MacFormat July 2021

Apple’s Spring Loaded event in April sprung a wealth of surprises, chief of which is the gorgeous new 24in iMac. It not only now sports an Apple silicon chip inside, but is now available in seven incredible colours. Measuring just 11.5mm thin, it’s also the closest Apple has come to making the computer disappear – although some might wish it had ‘disappeared’ a little further – the choice of white rather than black bezels and its still-pronounced, but otherwise unadorned, ‘chin’ dividing Apple critics. What Apple’s making clear here, though, is that it’s moving on from the Intel era and into an exciting new single-platform direction, reinforced by the decision to also include an Apple M1 chip in the new iPad Pro, rather than use an A-series SoC like before. The…

Apple’s Spring Loaded event in April sprung a wealth of surprises, chief of which is the gorgeous new 24in iMac. It not only now sports an Apple silicon chip inside, but is now available in seven incredible colours. Measuring just 11.5mm thin, it’s also the closest Apple has come to making the computer disappear – although some might wish it had ‘disappeared’ a little further – the choice of white rather than black bezels and its still-pronounced, but otherwise unadorned, ‘chin’ dividing Apple critics. What Apple’s making clear here, though, is that it’s moving on from the Intel era and into an exciting new single-platform direction, reinforced by the decision to also include an Apple M1 chip in the new iPad Pro, rather than use an A-series SoC like before.…

After a long war of words, Apple and Epic Games have finally met in the courts to fight it out. The issue at stake? Whether companies should be allowed to run their own app stores on iOS and, more broadly, whether iOS is run as a monopoly whose power Apple abuses. That is set to be decided over the coming weeks, with potentially massive ramifications for the industry no matter who wins. Epic has long griped that it must go through Apple’s in-app purchase system – and subsequently pay its 30% commission – whenever it sells something inside one of its iOS apps. Then, in August 2020, Epic’s Fortnite game was updated to include a secret feature that allowed Epic to remotely activate its own store inside the app. This functionality was…

After a long war of words, Apple and Epic Games have finally met in the courts to fight it out. The issue at stake? Whether companies should be allowed to run their own app stores on iOS and, more broadly, whether iOS is run as a monopoly whose power Apple abuses. That is set to be decided over the coming weeks, with potentially massive ramifications for the industry no matter who wins. Epic has long griped that it must go through Apple’s in-app purchase system – and subsequently pay its 30% commission – whenever it sells something inside one of its iOS apps. Then, in August 2020, Epic’s Fortnite game was updated to include a secret feature that allowed Epic to remotely activate its own store inside the app. This…

The iMac might be the most visible all-in-one computer in the world, but it is not the best-selling one. That accolade goes to HP and its range of all-in-one desktops, but that might soon change according to DigiTimes. The outlet believes that, in the fourth quarter of 2020, HP sold 925,000 all-in-one computers, while Apple sold 860,000 iMacs. It predicts Apple will pull ahead in the next quarter, although this might be a temporary victory. Interestingly, DigiTimes predicts this actually has much more to do with global chip shortages than anything Apple introduced with its iMac redesign. That is because the dearth of chips will likely see manufacturers focus limited stocks on their higher-end offerings. For Apple, that includes the iMac. For HP, it means pro and gaming systems rather…

The iMac might be the most visible all-in-one computer in the world, but it is not the best-selling one. That accolade goes to HP and its range of all-in-one desktops, but that might soon change according to DigiTimes. The outlet believes that, in the fourth quarter of 2020, HP sold 925,000 all-in-one computers, while Apple sold 860,000 iMacs. It predicts Apple will pull ahead in the next quarter, although this might be a temporary victory. Interestingly, DigiTimes predicts this actually has much more to do with global chip shortages than anything Apple introduced with its iMac redesign. That is because the dearth of chips will likely see manufacturers focus limited stocks on their higher-end offerings. For Apple, that includes the iMac. For HP, it means pro and gaming systems rather than…