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Mea Culpatino as Apple brings back the ports on the new MacBook Pros

Mea Culpatino: Who would have thought it? First to delete superfluous ports from its products, Apple has now eaten humble pie and brought back a trio of dodos from MagSafe to the SD card slot and the humble headphone jack.

Back to basics with the MacBook Air

Mike break's a long-standing aversion to buying the basic computer. Instead of ticking all the upgrade boxes, he's chosen the cheapest, the most basic MacBook Air. Will it prove sensible or will he regret that 256GB disk in particular...

Apple’s M1 chips and all that: This MacBook Pro simply rocks

This Apple MacBook Pro rocks. Unfortunately, it rocks on its bulging battery. Time for a change to the remarkable new M1 processor...

MacBook Refresh: Hoping for the ideal travel computer

Three years on, Mike’s early MacBook is showing signs of processor limitations. Should it be replaced with a new, faster MacBook or an even faster, but heavier, MacBook Pro?

Speccing up the MacBook or choosing a faster MacBook Pro

Choosing a Mac laptop these days isn't at all easy. Do you major on the smallest side, with the MacBook, and limit performance? Or do yo go all-out for speed with the MacBook Pro and suffer the additional weight? Whatever route you take you have to make compromises.

MacBook Pro: How a slice of toast changed my mind

Mike had almost decided to sell his desktop and portable Macs in favour of one all-singing-dancing 13in MacBook Pro and a 27in monitor. But a slice of toast made him think twice....

Apple MacBook Pro with Touch Bar: Another dilemma arises

Back to the old dilemma: A desktop computer and portable laptop or one do-it-all solution: The new MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar..... 

Apple MacBook Pro with Touch Bar: The one computer you’ll love

Over the past year I’ve lost count of the number of times friends have asked if they...

MacBook: When software upgrades just don’t install

What to do when a piece of official Apple software just refuses to install on your MacBook. A clean sweep installation is the answer as Mike found out.

iPad Pro: Can it replace your road warrior MacBook?

Is the new iPad Pro a MacBook replacement, asks Daniel Kestenholz of Theme. He looks at it...

USB-C Multihub for Apple MacBook now available in UK for £20.99

NOTE: A reader, Gavin, has pointed out that this item is in fact the older model without a USB-C power-in port. This explains the price. While it will still work bear in mind that you will be restricted to battery power when using peripherals. This is a criticism levelled at all earlier USB-C devices. My apologies for the confusion.

USB-C Hubs: Is this the perfect MacBook multi connector?

A couple of days ago I was speculating that we would soon see some impressive hubs to enable me to connect all those peripherals to my star-turn Apple MacBook. On the face of things, with its single USB-C port the MacBook is decidedly short on expansion. I was looking forward to a small portable hub that would offer power-through capabilities as well as an array of useful ports. And voilà, no sooner thought than done. 

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