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Last Week on My Mac: Are your apps built to get the best from Apple silicon?

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There’s more to getting best performance and energy efficiency on Apple silicon. These vary greatly depending on how apps are coded, as shown here.

December 17, 2023 Macs, Technology

Why apps need to Accelerate

If Apple offered to do much of the hard work of coding your app for you for free, and to optimise it for different Mac hardware, how could you refuse?

December 16, 2023 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Sonoma 14.2?

macOS Sonoma 14.2 is a substantial update, with extensive fixes to bugs and enhancements to apps and services. […]

December 11, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Sonoma 14.2, and security updates for Ventura and Monterey

Apple has just released updates to bring macOS Sonoma to version 14.2, together with security updates bringing Ventura […]

December 11, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: A new vision for macOS utilities

When was the last time a WWDC session focussed on a utility, or one was singled out in features for the next macOS? It’s time to reimagine the utilities in macOS.

December 10, 2023 Macs, Technology

How AppleCare has changed with AppleCare+

AppleCare+ combines extended warranty on defects with insurance cover for accidental damage. This explains the benefits now offered for Macs.

December 8, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Catalina or later, bringing it to […]

December 7, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has just released an update to XProtect

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS from El Capitan or so, […]

December 7, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

macOS Sonoma is setting records for update size

Big Sur ended up with a total of 50 GB of updates on Apple silicon Macs. While Ventura did much better, its smallest update was still just under 2 GB. Now Sonoma is doing much better.

December 4, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Beware of the two Sonomas

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macOS Sonoma is currently forked into two: one series of builds for M3 Macs, and another for all the rest. How does that affect the user?

December 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

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