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Resources, references in macOS Sierra API hint at upcoming Touch ID, OLED touch bar for upcoming Apple products

It may be a convoluted mess to dig through, but sometimes source code hints at some interesting new resources that portend upcoming technologies. Hidden inside Apple’s API differences web site for macOS Sierra are references to several additions that could include an OLED touch bar and Touch ID support. Last month it was reported that […]

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Apple fixes app slicing issue with iOS 9.0.2 update, allows for device-specific resources to be downloaded as needed

Well, there’s good news if you’re developing iOS apps. Apple has just announced that its app slicing issue has been fixed. This will allow for device-specific versions of apps to be delivered when downloaded by users running iOS 9.0.2 or later. For those of you unfamiliar with app slicing, this is a delivery method that […]

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Macworld/iWorld 2014 Session wrap-up

Sessions have always been a big part of any Mac Expo, but especially in recent years in response to the absence of Apple’s Steve-notes and daily product demonstrations and tutorials. While I miss the Apple presence, as a power-user I welcome the fact that the bar for session topics has been risen. Past “standard” sessions […]

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MacBook Air

MacBook Air Overheating Issue Noted, Fixes Suggested

Over on the mighty MacFixIt, reader “Martin V.” wrote in to desribe an ongoing issue wherein his new MacBook Air notebook began to experience a “kernel_task” process that caused his system to run abnormally hot. “A few months ago I bought a MacBookAir1,1 (standard hard disk, no solid state) which was then hugely reduced in […]

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How-To: Reset Mac OS X’s Software Updater Function

As nigh-indispensable as Mac OS’s Software Update feature can be to locate and install patches for the operating system and supported applications from Apple, there remains the fact that some items might not install or the updater may not seem to work at all. Per MacFixIt, a user identified as “The Dragon” posted this comment […]