This week: Griffin’s first impressions of the AirPods Max 2, we bid farewell to the Mac Pro by honoring a top setup, and our celebration of Apple’s 50th birthday. Cult of Mac Today is a rundown of the top daily news, plus reviews and how-tos, with commentary by Leander himself. And the Weekender is an easy-to-digest roundup of the week’s top stories. Links: First impressions with AirPods Max AirPods Max 2 are the surprise update to Apple’s premium over-the-ear headphones. Now in feature parity with the regular AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 3, the price makes some kind of sense. Ultimate power: Top 9 Mac Pro setups Truly the stuff of dreams, the top 9 Mac Pro setups from Cult of Mac's archives showcase the Apple flagship desktop's amazing power. Two ‘trash can’ Macs form core of nerdy workstation built to last Apple quietly kills Mac Pro 50 years of the most important Apple products Apple produces plenty of hits, but you don't know them all. These are the most important Apple products of the company's first 50 years. Our first Apple products: How we joined the Cult of Mac Apple's 50th anniversary makes us look back on how we got started using various Macintosh computers decades ago. Here's how it all began.