Apple this week implemented a server side blocking mechanism to prevent M1 Mac owners from sideloading iOS apps that have not been made available on the Mac by iOS app developers. Image via 9to5Mac As noted by 9to5Mac, it is no longer possible to use third-party apps like iMazing to obtain an app .ipa file […]
Read MoreLate last week, Parallels launched a Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac Technical Preview Program, which allows M1 Mac owners to use the Parallels software. Paired with a version of Arm-based Windows that’s available through the Windows Insider program, it’s possible to get Windows up and running on an Arm-based Mac. In our latest YouTube video, […]
Read MorePopular HomeKit accessory maker Eve has today announced that its app is now available for M1 Macs. Via an update, the Eve app can now run on Macs with an M1 chip, allowing users to view their home, create scenes, and control accessories directly from a Mac. Apple forbids accessories from being added on the […]
Read MoreMozilla today released Firefox version 84 with native support for Apple Silicon Macs with the M1 chip, touting “dramatic performance improvements” over the previous, unoptimized version of the web browser. Specifically, Firefox now launches over 2.5 times faster and web apps are now twice as responsive, according to Mozilla. If you are using a Mac […]
Read MoreApple recently shared a list of popular apps optimized for Macs with the M1 chip that are available in the Mac App Store, such as Pixelmator Pro, Adobe Lightroom, Affinity Designer, Darkroom, Fantastical, BBEdit, Instapaper, and Twitter. “Macs with the new Apple M1 chip offer unprecedented performance, and developers can optimize their apps for the […]
Read MoreDeveloper Hector Martin, who describes himself as someone who “likes putting Linux on things,” has launched a plan create a Linux port for Apple Silicon Macs. Martin, also known as “Marcan,” has created a Patreon with the goal of earning enough funding to be able to take on the complexities of bringing Linux to Macs […]
Read MoreApple’s M1 chip is the fastest chip that Apple has ever released in a Mac based on single-core CPU benchmark scores, and it beats out many high-end Intel Macs when it comes to multi-core performance. Developer Erik Engheim recently shared a deep dive into the M1 chip, exploring the reasons why Apple’s new processor is […]
Read MoreApple in November released the first Macs with an Arm-based M1 chip, debuting new 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini models. The M1 chip has received rave reviews for its incredible performance and efficiency, and it is the culmination of more than a decade of Apple’s work on chips created for the […]
Read MoreIn November 2020, Apple updated its popular 13-inch MacBook Pro lineup with the first Apple Silicon chip for the Mac, the M1. The base 13-inch MacBook Pro was refreshed with the Arm-based Apple chip, bringing significant speed and efficiency improvements, yet Apple continues to sell the higher-end 13-inch MacBook Pro with Intel inside for several […]
Read MoreApple’s M1 Macs, which are the first to be powered by an Apple-designed Arm-based chip, are able to run iOS and iPadOS apps because of the common architecture between the different operating systems. Some iOS developers have been updating their apps to make them compatible with macOS, but there are ways to download apps that […]
Read MoreIt is possible to run up to six external displays from the M1 Mac mini, and five external displays from the M1 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, with the aid of DisplayLink adapters, according to YouTuber Ruslan Tulupov. This far exceeds Apple’s specified limits on external displays with the M1 Macs. Apple’s host of new […]
Read MoreFollowing the release of the M1 Macs Apple executives have been doing interviews with a range of publications, and today, Ars Technica published another interview with software engineering chief Craig Federighi, hardware technologies lead Johny Srouji, and marketing VP Greg Joswiak. Much of the interview focuses on topics that the three have already covered in […]
Read MoreGoogle earlier this week released a version of Chrome designed specifically for Apple’s M1 Macs, and those with a new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or Mac mini will want to download the Apple Silicon specific version of Chrome because it’s going to run faster than the x86 version working through Rosetta 2. Following the release […]
Read MoreApple’s New M1 Macs began arriving to customers earlier this week, and since the M1 Apple Silicon is an entirely new chip architecture that’s a major departure from the Intel chips that Apple has used for years, there’s a lot to learn about the new machines. We’ve rounded up some useful Apple M1 tidbits below, […]
Read MoreIn a new interview with Om Malik, Apple’s software engineering chief Craig Federighi, marketing chief Greg Joswiak, and chipmaking chief Johny Srouji discussed the motivations behind Apple Silicon, how Apple is able to differentiate itself from its competitors, and why chip specifications are becoming irrelevant. Joswiak explained that Apple Silicon represents the completion of Steve […]
Read MoreWith Apple Silicon Macs now out in the wild and in the hands of customers, Google has developed a new version of Chrome that’s designed for the machines. Chrome 87, released today, comes in a version that’s optimized for Apple Silicon. As noted on by the Chrome team on Twitter, the rollout of the feature […]
Read MoreSeveral customers who purchased a new Mac with an M1 Apple Silicon app have discovered an issue when attempting to restore the machine, which leads to it becoming non-functional and stuck on error screen that says “An error occurred preparing the update. Failed to personalize the software update.” There are at least three threads on […]
Read MoreAt this point, we’ve seen enough reviews and benchmarks to know that the Apple Silicon M1 MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini offer incredible performance compared to prior-generation Intel models, but there are still new tests coming out that demonstrate just how impressive Apple’s chip really is. MacRumors forum member iChan did a test […]
Read MoreApple’s M1 processor often surpasses the graphics performance of desktop GPUs, including the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 560, according to a new benchmark submission spotted by Tom’s Hardware. According to Apple, the M1’s octa-core GPU can simultaneously handle close to 25,000 threads and deliver up to 2.6 TFLOPS of throughput. […]
Read MoreApple Silicon M1 Chip in MacBook Air Outperforms High-End 16-Inch MacBook Pro Apple introduced the first MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini with M1 Apple Silicon chips yesterday, and as of today, the first benchmark of the new chip appears to be showing up on the Geekbench site. The M1 chip, which belongs to […]
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