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Apple TV single sign

Apple TV single sign-on became available Thursday night to those with access to the tvOS 10.1 and 10.2 betas. Apple revealed the single sign-on feature in June, but when tvOS was released the feature was nowhere to be found. Single sign-on solves the issue of having to separately sign into apps like Watch ESPN and …

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Shut but not sleeping: 2 ways to keep a closed MacBook awake

A MacBook doesn’t need to be open to be useful. Connected to an external display, it can run while it’s closed and act like a Mac Mini. By itself, a MacBook can run when closed with the help of a third-party app. You may want to do this so you can tote your MacBook from meeting to meeting at work …

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How Apple blew the MacBook name game

One word could have made all the difference. “Air,” instead of “Pro.” If Apple had introduced a new MacBook Air last week, the company wouldn’t be facing down a mob of angry creative professionals. It might not have Apple software developers questioning whether the company has lost its way. Because the new MacBook Pro basically is a MacBook Air — …

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​Apple just handed Microsoft the keys to the kingdom

“We are the company that stands for the builders, the makers, the creators.” Sounds like a thing Apple might say, no? But those are the words of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — the guy who just ate Apple’s lunch. I’m not saying the new Microsoft Surface Studio and Surface Book will be incredibly popular computers. While the pen-equipped transforming computers …

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Apple Macbook Pros have embraced USB

Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s new mainstream MacBook Pro 1:54 Someday we’ll live in a truly wireless future, where everything is interconnected. Speeds will be so fast — 5G and WiGig — and the chipsets so cheap and plentiful that everything from your coffee maker to your garage door opener will have them embedded by default. Even your charging cable …

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5 reasons why your laptop is slow

If your old laptop is starting to show its age, there can be any number of issues affecting its performance. Here are five likely culprits for why your laptop is running so frustratingly slow and five solutions to return it to its former glory. 1. Spinning hard drive I speak from experience when I say moving from a traditional spinning …

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Apple MacBook, iMac prices become latest victims of Brexit

Apple unveiled a swish new MacBook Pro on Thursday that came complete with a hefty price tag of $1,799. There’s nothing unusual about high prices on Apple’s newest, most sophisticated tech. But if the MacBook seems expensive to Americans, it’s worse for customers in the UK where it costs £1,749 — equal to $2,121. More unusual is what happened to …

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Apple’s MacBook Pro makes waves on social media

Apple’s new Touch Bar took over social media on Friday morning. The MacBook Pro and Apple’s event that introduced it are trending across Facebook and Twitter, as users argue over whether the new Touch Bar feature should have replaced the function key. Twitter users are also getting into the Halloween spirit — and ruminating on what to do if they’ll …

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Apple’s Tim Cook stresses accessibility with new site

Tim Cook says everyone should have access to technology. CNET Apple cares so much about accessibility that CEO Tim Cook started the company’s new-product event Thursday with a video about it. “Technology should be accessible to everyone,” Cook said. Along with introducing a new line of MacBook Pros on Thursday, Apple also unveiled its new accessibility website that focuses more …

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Apple’s ‘hello again’ Mac launch: Join us today for live blog

It’s Mac time. Apple will host an event today at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, to show off its latest computers. The biggest updates are expected to come to the MacBook Pro, Apple’s workhorse laptop beloved by creative professionals. The computer hasn’t seen a major design update since Apple added the Retina Display in 2012. CNET will be in Cupertino …

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