Joe Rossignol
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All things Apple. Senior Reporter for @macrumors.
To emphasize how much more affordable out-of-warranty MacBook Pro speaker repairs will now be, Apple Stores/AASPs can order 2 speakers for ~$40 USD total instead of a whole "top case" for ~$500 (profit margin & labor extra). We're talking a 90% decrease. Way less wasteful, too.
Big news for MacBook Pro repairability! @kwiens
Also, I have an update to this: According to a reliable source, Apple is giving technicians access to individual speaker parts for ALL 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with Apple silicon, going back to models with M1 Pro and M1 Max chips!
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/23/macbook-pro-speaker-repairs-more-affordable/
Siri’s true ChatGPT-like revamp is not expected until iOS 19.4 in a year and a half from now, according to Mark Gurman. By that point, ChatGPT will have been available for 3.5 years.
Billie Eilish is Apple Music's Artist of the Year for 2024.
She already won this award in 2019.
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/21/billie-eilish-named-apple-music-artist-of-year/
Satechi makes nice stuff. For the new Mac mini, this hub will add an SD card slot, bring back USB-A ports, and allow you to add up to an additional 4TB of storage without having to pay Apple's expensive upgrade prices.
Sadly, it is not available until spring 2025. Pricing not disclosed yet.
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/21/satechi-previews-m4-mac-mini-hub/
Apple has announced its annual four-day Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping event in the U.S. and many other countries. It runs from Friday, November 29 through Monday, December 2.
In the U.S., you can once again get up to a $200 Apple gift card with the purchase of an eligible product.
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/21/apple-announces-2024-black-friday-event/
Tomorrow will be day 3,500 of the Apple Watch being available, so anyone with an absolutely perfect record of closing their rings since day 1 of the Apple Watch could earn the 3,500-day version of the new All Rings Closed activity awards very shortly! The ultimate flex!
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/20/apple-watch-all-rings-closed-awards/
With this service program now over, it is no longer guaranteed that customers with affected MacBook butterfly keyboards will be able to receive a free repair from Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider.
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/19/apple-ends-mac-butterfly-keyboard-service-program/
I’m going to create the next Twitter clone called Yapp that is focused exclusively on yapping. 280 characters will be the minimum requirement.