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Some M1 Mac users report alarming warnings as to their solid state drive usage/potential life span

This could be a bit of a warning sign for some M1 Mac users. A number of M1 Mac owners have begun to highlight hard drive health reports that could potentially indicate life span issues for the solid state drives within their machines. iMore offered the following comments: The issue of ‘TBW’, or total bytes […]

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Google releases version 87 of Chrome web browser, offers native M1 chip support, other new features

It’s never a bad idea to update your version of Google Chrome. And the new version, complete with its M1 chip support, could be that much niftier. Google has released a new build of its Chrome web browser, complete with support for the Apple Silicon M1 processor. The M1 chip is based on a different […]

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Consumer Reports retests 2016 MacBook Pro, now recommends the notebooks

Following a retest, Consumer Reports has given the 2016 MacBook Pro its recommendation. The change comes after retests wherein the publication and Apple worked together. fter becoming aware of a Safari bug that may have impacted results, Consumer Reports recently started retesting on a newer build of macOS Sierra in which the bug was supposedly […]

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Consumer Reports cites varying battery performance on 2016 MacBook Pros, holds back recommendation on new notebooks

Consumer Reports feels there’s an issue with the 2016 MacBook Pro battery. The publication, which has reviewed the notebook, Consumer Reports explained that while the new models held up well in terms of display quality and performance, the battery life issues were too big of an issue to overlook. The organization tested three MacBook Pro […]

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Some users report disappointing battery life on 2016 MacBook Pro notebooks

A number of users who shelled out for the new 2016 MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar are finding battery run times far short of Apple’s claimed up to 10 hours of usage. Granted, there are a wide number of variables that can affect overall battery performance, but a number of users have reported the […]