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3:28 iPhone 11 &12s showing wear on aluminium parts
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Developer & Public Betas of 14.5 released
of iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4 and more. Assuming these could be considered Gold Master or release candidate versions, the timeline fits perfectly with public release at the presumed March 23rd event. This particular release includes facemmask ID with the help of an Apple watch, App Tracking transparency and much more as we’ve discussed.
iPhone 11 & 12 Models showing wear on Aluminium colours
Don’t hold your breath for dual booting Apple Silicon Macs
Booting to other operating systems is WAY harder than making software for Apple Silicon, researchers have found as basically nothing about Apple’s architecture in the new Macs is based on existing standards. Rather, its an evolution of the embedded systems that have been made over the years for iPhones and iPads. I mean, wow. What a revelation that Apple Silicon is closely related to iPhones and iPads.
Even the Boot Picker screen that’s replaced the “choose a boot disk” on Intel models when you hold Option during Boot actually runs as a full screen MacOS App, rather than a part of the boot loader itself.
The article on Apple Insider goes into quite some detail, but the cliff notes version of this story is don’t expect to be dual booting into other operating systems any time soon, as Apple has clearly not designed Apple silicon for that. While Intel Macs were assembled from basically commodity parts that any OEM could buy (except the logic board), Apple Silicon is built from the ground up to be amazing at running MacOS, and that’s what it should be good at. The VAST majority of Mac users has, and always has had zero interest in tinkering, running boot camp or anything else. Of course, as a tech YouTube channel, the audience here will be way more interested in those edge cases. But if you want Windows or Linux on a Mac in future, its probably best to only expect virtualised versions. Just lucky we have plenty of power on tap to do just that.
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No plans for iCaveAnswers show today, but a huge one coming tomorrow – keeping the afternoon clear in case we have big news about an event or invitations to break down. Hit me up with any iCave Answers questions in the comments!