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Apple acquires Pixelmator, acquires company’s apps and technologies

If you love Pixelmator, so does Apple, and that could be why they bought the company. Pixelmator released the following update late last week advising its users as to the status of the company and its progress: “Today we have some important news to share: the Pixelmator Team plans to join Apple. We’ve been inspired […]

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Bartender 5.1.0 released, available for free trial and purchase

Bartender, the handy menu bar organization app which allows you to organize items by hiding them, rearranging them, or moving them to the Bartender’s Bar, has recently hit version 5.1.0. The app, which is a favorite among PowerPage staff, now offers transferable import/export settings, which can be shared between devices or other users. Bartender was […]

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Apple confirms presence of an iOS bug wherein alarms don’t play sounds, says a fix is in development

Apple has apparently begun working on addressing a bug wherein the iOS operating system doesn’t properly play alarm sounds as scheduled. Following a number of user complaints, the company has confirmed it’s aware of the issue and is working on a fix. Apple confirmed the problem to the Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern on Tuesday […]

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DisplayPort 2.1a protocol change to allow for use of longer cables

Because longer cables definitely don’t hurt. The Video Electronics Standards Association announced at CES 2024 that its DisplayPort 2.1a protocol will allow the use of longer passive cables to connect to monitors, although Mac users won’t benefit from the change just yet. The change to the specification specification, once complete, will allow users to potentially […]

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Some users experiencing difficulties updating Apple Studio Display firmware

It’s kind of hard to update to the latest firmware when the latest firmware update won’t go through. A number of users of Apple’s new Studio Display are receiving errors when upon attempting to update the monitor to its latest firmware. The error message in turns directs the user to bring in their display for […]