Avec son écran mini-LED, ses trois ports USB-C, ses connecteurs additionnels (SD et HDMI), sa webcam de meilleure qualité, sa puce Apple M4 plus récente et son autonomie record au-delà de la journée, le MacBook Pro M4 avec un écran de 14,2 pouces surpasse le MacBook Air à bien des niveaux. Son tarif de 1 899 euros est loin d'être exagéré.

An update to OpenAI's ChatGPT app for macOS adds integration with third-party apps, including developer tools such as VS Code, Terminal, iTerm2 and Apple's Xcode. 9to5Mac reports: In a demo seen by 9to5Mac, ChatGPT was able to understand code from an Xcode project and then provide code suggestions without the user having to manually copy and paste content into the ChatGPT app. It can even read content from more than one app at the same time, which is very useful for working with developer tools. According to OpenAI, the idea is to expand integration to more apps in the future. For now, integration with third-party apps is coming exclusively to the Mac version of ChatGPT, but there's another catch. The feature requires a paid ChatGPT subscription, at least for now. ChatGPT Plus and Team subscribers will receive access to integration with third-party apps on macOS starting today, while access for Enterprise and Education users will be rolled out "in the next few weeks." OpenAI told 9to5Mac that it wants to make the feature available to everyone in the future, although there's no estimate of when this will happen. For privacy reasons, users can control at any time when and which apps ChatGPT can read. The app can be downloaded here.

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Apple executives have defended the relocation of the power button to the bottom of its new M4 Mac mini, citing the computer's significantly reduced size as the driving factor behind the design change. In a Bilibili video interview, Apple's Greg Joswiak and John Ternus explained that the Mac mini's form factor, now half the size of its predecessor, necessitated finding a new position for the power button. The executives said that the bottom placement allows for convenient access despite initial user criticism.

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Avec les mises à jour visionOS 2.2 et macOS 15.2 en décembre, Apple permettra aux propriétaires de casques Vision Pro de virtualiser leurs Mac sur un écran géant, au format 32:9, en réalité mixte. Cette nouveauté pourrait devenir le meilleur usage de l'ordinateur spatial.

Avec les mises à jour visionOS 2.2 et macOS 15.2 en décembre, Apple permettra aux propriétaires de casques Vision Pro de virtualiser leurs Mac sur un écran géant, au format 32:9, en réalité mixte. Cette nouveauté pourrait devenir le meilleur usage de l'ordinateur spatial.

Pour la première fois en quatorze ans, Apple change le design de son Mac mini. L'ordinateur de bureau, qui peut se connecter à n'importe quel écran, est désormais suffisamment petit pour être transporté dans une main. Ce redesign bienvenue s'accompagne d'une montée en puissance, avec un prix toujours très abordable (699 euros).

MacBook Air avec 16 Go de RAM, nouveaux MacBook Pro moins chers, Mac mini rétréci et abordable… Les nouveaux ordinateurs d'Apple gomment quasiment tous les défauts des précédents modèles. Il s'agit sans doute de la gamme la plus complète de l'histoire d'Apple.

Après l'iMac et le Mac mini, Apple annonce une mise à jour pour son MacBook Pro, qui est toujours décliné en deux tailles (14,2 et 16,2 pouces). L'ordinateur portable mise plus que jamais sur la puissance face au MacBook Air, grâce aux puces M4, M4 Pro et M4 Max.

Avec iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1 et macOS Sequoia 15.1, Apple ajoute de l'intelligence artificielle générative aux iPhone, iPad et Mac pour la première fois. Numerama teste Apple Intelligence depuis plusieurs mois et répond à toutes vos questions.

Apple launched a dramatically smaller Mac Mini desktop computer on Tuesday, powered by its new M4 processor and featuring ray tracing capabilities for the first time. The redesigned Mini measures just 5 inches square, roughly half the size of its predecessor, while delivering up to 1.8 times faster CPU performance compared to the M1 model. The base version starts at $599, while the more powerful M4 Pro variant begins at $1,399. The M4 Pro model sports 14 CPU cores and 20 GPU cores, with support for up to 64GB of RAM and 8TB storage. It introduces Thunderbolt 5 connectivity, offering data transfer speeds up to 120 Gb/s. Apple has revamped the port configuration, adding front-facing USB-C ports and a headphone jack. The rear features Ethernet, HDMI, and three Thunderbolt ports, though USB-A ports have been eliminated. The new Mini supports up to three 6K displays with the M4 Pro chip.

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Commercialisé à partir de 699 euros, le Mac mini 2024 est, sur le papier, un excellent rapport qualité-prix dans la gamme d'ordinateurs Apple. En choisissant toutes les options, on peut le faire passer à… 5 444 euros. À un tel prix, Apple propose-t-il toujours une belle affaire ?

Après l'iMac, au tour du Mac mini. Pour la première fois depuis 2010, le petit ordinateur de bureau d'Apple a le droit à un redesign. Les puces M4 et M4 Pro lui permettent de réduire considérablement sa taille, ce qui le transforme en un appareil facile à à transporter.

Apple has updated the iMac lineup with an M4 chip. The new iMac, announced this morning, includes an M4 chip with an 8-core CPU and up to a 10-core GPU. The entry-level model costs $1,299 with two Thunderbolt USB-C 4 ports, while the higher-end models start at $1,499 and have four ports. The Verge: It's also bundled with accessories that now use USB-C charging ports instead of Lightning. Like the prior model, the new iMac has a 24-inch, 4.5K display. However, Apple is offering a new "nano-texture glass option" for $200 extra, which is supposed to help reduce reflections and glare. Additionally, the iMac's base RAM has been doubled to 16GB over the prior model, with the ability to configure the higher-end option with up to 32GB. Apple's new iMac also comes with a 12MP webcam, along with new Apple Intelligence features that are starting to roll out today, such as AI-powered writing and editing features and a redesigned Siri.

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Les mises à jour iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1 et iPadOS 18.1 introduisent les premières fonctionnalités Apple Intelligence sur iPhone, Mac et iPad. Dans l'Union européenne, le service est bloqué pour des « raisons règlementaires », mais il est possible de l'essayer en trichant.

Apple démarre sa « semaine de surprises » par une révision de l'iMac, qui devient le premier ordinateur sous macOS équipé d'une puce M4 (après l'iPad Pro en mai). Le nouvel iMac M4 sera disponible le 8 novembre à partir de 1 499 euros (soit 100 euros de moins).

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Liliputing: The Fedora Asahi Remix GNU/Linux distribution is now shipping with alpha versions of OpenGL, OpenCL, and Vulkan graphics drivers that allow you to play some games on Macs with M1 or M2 series processors. But there are a few things to keep in mind. One is that most of the PC games you're likely going to want to play are designed to run on Windows PCs with DirectX drivers and x86 processors. So there's some emulation required to get them to run on Macs with ARM-based processors, a Linux-based operating system, and Vulkan drivers. Some of the work was also made possible by the folks at Valve, who developed the Proton software that allows many PC games to run on Linux. And during a live demo at XDC 2024, developer Alyssa Rosenzweig demonstrated the Steam game client loading and running on an Apple Silicon Mac running Asahi Linux. For that reason, it takes a lot of RAM -- according to the Asahi team, "most games require 16GB of memory due to emulation overhead." So you're probably not going to be able to do much entry-level gaming on an entry-level Mac with just 8GB of RAM. Some of the titles that have been confirmed to be playable include Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3, Fallout 4, Control, Portal 2, and Ghostrunner. But there's a difference between playable and smooth. Developers say performance improvements will be required before "newer AAA titles" can run at 60 frames per second or higher. But less demanding games like Hollow Knight should run at full speed.

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Un youtubeur russe prétend avoir acheté un MacBook Pro M4 sur un groupe Facebook privé plusieurs semaines avant son lancement. Si cette fuite s'avère authentique, il s'agirait d'une première pour Apple, une marque habituée à un contrôle parfait de sa chaîne d'approvisionnement.