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Save Mac storage space by cleaning out abandoned log files

Log files are important for troubleshooting, but many apps are not good at cleaning out old ones that aren't useful anymore. Here's how you can see what's gong on with log files on your Mac.

The mysterious Mac problem that’s hogging up your storage could be snapshots

Snapshots are a powerful way for backup software to provide a quick point in time to walk back to when you don’t necessarily need to restore the entire volume. But they take up a lot of storage space.

The iPad Pro may finally launch next week with no event, nothing else

A new rumours says the new iPad Pro will arrive last week with little fanfare, no event, and no other products alongside it.

Judge approves new MacBook lawsuit, says Apple had 'exclusive knowledge' of defects

A judge has approved a class-action suit against Apple over defective cables in the 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro that led to backlighting issues.

How to share a Mac's drive with another Mac, whether Intel or Apple silicon

You can access the startup volume on one Mac as a drive that appears on another that’s directly connected. This is known as Target Disk Mode on Intel Macs; it's still available on Apple silicon Macs, too.

Here's everything we know (and hope) Apple is releasing in April 2021

Here are all the products, software updates, and service updates we know (and hope) Apple will release in April 2021.

How to find every troubleshooting boot mode on an M1 Mac

When Apple released the M1 Macs, they also changed the boot modes that were available with Intel Macs. Learn what you need to do to get into Recovery Mode and other boot modes—and also what procedures are now gone.

If you bought a MacBook with a butterfly keyboard, Apple may soon owe you money

Apple's butterfly keyboards have long been the cause of grief among MacBook users. Now a class-action lawsuit may give them money in return forfor their troubles.

Adobe launches M1-native Photoshop with ‘minor feature differences’

Adobe pushes the M1 native version of Photoshop to all users, but there are some differences between it and the Rosetta app.

Apple Silicon macs may be a reboot of the G4 Cube and colorful iMac G3

A new report from Jon Prosser says a new mini Mac Pro is in the works as well as a colorful iMac redesign.

M1 Mac users are reporting excessive SSD wear and tear

If M1 Macs are performing too many writes on the SSD, that could lead to drive problems down the road.

Grab a 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro at Apple’s refurbished store and save some money

The refurbished store is a good way to save on the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro with more memory and higher-capacity SSDs than the standard configurations. You can get a refurbished model with a 2TB SSD and 16GB of memory for $1,949. That's a $350 savings ...