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Apple Apple Silicon Benchmark hard drive Hardware M1 News

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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Apple Watch battery Hardware iPad iPhone Rumor Wearables

Rumor: Next-gen Apple Watch could switch from physical to solid-state buttons, free up room for new components, larger battery

The next-gen Apple watch could be receiving solid state buttons that don’t move up and down but rather sense the touch of a finger, per a source close to the story. Apple will stick with the Watch’s current button configuration, with a button and a digital crown situated on one side of the device, but […]

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AppleCare Hardware iMac News retail

Apple adds June 2017 21.5-inch Retina iMac to refurbished store selection

A good deal’s a good deal. Apple on Wednesday updated its refurbished products web site, adding the new 21.5-inch iMac models that were initially released in June of 2017. The refurbished iMacs feature Kaby Lake processors, upgraded displays, faster solid state storage, and discrete graphics. At present, the refurbished selection only includes the 4K models […]

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Hardware MacBook Pro News

Some 15-inch MacBook Pro Retina users report fan issues, SanDisk SSDs could be part of problem

Well, God invented firmware fixes for situations like these… Per Geek.com, a number of complaints has emanated from owners of Apple’s 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro regarding overactive fans. The issue has been noted in our forums and is the subject of a lengthy thread in Apple’s discussion forums. From one report: “My first instance of […]

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MacBook Air Rumor

Rumor: Apple to release aggressively-priced $799 MacBook Air to compete with second-gen Intel Ultrabook

When in doubt, get competitive. Per DigiTimes, Apple is rumored to be planning to aggressively combat new “Ultrabook” notebooks coming to market by releasing a US$799 MacBook Air model in the third quarter of 2012, a price US$200 less than the company’s current cheapest model. The claim came on Monday and cited sources in Apple’s […]