The Mac shifting to ARM may come as soon as a full decade after Steve Jobs died. Yet, as well as championing and managing the Intel move in the 2000s, he also considered these major computer hardware architecture changes to be essential every decade or so. | Continue reading
After a tease in March, the USB Implementation Forum has declared that it has completed the USB 4 standard, implementing the USB-C connector, plus 40Gbps speed and other features of Thunderbolt 3. | Continue reading
The first Apple Silicon chip used in the Mac, the M1, implements Apple's first custom controller for USB4 and Thunderbolt 3 and delivers the world's first systems meeting the new USB4 specification. Notably, Apple has bought this to market ahead of Intel's own 11th Gen Tiger Lake … | Continue reading
Apple's Mac notebook segment grew 39% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2020 amid similar increases across the industry, according to new data from Strategy Analytics. | Continue reading
A group of five Amazon employees has been arrested for allegedly stealing iPhones from a logistics center in Madrid, Spain, in an operation that is believed to have involved the theft of 500,000 euro ($592,000) in goods. | Continue reading
With the claimed performance of the Apple Silicon M1-based Mac mini, coupled to increased working from home, movie editors say Apple is catering for creative professionals. | Continue reading
Microsoft plans to push an Apple Silicon-compatible Universal build of Office for Mac to its beta channel by the end of Wednesday. | Continue reading
The latest versions of the 13-inch MacBook Pro and MacBook Air are more similar than ever before, with small yet crucial differences between the two that will change which is the right one for you. | Continue reading
The Macs with the new Apple Silicon M1 chip each have new port configurations and more processing power than ever, but monitor configurations have changed. Here's what monitors you can connect to the new Macs, and how they compare to the Intel Macs that they replaced. | Continue reading
With Apple's first Apple silicon Macs due to arrive in the coming days, early benchmark testing on Wednesday reveals the company's new M1 chip outperforms its top Intel-based machines. | Continue reading
While Apple was touting the improved graphical capability of the new Apple Silicon Macs, they neglected to mention during the event that the M1 chip does not support eGPU technologies. | Continue reading
Before this year ends and the decade of the 2020s gets underway, Apple is poised to unveil a dramatic new architecture for its venerable Macintosh computing platform. Here's why new Apple Silicon hardware is an important step in the future of the Mac. | Continue reading
Apple's software security has reportedly been defeated at the Tianfu Cup hacking contest in China, with thousands of dollars worth of prizes being handed out to participants for demonstrating vulnerabilities in Safari and iOS 14. | Continue reading
The chip expected to be at the core of the first Apple Silicon Mac — the "A14X" — may have been benchmarked just days before the next Apple event. | Continue reading
It's the biggest change to the Mac since the move to Intel, and it comes on top of the biggest change to macOS since OS X. Apple Silicon and macOS Big Sur are going to work, but it will take time. | Continue reading
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called out Apple for how he claims the ad tracking block in iOS 14 will damage economic recovery from COVID-19 for years to come. | Continue reading
If you want to charge your iPhone 12 using MagSafe, Apple recommends using certain 20W AC adapters — and they don't need to come from Apple, despite what you may have heard. We explain what the requirements are, and why an older 18W adapter just won't cut it. | Continue reading
The removal of Epic Games "Fortnite" from Apple's App Store has triggered a lawsuit and countless discussions about Apple's App Store policies. Here's what you need to know, updated on October 25 with Epic's latest declaration of innocence. | Continue reading
Some users are reporting that they can no longer print to HP printers, or can't continue playing Amazon Music through the dedicated app, because of a macOS error that claims the software is malware. | Continue reading
Apple has spent years and millions of dollars on automating its production lines with technology, and it has always reverted to using skilled human beings instead. | Continue reading
In addition to its debut of the HomePod Mini at its "Hi, Speed" event Tuesday, Apple introduced a new feature called "Intercom," which works across all Apple devices. | Continue reading
If you want to get your Mac to have high and reliable file transfer speeds, over a network, you're best off switching from Wi-Fi to wired networking. Here's all the information you need about things that can affect Ethernet and wired networking. | Continue reading
A previous head of the App Store told the US House of Representatives that Apple rejects subscription game services because they compete with Apple Arcade. | Continue reading
Apple macOS devices with Intel processors and a T2 chip are vulnerable to an unfixable exploit that could give attackers root access, a cybersecurity researcher claims. | Continue reading
Microsoft on Thursday introduced the Surface Laptop Go, a lighter-weight and less powerful iteration of the company's notebook lineup at a price that undercuts Apple's cheapest MacBook Air. | Continue reading
Apple and Epic have agreed that the coming court battle should be decided in a bench trial by a judge, not a jury. | Continue reading
Apple is investigating hydrogen fuel cells in mobile devices as an alternative to present battery charging technology, partly to achieve far longer battery life, but also to be more ecologically sound. | Continue reading
Microsoft, along with a number of other major developers, are working to port Java to ARM-based Mac and Windows machines, including upcoming Apple silicon Macs. | Continue reading
Apple's Swift programming language officially landed on Windows this week, with Swift toolchain images now available for download from the open source project. | Continue reading
The addition of the Handwashing Timer to watchOS 7 is meant to encourage Apple Watch users to properly wash their hands for at least 20 seconds. Here's how to get the feature working, to remind you to keep your hands clean. | Continue reading
Apple has confirmed that FaceTime's eye contact correction feature, first seen in early beta versions of iOS 13, is back and here to stay in iOS 14. | Continue reading
Apple released new firmware for the AirPods Pro and second generation AirPods on Monday, with build number 3A283 now available to download and install. | Continue reading
You can already get your lost iPhone or iPad to play a sound through Find My, but Apple is researching how the devices can signal and relay locations to each other without audible beeps or tones. | Continue reading
Another leaker is casting doubts on the possibility of an imminent hardware release, with the expected Tuesday press release predicted to just contain details of when the fall "iPhone 12" launch event will take place. | Continue reading
If you've been around the Mac long enough to have an @mac.com address, you've seen Apple trying to migrate you to @icloud.com. Now it's removed yet another trace of the old, favorite email address. | Continue reading
Apple has clarified the situation with the WordPress iOS app, apologizing for the mistake of blocking developer updates to the app until they added in-app purchases, despite the app not including any functionality involving payments. | Continue reading
Apple is continuing its efforts to force meal planner app Prepear to change its logo by expanding the fight beyond the United States, with the iPhone maker now going after the company's trademark filing in Canada. | Continue reading
On August 20, 2019, Apple officially launched Apple Card with any US citizen able to apply. Since then it's been a hit, but it's faced controversy over everything from low reward rates to alleged sex discrimination. | Continue reading
Previously only available for the Mac, Setapp is now offering a monthly subscription that includes access to paid apps on iPhone and iPad. | Continue reading
Hour after Apple explained why Microsoft's xCloud wouldn't be coming to iOS, Microsoft shot back and accused the company of "consistently treating gaming apps differently." | Continue reading
Apple's biggest change for the new 27-inch iMac is the option to add the company's highest-quality anti-reflective technology, previously only seen on the $5,999 Pro Display XDR. Here's what it provides to the user, and why you may want to pony up the extra cash for it. | Continue reading
The first beta of iOS 14 includes the ability to set up notifications that trigger if the iPhone hears specific sounds, an accessibility feature that could help alert hearing-impaired users to fire alarms or dogs barking nearby. | Continue reading
Apple recently purchased Mobeewave, a payments technology startup that developed a method by which smartphones like iPhone can be used as mobile payments terminals. | Continue reading
You can now replace or upgrade your existing Apple TV remote with a traditional "button-style" remote. | Continue reading
A class-action complaint lodged on Friday claims Apple not only enables iTunes gift card scams, which have become increasingly widespread over the past few years, but also profits from the activity. | Continue reading
The first public preview of the Octane X graphics rendering engine is now available to Mac users on macOS Catalina, with a wider rollout coming later in 2020. | Continue reading
Owners of Apple Card are reporting Apple is finally expanding the number of credit reference agencies it will report to, with claims the Apple-branded credit card is starting to appear on credit reports generated by Experian. | Continue reading
Apple is working to deprecate non-inclusive language in its developer ecosystem, forwarding an initiative that began at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference in June. | Continue reading