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The amount of money Bezos has access to is quite literally incomprehensible to many of us. What he is doing (or not doing) with it is often equally incomprehensible.

I’ve spent a week using Apple’s new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro, much longer than I thought I would before writing this review. The simple truth is that it changed my thoughts on using the iPad Pro so dramatically, I questioned my initial enthusiasm. After a week, I’m confident that feelings are reliable, and my conclusion on day one remains: The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro changes everything.

Facebook and Google are desperately trying to move into the space dominated over the past few weeks by Zoom. Problem is, Facebook and Google are no more trustworthy than Zoom is.

Good to see these frenemies cooperating on such an important issue.

I love Rogue Amoeba and have used their audio software for years on my Mac. Their new app, SoundSource, gives you powerful control over all the audio on your Mac, right from your menu bar:

Per-Application Volume Control

Change the volume of any app relative to others, and play individual apps to different audio devices. Mute your browser, or send music to one set of speakers and everything else to another.

Improve Sound Quality

Use Magic Boost and Volume Overdrive to hear your audio even in loud environments. The built-in equalizer can sweeten the sound, and more advanced users will love the ability to apply Audio Units to any audio.

Fast Device Access

All the settings your Mac’s audio devices are just a click away. Adjust input and output levels, tweak the balance, and even switch sample rates, right from your menu bar.

One More Thing…

If you have a DisplayPort or HDMI device that fails to offer volume adjustment, SoundSource can help there too. It gives those devices a proper volume slider, and the Super Volume Keys feature makes your keyboard volume controls work as well. Neat!

Check out SoundSource today, with a free trial! Rogue Amoeba has extended their April sale – through May 15th, Loop readers can save 20% with coupon code LOOPSS.

Here are the original trailers for the classic Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns, “A Fist Full Of Dollars,” “A Few Dollars More,” and “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.” Enrico Morricone’s music score is just as good today.

Another great article from the folks at Halide. Well written, well explained.

Great news for those of you who can access the service.

It really is weirdly compelling and I’m not even a huge Star Wars fan.

Does anyone else open their new iPhones like this? I definitely do.

The history of the Macintosh’s “survival” is fascinating and many of us participated in it in various ways.

If you were an original user of this, congratulations – you’re old!

Movies don’t get much more classic or screwball than this.

I speculated about this months ago. After all, for those of us who used to attend Macworld Expo, the “Expo Creeping Crud” is a well known “disease.” Almost invariably after attending, many of us would come down with a low grade flu.

A lot of things are going to change once this pandemic is over. Will Airbnb still be around? Contrary to its image of “average homeowners just trying to make a few bucks,” Airbnb has become the largest hotel chain in the world with the majority of its hosts’ professional property owners.

After the news came out last week, Apple has now responded.

I started using the new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro this week and it’s one of my favorite accessories that Apple has ever made. Dave and I talk about everything I like so far. We also talk about some of the early reviews of the iPhone SE.

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If you want to show off your Star Wars fandom, you can’t go too far wrong with these official backgrounds.

Even as a kid, I hated Scooby-Doo. I’ve never understood its appeal after all of these years.

The chart at the bottom of this article shows there is no one, perfect app for everyone. Each person and organization needs to balance their needs and wants with the capabilities of the app in question.

The Apple Watch is a very interesting device five years after launch but there’s a very real sense that it will really come into its own over the next five years.

This is a funny review, but covers what you need to know.

At the beginning of all of this, there was a lot of confusion regarding masks. Now it’s generally accepted that everyone should wear them, even homemade cloth masks, at all times when outside your home.

There’s no way I could do this puzzle. It would completely stress me out.

I absolutely love these videos. I can’t carry a tune in a bucket and couldn’t play a musical instrument even if you put a gun to my head but the sheer joy of all of these musicians, young and old, from all different backgrounds, coming together to play these songs is magical.

This is a particularly nasty exploit.

Does Earth Day take on more meaning as we hear stories of better air, fewer car crashes, and animals wandering through cities because of the pandemic?

Viticci has been a full-time iPad user for many, many years. His is the opinion I’m most interested in when it comes to the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro.

The assumption has always been you can easily print off your iPhone/camera phone photos as long as you don’t print them too large. This guy shows you can print massive iPhone shots.

Both fascinating and terrifying. My father was a submariner in the Canadian Navy for a time and I’ve always held those particular sailors in the highest of respect. This accident must have been a horrific way to die.