The big news of the week is Apple’s release of the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips to power a new crop of 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models and a speed-bumped 24-inch iMac. Adam Engst has all the details, along with the discontinuation of the 13-inch MacBook Pro. These new Macs were too late to help Apple’s Q4 financial results, but the company still reported record profits of $23 billion even as revenues fell by about 1%. Finally, in news worthy of a sad Mac, Apple has definitely said there will be no Apple silicon version of the 27-inch iMac. Notable Mac app releases this week include Audio Hijack 4.3, Mimestream 1.1.5, Fantastical 3.8.7, and Lightroom Classic 13.![](https://www.vpdae.com/open/6655.gif?opens=1)
Apple’s Scary Fast product announcement brought the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips out of the shadows, revealed updated 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, and showed off a speed-bumped 24-inch iMac. And the whole thing was shot on an iPhone 15 Pro Max, albeit with an award-winning director, traditional video gear, and a large production team.
Foreign exchange headwinds and a relative scarcity of new products during the quarter flattened Apple’s revenue figures compared to its results from a year ago, although its profits were up 13%.
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Introduces a new beta transcription feature for converting speech to text from any audio source. ($64 new, free update, 37.2 MB, macOS 10.15+)
Adds support for multi-day events and invitations received on Gmail aliases to the Calendar banner. ($49.99 annual subscription, free update, 12.2 MB, macOS 12+)
Fixes a number of bugs and brings back the double-month calendar widget. ($56.99 annual subscription, free update, 70.5 MB, macOS 11+)
Adds new Lens Blur feature and enables full image editing in HDR. ($9.99/$19.99/$59.99 monthly Creative Cloud subscription, free update for subscribers, macOS 12+)