Now playing: Watch this: Is the New MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar revolutionary? 21:32 Apple‘s fingerprint tech, Touch ID, is no longer limited to its iOS devices. The new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar features a Touch ID reader embedded in the power button, just above the Delete key. Using Touch ID, you can do things …
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Longtime Windows users making the leap to a Mac will need to go through a bit of an adjustment period before they begin to feel comfortable navigating MacOS. In an effort to bring you comfort, allow me to ask and answer seven questions that you might be muttering to yourself. 1. Wait, where’s the Delete key? What a Mac calls …
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Apple last month slimmed down its MacBook Pro lineup and added a dynamic Touch Bar to the keyboard, ridding itself of the function keys and allowing for more creative keyboard functionality. We generally liked the result of the changes in our review, but according to a report by iFixit, they come at a cost. iFixit opened up Apple’s 13-inch MacBook …
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There are no traditional USB ports. The keyboard is lame. The Touch Bar is a gimmick. There’s not enough memory. And worst of all, you have to buy a bunch of expensive dongles to match what your old laptop could do easily. Those are some of the complaints dogging Apple’s new high-end laptop, the MacBook Pro. The detractors have fair …
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The biggest new feature in Apple‘s updated MacBook Pro laptops is the Touch Bar, a slim touch-enabled second screen that lives above the keyboard. In our initial review of the Touch Bar version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro, we said it was potentially very useful, but for the moment, it was locked to Apple-created apps such as Safari, Photos and …
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The reviews for the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar are in, and the word is fairly positive. CNET’s review says Apple’s newest laptop is worth the splurge, calling the Touch Bar “inventive.” Other reviews have been more lukewarm, and the high price is still an issue. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, meanwhile, defends the role of his company in the election …
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Despite the fact that most people have not used one of Apple’s new MacBook Pros, there are some creative professionals — including graphic designers, photographers and video editors — who are already disappointed by them. For them, it’s all about the specs. Apple’s new machines don’t feature the latest Intel and Nvidia processors, don’t offer more than 16GB of memory, …
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Apple’s MacBook Pro, the company’s newest model for power users, is generating vastly more revenue than the company’s ultralight laptop that debuted a year and a half ago, an e-commerce tracking firm says. The MacBook Pro revenue in its first five days has reached 78 percent of last year’s MacBook, Slice Intelligence said Tuesday. In addition, the new Mac has …
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A group of former Nokia employees thinks it has a better way for you to edit photos: Loupedeck, a hardware console with sliders, knobs and switches dedicated to Adobe Systems‘ Lightroom software. Lightroom has a wide range of on-screen controls for photo-editing tasks like adjusting exposure, cropping, fiddling with color and applying a star rating. Your photo takes up most …
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Those MacBook Pro dongles are now a lot cheaper. Apple on Friday cut the pricing for connectors for its MacBook Pro. The offer will run through the end of the year. Apple also lowered the price of the new LG displays announced last week by 25 percent. The LG UltraFine 5K display, will cost $974 when it becomes available in …
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