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Apple cites continued support for Thunderbolt port following Apple Silicon transition

Apple will continue to support the Thunderbolt port with its Apple Silicon chips following its transition from Intel chips. The company offered the following statement, citing that the upcoming hardware will offer support for Intel’s Thunderbolt USB-C standard: “Over a decade ago, Apple partnered with Intel to design and develop Thunderbolt, and today our customers […]

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Recent Apple documentation suggests that third-party eGPU hardware may not be supported under Apple Silicon hardware

Some Apple support documentation indicates that Apple might drop support for non-Apple GPUs in its transition to Apple Silicon processors. In a recent WWDC 2020 developer session focused on porting Metal apps to the new architecture, the company made it clear that Apple Silicon Macs will feature customer Apple GPUs. “Apple Silicon Mac contains an […]

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Shipping estimates for 27-inch iMac slip into September, hinting at new hardware en route

If you’re eager to snag Apple’s current 27-inch 5K iMac with a mid to high-end stock configuration, you might have to wait a little while longer. Following rumors of a forthcoming update, Apple’s 27-inch iMac is seeing tight supply numbers as well as extended shipping estimates to the point where new buyers can now expect […]

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AMD releases Boot Camp drivers for the Radeon Pro 5600M graphics card on the 16-inch MacBook Pro

This could come in handy. AMD has released Boot Camp drivers for the 16-inch MacBook Pro with the Radeon Pro 5600M graphics card. The update provides full compatibility with Windows 10. The Radeon Pro 5600M was introduced earlier this month as a $700 upgrade, and Apple has cited that the 5600M graphics with 8GB of […]

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WWDC 2020: Apple Silicon Macs to include new boot, recovery options

Apple’s Silicon Macs will feature a new system for accessing macOS recovery and security options at startup, per a virtual WWDC session on Wednesday. While existing Macs include a number of macOS Recovery options at boot-up that are accessed using key combinations. For example, Command-R boots Macs in Recovery mode, and Command-Option-P-R resets the NVRAM. […]