Screenshot from Apple Event featuring Universal Control across iPad, MacBook and iMac. Screenshot/Apple After a stint in beta, the Universal Control and Spatial Audio features are now available to all Mac users via the new MacOS 12.3 update. The Universal Control feature is still marked under beta, however, meaning users […]
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Sarah Tew/CNET Apple is big on privacy and protection, and this has always included keeping malware and viruses away from MacOS desktops and laptops. Installing apps from Apple’s own Mac App Store is one way to minimize your risk, but not everything you might want is available there. It’s also […]
Unsure of which operating system you want to run on your laptop? Jack Wallen offers some key benefits of the available choices. Image: GettyImages/Maryna Andriichenko Laptops are an indispensable piece of hardware that are far more flexible than desktops, simply because of their portability. With a laptop, you’re not constrained […]
Apple’s 2020 13-inch MacBook Air will work with MacOS Monterey. Stephen Shankland/CNET MacOS Monterey, Apple’s latest Mac operating system, arrived on Monday, Oct. 25. The software, also known as MacOS 12, is included on the new laptops announced at Apple’s event in October — both the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro — and is compatible with […]
TL;DR Samsung will stop supporting its Samsung Dex system on Windows 7 and macOS machines. Support will cease in January 2022. Windows 7 users will need to upgrade to Windows 10 or 11. macOS users will need to swap systems. There are several proprietary desktop systems for Android phones. They […]
Dan Ackerman/CNET Installing a new operating system is an emotionally complicated process. On the other side of the update, the new OS promises new toys to play with and enhancements to older features. But there’s always the fear that something goes wrong. Maybe something’s a little buggy in the new […]
Though this isn’t massive news for the majority of Office users, a good chunk of folks who’ve been enjoying Office 2021 on macOS may be in for an unwelcome surprise come December 2021. Starting in the final month of the year, Office 2021 customers on macOS 10.14 Mojave will be […]
Dan Ackerman/CNET Installing a new operating system is an emotionally complicated process. On the other side of the update, the new OS promises new toys to play with and enhancements to older features. But there’s always the fear that something goes wrong. Maybe something’s a little buggy in the new […]
Apple’s 2020 13-inch MacBook Air will work with MacOS Monterey. Stephen Shankland/CNET MacOS Monterey, Apple’s newest Mac operating system, arrived Monday. The software, also known as MacOS 12, will run on the new laptops announced at Apple’s event last week — both the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro. The OS was first unveiled at Apple’s Worldwide […]
We live in an age of miracles, when machines that fit in our pockets are capable of doing tasks that would have had us charged with witchcraft in earlier times. But those pocket-sized miracles only go so far, and sometimes even stepping up from a smartphone to an iPad or […]