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Oct 30, 2018

2018 MacBook Air Hands-On Roundup: Hardware Backs up the Branding

Evan Selleck

The MacBook Air has been one of the most-loved laptops on the planet, and now, years later, Apple is back with a new model. The 2018 MacBook Air brings with it plenty of oft-

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Aug 28, 2018

MacBook Pro Buying Guide 2018: Which MacBook Pro Should You Buy?

Smidh

Last month, Apple unveiled its mid-2018 MacBook Pro lineup featuring faster 8th generation Intel Core processors, oodles of RAM and storage, and other improvements. While the initial launch of the lineup was riddled with

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Aug 23, 2018

How Should Apple Update the MacBook Air?

Evan Selleck

The MacBook Air is one of Apple's most successful products to date, serving as the entry-point and a stable workhorse for a lot of people all over the planet. But in 2018 it

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Aug 17, 2018

How to Convert Videos and Audio on Mac for Free in 6 Easy Steps

Ali Hassan Mahdi

With a bunch of video and audio formats available nowadays, there are certain formats that are not supported on Mac or other devices. In such cases, the best solution is to convert the file to

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Jul 20, 2018

Are You Happy With Apple Right Now?

Evan Selleck

If you have heard it once, you have probably heard it at least a dozen times by now: "Apple is doomed". This rhetoric has been going around for years, but Apple still manages impressive quarterly

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Jul 20, 2018

MacBook Pro (Mid 2018) Throttling: What’s Going On?

Smidh

When Apple first unveiled the 2018 MacBook Pro earlier this month, it ended up making a lot of prosumers happy. This is because, for the first time in years, Apple updated its MacBook Pro lineup

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Jul 19, 2018

Teardown of 2018 MacBook Pro Butterfly Keyboard Puts Membrane to the Test

Evan Selleck

Earlier this month, Apple launched a new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, and also introduced a third-generation butterfly keyboard. At the time, Apple said that the new keyboard wasn't

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Jul 16, 2018

2018 13-Inch MacBook Pro Gets the Full Teardown Treatment

Evan Selleck

Earlier this month, Apple launched a new version of its MacBook Pro. It offers plenty of the upgrades most MBP fans have been looking for, and it even includes the fastest SSD ever in a

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Jul 16, 2018

Third-generation Butterfly Keyboard Exclusive to 2018 MacBook Pro

Smidh

If you were hoping that Apple would replace the second-generation butterfly keyboard on your 2017 MacBook Pro with the third-generation one under its free service repair program, you are out of luck. The

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Jul 14, 2018

2018 MacBook Pro Features ‘Fastest SSD Ever’ in a Laptop

Smidh

Apple offers the 2018 MacBook Pro with up to 4TB of storage -- twice of what is offered on the 2017 variants. Apart from the bump in storage space though, Apple has also given the SSD

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Jul 12, 2018

MacBook Pro 2018 vs MacBook Pro 2017: What’s Changed?

Smidh

Apple today unveiled the 2018 refresh of its MacBook Pro lineup. While from the outside, the new MacBooks look just like the previous generation ones, they have received some major internal upgrades for better performance.

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Jul 6, 2018

Is Switching to a Windows Laptop Even a Consideration For You?

Evan Selleck

Long before Apple executives took the stage in June to kick off this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, there were rumors swirling around that the company was planning on talking about a lot of stuff,

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May 21, 2018

How is Your Butterfly Keyboard Holding up?

Evan Selleck

Finding a computer you want to use is a very personal search. You're looking for certain elements, whether it's specific specifications, features, pricing, or something else entirely, you navigate bullet points on spec

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Oct 18, 2017

Does Apple Need to Fix the MacBook Keyboard?

Evan Selleck

Back in 2015, Apple introduced the 12-inch MacBook. A super-thin ultraportable that also introduced a universe where Apple only includes two ports on a computer: One USB Type-C and one 3.5mm

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Oct 6, 2017

5 Apple Accessories That Are Priced as Absurdly as the iPhone X

Rohan Naravane

If there’s one thing everybody knows about Apple, it is that the company makes premium products. Barring a few offerings like the iPhone SE, the iPad 2017 or the MacBook Air, most other Apple

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Aug 28, 2017

Should Apple Expand or Roll Back Touch Bar Availability?

Evan Selleck

Apple unveiled the Touch Bar as a hot new feature for the MacBook lineup, integrating the feature into high-end models for better or worse. It's Apple we're talking about here, so the

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May 30, 2017

How to Disable iMessage Notifications on Mac

Ali Hassan Mahdi

If you own an iPhone and a Mac, you can sign into iMessage from your Mac so that messages can be sent and received right from your laptop. This eliminates the need of having your

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Apr 10, 2017

Apple Ties for 5th Place in New ‘Best & Worst Laptop Brands 2017’ Survey

Evan Selleck

Since 2010, Laptop Mag has run a survey that queries readers to see which laptop brands make the best (and worst) options. Apple has had a pretty good run at the top of that list

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Mar 22, 2017

15 Tips to Speed up a Slow Mac

Khamosh Pathak

Macs are usually reliable when it comes to a consistent level of performance. But there are exceptions to everything. If your Mac is old or filled with junk, there will be consequences. If you’ve

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Mar 15, 2017

Retina MacBook Anti-Reflective Coating ‘Staingate’ Problem Explained: Here’s What You Should Do

George Tinari

Owners of a retina MacBook Pro or 12-inch MacBook may be frustrated to see that over time, display issues could accumulate. A number of people have reported that the anti-reflective coating on these

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Mar 9, 2017

Your Mac’s Storage Almost Full? 3 Ways to Free up Disk Space on Your Mac

Khamosh Pathak

Every MacBook that Apple sells comes with an SSD. While SSDs are crazy fast, they don’t offer that much storage space. If you’ve been using a Mac for a while, chances are you’

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Dec 28, 2016

Year in Review: The Highs and Lows for Apple in 2016

Khamosh Pathak

Phew, 2016 is almost over. And it’s been a rough one. For everyone, including Apple. It wasn’t their best year - from financial letdowns to letting down loyalists. But there were some good moments

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Dec 3, 2016

How to Monitor and Improve Your MacBook’s Battery Health

George Tinari

While your MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air itself can last you several years before it’s time to get a new one, the battery might not make it the entire way through. I bought

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Nov 22, 2016

All the USB-C Dongles You’ll Need to Connect Your Accessories to the new MacBook Pro

Khamosh Pathak

With the new Late 2016 MacBook Pros with USB-C ports, we're officially in the Apple Transition Phase. The new MacBooks are thinner and lighter. And USB-C is a versatile port. The future

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Nov 21, 2016

Report Breaks Down Power Consumption Benefits of 16GB of RAM Limitation in New MacBook Pro

Evan Selleck

For some potential owners, one of the strikes against Apple was the limit of 16GB of RAM in the new MacBook Pro lineup, which some saw as a limiting factor. Apple's Phil Schiller has

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Nov 16, 2016

Here’s Why Apple Went with AMD’s Polaris GPU on 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Smidh

When Apple unveiled the new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar in October, it surprised everyone by offering even the base model of the laptop with a dedicated AMD GPU. While the company has

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Nov 14, 2016

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar Review Roundup: Confusing Touch Bar, Meant for the Future

Smidh

With the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar now shipping out to some customers who pre-ordered it, the first set of reviews of Apple's new laptops are out as well. The new

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Nov 5, 2016

3 Reasons Why the New MacBook Pro Isn’t a ‘Pro’

George Tinari

By now you may have heard that response to the new MacBook Pro isn’t as positive as Apple would have hoped. After all, Apple did take a huge leap forward by abandoning all ports

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Nov 1, 2016

Apple Has Become Hubris

Evan Selleck

Thursday, Apple did a lot of things people expected. They announced a universal TV guide that's accessible not only from the Apple TV, but also on iOS. And then they spent a considerable amount

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Oct 31, 2016

New MacBook Pro Speaker System is 58% Louder Thanks to New Design

Evan Selleck

During Apple's keynote unveiling the new MacBook Pro lineup, one of the new features it quickly brushed over was the speaker system built into the device. Apple did mention that the new design was