Have a Retina Mac? Having issues with gaming performance? Here's how to set your Mac games or apps to run in low resolution without having to change the game's internal settings. This will considerably improve gaming performance on Retina Macs.
Apple has just announced its quarterly earnings for Q2 2016 which encompasses January through March of this year. Announced during its customary quarterly earnings call, the results saw Apple's earnings reach $50.6 billion with a quarterly net profit of $10.5 billion. Those results are down on the same period last year which saw $58 billion in revenue, and $13.6 billion in profit. The drop in revenue means this is the first ever quarterly drop in revenue for Apple in last 13 years.
Taking the so-called Apple Watch 2 and kitting it out with a built-in cellular data functionality that could allow it to operate independently of a connected iPhone would certainly be an appealing prospect for consumers.
Rumor has it that Apple's iPhone 7 will feature touch-sensitive Home button complete with dustproof and waterproof design. Here are the details.
The possibility for Apple to skip past the iPhone 7s and move straight to the iPhone 8 most definitely exists, along with the potential for that device to be one of the biggest upgrades that we've seen in recent times. This year's iPhone 7 is expected to feature a design that will somewhat be similar to what we already have with iPhone 6/6s since 2014, however today's report is suggesting that next year's iPhone 8 could blow that away by introducing a "mega cycle" update to the device.
Xiaomi and Huawei are feeling the pinch in their homeland, according to a report, with the iPhone SE said to be eating into the Chinese firms' sales. The most inexpensive iPhone ever was reported as having received over 3.4 million pre-orders before its release last month, with the Chinese enjoying the iPhone SE's smaller chassis but powerful internals.
The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has once again published details of a patent application that provides us with an insight into a potential Apple product. The patent filing - titled "Audio class-compliant charging accessories for wireless headphones and headsets" - outlines an intelligent hybrid headphone system that knows whether to switch to a wired or wireless connection based on the type of audio data it receives from a connected device. This transition between states would be automated, instant, and handled without fuss by the device's built-in "control circuitry".
iOS 9.3.2 beta 2 is now available to those registered on Apple's Public Beta Program. Apple released beta 2 of iOS 9.3.2, OS X 10.11.5, and watchOS 2.2.1 only yesterday to developers registered on Apple Developer Program. About 24 hours later, Apple has made iOS 9.3.2 beta 2 available to its registered public beta testers.
After releasing iOS 9.3.2 beta 2, Apple has now released beta 2 seeds for OS X 10.11.5 and watchOS 2.2.1 to developers registered on the Apple Developer Program. The new beta 2 seeds for Macs and Apple Watch comes exactly two weeks after Apple released beta 1 for testing purposes, and they look to consolidate the said platforms by ironing out bugs and focusing on overall performance and stability improvements. Strangely enough, Apple didn't release tvOS 9.2.1 beta 2 for Apple TV 4 today.
Here's a Geekbench benchmarks score comparison between Apple's 2016 12-inch MacBook vs Apple's 2015 12-inch MacBook model. The tool used runs a series of tests and outputs a score based on a device's performance characteristics, allowing devices to be compared with one another.
