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MacNov 19, 2020Nov 20, 2020

You cannot disable Battery Health Management on Apple Silicon Macs

Early adaptors have found out that Apple does not allow users to disable Battery Health Management on its new Apple Silicon Macs. This feature is enabled by default on Intel-based Macs, but Apple gives an option to disable it. Battery…

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Apple releases macOS Big Sur 11.1 public beta 1, tvOS 14.3 beta 2 and watchOS 7.2 beta 2

Rida Imran

Apple has released the first macOS Big Sur 11.1 beta, tvOS 14.3 beta 2, and watchOS 7.2 beta 2. The developer beta for macOS 11.1 was released just a few days ago with a few minor user interface updates to…

MacNov 19, 2020

Apple Silicon Macs are continuation of Steve Jobs’ vision for Apple products

Rida Imran

Apple executives have been on a roll lately with interviews with various publications to talk about the Apple Silicon and the new M1 chip Macs. This latest interview is by Om Malik with Greg Joswiak, senior vice president of Worldwide…

MacNov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020

Zoom’s 2 hours video call drains 13% battery on new M1 MacBook Air

Rida Imran

Zoom continues to connect the world virtually as it fights the COVID-19 pandemic. However, video calls on the platform drain battery faster than we like. Luckily, the new M1 MacBook Air resolves Zoom’s high power consumption. A member of MacRumors…

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Apple’s M1 chip shines in Fortnite gaming test

Usman Hussain

Apple’s new M1 chip has been giving competing Intel chips a run for their money in CPU performance and it does not stop there. Tests reveal that the new Apple Silicon can also give many graphics cards a tough time…

Apple Watch MacNov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020

1Password updated with macOS Big Sur support and new Apple Watch unlock feature

Asma Hussain

Recently, 1Password released version 7.7 of its Mac app, adding support for macOS Big Sur and the most exciting part of this update is that users can now unlock 1Password via their Apple Watch. The new feature allows users to unlock…

MacNov 19, 2020Nov 20, 2020

Apple Silicon M1 Mac recovery causing issues with macOS Big Sur installation

Rida Imran

During a time when M1 Macs are getting praises from all corners of the Internet, new users have been reporting strange issues with reinstalling macOS Big Sur on the new Apple Silicon MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini. Users…

MacNov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020

13-inch M1 MacBook models perform better than 2019 MacBook Pro with minimum battery drain

Rida Imran

The new 13-inch M1 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, launched on November 10, are now arriving to owners, and the tech world is impressed with their performance and especially battery life. Matthew Panzarino of TechCrunch compared the 16-inch Intel-based MacBook…

Mac WindowsNov 18, 2020Nov 18, 2020

Firefox 83 releases with Rosetta support for Apple Silicon M1 Macs

Rida Imran

Mozilla has released Firefox version 83 with a number of performance improvements, new developer features, and support for Rosetta 2 on Apple Silicon M1 Macs. This release does not yet support native Apple Silicon support, and Firefox says that it…

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Google Chrome gets macOS Big Sur support, 5x CPU usage reduction, and battery improvements

Rida Imran

Google has released a massive update for its Chrome browser with version 87 bringing various performance and efficiency improvements, macOS Big Sur support, and new features such as tab search, address bar actions, Cards, and more. The update is now…