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Michael Burkhardt

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I write about the latest and greatest going on in the world of Apple at 9to5Mac. I'm also a hobbyist app developer and photographer, building apps that I find useful, and capturing the beautiful world around me.

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MacBook Neo makes the rest of Apple's lineup a whole lot harder to justify

Ever since the announcement of the $599 MacBook Neo over a week ago, I’ve been wondering: does this destroy the value…

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It's time for Apple to let go of 60Hz displays

It’s been nearly a decade since the introduction of the first 120Hz ProMotion display, if you can believe that. It was…

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Will Apple be raising its memory prices with upcoming Mac releases?

Across the computing industry, computer memory (both in the form of RAM and flash storage) has only been getting more…

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Apple is planning a MacBook Pro overhaul for later this year: Three exciting upgrades

It s long been rumored that Apple will be redesigning the MacBook Pro as soon as this fall. This ll mark the first…

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Apple Intelligence Siri is over a year late, but that might be a good thing

Apple Intelligence-powered Siri is very late, to say the least. That’s largely been because Apple has struggled to keep…

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iOS 26's Photos app has a helpful new feature for events: Here's how it works

At WWDC25, Apple introduced a few new capabilities to the Photos app for iOS 26. Most notably, it reintroduces a tab…

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Here are three improvements I'd love to see with Apple Creator Studio

Apple surprised us all on Tuesday with an all new subscription offering for creative professionals, with the launch of…

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Apple launching 'revamped' Health app later this year with these four upgrades

Over the past year or so, we ve heard a plethora of Health app related rumors. Tim Cook has stated that one of Apple s…

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Here are some of my favorite CES 2026 announcements for iPhone and Mac users

Every January, CES takes place in Las Vegas. Given the fact that Apple themselves never partakes in CES, it s not…

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