Jack Wallen/ZDNET Every so often, I’ll go to unlock my iMac, only to find either the mouse or the keyboard unresponsive. Sometimes, I’ll click or type until the machine finally wakes up. Sometimes, however, clicking and typing has no effect. What gives? Also: How to group apps together in MacOS Launchpad (and why you should) … Read more
MacOS Stage Manager is a great UI for multitasking. Jack Wallen/ZDNET Stage Manager is a great way of interacting with open apps on MacOS. Essentially, it creates thumbnails of your open apps on the left edge of your display. From those thumbnails, you can easily return to whatever app you want to use. Also: MacBook … Read more
You have to go back to the 1970s for the first generation of video game consoles, and many of them have been released since—consoles that have long since become outdated and obsolete. However, if you’re eager to relive the games and platforms of yesteryear (or try them out for the first time), there’s a way: … Read more
It’s safe to say that Apple had a very busy fall. The company introduced a slew of new features and products, covering both Apple hardware and software upgrades which brought brand-new Apple Watches, iPhones and Apple Pencils. The tech giant also unveiled its brand-new M3 chip, the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros and a refreshed version of the … Read more
Like anything mechanical—your car, for example, or your washing machine—your laptop or desktop computer will benefit from being regularly maintained, it’ll last longer and perform better, and the regular jobs you need to do to keep it in the best possible condition won’t take you too long or need too much expertise. The Hunger Games … Read more
Unlike its predecessors, which are built on 5-nanometer process technology, all three new chips are now built on a 3-nanometer process—this packs more transistors into a smaller space and enhances both the speed and power efficiency of the chip. Photograph: Apple The M3 chips have a few features new to Apple silicon. The first, a … Read more
Cliff Joseph/ZDNET I realized recently that I had a lot of files that could be deleted from my MacBook Pro. The files in question were all the .dmg installers that are no longer necessary (as the apps have already been installed). I could have gone through the Downloads folder and selected each of those files … Read more
Jason Hiner/ZDNET Just last month, Apple users were updating their devices in droves to iOS 17, and now Apple released the first update to the iPhone’s operating system. Alongside iOS 17.1, Apple released WatchOS 10.1, MacOS 14.1, and tvOS 17.1 with various bug fixes and feature enhancements, including the double-tap feature for the Apple Watch … Read more
Jack Wallen/ZDNET I often work with anywhere from 10 to 30 tabs open in my browser. I also use multiple browsers, so I can often have multiple tabs open in multiple browsers. I also use tab management features that allow me to create tab groups and sometimes I’ll forget about a tab group which means … Read more
Mac gamers are in for a disappointing time as Valve announced on Monday that its uber-popular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will no longer support macOS. This lack of support also extends to the company’s recently released sequel to CS:GO, Counter-Strike 2, with Valve stating that there are no plans to bring that game to macOS either. … Read more