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Recent Mac Configuration Utility updates for authorized technicians point to imminent 2019 Mac Pro release

The updated Mac Pro is apparently arriving soon. According to a reliable source, Apple on Thursday updated its Mac Configuration Utility for authorized technicians with instructions on how to place the new Mac Pro in DFU mode, according to a reliable source. For existing Macs, this software is used to pair components like the logic […]

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Apple Pay surpasses Starbucks to become the most popular mobile payment platform in the U.S.

Apple Pay has taken the title as the most popular mobile payment platform in the United States. Per new data from eMarketer, Apple Pay has surpassed Starbucks in the US. Starbucks adopted mobile payments relatively early on, and incentivized users with rewards and features such as ordering ahead. As such, Apple Pay and other mobile […]

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Rumor: Apple testing smaller Face ID notch, wider antenna for 5G wireless with 2020 iPhone model prototypes

Apple is reportedly testing different methods of creating a smaller Face ID notch for the 2020 model iPhones, while also looking at a wider antenna to support 5G. The series of reports comes from reliable source Benjamin Geskin, who says that Apple has created different prototypes of 2020 model iPhones to experiment with new Face […]

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Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo notes improved antenna system for iPhone SE 2

Some additional tidbits have come in and according to noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the so-called iPhone SE 2 will feature an LCP aka liquid crystal polymer antenna design for improved wireless transmission. In a research note with TF International Securities today, Kuo said Career Technologies and Murata Manufacturing will begin supplying Apple with antenna components […]

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Apple posts modified version of macOS Catalina Supplemental Update

Apparently there were a few bugs in the macOS Catalina Supplemental Update, which was released on October 15th, that still needed to be squished. Apple has released a modified and re-uploaded version of the update as of Monday afternoon, having reissued it for reasons unknown. Apple says that beyond fixes for an iCloud Login problem, […]