After several years of slugging it out in a prolonged patent-based legal battle, Apple and Qualcomm have agreed to a last-minute settlement. The first issue began when chipmaker Qualcomm, instead of charging Apple a flat license fee for permission to use its patented technology in iPhones, insisted upon a percentage of the iPhone’s value. Apple […]
Apple’s forthcoming macOS Sequoia operating system helps move beyond the company beyond Intel-based processors, and it’s been four years since Apple silicon was introduced, but there are still a number of Intel-based Macs that will be able to run the upcoming operating system. To that point, Apple has published the following macOS Sequoia compatibility list: […]
If you’re hankering for full virtualization goodness on your Apple Silicon Mac, VMware has you covered for free. VMware, which was acquired by Broadcom in November 2023, has announced that both its Fusion Pro and Workstation Pro products are now available for free. The applications allow Mac users to operate virtual machines to run non-macOS […]
If you’ve been hankering for an M3 MacBook Air, it’s just around the corner. Apple on Monday announced its new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air notebooks, complete with an M3 chip, improved external display support, Wi-Fi 6E, and other features. The company has stated that the M3 MacBook Air is up to 60 percent faster […]
With Apple’s September iPhone 15 event coming up, it’s seeming more and more likely that the M3-based Macs will probably debut in October. In his Sunday Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has stated that the first M3 Macs may debut at their own event in October: “The structure of the event, I’m told, will […]