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CES 2011: Best of the Best The number one destination We combed the gargantuan show floor to bring you the early word on this year’s most exciting Mac and iOS gear. for graphic design news, views and how-tos C BY NIC VARGUS
ES is a royal flush of nerd-tastic gadgets and gear—but most of it isn’t exactly tailored to Apple fans. You can see everything from TVs to washing machines to flashlights in the grand halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center. That’s why we spent most of our time in the Apple-centric iLounge, which doubled in size since last year. When the dust settled (and our AT&T service bars finally reappeared), we distilled everything we’d seen down to these favorites. By far, the majority of Apple-related gear at CES was for iPhones and iPads. So when we saw Mac stuff, we took notice. By far, the majority of Applerelated gear at CES was for iPhones and iPads. So when we saw Mac stuff, we took notice. One of our jackpot finds was Mobee’s Magic Charger ($49.90, mobeetechnology.com), a nifty and utilitarian induction charger for the Magic Mouse. You place the custom battery pack inside your Magic Mouse, rest it on the included charging pad, and it charges wirelessly when you’re not using it. And it looks rad, as does our other favorite Maccessory, the H-Squared Mini mount ($49.95, store.h-sq.com), which was designed in conjunction with Apple’s Mac mini team. It replaces your mini’s cover with a mountable one you can screw right into a wall. Bonus: there’s also a screw pattern for VESA mounting, so you can attach your mini to the back of a VESA-compatible monitor, like, say, the Cinema Display. Our favorite little extra is an optional white LED backlight that gives your mounted mini some ground-effects style. And speaking of style, we saw more snazzy cases than we knew what to do with. Amidst the piles of cases, plentiful as poker chips, we found a couple that deserved a shout-out. Both Speck (speckproducts.com) and Trtl Bot (trtlbot. com) had sleek cases with pull-out tabs for stand-up viewing. Mophie brought ace
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design to its new Juice Pack Plus ($99.95, mophie.com), which combines a bigger, two-day battery with a grippy rubber coating. And its new iPod touch–only, gaming-focused Pulse case (price TBA) rumbles, giving you the kind of force feedback that you’re used to on your Xbox or PlayStation. And speaking of style, we saw more snazzy cases than we knew what to do with. Amidst the piles of cases, plentiful as poker chips, we found a couple that deserved a shout-out. Both Speck (speckproducts.com) and Trtl Bot (trtlbot. com) had sleek cases with pull-out tabs for stand-up viewing. Mophie brought ace design to its new Juice Pack Plus ($99.95,
Here is a TK TK TK place pullquote to use if you need one. Use mophie.com), which combines a bigger, two-day battery with a grippy rubber coating. And its new iPod touch–only, gaming-focused Pulse case (price TBA) rumbles, giving you the kind of force feedback that you’re used to on your Xbox or PlayStation. And speaking of style, we saw more snazzy cases than we knew what to do with. Amidst the piles of cases, plentiful as poker chips, we found a couple that deserved a shout-out. Both Speck (speckproducts.com) and Trtl Bot (trtlbot. com) had sleek cases with pull-out tabs for stand-up viewing. Mophie brought ace design to its new Juice Pack Plus ($99.95, mophie.com), which combines a bigger, two-day battery with a grippy rubber coating. And its new iPod touch–only, gaming-focused Pulse case (price TBA) rumbles, giving you the kind of force feedback that you’re used to on your Xbox or PlayStation.
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A brave new world Apple Took us by surprise at its Worldwide Developers Conference. Naturally, we were expecting a lot of exciting news about the next round of operating system upgrades, but the company didn’t stop there. It revamped most of its Mac lineup, expanded that range with a brand new model for creative professionals, unveiled a new size of iPad Pro, and majorly enhanced the display in both versions of its premium tablet. This issue is packed with details about all of these things, and reactions from our columnists David Chartier and Brianna Wu. Naturally, I’m excited about the operating system upgrades, but one thing stood out at WWDC, and has been rolling around my mind ever since the event: augmented reality (AR). Even ahead of WWDC, it was no big secret that Apple would throw its weight behind the technology, which superimposes computergenerated imagery on top of the real world by way of a device’s camera; in February, Tim Cook told UK newspaper The Independent that he views AR as “a big idea, like the smartphone.” In that interview, Cook also said: “I get excited because of the things that could be done that could improve a lot of lives. And be entertaining.” Looking at the AR demos that formed a lengthy segment of Apple’s WWDC keynote address, you’d be forgiven for thinking AR is mostly about the latter – and I’m sure there’ll be plenty of fun examples flooding the App Store toward the end of the year. Think about the ways doctors and medical students, real estate, and tourism, to name a few, could use the tech to enhance healthcare, business, and learning. The redesigned App Store in iOS 11 will be a beautiful place to showcase all of this. Whether we’re talking entertainment or serious applications, I haven’t been this excited about the future of apps in a long time. Perhaps not even since the App Store opened in July 2008 and turned the iPhone from an intriguing communications device into… well, anything developers could make an app for.
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Hello, iMac Pro Apple’s powerful new computer is big on processing and price BY Alan Stonebridge
Apple is making a pitch for the hearts and minds of professional creatives and software developers with the latest member of the Mac family. The iMac Pro is a workstation-class range of all-in-one computers with the kind of processing power needed by the likes of virtual reality content creators and 3D graphics artists. The computer sports a 27-inch Retina 5K display with a P3 wide color gamut and 500 nits brightness. Its Xeon processor will be available with 8, 10, or 18 cores, with graphical power provided by an AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 with 8GB of High Bandwidth Memory 2, or a Vega 64 with 16GB of HBM2 as an option. There’s 32GB of 2666MHz DDR4 ECC memory as standard, which can be upgraded to 64GB or 128GB. Unlike the regular iMac range, the iMac Pro will be
available with a solid-state drive only – 1TB by default, with 2TB and 4TB options also available. “This will be our fastest and most powerful Mac ever, which brings workstation-class computing to iMac for the first time,” said John Ternus, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering. “We reengineered the whole system and designed an entirely new thermal architecture to pack extraordinary performance into the elegant, quiet iMac enclosure our customers love.” the computer and its accessories sport a Space Gray design, and the wireless keyboard includes a numeric keypad. (Apple has already started selling a silver and white version for $129: bit.ly/mgkbdnum). It features a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, and four Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports, four USB 3 (Type A) ports, an SDXC card slot, a 3.5 mm headphone port, and, for the first time on a Mac, 10Gb (10-Gigabit) Ethernet. The iMac Pro should ship in December. Its starting price of $4,999 reflects its high specs and the pro uses it’s intended for. Even the entry-level price puts the iMac Pro beyond the reach of most consumers. Alongside its announcement, though, Apple refreshed its mainstream 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMacs – learn more on page 12 . maclife.com AUG 2017 9
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iPad Pro gets a new size and refreshed specs The long-rumored 10.5-inch iPad is now available to buy – and further challenges the traditional laptop BY Alan Stonebridge
After just 14 months on sale, the 9.7-inch iPad Pro is no more. Apple has replaced the smaller of its premium tablets with a new 10.5-inch model, equipped with a 2224x1668-pixel resolution to maintains the Retina display’s density of 264 pixels per inch. Apple has accommodated the larger screen by reducing the borders around the panel by almost 40 percent, and slightly increasing the device’s width and height over the 9.7-inch model by 0.2 and 0.4 inches, respectively. The 10.5-inch iPad Pro weighs 1.12 oz more than its 9.7-inch predecessor; however, its thickness remains the same.
With a refresh rate of up to 120Hz, the new iPad Pro works even more smoothly with the Pencil.
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Size isn’t the only display change to the refreshed iPad Pro lineup. Both the 10.5- and 12.9-inch models come equipped with a ProMotion display, which supports a refresh rate of 120Hz, double that of any previous iPad. This enables ultra-smooth motion wherever it’s of benefit, and iOS is able to dynamically adjust the refresh rate to suit what you’re doing at any given time. For example, it might be reduced if you’re reading iBooks, for which refreshing 120 times per second is unnecessary. The biggest practical benefit of the higher refresh rate is evident when you’re using an Apple Pencil. Apple’s stylus delivered impressive response times even with a firstgeneration iPad Pro. However, the new display further reduces latency
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Additionally, the rear camera has gained optical image stabilization, an f/1.8 aperture – previously f/2.4 (10.9-inch) or f/2.2 (9.7-inch) – and a six-element lens, up from five in the first-generation models. There’s also a quad-LED True Tune flash to deliver more natural-looking illumination, which is something the original 12.9-inch model lacked. Each iPad Pro’s front-facing camera has an 8-megapixel sensor, a reasonable boost over the old 9.7-inch model’s 5 megapixels and a massive increase on the lackluster 1.2 megapixels of the very first iPad Pro. The aperture in both models is unchanged at f/2.2, but the FaceTime camera matches the rear one in capturing the wide color gamut.
Apple’s Smart Keyboard and Pencil enable iPad Pro to be used for a diversity of tasks.
to just 20 milliseconds to give a more natural impression in response to your interactions with the Pencil. There are other changes beyond the screen, too. The new size and its larger 12.9-inch sibling are each equipped with an A10X Fusion chip, which has a total of six processing cores: three for high performance and three for high efficiency, with the load managed by an Appledesigned performance controller, just as in the first generation.
The ProMotion display enables ultra-smooth motion wherever it’s of benefit
The chip also includes a 12-core graphics processing unit. Apple says the new specifications don’t affect battery life compared to older models. It says to expect 10 hours of surfing the web, watching
video, or listening to music. Informal testing conducted by Mac|Life in our first few days with the new 12.9-inch model suggested that this may actually be a conservative figure; after a mix of web browsing, using Apple Pencil in various art and note-taking apps, and listening to music, it lasted more than 44 hours on standby and around 14 hours and 45 minutes in active use. Capturing photos and videos with these iPads is also improved, thanks to the addition of the same camera system found on the iPhone 7. That means you get a rear camera with a 12-megapixel sensor – that isn’t any different between the 9.7-inch and 10.5-inch models, but it’s a significant boost from the original 12.9-inch iPad Pro’s 8-megapixel photos.
The experience of transferring photos taken with a DSLR to a firstgeneration iPad Pro was different depending on which screen size you picked, as 9.7-inch models limited camera accessories to USB 2 speeds. Now, though, it doesn’t matter which of the new models you choose, as all are capable of USB 3 transfer rates – that’s a real time-saver if you’re copying large numbers of photos or long videos to the tablet. Further boosting the iPad Pro’s potential as a professional tool or an alternative to a laptop, Apple has doubled storage capacities across the range. Indeed, the $949 and $1,099 models now match the $1,599 12-inch MacBook Pro in terms of room for your data. Come the fall, iOS 11’s improved multitasking features look set to turn the iPad Pro into an even more capable MacBook replacement – you can read more about that in our feature starting on page 16.
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iMac and all MacBooks are updated A welcome refresh of the popular all-in-one and portable lineups BY Alan Stonebridge
Apple has revamped the specs of all types of MacBook, as well as the 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac lineup. Together with a Mac Pro spec boost in April, this leaves the Mac mini as the only Mac untouched in 2017. The new iMacs are the first with Thunderbolt 3 ports – two of them. Their Intel Core processors use the Kaby Lake architecture. Versions with a Retina 4K display start at $1,299. That price gets you a quadcore, 3GHz Core i5 processor, and
discrete graphics: a 2GB Radeon Pro 555, or a 4GB Radeon Pro 560 in the $1,499 model. 27-inch iMac graphics are a 4GB Radeon Pro 570 or 575, or an 8GB Radeon Pro 580. The top spec has a quad-core, 3.8GHz Core i5, with a 4.2GHz Core i7 as an option. All iMacs have 8GB of memory as standard, upgradable to either 32GB or 64GB. Memory in 21.5-inch iMacs has returned to being upgradeable, though by official service providers. The 12-inch MacBook also has Kaby Lake processors, the best being a dual-core, 1.4GHz Core i7. Storage is said to be up to 50 percent faster. Graphics come from an integrated Intel HD Graphics 615 chip. Though 8GB memory remains standard, 16GB is now an option. The MacBook Pro has Kaby Lake too, up to a dual-core, 3.5GHz, Core i7 (13-inch, from $1,299), or a quadcore, 3.1GHz Core i7 (15-inch, from $2,399). All 15-inch models have discrete graphics – a 2GB Radeon Pro 555 or 4GB Radeon Pro 560. Both MacBook Air models now feature a dual-core, 1.8GHz Core i5.
The entry-level 15-inch MacBook Pro has increased graphical capabilities thanks to a discrete GPU. 12 AUG 2017 maclife.com