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After a busy end to November with all the Apple announcements, we jump straight into November. We should start to see all the new items shipping this month - I’m looking forward to hopefully seeing the new Mac mini “in the flesh”. 

And we now start the countdown to the busy time of year this and next month as we look towards to the end of the year.

So hopefully everyone has a busy November and all continues to go well.

How much RAM should you consider in the Apple Silicon computers

When looking at purchasing a new computer, sometimes the question asked is how much RAM (Memory) should I get with it. Now that all models come with 16GB as standard, this generally is enough for “most” people. 

However, if you want a bit more of a breakdown on it, MacRumors has a good article about it, which you can read here.

Apple Intelligence highlighted in funny ads

With the release of iOS18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1 which started to see the first signs of Apple Intelligence, (before we see more added next month), Apple have a couple of funny ads to show it off.

You can read more about it and view it here.

How to take a hearing test with iOS18 and AirPod Pro 2.

With the release of iOS18.1 and if you have a set of AirPod Pro 2’s, you can now use the Hearing Test feature and hopefully later use the ‘Hearing Aid” feature to be added - all to help protect your hearing now as well as check how it’s doing.

You can read more about how to access this feature including a work around if not available in all areas, which you can access here.

Recap of all the new Apple hardware from end of October

With three days in a row of updated product announcements, it may have been a bit hard to keep up with it all.

Thankfully MacRumors did a good break down on it all, which you can read here.

So you can read about the new iMac 24” M4, Mac mini M4 and upgraded MacBook Pro M4 14” and 16” models.

Have you considered if your computer stops working or could be down for quite a while?

If your computer crashes or is down for a long period time, or even if it’s going to be away for service work for a while, have you considered the down time this could cause to yourself, your work and/or business?

There is a way that an external drive can be set up beforehand where in these sort of circumstances you can still be up and running relatively easy - even if your computer has to go away for days to be repaired.

It’s a relatively cheap and easy process. 

If you would like to find out more about how this can be set up for yourself or your business please feel free to drop me an email or call to discuss.

Be aware of “Fake webpages” advising you need to update.

So there is a bit of a rise on the number of webpages or fake links that will try to trick you into calling a number or clicking a link to “update” some piece of software.

I’ve written a page with a bit more info on it here