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Apple addresses its future role in high-end gaming, highlights recent hardware and software-based improvements

If you’re a fan of gaming on the Mac, you’re going to like this. Inverse’s Raymond Wong on Thursday published an in-depth overview of Apple’s increasing push towards high-end gaming on the macOS platform. the story includes interviews with Apple marketing managers Gordon Keppel and Leland Martin. Among the biggest reasons that high-end gaming has […]

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Apple support document explains how macOS Sonoma’s Game Mode functions

If you snagged macOS Sonoma a few days ago, you may have been eager to try the operating system’s new Game Mode feature, which prioritizes CPU and GPU performance for games. Apple on Tuesday offered the following support document offering additional information as to how to use the feature: Game Mode optimizes your gaming experience […]

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Apple Canada ends interest-free finance program as financial providers change within the country

Apple has terminated the Canadian market’s last option for interest-free financing of iPhones, Macs, and more. Canada doesn’t have access to Apple Card or other financing options like iPhone Upgrade Program, but Apple customers did have a zero-interest finance option for a time. PayBright offered a zero-interest finance option in Canada as a subsidiary of […]

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QMS VRR feature en route to updated Apple TV 4K via forthcoming tvOS update

Initial reports for the new Apple TV 4K have been positive, and have also noted that Apple will add support for Quick Media Switching Variable Refresh Rate (QMS VRR) via a software update to tvOS. As a feature, QMS VRR prevents momentary blackouts that occur when switching between content that incorporates different frame rates. Users […]

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Apple Card interest rates expected to rise along with Fed’s interest rate hike

As is won’t with most credit cards, the Apple Card’s interest rate on overdue balances will rise as the Federal Reserve raises its benchmark overnight interest rate in an attempt to slow inflation in the United States. As of July 1, the Apple Card’s variable APRs now range from 12.49 percent to 23.49 percent based […]