Four new Macs are launching later this year, here’s what’s coming

Apple launched three new Macs earlier this year, but there are another four Macs rumored to debut throughout the remainder of the year. Here’s what’s coming. Mac Studio with M5 Max, M5 Ultra The Mac Studio was last updated a little over a year ago, with this latest model offering M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips. Rumors indicate a new Mac Studio will launch in the months ahead [...]

How to keep your Mac awake, even when your MacBook lid is closed

macOS is designed to put your Mac to sleep when it is not being used. That is usually exactly what you want. Sleep saves power, protects battery life, and keeps a MacBook from running when it is closed and stuffed in a bag. Sometimes tasks like downloads, backups, remote sessions, and AI coding need a temporary exception. Fortunately, there are some great Mac apps for giving you this [...]

M4 iMac vs M3 iMac: What’s new and improved?

After the iMac jumped from the M1 to M3 chip in late 2023, Apple has launched the newest version of its all-in-one desktop with its latest custom silicon and more. Here’s what’s new and improved with the M4 iMac vs M3 iMac plus a buyer’s guide. Table of contents M4 iMac vs M3 iMac CPU, GPU, memory, neural engine Display M4 iMac vs M3 iMac I/O Colors and [...]

Mac Pro market even smaller than expected, as high-end pros choose 16-inch MBP

With Apple having announced a new Mac Studio with the exact same chipset, it seemed clear that the 2023 Mac Pro market would be pretty small – if not dead on arrival. Talking to pro Mac users with demanding needs, it seems that the 16-inch MacBook Pro has also cannibalized much of its market… This story is supported by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the [...]

Most older Mac Pro users should switch to Mac Studio – Macworld

Most of those using a 2019 Mac Pro should switch to the Mac Studio, rather than the 2023 Mac Pro, argues Macworld videographer and gamer Thiago Trevisan. He argues that there’s only one reason to choose the current Mac Pro over the much more compact Mac Studio, despite the fact that the 2019 model was “the best workstation [he has] ever owned” … Back in April, 9to5Mac videographers [...]

Here are my M4 Mac mini desk accessory essentials

If you’ve been following our youtube channel, then you might have seen just how impressive the new baseline M4 Mac mini is. Its best feature, and what I like to call its superpower, is the price-to-performance ratio. There is just nothing else like it right now. But part of the reason it is priced at $549 (on Amazon) is because it literally brings nothing besides the computer and [...]

M4 iMac shows Apple’s commitment to the all-in-one after some missed turns

Today’s M4 iMac announcement shows just how serious Apple is about the all-in-one desktop line. The M1 iMac made a huge splash. It brought the return of colors, featured a giant iPad-like design, and sported a larger display with more resolution than the 4K 21.5-inch Intel iMac it replaced. Then Apple introduced the M2 chip, put it inside a bunch of Macs, and left the M1 iMac untouched. [...]

New macOS vulnerabilities were exposed by Anthropic’s Mythos: report

Anthropic’s Mythos AI model has famously been kept fairly secret due to its apparent risk to software systems around the world. And today a new report says Mythos was used to expose macOS security vulnerabilities that Apple is investigating now. Researchers used Mythos to uncover macOS security vulnerabilities Robert McMillan, writing at The Wall Street Journal: McMillan says that Apple is currently reviewing the report from Calif to [...]

New M4 iMac is the first to support 8K output at 120Hz [Update: removed]

Update 6:18am ET, October 29: Apple has removed mentions of support for 8K at 120Hz from the iMac tech specs page. 8-core CPU and GPU M4 iMac: One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz 10-core CPU and GPU M4 iMac: Up to two external displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz or one external display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz Apple has confirmed to [...]

M5 14-inch MacBook Pro vs M5 13-inch MacBook Air: What’s the $600 difference?

The arrival of the M5 MacBook Air means that Apple once again has two laptops with the standard M5 chip inside. Apple first put the plain M5 chip inside a laptop with the 14-inch MacBook Pro. Both machines occupy the “under $2000” space in Apple’s laptop lineup. Here’s how the two MacBooks with the same chip compare. 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro and 13-inch M5 MacBook Air While both [...]