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Octane X GPU renderer launches on the Mac App Store

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 3:14 pm1 Comment

OTOY on Tuesday announced the release of Octane X on the Mac App Store, bringing the industry’s fastest spectrally-correct GPU…

Nintendo Switch games successfully run on M1 Macs

Tuesday, December 22, 2020 3:55 pm4 Comments

Foul-mouthed developer @daeken on Twitter has gotten Nintendo Switch games to run fairly well on Apple’s M1 Macs …

Apple silicon-powered Macs could have better graphics performance than discrete GPUs

Thursday, July 9, 2020 10:25 am13 Comments

Apple offered an impressive look at the graphics performance of Apple silicon-powered Macs when it showed a “Shadow of the Tomb Raider” demo during…

Apple Silicon Macs could drop support for non-Apple GPUs

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 12:02 pm9 Comments

New Apple support documentation seems to suggest that the company’s shift to Macs powered by Apple Silicon will drop support for non-Apple GPUs…

Benchmarks: Final Cut Pro X 10.4.7 gets a serious performance boost with new Metal engine

Monday, October 14, 2019 3:35 pm2 Comments

Final Cut Pro X 10.4.7 with a new Metal Engine exhibits some serious performance gains…

Apple releases Final Cut Pro X 10.4.7 with new Metal engine for increased performance; Motion and Compressor also updated

Monday, October 7, 2019 2:00 pmMonday, October 7, 20193 Comments

Today, Apple updated Final Cut Pro X with a new Metal engine that delivers performance gains across a wide range of Mac systems..

Macworld reviews Parallels Desktop 15 for Mac review: Metal makes this one for the gamers

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 5:34 pmWednesday, September 18, 2019No Comments

With Parallels Desktop, you can run Windows, Linux and other popular operating systems and applications on your Mac without rebooting.

Benchmarks of 15-inch MacBook Pro with Radeon Pro Vega 20 reveal performance improvements

Tuesday, November 20, 2018 4:47 pmNo Comments

Benchmarks for the 15-inch MacBook Pro models equipped with the Radeon Pro Vega 20…

Check to see if your older Mac Pro supports macOS Mojave Dark Mode

Thursday, July 12, 2018 3:30 pmThursday, July 12, 201811 Comments

Apple has already informed developers of which Mac hardware will be supported under macOS Mojave…

Why Apple’s macOS Mojave requires Metal – and deprecates OpenGL

Thursday, June 28, 2018 11:04 am9 Comments

In order to run the new macOS Mojave, Macs must have graphics hardware capable of supporting Metal…

DaVinci Resolve: OpenCL versus Apple’s Metal

Monday, June 25, 2018 3:01 pmMonday, June 25, 20188 Comments

So when you are doing GPU centric functions in DaVinci Resolve…

What’s new with machine learning in macOS Mojave

Friday, June 8, 2018 12:03 pmFriday, June 8, 20183 Comments

While other companies focus on server-side machine learning, Apple is continuing to puts its focus on device-bound frameworks and techniques…

Some game developers hint at abandoning the Mac as Apple deprecates OpenGL

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 9:28 amWednesday, June 6, 201812 Comments

Apple’s move to cut OpenGL after macOS 10.14 Mojave and pushing for the use of its own Metal graphics tech…

Apple deprecates OpenGL across all OSes; urges developers to use Metal

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 1:45 pmTuesday, June 5, 201818 Comments

Apple is deprecating support for what are now their legacy graphics and compute APIs…

What to expect at Apple’s WWDC 2018

Thursday, March 15, 2018 2:30 pmThursday, March 15, 201811 Comments

Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) kicks off with its traditional keynote on June 4, 2018…

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 4th in San Jose

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 1:25 pm6 Comments

Apple today announced it will host its 29th annual Worldwide Developers Conference…

Khronos Group’s Vulkan GPU API is coming to macOS and iOS, but no thanks to Apple

Monday, February 26, 2018 12:01 pmMonday, February 26, 20184 Comments

macOS has old, and slow, OpenGL drivers, and iOS supports OpenGL ES, the OpenGL subset designed for embedded systems…

Apple exploring 360-degree full panoramic VR headset

Monday, October 16, 2017 5:32 pmNo Comments

Apple is looking beyond augmented reality in the long run, as a new patent filing suggests…

The 30 Best Mac Games of 2017

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 8:07 pm14 Comments

Here at Mac Gamer HQ, we spend a lot of time talking about how great the gaming situation…

Apple positions Metal as part of new 3D graphics standard for Web

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 1:28 pmWednesday, February 8, 20173 Comments

Apple’s WebKit team on Tuesday proposed a new Community Group at the World Wide Web Consortium…

It’s time for Apple to take Mac gaming seriously

Thursday, January 26, 2017 9:58 amThursday, January 26, 201752 Comments

Part of the phenomena JPR observes is that the ranks of PC gamers are growing…

Apple’s Metal and how it can impact Mac gaming

Friday, September 30, 2016 3:01 pmFriday, September 30, 201614 Comments

Metal for OS X is huge…

World of Warcraft Legion is out on Mac and it’s over 60% faster thanks to Apple’s Metal

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 3:51 pm13 Comments

World of Warcraft Legion, the latest expansion to the biggest MMO out there…

Pixelmator 3.4 released, adds extension for Apple’s Photos, new Split View feature

Thursday, October 15, 2015 9:27 amThursday, October 15, 20154 Comments

Pixelmator Team today announced Pixelmator 3.4 Twist which introduces full support for OS X El Capitan, adds the new Split View feature, brings a new Photos Extension with Metal-based Distort tools, and more…

Beleaguered Samsung tries to peddle Galaxy phones to people queuing outside Apple Store for iPhone 6s/Plus launch

Friday, September 25, 2015 1:31 pmFriday, September 25, 201521 Comments

Outside the Apple Store on Regent Street, Apple fans queuing up to get their hands on the new iPhone 6S…

Apple’s iPhones are killing Samsung

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 7:37 pmTuesday, September 15, 201517 Comments

In the smartphone segment, Samsung has seen increased challenges due to Apple’s rise in the high-end smartphone market…

8 tips and tricks for OS X El Capitan

Monday, September 14, 2015 4:28 pmMonday, September 14, 201522 Comments

OS X El Capitan comes with a number of helpful new features that add real value for any user…

Ars Technica reviews Apple’s new iPod touch: ‘Surprisingly impressive’

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 11:26 amWednesday, July 22, 20153 Comments

The iPod touch was long overdue for a refresh…

iPod touch performance: 500% better CPU, 900% faster graphics

Monday, July 20, 2015 2:00 pm14 Comments

Apple’s sixth-generation iPod touch…

Know Your Mobile reviews iPad Air 2: ‘The absolute BEST tablet money can buy’

Monday, June 1, 2015 1:59 pmMonday, June 1, 20154 Comments

Apple was the first company to make a viable mass-consumer-market tablet with the iPad…

8 days into the year and Apple has already raked in half a billion dollars from the App Store

Thursday, January 8, 2015 3:57 pmThursday, January 8, 201512 Comments

Apple’s sales and income are very much on the rise…

Apple’s App Store rings in 2015 with new records

Thursday, January 8, 2015 12:28 pmThursday, January 8, 20154 Comments

Apple today announced that the first week of January set a new record…

AnandTech reviews Apple’s 64-bit iPad Air 2: Delivers the best tablet experience

Friday, November 7, 2014 2:29 pmFriday, November 7, 20148 Comments

The iPad Air 2 also has a custom anti-reflective coating on the display is really unlike anything else…

Fortune reviews Apple’s new iPad Air 2: Best for work, not play; shines as a PC replacement

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 9:36 amWednesday, November 5, 201414 Comments

As phones grow ever larger, Apple’s new iPad Air 2 shines…

Apple’s 64-bit A8X-powered iPad Air 2 trounces Google’s Nexus 9 with Nvidia Denver Tegra K1

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 2:04 pm8 Comments

Apple’s new A8X Application Processor not only trounces Android tablets…

The Verge reviews Apple’s iPad Air 2: ‘The best tablet ever made’

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 2:01 pm3 Comments

iPad Air 2’s incredible hardware and enormous ecosystem of apps offer a commanding advantage over the competition…

Gruber: High performance iPad Air 2 marks a turning point

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 11:01 amWednesday, October 22, 201422 Comments

Apple’s new iPad Air 2 really is desktop-PC-level performance…

Streaming media player study: Roku leads U.S. market, but Apple TV still ahead globally

Saturday, July 12, 2014 4:01 pmSaturday, July 12, 201425 Comments

Parks Associates announced a new report today showing that more than 25%…

Apple’s next-gen iPad Air: No other tablet-maker will be able to compete

Friday, June 27, 2014 8:24 amFriday, June 27, 201419 Comments

One big differentiating factor for Apple’s next-gen iPad Air will be…

Apple TV could finally unlock its full potential this year

Thursday, June 19, 2014 2:25 pmThursday, June 19, 201419 Comments

The Apple TV hasn’t evolved much over the last couple of years…

Inside Metal: How Apple plans to unlock the A7 chip’s hidden graphics performance

Monday, June 16, 2014 11:30 amMonday, June 16, 201419 Comments

Among the surprises that Apple unveiled at WWDC 2014 is the company’s…

Apple may be poised to conquer the video game industry

Monday, June 9, 2014 11:29 amMonday, June 9, 201419 Comments

Apple may be about to make a formal entrance into the video game console market…

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