Parallels Desktop 16.5 is now available on the Mac, offering native M1 support. That said, you still can’t run normal Windows 10 in a VM.

BY Paul Thurrott with 22 Comments
Parallels Desktop 16.5 is now available on the Mac, offering native M1 support. That said, you still can’t run normal Windows 10 in a VM.
BY Paul Thurrott with 6 Comments
Apple announced today that it is expanding its “Find My” services to third parties, starting with Belkin, Chipolo, and VanMoof next week.
BY Paul Thurrott with 12 Comments
Opera today announced the availability of the first M1-native version of its flagship browser, and it’s claiming that it’s two times faster than the previous version.
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Apple announced today that WWDC21, the coming rendition of its annual developer conference, will be all-virtual for the second year in a row.
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Intel is finally stepping up its campaign against Apple Silicon with a new series of ads promoting PCs that star Justin Long of “I’m a Mac” fame.
BY Paul Thurrott with 13 Comments
Microsoft announced today that it will move its Edge web browser on Mac off Microsoft AutoUpdate because users have found it confusing.
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Adobe announced today that its Photoshop is now available natively on M1-based Macs, offering significant performance gains on that platform.
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The February 2021 release of Visual Studio Code brings several new features to Microsoft’s modern code editor, key among support for M1-based Macs.
BY Paul Thurrott with 16 Comments
In its initial releases, Flutter allowed developers to create apps that run on both Android and iOS. But now Google is setting its sights higher. Much higher.
BY Paul Thurrott with 66 Comments
This past week, I’ve experimented with using a wide range of hardware devices with the Razer Book 13 and Apple’s M1-based MacBook Pro.
BY Paul Thurrott with 84 Comments
Having recently suffered the fate of all Apple partners, Intel is firing back against Apple Silicon in a new series of “Go PC” advertisements.
BY Paul Thurrott with 28 Comments
One of the key benefits of Apple moving the Mac to its M1 chipset is that users will be able to run iPhone and iPad apps natively.
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Apple didn’t just post record revenues in the most recent quarter, it outperformed Microsoft by an over 2-to-1 margin. What the heck is going on here?
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Microsoft not so subtly mocks the new M1-based MacBook pro in a video ad that designed to look like it was made by a typical YouTube vlogger.
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Well, here we go again. For my second look at an M1-based Mac, I’m evaluating the 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro, which retails for $1299.
BY Paul Thurrott with 62 Comments
Yesterday, I prepared my M1-based Mac Mini for return to Apple and was reminded of how terrible this process is on Apple’s desktop platform.
BY Paul Thurrott with 51 Comments
I always keep at least one modern Mac on hand for testing purposes. But it’s clear that the M1-based Mac Mini should not be that Mac.
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With its temporary mix of advanced features and limitations, the Parallels Desktop technical preview for M1-based Macs provides a tantalizing glimpse at the future.
BY Paul Thurrott with 28 Comments
Microsoft enthusiasts have had a lot to complain about over the past several years. But it looks like the firm may finally address two of the bigger issues.
BY Paul Thurrott with 52 Comments
Apple’s new M1-based Mac Mini has held up well in early testing, with excellent software and hardware compatibility and performance. Well, with one exception.
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The new M1-based Mac Mini arrives in a form factor that is identical to its predecessor but with fewer expansion ports and dramatically different internals.
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Apple’s trade-in partner took its sweet time handing over a gift card for my MacBook Air, but with that done, a new M1-based Mac Mini is on the way. Or will be, eventually.
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Following in the footsteps of earlier releases of Photoshop and Lightroom, Adobe Premier Pro is now available in beta on the M1-based Macs.
BY Paul Thurrott with 25 Comments
Microsoft revealed last night that owners of M1-based Macs can now test a native version of Microsoft Edge in preview.
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Mozilla has released the latest version of its flagship Firefox web browser, which, among other things, adds support for M1-based Macs.
BY Paul Thurrott with 26 Comments
Microsoft announced today that it has released new versions of many Microsoft 365 for Mac apps that run natively on new M1-based Macs.
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Adobe announced today that it has released Lightroom as a native app on M1-based Macs and Windows 10 on ARM (WOA).