Most gadget lovers know that thermal throttling is a fact of life. Even the new M1 chip from Apple throttles CPU performance. For instance, the new M1 MacBook Air is capable of running for up to 18 hours on a single charge, but that doesn't mean peak power all the time.
Xbox chief Phil Spencer sat down with The Verge to talk about several different topics, including fees associated with digital storefronts like Apple's App Store, and much more.
With Apple's refreshed MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini computers powered by the company's M1 laptop chip in customers' hands now, we're starting to see first reports of the inevitable teething issues that accompany every new hardware launch.
The new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini with the Apple M1 chip let you run Intel-only apps in Rosetta emulation, in addition to native Apple Silicon apps. However, macOS Big Sur doesn't make it easy to identify which apps are Intel-only from those with code optimized for the M1 chip, but this nifty little app solves that problem in one fell swoop.
Ahead of Black Friday which will mark the beginning of the lucrative holiday season, Apple has now shared its holiday-themed video advertisement through its official YouTube channel.
Apple has left the industrial design of its first M1-powered Mac computer models intact so these machines currently appear indistinguishable from the models they've replaced, at least from the outside. But TFI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has good news for folks who were hoping for a form factor change with these Apple Silicon machines: redesigned Apple Watch and MacBook models are apparently launching in the second half of 2021.
If you just bought or already own a new iPhone, one of the first orders of business should be getting a decent protection for your purchase. iDB has so far highlighted a bunch of various smartphone cases for the latest Apple shiny, but case makers continue to come up with new designs and products. We thought you might want to learn about as many cases as possible so we put together this hands-on video walkthrough highlighting what we think are some of the nicer cases for the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Power users usually prefer to start a fresh new installation of Big Sur rather than upgrade the existing copy of the macOS operating system on their Mac. If you're among them, you'll need to perform a clean install of Big Sur. The process entails doings things such as backing up your Mac, wiping off the current operating system and creating a bootable installer. Follow this tutorial for detailed instructions on how to perform a clean install of macOS Big Sur.
Earlier this month, Apple introduced a pretty sizable change to the App Store, introducing the Small Business Program.
With the latest iPhone 12 family of smartphones offering improved video recording in crisp 4K resolution, the iPhone remains the best pocket camera for capturing high-quality video on the go. But with that power comes a greater responsibility in terms of efficient processing of those video files on your computer. To help with that, a company called Digiarty is offering a powerful app for effortless 4K UHD video processing, called MacX Video Converter Pro (free trial is available). With it, you can convert, edit, download and resize your media with a hardware-accelerated performance that makes the most out of your Mac or Windows PC's CPU and GPU.
According to the technical specifications for both the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro with M1, the devices can run a single external display. However, it turns out you can attach quite a bit more.
Apple Maps continues to expand its Transit feature, giving more people in more places the ability to keep tabs on public transit options in their region.