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Macs and macOS: new hardware and what reviewers measured, macOS changes worth knowing about, and the Mac apps and accessories that use them. Includes the Intel Macs Apple has stopped supporting and the projects keeping them running.

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Abstract cover art for iPhone Mirroring on a Mac running macOS 27

Mac

12 Oct 20264 min read

iPhone Mirroring in macOS 27: a resizable window, Control Center and streaming video, but not for every iPhone

macOS 27 lets the iPhone Mirroring window be resized and opens Control Center with Command-4. Resizing needs iOS 27 and skips iPhone 11, 12 and 13.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

12 Oct 20263 min read

A Spanish computer museum built a Cray-1 replica from 30 old Intel Mac minis, and it reaches about 1.3 teraflops

Spain's Museo de Historia de la Computacion put 30 Intel Mac minis from 2012 inside a full-size Cray-1 replica. It runs macOS Mojave and stays silent.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

11 Oct 20263 min read

Remote AppleCare log collection in macOS 27 and iOS 27 lets IT send Apple a sysdiagnose without touching the device

iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 and tvOS 27 let an organisation's MDM collect AppleCare logs remotely. It needs supervision, a case token and a support contract.

Pinkesh Gajera

Abstract cover art for running Meta Quest games on Apple Vision Pro

Mac

10 Oct 20264 min read

AVP Play installs Meta Quest games you own on Apple Vision Pro, by relinking them on a Mac rather than streaming

AVP Play is a free Mac app that downloads Quest games you bought from Meta, converts them and installs them on Vision Pro. It needs a paid developer account.

Pinkesh Gajera

Abstract cover art for ToshLLM, a local AI app for Intel Macs

Mac

9 Oct 20264 min read

ToshLLM runs open AI models locally on Intel Macs with AMD graphics, including old Mac Pros

ToshLLM is a free, open-source app that runs open language models on Intel Macs with AMD graphics, a class of Mac most local AI tools leave behind.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

9 Oct 20265 min read

How to make your first song in GarageBand for Mac, from a Drummer track to an exported MP3

GarageBand for Mac is free and needs macOS 15.6. How to start a project, add a drummer and loops, record a part and export a finished song.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

9 Oct 20263 min read

TextExpander adds a free plan for Mac, iPhone and iPad, with five active snippets and one swap a fortnight

TextExpander now has a free plan on Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows and Chrome: five active snippets, unlimited saved ones, and one swap every two weeks.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

9 Oct 20264 min read

Bloomberg reports 27 October for the touchscreen MacBook Pro and OLED iPad mini, Apple's second launch this month

Bloomberg says Apple will launch OLED touchscreen MacBook Pros, an OLED iPad mini, an M6 MacBook Pro and an M6 iMac on or around 27 October.

Pinkesh Gajera

Abstract cover art for IDC's third quarter 2026 PC shipment figures

Mac

8 Oct 20264 min read

IDC: Mac shipments fell 11 per cent in the third quarter, as the PC market dropped 20 per cent

IDC's first count puts Mac shipments at 5.9 million in Q3 2026, down 11.3 per cent, while the PC market fell 20.1 per cent. Apple's share rose to 9.5 per cent.

Pinkesh Gajera

Abstract cover art for Mac games moving to Apple silicon

Mac

8 Oct 20264 min read

The Elder Scrolls Online goes native on Apple silicon in summer 2027, and Shogun 2 Complete Edition comes to Mac too

ZeniMax will ship a native Apple silicon client for The Elder Scrolls Online in summer 2027, and Feral sets Shogun 2 Complete Edition on Mac for Q1 2027.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

8 Oct 20263 min read

How to add divider lines and section links in Notes on iOS 27 and macOS 27

Notes in iOS 27 and macOS 27 adds divider lines, with Command-L on a keyboard, and links that jump to a heading. How to use both, and their limits.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

8 Oct 20263 min read

Sonnet's Echo SE I T5 adds a PCIe slot to Thunderbolt 5 Macs for $399.99, for any card except a graphics card

Sonnet's $399.99 Echo SE I T5 holds one PCIe 4.0 card over Thunderbolt 5 for capture, audio, storage and networking cards. Graphics cards are excluded.

Pinkesh Gajera

MacMac

iPhone Mirroring in macOS 27: a resizable window, Control Center and streaming video, but not for every iPhone

A Spanish computer museum built a Cray-1 replica from 30 old Intel Mac minis, and it reaches about 1.3 teraflops

Remote AppleCare log collection in macOS 27 and iOS 27 lets IT send Apple a sysdiagnose without touching the device

AVP Play installs Meta Quest games you own on Apple Vision Pro, by relinking them on a Mac rather than streaming

ToshLLM runs open AI models locally on Intel Macs with AMD graphics, including old Mac Pros

How to make your first song in GarageBand for Mac, from a Drummer track to an exported MP3

TextExpander adds a free plan for Mac, iPhone and iPad, with five active snippets and one swap a fortnight

Bloomberg reports 27 October for the touchscreen MacBook Pro and OLED iPad mini, Apple's second launch this month

IDC: Mac shipments fell 11 per cent in the third quarter, as the PC market dropped 20 per cent

The Elder Scrolls Online goes native on Apple silicon in summer 2027, and Shogun 2 Complete Edition comes to Mac too

How to add divider lines and section links in Notes on iOS 27 and macOS 27

Sonnet's Echo SE I T5 adds a PCIe slot to Thunderbolt 5 Macs for $399.99, for any card except a graphics card

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