Apple releases iOS 11.3.1 alongside security updates for macOS 10.13.4

Enlarge / The 2018 iPad running iOS 11.3. (credit: Samuel Axon) Today, Apple released small software updates for iPhones, iPads, and Macs: iOS 11.3.1 for the mobile devices, and a security update to the already-released macOS 10.13.4 for Macs. At just over 49 megabytes, iOS 11.3.1 is a minor update that fixes iPhone 8s for […]

Are external GPUs for Macs viable in macOS 10.13.4? We tested to find out

Enlarge / A MacBook Pro with an eGPU enclosure and an external monitor. (credit: Samuel Axon) When Apple released macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 on March 29, fully supported external graphics-card functionality was one of the flagship features. Most Macs ship with discrete or integrated GPUs—power-saving cousins to the graphics cards found in desktop PCs—that emphasize […]

Apple’s macOS 10.13.4 is here with full external GPU support

Enlarge / When you have an eGPU connected and working, it appears in “About This Mac.” (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple has released the 10.13.4 update for macOS. This update adds external graphics card (eGPU) support for most recent Macs, implements Apple’s new approach to privacy that we already saw in iOS 11.3, and adds Business […]