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macOS is Apple's operating system for the Mac. It has been around quite a long time, but in its current form it really started in 2001 with Mac OS X 10.1. It's built on top of a UNIX core, which makes it very stable, versatile, and great for developers. It's popular with creators too, as a good platform for video editing and photography. More recently, Apple has begun working to bring iOS apps to the Mac, which could change how MacBooks, iMacs, Mac Pros, and Mac Minis work for everybody.

Where are Apple’s new Macs? Here’s what we’re still expecting Apple to announce this year

By Sheena Vasani and Brandon Widder

Higher-end Mac Mini reportedly landing ‘in the next several months’

By Sam Byford
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1Password 8 on the Mac brings a big redesign

By Chaim Gartenberg
27 comments / new

The new Parallels 17 officially lets you run Windows 11 on your Mac

By Mitchell Clark
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You can get a Touch ID-equipped Magic Keyboard without buying a whole iMac now

By Chaim Gartenberg
27 comments / new

Live Text is no longer an M1-exclusive in Apple’s newest macOS Monterey beta

By Ian Carlos Campbell
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Apple releases iOS 14.7.1 to fix Apple Watch unlocking and a zero-day exploit

By Richard Lawler
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How to use Focus modes for notifications on iOS 15

By Chaim Gartenberg

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How to use SharePlay

By Chaim Gartenberg
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Apple’s latest iOS and macOS betas undo some of Safari’s controversial new design

By Chaim Gartenberg
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How to use Apple’s Private Relay feature with iCloud Plus

By Chaim Gartenberg
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macOS 101: how to force quit a Mac app

By Barbara Krasnoff

How to restore your Mac from the macOS Monterey beta to Big Sur

By Cameron Faulkner

Apple launches public beta of macOS Monterey, bringing updates to FaceTime and Safari

By Monica Chin
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How to install the macOS Monterey public beta

By Cameron Faulkner

Music Widget brings back the original Mac OS X iTunes widget

By Chaim Gartenberg
12 comments / new

An intrepid YouTuber created a handheld that runs macOS Big Sur

By Monica Chin
15 comments / new

Lenovo made a wireless charger for your laptop

By Sam Byford
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iOS 15 and macOS 12 take a small but significant step towards a password-less future

By Jon Porter
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The best features of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that Apple didn’t announce onstage

Spoiler alert: some really cool stuff wasn’t onstage

By Mitchell Clark

Some of macOS Monterey’s best features aren’t coming to Intel Macs

By Jay Peters
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How Universal Control on macOS Monterey works

It’s simpler — and cleverer — than I expected

By Dieter Bohn
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Apple may have done the coolest drag and drop demo ever

By Mitchell Clark
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Apple WWDC 2021: the 15 biggest announcements

Catch up on the news from Apple’s big developer conference

By Jay Peters
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macOS Monterey lets you run Shortcuts and share files between Macs and iPads

By Mitchell Clark
41 comments / new

How to watch Apple’s WWDC 2021 keynote

By Ian Carlos Campbell

Apple WWDC 2021: iOS 15, new MacBook Pros, and what else to expect

By Jay Peters
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What’s on your desk, Brandon Widder?

By Barbara Krasnoff

Flexibits’ contact app Cardhop gets fresh revamp, added to Fantastical subscription

By Chaim Gartenberg
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Vox Media’s Eric Arredondo on working as IT support

By Barbara Krasnoff

Apple’s redesigned MacBook Pros with next-gen in-house chips could arrive early this summer

By James Vincent
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Apple iMac M1 review: the all-in-one for almost everyone

A new design, new processor, and new screen make for a winning combination

By Monica Chin
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