With MacOS, there's something called the DFU Firmware Revive/Restore, which is a deep recovery process for unresponsive Macs. To run a DFU Revive/Restore, you have to have another Mac to update or ...

Easily install Linux on Apple Silicon devices and dual boot macOS & Linux, keeping your M1 MacBook Air useful longer with open source tools ...

Simular, a startup building AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has raised a $21.5 million Series A led by Felicis, with NVentures (Nvidia’s venture arm), existing seed investor South Park Commons, and ...

In various ways, this year’s Apple operating system updates (iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 and so on) represented a major departure from the past, from the new version numbering system to the radical ...

On Monday, Apple patched a bug that left Mac Studio M3 Ultra owners unable to install macOS Tahoe, ending weeks of frustration. When macOS Tahoe launched on September 15, 2025, it landed smoothly on ...

Pop!_OS’s proprietary repo now provides VirtualBox 7.2.2 for Jammy, but virtualbox-ext-pack still depends on <7.0.18. This causes unmet dependency errors and prevents system updates via Pop!_Shop.

Oracle Solaris is a Unix-based operating system known for its scalability, security, and advanced features like ZFS and DTrace. If you are looking to use Solaris, you don’t have to create a separate ...

Thanks to our old friend Ken Gruberman, who wrote on TidBITS Talk in response to “When Should You Upgrade to Apple’s OS 26 Releases?” (15 September 2025): If ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

You might have heard that several iterations of Intel-based Macs will no longer be supported by Apple. Although when Tahoe is released and Intel-based Macs start losing support, Apple will continue ...

Michelle is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor, and has been reviewing games, laptops, phones, and more for over 10 years. She is based in New York City and holds a master's degree from NYU. Apple’s ...