#Mac

When Apple dropped Intel for its own M-series chips, laptops suddenly got dramatically better battery life and performance. We explain what Apple Silicon actually is, how its system-on-a-chip and unified memory work, and the trade-offs that come with it.

Apple made macOS Sonoma available on September 26, 2023 as a free update. It added interactive desktop widgets, Game Mode, Safari profiles and web apps, and video conferencing features like Presenter Overlay and Reactions. Here are the highlights.

Apple made macOS Ventura available on October 24, 2022 as a free update. It introduced Stage Manager, Continuity Camera, passwordless passkeys in Safari, and Metal 3, and renamed System Preferences to System Settings. Here is what changed.