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Apple unveiled a new 13-inch MacBook Pro with second-generation 'M2' Apple Silicon at WWDC 2022 earlier this month. The new notebook is a direct successor to the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro from 2020. However, benchmarks from YouTubers like Max Tech and Created Tech have revealed that M2 MacBook Pro configurations with only 256GB of storage deliver...

Apple's 2018 MacBook Pro just went on sale yesterday, and some lucky customers already have one in their hands. Laptop Mag was able to get one of the 13-inch models, which they have already benchmarked to find out how it measures up to its competitors. The report notes that the new 13-inch MacBook Pro is...

Apple’s 2016 MacBook Pro features a non-removable, non-upgradeable, soldered-on SSD. Easily replacing your hard drive is therefore essentially impossible for MacBook Pro owners. If for whatever reason the laptop fails or refuses to boot, it seems as if that users will no longer have access to the data stored on the SSD. Fortunately, Apple has a […]

Earlier this month, teardown and repair site iFixit first got its hands on the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Function Keys. A few days ago, the website tore down the 13-inch MacBook Pro model with Touch Bar. Now, the website has been able to get its hands on a 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar in order […]

After Apple launched the much-awaited MacBook Pro, teardown and repair site iFixit first got its hands on the 13-inch MacBook Pro With Function Keys. Now, the website has been able to get its hands on a MacBook Pro With Touch Bar in order to figure how difficult it is to pull apart and repair – and […]

Last month, OWC tore down the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, non-Touch Bar version. They discovered there was a removable solid state drive (SSD) module, giving hope for users to upgrade their hard drives at some point in time. Now, according to early unboxing and dismantling of 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro models with Touch Bar,...

For the past five months, the Spotify music streaming app for Mac, Windows, and Linux “has been assaulting users’ storage devices with enough data to potentially take years off their expected lifespans.” More troublesome: the issue occurs even when the Spotify app is idle and isn’t storing any songs locally, according to Ars Technica. According […]

Many have complained about the prices of the new MacBook Pro line up, while we also saw the 12-inch MacBook jump in Canada by $100. But it's not all bad news when it comes to the Mac, as one eagle-eyed MacRumors reader has noticed 512GB and 1TB SSD upgrades have dropped in price in the U.S....

OWC got their hands on the entry 13-inch MacBook Pro model without Touch Bar and in their quick teardown, they have noted the solid state drive module is removable. Here are the observations from OWC: Solid State Drive module is removable Bottom was more difficult to remove than previous generations, but it was not glued...

After releasing iOS 8.4, Apple also pushed out OS X 10.10.4, which included notable improvements, as detailed in the release note. What's not there in the release notes, though – and it is still a major change, especially for those who extended the life of their Mac with an SSD – is that the update lets...

Back in 2011, Apple acquired Israel based flash storage maker Anobit for $400 million, the Cupertino company’s first acquisition under the leadership of Tim Cook. It seems that the investment has finally started to pay off as the latest 12-inch Retina MacBook features an in-house SSD controller, most likely born of the company's three year old acquisition, AppleInsider...