Will the Home Hub know whose head is biggest? What will September 9th bring? Can anyone afford new Macs? Who knows Tim Cook best?

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Home Hub Code Hints at Face-Based Profile Switching - MacRumors

Designed in California - Relay

Apple Announces September 9 Surprise and Shine Event - MacStories

Polishing Cloth Updated - 512 Pixels

Apple Updates a Power Adapter for the EU and Vietnam and Drops the Price of Its Polishing Cloth - MacStories

Apple’s Most Back-Ordered New Product Is Not What You Expect - The New York Times

Cloth Pro Max – Copland Supply

Window Cap – Copland Supply

Moof Hat – Copland Supply

404 - 512 Pixels

Apple Updates Magic Keyboards - MacStories

Firexo Fire Extinguishers

Relay for St. Jude 2026 - 512 Pixels

Relay for St Jude 2026 – The Enthusiast

Apple unveils M6, M5 Ultra chips and updates its desktop Macs – Six Colors

New Mac Mini and Mac Studio: 13 Things You Might Have Missed - MacRumors

Instagram Reel for the New Macs – Instagram

The Potential of M6 and M5 Ultra for Local AI on macOS - MacStories

oMLX — LLM inference, optimized for your Mac