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Developer logs reveal details about the M2 in several new Macs

Enlarge / The 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro are among the new Macs that will get the M2 treatment. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple is in the late stages of readying several new Mac models built on the forthcoming M2 chip, according to a report from Bloomberg citing both developer logs and people familiar with the […]

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App lets you crank the new MacBook Pro’s brightness to over 1,000 nits

Vivid on a MacBook Pro and Pro Display XDR. Developers Jordi Bruin and Ben Harraway have released an application called Vivid that allows Apple’s new MacBook Pro models and Pro Display XDR to achieve double the brightness systemwide—something that previously wasn’t possible. For background: Apple says the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro’s MiniLED display […]

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Nvidia’s GeForce Now brings 1600p game streaming to M1 MacBooks

Enlarge / 2020 MacBook Air. (credit: Apple ) Nvidia’s GeForce Now , like Google Stadia , lets you stream PC games to your computer, even if it’s not powerful enough to run the titles natively. Nvidia’s data centers stream content from the cloud, which means you can do high-level gaming on machines like thin-and-light Windows […]

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Leaked Apple silicon roadmap reveals plans for Mac Pro, MacBook Air

Enlarge / The M1 SoC die compared to M1 Pro and M1 Max. (credit: Apple) Apple has already finalized the second generation of Mac processors, and the third generation is expected to be made with a new 3-nanometer process, according to a report in The Information citing people with direct knowledge of the plans. The […]

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2021 MacBook Pro review: Yep, it’s what you’ve been waiting for

Enlarge / The 2021 14-inch MacBook Pro stacked on top of the 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple has long offered an application called Time Machine that lets you revert the software on your computer to the state it was in before something went seriously wrong. In many ways, the new MacBook Pro […]

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The new MacBook Pro seems to have an HDMI 2.0 port, not 2.1

Enlarge / Farthest right: The HDMI port on the MacBook Pro. (credit: Lee Hutchinson) The newly announced 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models have HDMI ports, but they have a limitation that could be frustrating for many users over the long term, according to Apple’s specs page for both machines and as noted by Paul […]

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Starts at $1, 999, ends at $6, 099: Here’s what the new MacBook Pros will cost you

Enlarge / Apple’s new MacBook Pros (and the 13-inch M1 model that’s still hanging around). (credit: Apple ) The new Apple Silicon-based MacBook Pros are here , and Apple’s presentation on the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips made both chips look like a dramatic improvement over the Intel processors and Intel and AMD GPUs […]

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Apple intros 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros with display notches, M1 Pro and M1 Max

Enlarge / The new MacBook Pro. (credit: Apple) Nearly a year after announcing the first, low-end M1 Macs last November, Apple has finally unveiled its higher-end Macs. New 14-inch and 16-inch Macbook-pro models will include the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, faster successors that build upon the foundation of the original M1, as well […]

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What to expect from Apple’s Mac-focused October 18 event

Enlarge / Apple could be getting ready to show us the next stage of the MacBook Pro’s development. Another month, another Apple event. Fresh off a September event that delivered new updates for the entire iPhone lineup, some new iPads, and the gently tweaked Apple Watch, Apple is preparing for another event on Monday, October […]

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The MacBook Pro will soon get a resolution bump, macOS beta suggests

Enlarge / The 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro. (credit: Samuel Axon) The seventh beta of macOS Monterey contains what appear to be references to new screen resolutions suitable for the MacBook Pro line, as discovered by MacRumors . In a list of supported graphics resolutions within macOS, there are two new resolutions: 3, 456 by 2, […]