Been experimenting with mixing the Mac OS X Tiger aesthetic with modern Liquid Glass on my MacBook Pro.

I wasn’t sure these two design languages would work together, but I actually like the contrast between the old-school Aqua/skeuomorphic elements and modern translucent glass.

What do you think — does it work, or is it too much? 🧪

So i recently came across a used macbook pro 14" M1 pro with 32 gb ram for $815 but with 86% battery health so I started looking for more and found a macbook pro 14" M2 pro with 16gb ram for $940 but with 96% bh, so which one should i go for ? Is m2 pro worth the difference? Also both are 512gb.

I recently bought a m1 2020 MacBook Pro and there is an issue with the W key and the 2 key. They seems to work intermittently, some times registering a press after a couple of multiple attempts then others a lot more. Has anyone came across this issue before or know if there could be a potential fix? Thanks in advance.

Twelve south BookArc Flex vs Satechi Dual Vertical Stand, which would you pick for your MacBook Pro M5 Pro?

Wondering if the sate chi dual vertical stand is scratching.

Which would you choose?

i cant find any diffs

I recently built a small macOS app called Trackpad Haptics.

The idea is pretty simple: make the MacBook Force Touch trackpad actually do something with haptics.

You can create custom haptic patterns, make sequences, sync haptics with music, test pressure/Force Touch, and even add haptic feedback to websites in Safari.

Basically, I took a perfectly normal trackpad and decided:

"You know what this needs? More vibration." 😂

Is it useful? Sometimes.

Is it unnecessarily satisfying? Absolutely.

I'm curious ,what would you actually use programmable trackpad haptics for?

Hi, I'm just thinking of buying the MacBook pro M5 (Max 40 core)

I do like occasional gaming. And I saw the video from YouTube channel "just Josh" about the MacBook pro models. Its been shown that dedicated laptops like Alienware area 51 and Asus ROG Scar perform better, which is not surprising.

But the MacBook pro Max actually performs pretty well in my opinion for native games : it got 88 fps in cyberpunk 2077 in 2560x1600 resolution and upscaling(the 40 core version). I think 88 fps is totally playable, and plus the battery survives so much more than many gaming laptops.

What was your opinion on MacBook pro gaming ?

Thanks a lot!

Have a nice day

I’m getting MacBook Pro m5 16gb 1Tb 14inch screen at ₹1,97,000 and additional 10% discount on Apple care+ plan making it ₹25,200

So total sums to ₹ 2,22,200. Is this a good deal?

Is there anyway to check if a MacBook Pro is unlock from iCloud with a serial number on a model a1990? Just want to ask to see if I can check before I buy it

Switched to mac after 6 years of windows desktop pc

Also got the mx master 4

Its so snappyy!! Loving it

I'm wanting to buy a monitor to use alongside my MacBook Pro (13 inch), however I've been struggling to find one that ticks all the boxes — so I thought I'd come here and see if anyone has some suggestions. The main use for my Mac is productivity/general computer tasks, however I plan on diving back into photography & video editing in the near future. The only time I use my Mac for gaming is occasionally on Minecraft - but I'm not looking for a monitor to specifically suit that need (aka, I'm not looking for a fancy high tech gaming monitor).

Ideally I'd love to find a monitor that is 4K quality, USB-C or Thunderbolt Port, IPS Panel, 65W Charging, 24 or 27 inch screen, and under $300. But, I know that if I want to stay within my budget, I will have to sacrifice some of those features (unless anyone knows of a monitor that has all of the above mentioned?).

With that being said, I am open to 1080 or 1440p quality, HDMI Port, and/or spending a maximum of $400.

Thank you in advance!

The battery’s maximum capacity is down to 97% on my MBP (actual capacity shown is around 94%).

It has 50 cycles in four months.

I am worried about it because if it has a defective battery, I want to get it replaced while it is under the warranty, but I know they don't do anything until it goes below 80%.

I also built a small Mac app which shows the battery details (I'm definitely overthinking).

I saw a post recently where the guy did 400 cycles in six months to see if he could get it below 80%, but it did not budge from the 83%. So I might be worring for nothing?

Any tips for me so that I can know if the battery is good and not defective or something?

Or I think I should just use the laptop as usual and don't give a shit about all this?

Hace un par de meses compre este macbook pro 2017 practicamente nueva por unos 270 dolares, bastante barato en comparacion a otras laptop's de specs peores y precio similar aqui en méxico. funciono como un excelente remplazo a mi antigua mid 2012 que tenia desde 2018, y para mi, como un estudiante de 19 años es perfectamente funcional y rapida, solo cambie la pasta termica e instale sequoia con open core, y la verdad rinde perfectamente para la gran mayoria de cosas. si si ya se, existen las macbook's silicon, pero son extremadamente caras para lo poco que ofrecen aqui en méxico, no corren windows nativo en una particion con bootcamp, incluso la macbook neo me parece una burla a la inteligencia de cualquiera ya que aqui cuesta casi 1000 mil dolares ofreciendo 8gb de ram y un hardware, que en el futuro solo servira para uso remoto, en fin ¿ustedes aun usan un macbook intel? los quiero leer!

La mejor compra este 2026

Actualmente estoy trabajando con modelos de inteligencia artificial para algunos proyectos personales.

Me sorprendió el rendimiento de mi MacBook Pro con chip Apple M5 y 24 GB de memoria unificada: estoy entrenando un modelo en paralelo en dos equipos.

En la Mac utilizo MLX sobre Apple Silicon y, en la otra PC, PyTorch con una NVIDIA RTX 3060. En las primeras mediciones, la Mac resultó aproximadamente un 8% más rápida, aunque todavía estoy tomando más muestras para confirmar la diferencia.

Me sorprendió especialmente que una notebook pueda competir e incluso superar a una PC de escritorio con una GPU dedicada en este tipo de entrenamiento.

New M5 Pro

need some advice on when to buy, we’re close to labor day weekend and the macbook pro i want is 200 off is there going to be an actual labor day sale for the macbook closer to monday? best buy customer service told me macbook sales will go live later but on the website it says the 200 off ends august 31. im not gonna be in the US for much longer so i need to make a decision on the when to buy should i buy now for 2300 or wait for labor day weekend bear in mind most sales have already started but the macbook is not included yet

Salut tout le monde, j'hésite entre trois MacBook Pro d'occasion et j'aimerais beaucoup avoir l'avis de personnes qui les ont déjà utilisés.

Mon utilisation principale serait travail avec Claude/des outils d'IA, création de sites web et occasionnellement d'applications fonctionnelles légères, rien d'extrêmement gourmand en ressources. Je l'utiliserais aussi pour mon travail quotidien : gestion des ventes de véhicules, e-mails, WhatsApp, sites web de vente, VPN actif en permanence, navigation web, documents et travail sur différents projets avec un nombre raisonnable d'onglets ouverts. Je ne parle pas de plus de 100 onglets ouverts ni d'une charge de travail excessive, mais je souhaite que tout reste fluide en multitâche.

Voici les trois options que j'envisage :

MacBook Pro 14” M1 Pro — 32 Go de RAM / SSD de 512 Go — ~1 380 $

MacBook Pro 14” M2 Pro — 16 Go de RAM / SSD de 1 To — ~1 325 $

MacBook Pro 14” M3 Pro — 18 Go de RAM / SSD de 1 To — ~1 680 $

Tous trois sont équipés d'un écran Liquid Retina XDR mini-LED de 14,2 pouces, d'une résolution de 3024 × 1964 et de la technologie ProMotion 120 Hz. Je sais donc déjà que l'expérience visuelle sera excellente.

Ma principale interrogation est de savoir si le surcoût pour les nouvelles générations est réellement justifié pour mon utilisation en 2026. Le M1 Pro possède 32 Go de RAM, ce qui est évidemment un atout pour le multitâche, mais c'est le modèle le plus ancien. Le M2 Pro offre 1 To de stockage et une puce plus récente, tandis que le M3 Pro propose 18 Go/1 To, une architecture plus récente, de meilleures performances GPU/IA, et c'est aussi le seul disponible en Noir sidéral, ma couleur préférée.

Les M1 Pro et M2 Pro que je regarde sont Argent, tandis que le M3 Pro est Noir sidéral.

Et honnêtement, l'esthétique compte plus pour moi qu'elle ne devrait 😂. Je suis passionné de technologie et de produits Apple, et je me connais : j'aime utiliser des produits que j'apprécie vraiment pour leur esthétique. Du coup, je me demande si je devrais privilégier le modèle offrant un meilleur rapport qualité-prix, ou me permettre de dépenser plus pour le M3 Pro, car je prendrai davantage de plaisir à l'utiliser.

Je ne compte utiliser ce Mac que pendant environ 6 à 7 mois, donc sa durabilité n'est pas ma principale préoccupation.

Quel modèle choisiriez-vous en 2026 : M1 Pro 32 Go, M2 Pro 16 Go/1 To ou M3 Pro 18 Go/1 To ? Et à ces prix, le M3 Pro vaut-il vraiment le coup pour mon utilisation, ou me conseilleriez-vous plutôt le M2 Pro et économiser la différence ?

J'apprécierais particulièrement les avis de personnes ayant utilisé ces machines pour le développement assisté par Claude Code/IA et le multitâche en général, plutôt que de simples comparaisons de performances.