According to Apple's software engineering head Craig Federighi, technical specifications are no longer a good predictor of actual real-world performances that depend on the task at hand.
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Pixelmator Pro 2.0 brings native support for Apple Silicon Macs and macOS Big Sur
The Pixelmator team today released a major new version of their award-winning image editor for macOS, Pixelmator Pro, which includes native support for the new M1-powered Mac computers and the latest macOS Big Sur software, along with many other enahncements.
You can now get a version of Google’s Chrome browser that’s optimized for Apple Silicon Macs
Following a snag with yesterday's debut of a new Chrome version that's optimized for M1-powered Macs, Google has now resumed rolling out Chrome for Apple Silicon Macs.
New to Mac? Here’s all the tools in the Mac Utilities folder
If you’ve just purchased your first Mac, and especially if you’re coming from Windows, you might be wondering about the Utilities folder. You may see the folder but have yet to open it or you might be looking for a specific tool and don’t realize it’s in that folder.
Whatever the case, we’re here with another in our New to Mac series to help you out! We’ll explain what’s in the Utilities folder and what each tool is for.
MacPaw releases ClearVPN, a truly personalized multi-platform VPN solution
Ukrainian developer MacPaw of CleanMyMac fame today released a personalized VPN software solution for the macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Android and Windows platforms.
“World of Warcraft” becomes the first major game to run natively on Apple Silicon Macs
Developer Blizzard announced yesterday that “World of Warcraft,” its tremendously popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game, now runs natively on Mac computers that are powered by the new Apple M1 chip. In doing so, “World of Warcraft” has become the first major game to offer support for Intel Silicon Macs.
Docker virtual machine is working on Apple Silicon compatibility, but hurdles remain
If you are excited about the new Mac hardware and dream about running Windows on your M1-powered Mac, a company called Docker is working on a solution for you.
How to redirect emails instead of forwarding in Mail on Mac
It’s one of those Mail features that’s easy to miss. It’s called Redirect, and it lets you send emails you’ve received to others without actually forwarding them. This is convenient for emails you receive by mistake, or that should be sent to someone else to handle.
When you redirect an email, it has no indication of it like it does when you forward a message. The person you redirect the email to receives it as if it came to them originally.
A limited version of Adobe Photoshop for Apple Silicon Macs releases in beta
Photoshop maker Adobe has released a limited version of its popular image editor optimized for Apple Silicon M1-based Macs, the company announced in a blog post.
How to view details of current and completed print jobs on Mac
If you have a printer connected to your Mac, you can see the print jobs you currently have in the queue. And if you use a shared printer, this can be handy to confirm that you’ve sent your job to the printer and are still waiting your turn.
At the same time, you might want to see completed jobs. Again, with a shared printer, you may find that items you thought you printed are nowhere to be found. You can check to see if your item did, in fact, print successfully. You can then hunt down the coworker or family member who accidentally grabbed your printed items.
Here, we’ll show you how to view details of print jobs on your Mac, including currently printing jobs and completed jobs.
How to find the age of your Mac
In this guide, we will go over some easy ways to figure out the age of your Mac on both a working and non-working computer.
Apple releases macOS Big Sur with an all new experience, Control Center, improved Messages, and more
macOS 11 Big Sur was announced back in June of this year. Now, months later, Apple is finally ready to release the desktop software to the public.