How the M1 Pro and M1 Max open up a world of possibilities for the Mac

The other shoe has finally dropped. Eleven months after the release of the first M1 Macs ushered in the Apple silicon era for the Mac, Apple has addressed how it plans to serve the needs of users for whom iPad-level performance, impressive though it…

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With the introduction of all-new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, Apple has officially moved every laptop it sells away from Intel processors. The two-year transition to Apple Silicon is moving along well. Apple now sells three MacBook Pro mo…

How to distinguish arm binaries from x86 binaries on macOS?

Is there something I can type on the command-line to determine if an executable is an M1 binary or and amd64 binary?

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How to distinguish arm binaries from x86 binaries on macOS?

Is there something I can type on the command-line to determine if an executable is an M1 binary or and amd64 binary?

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Automator steps to create relative path to parent folder

Directory structure.... --G - Action.app (this Automator app) - Random.app - Folder 1 - File A.a - File B.t - File C.q - Folder 2 - File D.a - File B.t - File C.q I click-drag Folder 1 and Folder 2 and drop them on Ac…

macOS artificially restricts speeds to 100 Mbps over Ethernet

Overview I have a 1 Gbps connection via a Cat 6 Ethernet cable to my MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019). I am on macOS Big Sur 11.6 on the Intel Core i9 if that helps. The Ethernet cables connect to the Thunderbolt port via a dock supporting a…

macOS artificially restricts speeds to 100 Mbps over Ethernet

Overview I have a 1 Gbps connection via a Cat 6 Ethernet cable to my MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019). I am on macOS Big Sur 11.6 on the Intel Core i9 if that helps. The Ethernet cables connect to the Thunderbolt port via a dock supporting a…

Listen to This Song Made from 45 Years of Apple Sound Effects

Apple played a fun song leading into their October 18 redesigned MacBook Pro debut event which was composed entirely of sound effects captured from 45 years of Apple products. If you’re a longtime Apple fan you’ll undoubtedly recognize many of the s…

Apple Arcade FAQ: ‘NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition’ is available today

Gaming subscription services are all the rage now, but Apple Arcade isn’t quite like Google Stadia or Xbox Live. So if you’ve got questions about it, we’ve got plenty of answers. Updated 10/19/21: NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition has been released. This is a…

Apple’s $19 Polishing Cloth is backordered till Thanksgiving

Apple unveiled a bunch of new products at its “Unleashed” event, including new MacBook Pros, third-gen AirPods, and new HomePod mini colors, but there was one that didn’t make the keynote. Apple is now selling a Polishing Cloth for you screens that …

Keep your iPhone 13 charged for days with $20 off the MagSafe Battery Pack

The iPhone 13 and 13 Pro have incredible battery life, but we could always use a little more. That’s where Apple’s MagSafe Battery Pack comes in, adding an extra 1,460mAh to keep your iPhone powered on well into a second day and maybe even a third. …

Automator steps to create relative path to parent folder

Directory structure.... --G - Action.app (this Automator app) - Random.app - Folder 1 - File A.a - File B.t - File C.q - Folder 2 - File D.a - File B.t - File C.q I click-drag Folder 1 and Folder 2 and drop them on Ac…

Auto start apps not starting on scheduled boot

I'm not really sure if I'm missing something here, but isn't the idea behind the auto boot and auto shutdown that the mac is ready to work with in the morning when starting to work? For me that's not quite working. My Mac starts every m…