This portends some good things to come for operating systems that can run on new Apple Silicon hardware. A group of security researchers at Corellium have ported a version of Linux to the Apple Silicon M1 chip that will ultimately be released under an open-source license. The Linux version is a full Ubuntu desktop operating system that […]
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One of the most useful applications on the planet just got even spiffier. VLC, the open source media player, has been updated to version 3.0.12.1. The new version adds support for Apple Silicon/M1-based Macs. VLC 3.0.12.1 is available for free and requires Mac OS 10.7.5 or later to install and run. If you’ve tried the […]
Following up on the rumor that Apple is working on an iMac redesign for 2021, the company is also rumored to be planning two new versions of the Mac Pro desktop. The first version will offer the same design as the current Mac Pro and one version that is “less than half the size” of […]
This could come in handy. Microsoft has announced through its Beta, Canary, and Dev channels that beta versions of its Microsoft Edge web browser are now running on M1-based Macs. The company added M1 support on January 7. Microsoft tweeted the following comment: Starting today, you can download your Microsoft Edge Insider channel of choice […]
If you’re a gamer or a coder, this is pretty cool. A developer by the handle of “Sera Tonin Brocious” (or @daeken on Twitter) has managed to get Nintendo Switch games to run on Apple Silicon Macs. While the implementation is not quite perfect yet given the technical limitations of the MoltenVK runtime library, which […]