Final Cut Pro, Apple Home Hub, and new Mac reviews on the AppleInsider Podcast

Apple could have made this part of its "week" of Mac announcements — following all of the new Macs, now we have something special to run on them. True, if you don't use either Final Cut Pro or Logic Pro, you're not impressed.

But especially with Final Cut Pro going to version 11 after an unimaginable 13 years on version 10, these are exciting updates.

At the same time, hardware is continuing to be exciting too, and in particular as users get fully to grips with the New Mac mini.

We're never happy, though, and despite new hardware and new software, we keep looking to the future. This time, there are strong rumors about an Apple Home Hub, and yet more unlikely tales of an Apple Vision Pro 2.

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