32, 64, or 128GB: Which memory configuration should you get for your iMac Pro?

The iMac Pro is now Apple’s biggest, baddest desktop computer. With up to 18 cores on a Xeon W processor, the all-in-one machine can power fast single-threaded tasks and monster multi-threaded workflows.

iMac Pro review: Beauty of a beast

As such, it’s no surprise that Apple also offers a massive amount of RAM for the machine: The baseline iMac Pro ships with 32GB 2666MHz DDR4 ECC RAM (a true monster sentence of acronyms), but you can also upgrade to 64GB or 128GB when you configure your computer.

This is also the only configuration you can upgrade after the fact — though, due to the complications of adding components to such a small package, currently you’re restricted to having it done at an Apple Store or Authorized Reseller. (The days of opening up your iMac yourself and swapping out RAM chips are gone.)

Which configuration should you buy with an iMac Pro? Read on.

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Okay, sure, but … where’s my No Doubt reunion?

This morning, Apple Music released a video on Apple’s YouTube channel to advertise Gwen Stefani’s recently-dropped holiday album ”You Make It Feel Like Christmas.” Clocking in at only a minute long, the strange short begins with an animated Stefani reciting a slightly altered (and, obviously, hyper-shortened) version of ”’Twas the Night Before Christmas.” About halfway through, Santa Claus shows up toting an iPhone and requests that Stefani do ”some type of song or something” on FaceTime for his wife Mrs. Claus who, duh, is a huge fan of Stefani’s music. Stefani agrees (who could turn down Santa Claus, I guess?) and begins performing her rendition of ”Santa Baby,” which apparently doesn’t weird Mrs. Claus out at all.

”You Make It Feel Like Christmas” was released back in October, and features 12 holiday favorites including ”Last Christmas, ”Jingle Bells,” and ”Let It Snow.” You can listen to the full album on Apple Music, o…

The Vinci 2.0 is a set of wireless headphones that can make calls, track your physical activity, play music and more, all without needing to have a separate smartphone or device nearby.

Audio technology company Inspero Inc. recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for Vinci 2.0, a pair of headphones that allows you to make and receive phone calls, listen to music via Spotify, and keep track of your heart rate, steps, and more. Best of all, there are absolutely no external devices required — Vinci 2.0 headphones are completely standalone, meaning you won’t have to cart your big smartphone around during your evening jog. In addition, Vinci 2.0 is fully integrated with Amazon Alexa, allowing you to use the 12,000 + Alexa skills Amazon offers.

See on Kickstarter

As a communication tool, Vinci 2.0 can do anything a basic smartphone can do. Using a Quad-Core ARM Cortex A-7 processor and Wi-Fi, 3G cellular and Bluetooth connectivity, Vinci 2.0 headphones can make and receive call…

Reddit for iPhone and iPad has hit version 4.0, adding new moderator tools, chat options, and more.

Reddit’s official app for iPhone and iPad has hit version 4.0, adding new features such as a theater mode, as well as a new trophy case, moderator tools, and more.

Here’s what you can expect from Reddit 4.0 on iPhone and iPad.

All new theater mode
New account drawer with night mode toggle
New trophy case in your profile for your hard earned trophies
New community page headers
New mod tools: mod queue, mod mode, r/mod, banning, muting, approved submitters, moderator list, Modmail
Anyone can now opt into chat from the bottom nav bar
Updated post flair selection when creating a post. You can now also edit the text of a post flair AND change your post flair on a post that’s already been created
Cake icon beside your username when it’s your cakeday
Usernames in feeds so you know who created the post
New content reporting flow to match desktop
New loading animations…

No service? No Problem! Shazam launches offline mode, so you can identify songs no matter where you are!

A little over a week ago, Apple bought the extremely popular music discovery app Shazam, and that caused some people to speculate that perhaps the app would be shut down. Well, today Shazam released a new update that allows users to discover music offline.

Shazam has long been a solution to the question ”What song is playing?”, but you always needed to be online to use it. Starting today, that’s all changing! Here’s how Shazam’s offline mode works!

How Shazam offline works

The good news is the basic operation of Shazam works the same whether you’re online or offline.

Launch Shazam from your Home screen.
Tap the Shazam button.
Wait for Shazam to identify the song.

The difference between online and offline operation is when you’re offline the app will give you an alert letting you know that Shazam will identify the song as soon as your back online. When you reach a Wi-Fi or d…

Get your Global TV fix on Apple TV. Finally!

Apple TV launched with many of the U.S. streaming and network content providers ready to go. Canada, not so much. Two years later, though and Global, one of the major English-language Canadian TV networks, is finally making the leap to Apple TV with a new version of its iOS app, Global Go.

”We know fans are watching Global’s content in more ways than one, and we’re committed to delivering a seamless and exciting viewing experience on any platform,” said Maria Hale, Senior Vice President, Global Entertainment & Content Acquisition, Corus Entertainment. ”As we approach the holiday season, we’re happy to gift fans the opportunity to binge compelling and high-calibre Global programming live and on-demand with this new version of the app.”

Previously, if you wanted to watch Global on Apple TV, you had to AirPlay from an iOS device. Not only did that consume the resources of the iOS device, but it left it open to disruption from calls…

Plex’s passion project division, Plex Labs, launches a minimalist music app for macOS.

If you’re a cord cutter or the type of person who loves to access their media from everywhere, chances are you know the people at Plex. Today it’s passion project division, known as Plex Labs, launched its first product called Plexamp. It’s a music player macOs that is designed to be powerful and beautiful, and it certainly seems like it checks off a lot of boxes for the die-hard music lovers out there.

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Feature rich

In a blog post by Plex Labs, Elan Feingold lays out exactly how Plexamp was inspired by software that came before it.

”It all started over a beer — as most great things do — re-envisioning what a tiny and powerful music player might look like in 2017. The most classic and beloved small audio player, Winamp, was first released almost exactly TWENTY years ago. Written in a low-level language, it ran on Windows, and was limited…

The batteries that power your iPhone, iPad, and MacBook won’t stay in tip-top shape forever; here’s a neat way to check the health of your batteries.

Have you had an iPhone, iPad, or MacBook for a few years and feel like your battery doesn’t hold the same amount of juice as it used to? That’s because it doesn’t. The lithium-ion batteries that power your devices deteriorate over time, meaning the battery can’t charge to its full capacity.

If you think your battery is dying more quickly than it used to and want to be certain, there’s a neat app you can download on your Mac that will tell you how it’s doing. It’s called coconutBattery and here’s how it works.

Easy to use

The whole process of using coconutBattery is very straightforward. First, you’ll need to download the app on your Mac. Second, you’ll need to plug in your iPhone or iPad to your Mac — if you haven’t done so already you’ll need to allow your iPhone or iPad ”trust” your Mac. Lastly, you just need to launch cocon…