Amazon Prime Day: The Best Apple Deals Amazon’s annual Prime Day event has officially kicked off today, beginning 48 hours of discounts, offers, and tons of savings across Amazon’s storefront. This includes everything from home electronics to clothing, jewelry, video games, movies, and much more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with these vendors. When […]
Read MoreApple Announces iOS 15: First Look at New Features Apple today previewed iOS 15, the company’s next major update for the iPhone, featuring new video calling capabilities, improvements to Messages, user statuses, a smart notification summary, and more. FaceTime In iOS 15, FaceTime features a new grid view and portrait mode support for video. For […]
Read MoreLast month, Apple introduced a new iPad Pro with the same M1 chip found in the latest Macs, and early benchmark results indicate that the M1 iPad Pro is over 50% faster than the previous-generation iPad Pro. Based on five legitimate Geekbench 5 results (here’s the fifth) for the fifth-generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro with the […]
Read MoreApple Announces Redesigned iMac With M1 Chip and Seven Color Options Apple has announced a new, redesigned 24-inch iMac, featuring an M1 chip, a 4.5K display, and a range of color options, as well as an improved cooling system, front-facing camera, speaker system, microphones, power connector, and peripherals. The new iMac features a completely new […]
Read MoreApple Announces Redesigned iMac With M1 Chip and Seven Color Options Apple has announced a new, redesigned 24-inch iMac, featuring an M1 chip, a 4.5K display, and a range of color options, as well as an improved cooling system, front-facing camera, speaker system, microphones, power connector, and peripherals. The new iMac features a completely new […]
Read MoreAlongside the redesigned iMac, Apple introduced a new Magic Keyboard with Touch ID for fingerprint authentication, which is useful for quickly logging into macOS or confirming an Apple Pay purchase online. As first noted by Rene Ritchie and confirmed by MacRumors, the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID is fully compatible with all M1 Macs, including […]
Read MoreIntel has been on a relentless marketing drive against Mac computers in recent weeks, positioning them as inferior to Windows laptops powered by Intel processors. In a slight slip-up, however, Intel has accidentally used a MacBook instead of a Windows laptop in one of its newest ads to promote one of its new 11th-generation chips […]
Read MoreBenchmark PassMark, performances Single Thread des processeurs M1 d’Apple et du Core i9-11900K d’Intel Auteur : Jérôme Gianoli Dans Processeurs 26/03/2021 Le processeur M1 d’Apple fait des merveilles face à la concurrence incarnée par Intel et AMD. Son entrée dans la base de données d’un benchmark annonce des prouesses redoutables en mono-cœur. Cette puce M1 […]
Read MoreApple last week sent out emails to developers who are in possession of a Developer Transition Kit, providing instructions on returning the test machines. Developers have now started mailing in their DTKs, with Apple rewarding the promised $500 USD credit once the DTK has been received. In appreciation of your participation in the Universal App […]
Read MoreApple today sent out emails to developers who are in possession of a Developer Transition Kit, asking them to return the machines by March 31. The Developer Transition Kits are Mac minis with A12Z chips that Apple provided for development purposes ahead of the release of the M1 Macs. Apple in the emails provided developers […]
Read MoreApple today began selling certified refurbished Mac mini models with the M1 chip for the first time in the United States and Canada, with prices discounted by approximately 15 percent compared to brand new models as usual. For example, a refurbished Mac mini with the M1 chip, 256GB of SSD storage, and 16GB of unified […]
Read MoreApple today began selling certified refurbished models of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 chip in the United States and Canada for the first time since the notebook was released in November 2020. As usual, the refurbished models are discounted by approximately 15 percent compared to the equivalent brand new models. Apple’s online refurbished […]
Read MoreIn an internal memo this week, obtained by MacRumors, Apple informed service providers that it is aware of and investigating an issue that may result in “pink squares or pixels” appearing on displays connected to an M1 Mac mini. This issue has been reported by users across the Apple Support Communities, MacRumors Forums, and Reddit […]
Read MoreThe second known piece of malware that has been compiled to run natively on M1 Macs has been discovered by security firm Red Canary. Given the name “Silver Sparrow,” the malicious package is said to leverage the macOS Installer JavaScript API to execute suspicious commands. After observing the malware for over a week, however, neither […]
Read MoreMalware specifically tailored to run on Apple’s M1 chip has been discovered, indicating that malware authors have begun adapting malicious software for Apple’s new generation of Macs with Apple silicon. Mac security researcher Patrick Wardle has now published a report, cited by Wired, that explains in detail how malware has started to be adapted and […]
Read MoreMajor Upgrades Coming to the iPad in 2021 Apple is looking to launch an updated ninth-generation iPad with a larger display, the A13 Bionic chip, 4GB of RAM, and a thinner, lighter design in the first half of this year, according to recent reports. Reports from cnBeta and Mac Otakara, citing supply chain sources in […]
Read MoreWith the launch of the M1 Macs last November, Apple officially began its transition away from Intel’s chips, and it’s clear from Intel’s latest advertising campaign that the company is feeling threatened by Apple’s decision. In ads shared on Twitter, Intel has been highlighting the shortcomings of Apple’s M1 Mac lineup. An ad this week, […]
Read MoreThe MacBook Pro is expected to receive a “brighter, higher-contrast” display panel. In addition, there have been suggestions that the updated machines will be the first Macs to feature mini-LED displays, marking a significant improvement in display quality, with an improved wide color gamut, higher contrast and dynamic range, and truer blacks. Restored Features Apple […]
Read MoreNearly three months after the launch of Apple’s rave-reviewed M1 Macs, Intel has fired back, but there are some asterisks involved. In a slideshow shared by PCWorld this week, Intel highlighted what PCWorld described as “carefully crafted” benchmarks in an attempt to prove that laptops with the latest 11th Generation Core processors are superior to […]
Read MorePopular macOS package management system Homebrew today received a major update, with the 3.0.0 version introducing official support for Apple silicon chips. Apple Silicon is now officially supported for installations in /opt/homebrew. formulae.brew.sh formula pages indicate for which platforms bottles (binary packages) are provided and therefore whether they are supported by Homebrew. Homebrew doesn’t (yet) […]
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