Macworld Prices remain high despite the fact that inflation has eased. Looking for a new computer but need to stick to a budget? Then consider this refurbished Apple MacBook Air, offered with additional savings off our already discounted price. (Don’t worry, it’s significantly less expensive than the Vision Pro.) The MacBook Air is an ideal computer for students, freelancers, professionals, or anyone else who requires something that travels easily. It’s got a powerful Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD. Plus its battery will last up to 12 hours on a single charge, which means it’ll last the whole workday. And since it’s refurbished, you can own a MacBook Air for way less than normal. It’s been…

If a dragon had jet engines you’d have Jet Dragon, a flying, racing game that requires plenty of strategy to make a winning team. The app debuted Friday on Apple’s gaming service, and is playable on iPhone, Mac and more. Why can’t a dragon have a jet engine? Racing games are a popular genre, as […] (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)

Apple’s new Mac Pro, now featuring M2 Ultra, combines the unprecedented performance of Apple’s most powerful chip with the versatility of PCIe expansion. Mac Pro is up to 3x faster than the previous-generation Intel-based model. Featuring up to 192GB of unified memory, the Mac Pro has far more memory than the most advanced workstation graphics cards, taking on demanding workloads other systems can’t even process. Apple’s M2 Ultra Mac Pro features seven PCIe slots The new Mac Pro completes the Mac transition to Apple silicon and, together with the rest of Apple’s pro systems, gives users the most powerful and capable lineup of pro products Apple has ever offered. The Mac Pro introduced in 2023 has seven PCIe slots: • Two…

This is the future Richard Lawler and few others will desire. | Image: Apple Slowly, everyone is agreeing that the Vision Pro is a TV, but I’m struggling to believe that it will actually replace the TV sets in your home. Apple’s Vision Pro is a TV. It’s not even out yet, but that feels well established at this point. While it can play games and do VR experiences and mimic AR through terrific feats of engineering, the use case with the most traction so far is you can strap it on your face and effectively have a 100-plus-inch 4K HDR TV set without the need to find wall space in your house. But while it’s clear Apple has crafted…

Apple this month unveiled Apple Vision Pro, a revolutionary spatial computer that seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world, while allowing users to stay present and connected to others. Vision Pro creates an infinite canvas for apps that scales beyond the boundaries of a traditional display and introduces a fully three-dimensional user interface controlled by the most natural and intuitive inputs possible — a user’s eyes, hands, and voice. Apple Vision Pro features an ultra-high-resolution display system that packs 23 million pixels across two displays — more than a 4K TV for each eye — and the brand-new R1 chip, for a virtually lag-free, real-time view of the world. Featuring visionOS, the world’s first spatial operating system, Vision Pro…

Craig Federighi, VP of software engineering at Apple, that Apple is “working with the EU” to comply with EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) which takes effect on March 6, 2024 and requires Apple to provide a means for sideloading apps; in other words: allowing access to third-party app stores for iPhones, iPads, etc. Apple’s App Store on iPhone Filipe Espósito for 9to5Mac: Bloomberg reported last year that Apple was gearing up for a major change in how the iOS ecosystem works. More specific, the company would allow sideloading for the first time on iOS. The system would still establish some security requirements for software distributed outside of the App Store, similar to what already exists on the Mac. Bloomberg later…