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The Mac-As-A-Tool Edition Friday, June 15, 2018

Behind The Mac: A Video Series Profiling How Creators Use The Mac, by John Voorhees, MacStories

Apple has debuted a series of four videos on its YouTube channel called Behind the Mac that focus on the Mac as a tool to unleash creativity.

Three of the videos profile individuals. Recording artist Grimes is interviewed about how she uses a MacBook to create music, Peter Kariuki explains how he built an app to monitor driver safety in Africa, and Bruce Hall, a legally blind photographer, shows how he uses a Mac to process his photographs.

On The Sad State Of Macintosh Hardware, by Quentin Carnicelli, Rogue Amoeba

At the time of the writing, with the exception of the $5,000 iMac Pro, no Macintosh has been updated at all in the past year. [...] The once-solid Mac Pro was replaced by the dead-end cylindrical version all the way back in 2012, which was then left to stagnate. I don’t even want to get started on the MacBook Pro’s questionable keyboard, or the MacBook’s sole port (USB-C which must also be used to provide power).

Cops Are Confident iPhone Hackers Have Found A Workaround To Apple’s New Security Feature, by Joseph CoxandLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Motherboard

“Grayshift has gone to great lengths to future proof their technology and stated that they have already defeated this security feature in the beta build. Additionally, the GrayKey has built in future capabilities that will begin to be leveraged as time goes on,” a June email from a forensic expert who planned to meet with Grayshift, and seen by Motherboard, reads, although it is unclear from the email itself how much of this may be marketing bluff.

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iWork Apps Updated With New Audio Features And Smart Annotation Enhancements, by Andrew O'Hara, AppleInsider

Each of Apple's productivity apps gained the ability to add audio directly to documents. Now, using the microphone on their device, audio can be recorded, edited, and played directly in a project.

Gmail iOS App Now Uses AI To Offer Option Of Notifications Only For Important Emails, by Ben Lovejoy, 9to5Mac

The iOS version of the Gmail app now uses AI to figure out which emails are most important to you, and allow you to switch off notifications for the rest.