"Flexgate" cropped up earlier this year in a big way, with owners of the 13-inch 2016 MacBook Pro expressing their dissatisfaction with a backlight issue in their machines. The problem gave a "stage lighting" effect on afflicted models, an apparent issue with the cables under the hood.
Apple launched a Keyboard Service Program in 2018, meant to help those afflicted with issues with the butterfly keyboard in select models. However, despite launching last year, the program didn't include any 2018 model Mac notebooks for service coverage, even by the time 2019 rolled around. But that's finally changing.
Apple has updated the MacBook Pro this week, adding in the newest eighth- and ninth-generation Intel-branded processors to speed up its machines.
In order to make dealing with the dreaded MacBook keyboard problem a tad easier, the Cupertino technology company will now complete any keyboard-related MacBook or MacBook Pro repairs at its stores instead of shipping broken computers to off-site repair centers.
Other World Computing (OWC) today unveiled two times faster flash storage upgrades for the DIYers who want to avoid paying Apple's exorbitant prices and instead upgrade the SSD themselves without being pushed into purchasing a whole new computer.
Apple’s third-generation butterfly keyboard was supposed to fix all the previous defects but buyers continue to experience problems with its design, as recently highlighted in The Wall Street Journals's damning column penned by the ever-amusing, unapologetic Joanna Stern.
Apple is expected to adopt mini-LED backlights across a range of upcoming products, beginning with a brand new 31.6-inch display coming later this year and continuing with an all-new 15 to 17-inch MacBook Pro model due in the first half of 2021 and ten to twelve-inch iPads reportedly launching between the fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021.
External GPU (eGPU) support for your Mac became a reality thanks to macOS Mojave. In fact, Apple Stores have been offering BlackMagic's $699 Radeon Pro 580 and $1,199 Vega 56 eGPUs for months now. But if you're looking for a cheaper eGPU option, the iPhone maker is now selling Sonnet's affordable $400 Breakaway Puck featuring Radeon RX 560 graphics.
Many people disregard the power of Touch Bar shortcuts just because they're not willing to customize the shortcuts. If you're among that group, how about using that OLED strip in place of the function key row for something universally useful, like the Dock?
Uncharacteristically, Apple has commented on the ongoing issues with its controversial butterfly keyboard mechanism utilized on Mac notebooks, having even issued an apology to customers who continue to experience problems with the latest third-generation design.
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.
By default, the Touch Bar at the top of your MacBook Pro's keyboard displays app-specific controls that appear when you need them and vanish when you don't.
In this step-by-step tutorial, we will lay out the steps for customizing the Touch Bar so that it either continuously displays the function keys or a complete suite of media controls all the time.