Follow the headline link, start scrolling for a walk through all the different default macOS wallpapers, going all the way back to Mac OS X Tiger, which dropped back in 2005.
See something you like, click the download link. Enjoy.
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Dave and I talk a lot about the MacBook Pro M1 this week as we look at the notch, the power of the machines, and how far out the orders have already pushed delivery. Dave also asks me which configuration I would get if purchasing one of the new machines. We then look at Apple Music and try to understand the new Voice Plan.
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Apple on Thursday reported results for its fiscal fourth quarter. The company posted record revenue for the quarter of $83.4 billion, up 29 percent over the year-ago quarter.
“This year we launched our most powerful products ever, from M1-powered Macs to an iPhone 13 lineup that is setting a new standard for performance and empowering our customers to create and connect in new ways,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We are infusing our values into everything we make — moving closer to our 2030 goal of being carbon neutral up and down our supply chain and across the lifecycle of our products, and ever advancing our mission to build a more equitable future.”
Apple’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.22 per share of the Company’s common stock.
Apple reported iPhone revenue of $38.8 billion, up from the $26.4 billion reported in the year-ago quarter. Mac revenue was up slightly to $9.1 billion from $9 billion reported last year. iPad revenue was $8.2 billion, up from $6,7 billion last year. Wearables, Home and Accessories was $8.7 billion, up from $7.8 billion last year, and Services was up to $18.2 billion from $14.5 billion in the year-ago quarter.
Some apps, especially those with a lot of menus and custom menus have run into problems with the notch on the new MacBook Pro. Here’s a Twitter thread with a few examples (sound on).
If you do run into this issue, Apple offers an app-specific fix:
You can adjust an app’s settings so that it uses the whole display or uses only the area below the camera housing.
Follow the headline link for details but, in a nutshell, Apple added a “Scale to fit below built-in camera” checkbox to the app’s Get Info window. Check it, and the app will run with the menu bar below the notch.
Good to know.