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Apple nixes Target Display Mode support for 2017 4K and 5K iMacs

You might be irked about this. While the 2017 iMacs are getting good reviews, they’re currently unable to support Target Display Mode, a feature that previously allowed some iMac models between 2009 and 2014 to use their built-in display as an external monitor for another Mac connected via Mini Display Port or Thunderbolt. Target Display […]

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iFixit offers 32GB RAM upgrade kit for Apple’s 2017 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K display

This will definitely come in handy. iFixit recently noticed that the RAM in Apple’s new 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K display was upgradable and is already offering a kit to take advantage of this fact. It’s been noted that the base 3.0 GHz model tops out at 16GB of RAM and that the only way […]

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iFixit posts teardown of 2017 21.5-inch iMac, finds user-upgradable RAM, modular CPU

The pork has soared and it looks like Apple has finally released an iMac with a user-upgradable CPU as well as RAM. The cool cats at iFixit have just completed a full teardown of Apple’s new 21.5-inch iMac with 4K display. The unit features both removable RAM and a modular CPU, although Apple has yet […]

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Apple announces new 2017 iMacs, offers improved screens, Kaby Lake processors, USB-C ports on board

The new iMac was just announced at WWDC and it includes some interesting upgrades. Apple has, according to CEO Tim Cook, included the “best Mac displays ever,” upping the brightness to 500 nits to make them 43 percent brighter while bringing support for a billion colors. The new units also feature faster Intel Kaby Lake […]

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Rumor: Signs of fifth-gen Apple TV noted in developer logs, new unit thought to feature faster processor, 4K streaming support

The first network traffic from what seems to be a fifth-generation Apple TV capable of streaming 4K video has been captured in developer logs. The device is said to be codenamed “J105” and could launch as soon as this year. Firi Games, the developers behind arcade games Phoenix HD and Phoenix II, stated they have […]