Knowing how expensive MacBook Pros are, it’s only natural to want to know if it’s worth the price. Shelling out a lot of money for a product that won’t last that long is money wasted. You’re not just paying for the MacBook Pros’ features, you’re also paying for its longevity. What’s the point of getting […]
Affording a New MacBook Pro: Is it in Your Budget?
Being a broke Apple fan is practically an oxymoron. A Mac stamped with that notorious apple logo doesn’t come cheap. The latest 16-inch Pro with 2.3GHz 8-Core Processor and 1TB of storage comes to $2,799. The sticker shock is enough to wish you were one of Microsoft’s ride-or-dies. Almost. But let’s be honest — even […]
What to Do If Your Macbook Pro Screen Goes Black and Unresponsive
Apple MacBooks are the most reliable brand of laptop and have been for many years. That doesn’t mean they don’t still have an occasional problem though. One of the problems that can pop up is your MacBook Pro screen goes black and unresponsive. Let’s look at how to troubleshoot that issue, along with several other […]
How to Make Your MacBook’s Touch Bar Actually Useful
The MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar isn’t highly useful right out of the box. There might be practical tasks you can accomplish with it, but with the default settings, it’s only a cosmetic upgrade over the function keys it replaced. Fortunately, utilities exist that can dramatically improve the usefulness of the Touch Bar by allowing for […]
7 Actually Useful Ways to Extend Your MacBook Pro Battery Life
The world of battery extension is stocked with myths and legends. Lower your brightness before sleeping the device, quit every app you aren’t using, turn on single app mode — the list is as long as it is ineffective. Here are the tips that actually extend your MacBook Pro battery: some by a little, some […]
How Apple’s Solid State Hard Drives Work
All Apple laptops have contained SSD storage since 2014, providing ultra-fast storage communication to the onboard SSD. As common as these drives are, true understanding of their technological underpinnings is more rare. We can examine the technology to see how SSDs work and what makes Apple’s SSD drives special. What is NAND memory? Computer processors […]
Apple Kit Customer Data Migration Tool For MacBook Pro 2016-2018
This kit has been around for roughly two years – ever since the version of MacBook Pros came out containing soldered-in SSDs. According to their company reps, the tool is available directly from Apple. Other kits have surfaced on eBay – after considerable searching – and they are more expensive and are being promoted as […]
Is The MacBook Pro Keyboard Lawsuit a Big Deal?
Just recently, news came out that Apple was being sued over their MacBook Pros. Some lawyers have filed a class action lawsuit about the reliability issues in the keyboards attached to the current model of MacBook Pro. These keyboards have anecdotally shown themselves to be unreliable and prone to failure or malfunction based on the […]
Integrated vs Dedicated Graphics: Which MacBook Should You Get?
Some MacBooks use integrated graphics, while others offer dedicated graphics. In integrated vs dedicated graphics, what’s the difference, and which MacBook should you get? It depends largely on your needs. But how did it end up this way? Integrated vs Dedicated Graphics: The History Once upon a time, every computer component was a separate card. […]
Customize the Touch Bar with BetterTouchTool
Once you get past the gee-whiz factor of your new MacBook Pro’s contextually-aware Touch Bar, you might start to wonder if it can do anything useful. Fortunately, it’s capable of more than meets the eye. You can customize it using some built-in tools, or get serious about tweaking with BetterTouchTool. Customize the Touch Bar with […]
