Apple officially launched the M1 Mac range earlier this year. And, since then, other companies have been updating their apps and services to support Apple's newest chip. Chalk up Mozilla's Firefox as the newest supporter.
With iOS and iPadOS 14.3, released yesterday, we got a new file format for our iPhone photos: Apple ProRAW. While you can edit ProRAW photos in the stock Photos app, third-party ones like Adobe Photoshop have yet to be updated with support for the new format. That being said, iMazing wasted no time having implemented ProRAW support in its 2.13.2 update.
With M1 Macs available to purchased and basking in glowing reviews, Apple has now published a new editorial on the Mac App Store highlighting some of the major apps that have been optimized for Apple silicon.
Apple currently does not list games that have been optimized to run on Apple silicon Macs. But thanks to a website dedicated to Apple silicon gaming, you can easily check game compatibility on the new M1 Macs, as well as performance and other useful information.
Adobe yesterday updated Lightroom for Mac with Apple silicon support on the latest M1 machines, such as the new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini. Additionally, Lightroom for Windows has been updated with support for Windows on ARM.
Apple is predicted to release a pair of new MacBook Pro notebooks in 2021 featuring an overhauled appearance, with a more affordable MacBook Air model to follow in 2022. All models are expected to use Apple's own chips and the rumored mini-LED backlighting tech.
The advent of Apple silicon Macs has inconvenienced users who prefer to run other operating systems on their Mac. Several companies are currently working on Windows virtualization solutions, including Parallels, CrossOver and Docker, but what about Linux? Well, a developer has launched a campaign to fund a project to create a Linux port for Apple silicon Macs.
Most gadget lovers know that thermal throttling is a fact of life. Even the new M1 chip from Apple throttles CPU performance. For instance, the new M1 MacBook Air is capable of running for up to 18 hours on a single charge, but that doesn't mean peak power all the time.
With Apple's refreshed MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini computers powered by the company's M1 laptop chip in customers' hands now, we're starting to see first reports of the inevitable teething issues that accompany every new hardware launch.
The new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini with the Apple M1 chip let you run Intel-only apps in Rosetta emulation, in addition to native Apple Silicon apps. However, macOS Big Sur doesn't make it easy to identify which apps are Intel-only from those with code optimized for the M1 chip, but this nifty little app solves that problem in one fell swoop.
According to the technical specifications for both the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro with M1, the devices can run a single external display. However, it turns out you can attach quite a bit more.
Apple provides the enhanced Universal 2 binary feature to its developers who wish to ship macOS apps that pack in code for both Intel and Apple Silicon systems. In other words, a universal binary runs natively on both Apple M1 and Intel-based Mac computers because it contains executable code for both architectures. However, certain edge cases may justify running a native Apple Silicon app under Rosetta emulation, and we show you how it's done.