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YouTube DIYer posts video, detailed guide as to how to make the M1 Mac mini 78 percent smaller

Apple’s smallest desktop Mac just got 78 percent smaller thanks to the efforts of a YouTube DIY guru. The M1 Mac mini, which debuted in November 2020, has retained the same unibody design that Apple has used since 2010. Subsequent teardowns revealed that the ‌M1‌ ‌Mac mini‌ contains a very large amount of empty space […]

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Hints emerge of Apple Pay potentially being launched in Mexico in the near future

If you’re planning on heading south of the border at any juncture, you might like this. A new page on Apple’s Mexico web site offers Apple Pay details, suggesting that the country may be about to receive the payment system. While neither Apple nor any Mexican financial institutions have announced the addition of Apple Pay, […]

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Security researchers look into “Calisto” malware two years after it surfaces for the Mac

Roughly two years after their circulation, security researchers have discovered infections of macOS malware named “Calisto”. The malware was seemingly developed in 2016 and may have been a precursor to the “Proton” macOS trojan that started to circulate in 2017. Calisto functions as a trojan that takes the form of an unsigned DMG for Intego’s […]

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Apple’s Craig Federighi says that Apple is “not into touchscreens” for forthcoming Macs

In as much as you may crave a touchscreen Mac, according to Apple SVP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, this probably isn’t in the works. Despite Apple’s iOS-to-Mac app porting tools, universal multiplatform apps, and Apple’s announcement that it will start porting some of its own iOS apps to the Mac this year and allow […]

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Patent application highlights ideas for next-gen Apple Pencil, including ability to write on almost any surface

The next-gen Apple Pencil could be capable of writing on any flat surface or in the air. A recently-published patent application, numbered 62/363,172 and titled “Content Creation Using Electronic Input Device on Non-Electronic Surfaces” describes the use of an Apple Pencil-like device, in conjunction with some form of motion or orientation sensor external to the […]