The Apple air becomes thinner for the remaining Intel MACs: the manufacturer is now classified the new Mac Mini in 2018 as a “vintage product”, as from one Support document for the services after the warranty period has expired. So far, the change has only been recorded in the English version of the document, the … Read more
This article is primarily intended to stimulate experiments and show the feasibility. Because even with powerful hardware, you have to accept some restrictions and performance hurdles. That was the reading sample of our Heise Plus article “MacOS in the Docker container: This is how it works with the virtual Mac”. With a Heise Plus subscription … Read more
By default, MacOS does not come with a single app that can play all used film and audio formats. Quicktime is not able to reproduce MKV files-and the finder or the TV application from Apple. If you want to enjoy more multimedia formats, you need additional tools. Next to the VLC player should Iina the … Read more
Because of an injury, I wanted to deposit another finger for Touch ID. However, MacOS refuses this, although only one of the three possible fingerprints is occupied. Other users of the same Mac were able to scan several fingers. What is going wrong? There is no software problem here, but a hardware restriction. The MAC … Read more
Apple is about to release new Macs and iPads with M5 processor. Of it goes Mark Gurman from the financial news agency Bloomberg out of. In his newsletter from the weekend, he wrote that the iPad Pro is with the new chip “in advanced tests before a start of sales this year”. The internal code … Read more
Cutter and video filmers should take a look at the update function of the App Store: A large update for Final Cut Pro has been available for download since Thursday evening. Both the MacOS version (now 11.1) as well as Final Cut Pro for the iPad (now 2.2). Among other things, Apple has implemented new … Read more
The menu bar from my MacBook is quite full, especially on the right side of the notch. I don't need some entries such as the fast user change, others like the keyboard brightness are missing. You can easily configure the menu bar by pulling out unwanted icons down with pressed CMD button. If you are … Read more
Bezel reacted quickly to changes in the device orientation and turned the window accordingly. The live image brought Bezel liquid even when it comes to video playback or with an activated camera and with only minimal delay on the desk. Bezel is really useful after the full version has been activated – in the App … Read more
The Austrian developer Ergonis has brought his useful keyboard tool Keycue for MacOS up to date. With the tool it is possible to display at the push of a button or via the menu bar which keyboard shortcuts are available for an currently open app – plus (if available) macros and system -wide shortcuts. The … Read more
Both advertise that their SSD cards use the same NAND memory chips as Apple's original SSD, but cost much less. M4 SSD sells its 1 TB module for $ 180, 2 TB is available for $ 320. There are also five US dollars shipping. Expand Mac Mini only offers a 2-TB module for $ 320 … Read more