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Steve Jobs famously dismissed the idea of a touchscreen Mac back in 2010 when he said that it “gives great demo” but turns out to be “ergonomically terrible” in real-life use. It was inevitable that eyebrows would be raised when the company did a U-turn on this by launching the first touchscreen Mac . But while I have no interest myself, I do think the company’s counterargument some 16 years later makes sense … more…
There weren’t too many surprises with yesterday’s launch of the first touchscreen Mac, the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display . But one of those was the option to spec the SSD to a massive 16TB. With the M6 MacBook Pro the new entry-level model, that means that you can now spend anywhere between $1,999 and $14,549 on a new MacBook Pro … more…
Fourteen years ago today, Apple announced that iOS chief Scott Forstall would leave the company the following year, serving as an advisor to Tim Cook in the interim. Reports at the time said Forstall refused to sign Apple's public apology for the poor coverage of Apple Maps, dismissing the problems as exaggerated, leaving Cook's name on the letter instead. Forstall kept a low profile until 2015, when he resurfaced as a Broadway producer , winning a Tony for Fun Home . Elsewhere this month, Apple's Polishing Cloth turned five . Tag: Scott Forstall This article, " Apple Announced Scott Forstall's Departure 14 Years Ago Today " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Surprise! The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with OLED displays have a glowing Apple logo , a beloved feature that was phased out a decade ago. In a hands-on video shared on his YouTube channel UrAvgConsumer, Judner Aura showed off the glowing Apple logo and revealed that its brightness is tied to the MacBook Pro's display brightness. If you turn up the display brightness, the logo gets brighter, and vice versa. The glowing logo worked the same way on older MacBooks. Skip ahead to the one-minute mark of the video to see the glowing Apple logo. Apple never publicly commented on why it removed the glowing logo, but many customers have long wanted it back, and the company has evidently listened. The new MacBook Pro models are available to pre-order now and launch Friday, November 6. Related Roundup: MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide: MacBook Pro (Buy Now) Related Forum: MacBook Pro This article, " Here's a Real-World Look at the New MacBook Pro's Glowing Apple Logo " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums