Tag Archives: os x

While Valve might be ditching macOS support for its new releases like Counter-Strike 2, plenty of other developers are actually increasing their support for the system. CD Projekt Red is amongst that group, as the company is going back to The Witcher 1 and The Witcher 2 to support newer …

For many years, Mac buyers have been used to the name ‘OS X' but this year, it looks like Apple might be planning to change things up a bit with a re-brand for its desktop operating system for the first time in 17 years. The future re-brand was first spotted …

Since its first launch, Apple's digital assistant, Siri, has been kept on the iOS platform and while there have been murmurs of it heading to Macs in the past, it never quite panned out. However, this year things seem to be a little different as a leaked screenshot from Apple's …

Windows XP might still be the third most-used operating system in the world and even though Microsoft dropped official support some time ago, XP users have managed to stay fairly up to date with certain software like the Chrome browser, well until now. With the release of Google Chrome 50, …

The very first consumer-oriented Oculus Rift headsets are due to start shipping out at the end of this month to PC owners across the world and right now, the PC is the only supported platform for the headset. This leaves out a portion of the market, including Mac owners so …

After years of speculation on the topic, it looks like Apple will finally be bringing Siri to Mac OS X this year according to new reports. Right now it is believed that this year's OS X update is codenamed ‘Fuji' and Siri will be one of the big flagship features. …

Towards the end of last week, an issue with Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription-based software came to light, with some users finding their files being deleted without any authorization. This issue seems to have affected quite a few people but Adobe has announced that they are currently working on a fix …

Back in 2013, Apple impressed us all with its new Mac Pro, featuring a cylinder design and unique cooling system along with some powerful components. However, it seems that some units are suffering from issues, with FirePro GPUs starting to fail, so Apple is issuing an extended repair program for …

It looks like iOS and Mac OS X users are facing issues with the Safari browser today as the software seems to be repeatedly crashing for a lot of users when trying to make a search through the address bar. On the iOS side, this seems to be affecting users …

Google has revealed that its Chrome browser will soon no longer support some slightly older versions of OS X, along with older versions of Windows. Starting in April next year, Google will no longer deliver Chrome browser updates or security fixes for those running Windows XP or Windows Vista, though …

Microsoft officially announced its Surface Book laptop earlier this month, featuring Intel's Skylake processors and a custom Nvidia GPU. At the time, Microsoft compared its new offering to the Macbook Pro and now, it is targeting Apple users once again with the launch of a site aimed at helping OS …

Apple's latest version of OS X is launching later on today as a free update for Mac users. El Capitan was announced earlier this year and has been going through an open beta ever since, while earlier this month Apple released its close to final version of the OS for …

Apple's next version of the OS X operating system is on the way, with developers and beta testers receiving the GM candidate build this week. OS X 10.11 El Capitan launches in full later this month on the 30th of September, as a free update for all Mac users, though …

Apple has got in to the habit of launching public beta tests for its new versions of OS X. Just as last year with Yosemite, Apple has gone ahead and launched a public beta test for its new version of OS X, El Capitan, which will launch officially later on this …

Square Enix was forced to pull the OS X/Mac version of its MMO, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn this week after users reported serious issues with the game. To make matters worse, the Mac version was not developed natively for the operating system but instead put in a ‘wrapper' to allow …

It looks like Apple may be planning to launch a 4K iMac alongside of its 5K model later this year, according to references found in the code for the OS X El Capitan beta. Apple doesn't currently sell a 4K Retina Display iMac, having jumped straight to 5K last year …

Apple revealed quite a bit of information last night at its annual WWDC event. One particularly interesting bit of news was that Apple's programming language, Swift, is going to make the switch to open source, bringing support for iOS, OS  X and Linux. Swift was revealed by Apple last year …

Apple's annual World Wide Developer Conference kicked off today, at which the company announced this year's Mac OS X update. Following on from last year's Yosemite update will be OS X El Capitan, which is focussing on improving the OS X experience while also bringing a boost to overall performance. …

IBM has begun offering its employees the choice between Mac OS X and the traditional Windows PC for the first time, following a deal with Apple that came around last year in an effort to push iOS in to the enterprise market. Now when setting up a new employee workstation, …

Apple launched the 12-inch Macbook a short while back, featuring the brand new ‘Force Touch' trackpad technology. At the same time, it updated the 13-inch Macbook Pro and now the company has finally made its way around to updating its 15-inch flagship laptop. The new 15 inch Macbook Pro has …

If you have been following virtual reality news for a while now then you probably heard that the Oculus Rift consumer edition is launching at the start of next year. However, if you are a Mac or Linux user, you are going to have to wait a bit longer. Oculus …

Back in February, we learned that Apple was finally working towards ditching iPhoto, along with Aperture, with a new ‘Photos’ app for the latest version of OS X, ‘Yosemite’. Now the time has finally come and the new app has been pushed out in an update. The developer version of …

Apple is no longer supporting installs of Windows 7 on Mac OS X machines via the Boot Camp dual-booting tool. The change-over actually quietly happened earlier this month and was noted in an updated Apple support page, although it largely went unnoticed until fairly recently. Apple updated its boot-camp page …

You can now throw the Windows 10 Technical Preview on your Mac with the latest version of Parallels. Parallels Desktop 10 now gives Windows 10 as an option for the virtual machine, alongside Ubuntu and the older Windows 7/Windows 8.1 ISOs. Parallels works by creating a virtual machine on your …

Apple's iOS 9 update might not come packed with brand new features or apps but rather, focus on under the hood changes along with stability and bug fixes instead. This may well be a response to the troubled launch of iOS 8, which took a couple of months to patch …

Apple is finally ditching its iPhoto application along with Aperture, in order to replace them both with a new photos app for OS X Yosemite. The change over was initially promised last year but it has taken a while for Apple to get things moving. The developer version of the …

You really should disable or uninstall Adobe Flash at this point. If you haven't yet done so however here is another reason, following on from last week's 0-day exploit; there is another critical vulnerability that is being actively exploited in the wild, the only difference this time is that there is …

Apple has pushed out its first ever automated security update to computers running the Mac OS X operating system in order to help defend against new bugs that security researches warned could allow hackers to remotely take control of machines. Apple pushed out the software update yesterday to fix critical …

Apple seems to be making a habit of releasing buggy software this year, first the company ran in to many issues getting iOS 8 off the ground and now it has had to pull a Safari update after users reported that it forced them to re-install the OS X operating …

Microsoft will be implementing greater trackpad functionality in the Windows 10 Technical Preview, bringing the Windows trackpad experience closer to what you would find on a Macbook Pro, with multiple new finger gestures to make users more efficient whilst flicking through programs on the OS. Microsoft first started improving its …