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Fedora Asahi Remix 40 served on Apple Silicon

First big update of the go-to Linux for newer Macs

OSes10 May 2024 | 16

Apple sales slip, but investors offered bite of $110B stock buyback

Mac sales rose, iPads predicted to soar, and AI is riding to the rescue

Personal Tech03 May 2024 | 42

FCC Commissioner calls for crackdown on Apple's iMessage gatekeeping

Demands investigation into iPhone maker for potentially breaching regulations over Beeper Mini

Personal Tech13 Feb 2024 | 16

HoRNDIS MacGyvers your Mac to get online with Androids

FOSS Fest Apple makes this harder every macOS release, but there are ways nonetheless

OSes07 Feb 2024 | 25

The real significance of Apple's Macintosh

40 years on, it's still widely misunderstood

Personal Tech29 Jan 2024 | 71

Asahi Linux team issues promising update on efforts to conquer Apple Silicon

Good progress for penguinistas keen on Macs

OSes16 Jan 2024 | 13

Asahi's Fedora remix dazzles and baffles on Apple Silicon

Take an M1 or M2-powered Mac and turn it into a fast ARM64 PC, if that's what you fancy

OSes21 Dec 2023 | 55

CLIs are simply wizard at character building. Let’s not keep them to ourselves

Opinion The magic that defied the iron will of Steve Jobs has a lot more to offer

OSes18 Dec 2023 | 176

Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB in a PC

8,388,608KB ought to be enough for anybody, huh?

Personal Tech09 Nov 2023 | 183

Apple's year ends with surging services, a billion subscribers, and a view of generation next

Hardware (other than iPhones) is not so hot, but 'emerging markets' are getting Apple fever

Personal Tech03 Nov 2023 | 2

Apple antique aficionados can boot to the future with OpenCore Legacy Patcher

FOSS Fest Hackintoshing reaches a wider audience – owners of older Macs

OSes09 Oct 2023 | 21

AWS spins up more cloudy Mac Minis, now with M2 Pro silicon

Andy Jassy's rent-a-Macs have no love for the vanilla M2, and the Max and Ultra aren't used in the Mini

PaaS + IaaS20 Sep 2023 | 10

Arc: A radical fresh take on the web browser

In an industry that runs on hype, this might just live up to it

Applications31 Jul 2023 | 123

M2 Ultra chip lands in 'cheese grater' Mac Pro to displace Apple's last Intel holdout

WWDC Workstations boosted, MacBook Air embiggened, iOS embraces web apps, and all the rest of Cupertino's new stuff

Personal Tech06 Jun 2023 | 44

LockBit crew cooks up half-baked Mac ransomware

Please, no need to fix these problems

Security17 Apr 2023 | 8

Mac shipments slump as Apple finally bitten by glum PC demand

On the bright side, higher inventories will give 'puter makers opportunity to flee China, IDC says

Personal Tech10 Apr 2023 | 17

UNIX co-creator Ken Thompson is a… what user now?

Elder statesman of system software makes a shocking revelation

Offbeat17 Mar 2023 | 91

Apple's M2 MacBook Pros, Mac Mini boast more cores, higher clocks and bigger GPUs

Still waiting for that Ultra...

Systems17 Jan 2023 | 24

Apple jacks up Mac, iPhone, iPad battery replacement fees

Prices blowing up makes a change from, well, you know

Systems03 Jan 2023 | 5

Microsoft feels the need, the need for speed in Teams

Desktop app buckles up for faster switching between chats or channels or join a meeting

Applications04 Nov 2022 | 52

OpenBSD 7.2: The other other FOSS xNix released, runs on Apple M2 Macs

Plus better support for some newer Intel wireless and graphics chipsets

OSes21 Oct 2022 | 31

How one Ukrainian software maker planned for survival as invaders approached

Set priorities, expect confusion, keep emergency instructions simple – that's just for starters

Off-Prem28 Sep 2022 | 30

Automating Excel tasks to come to Windows and Mac

Not just for the web anymore: Microsoft Office Scripts coming for the macro-managers among us

Applications13 Sep 2022 | 42

A refined Apple desktop debuts ahead of Wednesday’s big iThing launch

It’s an eight-bit affair for the Apple II, complete with Flying Toasters and many other upgrades

Personal Tech06 Sep 2022 | 39

The crime against humanity that is the modern OS desktop, and how to kill it

Opinion Just one big GUI mess

OSes05 Sep 2022 | 328

Apple adds M1 Mac notebooks to self-repair scheme

For 'limited, serial number-authorized repairs' in move unlikely to appease critics

Personal Tech22 Aug 2022 | 10

Parallels increases prices with Desktop version 18

Running Windows apps on your M1 Mac just got a bit more expensive

Virtualization09 Aug 2022 | 24

Apple plays the supply-chain card to explain Mac, iPad revenue shrink

Mom, what's an eye pad?

Personal Tech29 Jul 2022 | 6

AWS starts renting cloudy M1 Mac minis

They're cheaper than cloudy x86 Apples, but not entirely tempting

PaaS + IaaS08 Jul 2022 | 3

Old-school editor Vim hits version 9 with faster scripting language

All of the famed user-friendliness and ease of use – and 'drastically' better performance

Applications30 Jun 2022 | 48

Asahi Linux project shows progress in graphics drivers on Apple's M1

Follow the blue rabbit! Graphics driver developer lead talks to The Reg

OSes10 May 2022 | 18

Apple CEO: Silicon shortages and C-19 lockdowns to hurt sales by up to $8 billion

That Mac you ordered? Lead times stretch to June, but Apple warns 'most products affected' over next 3 months

Personal Tech29 Apr 2022 | 11

Apple's self-repair service finally launches after months of silence

The company kept quiet on progress since it announced plan in November

Personal Tech27 Apr 2022 | 19

Apple's Mac Studio exposed: A spare storage slot and built-in RAM

That's no quadcopter... that's a... cooling system?

Personal Tech24 Mar 2022 | 77

We take Asahi Linux alpha for a spin on an M1 Mac Mini

Hands on We didn't have high hopes for our sacrificial machine but were pleasantly surprised

OSes22 Mar 2022 | 42

Just two die for: Apple reveals M1 Ultra chip in Mac Studio

Plus another phone, laptop, monitor

Personal Tech08 Mar 2022 | 119

Use Zoom on a Mac? You might want to check your microphone usage

Uh, why is the mic indicator light on all the time, netizens wonder

Security10 Feb 2022 | 70

JumpCloud joins the patch management crowd, starting with Windows and Mac updates

Linux and mobile coming soon

Security03 Feb 2022 |

What does 2022 have in store for Asahi Linux on Apple chips? Drivers aplenty, but that GPU still needs tackling

Handily, the team spotted a bug in Linux's ARM SMMU support too

OSes16 Dec 2021 | 8

Don't make an iOS of yourself – Apple's patched its OSes, you know the drill

Cupertino also added a Digital Legacy – special IDs so your loved ones can get your data once you're dead

OSes14 Dec 2021 | 26

AWS adds another Arm CPU to its cloud: Apple's M1

Updates bare metal Macs-a-service and claims up to 60 per cent better price performance vs cloudy x86 Macs

PaaS + IaaS03 Dec 2021 | 2

Wine 6.0.1: For that one weird app on that one weird Mac

Wine64 support arrives for the Apple M1

Applications10 Jun 2021 | 28

How big might IT spending get in 2021? Gartner: How about $4 trillion. And no, you can't have a new MacBook

Ball gazers don't see devices flying off shelves in 2022. Do they know something we don't?

Personal Tech07 Apr 2021 | 11

Time for an upgrade: Dev of the last modern browser for PowerPC Macs calls it a day

One final update for its 'couple of thousand' users then it's just a hobby

Software31 Mar 2021 | 22

JumpCloud attempts to cash in on work-from-home era with Zero Touch Mac enrolment

Zero Touch? Probably the only way to use a Mac keyboard

Off-Prem16 Mar 2021 |

Bothering to upgrade the iPhone 12 over older models has proven to be worth its weight in gold for Apple

Macs sell like hot cakes too thanks to M1 chip, everything up by double digits

On-Prem28 Jan 2021 | 27

Google yanks Apple Silicon Chrome port after browser is found to 'crash unexpectedly'

Updated You'll have to run x64 version through the Rosetta emulation layer, or give it access to the Mac Bluetooth radio

Software18 Nov 2020 | 26

Microsoft unveils a Universal version of Office for Apple silicon

Seeking something perpetual for Windows on Arm? You can make do with a 32-bit Intel emulation

OSes12 Nov 2020 | 39

That's how we roll: OWC savagely undercuts Apple's $699 Mac Pro wheels with bargain $199 alternative

Doesn't matter if design was perfected at dawn of humankind, you still have to pay Cupertino tax

Personal Tech07 Aug 2020 | 63

Leaked benchmarks from developer kit for Apple's home-baked silicon appear to give Microsoft a run for its money

Before you get too excited 1) They're benchmarks 2) New consumer Arm-based Macs might use something else

Personal Tech30 Jun 2020 | 17

One year ago, Apple promised breakthrough features to help iPhone, iPad, Mac owners with disabilities. It failed them

WWDC Sure, you can make calls, for instance, but you can't end them

OSes25 Jun 2020 | 35

Chime after chime: Apple restores iconic Mac boot sound removed in 2016

Triumphant F#-major to return with upcoming macOS Big Sur

OSes24 Jun 2020 | 14

Apple on 2020 so far: OK, so iPhone sales are a bit glum. Wearables, music, apps, vids to the rescue... almost

Hope on the horizon, says Cook, but it will take some time to get there

Personal Tech01 May 2020 | 11

It's calculated Apple leak time: Cheaper iPhone, laptops with proper keyboards, and, oh, a Tile competitor

We love cheap thrills, don't we?

Personal Tech30 Jan 2020 | 26

How much cheese does one person need to grate? Mac Pro pricing unveiled

El Reg checks all the boxes. Dell: 'Hold my beer'

Personal Tech11 Dec 2019 | 75

Microsoft crams Office 365 docs into Edge-style sandboxes to thwart malware infections

Ignite Your guide to some of the security enhancements announced this week

Security07 Nov 2019 | 9