This thing will still run macOS Sierra, despite Apple washing its hands of any obligation to repair these machines.
If you do have one of these MacBooks, upgrading the drive and RAM for Sierra is pretty simple.
Category: Apple
Apple Reportedly Looking into Peer to Peer Payments Powered by Apple Pay⇢
Apple’s on-again, off-again flirtation with building its own money-transfer service appears to be back on.
The company has recently held discussions with payments industry partners about introducing its own Venmo competitor, according to multiple sources familiar with the talks. The service would allow iPhone owners to send money digitally to other iPhone owners, these people said.
I’d love to see this. I currently use Square Cash for stuff like this, but something better-integrated into iOS would be a big win.
‘Today at Apple’ to Bring New Retail Experience to all Apple Stores⇢
This morning, Apple announced “Today at Apple,” a new push to roll out a new experience to all 495 Apple stores:
Apple today announced plans to launch dozens of new educational sessions next month in all 495 Apple stores ranging in topics from photo and video to music, coding, art and design and more. The hands-on sessions, collectively called “Today at Apple,” will be led by highly-trained team members, and in select cities world-class artists, photographers and musicians, teaching sessions from basics and how-to lessons to professional-level programs.
Apple’s Self-Driving Car Technology⇢
Elago Launches iPhone Mount Sorta Shaped Like the Original Mac⇢
This new stand is not nearly as adorable as their Apple Watch stand.
I can’t handle how much they had to stretch the shape to fit an iPhone. An iPad’s aspect ratio is much better suited for this…
On the Future of Touch ID⇢
Rumors have it that Apple is struggling to put a Touch ID sensor on the front of this year’s Unicorn iPhone 8. Here’s Andy Hargreaves, an equity research analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, via MacRumors, on the subject:
Likely options for Apple include a delay of production or elimination of fingerprint sensing on the OLED iPhone. We believe Apple continues to work on solving its optical fingerprint issues. If it’s able to solve the problems in the next month or so, it would likely place volume orders at that point. This would likely lead to a delay of the OLED iPhone launch, but we would not expect it to meaningfully affect volume for the cycle. If it’s not able to fix the problems in that time frame, Apple may be forced to eliminate fingerprint sensing from the OLED iPhone altogether.
What Hackintoshers Want⇢
Jordan Kahn spoke with moderators of tonymacx86.com and other tinkerers to see what they want in the new Mac Pro. Hard to find fault with their wishes.
Revisiting my Original iPad Review⇢
Seven years ago, I published my original iPad review. I thought it would be fun to revisit it today.
I really had no intention of buying an iPad on launch day, but I was very curious about it. About an hour before the local Apple Store closed, I called a friend of mine to see if he wanted to go with me to check out the demo models. I figured I was safe from an impulsive decision, but they still had models in stock:
What I Want in the New Mac Pro
Justin Williams recently wrote up what he’d like to see in the new Mac Pro, from his standpoint as a software developer.
I’m not a developer, but I am a pro user. While my 5K iMac is plenty of machine for me, I would like to have the option of a viable Mac Pro when it’s time to replace this computer down the road.
Like Williams, I really just want a tower I can plug into a display. Here’s what I’d like that product to include:
Questioning Modularity⇢
As a past Power Mac customer I am excited about Apple’s future “modular Mac,” but I have questions about what modular means to Apple and its customers.
My guess is that at least some of these questions are going to have disappointing answers if the Power Mac is your benchmark, but I’m trying to keep an open mind here.
Jannis Hermanns Has Made Something Wonderful
From adorable Apple Watch stands to LEGO Mac models, I’m a big fan of tiny Macintosh projects.
Naturally, a tiny LEGO Mac powered by a Raspberry Pi and e-paper display jumped out at me. The creator, Jannis Hermanns, has written up his whole process. I’m impressed.
On the Slowness of Things⇢
That the trash can Mac Pro design was a mistake was widely accepted in the Mac community from pretty early on. I suspect it sold well in the early days because there was a lot of pent-up demand for a new Pro, but Apple must have known long ago that it was a kind of a dud. There’s no shame in that; innovations are sometimes misdirected. It’s Apple’s slow response that’s disturbing.