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Apple announces “Unleashed” media event for Tuesday, October 18

The next Apple media event has been announced. The company announced on Tuesday that it will hold its “Unleashed” event on Monday, October 18. The remote event will be broadcast at 1 PM EDT/10 AM PST. Rumors have hinted as to new MacBook Pro notebooks and iMacs at the event, and there’s also talk of […]

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Apple releases macOS 12 Monterey public beta

If you’re feeling brave and/or adventurous, you’re going to like this. Apple on tuesday released a new public beta of its macOS 12 Monterey beta to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to test the new operating system ahead of its public release. Public beta testers can download the macOS 12 Monterey update from the Software […]

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Cyan releases M1-optimized version of Myst

If you lived and breathed Myst back in the 90’s, it’s back and now optimized for M1-based Macs. Software developer Cyan has undertaken a rework of the game that takes advantage of Metal 2.1 and AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution for a 50 percent performance boost on ‌M1‌ Macs that does not impact game quality. Myst […]

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Apple’s M1 processor: the technical deep dive

If you’re curious as to the inner workings of Apple’s M1 processor, Howard Oakley over at the Eclectic Lighting Company has put forth an outstanding blog post as to what the processor does that sets it apart from other chips. The post dives into the use of coprocessors, its memory management, state of the art […]

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Rumor: Apple’s upcoming 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro notebooks expected to use identical M1X processor, operate at equivalent speeds

The biggest MacBook Pro may not be the fastest one. Per tech leaker @Dylandkt, while Apple is working on both 14-inch and updated 16-inch MacBook Pro notebooks, the two models will use the same M1X chip, thereby providing equivalent speeds across both models. While Apple typically includes a discrete GPU in its larger MacBook Pro […]