Macs Only!

House voice, 2026 to 2026. 65 bylined items.

Everything by Macs Only!

• Nov 9, 2026Firefox 160 is Due November 10--WebGL on the Mac Moves to Apple's Metal, Picture-in-Picture Gets a Playback Speed Slider, a Mini Window Pins Part of a Page on Top, and Four macOS Fixes, by Mozilla's Beta Notes, While the Final Notes Page Still Says Check Back LaterInternet2026
• Nov 8, 2026Apple's Stock Set a Record $355.38 on November 5--It Rose 6 Percent the Day After the Midterms on a Bet That Data Centers Slow and Memory Gets Cheaper, Then the AI Rout Took It to $342.37 by Friday, Still $4.975 Trillion Against Nvidia's $4.498 TrillionApple business2026
• Nov 7, 2026Tip--Turn Off the Glowing Apple Logo on the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR DisplayTips2026
• Nov 6, 2026Logic Pro 13.0 is Out--A Unified Browser With Splice Sounds, a Stem Splitter That Cuts Drums Into Six Kit Pieces, Touch on the PROLED MacBook Pro and Sidecar, a Play Surface, Liquid Glass, and an Assistant Beta That Only $12.99-a-Month Creator Studio Subscribers Get, Not the $199.99 BuyersSoftware2026
• Nov 5, 2026Xcode 27.3 Beta is Out--Build 27C5020n Puts GitHub Copilot in the Coding Assistant Beside Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini, Carries the SDKs for Touch on Mac Three Days Before Apple's November 6 Date for the Touch-Screen MacBook Pro, and Needs macOS Tahoe 26.6 or LaterSoftware2026
• Nov 4, 2026macOS 27.3 Beta 1 is Out--Build 26C5035r Puts Vertical Tabs and Adaptive Dark Mode in Safari, Renders Markdown in Quick Look, Opens Siri AI to Any Developer's App, and Warns When a Printer Driver or Audio Plug-In Still Needs RosettaMac OS2026
• Nov 3, 2026Apple Q4 2026 Financials--$114.5 Billion Revenue, Up 12 Percent and Above Apple's Own Range, Mac Revenue $10.8 Billion, Up 24 Percent, a Record $478.8 Billion Year, and a 7 to 10 Percent December Forecast With Macs Short on MemoryApple business2026
• Nov 2, 2026Parallels Desktop 27.1.0 is Out--Fixes the False Non-SSD Warning, iCloud Folders in Windows 11 Under macOS 27 and OpenGL Crashes in CAD Apps, and Marks Start-with-Mac, the TPM Toggle and the Floppy Drive for RemovalSoftware2026
• Nov 1, 2026WARNING--ICMacOS, the $699-a-Week Mac Stealer, Now Stays On as a Remote-Access Trojan. It Gets In When a Web Page Talks You Into Pasting a Command Into Terminal and Typing Your Password Into a Fake System DialogSecurity2026
• Oct 31, 2026Arc Browser Shuts Down December 22, 2026--The Browser Company Closed New Accounts on October 22, Ends Mobile Sign-In November 23, Deletes Account Data Within 30 Days of the Switch-Off, and Sends Mac Users to Dia, Which Runs Only on Apple SiliconInternet2026
• Oct 30, 2026WARNING--Time4Popcorn's Abandoned Updater Ran as Root on Up to 350,000 Macs and Took Unsigned Code From Expired Domains, Eye Security Switched It Off on Two Million Machines, and the Fix Is to Delete the App and PT.upddSecurity2026
• Oct 29, 2026Apple Introduced the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display--The First Touch-Screen Mac, Tandem OLED at 2,000 Nits, a Dynamic Island and a Glowing Logo at $2,899 and $3,399, $400 Above the Mini-LED Models, Pre-Orders Open Since October 28 and Arriving November 6Apple hardware2026
• Oct 28, 2026Apple Introduced the 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac with M6--$1,999 and $1,499, the Prices the M5 and M4 Models Already Carried, Pre-Orders October 28 at 10:10 a.m. Pacific, in Stores November 6, and the Touch-Screen MacBook Pro Is Expected Later the Same DayApple hardware2026
• Oct 27, 2026macOS 27.2 is Out--Build 26B123 Brings Siri AI in Five More Languages, Suggestions in Messages and New Keyboard Sliders, Tahoe 26.7.2 and Sequoia 15.8.2 Get the Security Fixes, and Nothing Apple Published Says /etc/ssl/cert.pem ChangedMac OS2026
• Oct 26, 2026Follow Up--Apple Says a Future macOS Update Will Fix /etc/ssl/cert.pem for the eMudhra Certificates, Has Blocked the emSign ECC Root CA - G3 Since October 23, and Posted Four Terminal Commands for Mac Administrators Who Will Not WaitSecurity2026
• Oct 25, 2026Australia's Federal Court Ordered Apple to Open the iPhone to Rival App Stores--Competing Stores, Web Downloads and Outside Payments for Australian Apple Accounts From Noon on March 1, 2027, 85 Percent of Epic's Trial Costs, Fortnite Back in the App Store, and Apple Says It Will Seek a Stay and AppealApple business2026
• Oct 24, 2026Follow Up--iPhone Duo Launch Day Brought the Lines Back to Apple Stores on October 23, Walk-In Stock Ran Out at Some of Them, iOS 27.1 Shipped for the Duo Alone, and Store Pickup Was Due Back October 24, 25 Years to the Day After the iPodApple hardware2026
• Oct 23, 2026Pages, Numbers and Keynote 15.4.1 Are Out With an Intelligent Assistant--The Beta Drafts, Builds Formulas and Generates Slides for Creator Studio Subscribers at $12.99 a Month in US English Only, Apple Pulled All Three Apps Within the Hour on October 22, and a 15.4.2 Followed That Night Saying Only "Bug Fixes"Software2026
• Oct 22, 2026WARNING--eMudhra's Eight Cracked Certificates Have Been Blocked on Apple Devices Since October 19, but the Mac's Built-In curl, git and python3 Still Trust Them Until /etc/ssl/cert.pem Is FixedSecurity2026
• Oct 21, 2026Apple Added the M6 Mac mini and M5 Mac Studio to Self Service Repair--Logic Boards, Power Supplies, Fans and Ports Sold With Apple's Manuals in the U.S., Canada and Europe From October 20Apple hardware2026
• Oct 20, 2026macOS 27.2 RC is Out--Build 26B118 Adds Siri AI in Five More Languages and New Keyboard Sliders, Carries Touch Gestures for a Mac Apple Has Not Announced, and Lands Nine Days Before the October 28 Pro and Tell EventMac OS2026
• Oct 19, 2026iPhone Duo Pre-Orders Slipped to January 25 in Half an Hour--Apple Calls the Demand "Nothing Short of Extraordinary," Its Stores Expect No Walk-In Stock on October 23, and the Price Stays $1,999 to $3,199Apple hardware2026
• Oct 18, 2026Mac Shipments Fell 11 Percent in Q3 2026 While Apple's PC Market Share Rose--IDC Counts 5.9 Million Macs and a 9.5 Percent Share, Omdia 6.8 Million, in a PC Market Down 20 Percent on Memory Prices, With Apple's Own Number Due November 2Apple business2026
• Oct 17, 2026Apple Published "Minions," a Virtual GPU Cloud Built on Idle Apple Silicon Macs--Six Apple Researchers Cut Ten-Hour Inference Queues to Minutes With the Macs Already on the Network, and Say Training Is NextLearning2026
• Oct 16, 2026Apple's October 28 Launch Experience--Bloomberg Says Media Are Invited to Los Angeles for the Touch-Screen OLED MacBook Pro, an M6 MacBook Pro and iMac, and an OLED iPad mini, and a Reported November 6 Store DateEvents2026
• Oct 15, 2026Apple Marked the 12-inch MacBook (2017) Obsolete--The Two-Pound Notebook Gets No Apple Repairs but a Battery, Stops at macOS Ventura, and Nothing Under 13 Inches Has Replaced It Since 2019Apple hardware2026
• Oct 14, 2026Apple Announced Apple HomeView--A 7-Inch Siri AI Home Hub on an A18 Chip That Recognizes Six Faces, Tabletop or Wall-Mounted at $299 Either Way, Shipping November 13Apple hardware2026
• Oct 13, 2026Office 2021 for Mac Support Ends October 13, 2026--Microsoft Says No Extension and No More Security Fixes, and the Way Out Is $179.99 Once or $99.99 a YearSoftware2026
• Oct 13, 2026Apple Announced the Apple TV 4K (4th Generation)--A19 Chip, Siri AI, Far-Field Microphones and a Siri Remote Find My Can Locate, One 128GB Model at $299 After a Start at $129 in 2022, Shipping November 13Apple hardware2026
• Oct 12, 2026Epson WorkForce Pro WF-5930--25 ppm in Black and Color, AirPrint and a macOS 27 Driver for $399.99Peripherals2026
• Oct 11, 2026Apple Q4 2026 Financials Preview--Guidance of 9 to 11 Percent Growth Means $111.7 to $113.7 Billion, Macs and iPhones in Short Supply, and the First Report Under John TernusApple business2026
• Oct 10, 2026Game--Transport Fever 3 for Mac, $49.99 the Same Day as the PC, and It Needs an M2 Pro and 16GBGames2026
• Oct 9, 2026From the Dark Side--Windows 11 26H2 is a 174KB Switch, and Microsoft Sets October 13 as the End of Updates for 24H2 Home and ProDark Side2026
• Oct 8, 2026Wi-Fi 8 Routers Are on Sale--TP-Link's Archer 8 Ultra and ASUS's ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Arrive Ahead of a Standard Due in 2028, and Apple Lists No Mac With Wi-Fi 8Internet2026
• Oct 7, 2026Tip--Replace Time Capsule Backups in macOS 27Tips2026
• Oct 6, 2026WARNING--Parallels Desktop CVE-2026-90894 Gives Any Local User Root on a Mac; the Fix Is in Version 27, Which Intel Macs Cannot InstallSecurity2026
• Oct 5, 2026Logic Pro 12.4 is Out--One New Key Command Option, 53 Fixes and Changes Including Four Crash Fixes, and Apple Pages That Name Three Different macOS FloorsSoftware2026
• Oct 4, 2026OLED Touch-Screen MacBook Pro Reported for October or November--Gurman Says Apple Is Testing It on macOS 27.2 With M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips, Above the Models Apple Sells From $1,999Apple hardware2026
• Oct 3, 2026macOS 27.0.1 is Out--Build 26A434, 3.3GB of Unnamed Bug Fixes and One Platform SSO Fix, While Tahoe 26.7.1 and Sequoia 15.8.1 Patch an Exploited CoreGraphics BugMac OS2026
• Sep 29, 2026Game--Age of Empires II The Viking Sagas for Mac, $19.99 on Steam September 22 per FeralGames2026
• Sep 28, 2026MacBook Neo at Six Months--$699 After the June 25 Price Rise, a Record $10.4 Billion Mac Quarter, macOS 27, and a 12GB A19 Pro Model Reported for 2027Apple hardware2026
• Sep 27, 2026Siri AI Reviews--David Pogue's 125 Tests, Ars Technica, Six Colors and 9to5Mac Agree the macOS 27 Siri Beta Works, and Name What It Still Will Not DoMac OS2026
• Sep 26, 2026Opera 136 is Out--Chromium 152, Extension Side Panels, a macOS 26 Traffic-Light Fix, and a Floor That Moves With Google'sInternet2026
• Sep 25, 2026Tip--Resize iPhone Mirroring in macOS 27Tips2026
• Sep 24, 2026Free Apple iPhone Duo Developer Videos--Six Tech Talks, Two Group Labs, Forum Q&As on September 23 and the Xcode 27.1 BetaLearning2026
• Sep 23, 2026M6 and M5 Ultra Geekbench 7 Results--Apple's Claims Hold Up, the $6,799 36-Core Mac Studio Leads the M3 Ultra by 35 Percent, and the M6 Pro Score Is Likely FakeApple hardware2026
• Sep 22, 2026Tip--macOS 27 Golden Gate's First-Week Problems and Their FixesTips2026
• Sep 21, 2026macOS 27.2 Beta 1 is Out--Build 26B5086k Two Days After Golden Gate, 27.1 Skipped for the iPhone Duo, and the Two Delayed Apple Intelligence Features Still UnconfirmedMac OS2026
• Sep 20, 2026Apple Marked the 2019 21.5-inch iMac Vintage--The Last Small Intel iMac Gets Repairs Only While Parts Last and Stops at macOS Sequoia, While the $1,499 M4 iMac Waits for a Reported M6Apple hardware2026
• Sep 19, 2026macOS Tahoe 26.7 and Sequoia 15.8 are Out--More Than 150 Security Fixes Each, No New Features, and the First Update the Intel Macs Get Without Golden GateMac OS2026