Mac

MacStadium now offers the M1 Mac mini

MacStadium, a company which has done a good job over the past eight years in Mac hosting, using actual Mac mini and Mac Pro hardware in various data centres over the world is now starting to rollout the option of the new Mac mini M1 to customers. MacStadium is offering the Mac mini in 8GB or 16GB configurations and can be purchased online, from $99 per month (£72.73) / €99. […]

The first iMac 5K from 2014 is now classed as vintage

This week, Apple has updated its list of products which is classes as vintage after a certain amount of years and Apple has added a couple of iMac models to that list, including the very first iMac 5K from 2014. These models have been added to the vintage list. iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013) iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014) iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) iMac (Retina 5K, […]

Some new M1 Macs are seeing Bluetooth issues

The new M1 based Macs have been out with customers for about a week now and some users are reporting issues with Bluetooth. Issues with some accessories not working all together or some devices being intermittent. Originally reported by MacRumors who have said that users affected have been sharing the issues on Reddit and the MacRumors forums and that the models affected are the M1 models so the MacBook Air, […]

Google has a new version of Chrome designed for Apple Silicon Macs

This week, to coincide with the release of the brand new line of M1 Macs from Apple, the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini – Google is releasing a new version of Chrome to run natively on Apple Silicon Macs, with Chrome version 87. Instead of releasing a universal app, Google has chosen to offer two different versions, both offered at the download page. When you visit the webpage […]

macOS Big Sur seems to be bricking some older MacBook Pro models

Apple released macOS Big Sur last week and while it had some issues getting to everyone and also causing some repercussions for other Apple services, Big Sur now seems to be bricking some older models of MacBook Pro, specially ones from late 2013 and mid 2014 for the 13-inch version. Some customers have had mixed results, with Apple saying there is a known issue and Engadget reached out to Apple which said […]

Microsoft now has a beta version of Office for Mac with support for Apple Silicon

Earlier this week, Apple announced the new M1 chip for Mac, and it is already in the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13-inch and Mac mini. Apps do need to be updated to support the new models, otherwise they’ll be emulated using Rosetta 2 and earlier this week Microsoft has released the first beta of Office for Mac with support for the new chips. Learn more here about the Office […]

macOS Big Sur is now out

Apple has released the biggest ever update to macOS today with macOS Big Sur which is version 11.0 but Apple has actually jumped ahead today, releasing macOS 11.0.1 to compatible machines today. You can read more about macOS Big Sur here fro June 2020. This update changes a lot about the user interface, which borrows a lot from iOS and iPadOS with completly refreshed UI, icons and it also has […]

Apple announces new 13-inch MacBook Pro, powered by Apple Silicon

Yesterday at the Apple event, Apple announced the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the new M1 chip, its first in house SoC for the Mac and like in the new Mac mini and MacBook Air it enables more performance, less energy usage and in the laptops – much better battery life. The new MacBook Pro is the same price as before, at £1,299 in the UK and $1299 in the […]

Apple announces new Mac mini, powered by Apple Silicon

Yesterday, Apple announced the new M1 chip for the Mac, its start for replacing Intel in its lineup and as well as making its way into the MacBook Air, it is now also in the 2020 Mac mini. We haven’t seen any update for the Mac mini since it was refreshed back in 2018 and the move to Apple Silicon is most likely why. The Mac mini is very popular […]

macOS Big Sur will be available this Thursday

Today at the “One more thing” event, Apple announced M1, its new Mac specific chip which is replacing Intel in Macs, new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and new Mac mini – but they also spoke about macOS Big Sur, the upcoming update to the Mac operating system. Apple announced it’ll be launching this week on the 12th November. macOS Big Sur brings a lot of design changes to the Mac, […]