Google Chrome ends support for macOS Big Sur
Google has announced that version 138 of its Chrome browser for Mac is the last version that can run on macOS 11 Big Sur. According to a support document, Big Sur is “outside of its…
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This Terminal trick brings back Launchpad on macOS 26
Apple last month announced macOS 26 Tahoe, the next major update to the Mac operating system. While it comes with a lot of new features, including the Liquid Glass interface, Live Activities, and a powerful…
The iPad just got one of my favorite macOS features
Apart from Liquid Glass, there are hardly any groundbreaking innovations in Apple’s new operating systems for 2025–with one major exception. iPadOS 26 will dramatically change the way we interact with our tablets and bring the…
macOS Tahoe finally puts the Spotlight where it belongs
Twenty years ago, Mac OS X Tiger introduced us to a search feature that would stand the test of time: Spotlight. And while at the time I found myself ambivalent about its many quirks, some…
Second macOS Tahoe dev beta fixes a short-lived Mac nightmare
Apple released the beta 2 of macOS 26 Tahoe on Monday, and while we don’t know yet the complete story of what’s new in the beta, we do know one thing: Apple has changed the…
RIP IEEE 1394: macOS Tahoe drops FireWire support, killing the original iPod
Technology is always moving forward, which often means old technology gets left behind. For example, NekoMichiUBC on X has discovered that the macOS Tahoe beta lacks support for FireWire. That means that legacy devices, such…
macOS Tahoe vs Sequoia:What’s different, what’s new, should you update?
At its WWDC event on 9 June 2025, Apple showed off the next version of macOS that will be making its way to desktops near you later in 2025. macOS Tahoe comes with some impressive…
RIP Mickey Mouse glove: macOS Tahoe has a new set of cursors
There were some big new features for Mac owners to get excited about when Apple announced macOS Tahoe at the start of this week. But the little details of the company’s OS updates are sometimes…
Microsoft throws shade at macOS Tahoe’s familiar new vista
If you peeked over the platform wall at WWDC earlier this week and thought that the new “Liquid Glass” look for macOS and iOS seemed a little retro for the Windows faithful, you’re not alone.…
macOS 26 Tahoe fixes a major pet peeve of Google Chrome users
While the macOS Tahoe developer beta is now available, I usually install the first beta on a spare Mac and wait until the public beta before installing it on my main Mac. The first beta…