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Apple addresses its future role in high-end gaming, highlights recent hardware and software-based improvements

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date December 29, 2023

If you’re a fan of gaming on the Mac, you’re going to like this. Inverse’s Raymond Wong on Thursday published an in-depth overview of Apple’s increasing push towards high-end gaming on the macOS platform. the story includes interviews with Apple marketing managers Gordon Keppel and Leland Martin. Among the biggest reasons that high-end gaming has […]

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Apple support document explains how macOS Sonoma’s Game Mode functions

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date September 28, 2023

If you snagged macOS Sonoma a few days ago, you may have been eager to try the operating system’s new Game Mode feature, which prioritizes CPU and GPU performance for games. Apple on Tuesday offered the following support document offering additional information as to how to use the feature: Game Mode optimizes your gaming experience […]

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Apple releases macOS Sonoma operating system

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date September 27, 2023

You’ve been waiting for it and it’s here. Apple on Tuesday released macOS 14 Sonoma, the newest version of its operating system for the Mac. macOS Sonoma has been in beta testing for several months, and it is compatible with the 2019 and later iMac, the ‌iMac‌ Pro, the 2018 and later Mac mini, the […]

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Apple to release macOS Sonoma on Tuesday, September 26

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date September 25, 2023

If you’ve been hankering for Apple’s macOS Sonoma operating system upgrade, it arrives tomorrow. The company previously announced that the operating system would be released on Tuesday, September 26. Here are some of the new features, changes, and fixes you can expect from it: Desktop Widgets: macOS Sonoma WidgetsmacOS Sonoma brings widgets to the desktop […]

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Game Mode code references found in the fourth iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 developer betas

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date July 27, 2023

One of the features of Apple’s forthcoming macOS Sonoma operating system is Game Mode, which automatically adjusts system settings to increase performance when the user plays a game on the Mac. While this feature is currently exclusive to Mac computers, it seems that Apple has been working to bring Game Mode to devices running iOS […]

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