The first developer beta of macOS Golden Gate dropped on the first day of WWDC26, June 8th 2026. Siri AI is slowly rolling out to those who joined the waitlist, quietly replacing the older Siri in the background. See: MacOS Golden Gate 27 Beta 2 Release Notes – Apple . Download: MacOS Golden […]
Researchers at Paradigm shift discover a new SecureROM exploit which affects A12 and A13 chips, an engineer at Microsoft crafts a fix to keep Network Time Capsule working in macOS 27, watchOS 27 drops support for a number of watches including the Apple Watch Ultra Gen 1, and the new Siri AI is slowly rolling […]
Depending on the Mac you own, you’ll have a different range of ports available to you. As device standards change so do the cables and accessories that are to be used with them. At one point or another, we started to consider getting USB-C accessories as needs arise, although I held out for a while […]
iOS 27 Developer Beta 1 has been out since WWDC 2026, with the second beta slated to be released soon. There are a number of changes and performance improvements to be appreciated in this very first developer beta, along with oddities to be expected with prerelease software. Just like last year, I decided to take […]
On June 8th 2026 at WWDC 2026, Apple announced the iOS 27 Developer Beta, which is set for consumer release in September 2026. iOS 27 was announced alongside macOS Golden Gate, iPadOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27, and tvOS 27. Aimed to be a like a “Snow Leopard” sort of release, this new version brings […]
After upgrading your Mac to the new Golden Gate beta, your desktop will look mostly the same as Tahoe at a quick glance, with some slight differences. macOS 27 makes tweaks to the UI, listening to some user feedback. See: MacOS Golden Gate 27 Beta 1 Release Notes – Apple . Download: MacOS […]
On June 8th 2026, Apple announced the first version of macOS intended solely for Apple Silicon – macOS Golden Gate. This version of the operating system brings some refinements to the Liquid Glass UI, making some changes through user feedback. It’s also the final version of macOS to natively run Rosetta 2. This […]
It seems like I may have stumbled into a solution for getting Photoshop on the M2 Air sooner rather than later. Initially the idea was to get Photoshop CS4 working in a Leopard VM on UTM, downsizing it somehow, and fitting it onto my Mac’s tiny 256 GB SSD. After trying out the “reclaim space” […]
There’s the brand-new MacBook Neo, there’s the M1 MacBook Pro, the M1 MacBook Air.. and then there are the M2 MacBook Airs. While they may stand apart in shape, size and even age, what they mostly have in common in Mid-2026 is their value to performance. Today we’re taking a look at a Mid-2023 15-Inch […]
The long-awaited M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros have finally arrived, taking Apple Silicon ‘Books to a whole new level. Each takes the already successful aluminum unibody from prior generations, ups the speed a bit, increases core count, as well as doing a bit of a name change for the types of CPU cores. […]
Hello everyone, For the first time in a very long time, Low End Mac is preparing to migrate to a new server as our current hosting provider is moving to switch gears. Dan and I are still figuring out the where and when, but as of right now the tentative date for the switch is […]
While the project started back in February and was attempted to be finished then, it has finally been done in its first iteration. This means mostly every navigation page (including everything on the navigation bar, tech specs, software index, etc;) can be displayed from bezel to shining bezel, without pinching to zoom. See: Introducing – […]
This page details the full hardware profile of the Apple Silicon M5 Max chip. Name: M5 Pro Chip Released: March 3rd, 2026 Codename: – Part Number: – Fabrication Process: *TSMC’s 3-Nanometer-P Transistor Count: – CPU ISA: ARMv9.2A . . Mem. Bus Width: 384 / 512 Bit Total channels: 24 / 32 Bit per […]
This page details the full hardware profile of the Apple Silicon M5 Pro chip. Name: M5 Pro Chip Released: March 3rd, 2026 Codename: – Part Number: – Fabrication Process: *TSMC’s 3-Nanometer-P Transistor Count: – CPU ISA: ARMv9.2A . . Memory Bus Width: 256-bit Total channels: 16 Bit per channel: 16-Bit Memory Type: LPDDR5X-9600 […]
This page details the full hardware profile of the Apple Silicon M5 chip. Name: M5 Chip Released: October 15th, 2025 Codename: – Part Number: – Fabrication Process: *TSMC’s 3-Nanometer-P Transistor Count: – CPU ISA: ARMv9.2A . . Memory Bus Width: 128-bit Total channels: 8 Bit per channel: 16-Bit Memory Type: LPDDR5X-9600 (4800 MHz) […]
The M5 MacBook Air was updated with a new chip when it was introduced on March 3rd, 2026. Other than that, the new MacBook Air doesn’t seem much different from it’s predecessor. The real changes are under the hood with the M5 chip, changing the paradigm of MacBook Air workflows. Five generations into […]
Apple took a radically different approach to their notebook lineup this year by re-introducing the MacBook as an affordable, lightweight and colorful MacBook Neo. With a starting price of $599 USD (and $499 through Apple’s Education Store), this is the most affordable Mac ‘Book to-date. The Neo is no slouch despite being the […]