Hands On: Designing websites with Sparkle, the spiritual successor to iWeb
Sparkle wants to make it easy for anyone to build a website yet also be comprehensive enough for professionals. AppleInsider builds a site.
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William Gallagher
BetterTouchTool is the app the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar needs
BetterTouchTool is a venerable app that has always brought countless tools to any Mac with a trackpad. Add it to a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, though, and you could become a fan of that little OLED strip. AppleInsider checks it out.
Comparing the 2018 13-inch MacBook Pro Touch Bar versus the MacBook Pro with function keys
Choosing a new MacBook Pro has gotten a little more complicated since Apple introduced the Touch Bar, as not everyone necessarily needs to have the secondary touch-enabled display. AppleInsider highlights the differences between the two models, so you can decide which one is right for your needs.
AppleInsider Staff
The Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro is well implemented, but serves no useful purpose
With the 2016 MacBook Pro came polarization of the user base. It wasn't just over USB-C, but also Apple's new Touch Bar as well.
Mike Wuerthele
For space grey MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Mojave Dark Mode is the new Aqua
While Apple's new MacOS Mojave is designed to support a long tail of older Macs (dating back as far as 2010) it's particularly a treat when used on new machines. In particular, its new Dark Mode is ideal on a space grey MacBook Pro with Touch Bar.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Photoshop rival Pixelmator Pro gets new export & color tools, Touch Bar support on MacBook Pro
Pixelmator on Thursday released a major update of Pixelmator Pro for the Mac, adding features such as Touch Bar commands on the MacBook Pro, and a slew of automatic color adjustments.
Roger Fingas
LaCie announces 2big Thunderbolt 3 RAID dock, compatible with Apple's MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
Available this summer in capacities of 12, 16 or 20 terabytes, LaCie's forthcoming 2big professional 2-bay RAID storage solution features high-speed Thunderbolt 3 connectivity set to take advantage of Apple's latest MacBook Pros.
Neil Hughes
Nvidia 1080ti with new drivers in external enclosure quadruples MacBook Pro native performance
Enthusiasts have wasted no time in testing the new Nvidia Pascal video card drivers, and have found external GPU performance nearly four times that of the Radeon Pro 450 in the 15-inch MacBook Pro.
Some MacBook Pro with Touch Bar owners report pinging, popping case noise during heavy use
A small proportion of users with the 2016 MacBook Pro are reporting hearing a pinging, or popping noise, described as similar to that of crushing a plastic bottle, seemingly related to thermal conditions in the laptop.
Malcolm Owen
Josh Levenson
