Apple, as we used to know it, is finally back. We weren’t sure if it would ever return, but with yesterday’s launch of the new cheese grater Mac Pro, the once ancient myth of Apple has been reborn.

Apple product launches used to capture the wonder of audiences — delighting enthusiasts and hardcore users alike with more than features — they told us a story about what was possible. Through, partly, the unflinching idealism of presenter-in-chief Steve Jobs, and the rest genuine product competency, Apple built a following that had more in common with spiritual movements than consumer electronics.

There were always the dissenters. The Never-Applers. I like to customize, they’d say. I want to expand my desktop. I can get the same thing for half the price next door. But, these voices were quieter than those of the believers.

Apple knew what you wanted more than you did. Apple products thought of everything. And if it wasn’t there, you decided you didn’t need it. Apple knows better than you! Suggesting that the iPhone should maybe, possibly, have copy and paste was against the religion. Don’t criticize — they’re probably working on it — I bet they have a good reason they haven’t done it — I heard Steve once fired a guy for copying and pasting. Until! Apple announces they have a new feature — it’s called Apple Duplicate! It’s a revolutionary way we have created to duplicate anything across apps! Your life will never be the same! And the cycle resets.

Apple products were elegant, the company a legend, the CEO a genius. Things that just worked, in a time when technology largely didn’t. Real magic, available for a price. Apple was a spectacle. What have they dreamed up this time? The iMac reimagined the desktop computer. The iPod broke open the music industry. And by the time the iPhone set the world on fire, Apple had transformed from legend into myth.

The show kept going — the iPad, the Apple Watch, AirPods — but none quite captured us again. Best-in-class products in their own right, surely, but hard to feel they were much more than Bigger iPhone, Smaller iPhone, and iPhone wire removers.

Slowly, some of the magic started to fade. We wanted to believe these other products were revolutionary, but it was never in the cards for them. Perfectly fine, even great, products, but none gave us that feeling again. Even the things that looked like they should be revolutionary garnered nicknames like the Trashcan Mac. The myth of Apple was no longer being told. And myths must be told.

Some believers started to feel left out in the rain as the iPhone gathered more and more of Apple’s focus. Professionals, once Apple’s core userbase, were especially unhappy with their options and made their voices heard. Was Apple losing its luster? Do they even care anymore? You used to know what I wanted even more than I did.

Some said it was because Steve was gone. Tim Cook is the Steward of Gondor, never the rightful King, they said. He doesn’t understand product like Steve did. They’re just here for the mainstream consumer now. Do you really need all that RAM?

The other attempts in the Pro family made the cause look even more bleak. The Touch Bar may have made us feel misunderstood, but the lack of ports had us starting to look elsewhere. Maybe Elon will start making computers? One conference after another, passing by with new, and helpful software features, but lacking the magic we once saw.

Apple said they understood. Pro consumers are important to us, we heard. And we wanted to believe them, while we built custom Windows machines or pretended the Trashcan Mac was expandable. And when we thought all hope was lost, Tim Cook said to professionals the words we’ve been waiting so long to hear. “The team has been working really hard… to create a product that will take Mac further than it has ever gone before.”

Soon after, some of us were reminded why we had posters of Formula 1 cars on our walls growing up. They didn’t just look cool, they were the fastest things on the road. Most people don’t need a machined aluminum wind tunnel with a terabyte of RAM on their desk. Most people don’t need 950 horsepower and a carbon fiber chassis, either. All of us, though, need to be reminded of what is possible.

Apple is finally back, with a cheese grater. Just say when.