This week in Apple: from the MacBook Air update to custom vinyl decals

Love it or loathe it, if you work in the creative world you can't ignore Apple. And there are no greater experts on what's happening in the world of Cupertino than our friends at MacFormat magazine.

In the latest episode above, Chris Phin and Matthew Bolton discuss:

The latest update to the MacBook Air, and why it's come at such an odd time.
A radical proposal from the CEO of Dreamworks to release movies online before they're shown in cinemas, and to start charging 'per inch' of the screen you're watching on.
How to add a custom vinyl decal to a MacBook Pro using a radical 'printer' which cuts designs out of almost any material.

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Tom May is an award-winning journalist and author specialising in design, photography and technology. His latest book, The 50th Greatest Designers, was released in June 2025. He's also author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine.