The new Mac Pro next to a Pro Display XDR. | Image: Apple Apple has completed the Mac’s move away from Intel. Now it needs to prove Mac Pro upgrades can keep up with pro users. In recent years, Apple’s Macs have been on not one but two journeys. The first is obvious; it’s the company’s transition away from using Intel chips toward its own Arm-based Apple Silicon. And with the new Mac Pro announced this week, this transition is complete. Intel’s chips have been expunged from Apple’s computers. But Apple has also been on a second journey: to build high-end machines for professional users that those pro users actually want. It’s been almost exactly a decade since Apple launched…

Macworld Apple includes the free Photos app on all Macs, iPhones and iPads, but this app is primarily intended for organising your photo collection, and only has a limited selection of editing tools. If you’re a keen photographer and want to have more creative control over your work–but don’t want to pay for the privilege–then take a look at the free photo editing apps for Mac below. We’ve taken a look at the best alternatives to Photos that provide a wider and more powerful set of photo-editing tools. In this article we round up the best free photo-editing programs for the Mac, including Adobe Express, Google Photos, Gimp and more. If you don’t mind paying for a decent photo editing…

Macworld Apple’s AirTag object tracker helps users find their keys, pet, or even vehicle in the supermarket car park by using the tracking device and the expanded Apple Find My network on their iPhone. Priced at $29/£29 each for one, or $99/£99 for four, AirTags have proved incredibly popular, but there are other similarly capable products available—some of which beat Apple’s AirTags in certain forms and functions? Look out especially for trackers that “Work with Apple Find My”, as these operate just like an AirTag, adhere to all Apple’s privacy protections, and use the power of the network of hundreds of millions of Apple devices that use Bluetooth wireless technology to detect missing devices and report their location back to…

In a blow to Foxconn, Apple is expected to hand key iPhone 16 production responsibilities to Luxshare, significantly boosting the supply chain partner's profit growth over the next two years, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In his latest Medium blog post, Kuo said Apple has already given Luxshare new product introduction (NPI) approval for next year's iPhone 16 Pro Max, which is a significant win for the supplier, given that Foxconn has consistently won the highest-end iPhone assembly NPI in previous years. The approval followed Apple's decision to transfer some iPhone 14 Pro Max orders from Foxconn to Luxshare to diversify supply and mitigate risk, following the protests and riots that broke out in Foxconn's largest iPhone factory in…

Facebook Messenger's Apple Watch app will be discontinued at the end of this month, according to Meta, ending the ability for users to reply to messages on the service from their wrist. Posts shared on social media carried a screenshot of a notification sent to a handful of users in recent days informing them that Messenger won't be available as an Apple Watch app after May 31, but that users would continue to get Messenger notifications on their watch. Not all users of the app received the notification, but when asked for clarification by Reviewgeek, a Meta spokesperson gave the following statement: "People can still receive Messenger notifications on their Apple Watch when paired, but starting at the end of…

Macworld As Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference approaches, so too does the rumored announcement of the company’s much-ballyhooed mixed reality headset. Expectations for the device are high–as is the reported price tag–and much of the tech community is waiting with bated breath to see if Apple can deliver a game-changing device where other competitors have foundered. If Apple does manage to pull a rabbit out of its hat, the company will surely attribute that success to its signature ability to combine hardware and software into one seamless package, delivering a product in the way that only Apple can. But there’s another element of Apple’s business that will play a big part in whether or not Apple’s headset is a hit, and…