AirPods 4 review: big deal, small package 9to5mac.com/2024/09/16/air… by zac hall

Strangely, the tinted icons are growing on me… I didn’t like the look initially. 🤷‍♂️

As an AirPrint user, I’ve wanted this forever. Nice that Print Center is getting some love. First a Control Center toggle, and now Dynamic Island integration! #iosbeta

Oh yeah, wireless iOS to iOS restores for soft-bricked devices coming to iPhone 16, no Mac required. #iosbeta

I have to give props where due. iPhone Mirroring to macOS is _so_ good! It just works. And now with drag and drop in the iOS 18.1 beta 5 release, it’s even more useful. Major props to the engineers who made this so dead simple.

Super-fun in-person episode with Fernando Silva. Also shout out again to David Cogen and Coffee Check for hosting us. If you’re in NYC and need a good place to do a podcast, it’s legit. ☕️ good, too.

Posting on Blu3Sky now feel free to follow me there. It’s pretty good. bsky.app/profile/jeffbe…

Hands-on with the new iOS 18 wireless restore feature.

A little reactive, as the potential for these issues was clear on day one, but nonetheless good update. It’ll be interesting to see how this feature is refined.

An upcoming iOS feature covered on my latest episode of iOSDecoded: New screen recording/streaming update that adds support for live camera overlay via PiP UI, stereo microphone support, and HDR support for screen recording. youtu.be/Ze47btmY1dY?fe…

So many cool new features, love the proximity based setup for macOS. Finally.

Lots and lots of goodies in iOS 18.4. I feel like the iOS 18 release cycle is by far the most feature-dense cycle we’ve seen in the iPhone’s lifetime. This despite the miss on the advanced Siri stuff.

Yes to Photographic Styles for videos, please. Basically non-destructive LUTs for everyone.

What would you say is the most impressive app on the entire App Store? We make our pick in this week’s episode.

The M4 Mac mini is already tiny, but it’s nice to move it off my desktop. Any amount of reclaimed desktop real estate is welcomed.

Is Apple’s $500 price delta between these two indicative that it’s *that* much better or reliable, or is it Apple simple soaking up ridiculous margins? At any rate, I can do this in like 5 minutes now. It’s ridiculously easy. So far so good!

Review: CalDigit TS5 Plus Thunderbolt 5 dock - a supercharged version of the best dock for Mac [Video] 9to5mac.com/2025/06/07/cal… by Jeff Benjamin

Remember when this was 200…, not 200 thousand, but 200. Been a fun journey, on to 1 milli! 9to5Mac

Ford put on a great event, and it came across as genuinely exciting. Time will tell, of course, but I walked away from it with a good feeling about its new vehicle and assembly programs.

Absolute game-changer if you’re a Sony shooter. The iPhone 16 Pro functions as both a wired or wireless monitor and can control everything, including zoom when paired with a PZ lens. Sony | Alpha doing great things here with Monitor & Control.