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Apple announces updated 13-inch MacBook Air with Retina display, Thunderbolt 3 ports, reworked trackpad, other features

Over at the Brooklyn media event, Apple announced its new 2018 MacBook Air, complete with a Retina display, Thunderbolt 3, a redesigned trackpad and other new features. The notebook now arrives in three finishes, and incorporates a pair of Thunderbolt 3 ports on the left side and a headphone jack on the right side. The […]

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Apple releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update 2, offers fixes focused on 2018 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar models

This might come in handy. On Tuesday, Apple released its macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update 2 for the 2018 MacBook Pro. The update is specifically for MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (2018) models, and is being labeled by Apple as a “stability and reliability” update. The standalone update files weighs in at a 1.3GB […]

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Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac out the door, includes macOS Mojave support, smaller file sizes, extended Windows tools

The new Parallels Desktop is out and it includes some fairly useful new features. Parallels Desktop 14 for the Mac was released on Tuesday, the new version featuring virtualization tool includes support for Apple’s macOS Mojave operating system, improves overall performance, and adds in support for more Windows features. The new version also improves storage […]

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Some users report intermittently crackling sounds on 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro notebooks, no clear cause or fix cited at present

As nifty as the 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro notebooks, a number of them may be experiencing intermittent crackling from the built-in speakers. The crackling appears to occur spontaneously during audio playback on both 13-inch and 15-inch models, based on a handful of videos shared by customers. As with many crowdsourced issues, there are a […]

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T2 processor found within iMac Pro, 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro could be causing kernel panics for some Mac owners

This might call for a firmware update. A number of iMac Pro and MacBook Pro users have reported macOS kernel panics, learning investigators to begin suspecting Apple’s T2 security chips. Threads in Apple’s support forums discuss issues with the iMac Pro, and more recently the 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro. All describe how the Mac […]