Parallels has today announced the launch of Parallels Desktop 8 – the latest version of its popular popular virtualization software for the Mac. Parallels 8 brings with it a number of new features and improvements including OS X Mountain Lion and Windows 8 integration, and support for the MacBook Pro with Retina display.
If, like me, you’ve looked longingly at the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display but have decided to hold out for a smaller and less expensive option, you may be interested to hear that production of displays for a 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro is reported to be under way.
After several weeks of beta testing with registered developers, Apple has now released its OS X 10.8.1 update for Mountain Lion users, with “general operating system fixes that improve the stability and compatibility of your Mac.” Unfortunately, there’s no mention of a fix for the battery issue plaguing MacBooks.
The latest installment in the Counter Strike series, one of the most popular PC shooters of all time with more than 27 million units sold, has arrived on the Mac. Counter Strike: Global Offensive comes almost 12 years after Valve released the original, and it features an arsenal of over 45 weapons, stacks of maps, new game modes, new visuals, and more.
Launched last month, OS X Mountain Lion includes a number of new trackpad shortcuts and gestures that make using your Mac quicker and easier than ever. In case you missed them, here’s an overview of five of our favourites.
Following last month’s release of aftermarket flash storage upgrades for the 2012 MacBook Air, Other World Computing have this week announced “the industry’s first high-performance Solid State Drive upgrade” for the MacBook Pro with Retina display.
Following last month’s discovery of results for a purported Retina display 13-inch MacBook Pro in the Geekbench database, benchmarks for a second similar model have surfaced. Once again they refer to a “MacBookPro10,2” rather than a “MacBookPro9,2” – the model number of the current non-Retina 13-inch MacBook Pro.
Continuing our series of wallpaper posts, we’ve put together a collection of ten photo-based wallpapers that we guarantee will look fantastic on your Mac. Each one is available to download in multiple resolutions, so you should be able to find a version for your particular Mac – regardless of its screen size.
If you’ve gotten round to upgrading to OS X Mountain Lion since its launch last month, then you’re likely to be very pleased with your purchase – after all, it’s a terrific operating system. However, if you’re using it on a MacBook Air or a MacBook Pro, there’s a good chance your experience is being somewhat spoiled by poor battery life.