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Hacker Gains Access To Macbook By Modding Charger
Hacker Gains Access To Macbook By Modding Charger Protecting your data is (sadly) a very real factor of owning a PC or laptop these days. When it comes to Apple though, their products have usually proven to be very resistant to viruses, malware and other nasties trying to break in. There…
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Apple Might Introduce Self-Cleaning MacBook Keyboards
A self-cleaning keyboard definitely sounds nice! Those of us who spend a lot of time at our PCs know very well how difficult it can be to keep our peripherals clean. The keyboard, in particular, seems to be the messiest, which is why it also requires the most cleaning. Taking…
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Apple Reveals Plans To Release Budget MacBook
Apple MacBook For some, getting an Apple MacBook would be a great idea, there is, however, one major stumbling block. The price. At present, the least expensive MacBook Air will cost you around £750.00. For that price, you can do as well in the general Laptop market, but that aside, having…
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Apple Begins Selling Sleeve Covers for MacBooks—Costs £149
Apple is not exactly in the habit of making quiet releases but this is one of them. It is a premium leather sleeve specifically for 12-inch MacBooks and is an official Apple product. It even has the signature Apple logo embossed in the middle. Up until this point, the company…
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OWC USB-C Dock Universal Docking Station Review
Introduction OWC‘s USB-C Dock is a universal docking station for your USB-C equipped notebook. While that sounds like a relatively simple device, and it is, it still brings great features and stylish design to the table. Most notebook and laptop manufacturers have their docking station solution, but they are usually…
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Apple Updates Most of MacBook lineup with Kaby Lake
Other than the iDevice lineups, nothing says Apple quite like a MacBook. Last year, we saw dramatic refreshes and overhaul for the MacBook Pro lineup. As expected, Apple is keeping this years WWDC a quiet one for the MacBook family. At the same time, Apple is providing a decent update for…
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Strange Popping Sound Plagues New MacBook Pro
If you’ve bought a new MacBook Pro and you hear a strange popping sound, sadly this isn’t your brain kicking in, it’s your MacBook Pro. A new fault has been brought to light, further adding to the list of issues this machine already has. Users of the 15″ MacBook Pro…
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New MacBook Pro Owners Aren’t Happy With the Battery Life
The new MacBook Pro isn’t without its share of problems and users have experienced issues with third-party USB 3.1 Type-C to HDMI dongles as well as the GPU artefacts. That’s not all because many owners are complaining about the device’s battery life and inability to reach the 10 hours quoted…
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Phil Schiller Defends MacBook Pro RAM Limitation
The new MacBook Pro has received a lukewarm response and resulted in some critics wondering if Apple can continue removing functionality on their devices. Unbelievably, the company decided to ditch the HDMI standard, Thunderbolt 2, USB 3.0 and even got rid of the MagSafe 2. Not only that, customers have experienced…
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Classic DOOM Runs on New Macbook Touchbar
The new Apple Macbook is not exactly setting the tech world alight and impressing anyone with its set of features, including a new touchbar. Reviewers at ZDNet even declared it as “just not that useful”, interesting at best but hardly productivity enhancing in any sense. Normally, that is enough to…
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The New 13-Inch MacBook Pro’s Speaker Grilles Are Only Cosmetic
The latest 13-inch MacBook Pro received a fairly lukewarm response due to the average specification and Touch Bar with an integrated Touch ID sensor. Despite being a product aimed at the professional market, the Touch Bar was demoed showing Emojis which replaces the traditional ESC key. While Apple may consider…
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Apples Courage Now Means They Sell 17 Different Dongles
Year after year it seems that Apple is working hard to abolish almost every port we take for granted. SD cards, USB ports, HDMI ports, even the audio jack. These are industry standard ports used by billions of devices around the world, some of which have been a global standard…
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MacBook Pro 2016 Makes Some Interesting Changes
After Apple revealed their new MacBook Pro 2016 earlier this week, we’ve had a chance to take a closer look at the new laptops. While we’ve been focusing on the new additions that have been made to the lineup, Apple has actually removed several key features that the MacBook used…
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Apple Kills SuperDrive MacBook Pro and 11-inch MacBook Air
Along with the MacBook Pro 2016 reveal on October 27th, Apple has also quietly retired some other devices. Both the budget SuperDrive MacBook Pro and the 11-inch MacBook Air have fallen prey to the inexorable march of progress and are no longer available from Apple. First off we have the…
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