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Apple to remove Back to My Mac feature in macOS Mojave operating system

Apple has nixed its Back to My Mac feature for macOS Mojave. Apple on Tuesday made the discontinuation official by notifying customers of the removal, and sharing a support document outlining the changes. The support document suggests alternative ways in which users can replace the retired feature, including iCloud Drive, screen sharing, and the Apple […]

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Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac out the door, includes macOS Mojave support, smaller file sizes, extended Windows tools

The new Parallels Desktop is out and it includes some fairly useful new features. Parallels Desktop 14 for the Mac was released on Tuesday, the new version featuring virtualization tool includes support for Appleā€™s macOS Mojave operating system, improves overall performance, and adds in support for more Windows features. The new version also improves storage […]

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Presence of WINE-like wrapper hints at tools that may allow for easier porting between Steam and macOS games

This could turn into something interesting. Albeit Valve has historically loved its own way of doing things, a deep dive into Reddit’s /r/linux_gaming subreddit revealed the presence of Steam Play, which is based around a WINE-like compatibility wrapper. WINE functions as an open-source project that can cajole Windows executables into running on Unix-based systems, i.e. […]

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Apple yanks Group FaceTime from iOS 12, macOS Mojave developer betas, states feature will surface “later this fall”

If you’re hankering for Group FaceTime, you may have to wait a little bit. Apple pulled Group FaceTime calling from iOS 12 developer beta 7 and macOS Mojave developer beta 7 saying it plans to bring the feature back later this year. Group FaceTime, which was debuted at the Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose […]

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Some users report intermittently crackling sounds on 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro notebooks, no clear cause or fix cited at present

As nifty as the 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro notebooks, a number of them may be experiencing intermittent crackling from the built-in speakers. The crackling appears to occur spontaneously during audio playback on both 13-inch and 15-inch models, based on a handful of videos shared by customers. As with many crowdsourced issues, there are a […]