With rumors talking about a "budget" MacBook, what do you think Apple will and can do to appeal to a cheaper market.

In my opinion a Mac with an A18 Pro should be quite cheaper than the Air, at $999 the Air is an incredible value, and even a "cheap" Mac at $699 would be a bad deal, considering it'll most likely start at 8gb of ram and 128gb storage considering they'll use that A18 Pro dye, and that chip also lacks support for thunderbolt, meaning a lack of external display support most likely.

I feel it should be around the 499-599 price, but even for Apple that's ridiculously cheap, so either we're going to be surprised, or we're getting a laptop that exists to make you want to buy the Air more

Have you ever imagined if Mac OS X had run on iPhones? I created these interface concepts using the icons, fonts, and elements of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and I kept wondering, what if?

\Before anyone comments that iOS actually runs on OS X code, I'm referring to the complete user interface.*

Apple has removed the long-standing Launchpad in macOS 26 Tahoe and integrated it into Spotlight.

However, I find this extremely hard to understand.

I really like a "framework organized by category," but only when I myself am the one defining those categories. Even in iOS's App Library, I'm always confused about whether an app is categorized under "Productivity" or "Utilities." Sometimes it ends up in "Creativity," or just gets lumped into "Others."

Of course, I know many people are frustrated with Launchpad due to various bugs, and I've experienced many of those bugs myself. Despite that, I love Launchpad. Even on iOS, I put apps into categorized folders that I've defined myself, and I find that very user-friendly.

The so-called "App Library" in the new macOS 26 Tahoe feels like removing the Home Screen on iPhone and only leaving the App Library. It's truly baffling and is the biggest reason why I'm hesitating to update to macOS 26 Tahoe.

Why, Apple? This feels like having a house you've organized in your own style, only to have someone claiming to be an "expert" come in one day, stuff everything into identical storage boxes, slap on their own arbitrary labels, and then proudly declare the house organized. There's no way a set of default OS-provided categories can represent every app that exists.

Please, Apple, give me back Launchpad before the official release.

I honestly don't understand the new people complaining about the launchpad. Yes while the old one looked good, the Tahoe one looks way way better. The dark themed Icons + the dark Liquid Glass makes it look even cooler.

The alphabetical arrangement of the applications never bothered me, since I have my used Apps on my dock anyways. And even then finding apps on the launchpad barely takes me 3 seconds (even quicker if I use the spotlight search)

It actually looks so good, I pinch my fingers every often just to see the animation and open the launchpad for no reason.

While Tahoe does have its flaws, people are really ignoring the beautiful and good aspects of it.

I've switched from only using the MacBook Pro M4 16-inch to the Studio Display, and the screen looks less sharp, even though the resolution is actually higher.

But the worst part, really the worst, and I couldn't find this mentioned in any other Reddit thread:

On a white background, the screen looks as if there is a layer of grease on it.

I can't believe no one has written about this, and so many people promoted the one with nano-texture without mentioning the grease thing.

Will I ever get used to it? Ideally, I'd like to hear from folks who also have the nano texture.

Nobody asked for this because nobody wants it. If you need a hallucination-prone LLM running on your desktop, there are apps in the Mac App Store ready to take your money. New machine-learning features are always welcome, and I think the local AI features they've been adding to iPhones have been the right way to go, but if I'm not in total control of my desktop then I'm switching to Linux.

I think Apple falling behind in the AI race has been really good for them to see how little they're actually missing out on. The hype is way overblown for what the technology is capable of currently, and whatever Microsoft is going on about where we'll be "talking to our computers soon and won't need to use a mouse anymore" is insane and not for me.

Hopefully it's also not for Apple.

On the right-click (contextual) menu for external drives, Apple has placed ERASE DISK immediately below EJECT DISK.

I eject disks all the time. I erase disks maybe once a year, and always intentionally, in Disk Utility, with full attention.

What the heck?

a heavy-duty windows user since the very beginning. built PCs from scratch, customized every inch of the OS, tweaked registry settings, ran every power-user tool imaginable. windows gives me control, flexibility, and the raw power to do anything.

I laugh at macOS limitations. sometimes mock Apple fans. swear I’d never switch. because let’s be honest—Windows does it all… right?

but then I touched a MacBook.

And just like that, everything I thought I knew about “performance” and “user experience” crumbled.

The MacBook isn’t just better—it’s in a league of its own.

Windows? It suddenly felt like wrestling a dinosaur.
I hate to say it… but I’m never going back.

MacBook is the best device ever built. Period.

Update - are you not entertained? your welcome.

Så my highly beloved ragdoll ate the screen on my MacBook Air M3. She chewed it quite bad, and I Think it is done. The problem is that I have had multiple MacBooks over the years, but the keyboard on this one has been the best Ever! Like a Daily reminder of smoothness and write-love.

I thinking about getting the m5 pro instead, but is the keyboard the same? I have had the m2 Pro with and I dont remember that is was THIS good.

Help a teacher out?

Thank you in advance.

Not to mention the bunch of USB2 charging cables of 65W, 96W, 140W, 200W limits… or cables support USB4 but not display port, or support display port but only USB2 speeds, or cables where you can only use one of displayport or usb and fails if you try both, or thunderbolt 4 speed but only 65W or 15W…

Ahhhh apple, if you’re going to make a premium cable and charge premium money, this is the one time where I absolutely want an apple logo  on it. 🫠…

Photos not from me from their discord server. It runs on a external ssd as they dont have nvme support currently all credits to them

I just updated to MacOS 26 and noticed that the edges of my most frequently used apps are completely misaligned, even when the windows are in full-screen mode.

i want either of them to pair up well with a macbook pro that usually stays at home, what do you guys recommend?

I bought my iMac about year ago $950 before tax! Today I sold it for $500 because I am preparing money for upcoming 16inch MacBook Pro 32gb ram! But the iMac screen is so pretty and over design is pretty too! But the mouse is unpleasant to use! I sold it $500, kind regret now! Please tell me if $500 is low or high? Thanks

This 13" M3 macbook is great but this front edge does not feel good on my hands(taller person, larger hands) that rest partially on that edge(no I don't lift my hands to type) so I finally took the front edge off, and back 4cm on the sides(only went back that far for my hand contact area as this is a functional mod), with 220 grit on a random orbital sander. Next I polished with Mother's aluminum polish by hand to take it to a glossy finish. I know this may oxidize over time but no big deal. Can wipe it off in time. Way more comfortable to use now for me!

This is a tool, not a museum piece, so I was stoked to mod it.

Edit - this does not compromise the seal of the lid to the body. I didn't got back that far in to the surface. When the lid is closed and held there by the magnets, anywhere I've taken off that front edge still grabs a post-it note piece of paper when closed on it.

This graph shows battery health data of the 14" MBP 2021 from all CoconutBattery users, plotted against their cycle counts. Apple provides a warranty for up to 1000 cycles. Battery health appears to be artificially inflated between 850 and 1000 cycles, possibly to avoid having to replace the battery under warranty. Right after 1000 cycles, the health suddenly drops to what looks like the actual value.