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Apple releases macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Supplemental Update

Sometimes you need a good bug fix. Apple on Wednesday released its macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Supplemental Update. The update, a 1.01 gigabyte download, offers the following features and fixes: Fixes an issue where Mac computers running macOS Catalina 10.15.4 could not participate in FaceTime calls with devices running iOS 9.3.6 and earlier or OS X […]

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Apple to add certain 2013 and 2014 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro notebook models to list of “vintage” and “obsolete” computers at the end of April

Apple will be adding some additional MacBook models to its list of “classic” and “obsolete” machines at the end of April. Via internal company documents, the company will reportedly add the 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air notebooks from mid-2013 and early 2014, as well as the mid-2014 13-inch MacBook Pro, to its list of hardware […]

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Patent application suggests that Apple could be bringing Face ID feature to Macs

It’s wouldn’t be a huge surprise by any stretch of the imagination, but a new patent suggests that Apple could be bringing Face ID to the Mac. The newly released patent application , details how Face ID could work in future iMacs or MacBooks. The images within the application detail how the components would be […]

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Apple notes issues with some MacBook Air Retina display models and anti-reflective coating layer

This could be a problem. Apple this week acknowledged that some MacBook Air models with Retina displays may exhibit anti-reflective coating issues, as noted in a memo shared with its Apple Authorized Service Provider members. Per the memo: “Retina displays on some MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro computers can exhibit anti-reflective (AR) coating issues,” […]

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iFixit publishes 2020 MacBook Air teardown, cites easier repairability than preceding generation

The cool cats at iFixit have published a teardown of the 2020 MacBook Air and noted that it’s definitely more repairable than its predecessor. The MacBook Air was last redesigned in 2018, which included changes such as the problematic butterfly keyboard. The 2020 MacBook Air features a number of changes such as a move back […]