Apple’s third autumn event is just around the corner: For the 10. November, the group invited again to a product presentation, which will again take place purely online and will be broadcast as a stream. As usual, Apple does not reveal in advance which devices will be presented there. In addition to the logo illuminated from the background, the invitation only contains the reference to “one more thing” – “one more thing”. Apple founder Steve Jobs used the sentence several times to present – often surprising – new hardware (or software) shortly before the end of a keynote.

Watch – iPads – iPhones – Macs It is after the announcement of Apple Watch Series 6 and iPad Air 4 and the presentation of the iPhone 12 now Apple’s third event in close succession. The first Macs with Apple’s own ARM-based processors – “Apple Silicon” – are likely to be on the program. The company has already announced its introduction for the current year 2020, without giving any specific details about the hardware so far. A “Developer Transition Kit” for developers consists of a Mac mini with Apple’s A 12 Z processor, which is also in the iPad Pro is – but this is not a product that is ultimately offered to end customers, stressed Apple.

It is widely expected that it will be the first Macs, in which a variant of Apple’s A 13 chip is likely to be used, is one or more notebooks. The speculations range from the return of the compact and 86 discontinued 12 “- MacBooks up to a 12” MacBook Air and 13 “MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon. The latter two model series are considered the most popular Macs. Even before the major architecture change, Apple has just set a new sales record for Macs – Can book sales – after the MacBook Air and 12 “MacBook Pro with a more reliable keyboard were reissued.

macOS Big Sur before the introduction Apple should also have a release date for macOS 11 Call Big Sur, the company is already testing macOS 11. 0.1. On Macs with Apple Silicon, the binary code translator Rosetta 2 should ensure the seamless transition possible and existing programs with x 86 _ 64 – continue to execute instructions – with the exception of virtualizers. Manufacturers like Parallels want to offer new virtualization tools for ARM-Macs.

Apple-Silicon-Macs will only execute signed code, as was already known in advance – as well as iOS apps for the first time. If an iOS developer does not actively decide against it, his apps can also be downloaded to the new Macs in the future.

In addition to the first ARM Macs could use the event for Apple to present “AirTags” – key fobs that can be located via Bluetooth and ultra-broadband and integrate into Apple’s “Where is” system so that they can also be found when any other iPhone User randomly walks past the key lost on the way. Apple headphones have also been expected for a long time.

(lbe)