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macOS 11 Big Sur Desktop on a MacBook Pro

The 5 Biggest Changes in macOS Big Sur You Should Know

Big Sur marked Apple’s move to macOS 11 from the venerable macOS 10 (or OS X as it was known for many years). It’s a huge move, a big redesign, and a paradigm shift that is accompanied by Apple using...

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Solar Power: From Dream to Reality

Perhaps the best thing about getting older is that you have the opportunity to watch dreams turn into reality. Solar power from photovoltaic cells was just an expensive, impossible dream back in 1970 when I was an 8th-grade student at East Junior High in Aurora, Colorado, celebrating the first-ever Earth Day. In this article, I’ll talk about the roots of solar power, the first practical uses on spacecraft, and how companies and individuals are now taking advantage of the sun to produce clean, inexhaustible energy.

Detail of T2 chip, photo from OWC teardown of the iMac Pro

iMac Pro’s T2 Chip: What It Is and What It Does

(Detail of T2 chip, photo from OWC teardown of the iMac Pro.) Before the iMac Pro finally shipped in late December, 2017, there was a lot of speculation that the powerful desktop machine would contain an Apple A10 chip, possibly...

How to Fix and Avoid the Most Common Mac Error Messages

Chances are you've never had any problems with your Mac and this guide to common Mac error messages won't be of interest to you. Just kidding. It's much more likely that you've seen at least a few of these error...

Tech 101: A Brief History of Thunderbolt Technology

Thunderbolt 3 is the most recent iteration of Thunderbolt, a hardware interface designed to connect multiple external peripherals to a computer at high data rates. This is the first in a series of educational articles to acquaint readers with the...

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