MagSafe is making a return to MacBooks. Apple/Screenshot by Erin Carson/CNET Apple is bringing MagSafe charging back to its line of MacBooks, the company said during its fall hardware event. Apple announced two new laptops, a MacBook Pro 16-inch and a 14-inch model, featuring its new M1 chips. (The company also released the AirPods 3 and…
The MacBook Pro has a really long battery life, but eventually you need to charge it. But for some owners of the newest MacBook Pro, that isn’t possible. Several users on Reddit have posted that the laptop fails to charge properly when connected to the 140W MagSafe power adapter. The issue is apparently limited to the 16-inch…
Apple Silicon — Some future Mac chips will have two dies instead of one. Samuel Axon - 11/5/2021, 9:29 PM Enlarge / The M1 SoC die compared to M1 Pro and M1 Max.Apple Apple has already finalized the second generation of Mac processors, and the third generation is expected to be made with a new…
Update 11/7: Since I wrote this column, several Macworld readers have reached out with similar issues on M1 MacBooks. Some readers have had luck with disabling extensions and other have suggested it’s related to Webkit. There are also lengthy Hacker News and Reddit threads with users recounting their experiences. For the past 10 months, I’ve…
Apple’s MacBook Pro line is finally back on track. After years of questionable design decisions, Apple’s new MacBook Pro models finally gave professional users a reason to get excited. With its new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, Apple mercifully killed the Touch Bar, an idea that was always more intriguing in theory than in practice.…
Can you imagine what the reviews would look like if Apple made a MacBook Pro with all the ports users wanted, but none of the processing power or software to back it up? Lucky for the masses, that’s not what happened – or at least that’s what the first reviews suggest. Still, the starting price…
When Apple announced the 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Mini LED backlighting earlier this year, I knew it was time to upgrade from my 2018 model. And I wasn’t disappointed. The improved brightness (especially when watching movies in HDR) and superior contrast have made the purchase worthwhile — even if iPadOS continues to underwhelm and disappoint…
It’s been over a year since the M1 MacBook Air made its impressive debut, and it’s still as great of a laptop as it was back then. But for all of the incredible advantages Apple silicon afforded, Apple didn’t really change much about the MacBook Air. But reports say that’s going to change. Apple is…
IDG One of the main selling points of the new MacBook Pro—other than the ridiculously fast processors—is the abundance of ports, including the return of the on-board SD card reader. But according to early users, it’s not working as well as it should. As reported by Macrumors, several MacBook Pro users are reporting “super flakey…
Apple’s upcoming macOS 12.1 update will fix some odd interactions between its new MacBook Pros’ notched displays and menu bar apps, which should no longer be blocked behind the notch, according to MacRumors. Previously, some users had reported issues where menu bar icons could end up getting pushed behind the notch in the event that…
