Apogee’s ‘Mic’ (the name is a wee bit generic) is a cardioid mic made to work with Apple products –iPad/iPhones and Mac computers – and it comes with a USB cable and a 30-pin cable that plugs directly into your iPhone or iPad (the mic end of both cables is a proprietary connector, so don’t lose it). Plugged into your mac it’ll work like any other USB microphone, and with Mac’s aggregate driver (which I just learned about), you can actually plug two of them into your computer and record a stereo track or two separate mono tracks in Garage Band or any other DAW. Plugged into you iPhone or iPad You can actually make good, useable recordings wherever you are.