More details on the M4 and Mac Mini, and the rumored Apple… WallPod? HomeScreen? Intellivision. There we go. No potential naming issues at all.

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• Follow-up:
  • Aperture was not a purchase; it was developed by Apple. (via Jason Sims)
  • “Plain” M4 MacBook Pro and external displays (via Eric Roch)
  • Mac mini
    • “Modular” storage
      • Quinn’s teardown
      • dosdude1 demonstrates an upgrade
        • Apple 8TB SSD Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro
      • Differences between M4 and M4 Pro SSDs
        • Benchmarks
          • M4 512 GB
          • M4 Pro 512 GB
      • iFixit Teardown
      • Apple’s replacement guide
    • Other tidbits
      • Heatsink differences
      • 256 GB = 2× 128 GB
      • Wi-Fi & Bluetooth are their own PCB
      • #askatp: setting up external SSDs (via Peter Welpton)
      • Thunderbolt performance limits
  • Geekbench scores across Apple Silicon (via Wes Campaigne)
    • iPhone Pro Clock speeds
    • Ken Case’s observation
• Apple’s smart home ambitions
• #askatp:
  • Should users be worried that 8/16GB RAM is “claimed” by Apple Intelligence? (via andrewsleigh)
  • Why can’t Apple make a Studio Display with MacBook Pro backlight technology? (via Henri Sivonen)
  • What power user hacks can we not live without? (via Ryan Tierney)
    • Alfred
    • Rocket
    • SwitchGlass
    • Front and Center
• Post-show: Marco’s Mac Mini setup
  • Marco’s OWC drive enclosure
• Members-only ATP Overtime: Vision Pro cheerleading
  • Patrick’s original question

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