{"id":6263,"date":"2016-10-07T14:39:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T14:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6263"},"modified":"2016-10-17T19:10:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T19:10:12","slug":"3-neglected-apple-products-that-could-use-some-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/10\/07\/3-neglected-apple-products-that-could-use-some-love\/","title":{"rendered":"3 neglected Apple products that could use some love"},"content":{"rendered":"

via Macworld.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

But what about the Apple products that seem to sometimes go years without a refresh? There are more than a few of them, and while some occasionally find themselves in the rumor spotlight, others just continue chugging along as they are\u2014perhaps doomed to an evolutionary dead-end, or maybe to be resurrected when Apple decides the moment is ripe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good list but I have my own that I think need refreshing \/ improving.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Mesh Airport Network that connects to a central wired router that contains a USB-C port for a hard disk for Time Machine backups. I\u2019d buy an 8 terabyte HDD and have turn-key backups for all devices along with Apple Routing & a mesh wifi network.<\/li>\n
  2. Updated displays 27+30\u201d in 5K resolution would be fantastic<\/li>\n
  3. Ergonomic keyboard and mouse<\/li>\n
  4. iPod Touch w\/ iPhone 7 internals<\/li>\n
  5. iPod Nano with 128GB capacity<\/li>\n
  6. Pro Apple earphones<\/li>\n
  7. Bedside dock that charges iPhone + Apple Watch<\/li>\n
  8. A true HomeKit Siri extension Amazon Echo style, maybe the WiFi Mesh cubes that go all over the house could play music and take Siri commands?<\/li>\n
  9. A line of home kit accessories made by Apple or at least designed by Apple and manufactured by other companies?<\/li>\n
  10. The return of the Mac Mini Server<\/li>\n
  11. Return of the XServe \/ XServe RAID<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Macworld.com: But what about the Apple products that seem to sometimes go years without a refresh? There…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-10-07T14:39:58Z","apple_news_api_id":"57390a30-acde-4a1a-8bda-49e145bba131","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-10-17T19:10:13Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AVzkKMKzeShqL2knhRbuhMQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-technology","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1D1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2509,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/06\/08\/apple-starts-to-wind-down-the-ipod-brand\/","url_meta":{"origin":6263,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 “Apple Starts To Wind Down The “iPod” Brand”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"BusinessInsider: Apple's\u00a0new iOS 5 software for iPhones, shipping this fall, has many additions, but\u00a0appears to have one notable subtraction: The music app is no longer called \"iPod\" -- it's just called \"Music.\" There's a separate app for \"Video,\" as on the iPad and iPod touch. 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