Maybe reparability ought to be a criteria they’re judged on too. Just like with sustainability, the corporations won’t learn if we don’t shame them for it.
@Phillip Banes I try to and it’s somewhat easier to do so in India, even though we rely on coal for much of our energy needs, than it is elsewhere. I fail more often than I succeed, but I certainly like to think I do better than I would do if I didn’t try to live a sustainable life.
@Phillip Banes things like living a vegan life are easier cause 50% of the population live on a plant based diet out of religious consideration. Indian Traditional handicrafts never died out either so my clothes and shoes are made 20 minutes off where I live with locally sourced cotton and leather.
@@phillipbanes5484What a misguided question. Even if the OP doesn’t live a sustainable life that doesn’t exonerate Apple from the responsibility of making their products more environmentally friendly. Their products are used by 100’s of millions of people. Therefore, their adherence to more sustainability has an exponentially greater impact on the environment than the actions of one human. AND directly effects the ability of that person to live a more sustainable life.
And with the introduction of series 7 we got a bigger screen, i dont get it how its a smaller update than the series 8 temp sensor. No mention of the iphone 14’s repairability… i am only 9mins into this video in normal case i would say not worth to watch it but still love this guy. Year ending is always hard.
your grade for macOS was waaaaaaaay too nice 😅 using multiple monitors still sucks, it still completely fails at arranging windows when you plug your laptop into an external monitor, notifications are still nonsense, the settings app is somehow worse than it was before, and it's just overall got all the same bugs that it's had for years. and instead of the tiling window manager we all wanted, we got a bad port of a bad ipad window manager.
Count me in on HATING the new System Preference format. 😡 The redeeming fact is that from this vid, I've learnt that it's not just me. I love my Mac Studio but am lukewarm about the Studio Display, so again, I'm on board. My biggest headache comes from my iPhone 12 Pro Max which demands a daily charge, despite me being phon-phobic & rarely using data.
Lightning isnt really that bad. Its annoying to have am extra cable but compared to USB-C, its more forgiving. In the sense that if something breaks, the cable does, not the port. Somehow managed to break the inner usb c connector on a device of mine
I agree on most points, and the camera being on the wrong spot is definitely a huge miss by Apple…HOWEVER, the pencil hover is an absolute game-changer if your usage of an iPad Pro is for digital art. This takes it to a whole new level for most digital artists and generally makes it where I don’t use my cintiq anymore, a device that is both far more expensive, and not something I would take with me to the couch and paint (unless I don’t consider blood circulation on my legs to be a pressing issue, or constant trips to a chiropractor). It just is one of those things where the intended usage makes a dramatic issue. For me the m2 iPad Pro is literally my favorite electronic device of the last decade.
This is the problem with 90% of tech RUclipsrs. The only professional activity for electronic devices seem to be video editing and photography. And they totally downgrade the iPad when it’s been a revolution in digital art. Gone are the days carrying a sketchbook and a pencil case where my inks leak every few months. And my paper clutter is basically nil. The last thing I want on my iPad is a desktop OS, and my art apps use the device plenty. Still reach my procreate layer limits with 16gb of RAM. The hover feature is a big deal, and I hope apple doesn’t turn it into a touch screen MacBook like the RUclipsrs seem to be begging for. 😢
Thanks for the warning on Ventura. I've been putting off the upgrade figuring I'd like them figure out the first gen bugs and haven't done any research into it. It sounds like a solid no go.
There are at least a couple changes in Ventura that make things worse, IMHO, and other than “keep up with the latest security updates”, I haven’t seen _any_ benefits from Ventura. So I haven’t upgraded yet. Plus, it’s nice to have the same OS everywhere, and my laptop is too old for Ventura. Maybe the next version of macOS will fix all the bad UX that Monterey introduced?
I needed to find the setting to adjust the time my screensaver kicks in and when my system goes to sleep. Looked around for this simple setting for like 5 min before I finally just decided to google it. I looked at display settings, battery and energy settings, and screen saver settings. Couldn’t find it! After I googled it I learned it got moved to the effing LOCK SCREEN setting!!! It was so frustrating!!!
professor snazzy ! :D u made a mistake sir 1) apple watch series 5 got 'always on display' & series 6 got spo2 sensor :) 2) series 5 has 1000nits LTPO display (onwards except SE) (remember a lady professor says 1nits = light of 1 candle, so 1000nits = 1000 candles in watch 5 add) 3) the original SE debuted in 2020 with watch 6, not in 2018 with watch 4 still a big fan of your work :) happy new year !! :)
also there was another mistake where he stated that the Apple TV got thread support for the first time with the homepod mini being the first 19:03 . Thats wrong the 2021 Apple TV 4K had thread
I’d agree with all the grades bar one. Ventura, the system preferences app is so bad that it drops the grade down to D- The biggest gain for me this year was multi app / window support on the iPad. I just hope they double down and nail those bugs, the worst being the keyboard input bug whereby you type but it doesn’t register.
I have to use teams for work, and I've generally enjoyed the simplicity of the calendar app, which nearly matches the versatility of the calendar pane in teams. meanwhile, you can see missed calls in the phone app, so it makes me wish calendar, phone, messages, mail, and FaceTime fully opened up so that teams/discord/slack/whatsapp/etc could just plug into each of them. less is more. for the same reason I don't like having 2 of every app on a Samsung phone, I don't want two calendar apps, two call apps, two meeting apps, two mail apps, etc, etc....
@@Aashishkebab yeah the dumbest thing about teams is the split between channels and chats. Why is it the only messaging app that splits threads and chats like that?
@@Bliss467 where and how notifications show up in Teams is also pretty user-hostile. And there’s the fact that by default it opens documents within the Teams window but doesn’t have a “close” or “go back” button when you’re done with the document (because it assumes that whatever you’re using will have implemented one, _within_ the document frame, but not all MS apps even do that, so why MS would assume everybody else is doing that when even they aren’t is beyond me). Or the fact that there’s no good way to, say, view a document within Teams and look at a chat or conversation at the same time. And let’s not forget that the search engine in Teams doesn’t search Wiki pages in Teams. So, y’know, great to have a built-in wiki in your team collaboration environment, but I hope you don’t want to actually reference the wiki contents after you’ve written them down. MSTeams has a *lot* of contenders for “dumbest design decision”.
Honestly I like lightning more as a physical connector, since it's both slimmer and also I find it more durable, since if anything the cable breaks, not the connector itself (which has happened on usb-c before). It's just that lightning is so darn slow
After getting an M1 MacBook last year I've slowly been getting into more Apple products. Overall after deep diving into Apple products these year seems like a slow but steady move forward, which isn't bad, I'd say most products they're putting out right now are pretty satisfactory. I'm even willing to pay full price for those new AirPods. Also glad to see someone else who feels the same way I do about smart watches. Fitness tracking is nice, but otherwise I don't see the point if I have a phone. Certainly not good enough for me to give up a nice time piece.
As someone who is not shy about buying new versions of electronics well before I actually NEED an upgrade (iPhone every year for example)...I think it says a lot about the iPad Pro that I'm still rocking my 2018 model. It's literally the oldest piece of Apple tech I have now.
Thank you, I’m not the only one who hates the new “System Settings” app! Haven’t updated my MBP 14 either, although were “lucky” to try it on my friend’s Mac. Absolutely awful, got completely lost browsing through, even though I have iPhones, iPads and Macs since 2010. Apple, please bring back the old “System Preferences” or at least give us the option to switch back to it!
And respect to you too,you seem to be the only sensible tech reviewer left here in India who doesn't just make videos paid for by brands to praise their products.
This is HANDS DOWN the best video I've seen through the whole year. As a person who had his Apple Super Cycle this year (Every 5 Years), I got a MacStudio Ultra (128GB), Apple Studio Display, Apple Watch Ultra, iPhone 14 ProMax, Apple AirPods Pro 2 and New Apple TV 4K. I agree with the rating given to each and every product. Overall I've been utterly impressed, especially with the Main Camera (RAW Mode) of the iPhon e 14 Pro Max (Upgraded from a Xr) and the wonderful MacStudio with M1 Ultra. I'm a Booly-Wood film editor and just love this machine. Was performing a few tests, my previous feature length Bollywood film (2 Hours length) took about 2 hours 10min. to export (1080p h.264 from 1080 ProRes Proxy) on a 2020 iMac. Towards the end of the project, one had to make multiple exports of the movie to be given out to various departments, needless to say, it took a lot of time and waiting in there studio before wrapping up the day. The new system via my testing takes about 9 minutes on a h.264 export and 3 minutes on ProRes Proxy to export the whole film! Like WOW! Not to mention the general feel of the timeline is like butter. Insane! For the Studio Display, it is overpriced, but there is nothing like there in the market. Wanted a good display with excellent speakers and a good enough web cam. This monitor gives me that. The display is vibrant and crisp, the speakers are insane and waking up the monitor from sleep is like waking up an iPad (which is instant). Frankly speaking, the display quality is so good that if one is not told the specs of the screen, I can easily mistake it for a Mini LED monitor. Moreover, The Studio Display not only gives me 3 USBC ports (thus eliminating the use of a hub), but also clears the clutter on my table which otherwise would have been caused by purchasing separate Audio Monitors and Web Cam. All in all, the value proposition of the Studio Display is worse on paper than in actual usage. Can it be cheaper, You bet, but is it a competent product - ABSOLUTELY!
2:39 I love the idea of an AOD for my iPhone, but apparently not in the way that anyone else does: - wallpaper: whatever. Off is fine. Dimmed or blurred is fine. Full-intensity seems a waste, but I wouldn’t mind provided the battery life was still good. - time/date: don’t need it. In fact, want it gone. I was _so_ happy to discover that iOS 16 introduced the ability to not show the time on the lockscreen! And then so frustrated when it turns out only Apple’s built-in Sleep Focus Mode provides that option. That brings a whole bunch of other baggage with it, tying into things like sleep tracking, that make using that as my default mode a no-go. And sleep is the only time I _want_ the time displayed on the lockscreen: if I roll over in the middle of the night and peek at my phone, it’s to see what time it is, and I don’t want to have to fumble with unlocking it, getting Face ID properly aligned, etc., when I’m barely awake. Or with accidentally turning it on blinding bright. The rest of the time, I don’t need the time in half-inch letters constantly staring at me. At best it’s a waste of screen real estate. At worst it’s agitating. If I need to know the time, I can unlock my phone. - I want the same sorts of widgets on an always-on display that I have on my Home Screen or the widgets page: full-color, large, interactive, and possibly live-updating. Not the little simplified tiny buttons, almost overshadowed by the time, that we have. My ideal always-on display would have my to-do list taking up about 2/3 of the screen, and then a couple small-square widgets (probably a pomodoro timer and my food tracker) and then a notifications area. That’s it. Don’t need the time or the date or the weather or any of that clutter. Don’t need to see my wallpaper. Just want my to-do list _always_ there at a glance, even without unlocking my phone.
The notifications alone on iOS16 drops it down to an F grade for me. Important phone calls and iMessages get hidden behind important but not as important reminders. I have yet to update to Ventura. At first I didn't realize it had been released. Then I never got around to updating, After hearing some features in setting were removed or harder to find I may wait and see what we have in store for whatever comes after Ventura.
It baffles me how iOS has always had awful handling of notifications. From iOS 5 to 16 it's always been utter trash. Notifications on Android are been much better.
Great video Quinn. One thing I found was wrong is the previous generation Apple TV 4K also had thread support. It is very useful with my Nanoleaf lightbulbs.
I feel you soo hard on the mac is not touchscreen thing!! I had a MacBook pro after having a Windows machine all my life. Currently living with a loaner windows machine until a comparable laptop to the mbp 14 inch launches. I cannot be productive in MacOS anymore I hate how everything feels designed for touch and so child like.
Well SnazzyQ, I think your analysis is just really great, you’ve been very fair, criticized where it’s deserved and gave points where they are deserved. Great work.
So are we going to ignore Iphone SE like a distant relative nonone talks about? Also, Happy new year Snzzy Labs. Looking forward to more videos in 2023.
I agree with the complains about the studio display but after using one as an AIO docking solution for my M1 pro MacBook Pro since it launched in March, the studio display is EASILY my favorite docking solution for the Mac. A single cable turns it into a 27” iMac and while the materials are overly extravagant, they do match the build of the Mac perfectly. I would not recommend it to anyone but if you have the money and want one, you’ll enjoy it.
Your grades are your grades, but not upgrading to macOS Ventura because of the settings app being so terrible should at least warrant a C or worse. Not updating to a new version should result in a failing grade or something close.
The new systems settings on Ventura actually gave me an anxiety attack one evening. Apple decided to show me a picture from a near fatal collision I had on a bicycle as a background. It took me more than 20 mins to try to figure out how to point the background photos to pictures that I actually wanted to see. Absolutely garbage decision making on their part.
Are we grading the products or the delta between the products and their prior generations? iPad Pro, while flawed, is the best performance tablet on the market to this day. How is it an F?
Great points Quinn and Happy New Year - can someone in the thread or SnazzyLabs itself please make a recommendation as to which monitor to get currently for work, similar to the current StudioDisplay but cheaper? Thank you!
I had a series 3 for years and just upgraded to a series 7. Soo to someone who upgraded from a 6 to 7 may not notice a difference. But with my situation I noticed almost immediately
I was surprised to hear your thoughts on iPad OS. - I use my 12.9” iPad Pro as my primary personal computer. I love iPad OS 16. I use the features when I want them, when they best suit whatever I’m doing. If it’s playing a game, Stage manager is turned off. When I’m adding a gingerbread cookie recipe to my favorite recipe app from a website, Stage manager was great. I use the features of the operating system just like the hardware of my setup. If I need the Magic Keyboard, I pop it on. If not, I pluck my iPad off. The iPad and its evolving software, is a refreshing, new reimagining of the traditional computing experience. And I love it.
I think it really depends on your workflow. For some people, everything that they do is supported. For others, not everyone is supported and it is more annoying to switch between devices than it is to use the MacBook air alone.
1:38 - Tapping the Dynamic Island should be used to bring up instant view of information and a long press or a tap in addition to the instant view should bring you into the app itself. Not the otherway around. And about the M2 MacBook Air 2022 - I got mine recently in the last month, new, and I love it. I had the 8GB 512GB and took it back for the 16GB and 1TB model becasuse I loved it enough to commit to YEARS of using it. So upgraded instantly.
The regular iPads are good enough for work place where it’s just simple charting done by lots of different staff. They hold up well since it’s basically just the one application being used. 😊
Random Question: you posted a Record Cleaning video, but the comments were turned off and I was wanting to know what song did you play in the newly wet cleaned record segment? Thanks that video was very informative! Any suggestions for when your player is a smidge too slow? I don’t think the common ear would notice but mine is a tad slower than the originals
You have to remember some of the products exist just to meet certain price points for other countries. A $100 price difference is a lot in some countries
Great video as always, Quinn! Keep up the amazing work. I've been watching the M1 Pro MacBook Pro 14s for a bit, hoping to catch one on a really crazy sale.
I’ve been mostly happy with the 14 PM camera. But has anyone else has issues with tap to focus not working in some lighting situations? Seems like the phone struggles to auto select the main shooter or telephoto. For me it’s a situation where I’d prefer full manual control.
One thing that wasn’t a new product, but was IMO amazing was that Apple had M1 Macbook Pros on sale during Black Friday season for around $500 off. For a pretty good product at the original price, that made it a really good buy at the lower price.
System Settings on Ventura - yeesh... why? You got it spot on, it's not necessarily past muscle memory per se, it's that it's laid out nonsensically to the point of near unsuitability. If it's to be changed, at least have a good think about the device you're using it on. It's a royal pain having to scroll down to passwords every single time.
Correction: The AOD for Apple Watch debuted on Series 5, not 6 Karaoke Mode on Apple Music is technically called Apple Music Sing Apple Pay Later has yet to launch
I would’ve given the iPad Air an F due to the flexible backside that “clicks” when it flexes and causes the screen to warble at the pressure point. And I’m not talking a HARD press. Just holding with one hand can see it’s own weight and pressure against your fingers cause this. I tried TWO and got the same results. Also many online have the same issue.
The grade for Ventura is weird. B is a passing grade, but you’re refusing to upgrade machines to it because of the settings app, which means it fails your standards for software worth upgrading.
AOD had battery drain? I haven’t noticed it at all on my 14ProMax. Also, I’m assuming the SE is really marketed towards kids, who can’t use EKG and HeartRate that much or if not at all.
Am I the only one who actually likes the Ventura settings app? Yes the layout and order of sections makes no sense, but the search is so much better compared to the 'System Preferences' of old, that I don't even bother looking for specific settings, I just search for them, it only takes a second.
I hate that Apple removed the ability to launch programs in the background in macOS Ventura. Now upon a reboot I need to close all of the app's windows first
Biggest thing for me is the lack of fully fledged desktop class iPad Apps. For example, MS Word needs to include a ‘desktop mode’ where the full features that you find on the desktop version are available. Even if this feature was only enabled when a keyboard is detected, it would greatly improve the productivity of iPad. An iPad does not need to run Mac OS to be a computer, but it needs the apps to support the desktop features. It’s not entirely Apple’s fault, but also the app developers for limiting what is possible on the incredibly capable hardware of the iPad.
Hi Snazzy Labs. As always, I truly enjoy your channel and reviews so much! I feel so disappointed and betrayed by Apple’s seemingly new business model of monetizing their loyal consumers with ads, even on paid subscriptions, without the option of turning it off, while they promote privacy and limited ad tracking. It seems very deceitful and monopolistic. I have sent feedback emails to Apple regarding this disappointment. I wonder how many of your viewership feels the same and if Apple is hearing it’s consumers? Can you do another video focusing on this issue and engaging your followers? Thank you!
I have the base M2 MBA and the base M1 Studio Max and I think your ratings are spot on for those devices (no personal experience with any of the others).
Hey Quinn, great video. Do you do yearly report cards, I couldn't see to find previous videos like this? It would be great to compare your thoughts year on year, or even if you did a three year review so we can also look at if a new version is worth the investment.
I’ve been using the iPad as my main computer since the release of ios16, while iPad OS was still in beta, and although by then it was extremely buggy, it really changed the iPad experience making it the most versatile device and also more fun to use, which led me to completely stop using my Mac. Specially after the monitor support. One thing I particularly think tech reviewers get EXTREMELY WRONG about it is closing its usage to their little world. As a teacher and businessman, the ipad is the best tech I own, and its software even though not perfect, is undoubtedly way better than what 80% of you preach. Sometimes I think you wanted it to be something that it is not, and you won’t relent it, while many of us are just enjoying and making great things with it.
Spot on! I agree fully with this video. I may have been a bit more harsh with some of the grades, but you were really spot on! I hope Apple doesn’t compromise further by reaching for ad revenue. I am already less excited about new Apple stuff than I used to be. Still premium for now, but feeling less enthusiastic…disappointing.
I purchased two apple products this year. Typically do upgrade one or two a year. Upgraded my Apple Watch S4 to an Ultra, absolutely love that watch (yeah it’s big but I’m not too worried by that). I work somewhere where my watch is going to bang into metal on a regular basis and my s4 was so scratched it was stupid. Love everything about it (I got the ocean band btw which is a good choice). The second is the AirPods Pro 2. Once again really happy with my purchase, I use to have Gen 2 which were fine for my use but due to doing more travelling I wanted some noise cancelling. Also love the find my features. I definitely agree with all of your ratings. I’m clearly a big apple fan but I’m smart when I buy upgrades. Wanting to upgrade my A12X iPad Pro next year but definitely need an oled screen as I use my iPad in the dark mainly
mini lineup has been better than ever iPad Mini and iPhone Mini where Solid Solid Money for Value. Would rather buy another iPhone Mini 13 than iPhone 14 or 14 Plus. Bring Back The Mini.
i watched the whole video without it being sped up and actually paid attention to listen to it the whole time, that's not something we find every day on RUclips these days
Definitely agree on the dynamic island. When it was unveiled it felt like such a creative idea, but more and more it just seems like it adds even more unnecessary ways to navigate.
I think Apple's main sins are overpricing the 1TB iPhone 14 Pro and the new 1TB 11 inch iPad Pro. That's £1,649 I'll never get back! So that my Dad can replace his vintage iPad Mini with a later iPad that can run the apps he needs for work, I got myself the infamous iPad 10 so he can have my iPad Air 3.
Very fair points raised, I don't think any of your statements are bad, Apple just needs to listen to users more instead of serving up what they think we want.
I feel like if an update has a change so bad that you wont upgrade machines to it, speaking of ventura, that by it self makes it much lower than a B. Also feel like if the ipad pro gets an F so should the M2 MBP as at least the ipad is still the best tablet available, no excuse for the MBP to exist. Otherwise pretty on point!
I will never understand how you're able to make these videos so engaging. This felt like a 10 minute video but somehow it was 30 minutes.
Thank you! 🎉
Agree on the ads, they should really review the approach there
0:37 iPhone
5:31 Apple Watch
9:18 iPad
11:54 Mac
16:05 Accessories
19:39 Software
26:00 Services
1:06 Etazhi by @Molchat Doma
Maybe reparability ought to be a criteria they’re judged on too. Just like with sustainability, the corporations won’t learn if we don’t shame them for it.
@Phillip Banes I try to and it’s somewhat easier to do so in India, even though we rely on coal for much of our energy needs, than it is elsewhere. I fail more often than I succeed, but I certainly like to think I do better than I would do if I didn’t try to live a sustainable life.
@Phillip Banes things like living a vegan life are easier cause 50% of the population live on a plant based diet out of religious consideration. Indian Traditional handicrafts never died out either so my clothes and shoes are made 20 minutes off where I live with locally sourced cotton and leather.
@Phillip Banes I don’t think this is the right place for this sort of a disagreement. Let’s just agree to disagree here I suppose.
@@phillipbanes5484What a misguided question. Even if the OP doesn’t live a sustainable life that doesn’t exonerate Apple from the responsibility of making their products more environmentally friendly. Their products are used by 100’s of millions of people. Therefore, their adherence to more sustainability has an exponentially greater impact on the environment than the actions of one human. AND directly effects the ability of that person to live a more sustainable life.
@phillipbanes5484 corporate shill first thinks of attacking the people criticizing corporations.
5:35 Small correction: AOD for Apple Watch was introduced in the Series 5, not Series 6.
Great vid!
Haha I was just about to post the same, glad I read comments
@@FoolsGould Already posted the same 😅
Oh well, I’ll leave it in case someone sees that comment but not this one
And with the introduction of series 7 we got a bigger screen, i dont get it how its a smaller update than the series 8 temp sensor. No mention of the iphone 14’s repairability… i am only 9mins into this video in normal case i would say not worth to watch it but still love this guy. Year ending is always hard.
The funny thing is that later in the video (8:40) there is a screenshot literally stating "Always On is turned on by default on Apple Watch Series 5"
The funny thing is that later in the video (8:40) there is a screenshot literally stating "Always On is turned on by default on Apple Watch Series 5"
your grade for macOS was waaaaaaaay too nice 😅 using multiple monitors still sucks, it still completely fails at arranging windows when you plug your laptop into an external monitor, notifications are still nonsense, the settings app is somehow worse than it was before, and it's just overall got all the same bugs that it's had for years. and instead of the tiling window manager we all wanted, we got a bad port of a bad ipad window manager.
Count me in on HATING the new System Preference format. 😡
The redeeming fact is that from this vid, I've learnt that it's not just me.
I love my Mac Studio but am lukewarm about the Studio Display, so again, I'm on board.
My biggest headache comes from my iPhone 12 Pro Max which demands a daily charge, despite me being phon-phobic & rarely using data.
I'm buying an iphone when it gets usbc not a day before 😂
So maybe never. Might get portless first.
Waiting for 2 years now 😅
Yeah I caved and got the 14PM, then threw a magnetic charging adapter in there and called it a day
I hate usb c
Lightning isnt really that bad. Its annoying to have am extra cable but compared to USB-C, its more forgiving. In the sense that if something breaks, the cable does, not the port.
Somehow managed to break the inner usb c connector on a device of mine
I agree on most points, and the camera being on the wrong spot is definitely a huge miss by Apple…HOWEVER, the pencil hover is an absolute game-changer if your usage of an iPad Pro is for digital art. This takes it to a whole new level for most digital artists and generally makes it where I don’t use my cintiq anymore, a device that is both far more expensive, and not something I would take with me to the couch and paint (unless I don’t consider blood circulation on my legs to be a pressing issue, or constant trips to a chiropractor).
It just is one of those things where the intended usage makes a dramatic issue. For me the m2 iPad Pro is literally my favorite electronic device of the last decade.
This is the problem with 90% of tech RUclipsrs. The only professional activity for electronic devices seem to be video editing and photography. And they totally downgrade the iPad when it’s been a revolution in digital art. Gone are the days carrying a sketchbook and a pencil case where my inks leak every few months. And my paper clutter is basically nil. The last thing I want on my iPad is a desktop OS, and my art apps use the device plenty. Still reach my procreate layer limits with 16gb of RAM. The hover feature is a big deal, and I hope apple doesn’t turn it into a touch screen MacBook like the RUclipsrs seem to be begging for. 😢
Thanks for the warning on Ventura. I've been putting off the upgrade figuring I'd like them figure out the first gen bugs and haven't done any research into it. It sounds like a solid no go.
There are at least a couple changes in Ventura that make things worse, IMHO, and other than “keep up with the latest security updates”, I haven’t seen _any_ benefits from Ventura. So I haven’t upgraded yet. Plus, it’s nice to have the same OS everywhere, and my laptop is too old for Ventura. Maybe the next version of macOS will fix all the bad UX that Monterey introduced?
I agree the new Ventura System Prefs app is garbage. Whoever thought it up should be let go.
There is one person responsible for all of this software awfulness: Craig Federighi. He needs to be fired with prejudice five years ago.
Bring Scott back, please
@@jcfawerd Yes!! Scott was amazing
I needed to find the setting to adjust the time my screensaver kicks in and when my system goes to sleep. Looked around for this simple setting for like 5 min before I finally just decided to google it. I looked at display settings, battery and energy settings, and screen saver settings. Couldn’t find it! After I googled it I learned it got moved to the effing LOCK SCREEN setting!!! It was so frustrating!!!
professor snazzy ! :D u made a mistake sir
1) apple watch series 5 got 'always on display' & series 6 got spo2 sensor :)
2) series 5 has 1000nits LTPO display (onwards except SE) (remember a lady professor says 1nits = light of 1 candle, so 1000nits = 1000 candles in watch 5 add)
3) the original SE debuted in 2020 with watch 6, not in 2018 with watch 4
still a big fan of your work :)
happy new year !! :)
also there was another mistake where he stated that the Apple TV got thread support for the first time with the homepod mini being the first 19:03 . Thats wrong the 2021 Apple TV 4K had thread
In hindsight im kinda impressed how well the Studio fit into my needs. Was basically the perfect machine right when I needed it.
Yeah, I think I’m gonna get one when they do the M2 refresh.
Yeah, but who asked
I actually love the format of this video, hope you do more of these!
I’d agree with all the grades bar one. Ventura, the system preferences app is so bad that it drops the grade down to D-
The biggest gain for me this year was multi app / window support on the iPad. I just hope they double down and nail those bugs, the worst being the keyboard input bug whereby you type but it doesn’t register.
He never even talked about how bad the air drop menu is now.
Ahhh a Snazzy Labs video, just what I needed after a long day of work.
Enjoy! :D
Lol Same
I have to use teams for work, and I've generally enjoyed the simplicity of the calendar app, which nearly matches the versatility of the calendar pane in teams. meanwhile, you can see missed calls in the phone app, so it makes me wish calendar, phone, messages, mail, and FaceTime fully opened up so that teams/discord/slack/whatsapp/etc could just plug into each of them. less is more. for the same reason I don't like having 2 of every app on a Samsung phone, I don't want two calendar apps, two call apps, two meeting apps, two mail apps, etc, etc....
Microsoft Teams and any and all products by Microsoft are hot garbage pieces of shit.
@@Aashishkebab yeah the dumbest thing about teams is the split between channels and chats. Why is it the only messaging app that splits threads and chats like that?
@@Bliss467 where and how notifications show up in Teams is also pretty user-hostile.
And there’s the fact that by default it opens documents within the Teams window but doesn’t have a “close” or “go back” button when you’re done with the document (because it assumes that whatever you’re using will have implemented one, _within_ the document frame, but not all MS apps even do that, so why MS would assume everybody else is doing that when even they aren’t is beyond me).
Or the fact that there’s no good way to, say, view a document within Teams and look at a chat or conversation at the same time.
And let’s not forget that the search engine in Teams doesn’t search Wiki pages in Teams. So, y’know, great to have a built-in wiki in your team collaboration environment, but I hope you don’t want to actually reference the wiki contents after you’ve written them down.
MSTeams has a *lot* of contenders for “dumbest design decision”.
Honestly I like lightning more as a physical connector, since it's both slimmer and also I find it more durable, since if anything the cable breaks, not the connector itself (which has happened on usb-c before). It's just that lightning is so darn slow
After getting an M1 MacBook last year I've slowly been getting into more Apple products. Overall after deep diving into Apple products these year seems like a slow but steady move forward, which isn't bad, I'd say most products they're putting out right now are pretty satisfactory. I'm even willing to pay full price for those new AirPods.
Also glad to see someone else who feels the same way I do about smart watches. Fitness tracking is nice, but otherwise I don't see the point if I have a phone. Certainly not good enough for me to give up a nice time piece.
As someone who is not shy about buying new versions of electronics well before I actually NEED an upgrade (iPhone every year for example)...I think it says a lot about the iPad Pro that I'm still rocking my 2018 model. It's literally the oldest piece of Apple tech I have now.
Hope this becomes a yearly recurring series!
Thank you, I’m not the only one who hates the new “System Settings” app! Haven’t updated my MBP 14 either, although were “lucky” to try it on my friend’s Mac. Absolutely awful, got completely lost browsing through, even though I have iPhones, iPads and Macs since 2010. Apple, please bring back the old “System Preferences” or at least give us the option to switch back to it!
Loved it, When it's a spade you are not afraid to call it a spade! Kudos and respect to you!
And respect to you too,you seem to be the only sensible tech reviewer left here in India who doesn't just make videos paid for by brands to praise their products.
This is HANDS DOWN the best video I've seen through the whole year. As a person who had his Apple Super Cycle this year (Every 5 Years), I got a MacStudio Ultra (128GB), Apple Studio Display, Apple Watch Ultra, iPhone 14 ProMax, Apple AirPods Pro 2 and New Apple TV 4K. I agree with the rating given to each and every product. Overall I've been utterly impressed, especially with the Main Camera (RAW Mode) of the iPhon e 14 Pro Max (Upgraded from a Xr) and the wonderful MacStudio with M1 Ultra. I'm a Booly-Wood film editor and just love this machine. Was performing a few tests, my previous feature length Bollywood film (2 Hours length) took about 2 hours 10min. to export (1080p h.264 from 1080 ProRes Proxy) on a 2020 iMac. Towards the end of the project, one had to make multiple exports of the movie to be given out to various departments, needless to say, it took a lot of time and waiting in there studio before wrapping up the day. The new system via my testing takes about 9 minutes on a h.264 export and 3 minutes on ProRes Proxy to export the whole film! Like WOW! Not to mention the general feel of the timeline is like butter. Insane!
For the Studio Display, it is overpriced, but there is nothing like there in the market. Wanted a good display with excellent speakers and a good enough web cam. This monitor gives me that. The display is vibrant and crisp, the speakers are insane and waking up the monitor from sleep is like waking up an iPad (which is instant). Frankly speaking, the display quality is so good that if one is not told the specs of the screen, I can easily mistake it for a Mini LED monitor. Moreover, The Studio Display not only gives me 3 USBC ports (thus eliminating the use of a hub), but also clears the clutter on my table which otherwise would have been caused by purchasing separate Audio Monitors and Web Cam. All in all, the value proposition of the Studio Display is worse on paper than in actual usage. Can it be cheaper, You bet, but is it a competent product - ABSOLUTELY!
2:39 I love the idea of an AOD for my iPhone, but apparently not in the way that anyone else does:
- wallpaper: whatever. Off is fine. Dimmed or blurred is fine. Full-intensity seems a waste, but I wouldn’t mind provided the battery life was still good.
- time/date: don’t need it. In fact, want it gone. I was _so_ happy to discover that iOS 16 introduced the ability to not show the time on the lockscreen! And then so frustrated when it turns out only Apple’s built-in Sleep Focus Mode provides that option. That brings a whole bunch of other baggage with it, tying into things like sleep tracking, that make using that as my default mode a no-go. And sleep is the only time I _want_ the time displayed on the lockscreen: if I roll over in the middle of the night and peek at my phone, it’s to see what time it is, and I don’t want to have to fumble with unlocking it, getting Face ID properly aligned, etc., when I’m barely awake. Or with accidentally turning it on blinding bright.
The rest of the time, I don’t need the time in half-inch letters constantly staring at me. At best it’s a waste of screen real estate. At worst it’s agitating. If I need to know the time, I can unlock my phone.
- I want the same sorts of widgets on an always-on display that I have on my Home Screen or the widgets page: full-color, large, interactive, and possibly live-updating. Not the little simplified tiny buttons, almost overshadowed by the time, that we have.
My ideal always-on display would have my to-do list taking up about 2/3 of the screen, and then a couple small-square widgets (probably a pomodoro timer and my food tracker) and then a notifications area. That’s it. Don’t need the time or the date or the weather or any of that clutter. Don’t need to see my wallpaper. Just want my to-do list _always_ there at a glance, even without unlocking my phone.
The notifications alone on iOS16 drops it down to an F grade for me. Important phone calls and iMessages get hidden behind important but not as important reminders. I have yet to update to Ventura. At first I didn't realize it had been released. Then I never got around to updating, After hearing some features in setting were removed or harder to find I may wait and see what we have in store for whatever comes after Ventura.
It baffles me how iOS has always had awful handling of notifications. From iOS 5 to 16 it's always been utter trash. Notifications on Android are been much better.
Ventura is slower in every way than monterey, in my experience
It feels like IOS just keeps getting worse - I don't see myself leaving my jailbroken 14.4 anytime soon
Great video Quinn. One thing I found was wrong is the previous generation Apple TV 4K also had thread support. It is very useful with my Nanoleaf lightbulbs.
I feel you soo hard on the mac is not touchscreen thing!!
I had a MacBook pro after having a Windows machine all my life. Currently living with a loaner windows machine until a comparable laptop to the mbp 14 inch launches. I cannot be productive in MacOS anymore I hate how everything feels designed for touch and so child like.
Well SnazzyQ, I think your analysis is just really great, you’ve been very fair, criticized where it’s deserved and gave points where they are deserved. Great work.
Glad you pointed out the system preferences overhaul. Pisses me off to no end having to squint at the settings on a large desktop monitor.
So are we going to ignore Iphone SE like a distant relative nonone talks about?
Also, Happy new year Snzzy Labs. Looking forward to more videos in 2023.
Another great insightful video from Snazzy Labs. 👍
I agree with the complains about the studio display but after using one as an AIO docking solution for my M1 pro MacBook Pro since it launched in March, the studio display is EASILY my favorite docking solution for the Mac. A single cable turns it into a 27” iMac and while the materials are overly extravagant, they do match the build of the Mac perfectly. I would not recommend it to anyone but if you have the money and want one, you’ll enjoy it.
Your grades are your grades, but not upgrading to macOS Ventura because of the settings app being so terrible should at least warrant a C or worse. Not updating to a new version should result in a failing grade or something close.
The new systems settings on Ventura actually gave me an anxiety attack one evening.
Apple decided to show me a picture from a near fatal collision I had on a bicycle as a background. It took me more than 20 mins to try to figure out how to point the background photos to pictures that I actually wanted to see. Absolutely garbage decision making on their part.
I think the Dynamic Island could be made more efficient. Tap to preview, swipe down to open the app.
Oh, didn’t even think about swipe down for opening. In theory pretty good idea
or they could bring back 3d touch 😭
@@subminorthreat would accidentially trigger the other swipe down feature near the top of the screen. bad idea
Why do you call "island"? It doesn't look like that.
@@eugenn2848 Cause that’s what Apple calls it?
I think this is an honest overall review, thanks a lot!!!
Previous Apple TV had Thread Radio on both tiers. So lack of thread in cheaper Apple TV is a downgrade.
Love this format
I don’t know why it really surprised me but that camera quality is actually crazy
Are we grading the products or the delta between the products and their prior generations? iPad Pro, while flawed, is the best performance tablet on the market to this day. How is it an F?
Great points Quinn and Happy New Year - can someone in the thread or SnazzyLabs itself please make a recommendation as to which monitor to get currently for work, similar to the current StudioDisplay but cheaper? Thank you!
Another great video by Jason Snell
I had a series 3 for years and just upgraded to a series 7. Soo to someone who upgraded from a 6 to 7 may not notice a difference. But with my situation I noticed almost immediately
On the Snazzy Editing setup in this video, is that 2x 32in displays or 2x 27in displays?
2x 27in. I wish it was 2x 32 lol
I was surprised to hear your thoughts on iPad OS. - I use my 12.9” iPad Pro as my primary personal computer.
I love iPad OS 16. I use the features when I want them, when they best suit whatever I’m doing. If it’s playing a game, Stage manager is turned off. When I’m adding a gingerbread cookie recipe to my favorite recipe app from a website, Stage manager was great. I use the features of the operating system just like the hardware of my setup. If I need the Magic Keyboard, I pop it on. If not, I pluck my iPad off.
The iPad and its evolving software, is a refreshing, new reimagining of the traditional computing experience.
And I love it.
I think it really depends on your workflow. For some people, everything that they do is supported. For others, not everyone is supported and it is more annoying to switch between devices than it is to use the MacBook air alone.
iPad + computational experience = 😂😂😂😂😂
1:38 - Tapping the Dynamic Island should be used to bring up instant view of information and a long press or a tap in addition to the instant view should bring you into the app itself. Not the otherway around. And about the M2 MacBook Air 2022 - I got mine recently in the last month, new, and I love it. I had the 8GB 512GB and took it back for the 16GB and 1TB model becasuse I loved it enough to commit to YEARS of using it. So upgraded instantly.
What a snazzy video
The regular iPads are good enough for work place where it’s just simple charting done by lots of different staff. They hold up well since it’s basically just the one application being used. 😊
greatly appreciate the lack of background music in this video :) much easier to focus on the content.
Random Question: you posted a Record Cleaning video, but the comments were turned off and I was wanting to know what song did you play in the newly wet cleaned record segment? Thanks that video was very informative!
Any suggestions for when your player is a smidge too slow? I don’t think the common ear would notice but mine is a tad slower than the originals
You have to remember some of the products exist just to meet certain price points for other countries. A $100 price difference is a lot in some countries
I love the old system preferences look
I feel like you are a honest reviewer -unlike other apple riewers.
You have one subscriber.
fantastic video. Smart take on the "tech awards" every youtuber seems to be doing now
7:50 I've been using a Pinetime. Simple, privacy respecting, open source and the battery lasts a week at a time.
Great video as always, Quinn! Keep up the amazing work. I've been watching the M1 Pro MacBook Pro 14s for a bit, hoping to catch one on a really crazy sale.
I’ve been mostly happy with the 14 PM camera. But has anyone else has issues with tap to focus not working in some lighting situations? Seems like the phone struggles to auto select the main shooter or telephoto. For me it’s a situation where I’d prefer full manual control.
I think the Dynamic Island will suffer the same fate as the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro
Crash detection was turned off first time skiing with it. Went off twice within 10 minutes.
One thing that wasn’t a new product, but was IMO amazing was that Apple had M1 Macbook Pros on sale during Black Friday season for around $500 off. For a pretty good product at the original price, that made it a really good buy at the lower price.
I think you may have forgotten the iPhone SE
We need an updated snazzy turntable set up
My favorite part about the M2 ipad air trailer is the girl fighting the thunder manifestation using an electro team, which the monster is immune to
System Settings on Ventura - yeesh... why? You got it spot on, it's not necessarily past muscle memory per se, it's that it's laid out nonsensically to the point of near unsuitability. If it's to be changed, at least have a good think about the device you're using it on. It's a royal pain having to scroll down to passwords every single time.
If anything, Apple should massively reorganize the iOS settings app, and maybe borrow some of the structure from the pre-Ventura System Preferences.
Correction: The AOD for Apple Watch debuted on Series 5, not 6
Karaoke Mode on Apple Music is technically called Apple Music Sing
Apple Pay Later has yet to launch
I would’ve given the iPad Air an F due to the flexible backside that “clicks” when it flexes and causes the screen to warble at the pressure point. And I’m not talking a HARD press. Just holding with one hand can see it’s own weight and pressure against your fingers cause this. I tried TWO and got the same results. Also many online have the same issue.
I so agree with the settings app. Just let us resize it!
5:40 An AOD was first introduced on the Series 5 not the Series 6
The grade for Ventura is weird. B is a passing grade, but you’re refusing to upgrade machines to it because of the settings app, which means it fails your standards for software worth upgrading.
I believe the M2 Air is a great value... Outside of the US. Sadly the M1 Pro MacBook Pro doesn't quite reach those sale prices you see in the states.
going forward, we need a video like this every year.
AOD had battery drain? I haven’t noticed it at all on my 14ProMax. Also, I’m assuming the SE is really marketed towards kids, who can’t use EKG and HeartRate that much or if not at all.
You’re the best in the game man. No question
great enternainment :-) thanks, keep up the good work
Am I the only one who actually likes the Ventura settings app? Yes the layout and order of sections makes no sense, but the search is so much better compared to the 'System Preferences' of old, that I don't even bother looking for specific settings, I just search for them, it only takes a second.
I hate that Apple removed the ability to launch programs in the background in macOS Ventura. Now upon a reboot I need to close all of the app's windows first
Great video! But the Pros and Cons cards were shown too short... i can't read that fast. 😅
Biggest thing for me is the lack of fully fledged desktop class iPad Apps. For example, MS Word needs to include a ‘desktop mode’ where the full features that you find on the desktop version are available. Even if this feature was only enabled when a keyboard is detected, it would greatly improve the productivity of iPad.
An iPad does not need to run Mac OS to be a computer, but it needs the apps to support the desktop features. It’s not entirely Apple’s fault, but also the app developers for limiting what is possible on the incredibly capable hardware of the iPad.
Hi Snazzy Labs. As always, I truly enjoy your channel and reviews so much! I feel so disappointed and betrayed by Apple’s seemingly new business model of monetizing their loyal consumers with ads, even on paid subscriptions, without the option of turning it off, while they promote privacy and limited ad tracking. It seems very deceitful and monopolistic. I have sent feedback emails to Apple regarding this disappointment. I wonder how many of your viewership feels the same and if Apple is hearing it’s consumers? Can you do another video focusing on this issue and engaging your followers? Thank you!
I have the base M2 MBA and the base M1 Studio Max and I think your ratings are spot on for those devices (no personal experience with any of the others).
Hey Quinn, great video. Do you do yearly report cards, I couldn't see to find previous videos like this? It would be great to compare your thoughts year on year, or even if you did a three year review so we can also look at if a new version is worth the investment.
I’ve been using the iPad as my main computer since the release of ios16, while iPad OS was still in beta, and although by then it was extremely buggy, it really changed the iPad experience making it the most versatile device and also more fun to use, which led me to completely stop using my Mac. Specially after the monitor support. One thing I particularly think tech reviewers get EXTREMELY WRONG about it is closing its usage to their little world. As a teacher and businessman, the ipad is the best tech I own, and its software even though not perfect, is undoubtedly way better than what 80% of you preach. Sometimes I think you wanted it to be something that it is not, and you won’t relent it, while many of us are just enjoying and making great things with it.
Excellent video. Loved it.
Spot on! I agree fully with this video. I may have been a bit more harsh with some of the grades, but you were really spot on! I hope Apple doesn’t compromise further by reaching for ad revenue. I am already less excited about new Apple stuff than I used to be. Still premium for now, but feeling less enthusiastic…disappointing.
OMG I thought it was just me who hated the new system preferences. I waited a LONG TIME to upgrade because of this.
I purchased two apple products this year. Typically do upgrade one or two a year. Upgraded my Apple Watch S4 to an Ultra, absolutely love that watch (yeah it’s big but I’m not too worried by that). I work somewhere where my watch is going to bang into metal on a regular basis and my s4 was so scratched it was stupid. Love everything about it (I got the ocean band btw which is a good choice).
The second is the AirPods Pro 2. Once again really happy with my purchase, I use to have Gen 2 which were fine for my use but due to doing more travelling I wanted some noise cancelling. Also love the find my features.
I definitely agree with all of your ratings. I’m clearly a big apple fan but I’m smart when I buy upgrades. Wanting to upgrade my A12X iPad Pro next year but definitely need an oled screen as I use my iPad in the dark mainly
The always on display was on the Serie 5, not 6
This kind of video is awesome, are you planning on making one for 2023??
mini lineup has been better than ever iPad Mini and iPhone Mini where Solid Solid Money for Value. Would rather buy another iPhone Mini 13 than iPhone 14 or 14 Plus. Bring Back The Mini.
I love the island and upgrade from the 12 Pro just for it. I was never a fan of the notch and glad they got rid of it.
Love it. Very fair review.
3:41 I’m sorry but that very visible 6 sided snowflake above the cat’s left eye (its right) is INSANE
i watched the whole video without it being sped up and actually paid attention to listen to it the whole time, that's not something we find every day on RUclips these days
Definitely agree on the dynamic island. When it was unveiled it felt like such a creative idea, but more and more it just seems like it adds even more unnecessary ways to navigate.
A year later the notch is still bothering me on a 13 Pro. I can’t imagine how the DI would be.
It’s much worse
I think Apple's main sins are overpricing the 1TB iPhone 14 Pro and the new 1TB 11 inch iPad Pro. That's £1,649 I'll never get back! So that my Dad can replace his vintage iPad Mini with a later iPad that can run the apps he needs for work, I got myself the infamous iPad 10 so he can have my iPad Air 3.
I mean. Why the hell would you buy a 1 tb of storage for a phone lmao
Cool graphics!
Very fair points raised, I don't think any of your statements are bad, Apple just needs to listen to users more instead of serving up what they think we want.
I feel like if an update has a change so bad that you wont upgrade machines to it, speaking of ventura, that by it self makes it much lower than a B. Also feel like if the ipad pro gets an F so should the M2 MBP as at least the ipad is still the best tablet available, no excuse for the MBP to exist. Otherwise pretty on point!