Mac mini with M5 and M5 Pro Apple Silicon are being tested The iconic Mac mini may be getting a hardware upgrade in the coming months, with a M5 and M5 Pro version being tested. Marko Zivkovic 10 months ago 30
macOS 26 says goodbye to the classic hard drive icon macOS Tahoe quietly retires the old Mac drive icon in favor of a sleeker, SSD-inspired design. Amber Neely 10 months ago 32
Apple mistakingly sent out the macOS Tahoe public beta, now pulled Some beta testers that immediately downloaded what they expected to be the macOS Sequoia 15.6 RC got the macOS Tahoe 26 public beta by mistake, but Apple has since fixed the issue. Wesley Hilliard 11 months ago 0
Apple wants to update boxed Macs in store like it does for iPhone Apple is laying the groundwork to let stores update macOS on sealed Macs wirelessly before sale, mirroring a system it already uses for iPhones. Andrew Orr 11 months ago 3
New in macOS Tahoe beta 2: Menu bar background toggle, revamped Finder icon Apple's macOS Tahoe has just received its second developer beta, and the software update introduces two noteworthy visual enhancements. Marko Zivkovic 1 year ago 3
macOS Tahoe beta 2 swaps Finder icon colors back after historic design fumble When Apple initially announced macOS Tahoe 26, it showed a redesigned Finder icon that moved the blue color to the right side, which went against nearly 30 years of history. Monday's beta fixes that. Wesley Hilliard 1 year ago 8
FireWire may finally be dead in macOS 26 & Apple isn't looking back FireWire's final curtain call may be upon us. In the first developer beta of macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple has removed all FireWire support. Andrew Orr and Mike Wuerthele 1 year ago 26
Five ways macOS Tahoe makes you radically more productive Apple has added a lot of gloss to macOS Tahoe, but there are also five specific features that make a massive difference — once you know they're there, and once you know their limitations. William Gallagher 1 year ago 20
Why iPhone mirroring and Mac Live Activities aren't coming to the EU European users will not get macOS Tahoe's Live Activities, and they still won't get 2024's iPhone mirroring, because of Apple's uncertainty over the EU's Digital Markets Act. William Gallagher 1 year ago 7
How Safari in iOS 26 & macOS 26 puts content first with Liquid Glass UI changes Safari's update for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe brings many UI tweaks as well as changes to Web Apps and HDR photos, alongside many other smaller changes. Here's what they all look like, and how they work. Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 4
OpenCore and Hackintosh are sadly dead after Apple ends Intel Mac support Apple's decision to make macOS Tahoe the last version to support Intel Macs is going to cause enormous problems for OpenCore and Hackintosh users. The communities are taking the news quite well. Mike Wuerthele and Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 12
Preview for iPadOS 26 vs macOS Tahoe: Finally a good native PDF tool on iPad As part of making the iPad as powerful as the Mac, Apple has migrated Preview to iPadOS. Here's how it stands in iPadOS 26 versus macOS Tahoe. Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 8
How to use Quick Keys in macOS Tahoe Spotlight Apple has shown off just how fast users can send features and add Reminders with macOS Tahoe's Quick Keys — but using them and setting them up takes a few steps. William Gallagher 1 year ago 0
Liquid Glass is more than skin deep on macOS Tahoe It's true that the Liquid Glass redesign is less than revolutionary, but at least with macOS 26, with it, Apple is making users be more productive. William Gallagher 1 year ago 28
macOS 26 Phone app will eventually combine iPhone calls & desktop seamlessly Apple's Phone app for macOS 26 means you don't need to pick up your iPhone to take a phone call while you're hard at work on your Mac. Here's how it works, and what it looks like in action. Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 9
New Apple Design Resources helps Liquid Glass app development for iOS 26, macOS Tahoe Apple has released new design resources following the introduction of its new operating systems, helping app developers work on the appearance of apps for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26. Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 1
Metal 4 & Game Porting Toolkit 3 boost frame rate & ray tracing performance WWDC 2025 revealed some upgraded tools for game developers that'll make games render at higher resolutions, faster frame rates, and improved ray tracing with fewer resources. Wesley Hilliard 1 year ago 1
All the Mac games Apple teased at WWDC 25 Apple's new Games app headlines another WWDC push for Mac gaming, complete with shiny graphics upgrades and a fresh batch of titles — some of which might even launch when promised. Amber Neely 1 year ago 5