Lunar Animation - the British company behind the visual effects in the end credits of the new film Jumanji: The Next Level - has provided an inside look at how the new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR factored into their production, and how they netted some big performance and usability improvements over the iMac Pro they started with.
Apple's new Pro Display XDR monitor has been confirmed to work with the company's iMac Pro all-in-one desktop, but at a lower 5K resolution rather than its native 6K resolution.
As we told you this morning, refreshed iMacs offer not only faster CPUs but more affordable RAM and GPU upgrade options, too. As it turns out, Apple's now lowered prices on flash storage upgrades for the new MacBook Air, Mac mini and MacBook Pro models, as well as tweaked some other build-to-order options for iMac Pro and Mac Pro.
In addition to refreshing the consumer iMac line this morning with a 2x faster performance via up to six-core Intel Core i9 CPU options and new GPU upgrades (Vega 20 for 21.5-inch models and Vega 48 for 27-inch models), Apple just added some fresh new RAM and GPU options to its iMac Pro all-in-one, which launched in December 2017.
Accessory maker Satechi today launched a pretty cool aluminum-clad monitor stand for your iMac or iMac Pro which doubles as a stealthy USB-C hub with seven built-in ports.
Certain Mac models take advantage of a second-generation Apple security chip called T2. Without it, you won't enjoy advanced secure boot capabilities, hardware-accelerated flash storage encryption, or other perks. Some Mac computers have the Apple T2 Security Chip, while others do not.
In this brief step-by-step tutorial, iDownloadBlog will show you how to identify Mac models with the Apple T2 chip.
For security purposes, booting Linux or any other non-Apple operating system except Windows 10 is currently impossible on Apple hardware featuring the company's in-house designed Apple T2 chip unless you adjust your Secure Boot settings.
During the past two months, Apple has substantially refreshed its iPhone, iPad Pro, and Mac lineups. Couple this with the earlier updates to the budget iPad and MacBook Pro, and 2018 turned out to be a great year for hardware refreshes. Here's the likely status of Apple's products that weren't updated during this year.
On Thursday, Motherboard and MacRumors both reported that Apple has added software locks on the 2018 MacBook Pro and 2017 iMac Pro. The digital locks could make it harder for independent and third-party repair shops to do their work.
Imagine buying a 2018 MacBook Pro only to find it can't be updated to the latest operating system, macOS Mojave. Instead, you receive a weird error message during the installation process. This issue is affecting various users who have posted messages about their woes in recent days on Apple's support forums, according to AppleInsider.
Just days after Apple resolved one issue, it appears another has popped up with regards to the recently released 2018 MacBook Pro. Users have been experiencing kernel panics on the new laptop as well as on the iMac Pro. The problem could be the all-new T2 security chip, according to Digital Trends.
Motherboard reported Monday that Reddit user “turnby” recently uploaded as many as 11 internal videos to YouTube, set to private to avoid irritating Apple but now available publicly.