blue and the Grey.
0:55.0	It's time for Mac Break Weekly, the show we cover the latest Apple News. There is news to be had.
0:57.0	And thank goodness it's the return of Jason Snell, who did in fact get an Apple breathing, but he was also on vacation.
1:05.0	I was poolside writing about new Macs.
1:08.0	How about that?
1:09.0	And I'm back here wearing my sky blue t-shirt and committing to
1:14.2	the bit where did you go hawaii oh i'm so jealous we're in hawaii uh kawai's the garden
1:20.9	beautiful just you know 82 degrees and breezy and beautiful and i had a a good people are like, how was your trip?
1:28.7	I'm like, perfect, great.
	...

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