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 […]
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This is pretty nifty. Apple is apparently developing an ARM-based chip for its Mac products that would “take on more of the functionality” handled by Intel processors. In development since last year, the chip, codenamed T310, is said to be similar to the chip used to power the Touch Bar in the new 2016 Macbook […]
The firmware fixes for your recent Apple notebook arrived yesterday. Per Macworld, Apple released SMC Updatesfor the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Retina MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air SMC Update v1.9 is available as a 1.09 megabyte download for MacBook Air notebooks released in 2012 and 2013. It fixes a “rare” problem where the battery […]
Parallels announced its Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac client today, the new version of the virtualization software offering the following set of fixes and features: – Cloud storage optimizations for iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive and SkyDrive. – Support for OS X Launchpad in Windows applications – Enhanced support for Apple’s forthcoming OS X 10.9 Mavericks. […]
Never doubt a good firmware update. Late Thursday, Apple released its MacBook Pro Retina SMC Update 1.1 firmware update for its 15-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro notebook. The update, a 504 kilobyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Resolves a rare issue where users may experience slow frame rates when playing graphics-intensive games. […]