Apple on Wednesday went ahead and seeded the latest betas of its popular operating systems to developers.
Apple seeds sixth betas of iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, macOS 11.3, tvOS 14.5, and watchOS 7.4 to developers
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TSMC to build A15 chips for the iPhone 13 and 4nm ones for upcoming Apple silicon Macs
Apple's contracted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to build next-generation chips for the upcoming iPhone 13 and its next Mac computers ahead of schedule.
Video teaser demonstrates working Sileo app on macOS
Most people associate the Procursus bootstrap and Sileo package manager with the iOS 12-based Chimera jailbreak or the iOS & iPadOS 13-based Odyssey jailbreak, but that’s liable to change soon future as Odyssey Team member Hayden Seay teased almost a month ago that Procursus and Sileo would be coming to the Mac.
Wednesday evening, we got a first-hand glimpse of just how quickly the aforementioned project appears to be coming along.
Intel’s CEO leans into ‘competitive fun’ with Apple as the company balances marketing and future prospects
Last year, Apple began its transition away from Intel chips in its computers, opting to go with its own Apple silicon instead. Earlier this month, Intel launched a new ad campaign against Apple, trying to get people to stop paying attention to the successful M1 processor in its newest MacBook models, and instead keep folks interested in Intel chips.
The official Steam Link app for macOS is now available for download
Valve's released a macOS version of its Steam Link app to let people stream their Steam libraries from their gaming PCs to Mac computers and other devices running the software.
macOS Big Sur 11.3 brings iOS game controller emulation for Apple silicon Macs
macOS Big Sur 11.3 allows gamers who run iPhone and iPad titles on their Apple silicon Macs to use a keyboard or a keyboard and mouse combination as an iOS game controller.
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Use Mac controls in touch-based iOS games. Map controller actions to keyboard keys. Map these to mouse buttons, too. No controller required at all! Emulating iOS game controllers on M1 MacsMacRumors has more on how that works:
When running an iPhone or iPad app, opening up the preferences brings up a Touch Alternatives and Game Control interface that can be used to make touch-based iPhone and iPad apps run better with Mac controls.
With Controller Emulation toggled on, common game controller buttons are mapped to keyboard keys and mouse buttons. X, for example, is mapped to Q, the direction stick is mapped to WASD, and Y is mapped to E. L1 and L2 can be accessed by pressing Tab and Shift, respectively, and the Space Bar is the A button.
This new feature in macOS Big Sur 11.3 should make playing touch-optimized iPhone and iPad games on Apple silicon Macs much easier than before without having to use a game controller at all. If an iOS/iPadOS game doesn't support game controllers, this feature won't work.
→ How to use Sony and Microsoft game controllers with Apple devices
macOS Big Sur 11.3 lets you resize iPhone and iPad windows and provides the aforementioned Touch Alternatives feature for mapping taps, swipes, drags and tilts in iOS titles to keyboard keys (Controller Emulation and Touch Alternatives cannot be used simultaneously).
The update also adds support for the latest PlayStation 5 and Xbox One X controllers.
How to post on Instagram from your computer
Here are the different methods to post on Instagram from your computer using Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. With this, you can grab those photos or videos saved on your computer and post them to Instagram without opening the app on iPhone or Android.
You can now view privacy labels for all Apple apps in one central location
When Apple introduced privacy labels on the App Store back in December 2020, the company said it would hold itself to the same standard as its developers by providing privacy labels for all its stock apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Keeping true to its promise, the tech giant recently launched a webpage listing privacy labels for all its stock apps.
New report says macOS malware development surged in 2020, but still pales in comparison to Windows
It's always been a point of pride for some Mac users out there that worrying about potential malware threats isn't as big of a concern as it is while using Windows. And, despite the fact that a new report says threats are growing for Apple's computers, that talking point still seems to stand true.
“I’m a Mac” star Justin Long disses Apple silicon Macs in Intel’s new ad campaign
Justin Long, who appeared alongside John Hodgman in a series of TV commercials for Apple's "Get a Mac" campaign back in the 2000s, is now mocking M1 Macs on behalf of Intel.
7 easy ways to share files between two Macs
In this tutorial, we’ll show you multiple ways to share files between two or more Macs. You can go through all these tips and use the ones that are most convenient for you and your setup.
Note-taking app Notability relaunches on the Mac, gaining feature parity with the iOS version
Notability, one of the best note-taking productivity apps for the iPad, today released a new Mac version, rewritten from scratch, that brings the full iPad experience to macOS for the first time.