MacBook Pro Touch Bar: cool effects, worryingly easy to hack
Every year, skilled coders at the annual Pwn2Own hacking conference get to work and remind us that no piece of software is impervious from targeted attacks. Last …
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You can now save as much as $330 on Apple’s 2016 MacBook Pro
If you’ve been on the fence about whether or not to purchase Apple’s 2016 MacBook Pro, now may be the time to finally pull the trigger. …
This tiny laptop charger is the accessory all MacBooks need
The MacBook charger is an iconic design that is, by all accounts, a good piece of work. It’s a little more elegant and refined than …
Razer Blade Stealth review: The MacBook Pro that Apple should have made
Up until last fall, the formula for Apple’s MacBook Pro was well known and well loved: a 13-inch, aluminum unibody laptop with oodles of power, …
You can finally get Touch Bar shortcuts for Microsoft Office
Microsoft announced last October that its Office suite will support Apple’s brand new MacBook Pro trick, the Touch Bar. Back then, we learned that all …
Apple leaks details about the upcoming MacBook updates
It’s more than reasonable to assume that Apple is already working on its next generation of macOS laptops. After all, that’s what Apple does every …
Brand new Best Buy MacBook deal saves you $300 when you buy AppleCare
Best Buy has a great deal for anyone shopping for new MacBooks from Apple, as long as you don’t want to purchase any of Apple’s …
Apple’s new MacBook Pro is on its best sale ever
One of the bigger disappointments from Apple last year was the lack of a follow-up to the MacBook Air. Apple told fans that the cheapest, …
Apple might right the sinking MacBook ship this year
Apple’s Mac business will have a terrific 2017, a new report says. Apple is expected to ship some 15 million laptops this year, or 10% …
New MacBooks could finally get the RAM they deserve
Power users had a long list of complaints about the new MacBook Pro. Somewhere, buried right underneath the four USB-C ports, was the RAM that …
Latest macOS beta has a new feature to help users conserve battery life
With battery life performance on Apple’s new MacBooks now an issue on everybody’s radar, Apple’s latest macOS Beta introduces a new feature designed to help …
Consumer Reports gives Apple’s MacBook Pro a ‘Buy’ recommendation following software fix
The somewhat bizarre saga between Apple and Consumer Reports regarding battery life on Apple’s new MacBook Pro models has seemingly come to an end. Following …
Consumer Reports’ MacBook Pro battery life test was flawed, and Apple figured out why
Apple’s newly released MacBook Pro made headlines last month for all the wrong reasons. For the first time in history, Consumer Reports did not give Apple’s latest …
This is how you’ll play console-quality games on your cheap old laptop
Good luck playing some of the hottest PC games out there if your main computer happens to be an aging laptop. In fact, if you’re …
Dongle-killing MacBook Pro hub raises$1 million on Kickstarter to add what Apple courageously removed
When Apple revealed its newest line of MacBook Pros, featuring an utter lack of the beloved ports so many users have grown dependent on, it …
Apple to work with Consumer Reports to figure out MacBook Pro battery issues
On one of the busiest shopping days of the year, Consumer Reports dropped a bombshell of a report where, for the first time in history, …
Battery life on Apple’s new MacBook Pro is riddled with problems, Consumer Reports finds
In a somewhat surprising development, Apple’s new MacBook Pro did not receive a ‘buy’ recommendation from Consumer Reports due to inconsistent battery performance during testing. This …
The worst tech mistakes of 2016
It’s mid-December, which means it’s traditional for tech blogs to celebrate all that’s been great and good in the last year. But since 2016 has …
Apple had some daring MacBook features in the works that never saw the light of day
Apple CEO Tim Cook told employees during an internal Q&A session that the company has “great desktops in our roadmap,” adding that “nobody should worry …
Apple has extended big discounts on MacBook dongles and chargers
In the wake of the MacBook Pro launch, Apple came under fire for the number and cost of dongles ($250!!) required to make the new …
This tiny laptop charger replaces your giant power brick
I’ve always hated buying replacement laptop chargers. They always seem overpriced, and no company really bothers putting design effort into them, even though you probably …
How to see the ‘time remaining’ battery estimate Apple just removed
Apple’s idea of fixing the reported battery issues with the brand new MacBook Pro is to eliminate a macOS feature that many MacBook users have …
Microsoft says Surface sales are up as people abandon the MacBook Pro
Both Microsoft and Apple launched brand new laptops this fall, a revamped Surface Book and the 2016 MacBook Pro. The latter received plenty of criticism …
Apple blames MacBook Pro graphics issues on bad software
For Apple, the great thing about making the hardware and software that go into its computers is complete control over every aspect of the customer …
One MacBook Pro 2016 accessory that will save you from dongle hell
Apple’s MacBook Pro 2016 has a serious dongle issue, and the problem will not go away anytime soon. Sure, in the future, accessory makers will …
Does the brand new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar have a battery problem?
The new MacBook Pro is objectively Apple’s best laptop ever, but it’s also getting plenty of criticism for its lack of notable improvements. Additionally, the …
The Surface Pro 5 might be the Windows 10 MacBook Pro alternative you were looking for
Microsoft did not release a new Surface Pro 5 laptop this year, likely waiting for certain components to become available. For the same reason, the …
One Apple accessory could have saved the MacBook Pro
The new MacBook Pro was a “courageous” decision for Apple in a bunch of different ways: only USB-C ports, that Touch Bar, killing off MagSafe. …
This $150 crowdfunder solves all the MacBook Pro’s worst problems
When Apple launched the new MacBook Pro, it was rightly hounded for choosing to only give the power laptop USB-C ports. It’s a trade-off: each …
The processor the MacBook Pro deserves will arrive in January
There’s a long list of head-scratching decisions surrounding the otherwise-excellent new MacBook Pro. One of the strangest is the processor decision. After waiting five years …
