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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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3 Oct 20263 min read

Mac.apk runs Android apps on Apple silicon Macs without an emulator, in a free public alpha

Mac.apk, released on 2 October as a free alpha, runs Android apps on Apple silicon Macs as ordinary windowed apps, with no emulator or virtual machine.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

3 Oct 20264 min read

What reviewers found in the M6 Mac mini: a big CPU jump, an $899 starting price, and a base SSD only one review tested

Reviewers agree the M6 Mac mini is far faster than the M4 model and costs $300 more to start. Only AppleInsider tested the 256GB base, and its SSD was half as fast.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

3 Oct 20263 min read

From 10 October, Apple Mail on Mac needs a Microsoft 365 EWS allow list, not just EWS switched back on

Microsoft says EWSAllowedAppIDs becomes required on 10 October, so turning EWS back on is no longer enough to keep Mail on the Mac syncing work accounts.

Pinkesh Gajera

Mac

2 Oct 20263 min read

A Texas school district leases 14,585 MacBook Neo laptops and iPads to replace its Chromebooks

Beaumont ISD approved an $11.19 million, four-year lease of 10,500 MacBook Neo laptops and 4,085 iPads, after its Chromebook repair bill climbed.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

2 Oct 20263 min read

Unconfirmed: a pulled YouTube video lists six Final Cut Pro 13 features, including Pixelmator Pro round-trips

Chapter titles from a YouTube video made private soon after posting name six Final Cut Pro 13 features. Apple has said nothing about a version 13.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

1 Oct 20264 min read

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pros could arrive in October

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says the first OLED touchscreen MacBook Pros could land in October, using M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

1 Oct 20265 min read

Apple Mail on Mac can stop syncing Microsoft 365 work accounts as Microsoft switches off EWS

Microsoft began disabling Exchange Web Services in Exchange Online on 1 October, and Mail and Calendar on the Mac still depend on it for work accounts.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

1 Oct 20265 min read

What reviewers found in the M5 Max Mac Studio: the SSD is the story, and its speed depends on capacity

Four reviews of the M5 Max Mac Studio agree it is quiet and fast. The storage speed they praise varies with capacity, from about 5GB/s to 16GB/s.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

1 Oct 20264 min read

macOS 27 shows when your Mac was made, and iOS 27 lets you set how expressive Siri sounds

macOS 27 shows a Mac's date of manufacture in its regulatory certificate, and the 27 releases add an Expressivity slider for Siri's voice on newer devices.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

1 Oct 20265 min read

Reports put an M6 MacBook Pro before the end of 2026, and no M6 Pro or M6 Max at all

Bloomberg's reporting points to an entry-level M6 MacBook Pro this year and an M6 MacBook Air in 2027, with no M6 Pro or M6 Max chips planned.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

29 Sept 20265 min read

Safari's Notify Me will watch a web page for you, inside an Apple Intelligence budget Apple has not published

Safari in iOS 27 and macOS 27 can watch a single web page and tell you when it changes. Apple's own guide says the feature has a daily budget.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac

23 Sept 20265 min read

The new Mac mini has its storage soldered down again, and the Mac Studio does not

NAND storage in the M6 and M5 Pro Mac mini is soldered to the logic board, ending the aftermarket upgrades the M4 generation allowed.

Pinkesh Gajera

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Mac.apk runs Android apps on Apple silicon Macs without an emulator, in a free public alpha

What reviewers found in the M6 Mac mini: a big CPU jump, an $899 starting price, and a base SSD only one review tested

From 10 October, Apple Mail on Mac needs a Microsoft 365 EWS allow list, not just EWS switched back on

A Texas school district leases 14,585 MacBook Neo laptops and iPads to replace its Chromebooks

Unconfirmed: a pulled YouTube video lists six Final Cut Pro 13 features, including Pixelmator Pro round-trips

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pros could arrive in October

Apple Mail on Mac can stop syncing Microsoft 365 work accounts as Microsoft switches off EWS

What reviewers found in the M5 Max Mac Studio: the SSD is the story, and its speed depends on capacity

macOS 27 shows when your Mac was made, and iOS 27 lets you set how expressive Siri sounds

Reports put an M6 MacBook Pro before the end of 2026, and no M6 Pro or M6 Max at all

Safari's Notify Me will watch a web page for you, inside an Apple Intelligence budget Apple has not published

The new Mac mini has its storage soldered down again, and the Mac Studio does not

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