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Apple Upgrade Covers Mac and iPad Too: $24.99 and $11.99 a Month, No AppleCare Either Way
21+ hour, 59+ min ago (439+ words) Apple Upgrade, the Klarna-run lease that replaced the iPhone Upgrade Program in July, is not just an iPhone plan. Apple’s own footnotes list a Mac lease starting at $24.99 a month and an iPad lease starting at $11.99, both on 24 or 36 month…...
Trade-In, Refurbished and Apple's "End-of-Life Processing" Line: What Happens to the Old Device
23+ hour, 4+ min ago (443+ words) The Mac Observer Recycled Cobalt in the Battery: The Material Four of Six September Products Share Renewable Electricity in Manufacturing: 50, 60 and 35 Percent, and Two Products With No Figure Fiber-Based Packaging Across the Lineup: Apple States It for Four of Six…...
Apple Certified Refurbished for Older Mac and iPad: What the Warranty Actually Covers
17+ hour, 44+ min ago (389+ words) The Mac Observer Apple’s Trade-In Program Takes Old Android Phones and Ten-Year-Old Macs Too Studio Display vs. Studio Display XDR: What the Extra $1,700 Actually Buys Studio Display XDR’s Medical Imaging Mode, and the FDA Clearance Apple Has Not Confirmed The…...
MacBook Air M5 13-inch vs 15-inch: Best Pick
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (793+ words) So here is the thing: the design of the MacBook Air M5 has not changed much from last year’s model. Apple kept the same thin, light body that people already love. However, the real upgrade is hidden inside: the new M5 chip....
2024 vs. 2026 Mac Mini Buyer's Guide
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (342+ words) Last month, Apple announced a new Mac mini built around the all-new M6 chip and the M5 Pro, replacing the M4 and M4 Pro models that had been on sale since October 2024. Pre-orders are open now, with the machines arriving to customers and in…...
Asahi Linux now officially supports Macs with the M3 series SoC
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (117+ words) Asahi Linux is a project and community with the goal of porting Linux to Apple Silicon Macs - and now it supports Macs with the M3 series SoC. This was announced in a new blog post on the official website noting that…...
Desktop Mac buyer's gude: Which Mac to buy in fall 2026
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (1899+ words) Mon Sep 07 2026, 10:34 AM EDT · 9 minute read Apple's current desktop Mac range. In August, while the world was preparing for the expected launch of new iPhone models in September, Apple had a trick up its sleeve. Without any warning, it launched…...
Asahi Linux rolls out support for M3 Apple Silicon
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (498+ words) Sun Sep 06 2026, 01:18 PM EDT · 1 minute read Asahi Linux now supports M3. Just not M3 Ultra. In late August, a blog post for the Asahi Linux project, which intends to bring Linux to Apple Silicon and run natively on Apple's ARM chips, said…...
Lilbits: Asahi Linux on Apple M3, bootloader unlock for the Fire Max 11, and Acer and Lenovo's unusual new laptops
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (454+ words) Apple’s Mac computers are designed to run Apple’s macOS software. The company doesn’t make it easy for users to install other operating systems. But the folks at the Asahi Linux project have been reverse engineering Apple’s M-series chips since they…...
Asahi Linux Now Officially Supports Apple M3 Macs - With Caveats
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (218+ words) Asahi Linux developers announced today that they are now officially supporting the Linux distribution on Apple M3 powered Macs. With the exception of the Mac Studio M3 Ultra, other M3 / M3 Pro / M3 Max devices should now work with the latest Asahi Linux builds but…...