Dear Friends,

After a week of very hot and humid weather we are back to typical Vermont summer weather with sunny days and cool nights which makes sleeping a lot easier! Jezebel is already after the dropped green apples but I am trying to keep her away from those tiny apples. Her Native American name is Apple-eater, stain-maker because she loves to eat apples.

Apple surprised me by releasing new MacBook Pros this week. Unusual to see new product introductions in July but my guess is that Apple’s pipeline is so full that they are going to stagger a complete line refresh over the next few months. I’ll review the new MacBook Pro line-up below.

This week’s Kibbles & Bytes exclusive is a $25 savings on Apple HomePod! This could be the only smart speaker that you need. I have one in my kitchen and we use it for everything from asking Siri about the Cubs scores or the weather to playing our favorite rock and roll! It has amazing sound and has the added benefit as serving as the hub for our HomeKit home automation products. This week only in white or space gray the Apple HomePod is $324.99!