@manton That's fun!

@keenan Sheer determination

@numericcitizen And then there’s that! 🙃

@amerpie I've been a happy Pocket user for a while. I never use their app — just their share sheet extension — though I could if I wanted to do highlights. I read through Reeder Classic's integration, the web, or my Kobo (all synced). And I use the 'Speak Screen' function of iOS to listen to articles when I want to (the voice sounds better than in my example). Oh, I haven't had to pay Pocket for anything.

@jarrod As promised, since there was no black-keyed compact keyboard introduced with the Mac mini today, I bought an orange one on eBay. I'm ready for the Touch ID life.

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@gregmorris Yes please! (And sorry! 😅)

@stephenrobles I noticed that too! Should be really nice for a lot of people.

@jarrod Pretty fun mini intro video too, with lots of character: www.youtube.com/watch

Looking forward to the final Mac(Book Pro) announcements tomorrow!​

@jarrod I hadn't even noticed the lack of a power button on the back. It's hiding on the bottom! Hope you can get your finger not just around to the back of the Mini, but now under its lip too.

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@jarrod P.S. I continue to love my shortcut for auto-generating accessible text descriptions for all the photos I post. I edit as needed, but it does such a good job on its own. I take a screenshot and drop it onto my shortcut or use the share sheet and voilá, the photo is uploaded with its alt-text infused Markdown right there in my clipboard. Here's how the last photos were described:

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@jarrod Today, we get HomePod (regular) colors in the set design:

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@jarrod I haven't seen it mentioned elsewhere yet, but we're invited back to Apple's Observatory in another short video introducing the new Mac mini: www.youtube.com/watch

@Havn I was actually thinking basically the same thing. Perhaps not strange, but interesting. Although I could see Apple going with the justification that people should just use wireless headphones for temporary listening and leave the port in the back for permanent speakers but 🤷‍♂️

@jarrod I'm also pretty psyched to see how the M4 Max/Ultra/Extreme(!?) turn out with M4 Pro really holding its own now.

I think the sheer power of the M4 Pro is a fascinating thing. Multiple displays, 64GB RAM... a lot of folks will have moved up to a Max chip in the past, but the Pro may be sufficient for a whole bunch more people.
— Josh Ginter

@nickheer Mmmm good point!

@jarrod This is a bit strange. The Mac Studio kept the audio jack on the back. I guess permanently plugged-in speakers are a niche enough feature that they figure you won't mind routing through a dock.

Dang. Audio line out on the front is a big bummer for those of us with permanently plugged in speakers. Otherwise, a near perfect update to the Mac mini.
— Jason Becker

@jarrod Marco's already hearing it in the comments, but while I think the time for Intel comparisons is waning, it's not quite done yet. There are still a lot of Intel Macs out there.

mastodon.social/@marcoarm.

And @ismh86 points out that you could buy an Intel Mac mini as late as January 2023.

@jarrod I love @nickheer's conspiracy suggesting these may have been slated for an early April release. That's even before the M4 debuted in the iPad Pro this year!

c.im/@nickheer.​

@jarrod @stephenrobles is right, this animation is so fun.

mastodon.social/@stephenr.

@jarrod Thunderbolt 5(double the speed of TB4!) and the first Carbon Neutral Mac also make their debut with this new mini. You love to see it.

@jarrod Looks like the M4 Pro chip uses a different and faster CPU core than the M4.

With fall and crash detection, heart rate and vitals monitoring, satellite messaging, hearing aid and more, Apple’s built up their ecosystem into a compelling personal guardian.

@darren_cohen Yeah, I’m not as mad about it as I should be since I can work around it with my custom template. But support has been lacking for the past year. I’m eyeing a move to Micro.blog for everything.

@darren_cohen I do, and I can’t edit the menu either. It’s pretty frustrating.

@numericcitizen Depends on your intended use case, I suppose. I think I'd love it on an iPad mini that I primarily use for reading. But I'd want to see it in person first.