Load the page, use the popup menus to customize the AirPods Max to your hearts content. And no, there is no law that the left and right ear cups have to be the same color.

If you are new to ProRAW, or even RAW, take a minute to check out this post.

If you’ve got a basic sense of the value of RAW, follow the headline link for Austin Man’s photographic walkthrough of ProRAW, and check out the video embedded below for a long conversation between Austin and Rene Ritchie.

Ben Sandofsky, writing for the Halide blog, presents an excellent explainer on how digital cameras capture and produce images, on the pros and cons of traditional RAW mode and, finally, talk through Apple’s new ProRAW image format.

So well written, very easy to follow.

Side note: Did you know that one of the primary inventors of the CCD (the light capturing device that makes digital cameras possible) became the CEO of Apple for a bit?

Ben Lovejoy, 9to5Mac:

While reviewers have generally been impressed by Apple’s AirPods Max over-ear headphones, there have been two consistent complaints: the terrible design of the ‘bra’ case, and the fact that there appears to be no way to switch off AirPods Max headphones unless you put them into the case that nobody wants to carry.

And:

The bad news is that there isn’t any practical way to do it without using some kind of case. In particular, you can’t switch them off while they are slung around your neck, which is how many people carry on-ear and over-ear headphones between uses.

Love or hate of the case aside, I do think the lack of ability to switch the headphones off without a case is an issue. Follow the link for an embedded video that reverse engineers how magnets are used to switch the AirPods Max into low power mode.

This process feels ripe for home-hacking, perhaps with magnets glued to some sort of cardboard sleeve or rubber bands? I do wonder what drove Apple to this particular design decision.