Macworld Podcast: Apple leak reveals upcoming Mac, Apple Watch, and more

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Apple made a big boo-boo last week and unintentionally released code that revealed upcoming product plans. That’s the focus of this week’s show: Apple’s plans for the MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, Apple Watch, iPad, and more!

This is episode 947 with Michael Simon, Jason Cross,  and Roman Loyola. 

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Apple’s product plans 

On the show, we talked about the following product leaks and other news: 

Code reveals 2025 Apple Watch details: 3 models, 5G, and a new wireless chip 

iPad, iPad mini have chip upgrades in the works 

Apple code confirms the first 5G MacBook is in testing

Code suggests Apple is working on an M4 Ultra chip for new Mac Pro

Apple code leak hints at a new Studio Display plus another mystery product

Apple is planning a big AI comeback, but we’ve heard this song before

The blood-oxygen sensor is returning to Apple Watch 

What We’re Watching on AppleTV+ 

Michael: Apple TV movies are not good

Jason: Looking forward to Platonic

Roman: Murderbot 

This Week in Apple History 

On August 15, 1998, the original iMac started shipping to customers after it was announced a few months earlier, in May of that year. The first iMac featured a 233MHz PowerPC G3 CPU, 32MB of RAM, a 4GB hard drive,  a 15-inch CRT display, a CD-ROM drive, and USB-A ports. 

Learn more about the very first iMac: 

Nearly three decades later, Apple owes everything to the iMac 

The cool and colorful Mac that changed Apple–and the world 

8 ways the iMac changed computing 

10 iMac facts and history in pictures 

The Inbox

These are the reader, listener, and viewer comments we discussed on the show. 

AI? Just make autocorrect work! 

On the previous Macworld Podcast, we talked about Siri, AI, and Apple Intelligence, and we posted a short video where Jason asks, why can’t Apple just get autocorrect to work? That resonated with viewers on Tiktok. 

i can’t stand when i type out a specific word and auto correct completely changes it
Quest on TikTok 

I was asking Siri for some basic measurement conversions and half the time it asked if I’d like to use ChatGPT to find the answer. How is it still so unreliable/useless?? 
Toooooddddddd on TikTok

as a software dev it is extremely annoying to see all these companies drop everything in their backlog to throw anything Al related at the wall. let all their software languish while they chase the current fad 
dallen.baldwin on TikTok 

They know their customers better than anyone, I suppose. But man, the way they just ignore basic requests from the consumer market. Make autocorrect work. Give me a bigger battery, even if it makes the thing thicker. Are consumers that inconsequential?
Uncle Portland on TikTok

@macworld.com AI? Just make auto correct work! This clip is from the latest episode of the Macworld Podcast.#apple #ios #ai #appleintelligence ♬ original sound – Macworld – Macworld

Apple new OS look 

Merlin Wrightson is using the macOS Tahoe beta, and said on Facebook:

I think, for now at least, there’s not much to improve for either Mac/iOS or Google/Android. Batteries are the key I reckon, not glassy icons. Just my opinion of course.
Merlin Wrightson on Facebook

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