Apple now has a Mac for every type of user —except for ones who want expandability more than they need a display or the power of the new Mac Pro. It's a relief that we've got the new Mac Pro and so can finally stop talking about how Apple is ignoring a key market segment. For years,…
Apple's next macOS is certain to bring new features to help get iOS apps onto the Mac —but it's also certain to lose features like Dashboard and any 32-bit apps. Here's what we expect to hear from Apple about the Mac at this year's WWDC. Predictions for what Mac news we'll get at Tim Cook's…
Apple's next macOS is certain to bring new features to help get iOS apps onto the Mac —but it's also certain to lose features like Dashboard and any 32-bit apps. Here's what we expect to hear from Apple at the 2019 WWDC. Predictions for what Mac news we'll get at Tim Cook's presentation in this…
The Mac Mini remains one of the most beloved desktops on the market today. Sporting a solid unibody aluminum case — a design that has been largely unchanged through the years — and a compact footprint, the Mac Mini is one of the most affordable computers running MacOS that you can buy. And now it’s…
For a company that maintains multiple major operating systems, has its own productivity suite, and even developed one of the most popular web browsers in use, there was a time that the piece of software most identified with Apple was also perhaps the one most viewed as a necessary evil. I speak, of course, of…
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the web, or at least the date that Tim Berners-Lee made a proposal at the Swiss particle physics lab CERN involving the creation of a hypertextual system that would end up becoming the web as we know it today. The history of web browsers on Apple devices takes…
Google's Project Zero team in November found a "high severity" macOS kernel flaw that was recently disclosed (via Neowin) following the expiration of a 90 day disclosure deadline. As explained by Google, the flaw allows an attacker to modify a user-owned mounted filesystem image without informing the virtual management subsystem of the changes, meaning a hacker can tweak…
February 28, 2006: Apple introduces an upgraded Mac mini, an affordable computer powered by an Intel processor. A “headless” Mac for entry-level users, it’s the third Apple computer to switch to Intel chips. Oh, and it makes one heckuva media player when plugged into a television set. Mac mini: A headless Mac When the first-generation Mac…
The MacBook Air, last updated in 2018, is Apple's most affordable notebook machine, with pricing that starts at $1,199 for the newest hardware. Microsoft also makes a comparable machine, the Surface Laptop 2, which came out right around the same time Apple released its 2018 MacBook Air update. In our latest video, we decided to pit the MacBook Air against Microsoft's…
Your computer consists of both hardware and software and a number of things can go wrong. In this 2-part series, we'll take a look at how to check your Mac's hardware and software to verify your system is in good shape or if certain components are failing. In part 1 below, you'll learn how to check…
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