Recently we informed about faulty batteries in 2015 MacBooks Pro and another issue appeared, now with 2018 MacBooks Air according to an internal document obtained by server Macrumors. All affected users will get an e-mail to let them know that their notebooks are eligible for a main logic board replacement. Of course, for free. What’s with Apple? Where… Read More »
In 2005, Apple’s former CEO Steve Jobs announced transition to processors from Intel. Apple was unsatisfied with progress of PowerPC technology. When in 2003 Steve Jobs announced Macs with PowerPC G5 CPU, he claimed that in the next year will be available CPUs with 3 GHz clock speed. After two years, IBM still not delivered such processors. The… Read More »
In more and more today’s products, there is no way to replace battery by user. It’s not like in the old times, when you could replace your battery, if there were no “juice”, with backup battery. In most cases, the only option to recharge your battery now, when you are in the wild, is to use a power… Read More »
iPadOS public beta was supposed to be released sometimes in July, as Apple said in WWDC 2019 keynote, but it’s here since last Monday. I was using it few days and now I will share my feelings. Generally, beta is pretty stable and new iOS 13 features are amazing. From native support of external USB-C disks to redesigned… Read More »
Apple Pay was launched in the USA since October 2014. It allows you to pay with your debit/credit card via iPhone, or if you go crazy, you can even pay with the 12.9-inch iPad Pro. It’s possible thanks to NFC chip included in newer iPhones, newer iPads and all Apple Watches, I will list compatible devices below. It’s… Read More »
Apple just released public betas of most of its operating system. As you may know, Apple split iPhones and iPads, so operating system for iPads is now called iPadOS. As for Apple Watch, Apple did not release public beta. Please note, that you should not install beta software on productivity hardware. Current public betas are pretty stable, but… Read More »
Today’s biggest laptop from Apple has a 15.4-inch display. In the past, in the 2011, Apple discountinued its 17-inch sized MacBooks Pro. It’s not clear why Apple did it, but many IT professionals would value a big laptop. When I in 2013 upgraded my aging 13.3-inch MacBook White to 15.4-inch MacBook Pro, it was something awesome, screen was… Read More »
Ransomware is a malicious software, which encrypts your whole disk and then asks for big amount of money to get your data back. Sometimes, ransomware may encrypt also the whole network, like another computers or devices like NAS. Something like this happened to Baltimore city, as we informed HERE. And now, another US city – The Riviera Beach… Read More »
In our iPhones and iPads, there are many built-in apps. Not so many as in Android, especially if manufacturer or mobile carrier pre-installed many of their apps. Some apps in Android devices couldn’t be removed by classic way, you had to root your device. In the past, in Apple’s iPhones and iPads, there were some pre-installed apps, which… Read More »
Tablets are here for ages, but they had very limited functionality and were very expensive. Some tablets (and old smartphones) even did not support touch and had to be controlled via stylus. And then, first iPad arrived. As Apple re-invented modern smartphone, it also re-invented modern tablet. Big touch screen with multitouch and simple interface were killing features.… Read More »
Adobe products are here for years and became the industry standard. Since Adobe changed its pricing policy and turned into subscription model, many users are finding alternatives. The best competitor is Serif. It released Affinity Photo as Adobe Photoshop killer and Affinity Designer to replace Adobe Illustrator. Serif released its product for Mac and Windows, and, of course,… Read More »
In my initial Mac days, I was using Firefox as my default web browser, but later I was using Apple’s Safari and I use it still as my primary web browser. As secondary browser, I was later using a Google Chrome – mostly because of built-in Flash running in sandbox. But now I don’t need Flash and also… Read More »
