A recently published Apple patent hints at how the company may be investigating new ways to save power, and add convenience, by allowing devices to respond to network requests and perform some low-power tasks, all while in sleep mode. For years now, Macs have featured a setting called “wake for network access,” which allowed them […]
Tag: MacBook Air
If this rumor is true, you’re going to like it. Per a credible leaker, Apple’s conversion to ARM-based/Apple Silicon processors could reduce the price of the first ARM-based MacBook this fall to about $799. As predicted, it’s “…much cheaper to make its own A-series Apple Silicon chips than to buy” from Intel. Granted, it’s unknown […]
If you’re curious as to whether your Mac is recent and/or cool enough to run macOS Big Sur upon its release, the device support list is out. Long story short, if your Mac is from 2013-2014 or later, you can run it. The list goes as follows: Macbook (2015 and later) MacBook Air (2013 and […]
When one of the most die-hard techies finds an issue with your logic boards, it might be time to fix things. Techie extraordinaire Louis Rossmann has posted a video highlighting power issues in recent model MacBook Air logic boards. In the video, Rossmann illustrates how a single power control chip on the logic board gives […]
Apple on Tuesday updated its official vintage and obsolete products list, this time adding the 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air models produced in mid-2013 and early 2014, along with the 13-inch MacBook Pro produced in mid-2014. Apple also included the fifth-generation iPod touch to its vintage products list. Apple defines “vintage” devices as those that […]