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Apple has enabled server-side protections against sideloading iPhone and iPad apps onto M1-based Macs, though previously installed apps will continue to function.

Here's how you can stop your M1, Intel MacBook Air, Pro, Mac mini, iMac, Mac mini or Mac Pro from going to sleep using Terminal command.

January 12, 2021 in Utility (E) [prMac.com] Atlantic Beach, Florida - Tropical Software today is pleased to announce the Universal release of 2Remember, now available from the Tropical website and the Mac App Store. 2Remember 1.3 Universal, for Big Sur and Apple Silicon, is an easy-to-use reminder app, offering a simple but powerful way to incorporate simple task management with reminders into your daily Mac ...

  If youre a long-time Windows user, jumping over to macOS may seem to need a lot of effort, but its a lot easier than it appears at first glance. Heres what you need to know about switching over from PC to Mac. Most PC users who make the transition over to Mac have to come to terms with what appears to be a major change in the way they think about computing, as Mac and PC seem to be very different environments. This may have been a big hurdle years ago, but after years of people using iPhone...

January 8, 2021 in Utility (E) [prMac.com] Atlantic Beach, Florida - Tropical Software today is pleased to announce the release of KitchenTimer 1.2 Universal for Big Sur and Apple Silicon, now available in the Tropical and Apple Mac App Store. Kitchen Timer is an easy-to-use timer app that offers a handy way to keep track of multiple tasks. Need to run 3 timers at once for cooking? Easy with KitchenTimer. Thi...

A decade after its launch, the Mac App Store failed to replicate the success of the iOS version, but it did make finding and downloading apps faster and more convenient for macOS users. The original Mac App Store Within limits, you can install any macOS app on your Mac, wherever you got it from. And as successful as the Mac is, nothing comes close to being the hit that the iPhone has been. So it was never going to be possible to have a Mac App Store become the home for hundr...

Today Marks the 10th Anniversary of the Mac App Store Tuesday January 5, 2021 11:00 pm PST by Joe Rossignol While the App Store launched on the iPhone in July 2008, the Mac App Store did not become available until January 6, 2011, when Apple released Mac OS X Snow Leopard version 10.6.6. Accordingly, today marks the 10th anniversary of the Mac App Store. Apple announced that the Mac App Store was "open for business" in a press release timed with the launch. "With more than 1,000 apps, the Mac A...

In Apple’s world, an app can be inappropriate one day, but acceptable the next. That’s what the developer of Amphetamine—an app designed to keep Macs from going to sleep, which is useful in situations such as when a file is downloading or when a specific app is running—learned recently when Apple got in touch with him and told him that his app violated the company’s App Store guidelines.

Apple previously said the app name promoted inappropriate use of controlled substances on January 3, 2021, 14:37 In context: Apple threatened to remove longtime macOS utility Amphetamine from the Mac App Store in late December for violating the App Store Guidelines due to the apps name. However, Apple has since changed its position after the apps developer successfully appealed the decision. The app Amphetamine is a simple but useful macOS utility which can be configured t...

  If you have bought an M1-based Mac or MacBook but need to upgrade your storage without buying a brand new device, you can set up your Mac to run from an external drive. Heres how to boot macOS Big Sur using external storage on the new Mac lineup. The new Mac mini, MacBook Air, and 13-inch MacBook Pro are a tempting purchase for those eager to try out Apple Silicon for themselves. However, not everyone will have picked up a Mac with enough storage to meet their needs. Some users may not wan...