A bunch of big stuff gets real Apple Silicon support. Support for some pretty big players has officially arrived for Apple Silicon Macs this week, as if there was new hardware just around the corner that people might be likely to use for demanding applications like these. I don’t know, like and Apple Silicon, M1X iMac for example. But that is of course just baseless speculation of course. But just in case, we might as well have a look what’s here. Development platform Docker for people much smarter than me has moved out of it’s technical preview stage and into public release. Now, I don’t developer personally, but I don’t judge those who do, its a personal choice and that’s very much up to them. But 45,000 of these monster/ I mean developers have downloaded the technical preview and helped to squash those bugs so if this was something you were waiting for before pulling the trigger and moving over to Apple Silicon, now you can. But I wouldn’t until you see what happens on Tuesday. Just saying, it’s not long to wait. Parallels Next up - Parallels. Parallels has also been in public beta for quite some time, and again, in the past couple of day, it’s been released fully as Parallels Desktop 16. In case you’re not aware, parallels is a virtual machine system that allows you to run other operating systems within MacOS - so Windows for example, though there are some caveats. First, you can only run Windows on ARM, and although that has recently had x86 emulation for regular windows apps added, that is an emulation layer within Windows on ARM, not native support. In addition, Windows on ARM is only officially licensed to use on Microsoft hardware that it comes pre-installed on, so this is in effect is Anti-Hackintoshing. You’re putting unlicensed software onto your system which you’ll need to download from the Windows Insider preview platform, so don’t be surprised if there are issues and certainly don’t expect support from Microsoft with it right now. All that being said, the vast majority of people who want to run a different OS in a virtual machine are most likely tinkerers, and it can certainly be a rewarding idea. And of course, if Apple does announce new Macs on Tuesday, just after parallels brings their official support, there is a chance that Microsoft come out on stage and give their blessing by licensing the software for this, as they’ve worked with Apple already on brining Office to Apple Silicon natively already. I still don’t expect the option to dual boot on Apple Silicon probably ever though, Boot Camp is dead, so if you NEED Windows this is probably the best route. Finally Maxon has announced that Redshift is being launched for the Mac using Metal, including native support for Apple Silicon Macs as soon a ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ157xdkhT4

Apple Music LIVE launches with Harry Styles, the Flat Apple Watch rears It’s beautiful head again and Apple brings Professional Certification for Apple Devices. So now we know what Tim Cook was doing at Cochella! Apple’s background in music is legendary - From the invention of the iPod, the first digital music player that didn’t make you want to self harm, to creating iTunes which basically saved the music industry when torrenting became the flavour of the week for getting your fix of sweet sweet music. And at the time, torrenting became huge because you might only be interested in a song or two that you could only get by buying a whole album. iTunes gave the option to buy individual songs instead, and in a safe and high quality audio format. Later came the live iTunes festivals where many artists would preform. And of course there was also the whole U2Gate where Bono invaded everyone’s iPhones with his latest album. Of course the iTunes festival reached it’s end, and iTunes purchases have been almost entirely replaced at this point by Apple Music. And here is the story that I’ve been rambling up to, Apple Music Live starts from this Friday, with Harry Styles live performing his new album. So now Tim Cook turning up at Cochella where Styles was performing recently. Now you may not be a huge Harry Styles fan, though he may be the closest we’ll get to a modern Bowie, but this won’t be the end of Apple Music live, so let me know in the comments who you’d want to see perform live on Apple Music. On to the Apple Watch and ShrimpApplePro on twitter (and no, this isn’t a gag) is saying that his sources are seeing the flat sided Apple Watch design making its debut in 2022, mainly because the flat glass for the front panel is being seen in the supply chain. Last year, everyone was confident that the flat sided watch was coming, and it seems that the production issues that were reported just weeks before the expected launch were catastrophic, with Apple reverting to another design, the eventual Apple Watch Series 7 with its thick display glass and rounded design. A number of YouTubers and news sites have suggested that the flat design could be the expected rugged version, but looking back at the Series 7 announcement, it was all around how its the most durable Apple Watch ever. The mountain bikes, it was all about outdoors, and the chip inside, while called S7 was almost exactly the same as the series 6. I think the rugged version was set to be announced with the S6 inside and S7 in the flat design, but as they had to push the flat design for an extra year, they just renamed the chip inside as S7. Jon Prosser and Ian Zelda have released these new renders of the device which you’ve been enjoying (I hope) throughout this segment, so go give them some love on FrontPageTech or on Twitter. Do you think we’ll see it this year, and what finish would you want - colours or materials, should they bring back the 10k solid gold versions? Finally before some of your questions from the comments, - Apple is launching, or at least re-working it’s professional qualifications for Apple IT Professionals, across device deployment, technical support and App developer support. With M1’s launch, the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro have both become perfect notebooks for people who work in the field, be that sales or other roles, and the Mac mini M1 is a super easy way to roll Macs out in the office. Being able to airdrop files when on site or collaborate on Pages, Number and Keynote files and use shared iCloud Drive folders all makes sense for work so it becomes a really compelling option. To help support that, Apple’s training allows you to become certified in Apple devices, and from what I can see only the exams are paid, so you can access all the course materials and learn everything for free at training.apple.com. I know this sounds a bit like an Ad for Apple but its not, just another really positive step from Apple as I see it for Macs to become more mainstream in offices. Randomness r #icaveanswers when do you think we’ll see a complete portless iPad? I think it makes more sense for the iPad than the iPhone ?? Join the conversation http://iCaveDave.com/twitter​ http://iCaveDave.com/facebook​ http://iCaveDave.com/instagram​ http://iCaveDave.com/youtube​ http://iCaveDave.com/merch​ http://iCaveDave.com/discord​ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2eArOY3zDc