Apple’s macOS operating system has changed a lot over the last 25 years, with new features and designs coming and going as the decades have passed. Even the name has been adjusted, starting out as Mac ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

At Macworld Expo in January 2005, miniaturization was on Steve Jobs’s mind. Since the world was in the midst of iPod fever, ...

If you’re interested in converting to the shiny bitten Apple, or have recently taken a bite yourself, you should know that Macs natively run on macOS, short for (surprise) Mac operating system. Folks ...

macOS 16 is Apple's upcoming operating system for Mac computers. One of the things that generates the most curiosity among Apple fans every year is what the company will name the next macOS system. No ...

Apple silicon has taken the Mac to the next level. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Not too long ago, the Mac was in a truly bad place — and then Apple silicon came along and radically reinvented ...

Warning: If you own a Mac with an M3 Ultra chip, don't be like me. Hold off on upgrading to Tahoe. Here's why.

The latest Apple updates unlock 160 MHz bandwidth on the 5 GHz band for Wi-Fi 6E devices. Here’s how macOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26 ...